Airbag system ........ ........ 185
Important things to know . . . . . . 185
Fr ont airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 89
Mon it o r ing the Advan ced A irbag
System ...................... 196
Sid e air b ags .................. 201
Side cur t ain a irbags . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Child Safe t y . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Impor t ant th ings t o know ..... .
Child safety seats ...... ...... .
Installing a child safety seat ... .
LATCH Lowe r ancho r ages and
tether for children ............ .
Add it iona l Informat ion
207
2 1 2
217
221
226
Vehicle operation . ..... 228
Intelligent tec h no l ogy . . . . . . . . 228
Notic e abo ut da t a re corded by
vehicle contro l modu l es . . . . . . . . 228
El e ct r onic st ab ili z a t ion Program
(ESP) ........................ 228
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Se rvo tr on ic ® - advanced power
st eer ing syst e m . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 4
Dr iving with your qua t tro ® . . . . . . 234
Energy management .... .... . .. 235
Dri vin g an d env ir o n ment ...... 238
T he firs t 1,000 miles (1,50 0 km)
and af t erwa rds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Avoid damaging t he veh ic l e . . . . . 239
Dr iv i ng through water on roads . 239
Catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Opera t e your veh ic l e econom ically
and m inimize pollution . . . . . . . . . 240
Trailer towing ............. .... 243
Driving with a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . 243
T railer towing t ips . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Controls and equip-
ment
Safety first
Vehicle care .............. 2 4 8
Cl ean ing an d protection ...... 2 4 8
General info r ma ti on . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Care of ex t e r io r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Care of interior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Fuel s u p p ly a n d fill in g y o ur f uel
t ank ....................... ...
2 61
Gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 61
Fuel tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Check i ng and filling . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Engine hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 66
Engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . 268
Engine o il . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Eng ine cooling sys t em . . . . . . . . . 273
Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
W indshie l d/head l i gh t * washer
container . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
Tires and wh e els . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 83
T ires
T ire pressure monitor ing system
283
302
Do-it-yourself service . 306
What do I do now? . . . . . . . . . . . 306
Trunk escape handle . . . . . . . . . . . 306
Veh icle too l ki t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
Space - savi n g spare tire (compact
sp are tir e )* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
Ch a n ging a whee l . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308
Fuses an d bul b s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315
Fu s e s ........................ 315
Bulbs ........................ 3 1 9
Eme r ge nc y si t u a ti on s ......... 32 1
General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321
Starting by pushing or towing 3 21
Starting wi t h j umper cables . . . . 321
Table of contents
Use of j u mper c ab l es .... ..... .
Emerge n cy tow ing w ith
commercial tow tr u c k ..... ... .
Lif ti ng vehicle ............... .
Technical data
Gen e ra l inf orm at ion
Explanation of technica l data .. .
Vehicle ident ification ......... .
We ig hts ... ....... ...... .. .. .
Dimensions ............... .. .
Data .. .. ...... ......... ...... .
21 1 hp, 2.0 li t e r 4-cyl. e n gi n e .. .
Consumer Information ...... .
War r anty cove r ages .......... .
Ope r a t ing your v e hic l e o uts ide t he
U.S.A . or Canada ............ . .
A u d i Ser vice Repair Ma nu a l s and
Literature ................... .
Ma intenance .... ......... . . . .
Add it iona l a c cesso r ies,
modif ications and par t s
replacement .............. .. .
Declara ti on of Comp li a nc e,
T elecommunicat ions and
Electronic Systems ........... .
Alphabetical index ....
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326
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Vehicle operation Vehicle care Do-it-yourself service Technical data