tire pressure AUDI A5 CABRIOLET 2017 Owner's Manual

always fully set the parking brake and block
the wheel diagonally opposite the wheel be­ ing changed with the folding chocks or oth­
er objects. When one front wheel is lifted
off the ground, placing the Automatic
Transmission in "P" (Park) will
not prevent
the vehicle from moving.
- Before you change a wheel, be sure the
ground is level and firm. If necessary, use a
sturdy board under the jack.
- Always store the vehicle tool kit, the jack*
and the replaced tire in the luggage com­
partment
r::!>page 116.
(D Note
If you are changing the wheel on a steep in­
cline, use a rock or similar object to block the
opposite wheel to prevent the vehicle from
moving.
(D Tips
Obey all laws.
Changing a wheel
When you change a wheel, follow the sequence
described below step-by-step and in exactly that
order.
1.
Remove the decorative wheel cover* or the
wheel bolt caps*. For more details see also
r::!> page 229, Decorative wheel covers or
r::!> page 230, Wheels with wheel bolt caps .
2. Loosen the wheel bolts~ page 230.
3. Locate the proper mounting point for the
jack and align the jack below that point
r::!> page 2 31.
4. lift the car with the jack r::!> page 231.
5. Remove the wheel with the flat tire and then
in stall the
spare tire r::::> page 232.
6. Tighten all wheel bolts lightly .
7 .
lower the vehicle with the jack.
8 . Use the wheel bolt wrench and
firmly tighten
all wheel bolts in a crisscross pattern
r::!> page 230.
~ 9. Replace the decorative wheel cover* or the ......
~ wheel bolt caps*. N ...... 0
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Emergency assistance
A WARNING
-Always read and follow all WARNINGS and in-
formation
r::!> .&. in Raising the vehicle on
page231
and r::::> page233.
After changing a wheel
A wheel change is not complete without the do­
ing the following.
.. Always store the vehicle tool kit, the jack*, and
the replaced tire in the luggage compartment
r::::>page 116.
.. Check the tire pressure of the spare tire as soon
as possible .
.. As soon as possible, have the
tightening tor­
ques
on all wheel bolts checked with a torque
wrench. The correct tightening torque is 90 ft
lbs .
(120 Nm).
.. Have the flat tire
replaced as soon as possible.
@ Tips
-If you notice that the wheel bolts are cor­
roded and difficult to turn while changing a
tire, they should be replaced before you
check the tightening torque.
- Drive at reduced speed until you have the tightening torques checked.
Decorative wheel covers
Applies to: vehicles wit h deco rative w heel covers
The decorative wheel covers must be removed
first to access the wheel bolts.
Fig. 18S C ha nging a wheel: removing the wheel cover
229

