Monitoring the Advanced Airbag
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Knee airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Child Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Important things to know . . . . . . . . . . 132
Child safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Installing a child safety seat . . . . . . . . 140
Additional Information . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Vehicle operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Intelligent technology . . . . . . . . 144
Notice about data recorded by vehicle
control modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Elect ronic Stabilization Control (ESC) . 144
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Rear spoiler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Power steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Dry sump lubrication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Driving with your quattro ® . . . . . . . . . 149
Energy management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Driving and environment . . . . . 153
Break-in period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Avoid damaging the vehicle . . . . . . . . . 153
Driving through water on roads . . . . . 153
Catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Shutting down vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Operation and maintenance . . . . . . . . 154
Trailer towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Vehicle care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Cleaning and protection . . . . . . 156
General information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Care of exte rior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Care of interior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Fuel supply and filling your
fuel tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
167
Gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Fuel tank. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Checking and filling . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Engine compartment lid . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Engine cooling system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
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Battery . . . . . . ... . . . . . .......... . 184
Windshield washer container
188
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Tires and wheels . .......... . . .
189
Tires ... . . . . . ... . . . . . .......... .
189
Tire pressure monitoring system
206
Do-it-yourself service ........ .
210
What do I do now? ........... .
210
Trunk escape handle ........... . . .
210
Vehicle tool kit . . . . .............. .
210
Tire repair . . . . . . . . .............. .
210
What should I be aware of when
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c anging a rre. . .. . ............. . 214
Jump-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . ... . 217
Emergency towing wit h commercial
tow truck . . . . . . . . . . ............ . 219
Fu se s and bulbs . . . . .......... . 221
Electr ical fuses . . . . .............. . 221
Bulbs ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . .......... . 222
Technical data . . ... . .......... . 223
General information ....... . . . 223
Explanation of technical data ...... . 223
Vehicle identification . .......... . . .
223
Weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . .......... .
223
Dimens ions .. . . . ..... . .......... . 224
Data ... . . . . . ... . . . . . .......... .
225
430 hp, 4.2 liter 8-cyl. engine ...... .
225
525 hp, 5.2 liter 10-cyl. engine .... .
226
Con s umer Information .... . . .
227
Warranty coverages .............. . 227
Operating your vehicle outside the
U.S.A. or Canada . . . . . . .. .. .. . . . . . 227
Audi Service Repair Manuals and
literature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . 227
Maintenance . . . . . . .............. . 227
Additional accessories, modifications
and parts replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231