heater AUDI S7 2016 User Guide

® Mud and snow capability
"M/S" or "M+S" indicates the tire
has characte ris tics that make it
suitable for driving on mud and snow .
& indica tes a winter tire.
@ Composition of the tire cord
and materials
T he number of plies indicates the
number of rubber ized fabric lay­
ers in the tire . In general: the
more layers, the more weight a
tire can carry. Tire manufacturers
must also specify the mater ials
used in the ti re. These include
stee l, nylon, polyester and other
materials.
@ Maximum permitted load
This number indicates the maxi­
mum load in kilograms and
pounds that the tire can carry .
@ Uniform tire quality grade
standards for treadwear,
traction and temperature resistance
Treadwear , traction and tempera­
ture ranges
c::::> page 250 .
@Running direction
The arrows ind icate the running
direction of unidirect ional tires.
You must always follow the speci- fied running direction
c::::> page 259.
€3) Ma
ximum permitted
inflation pressure
Whe els
This number indicates the maxi­
mum pressure to which a tire can
be inflated unde r normal operat­
ing conditions .
Glossary of tire and loading
terminology
Accessory weight
means the combined weight (in
excess of those standard items
which may be replaced) of auto­ matic transmission, power steer­
ing, power brakes, power win­
dows, power seats, radio, and
heater, to the extent that these
items are available as factory-in ­
stalled equipment (whether in­
stalled or not).
Aspect ratio
means the ratio of the height to
the width of the tire in percent. Numbers of 55 or lower indicate a
low s idewall for improved steer­
ing response and better overall
handling on dry pavement . .,.
235

Fuses
Fuse panel® (red)
10 Rear seat entertainment
12
Rear spoiler (Sportback), tilt/open sunroof,
Panorama g lass roof
Fuse panel © (brown)
No. Equipment
1 Infotainment
2 I n fota inment
3
Infotainment , automatic d imm ing interior
rea rview mirro r
s TV tuner
6 Tank leak detection system
7 Sockets
8 Park ing heate r
10 Lu mba r su pport (front passenger's seat)
12 Infota inment
Fuse panel @ (black )
No. Equipm ent
Air suspens io n, adapt ive dampers, sport
l differentia l, e lectr om echanical parking
brake
2
Clu tch pedal position senso r/au tomatic
transmission
3 Seats
4 Rear w iper (Avant)
s Side assist
6 Engine sound
7 Infota inment/sound amplifier
8 Gateway
9 Sport differentia l
10 Climate control system
11
T ire press ure moni to ring sys tem/p ark ing
heater
12 Start-Stop-System
Fuse panel © (black )
No. Equipment
1 Special p urpose vehicles/rear seats
Fuse panel ® (black)
No. Equipment
1 Rear w indow defogge r
264

M N <( (.J
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AUTO Automatic headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Four -zone automatic climate control . . . . . 71
Three- zone climate control . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Auto Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Automatic belt retractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Automatic post-collision braking system . . 189
Automatic t ransmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Emergency mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Hill descent control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Kick-down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
M anual shift program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Selector lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Selector lever emergency release . . . . . . . 113
Automatic wipe/wash system . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Auto Safety Hotline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Auxiliary heater (four- zone automatic climate
control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Auxiliary heater (three-zone climate control) 70
Average consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Ave rage speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Avoid damaging the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
B
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Charge level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Energy management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Important warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Jump starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Replacing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Win ter operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Working on the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Before driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Belt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Blended gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Blower (four-zone automatic climate control) .7.2
Blower (three-zone climate control) . . . . . . . 69
Booster seats
Brake fluid 1
7 6
Changing the brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Checking the brake fluid level . . . . . . . . . . 227
Brakes Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Index
Brake system
Anti- lock braking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Brake booster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Br ake fluid specifications for refill and re­
placement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 7
Brake power ass ist unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Electromechanical parking brake . . . . . . . . 78
Fluid reservo ir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Worn brake pads symbo l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Braking Brake assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Emergency braking funct ion . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Braking guard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8S
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Break-in pe riod
Brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Tires
Breaking in New tires
C
196
196
240
California Proposition 65 Warning . . . . . . . 219
Battery specific . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
AdBlue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Engine oil 220
Car carrier Transporting your vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Care
... .... .. .. .. ............. .... .. 205
Cargo area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Cargo net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Center armrest Cockpit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Central locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Emergency locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Power windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Sunroof... .. .. .. .. ........... .... .. . 40
Cer tifica tion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Changing engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
279

