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signal lever. The emergency flashers will stop

temporarily.

 High beam assistant: malfunction! See own-

er's manual

The emergency flashers also work when the igni-

tion is turned off.

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.

Tips

You should turn the emergency flashers on if:

– You are the last vehicle in a traffic jam so

that all other vehicles approaching from be-

hind can see your vehicle

 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.

– Your vehicle has broken down or you are

having an emergency

– Your vehicle is being towed or if you are

towing another vehicle



Automatic headlights: malfunction! See

owner's manual

Messages

The light/rain sensor is malfunctioning. In the

AUTO light switch position, the low beams re-

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.

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.

Interior lighting

Front interior lighting

 Audi adaptive light: malfunction! See own-

er's manual

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.

 Headlight range control: malfunction! See

owner's manual

Fig. 45 Headliner: front interior lighting

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.

Interior lighting buttons

 – Interior lighting on/off

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

OLED

OLED tail light: malfunction! Switched off

ing is controlled automatically.

permanently. See owner's manual

Touch-sensitive reading lights

Drive immediately to an authorized Audi dealer

or authorized Audi Service Facility 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

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off and keep touching it until the desired

brightness is reached.

The following settings depend on the vehicle

equipment.

►

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

Rear interior lighting

HICLE > Light & Visibility > Interior lighting.

You can choose from various color profiles, such

as Maritime.

Additional settings and profiles:

– 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.

Fig. 46 Headliner: reading lights, version 1

– 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.

Fig. 47 Headliner: reading lights, version 2

Reading lights

Display brightness

►

Version 1: to turn a reading light on or off,

You can set the instrument and display illumina-

tion. The settings depend on the vehicle equip-

ment.

press the  button 1 .

To activate the manual dimming function*,

touch the surface while the light is turned off

►

Applies to MMI: select on the home screen:



1 and keep touching it until the desired

SETTINGS > Display & Brightness.

brightness is reached.

►

Version 2 (touch-sensitive reading lights with

manual dimming function*): to turn a reading

– Cockpit dimming

– Head-up display

– MMI

light on or off, briefly touch the surface

ðfig. 47.

– Audi virtual cockpit

To activate the manual dimming function,

touch the surface 2 when the light is turned

off and keep touching it until the desired

brightness is reached.

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.

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0 – Deactivates all adjustment functions.

Instrument illumination

 /  – 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.

 – 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

ðpage 36.

Fig. 48 Light switch: instrument illumination

 – You can adjust the background brightness of

the instruments and display illumination.

Front passenger's exterior mirror tilt

function*

►

Press the knob 1 to release it.

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

Requirement: the knob must be in the position

for the front passenger’s exterior mirror.

►

crease the brightness.

Press the knob again to return it to its original

position.

The mirror surfaces tilt slightly when reverse

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

ample of the edge of the curb.

►

You can adjust the mirror surface by turning the

knob in the desired direction.

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.

The mirror moves from the reversing position

back to the original position:

– 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

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

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

moved by outside forces (such as an impact

when maneuvering), you must use the pow-

er folding function to fold the mirror all the

►

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

position:

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