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– You park close to a hedge and the branches

move back and forth under the vehicle for a

long period of time.

WARNING

If you have folded the backrests into the up-

right position, always check if the lock is cor-

rectly engaged by pulling forward on the

backrest.

– You clean your vehicle, for example with a

pressure washer or in a car wash.

– There is heavy rain.

– The bumper is very dirty, for example after

driving on roads that have been treated with

salt.

Child safety lock

The child safety lock prevents the rear doors

from being opened from the inside and the rear

power windows from being operated.

– There is interference to the vehicle key's ra-

dio signal, such as from mobile devices or

remote controls

– If the vehicle key is located in the luggage

compartment or passenger compartment

while the luggage compartment lid is open,

then it will not be possible to close the lug-

gage compartment lid using foot motions.

Manually unlocking the luggage

compartment lid

The luggage compartment lid can be released

from the inside in an emergency.

Fig. 32 Driver's door: controls

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To activate or deactivate the child safety lock

for the rear doors (which controls the power

windows and interior door handle), press the

left and/or right  button in the driver's door

ðfig. 32. The LED in the button will turn on or

off.

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Make sure the child safety lock is working by

checking the function on the rear power win-

dow switch and door handle.

Fig. 31 Inner luggage compartment lid: access to the man-

ual release

When the child safety lock is turned on, the fol-

lowing functions are disabled:

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– The rear inner door handles

Fold the backrest on the rear bench seat for-

ward ðpage 89.

– The rear power windows

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Remove the mechanical key ðpage 42.

Using the mechanical key, pry the cover  off

the luggage compartment lid trim panel.

Press the lever with the mechanical key in the

– The buttons in the rear for the sunshades*

– The control panel* for the climate control sys-

tem in the rear. In this case, you can continue

operating the climate control system in the rear

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direction of the arrow to release the luggage

compartment lid.

SYNC

using the

button ðpage 94 in the cli-

mate control system controls in the cockpit.

Message in the instrument cluster display

WARNING

The following messages may appear, depending

on the vehicle equipment:

Observe the safety precautions ðpage 44.

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 /  Child safety lock: malfunction! Please

contact Service

To select a partially open position, press or pull

the switch to the first level until the desired

window position is reached.

There is a malfunction in the child safety lock.

Press the  button again.

Opening or closing sunshades on the rear

side windows

Applies to: vehicles with power sunshades on the rear side

windows

If the message stays on, drive immediately to an

authorized Audi dealer or authorized Audi Service

Facility to have the malfunction corrected.

Requirement: the window whose sunshade you

will operate must be closed.

WARNING

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To close or open the sunshade from the driver's

seat, pull or press the respective  power win-

dow switch in the driver's door.

To close or open the sunshade from the rear,

pull or press the respective  power window

switch in the rear door.

– Observe the safety precautions ðpage 37.

– A malfunction in the child safety lock could

allow the rear doors to be opened from the

inside, which increases the risk of an acci-

dent.

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Power windows

Correcting a malfunction in the one-touch

up/down function

Opening and closing windows and

sunshades

If necessary, you can reactivate the one-touch up/

down function if it malfunctions.

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Pull the power window switch up until the win-

dow is completely raised.

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Release the switch and pull it up again for at

least one second.

WARNING

– Observe the safety precautions ðpage 37.

– Never close the windows or sunshades*

carelessly or in an uncontrolled manner, be-

cause this increases the risk of injury.

Fig. 33 Driver's door: power window switch

Power window switches:

Tips

Left front door

Right front door

Left rear door

Right rear door

– The windows will automatically open slight-

ly when you open the doors.

– If the window in the driver's or front pas-

senger's door is completely open, it will

raise slightly when the door is opened. The

window will lower again when you close the

door.

Opening and closing the windows

All power windows can be operated from the

driver's seat. All power window switches are

equipped with a two-stage function:

– You can still open and close the windows for

several minutes after turning the ignition

off. The power windows do not turn off until

the driver's door or front passenger's door

has been opened.

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To open or close the window completely, press

the switch down or pull the switch up briefly to

the second level. The operation will stop if the

switch is pressed or pulled again.

– The power windows are equipped with pinch

protection. The automatic window may stop

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