Audi A6 2017 User manual

owner's Manual
2017 A6

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Foreword
Thank you for choosing an Audi -we value your trust in us.
Your new Audi will allow you to experience the best in groundbreaking technolo-
gy and premium quality equipment avehicle hasto offer. We recommend that
you read your Owner's Manual thoroug hly so that you quickly become acquaint-
ed with your Audi and make use of all of its featu res.
In addition to explaining how the different features work, we provide many use-
ful tips and information concerning your safety, how to carefor your vehicle and
how to mainta inyour vehicle's value. We also giveyou useful tips and informa-
tion on how to driveyour vehicle more efficiently and in an environmentally
frie ndly manner .
We hope you enjoy driving your Audi and we wish you safe and pleasant motor-
ing.
AUDIAG

Table of contents
About this Owner's Manual . . . . . .
Cockpit . . . . . . .............. . ... . . .
Cockpit overview .......... ... . . . .
Controls at a glance ... ........ . . . . . . .
Instruments and indicator lights
Instruments . . . . . . . .......... . . . . . . .
Indicator lights . . . . .......... . . . . . . .
Driver information system . . . . . .
Overview . . . . . . . . . . .......... ... . . . .
Operation . ... . . . . . .......... . . . . . . .
On-board computer ........... . ... . . .
Efficiency program . . .......... . . . . . . .
Odometer . . . . . . ............ . ... . . . .
Time/date display .... . ...... . ... . . . .
Head-up display . . . . .. .. .. . .. . . . . . . . .
On Board Diagnostic System (OBD) .. . . .
Starting and driving ... . . . . . . . . . .
Opening and closing ...... . ... . . .
Central locking . . . ............ . ... . . .
Luggage compartment lid ...... . ... . . .
Child safety lock . . . . .......... . . . . . . .
Power windows . . . ... .. ... ... . . . . . . .
Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . .......... . . . . . . .
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Valet Parking function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Garage door opener (Homelink) . . . . . . . . 39
Lights and Vision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Exterior lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Interior lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
V1s1on. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Windshield wipers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Seats and storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
General information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Front seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Memory function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Ashtray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Cigarette lighter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
12 Volt sockets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
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Warm and cold . . . . . . . .......... . .
Climate contro l system . . . .......... . .
Steering wheel heating . . . .......... . .
Driving ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . .......... . .
General information . . . . . .......... . .
Steering .. . . . . . . . . . . . ............ . .
Start ing and stopping the engine ..... . .
Start-Stop system . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . .
Electromechanical parking brake .. . . . . .
Start ing from a stop . . .............. .
Automatic transmission
Trailer towing .. . . . .............. .
Driving with a trailer . . . . . . . ... . .. . . . .
Trailer towing information .......... . .
Driver assistance . . . . ...... .. . . . . .
Assist .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . .......... . .
Speedwarning system . . ............ . .
Cruise control system . . . . .......... . .
Audi adaptive cruise contro l .......... .
Audi active lane assist . . . . .......... . .
Audi side assist . . . . . . . ............ . .
Night vision assist with pedestrian and
wild animal detection . . ............. .
Audi drive select (drive settings) ..... . . .
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Park ing systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
General information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Parking system plus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Rearviewcamera . ... . . . ... . ...... . .. 110
Peripheral cameras . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Adjusting the display and the warning
tones.............................. 118
Error messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Trailer hitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Intelligent Technology . . . . . . . . . . 120
Electronic Stabilization Control (ESC). . . . 120
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Electromechanical steering, dynamic
steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
All wheel drive (quattro) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Energy management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Notice about data recorded by the Event
Data Recorder and vehicle control
modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

