weight AUDI A7 2016 Owner's Guide

Technical data
Gross Axle Weight Rating
The Gross Axle Weight Rating is the maximum
load that can be applied at each axle of the vehi ­
cle ¢& .
Vehicle capacity weight
The vehicle capacity we ight (max. load) is listed
eithe r on the driver's side B-pillar or inside the
fue l filler f lap.
A WARNING
- The actual Gross Axle Weight Rating at the
front and rear axles should not exceed the
permissible weights, and their combination
must not exceed the Gross Vehicle Weight
Rating .
Dimensions
Length i
n (mm)
Width in
(mm)
Width (across mirrors) in (mm)
Height (unloaded)al in
(mm) -
Exceeding permissible weight ratings can
result in veh icle damage, acc idents and per­
sonal injury.
(D Note
-The vehicle capacity weight figures apply
when the load is distributed evenly in the
vehicle (passengers and luggage). When
transporting a heavy load in the luggage
compartment, carry the load as near to the
rear axle as possible so that the vehicle's
hand ling is not impaired.
- Do not exceed the maximum permissible
axle loads or the maximum gross veh icle
we ight. Always remember that the vehicle's
hand ling will be affected by the extra load.
T herefore, adjust your speed accordingly.
- Always observe local regulations.
A7 S7
196.2 (4984) 196 .3 (4985)
75.2 (1911) 75 .2 (1911)
84.2 (2139) 84.2 (2139)
55.9 (1420) 55 .0 (1398)
al Th e he igh t of th e vehicl e de pe nd s on th e tires a nd the su sp ension .
When driving up steep ramps, on rough roads,
over curbs, etc. it is important to remember that
some parts of your vehicle, such as spo ilers or ex-
Capacities
Fuel tank: tota l capacity
- gasoline engine
- diesel engine
Windsh ield f lu id container
Windshield and headlight washer fluid container*
272
haust system components, may be close to the
ground. Be careful not to damage them.
gal (liters) approx. 19.8 (75.0)
gal (liters) approx. 19.3 (73.0)
quarts (liters) approx. 3.7 (3.5)
quarts (liters) approx. 5.2 (4.9)

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Octane rating ....................... 210
Recommendation ............ ... .. ... 210
Refuelling . ... .............. ... .. .. . 212
Saving fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Tank capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
F ueling
Fuel filler door emergency release . . . . . . 214
Fue l gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Fu ses
Assignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Replacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
G
Garage door opener (Homelink) . . . . . . . . . . 41
Garment hooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Gauges Engine coolant temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
General illustration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Generator (warning/indicator lights) . . . . . . 16
Glossary of ti re and loading terminology .. 235
Glove compartment (cooled) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Glow plug system
Indica tor light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR) . . . . . 271
H
H ead -up display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Headlight Assistt. .. ... ...... ............. ... .. 44
Headlight range control system . . . . . . . . . . 43
H eadlights
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Headlight range control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Headlight range control system . . . . . . . . . 43
Washer reservoir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
H ead restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Front seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Rear seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Removing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
H eated
Exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Rear window (four-zone automatic climate
control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Rear window (three-zone climate control) . 70
Index
Seats (four-zone automatic climate control) .7.2
Seats(three-zone climate control) . . . . . . . 70
Washer nozzles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Heavy clothing and safety belts . . . . . . . . . . 137
High beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
High voltage warning label . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Hill descent control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Homelink (garage door opener) . . . . . . . . . . 41
Hood (release lever) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Hooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
How are child restraint system anchors relat-
ed to child safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
How many airbags does my vehicle have? . . 150
How safety belt pretens ioners work 141
I
Ignition
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Switching on/off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7S
Imbalance (wheels) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Important things to do before driving . . . . 126
Improperly worn safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Ind icator lights .. .. ............. .. .... . 11
also refer to Warning/ind icator lights . . . . 11
Infant seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Inflation pressure (tires) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Inspection interval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Installing child safety seats Safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Installing the upper tether strap on the an­
chorage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Instrument cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Adjust ing illumination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Instruments and controls General illustration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Interior lighting
Ambient lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Front and rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Intermittent (w indshield w ipers) . . . . . . . . . 49
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Index
Pregnant women
Specia l consid erations when wearing a safe-
ty belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Pre sense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Pressure (t ires) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Pretensioners Pre sense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Preven tat ive passenger protect ion . . . . . . . 185
Prewarming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Prope r occupant seating posit ions . . . . . . . 12 7
Prope r safety belt pos ition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Proper seat ing pos ition
Front passenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Occupa nts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Rear passengers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Protect ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Q
quattro (all wheel drive) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Question What happens to unbelted occupants? 136
R
Rad iator fan 226
Rain/light sensor Headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Intermittent (winds hield wipers) . . . . . . . . 49
Raising the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Range (fuel leve l) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Reading lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Rear fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Rear light Indicator l ight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Rear she lf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Rear spoiler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Rearview camera
refer to Pa rking systems .......... 115,116
Rear view mir ror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Rear w indow defogger (four- zone a utomat ic
clim ate cont ro l) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 2
Rear window defogger (three -zone climate
control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Recirculation mode (fo ur-zone automatic cli­
mate control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
286
Recircu lation mode (th ree-zone climate con -
trol) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Recupe rat io n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Ref illing Ad B lue
With bottle .. .. .. .. .... .. .... ... .. .. 216
With can ister .. .. ..... ........... ... 216
Ref uel ling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Remote cont ro l
Ga rage door opener ( HomeLink) . . . . . . . . . 41
Unl ocking and locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Remote cont rol key
L E D . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Rep lac ing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Repair manuals .... .. ............... .. 274
Repairs Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Rep laci ng windsh ie ld w iper b lades . . . . . . . . 50
Reporting Safety Defects . . . . . . . . . . . 133, 134
Reset bu tton (trip odome ter) . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Resetting the trip odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Residua l heat (four-zone a utomatic climate
control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Retractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Reversible mat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Rims ... ... .. .... .. .. .. .. .. .... ... .. 248
Roof rac k . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Lo ad ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Roof weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
s
Safe d rivi ng habits
Safety 1
26
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Cargo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Correc t seating posi tion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 7
Pedal area . .. .... .. .. .. ......... .. .. 131
Safety be lt position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Safety belt height adjustment . . . . . . . . . 140
Safety be lts wo rn by preg nant women 140
Safety be lt pretensioner
Serv ice and disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Safety be lts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 5, 138
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Danger to passengers who do not wear a
safety be lt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136