Audi A4 2013 Owner's Manual page 5

Safety belts
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
General notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Why safety belts? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Safety belt pretens ioners . . . . . . . . . . 143
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Important things to know . . . . . . . . . . 14S
Front airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Monitor ing the Advanced Airbag
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Side curta in airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Child Safety
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
I mpor t ant th ings to know . . . . . . . . . . 166
Child safety seat s ................. 172
I nstall ing a chi ld safety seat . . . . . . . . 17 6
LATCH Lower anchorages and tether
for chi ldren . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Addit ional Information 184
Vehi c le operat ion
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Intelligent technology . . . . . . . . 185
Not ice about data recorded by vehicle
control modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18S
Electronic Stabilization Control (ESC) . 185
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Elect ro-mechanical power assist ,
dynamic steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Driving w ith your quat t ro® . . . . . . . . . 191
Energy management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Driving and environment . . . . . 194
The f irst 1,000 miles (1,500 km) and
afterwards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Avoid damaging the vehicle . . . . . . . . . 194
Driving through water on roads . . . . . 194
Catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19S
Operate your vehicle econom ically and
minim ize poll ution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
allroad: Driving offroad . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Trailer towing
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Driving w ith a t railer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Trailer towing tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 1
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Vehicle care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
202
Cleaning and protection
. . . . . . 202
General information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Care of exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Care of interior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Fuel supply and filling your
fuel tank . . . . . . . . . . .............
214
Gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Fuel tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... . . . . 216
Checking and filling
. . . . . . . . . . . 219
Engine hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Engine compartment .............. 221
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Engine cooling system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Windshie ld/headlight* washer
container . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Tires and wheels
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Tire pressure monitoring system 253
Do-it-yourself service
. . . . . . . . . 256
What do I do now? . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Vehicle tool kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2S6
Space-saving spare tire (compact
spare t ire) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Inflatable spare tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Inflat ing inflatable spare tire . . . . . . . 258
Changing a wheel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Fuses and bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
265
Fuses..... . . . . . . . . . ............. 265
Bul bs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Emergency situations . . . . . . . . .
269
General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Start ing by pushing or towing . . . . . . . 269
Start ing with jumpe r cables . . . . . . . . 269
Use of jumper cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Emergency towing wit h commercia l
tow truck . . . . . . . . . . . . .......... . 271
Lifting vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
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