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– Your vehicle has broken down or you are

having an emergency

main turned on at all times for safety reasons.

Drive immediately to an authorized Audi dealer

or authorized Audi Service Facility to have the

malfunction corrected.

– Your vehicle is being towed or if you are

towing another vehicle

Interior lighting

Messages

Front interior lighting

The following messages may appear, depending

on the vehicle equipment:

If the  indicator light turns on, a bulb has

failed. The displayed message indicates the cause

and possible solutions. If one of the messages re-

mains on, drive immediately to an authorized

Audi dealer or authorized Audi Service Facility to

have the malfunction corrected.

 Audi adaptive light: malfunction! See own-

er's manual

Fig. 46 Headliner: front interior lighting

Adaptive light is not working. The headlights still

function. Drive immediately to an authorized

Audi dealer or authorized Audi Service Facility to

have the malfunction corrected.

Interior lighting buttons

* – Interior lighting on/off

 – Door contact switch on/off. The interior light-

ing is controlled automatically.

 Headlight range control: malfunction! See

owner's manual

Touch-sensitive reading lights

There is a malfunction in the headlight range

control system, which may cause glare for other

road users. Drive to an authorized Audi dealer or

authorized Audi Service Facility immediately to

have the malfunction corrected.

►

To turn a reading light on or off, touch the sur-

face 1 briefly.

►

To activate the manual dimming function,

touch the surface 1 when the light is turned

off and keep touching it until the desired

brightness is reached.

 High beam assistant: malfunction! See own-

er's manual

You can still turn the high beams on or off man-

ually. Drive immediately to an authorized Audi

dealer or authorized Audi Service Facility to have

the malfunction corrected.

Rear interior lighting

 High beam assistant: currently unavailable.

Camera view limited due to environmental con-

ditions

This message appears if the camera's visual field

is blocked. The system will turn itself off. Try

turning the systems on later.

Fig. 47 Headliner: rear reading lights





Automatic headlights: malfunction! See

owner's manual

The light/rain sensor is malfunctioning. In the

AUTO light switch position, the low beams re-

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Reading lights

– Cockpit dimming

– Head-up display

– MMI

►

To turn the reading lamp on or off, press the 

button 1 .

– Audi virtual cockpit

►

To activate the manual dimming function*,

touch the surface while the light is off 

and keep touching it until the desired bright-

ness is reached.

Instrument illumination

Interior lighting

Applies to: vehicles with interior lighting

The ambient lighting turns on when the ignition

is turned on. The O light switch position deacti-

vates the interior lighting.

The following settings depend on the vehicle

equipment.

Fig. 48 Light switch: instrument illumination

►

Applies to MMI: Select on the home screen: VE-

HICLE > Light & Visibility > Interior lighting.

 – You can adjust the background brightness of

the instruments and display illumination.

You can choose from various color profiles, such

as Maritime.

►

Press the knob 1 to release it.

►

Turn the knob toward "-" or "+" to reduce or in-

Additional settings and profiles:

crease the brightness.

►

Press the knob again to return it to its original

position.

– Brightness: you can adjust the brightness for

all of the interior lighting.

– Individual: you can adjust the brightness and

color of the interior lighting separately for the

line and surface lighting.

Tips

Depending on vehicle equipment, the instru-

ment illumination (needles and gauges) may

turn on when the lights are off and the igni-

tion is turned on. The illumination for the

gauges reduces automatically and eventually

turns off as brightness outside increases. This

function reminds the driver to turn the low

beams on at the appropriate time.

– Audi drive select: the line and surface lighting

color changes depending on the selected drive

select mode.

Tips

Depending on vehicle equipment, when the

drive select* function is turned on, the color

of the contour and surface lighting may brief-

ly change to red or blue when the interior

temperature is manually increased or de-

creased.

Display brightness

You can set the instrument and display illumina-

tion. The settings depend on the vehicle equip-

ment.

►

Applies to MMI: select on the home screen:

SETTINGS > Display & Brightness.

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Vision

WARNING

Curved mirror surfaces (for example convex)

enlarge the field of vision. However, they

make objects in the mirror appear smaller and

farther away. When using these mirrors to es-

timate your distance to vehicles behind you

when changing lanes, you could estimate in-

correctly, which increases the risk of an acci-

dent.

Adjusting exterior mirrors

Note

– Applies to: vehicles with power folding exte-

rior mirrors: If the mirror housing was

moved by outside forces (such as an impact

when maneuvering), you must use the pow-

er folding function to fold the mirror all the

way out. The mirrors will make a loud noise

when they latch into place. The mirror hous-

ing must not be moved back into place by

hand because this could impair the function

of the mirror mechanism.

Fig. 49 Driver's door: knob for the exterior mirrors

►

Turn the knob in the driver's door to the desired

position:

0 – Deactivates all adjustment functions.

 /  – Selects the left or right exterior mirror.

To adjust the mirror glass in a mirror, press the

knob in the desired direction.

 – Heats the mirror glass depending on the

outside temperature.

– Applies to: vehicles without power folding

exterior mirrors: If the mirror housing was

moved by outside forces (such as an impact

when maneuvering), you must move it back

into place by hand.

 – Folds the exterior mirrors in*. To fold the

mirrors out, turn the knob to one of the other po-

sitions. In the MMI, you can select if the mirrors

fold in automatically when you lock the vehicle

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– If you wash the vehicle in an automatic car

wash, you must fold the exterior mirrors in

to reduce the risk of damage to the mirrors.

Never fold power folding exterior mirrors*

by hand. Only fold them in and out using

the power controls.

Front passenger's exterior mirror tilt

function*

Requirement: the knob must be in the position

for the front passenger’s exterior mirror.

Tips

The mirror surfaces tilt slightly when reverse

gear is selected to provide a better view, for ex-

ample of the edge of the curb.

If the power adjusting function malfunctions,

the glass in both mirrors can be adjusted by

pressing on the edge of it by hand.

You can adjust the mirror surface by turning the

knob in the desired direction.

Dimming the mirrors

The mirror moves from the reversing position

back to the original position:

Manual dimming rearview mirror

►

Pull the lever on the bottom of the mirror back. 

– When you turn off the ignition

– When you drive forward at speeds faster than 9

mph (15 km/h).

– When the knob is no longer in the position for

the front passenger exterior mirror

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