Tires with unidirectional tread design
Tires with unidirectional tread design must be
mounted with their tread pattern pointed in the
right dir ection .
Using a spare tire with a tread pattern
intended for use in a specific direction
When us ing a spa re t ire with a tread pa tte rn in­
tended fo r use in a specific direction, please note
the following:
- The direct ion of rotat io n i s marked by an
arrow
on the side of the tire .
-If the spare tire has to be installed in the incor­
rect d irection, use the spare tire only tempora ­
rily s ince the tire w ill not be ab le to achieve its
opt imum performanc e ch arac teristics with re­
gar d to a quaplaning, noise and wea r.
- We recommend that you pay particular atten­
t io n t o this fac t during we t weat he r and that
yo u a dju st yo ur speed to match road condi ­
t ions.
- Replace the fla t tir e with a new one and have i t
i ns ta lled on yo ur vehicle a s soon as possible t o
res tore the handling advantages of a unid irec­
t iona l tire .
Notes on wheel changing
Please read t he info rmation ¢ page 214, New
tires or wheels
i f you are going to use a spare tire
which is different from t he tires on your vehicle.
Afte r you change a tire:
- Check the tire pressure on the spare immedi­
ately after installation .
- Have the wheel bolt tightening torque
checked with a torque wrench as soon as pos­
sible by your authorized Audi dealer or quali­
fied workshop.
- With steel and alloy wheel rims, the wheel
bolts are correctly tightened at a torque of 90
ft lbs. (120 Nm).
- If you notice that the wheel bolts are corroded
and difficult to turn while changing a tire ,
gi they should be replaced before you check the ......
~ tightening torque.
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Emergency assistance
-Replace the flat tire with a new one and have
it installed on your vehicle as soon as possi­
ble. Remount the wheel cover .
Until then , drive with extra care and at reduced
speeds.
_& WARNING
- If you are going to equip yo ur vehicle with
tires or r ims which differ from those wh ich
were factory installed, then be sure to read
the information
c> page 214, New tires or
wheels.
- Always make sure the damage d w heel or
even a flat tire and the jack and tool kit are proper ly secured in the luggage compart­
men t an d ar e not loose in the passenger
compa rtme nt.
- In an accident or sudde n maneuver they
coul d fly forward, injuring a nyo ne in t he ve­
h icl e.
- Always s tore damaged w heel, jack and tools
secure ly i n t he lu ggage compartmen t. Ot h­
e rw ise, in an accident or sud den m aneuve r
they could fly forward, causing injury to pas ­
sen gers in t he veh icle.
(D Note
D o no t use c omm erc ially ava ilable tire se al­
a nts. Otherwise, t he e lectr ical comp onents of
the tire p re ssu re m on ito ring syst em * w ill no
l on ger wor k pro perly and t he sensor fo r the
tire p ressure monito ring system* wi ll have to
b e replaced by qualifie d wo rkshop .
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Oil
refer to Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195, 197
O il consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
On-Board Diagnostic System (OBD) Data L ink Connector (DLC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Electronic speed limiter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Malfunction Indicator Lamp (MIL) . . . . . . . 25
Open door or front lid warning . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Opening. .. .. .. ............... .. .. .. .. 27
Opening/closing at the lock cylinder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
by remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
with the central locking sw itch . . . . . . . . . . 31
with the convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Other equipment (efficiency program) . . . . . 24
Outside temperature display . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
p
Paint damage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Paint No. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Automatic transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Vale t parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Parking aid
C leaning sensors/camera lenses . . . . . . . . 183
Parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
also refer to E lectromechanical
parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Parking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Parking System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Parking system (rear)
Adjusting the warning tones . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Parking system (rear, with rear view camera) Parking mode 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Parking mode 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Safety precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Switching on/off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Sw itching rear view camera on/off . . . . . . 110
Parts replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light . . . . . . . . . . 140
Pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Physical principles of a frontal collision . . . 123
Polishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Pollutant filter (automatic A/C system) . . . . 66
Index
Power
seat adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Power locking system
Emergency locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Power windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Rear lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Se lective unlock featur e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Power steering
refer to Electro-mechanical power assist . 171
Power top . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Convenience closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Convenience opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Emergency operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
General information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Variable power top storage bay . . . . . . . . . 42
Wind deflector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Power window Convenience opening/closing . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Power windows
Malfunctions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Pregnant women Spec ial considerat ions when wearing a safe-
ty belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Pressure (tires) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Proper occupant seat ing positions . . . . . . . 112
Proper safety be lt pos ition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Proper seating position Front passenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Occupants ....... .. ................. 112
Rear passengers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Protecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Q
Quartz clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
quattro
refer to all-wheel drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Question What happens to unbelted occupants? . . 123
257

Index
Tires.... .. . ... ... .. .. ..... ... .. .. .. . 20 7
Low aspect ratio tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Rep lac ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Service life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Tire pressure . .... .............. 217, 226
Tire pressure monitoring system . . . 224, 225
Tire pressure table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
T readwear indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 15
Unid irec tional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Uniform t ire quality g rad ing . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Tires and wheels
Glossary of tire and load ing termi nology .
209
T ires and veh icle load limits . . . . . . . . . . . 2 19
Tool k it . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
To rn o r fr ayed safety be lts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Towing
Front eye let . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
240
Rea r eyelet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 1
Tow tru cks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
TPMS (tire pressure mo nitoring system) . . . 225
Trailer towing .... ... . ...... ... .. .. ... 179
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Operating instr uctions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Technical requirements . . . . . . . . . . . 179, 180
T ransmission malfunc tion ( indicator ligh t) . .
86
Transport Ca nada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 19
Trave l mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Tr ip computer
F ue l cons umption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2 2
Mi leage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Sing le -trip memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Tota l-trip memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Tr ip odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 0
Trunk
refer to Luggage compartment ...... 63, 116
Trunk escape hand le . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
T runk lid
refer to Rear lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Turn signa ls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Wa rni ng/ind icator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
u
Unfasten ing safety be lts 128
Uniform t ire quality grad ing . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Unlock ing
Rea r lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
33
260
U nlocking/locking
at the lock cylinder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
32
by remote contro l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
with the central lock ing switch . . . . . . . . . . 31
with t he conven ience key. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
U pper cabin heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
U se of jumpe r cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
V
Valet park ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Vanity mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Vehicle
Care/cleani ng . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
182
Ou t of service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Vehicle control modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Vehicle electrica l system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Vehicle iden tifica tion labe l . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) . . . . . . 243
Vehicle jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 31
Vehicle key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Vehicle shut -down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 76
Vehicle tool kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2 7
Vent ilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
w
Warn ing/ indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Anti -lock braking system (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . 17
B rake system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
13
Electromechanical parking brake . . . . . . . . 14
El ec tron ic powe r contro l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
El ectronic St abilization Contro l (E SC) . . . . .
16
Generator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Malfunc tion Ind icator Lamp (MIL) . . . . . . . 18
Safety be lt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
14
Safety systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Turn signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
20
War ning/Ind ic a tor lights
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 0
War ranty coverages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
246
Washer reservoir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Washing m atte fin ish p aint . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
What happens if yo u wear your safety belt too
l oose? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127