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To restore the balance of energy, components
that require large amounts of energy are tempo-
rarily scaled back or switched
off. Heating sys-
tems in particular require a great deal of energy .
If you notice, for example, that the seat heating*
or rear window defogger is not working, then it
has been temporar ily reduced or switched
off .
These systems are available again as soon as the
energy supp ly has been restored.
In addition, you may notice that the idle speed
has slightly increased. That is normal and no
cause for concern . By increasing the idling speed,
the add itiona l required energy will be generated
and the vehicle battery will be charged.
Notice about data
recorded by the Event
Data Recorder and
vehicle control modules
Event Data Recorder
This vehicle is equipped with an Event Data Re-
corde r (EDR). The main purpose of an EDR is to
record, in certain crash or near cras h-like situa -
tions, such as an airbag deployment or hitting a
road obstacle, data that will assist in understand -
ing how a vehicle's systems performed. The EDR
is designed to record data related to vehicle dy-
namics and safety systems for a short period of
time, typically 30 seconds or less. The EDR in this
vehicle is designed to record such data as :
- How various systems in your vehicle were oper-
ating;
- Whether or not the driver and passenger safety
belts were buckled/fastened;
- How far (if at all) the driver was depressing the
accelerator and/or brake peda l; and,
- How fast the vehicle was traveling.
These data can help provide a better understand-
ing of the circumstances in which crashes and in-
ju ries occur. NOTE: EDR data are recorded by your
vehicle only if a non-trivial crash situation occurs;
no data are recorded by the EDR under normal
driving conditions and no personal data (e.g.,
name, gender, age, and crash location) are re-
corded. However, other parties, such as law en-
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forcement, could combine the EDR data with the
type of personally identifying data routinely ac-
quired during a crash investigation.
To read data recorded by an EDR, special equip-
ment is required, and access to the vehicle or the
EDR is needed. In addition to the vehicle manu-
facturer, other parties, such as law enforcement,
that have the special equipment, can read the in-
formation if they have access to the vehicle or the
EDR.
Some state laws restrict the retrieval or down-
loading of data stored by ED Rs installed in a vehi-
cle for the express purpose of retrieving data af-
ter an accident or crash event without the own-
er's consent .
Audi will not access the EDR and/or similar data
or give it to others -
- unless the vehicle owner (or lessee if the vehi-
cle has been leased) agrees; or
- upon the official request by the police; or
- upon the order of a court of law or a govern-
ment agency; or
- for the defense of a lawsuit thro ugh the jud icial
discovery process.
- Audi may also use the data for resea rch about
vehicle operation and safety performance or
provide the data to a third party for research
purposes without identifying the specific vehi-
cle or information about the identity of its own-
er or lessee and only after the recorded vehicle
data has been accessed.
Vehicle control modules
Your vehicle is also equipped with a number of
electronic control modules for various vehicle
systems, such as engine management, emission
control, airbags, and safety belts .
These electronic control modu les record data
during normal vehicle operation that may be
needed by trained technicians for diagnostic and
repair purposes. The recording capability of these
modules is limited to data (no sound is record-
ed). Only a small amount of data is actually re-
corded over a very limited period of time, or stor-
ed when a system fault is detected by a control
module . Some of the data stored may relate to .,.
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