oil AUDI A5 CABRIOLET 2015 Owner's Guide

Consumer information
Consumer information
Warranty coverages
Your Audi is covered by the following warran­
ties:
- New Vehicle Limited Warranty
- Limited Warranty Against Corrosion Perfora-
tion
- Emissions Control System Warranty
- Emissions Performance Warranty
- California Emissions Control Warranty (USA
vehicles only)
- California Emissions Performance Warranty
(USA vehicles only)
Detailed information regarding your warranties
can be found in your
Warranty & Maintenance
booklet .
Operating your vehicle
outside the U.S.A. or
Canada
Government regulations in the United States and
Canada require that automobiles meet specific
emission regulations and safety standards.
Therefore, vehicles built for the U.S.A. and Cana­
da differ from vehicles sold in other countr ies.
If you plan to take your veh icle outside the conti­
nenta l limits of the United States or Canada,
there is the possibility that:
- unleaded fuels for vehicles with catalytic con­
verter may not be available;
- fuel may have a considerably lower octane rat ­
ing . Improper fuel may cause engine damage;
- serv ice may be inadequate due to lack of proper
serv ice facilities , tools or testing equipment;
- r eplacement parts may not be readily available .
- Nav igat ion systems for vehicles built for the
U.S.A. and Canada will not necessar ily work in
Europe, and may not work in othe r countries
outside of North America.
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(D Note
Aud i cannot be responsib le for mechanical
damage that could result from inadequate
fuel, service or parts availability.
Audi Service Repair
Manuals and Literature
Audi Offic ial Factory Service Manuals and Litera­
ture are published as soon as possible after mod­
el introduction. Service manuals and literature
are available to order from the Audi Technical Lit ­
erature Ordering Center at:
www.audi.techliterature .com
Maintenance
General '
Your vehicle has been designed to help keep
maintenance requirements to a minimum. How­
ever, a certain amount of regular maintenance is
still necessary to assure your veh icle's safety,
economy and reliability. For deta iled vehicle
maintenance consult your Warranty & Mainte­
nance booklet .
Under difficult operating conditions, for exam­
ple at extremely low outs ide temperatures, in
very dusty regions, when towing a trailer very fre­
quently , etc., some service work should be per­
formed between the intervals specified. This ap­
plies particularly to:
- oil changes, and
- cleaning or replacing the air filter .
'
@) For the sake of the environment
By regularly maintaining your vehicle, you
help make sure that emission standards are
maintained, thus minimizing adverse effects
on the environment.
Important considerations for you and your
vehicle
The increasing use of electronics, sophisticated
fuel injection and emission control systems , and
the generally increasing technical comp lexity of
llJJ,

Index
A
A/C (automatic climate control) . . . . . . . . . . 69
Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Active lane assist
Cleaning the camera area . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Active ro llover protection system . . . . . . . . 121
Retracting rollover protection . . . . . . . . . . 122
Adapt ive cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Clean ing the sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Request for driver intervention . . . . . . . . . . 95
Setting the driving program . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Adapt ive dampers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Adaptive light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SO
Adapt ive Light (defective) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Adding Engine coolant .. .......... .... ... .. .
Engine oil .. ... ............... ... .. .
W indshield washer fluid ....... .. .. .. .
Additional accessories
Additives Engine oil ...... .............. ... .. .
Adjustable steer ing column ...... .. .. .. . .
Adjusting 202
199
208
250
199 73
Air distribu tion (automa tic climate control) 70
Instrument illum inat ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Steer ing column . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Temperature (automatic climate control) . 70
Airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Advanced Airbag-System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Advanced Airbag System components . . . 138
Care. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Child restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Components (front airbags) . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Danger of fitting a child safety seat on the
front passenger seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Fr ont airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136, 13 7
How do the front airbags work? . . . . . . . . 140
How many airbags does my vehicle have? 138
How the Advanced Airbag System compo-
nents work together . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Important inform ation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
252
Important safety instructions on the knee
airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Ind icator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Knee airbags. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
PASSENGER AIR BAG O FF light . . . . . . . . . 142
Repairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Side a irbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Weight-sensing mat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
When must the system be inspected? . . . 142
all-wheel drive .......... .......... ... 174
All season tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Alternator
refer to Generator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Anti -freeze
refer to Engine coolant system . . . . . . . . . 200
Anti- lock braking system
Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . 18, 19
Anti- Lock Braking System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Anti-slip regulation Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Anti-Slip Regulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Ant i-theft alarm system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Anti -theft systems
Electronic immob ilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Ashtray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Audi braking guard
refer to braking guard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Audi drive select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Adaptive dampers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Descrip tion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Dynam ic steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Setting the driving mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Sport d ifferential . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Audi Service Repai r Manuals and Lite ratu re 248
AUTO Automatic climate control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Automatic headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Automat ic belt retractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Automatic climate control Air vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Automatic power top . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Automat ic Shift Lock (ASL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

