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Audi A6 Typ 4G (2011–2018) Owner's Manual / Driver assistance / Parking systems / Trailer hitch

Audi A6 Typ 4G: Trailer hitch

Applies to: vehicles with parking system plus/rearview camera/ peripheral cameras and trailer hitch

For vehicles using the trailer socket, the parking system rear sensors are not activated when you shift into reverse gear or when you press the button. This results in the following restrictions.

Parking system plus

There is no distance warning for the rear. The front sensors remain activated. The visual display switches to trailer mode.

Rearview camera/peripheral cameras

There is no distance warning for the rear. The front sensors remain activated. The visual display switches to trailer mode. The rearview camera image will not show the orientation lines and the blue surfaces.

Tips

Trailer hitches that are not installed at the factory may cause the parking system to malfunction or they may restrict its function.

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