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Care and cleaning
- Never use warm or hot water to remove
snow or ice from the camera lens. This
cou ld cause the lens to crack.
-
Never use abrasive clean ing mater ia ls or
alcoho
l
to clean the camera lens. This
cou ld cause scratches and cracks.
-
Door windows
-
Remove snow and ice on windows and
ex-
terior mirrors with a plastic scraper. To
avoid scratches, move the scrape
r
on ly in
one direction and not back and forth
.
-
Never remove snow o
r
ice from doo
r
win-
dows and m irrors using warm or hot water
because this could cause cracks to form.
-
To avoid damage to the rear window de-
fogge
r,
do not apply any sticke rs on the
heating wires on the inside of the window.
- Decorative parts
/
trim
-
Never use chrome care or cleaning prod-
ucts.
-
Paint
-
To reduce the risk of scratches, the vehicle
must be free of dirt and dust before pol
-
ishing or waxing
.
-
To prevent pa int damage, do not polish or
wax the veh icle in direct sunlight
.
-
To reduce the risk of pa int damage, do not
polish away rust spots
.
-
Remove cosmetics and sunscreen immedi-
ately- these could damage the paint.
-
Displays
-
To avoid scratches, do not use dry cleaning
methods on displays.
- Controls
- Make sure that no fluids enter the
con-
trols, because this could cause damage
.
- Safet
y
belt
s
-
Do not remove the safety belts to clean
them.
- Never clean safety belts or their compo-
nents chemically or with corrosive flu ids
or so lvents and never allow sharp objects
to come into contact with the safety belts
.
This could cause damage to the belt web-
bing.
-
If there is damage to the webbing, the
connect ions, the retractors or the buckles,
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have them replaced by an authorized Aud
i
dealer or authorized Audi Service Facility.
- Textile
s/
artificial leath
er/
Alcantara
-
Never treat art ificial leather/ Alcantara
with leather care products
,
solvents, floor
polish, shoe polish, spot remove or s imilar
products
.
-
Have a spec ialist remove stubborn stains
to prevent damage
.
-
Never use steam cleaners, brushes, hard
sponges, etc
.
when cleaning
.
-
Do not turn on the seat heating* to dry the
seat
.
-
Objects with sharp edges such as zippers,
rivets on clothing or be lts can cause dam-
age to the surface
.
-
Open hook and loop fasteners, for exam-
ple on clothing, can damage seat covers
.
Make sure hook and loop fasteners are
closed
.
- Natural leather
- Never
treat leather
wit
h solvents
,
floor
polish, shoe polish, spot remover or sim
i-
lar products
.
-
Objects with sharp edges such as zippers
,
rivets on clothing or be lts can cause dam
-
age to the surface
.
- Never
use
st
eam cleaners, brushes, hard
sponges, etc
.
when cleaning
.
-
Do not turn on the seat heating* to dry the
seat.
-
To he lp prevent the leather from fad ing,
do not leave the vehicle in d irect sunlight
for long periods of time
.
If leaving the
ve-
hicle parked for long periods of time, you
should cover the leather to protect it from
d irect sunlight.
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Tips
-
Insects are easier to remove from paint that
has been freshly waxed.
-
Regular waxing can prevent rust spots from
forming.
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