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Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . ... . 128
Driving safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Correct passenger seating positions . . . . . 129
Driver's and front passenger's footwell . . 133
Pedal area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Storing cargo correctly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Reporting Safety Defects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Audi pre sense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Preventative passenger protect ion . . . . . . 137
Safety be lts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
General informa tion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Why usesafety belts? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Belt tensione rs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Importan t information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Front airbags . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Monitor ing the Advanced Airbag System . 159
Kneeairbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Side curtain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Ch ild safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Important info rmation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Child seats . . . . .............. . . . . . . . 177
Securing child seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
LATCHsystem (lower anchorages and
tethers for children) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Addit ional informat ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Maintenance and Care . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Checking and Filling . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Diesel fue l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Refueling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Selective catalytic reduction (AdBlue/
DEF) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Diesel particulate filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 1
Cooling system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Brake flu id . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
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Windsh ield washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Service interva l display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . 210
Wheels and Tires . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . 210
Tire pressure monitoring system . . . . . . . 228
Care and cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
General information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Car washes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Cleaning and care informat ion . . . . . . . . . 232
Placing your vehicle out of service . . . . . . 235
Do It Yourself . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Emergency assistance . . . . . . . . . . . 236
General information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Replacing wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Spare tire 242
Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Replacing fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Driver sidecockpit fuse assignment . . . . . 245
Front passenger sidecockpit fuse
assignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Luggage compartment fuse assignment 246
Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Replacing light bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Emergency situations . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Starting by pushing or towing . . . . . . . . . . 249
Start ing with jumper cables . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Use of jumper cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Towing with a tow truck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Raising the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Accessories and Technical Data . 255
Technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Vehicle specificat ions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Notes about technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Weig hts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
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Gasoline engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Diesel engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Consumer information . . . . . . . . . . 259
Warranty coverages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Operating your vehicle outside the U.S.A.
or Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Audi Service Repair Manuals and
Literature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Accessories and technical changes . . . . . . 261
Declaration of Compliance,
Telecommunication and Electronic
Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Index ... . . . . . ... . .......... . ... . .. 263
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This Owner's Manual applies to all versions of
this model. It manua l contains important infor-
mat ion, tips, suggestions and warn ings for using
your vehicle.
Keep this manua l in your vehicle at all times . This
is especially important if you loan your vehicle to
others or sell it.
This owner's manua l describes the equipment
range specified for th is mode l at the time of
printing. Individua l equipment options described
may on ly be available at a later date or may only
be offered in certain countries.
Some sect ions in this manua l do not apply to all
vehicles. When this is the case, the beginning of
the sect ion ind icates the validity, for example
"Applies to: vehicles with Head-up disp lay". Op-
tional or vehicle-specific equ ipment is also identi-
fied with an asterisk"*".
The illustrations are designed as a general guide
and on your vehicle may look slightly different
than what is illustrated.
All directions, such as "left", "right", "front" and
"rear", are based on the vehicle's direction of
travel.
* Optional or vehicle -specific equipment
... The section continues on the next page.
c::>.& Cross reference to a "WARNING" with in a
section. If a page number is indicated, the
WARNING is located outs ide of the section.
_& WARNING
Text with this symbol contains information
about safety and how to reduce the risk of se-
rious personal injury or death.
(D Note
Text with this symbol contains info rmat ion
about reducing the risk of damage to your ve-
hicle.
@ Forthe sake of the environment
Text with this symbol contains info rmat ion on
protecting the enviro nm ent.
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About this Owner 's Manual
{!) Tips
Text with this symbol contains additional use-
ful information.
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Cockpit overview
Cockpit overview
Controls at a glance
Fig. 1 Cockpit: left section
Fig. 2 Cockpit: right section
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(!) Door handle
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Side assist display
Cent ral locking switch ....... . . .
Memory function buttons . . . . . . .
Side assist button ... .. . . . ... . .
Air ven ts wit h thumbwheel
Lever for:
- Turn signals and high beams
- High beam assistant . . . . ... . .
- Active lane assist ......... . . .
@ Multifunction steer ing wheel with:
- Horn
- Driver's airbag . . .... . . . . . . . .
- Driver informa tion system con-
t rols . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . .
- Audio/v ideo, telephone, nav iga -
t ion and voice recognition con-
trols
- Stee ring wheel heat ing .... . . .
- Shift paddles ............ . . .
® Instrument cluster .... . . . . . . . .
@ Head-up display ............ . .
@ Windshield washe r system leve r
@ Buttons for:
- Infota inment system display
- Trip odometer ............ . .
@ starting the eng ine when there is a
malfunc tion . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . .
~ Knee airbag . . . ............ . . .
@ Steer ing whee l adjustment, de-
pending on equipment
- Mechan ical . . . . . .... . . . . . . . .
- Power . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . .
@ Lever for:
- Cruise cont rol system ... . . . . .
- Adaptive cruise cont rol ...... .
@ Button for switching the Head-up
display on/off , adjust ing the
height . . . . . .............. . . .
@ Instrument illum ination ....... .
@ Hood release . . . . . .... . . . . . . . .
~ @ Data link connector for On Board
;:::: Diagnostic System (OBDII) .....
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8 @ Light switch . . . .......... . . . . .
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Coc kpit ov erv iew
@ Buttons for :
- All-weather lights
- Night vision assistant ........ .
- Rear fog light(s) . . . . . . .... . . .
@ Switch for luggage compartment
lid . ..... . . . . . . . ... . ........ .
@ Power exterior mirro r adjustment
@ Buttons for :
- Powe r windows
- Parental control
@ Infotai nment system display
@ Emergency flashers ........... .
@ Glove compartment .......... .
@) Front passenger's airbag .... . . .
@ Valet Parking funct ion .. ... . . . .
@ Drives (Infot ainment system)
@ Buttons/ indicator light for:
- Start/Stop system .......... .
- Parking aid . . . . . . . . .. ... . . . .
- PASSENGERAIR BAGOFF .... .
- Power sunshade . ........... .
- Elect ronic Stabilization Control
(ESC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . .
@) Climate control system, depending
on vehicle equ ipment:
- Deluxe automatic climate control
- 4 -zone del uxe au tomatic climate
cont rol . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . .
@ Storage compartment or ashtray
with cigarette lighter ... .... . . .
@ ISTAR T ENGINE STOP Ibutto n
@ Infotainment unit
@ Cup holder, 12 Volt outlet
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@ Electromechanical parking brake 75
@ Selector lever (automatic transm is-
sion) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
(!) Tips
- Some the eq uipment listed here is on ly in-
sta lled in certain models or is available as
an opt ion.
- The instr ument cluster disp lay is either mul-
ticolored or monochrome, depending on ve-
hicle equipment. Because t he images in .,..
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Cockpi t o ver v iew
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both are nearly identical, the multicolored
display is shown in this Owner's Manual. - Operation of the Multi Media Interface (In- fotainment system) is described in asepa-
rate operating instructions manual.