power steering AUDI S4 2017 User Guide

Intelligent Technology
Intelligent Technology
Electronic Stabilization
Control (ESC)
Description
Elect ronic Stabilization Control (ESC) suppo rts
driver safety.
It red uces the risk of slipping and
improves dr iving stability. ESC detects crit ica l sit­
uations such as when the vehicle is oversteering
a nd understeering or the wheels are spinning.
The vehicle is stabilized by applying the brakes or reducing eng ine torq ue. When the ESC engages,
the
Ji) i n d icator light blinks in the instrument
cluste r.
The fo llow ing systems are integrated in the ESC :
Anti-lock braking system (ABS)
ABS p revents the whee ls from locking whe n brak­
ing. The vehicle can sti ll be steered even during
hard brak ing. Apply steady press ure to the brake
pedal. Do not pump the pedal. A puls ing in t he
b rake pedal indicates that the system is acting to
s tabilize the vehicle .
Brake assist system
The brake assist system can decrease brak ing dis­
tance . It increases brak ing power when the d river
presses the brake pedal q uick ly in emergency sit­
uations . You must press and hold t he b rake pedal
until the dangerous sit uat io n is over . In veh icles
with adapt ive c ruise control*, the bra ke as sist
sy stem is more sensitive if t he di sta nce detec ted
t o the vehicle dr iv ing ahead is too small.
Anti-slip regulation (ASR)
ASR reduces eng ine power when the drive wheels
beg in sp inning a nd adapts the force to the road
conditions . T his makes it easie r to sta rt, acceler­
a te and dr ive up h ills.
Electronic differential lock (EDL)
The EDL brakes w heels that a re spinning and
transfers the drive power to the other drive
wheel or whee ls if t he ve hicle is equipped with a ll
wheel drive*) . T his funct ion is no t av ail able at
h igher spee ds.
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In extreme cases, EDL automat ically switches off
to keep the b rake on the bra ked whee l from over­
heating. The veh icle is still working correct ly. ED L
will switc h on again automatically when condi­
tions have returned to normal.
Steering recommendation
The E SC he lps to stabili ze the vehicle by changing
the steer ing torque.
I n veh icles with dyn amic steer ing *, ES C also
helps to sta bilize the s teer ing in cr it ic al situa ­
tions.
Selective wheel torque control
Se lective wheel to rque cont rol is used when d riv­
i ng on curves. The fron t whee l on the ins ide of
t h e curve or both wheels on t he i nsi de of the
curve are braked se lective ly as needed. This al­
l ows mo re precise driving in c urves.
Automatic post -collision braking system
The "a utomat ic post-collis io n braking system"
c a n help to reduce t he risk of sliding and of addi ­
tiona l co llisions after an acc ident. If th e airbag
contro l modu le de te cts a collision, t he ve hicle is
bra ked by the ESC.
The veh icle does not br ake automatically if:
- the dr iver presses the acce lera tor pedal, or
- the ESC, the brake system or the veh icle electri-
cal system are not functioning.
&_ WARNING
- The ESC and i ts integ ra ted systems cannot
overcome the lim its imposed by natura l
phys ical laws. This is es pec ially impo rtan t
o n s lippery or we t road s. If the sy stems be­
gin ac ting to s tabilize yo ur vehicle, you
should immediately a lter your speed to
match the road and traffic conditions . Do
not let t he inc reased safety provided tempt
you into taking risks. This could increase
your r isk of a coll is ion.
- Please note the r is k of a coll is ion increases
when dr iv ing fast, especially t hrough c urves
and on sli ppery or wet roads, and when dr iv­
ing too close to objects ahead . T he ESC a nd
its integrated systems cannot always

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the engine braking effect and relieves the brakes.
If you need to brake additionally,
brake in interva ls and not continuously .
(D Tips
-If the brake booste r is no t working, you
must p ress the brake pedal with much more
fo rce than norma l.
- If you retrofit you r vehicle with a front spoil­
er, whee l covers or s imilar items, make sure
that the air flow to the front whee ls is not
i nterr upted. Otherw ise the brake system
can become too hot .
Electromechanical power
steering, dynamic
steering
The electrom echanical steering supports th e
driver's steering movements.
P ower steering adapts electronically based on
the vehicle speed.
Indicator lights and messages
• Steering : malfunction! Plea se stop vehicle
If th is ind icator lig ht turns on and stays on and
this message appears, the power steer ing may
h ave fa iled.
