Safety first . . .......... . . . . . . . .
Driving Safely ............... . .
General notes . . .......... . . . . . . . .
Proper occupant seating posit ions . . .
Pedal area . . . ................ . . . .
Stowing luggage ............ . . . . .
Reporting Safety Defects ... . . . . . . . .
142
142
142
143
147
148
150
Safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
General notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Why safety belts? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Safety belt pretens ion ers . . . . . . . . . . 158
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Important things to know . . . . . . . . . . 160
Front airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Monito ring the Advanced Airbag
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 1
Side airbags . . . .......... . . . . . . . .
Side curta in airbags ....... . ... . . . .
Ch ild Safety . .......... . . . . . . . .
Important things to know .. . . . . . . . .
Child safety seats ......... . ... . . . .
Installing a child safety seat . . . . . . . .
LATCH Lower anchorages and tethe r
for childre n ........... . ..... . ... .
Additional I nformation
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178
181
181
186
190
194
198
Vehicle operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Intelligent technology . . . . . . . . 199
Notice about data recorded by vehicle
control modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Elect ronic stabilization Program (ESP) 199
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Servotronic ® - advanced power
steering system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Driving w ith your quattro ® . . . . . . . . . 205
Energy management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Driving and environment . . . . . 208
The first 1,000 miles (1,500 km) and
afterwards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Avoid damag ing the vehicle . . . . . . . . . 209
Driving through water on roads . . . . . 209
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Catalytic converter . . . . . .......... .
Operate your vehicle economically and
min im ize poll ution . . . . . .......... .
Trailer towing . . . . . . .......... .
Driving with a trailer . .......... . . .
Trailer tow ing tips
209
210
213
213
215
Vehicle care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Cleaning and protection . . . . . . 216
General information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Care of exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Care of interior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Fuel supply and filling your
fuel tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
227
Gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Fuel tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Checking and filling . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Engine hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Engine compartm ent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Engine cooling system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Windshield/headlight* washer
container . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Tires and wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Tire pressure monitoring system 265
Do-it-yourself service . . . . . . . . . 268
What do I do now? . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Vehicle tool kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Space-saving spare tire (compact
spare tire)* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Changing a wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Fuses and bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Bulbs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Emergency situations . . . . . . . . . 279
General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
Starting by pushing or towing . . . . . . . 279
Starting with jumper cables . . . . . . . . 279
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