AUDI RS7 SPORTBACK 2016 Owners Manual

Owner's Manual
2016 Audi RS 7 Sportback
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Foreword
Thank you for choosing an Audi -we value your trust in us.
Your new Audi will allow you to experience the best in groundbreaking technolo­
gy and premium quality equipment a vehicle has to offer. We recommend that
you read your Owner's Manual thoroug hly so that you quickly become acquaint­
ed with your Audi and make use of all of its featu res .
In addition to expla ining how the different features work, we provide many use­
ful tips and information concerning your safety, how to care for your vehicle and how to mainta in your veh icle's va lue. We also g ive you useful tips and informa­
tion on how to dr ive your veh icle more efficiently and in an e nvironmentally
frie ndly manner .
In the Owne r's Man ual, you will a lso find the Operat ing Manual for your Info­
tai nment system and the ve hicle ma intenance sc hedule.
We hope you enjoy driving your A udi and we wish you safe and p leasant motor­
ing.
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Table of content s
Owner' s Lit e rature
About thi s Own er' s Manual ... .. .
Opera tion .. .... .... .... ... .... .. .
Cockpit ... .. .. .... .. .... ... .... .. .
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General illustration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Instruments and indicator lights 10
I nstruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
I ndicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Driver informat ion system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Lap t imer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
On Board D iagnos tic Sys tem (OBD) . . . . . 28
Opening and closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Cen tral locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Luggage comp artment lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Ch ild safety lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Power Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Sunroof. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Garage doo r opener (Home link) . . . . . . . . 41
Lights and Vision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
E xterior l igh ting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
I nterior lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
V1s1on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Windsh ield wipers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Seats and storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
G eneral information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
F ront s eats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Head rest raints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Memory fun ction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Ash tray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
C igarette lighter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
12 Volt sockets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Sto rage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Roof rack .. .. ...... .. .... ... .... .. .
L uggage compartment . ....... .. .. .. .
P ass- throug h w it h ski bag ... ... .. .. .. . 6
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65
Warm and cold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
4-zone deluxe automatic climate control . 67
Steering whee l heat ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
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Driving .... . .. .. .. .. ... . .. .... ... .. 71
St ee ring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Start ing and stopping the eng ine . . . . . . . 72
E le ct rome chan ical p ark ing brake . . . . . . . 74
Speed w arning sy stem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Cru ise control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Audi adaptive cruise control and
braking guard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Genera l information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Audi adaptive c ruise contro l . . . . . . . . . . . 81
A udi braki ng g ua rd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Audi active lane assist . . . . . . . . . . . 88
La ne assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Audi side assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
S ide assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Audi drive select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Drive se tt ings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Raising/lower ing t he veh icle . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Driver messag es . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Night vision assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Night vision assist w ith pedest rian and
wild an imal highlighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Automatic transmission . . . . . . . . . 101
tiptronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Parking systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Genera l info rmation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Parking syst em plus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
R earvi ew cam era . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Periphera l cameras . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Adjusting the d ispl ay and the w arning
tones ........ ... .. .. ............ .. .
E rror messages 1
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117
Safety ........... .. ............... 118
Driving safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 8
Bas ics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Co rrect passenge r seat ing positions. .. .. 119
D rive r's and front passenge r's foo twell . . 123
Pedal are a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Storing cargo correct ly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
R epo rting Safety Defects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
General information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Why use safety belts? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Belt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Important information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Front airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Mo nitoring the Advanced Airbag System . 146
Knee airbags ...................... .. 15 1
Side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
S ide curtai n air bags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Child safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
I mpor tant info rmation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
C hi ld se ats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Secur ing c hild seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
L ATCH system ( Lower anchorages and
tethers for chi ldren) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Addit ional info rmation 176
Audi pre sense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Preventative passenge r protection . . . . . . 177
Dri ver messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Intelligent Technology . . . . . . . . . . 179
Not ice about data reco rded by the Event
Data Recorder and vehicle control
modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Elect ronic Stabilizat ion Control (ESC) . . . . 180
B ra king . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
E lect romechanica l steer ing, dyna mic
steer ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
A ll whee l dr ive ( quattro) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Rear spo iler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Energy management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Driving and the environment . . . . 188
Breaking in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Avoid damaging the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Driving through wate r on roads . . . . . . . . 188
Wa rm ing up and cooling down . . . . . . . . . 189
Catalytic converte r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
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Plac ing you r vehicle ou t of serv ice . . . . . . 190
Econ om ica l and env ironmenta lly-friend ly
driv ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Operating instructions . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Care and cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Genera l information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Car washes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Cleaning and care i nformat ion 194
Fuel and Refueling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Gasoli ne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Refueling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Checking and Filling . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
En gine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
En gine o il . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Coo lin g sys tem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Bra ke fl uid .... ..................... 211
B attery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 12
Windsh ie ld washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 16
Se rvice interva l display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Wheels .. .. .. . ... .... . ..... ... .. .. 2 18
Whee ls and Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Tire p ressure monitoring system
235
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Emergency assistance . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Eq uipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Tire repair set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Replacing wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Fuses ............................. 249
Replacing fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Drive r side cockpit fuse assignment . . . . . 250
Front passenger side coc kpit fuse
ass ignment . ... . .. ... ............ .. 251
L uggage com partment f use assignme nt . 251
Emergency situations . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Gener al . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
S ta rt ing by p ushi ng o r tow ing . . . . . . . . . . 253
S ta rt ing wi th ju mpe r ca b les . . . . . . . . . . . 2 53
U se of jumpe r ca bles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 54
T owing with a tow t ruck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Raising the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
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Technical D ata . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
259
Technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Veh icle identif ication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
We ights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Capac ities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
RS 7 Sportback 4.0, 8 cylinder . . . . . . . . . 26 1
Consumer information . . . . . . . . . . 262
Warranty coverages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Operating your veh icle outside the U.S.A.
