In strument s a nd warning / indicator lights 9
Digital clock with date display
Your vehicle is equipped with a quartz con-
trolled digital clock.
Fig. 4 I nstr um ent cluste r wit h t he dig ita l clock
To set the hour
.. Pull t he knob (hou r d isp lay flashes) and turn
it t o the left or right.
To set the minutes
.. Pull the knob as ma ny times as necessary
un t il the mi nute display flash es.
.. Turn the knob to the left or right .
To set the date
.. Pull the knob as many times as necessary
unt il the day, month or year display flashes.
.. Turn the knob to the left or right .
To hide or display the date
.. Pull the knob as many times as necessary
unti l the date display flashes.
.. Turn the knob to the left or right.
When the date disp lay stops blinking, this
means the time and date have been success-
fu lly stored.
With t he ignition off, pushing or pulling the
Set/Check button ¢
page 8, fig. 3 ® can turn
on the display field lighting for a few seconds.
Engine coolant temperature gauge
The engine coo lant gauge¢ page 8, fig . 3 @
on ly works when the ign ition is on. To prevent
damage to your engine, please note the fo l-
lowing important points:
Engine cold
As long as the nee dle rem ains at the left end
of t he gauge, t he engine st ill has not reac hed
its operating temperat ure. Avoid high engine
speeds, heavy engine loads and heavy throt-
tle.
Normal temperature
When t he engine has reache d its ope rat ing
temperature, t he need le will move int o the
mid dle of t he gauge and rema in there .
If the
engine is wor king hard at high outside tem -
peratures, the needle may turn fu rther to the
right. This is no cause for concern as long as
the . warni ng light in the inst rument cluster
does not illuminate .
When the . war ning light starts to flash,
th is can mean one of two thi ngs: either the
coolant
temperature is too high, o r the coo l-
ant
level is too low ¢ page 15 .
A WARNING
-
- Always obs erve t he warn ing in
¢ page 171 before openi ng the eng ine
hoo d and che cking the e ngine coolant
leve l.
- Neve r ope n t he eng ine hood if you see or
hear ste a m, o r if you see engi ne coo lant
drippi ng fr om t he en gine compar t ment .
You could bur n yourse lf. Let the en gine
coo l off first until you can no longer see
or hear steam or coolant escap ing.
(D Note
- Mounting ad ditiona l lights or accessories
in front of the air inlets reduces the coo l-
ing effect of t he radiato r. At high outsi de
tempe rat ures or high engine load, the
eng ine could overheat.
- The front spoiler has been designed to
properly d istribute the cooling a ir when
the vehicl e is movi ng. If the spoiler is
damaged, this could reduce the coo ling
eff ect a nd th e eng ine could then ove r-
heat . Ask your aut hori zed Audi deal e r for
assist an ce.
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