Audi A6 2016 Owner's Manual page 5

Driver's and front passenger's f ootwell . . 130
Pedal area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Sto ring cargo correctly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 1
Reporting Safety Defects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Safety belts
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
General information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Why use safety belts? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Belt tens ioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Important info rmation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Front airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Monitoring the Advanced Airbag System . 153
Knee airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Side curtai n airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Child safety
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
I mportant info rmation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 6
Chil d seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Securing child seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
LATCH system (Lower anchorages and
tethers for children) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Addit ional information
183
Audi pre sense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Preventative passenger protection 184
Driver messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Intelligent Technology . . . . . . . . . . 186
Not ice about data recorded by the Event
Data Recorder and vehicle control
modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Elect ronic Stabili zat ion Control (ESC) . . . . 187
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Electr omech anical st eering, dynam ic
steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
All whee l drive (quattro) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 1
Energy management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Driving and the environment
. . . . 194
Breaking in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Avoid damaging the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Driving throug h wate r on roads . . . . . . . . 194
Catalytic converte r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Diesel part iculate filte r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Table of contents
Placing you r vehicle out of service . . . . . . 196
Econ om ica l and environmenta lly-friend ly
driv ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Trailer mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Driving with a trai ler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Trailer mode notes . . . .............. . . 201
Operating instructions . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Care and cleaning
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
General information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Car washes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Cleaning and care informat ion 204
Fuel and Refueling
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Diesel f uel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Refueli ng . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...... . . . . . . . 210
Selective cata lytic red uction 2 12
Checking and Filling . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Hood ..... . ... . . . ................ . . 216
Engine compartment . ............ . . . . 2 18
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Cooling syst em . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Brake fl uid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Windsh ield/headlight washer container 229
Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . 231
Whee ls and Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Tire pressure monitoring system
249
Troubleshooting
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Emergency assistance . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Trunk escape handle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
War ning t riang le . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Vehicle tool kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Replacing w heels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Fuses ....... . . . . . ................. 259
Replacing fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Driver side cockpit fuse assignmen t
Front passenger side cockpit fuse
260
assignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Luggage compartment fuse assignment . 261
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