Stop the vehicle in a safe locat io n as soon as pos­
sib le . Do
not continue dr iving . See an a uthor ized
Aud i deale r or autho rized Aud i Serv ice Faci lity fo r
assistance .
':r-ij Steering: malfunction! You may continue
driving
If the indicator lig ht t urns on and the message
appears, the steering w heel may be mo re diffi­
cult to move or more sensitive than usual. The
steer ing whee l may also be at an angle when
d riving s tra ight.
Drive s low ly to an author iz ed Audi dealer or au­
thor ized Audi Service Facility to have the ma l­
f u nction corrected .
~ Dynamic steering: correcting steering wheel
position
Intellig ent Technology
If the indicator ligh t turns on and this message
appears, the dynamic steering* is re init ializing.
The steeri ng whee l will be easy to move after
start ing the engine. Reinitiali zation might be
necessary if the steering wheel was moved whi le
the engine was sw itched off . The disp lay turns
off if the initializat ion was successf ul.
(D Tips
- If the . or ':r-ij indicato r light only stays on
for a sho rt time, you may cont inue drivi ng.
- The dynamic steering stability systems
c:.> page 134 are not ava ilable in the event of
a system malfunc tion.
- Fo r add itiona l information on dynamic
steeri ng, refer to
c:.> page 121.
ALL wheel drive (quattro)
App lies to : vehicles wit h all w heel drive
In all wheel drive, all four wheels are pow ered.
General information
In all wheel dr ive, the dr iving power is divi ded be­
tween all four wheels . T h is happens aut omatical­
ly depending on your dr iv ing behav ior as we ll as
the cur rent road condit ions . A lso refer to
c:.> page 134 , Electronic Stabilization Control
(ESC) .
A center d ifferential d istributes the driving powe r
var iably to the front and rea r axle .
It works to­
ge ther w it h selec tive whee l to rque contro l, w hich
activates when driving thro ugh curves
c:.> page 134.
The all wheel dr ive concept is des igned for high
engi ne power . Yo ur vehicle is exce ptionally pow­
erfu l and has excell ent driv ing cha rac teristics
bot h unde r normal d riving conditions and o n
sn ow and ice. A lways rea d and follow s afety pre­
ca utions
c:.> &. .
Winter tires
By using all wheel dr ive, your ve hicle has good
forward mot ion w it h standard ti res in win ter con­
di tions. However, i n w in te r, we re co m men d using
winter or all sea so n t ires on
all four whee ls, be-
c au se this will improve the
braking effec t. ..,.
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Browser
refer to Media center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355
Buttons Control panel (MMI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Multifunction steering wheel . . . . . . . . 12, 15
C
Cable (U5B adapter/AUX connector cable) 215
California Proposition 65 Warning . . . . . . . 304
Battery specific . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314
Ca ll list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Call options ................... ....... 170
Capacities AdBlue . ... .. ................ ..... . 300
Fu el tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362
Washer fluid reservoir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362
Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337
Cargo area
refer to Loading the luggage compart-
ment .. .. ...................... ... . 242
Catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
CD drive (media drives) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Cell phone
refer to Telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Center armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Cent ral indicato r lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Central locking
Central locking switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
E mergency locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Power window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Remote control key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Central Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Certification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366
Changing engine o il . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
Changing the scale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Changing wiper blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Charging the battery (mob ile dev ices) ... . 215
Child restraints Danger of using child restraints in the front
seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Where can I get additional information
about child restraints and their use? . . . . 295
Child restraint system anchors ..... .. .. . 291
Index
Child safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Im portant safety instructions for using child
safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Installing a child restraint using the LATCH
system ....... ..................... 293
Mounting and releasing the anchorage
hook .... ... .. .. .. .... ...... ... .. .. 293
Tether anchors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
T ether straps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Child safety lock
Power window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Rear doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Child safety seats Booster seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
Convertible child seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Danger of using child restraints in the front
seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
How do I properly insta ll a ch ild safety seat
in my vehicle? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Infant seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
LATCH system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Unus ed safety be lts on the rear seat . . . . 283
Child seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Lower anchorages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
Securing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
Classic view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 7
Cleaning/removing ice from windows . . . . . 339
Cleaning Alcantara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340
Cl eaning artificial leather . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340
Cleaning carbon parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339, 340
Cleaning controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339
Cleaning decorative parts and trim . . . . . . . 339
Cleaning exhaust tail pipes . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339
Cleaning plastic parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339
Cleaning textiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340
Climate control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Air vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Automatic recirculat ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Auxiliary heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Basic settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Drive select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Operat ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Residual heat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16, 229
Cockpit (overview) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
369

Switching displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Driver Information System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Service interval display ...... .. .. .... . 316
Driver seat
refer to Seating position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Driver's door (indicator light) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Drives
refertoMed ia ............... .. .