Index
Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Starting with jumper cab les . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Stopping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Closing the hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Opening the hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Working in the engine compartment . . . . 218 Event Data Recorder (EDR)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Expansion tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Exterior lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Exterior mirrors
Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Dimming ..... ..... .. ................ 48
Heating...... ..... .. ................ 47
Exterior temperature display . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Engine coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Adding coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
F
Checking the engine coolant leve l. . . . . . . 224
Expansion tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Malfunction symbol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Radiator fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Temperature gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Adding . ..... .. ................ .... 222
Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Checking oil level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Consumpt ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
O il consumption. .............. ... .. . 221
Pressure malfunct ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Sensor defective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Specification and viscos ity . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Engine sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Engine speed limitation (indicator light) 21
E ngine Start-Stop mode
refer to Start-Stop-System . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Engine warm -up request
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 1
Environment Catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Diesel particulate filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Disposing of your vehicle battery . . . . . . . 231
Driving at high speeds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Fuel ...... ... .. ... ............. ... . 212
L eaks under your veh icle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
L ett ing the veh icle stand and warm up . . . 199
Proper disposal of drained brake fluid . . . 227
Proper disposal of drained engine coo lant 225
Proper disposal of drained engine oil 222, 223
Recycling used engine oil. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Unleaded fuel .................. .. ... 210
What should I do with an old battery? . . . 231
ESC Automatic post-collision braking system 189
282
Fastening
Booster seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Convertib le child safety seats . . . . . . . . . . 17 4
Infant seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Floor mats ...... ... ... ........ ...... . 131
Foot pedals .......................... 131
For the sake of the environment Environmentally-friendly driving . . . . . . . 198
Gasoline fumes and the env ironment . . . . 212
Reducing engine noise by early upshifting . 10
Refueling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Saving fuel by early upshifting . . . . . . . . . . 10
Warming up the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Four-zone automatic climate control Air vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Auxiliary heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Basic settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Operating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Recirculation mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Residual heat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Synchronizing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Front airbags Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
How they work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Frontal collisions and the laws of physics . . 136
Front seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Child restraints in the front seat . . . . . . . . 144
Fuel Additives .. .. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Blended gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Current consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Fuel filler neck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Fuel gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 , 11
Gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Gasoline additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Index
Sport differentia l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Star button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Start-Stop-System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Eng ine does not switched off . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Eng ine starts automatically . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Indicato r lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
M essages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 2
Starti ng/stopping the engine . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Sw itchi ng off/on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
START E NGINE STOP button . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Starting from a stop Hill start assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
S tarti ng to d rive
W ith a t ra iler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Starti ng (engine) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 , 80
Steering Electrically ad justab le steering whee l . . . . 74
Electromechan ical stee ring ..... .. .. . 192, 0
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17, 192
Manually adjustable steer ing whee l . . . . . . 74
also refer to Elect romechan ica l stee ring . 192
Steer ing whee l
Buttons.... .. .. ............. .. .. .. .. 24
Easy seat entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Steer ing whee l heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Steering whee l co lumn
Ad justing e lectr ically. ......... .. .. .. .. 74
Ad justing manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
S teer ing whee l with tip troni c... .. .. .... . 11 1
Steps fo r determ ining correct load lim it . . . 24 7
Stopping the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
S topping (e ngine) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Sto rage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Storage compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Sto rage hooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
S tron ic (aut omatic transmission) . . . . . . . . 107
Launch control program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 0
Conven ience opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Eme rgency closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Sun shade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Sun visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Symbo ls
refer to Warn ing/indicator lights . . . . . . . . 11
288
T
Tachometer ... .... .. .. ... . .. .... 1 0, 11, 23
Tail lights Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
TOI clean diesel
refer to Ad Blue... .. ............... .. 214
Technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Technical modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
T emperature display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Te ther anchors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 3
Tether strap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Three-zone climate cont ro l
Air vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Auxiliary heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Bas ic settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Operati ng . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Tie-downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65, 133
Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Tips for the environment Sav ing fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
tiptronic (automatic transmission) ... 1 07,
111
Tires. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
A ll wheel d rive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Low aspect ra tio tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 49
Rep lacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Service life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Tire pressure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243, 252
Tire pressure mo nitoring system . . . . . . . 251
Tire pressure table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Treadwear indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Uni directional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Uni form tire quality g radi ng . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Tires and wheels Glossary of tire and loading terminology . 235
Tires and veh icle load limits . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Too ls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
To rn o r frayed safety belts 137
Towing Tow trucks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Towing loop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
TPMS (tire pressu re mon itoring system) . . . 251
Trai ler mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Notes .... .. .... .. .. .. ........... .. 203