Clear vision
Lights
Switching the headlights on/off
Fig. 60 Instr ume nt pa ne l: light switc h (automat ic
head· a nd ta illight control)
Switching on the side marker lights
"' Turn the light switch to ::oo:.
Switching on the headlights and high
beam
"' Turn the light switch to tD.
.,. Push the high beam lever forward towa rds
t he instrument pane l
Q page 51.
Switching off the lights
.,. Turn the light switch to 0 .
Switching on automatic head- and
taillight control
.,. Turn the light switch to AUTO Q fig . 60 .
The headlig hts and tai lligh t s w ill come on au -
tomatically when the ignition is sw itche d on
and the light switch is in the position AUTO
(on ly in nig httime conditions). When switch·
ing off the ignit io n, the headlig hts will go off
and only the side marker lights will remai n lit.
Daytime running lights
USA models: The daytime running lig hts will
come on automat ically when the ig nit ion is
sw itched on and the light switch is in the posi·
tion
AUTO (only in daylight conditions).
Canada models : The daytime runni ng lights
will come on a utomat ically when the ignition
is switched on and the light switch is in the
Clear vi sion 49
position 0, AUTO (on ly in daylight cond itions)
o r ;oo:.
Automatic head- and taillight control
In the swit ch position AUTO the au t omati c
he ad- and t ailli ght con t rol is activ ated. Light
senso rs ar e locat ed in t he inside mirro r hous-
ing and constantly chec k t he light cond itions
su rroundi ng the vehicle. If ambient bright-
ness fa lls below a factory set value (e.g. when
dr iving into a tu nnel), the head- and taill ights
incl uding the license plate illuminati on are
automat ically t urned on . When ambient
brightness increases aga in, the exte rnal ligh t s
ar e turned off aga in
q &.. In the switch posi-
t ion
AUTO, the low beams are t ur ned off when
t he ign ition is switc hed off. The rem aining
ligh t s are t urned off when the key is ta ke n out
of the ignition lock.
Wit h a utomat ic head- and t aill igh t con t rol,
the high-be a m fu nction is al so ava ilable , but
with one rest rict ion : If you have not sw itche d
the high beams back to low beams during au-
tomat ic head light operat ion (for examp le, af-
ter driving through a tunnel), on ly the low
beams come on the next time automatic
headlig hts are switched on. To use the high
beams, yo u fi rst have to pull the high beam
lever back and then push the lever forwa rd
agam .
The side ma rker lights a nd headlights ca n be
sw itc hed on manually by turn ing the light
swit ch to the des ired pos ition .
Light sensor malfunction
If there is a light sensor ma lfunction, the
symbol
El comes on in the display . For safety
reasons, the low beams are tu rned on perma-
nently with t he sw itch in
AUTO. However , you
can con t inue to t urn t he lights on and off us-
ing t he light switch . Have t he ligh t sensor
checked as soon as possib le at a n au th ori zed
Audi d ealer.
Coming home/leaving home function
The function is sw itched on w hen the sw itch is
in the
AUTO pos ition and th e funct ion is liJJ,,
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