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Dr
iv
ing
-
Always hold the steering wheel with your
hands in the 9 o'clock and 3 o'clock posi-
t ions to reduce the risk of injury if the airbag
deploys.
-
Never hold the steer ing whee
l
in the 12
o'clock posit ion or with both hands on the
rim or the center of the steer ing whee
l.
Holding the steering wheel inco rrectly s ig-
nificantly incr eas es
t
he risk of inju ry to the
hands, arms and head if t he airbag dep loys.
Starting
and stopping
the engine
(vehicles
with
an ignition
Lock)
Starting the engine with the key
Applies
t
o vehicles: with ignition
lock
The ignition is switched on and the engine start-
ed with
t
he key in the ignition
.
Fig.
77 Ign it
ion
key posit ions
Stee ring lock
If the steering whee
l will
not turn, the steering
lock is engaged
.
.,.
To release
t
he steering wheel lock, inse rt
t
he
key
in t
he ignition lock and tu rn t he key in the
-direction of the arrow- while tu rning the steer-
ing wheel.
Switching the ignition on/off or preheating
.,.
To switc
h
the ignition on, turn the ign ition key
to posit io
n
@
.
The need le in
t
he tachometer
moves into the
READY
position.
.,.
To switc
h
the ign ition off, turn the ignit ion key
to position
@
. The need le in the tachometer
moves into the
OFF
position.
80
Diesel vehicles are preheated while the ignition is
switched on
m
.
Starting the engine
Your
vehicle is equipped
wit
h la unch control. As
soon as you have
t
urned the ignit ion key to pos
i-
tion
@
, the eng ine will start au
t
omati
cally.
.,.
Press
t
he brake pedal and move the sele ctor
lever to the P o
r
N
posi
ti
on.
.,.
Turn the key briefly to pos it
ion
@
.
The ign ition
key a utomat ica lly returns to pos ition
@
. Do not
press the acce lerator peda
l
when doing this.
Major elec
tr
ical equipmen
t
sw itches off tempora-
rily whe
n st
arting the engine.
It
is possible t hat there will be a sligh
t
de lay
whe
n st
arting the engine
in
d iesel veh icles in
colder temperatu res. Therefore,
you
must hold
t he brake pedal down until the eng ine starts
.
The
indicato
r
ligh
t
turns on wh ile
t
he engine is pre-
heating
iJ.
The preheating
t
ime depends on the coolant
temper
atur
e and outside temperature.
The glow
plug indi
cat
o
r
light
m
will only tu rn on for
a
p-
proximately 1 second when the engine is warm or
t he outside temperat ure is higher than 8 °C. That
means you can start the engine
immediately.
If
t
he engine does not
st
art immedia
t
ely,
st
op
the starti ng procedure by tu rning the ignition key
to posit ion
@
and repeat after 30 seconds
.
Automatic start malfunction
There is
an
autom atic st
a
rt ma
lfunct
ion if
t
he
~
(ga soline engine) or
m
(diese
l
eng ine)
indicat
or
light tur ns on and the message
Engine start sys·
tem malfun ction! Please contact Service
ap
-
pears.
To star
t t
he engine, hold the igni
ti
o
n
key in pos
i-
tion
@
unt
il
the engine runs.
Drive to an au
t
hori zed Audi dealer or au
t
hori zed
Audi Service Facility immed iate ly
t
o have
t
he
malfunc
t
ion correc
t
ed .
&
WARNING
- To red uce the risk
of
po ison ing, never allow
the engine to run in conf ined spaces
.
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