209,217
Drive select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Driving economically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Driving safely . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Driving through water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Driving time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
DVD drive (media dr ives) . ..... ... ... .. . 210
Dynamic steering
Indicator light
Dynamic volume 121
137
refer to System volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
E
E-mail
E . l conom1ca route ............ ... ... .. .
166
194
eco (climate control system) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
EDL
refer to Electronic Differentia l Lock . . . . . 134
Electromechanical parking brake
refer to Parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Electromechanical power steering . . . . . . . 137
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 7
E lectronic differential lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
134
Electronic Differential Lock
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
32
Electronic immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Electronic Stabilization Control . . . . . . . . . . 134
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Sport mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Emergency assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343
Emergency call
Audi connect emergency call and service .
184
Emergency flashers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
<( ~ Emergency locking the front passenger's door .42
N ~ Emergency starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356
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Emissions control system
Catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
303
Diesel particulate filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
Emissions data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361
Energy consumers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Energy management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Engine
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
310
preheating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Start/Stop system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Starting with jumper cables . . . . . . . . . . . 356
Stopping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Engine compartment
Closing the hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
305
Opening the hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
Overv iew . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
Safety precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304
Engine control (indicator light) . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
adding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308
Chang ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
Checking oil leve l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308
Consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
308
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32, 34
Oil consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
Oil grades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
Specification and viscosity . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
Engine sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Engine speed limitation (indicator light) 34
Engine Start/Stop mode
refer to Start/Stop system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Engine warm-up request
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
34
Enhanced view .. .. .. ... ....... ... .. .. . 14
Entering characters/numbers (speller) ... . 148
Entering letters (speller) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Entertainment sliding menu . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Entry/exit lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Environment
Proper disposal of drained brake fluid ...
311
Proper disposal of drained engine oil . . . . 309
Unleaded fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
Event Data Recorder (EDR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Exterior lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
External speech dialog system . . . . . . . . . . 159
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Sources of information about child restraints
and their use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Space-saving spare tire (compact spare tire) 3.49
Spare tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
Speed-dependent volume adjustment 233
Speed limit info
refer to Traffic sign recognition . . . . . . . . . 24
Speed limits
refer to Traffic sign recognition . . . . . . . . . 24
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Speed warning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Speller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Start/Stop system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Engine does not switch off . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Engine starts automatically . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Stopping/starting the engine . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Switching off/on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
START ENGINE STOP button . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Starting from a stop Hill start ass ist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Starting to drive Hill hold assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
With trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
St rt· ( . )
a ing engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76, 79
Steering Electromechanical power steering . . . . . . 137
Indicator light ................ ... 32, 137
Steering wheel Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Shift paddles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Steering wheel heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
also refer to Multifunction
steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12, 14, 15
Steps for determining correct load limit . . . 331
Stopover (navigation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Stopping (eng ine) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76, 79
Stored stations
refer to Favorites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Streaming
refer to Online media. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Street view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
S tronic (automatic transm ission) . . . . . . . . . 83
Subtitles(DVD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Subwoofer (sound) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Index
Sunshade
Sun v isors ..
.. .. .. .................. .. 56
56
Swap call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Switching tabs
refer to Multifunction
steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 , 14 , 15
Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
T raffic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
also refer to Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Synchronization (cl imate control system) .. . 71
System settings (MMI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
System update (MMI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
System volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
T
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10, 11
Ta il lights
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
T DI clean diesel
refer to Ad Blue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
Technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361
Technical modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365
Telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Connecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Dialing a phone number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Options during a phone call . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Playing music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Temperature display
Outside temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Temperature gauge Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Tether anchors
T ethering
Tether strap 293
172
293
T ext messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Tie-downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66, 243
Tightening specification Wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348
T ightening specification (wheel bolts) . . . . 348
Time .. ..... ... .. .. ................. 229
Tire Mobility System (tire repair set) . . . . . . 343
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