or Ca nada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 2
Au di Service Repair Ma nuals and
L it er ature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
M aintenance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Accessories and technical changes . . . . . . 264
Declaration of Compliance,
Telecommun ication and Electronic
Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
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In addition to this Owner's Manual, your Audi
comes with the
- MMI Operat ing Instructions
- Warranty
& Maintenance booklet.
If you are missing one of these publications, or if
you believe that the information is not complete,
contact your author ized Audi dealer for assis­
tance.
MMI Operating Instructions
contain detailed description of the Aud i Mu lti
Media Interface (MMI) includ ing the nav igation
system, the sound system and the hand held
phone.
The Warranty & Maintenance booklet
explains how you can keep your Audi in top driv­ ing condition by having it serviced regu larly and
contains detailed information about the warran­
ties covering your Aud i. Always have the booklet
with you when you take your veh icle to an author­
iz ed A udi dealer for serv ice. Your Audi Serv ice Ad­
visor w ill record each scheduled service and can
answer any questions you may have regarding
h ow to maintain your vehicle.
In Canada,
the vehicle literature is also available in French.
To obtain a copy, co nta ct you r dealer or write to:
Au Canada, on peut se procurer un exemplaire en
frarn;ais de ce document aupres du concession­
naire ou de:
Aud i Canada
Client Assistance
Assistance a la Clientele
777 Bayly Street, West,
Ajax, Ontario LlS 7G7
If you sell your Audi
all literature should be left in the vehicle to make
the Warranty terms as well as all operating, safe­
ty and maintenance informat ion ava ilable to the
next owner.
Owner 's Literature
If you change your address or if you bought
this Audi used
be sure to send in a "Notice of Address Change" I
"Not ice of Used Car Purchase" post card. This
card can be found in the Warranty
& Mainte­
nance booklet or obtained from your authorized
Audi dealer.
It is in your own interest that we are able to
contact you should the need arise.
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About this Ow ne r's Manual
This manua l contains important information,
tips, suggestions and warnings for using your ve­ h icle.
Keep this manua l in yo ur vehicle at all times. This
is especially important if yo u loan your vehicle to
others or sell it.
This owner's manua l describes the
equipment
rang e
specified for this mode l at the time of
printing. Individual equipment options described
may on ly be available at a later date or may on ly
be offered in certain countries.
Some se ct ions in this manua l do not apply to all
vehicles. When this is the case, the beginning o f
the section indicates the
va lidity , for example
"Applies to veh icles: with Audi s ide ass ist" . Op ­
tional or vehicle-spec ific equ ipment is a lso identi ­
fied with an asterisk"*".
The
illu st ration s are designed as a general guide
and on your vehicle may look s light ly different
than what is illustrated.
There is a
Table of Content s at the beginning of
this owner's manua l that lists a ll of the topics
covered in this book in the order that they ap­ pear. There is also an alphabetical
Inde x at the
end of this owner's manual.
All
direct ion s, such as "left", "right", "front" and
"rear", are based on the vehicle's direct ion of
travel.
* Optiona l or vehicle -specific equipment
.,._ The section conti nues on the next page.
~ .&. Cross reference to a "WARNING" with in a
section. If a page number is indicated, the
WARN ING is located o uts ide of the section.
&, WARNING
T ex t with this sy mbol con tains info rmation
about safety and how to reduce the risk of se ­
rious persona l injury or death .
([) Note
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Text with th is symbol contains info rmation
about reducing the risk of damage to your ve­
hicle.
-
® For the sake of the environment
Text with this symbol contains information on protecting the envi ronment .
@ Tips
Text with this symbol contains additional use ­
ful information.

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Cockpit
Cockpit
General illustration
Fig. 1 Cockpit : left sectio n
Fig. 2 Cockpit : rig ht sec tion
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