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Automatic transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Automatic Shift Lock (ASL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Emergency mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Emergency release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Kick-down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Manual shift program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Removal lock (ignition key) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Selector lev er . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Automatic wipers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S5
Auto Safety Hotline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Average speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Avoid damaging the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
B
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Battery location inside the luggage compart-
ment .... .. ................. .. ..... 205
Charge level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Energy management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 5
Important warnings when working on the
battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Jump starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Replacing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Working on the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Before driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Belt positioner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Belt tension ers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Bio -ethanol (Fuel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Blended gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Blower (automatic climate control) . . . . . . . . 70
Booster seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
B rake fluid
Changing the brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Checking the brake fluid level . . . . . . . . . . 203
Brake system
Anti-lock braking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Brake fluid spec ifications for refill and re­
placement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Brake light defective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Brake power assist unit ............... 172
Brakes... .. ................. .. .... . 172
Ceramic brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Elect romech anical parking brake . . . . . . . . 77
; Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
~ Worn brake pads symbol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 ,....,
Index
Braking
Brake assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Emergency brak ing funct ion . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
braking gua rd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Break-in period Brak e pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Breaking in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
New tires 216
Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
C
California Proposition 65 Warning . . . . . . . 196
Battery specific . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Cargo area
refer to Luggag e compartment ...... 65, 118
Catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Center armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Central locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Central locking switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Remote control key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Cerami c brake rotors
New brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Certification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Changi ng engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Checking Engin e coolant level. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Child restraints Danger of using child restraints in the front
seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Where can I get additional informat ion
about child restraints and their use? . . . . 168
Child restraint system anchors . . . . . . . . . . 16S
Child safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1S2
Important sa fety instructions for using child
safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Installing a c hild restraint using the LATCH
system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
253

Index
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Adding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Addit ives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Check oil level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17, 20
Oi l consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Pressure malfunct ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Sensor defective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Specification and viscosity . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Engine speed limitation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Environment Catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Disposing of your vehicle battery . . . . . . . 207
Driving at high speeds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Fuel ..... .. .... ... ............... .. 192
Leaks under your vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
L ett ing the veh icle stand and warm up . . . 179
Proper disposal of drained brake fluid . . . 204
Prop er disposal of drained engine coolant 202
Prop er disposal of drained engine oil 199, 200
R ecycling used engine oil. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Unleaded fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
What should I do with an old battery? . . . 207
EPC
refer to Electron ic power control . . . . . . . . 20
Ethyl alcohol (Fuel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
E vent Data Recorder ( EDR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Expansion tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
E xterior lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Exterior mirrors Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Dimming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
He ating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
F
Fan
Radiator 203
F astening
Booster seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Convertible child safety seats . . . . . . . . . . 158
Infant seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
flexible fuel .. .. ............... .. .. ... 191
Floor mats. .. ... ............... ... .. . 118
Fog lights/rear fog light(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Folding the rear seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
66
256
Foot pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Fo r the sake of the environment
Environm entally-fr iendly driving . . . . . . . 179
Gasoline fumes and the environment . . . . 192
Letting the engine warm up . . . . . . . . . 73 , 75
Refueling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Saving fu el by early upshifting . . . . . . . . . . 11
Front airbags Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
How they work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Frontal coll is ions and the laws of physics . . 125
Front passenger's door emergency locking . . 34
Front seats Adjust ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Child restraints in the front seat . . . . . . . . 133
Upp er cabin heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Fuel Additives.. .. .... .. ............... .. 190
B lended gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Consumpt ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Fuel gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Gasoline additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Low fuel level symbol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Octane rating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Recommendation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Refuelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Reserve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Saving fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
T ank capac ity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Tank system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Unlock ing the fuel filler flap by hand . . . . 194
Fuel economy messages (efficiency program)
26
Fuel filler flap
Unlo cking the fuel filler flap by hand .... 194
Fuses Assignment ..... .. .. ....... 236,237,238
Replacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
G
Garage door opener (Homelink ) . . . . . . . . . . 38
Gas discharge lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Gauges Engine coolant temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Fuel gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
General illustration Instruments and controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

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Oil
refer to Engine oil ............ .. . 197, 199
O il consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
On-Boa rd Diagnostic Sys tem (OBD)
Data L ink Connector (DLC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Electronic speed limiter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Malfunction Indicator Lamp (MIL) . . . . . . . 28
Open door or front lid warning . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Opening. .. .. .... .. . .... ...... .. .. .... 29
Opening/closing at the lock cylinder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
by remote contro l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
with the central locking switch . . . . . . . . . . 33
with the convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Other equipment (efficiency program) . . . . . 26
Outside temperature display . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Owner's Literature
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Paint damage
Paint No.
5
186
245
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Automatic transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Valet parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Park ing aid
C leaning sensors/camera lenses . . . . . . . . 185
Pa rking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
also refer to Elec tromechanical
parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Pa rking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Parking System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Pa rking sys tem (rear)
Adjusting the warning tones . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Parking system (rear, with rear view camera)
Parking mod e 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Pa rkingmode2 . .. . .... .. .. .. .. .. .. . 111
Safety precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Swi tching on/off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Sw itch ing rear view camera on/off . . . . . . 112
Parts rep lacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light . . . . . . . . . . 142
Ped als . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Physical principles of a frontal collision . . . 125
Polishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Pollutant filter (automatic A/C system) . . . . 68
Index
Power
seat adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Windows ... .. .. ................... . 37
Power locking system
Emergency locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Power windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Rear lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Se lectiv e unlock feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Power steering
refer to Electro-mechanical power assist . 17 4
Power top . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Convenience closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Convenience opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Emergency operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
G ene ral info rmation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Open ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Var iable power top storage bay . . . . . . . . . . 44
Wind deflector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Power window Convenience opening/closing . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Power windows
Malfunctions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Pregnant women
Special considerations when wear ing a safe -
ty belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Pressure (tires) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Proper occupant seating positions . . . . . . . 114
Proper safety belt position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Proper sea ting position
Front pa ssenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Occupants. ...... ................ ... 114
Rear passengers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Protecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Q
Quartz clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
quattro
refer to all-wheel d rive ..... .... .. .. .. 174
Question What happens to unbelted occupants? . . 125
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