AUDI A5 COUPE 2016 Owners Manual

Owner's Manual
2016 Audi AS Coupe I S5 Coupe
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0 I­co .... .... 2016 Audi AS Coupe
2016 Audi 55 Coupe
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 thoroughly so that you quickly become acquaint­
ed with your Audi and make use of all of its features .
In addition to explaining 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 maintain your vehicle's value. We also give you useful tips and informa­
tion on how to drive your veh icle more efficiently and in an environmentally
friendly manner .
In the Owner's Manual, you will also find the Operating Manual for your Info­
tainment system and the vehicle maintenance schedule.
We hope you enjoy driving your Audi and we wish you safe and pleasant motor­
ing.
AUDIAG

Table of contents
Owner's Literature
About this Owner's Manual ... .. .
Operation .. ................... .. .
Cockpit ..... .. ............. .... .. .
General illustration . .. ..... ..... .. .. .
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Instruments and indicator lights 10
Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Indicator ligh ts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Driver information system . . . . . . 23
I n tr oduc tion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Trip computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
24
Gearshift Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Eff iciency program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Service interval display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
O n Board Diagnostic System (OBD) . . . . . 29
Open ing and clo sing . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Central locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Luggage compa rtment lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Power Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Panorama roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Valet parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Garage door opener (Home link) . . . . . . . .
41
Light and Vision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
E xte rior lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
44
Interior lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
V1s1on ... .... ... .. .......... .. .. .. .
Windshield wipers .. .......... .. .. .. .
Dig ita l compass ... . .......... .. .. .. . 47
so
52
Seat
s and storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Gene ral information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Front seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
H ead restra ints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Memory function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Ashtray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Ciga rette li ghter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
60
Storing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Roof rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
L uggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Warm and cold .. .......... ....... 68
Climate con trol system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
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Driving .... . .. .. .. .. ... . .. .... ... . .
Steering . ... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .... ... . .
72
72
Ign it ion lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
D river messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
E le ctromechanical parking brake . . . . . . .
77
Speed warning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Cruise control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Automatic transmiss ion . . . . . . . . . 82
Manual transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
5 tronic, tiptronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Audi adaptive cruise control and
braking guard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
89
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
General informat ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Audi adaptive cruise control . . . . . . . . . . .
91
Audi braking guard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Audi side a ssi st . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Side assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Audi drive select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Driving settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Parking Sy stem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Parking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Rear parking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Rear parking system with rearview
camera
106
Safety 112
Driving safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Bas ics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Correct passenger seat ing positions . . . . . 113
Driver 's and front passenger's footwell . . 116
Pedal area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Storing cargo correctly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Reporting Safety Defec ts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
General information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Why use safety belts? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Be lt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

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Important information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
F ront a irbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Mon itoring the Advanced Airbag System . 139
K nee airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Side curtai n airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 8
Ch ild safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Important information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Ch ild seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Secur ing c hild seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
L ATCH system ( Lowe r ancho rages and
te thers for chi ldren) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Addit ional information
168
Driver messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Intelligent Technology . . . . . . . . . . 169
N otice about data recorded by the Event
Data Recorde r and vehicle control
modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Elect ronic Stabilization Control (ESC) . . . . 170
Brak ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Elect ro-mechan ica l power ass ist, dynamic
steer ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Dr iving w ith your quat tro . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 4
E ne rgy ma nagement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 5
Driving and the environment ... . 177
B reaking in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Avoid damaging the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . 177
D riving throug h water on roads . . . . . . . . 177
Cata lytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Shutting down vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Economical and environmentally-friendly
driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Trailer mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Driving w ith a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Trai ler mode notes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Operating instructions . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Care and cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Ge neral information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Ca r washes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Pl acing your ve hicle out of se rvice . . . . . . 185
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Fuel and Refueling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
186
Fuel. ... .. .. .. .. .. .... . ..... ... .. .. 186
Refueling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Checking and Filling . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Cooling system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Brake fl uid .. .. .. .. .... ...... ... .. .. 199
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
W indsh ield/headlight* washer conta iner. 204
Wheels ........ .. ................. 205
Whee ls and Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
T ire p ressure monito ring sys tem 222
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Emergency assistance . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Vehicle too l ki t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Space -sav ing spare tir e ( compac t spare
t ire) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Replacing w heels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Fuses and bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Fuses ... .. .. .. .. .. .... . ..... ... .. .. 232
B ul bs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Emergency situations . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Genera l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Start ing by pushing or tow ing . . . . . . . . . . 236
Start ing with jumper cables . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Use of jumper cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
T ow ing with a tow t ruck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Raising the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Vehicle iden tification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Weig hts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Di mens ions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Capaci ties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 42
Gasoline engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Consumer informat ion ...... .. .. 244
War ranty coverages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Operating your vehicle outside the U.S.A.
or Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
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Table of contents
Audi Service Repair Manuals and
Lit erature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Accessories and technical changes . . . . . . 246
Declaration of Compliance,
Telecommun ications and Electro nic
Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Index ... .. .. .. ... .. ..... ... .. .. .. . 248
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0 I­co .... .... 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"within 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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