AUDI S4 2013 Owners Manual

Owner's Manual
2013 Audi A4 I S4
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2013 Audi A4 Sedan
2013 Audi 54 Sedan
2013 Audi allroad
Foreword
Thank you for choosing an Audi -we va lue 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 vehicle more efficiently and in an environmentally
friendly manner.
In the Owner's Manual packet, you will a lso find a quick reference guide, an
Owner's Manual for your Infotainment system and the vehicle maintenance
schedule.
We hope you enjoy driving your Audi and we wish you safe and pleasant motor­
ing.
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2 Table of contents Vehicle literature .. .. .. .. .. ... .
5
About this Owner's Manual . . . 6
Controls and equipment .. ... .
Ins truments and controls .. . .
General illus tration .... ... .. .. ... .
Instruments and warning /
indicator lights ........ .. .. .. . .
Ins truments . .. .. ..... ... .. .. ... .
War ning/ indi cator lights ... .. ... .. .
Driver information d isplay .. . .
Introduct ion . .. .. ..... ... .. .. ... .
Trip computer .. .. ..... ... .. .. ... .
Gearshift Indicator ........ .. .. ... .
Efficiency program ........ .. .. .. . .
Service interval d isp lay .. .. .. .. .. . .
On -Board Diagnostic system (OBD) .. .
Opening and closing .... .. .. . .
Power locking system .. ... .. .. .. . .
R ear lid .. .. ................ ... . .
C hil d safety locks ......... .. .. ... .
P ower wi ndows ........ .. .. .. .. . .
Sun roof .. .. ............. .. .. .. . .
Va let par king .. .. ..... ... .. .. ... .
Clear vision .. ........ .. .. .. .. . .
Lig hts ..... ... . ...... ... .. .. ... .
I nter ior lights .. .. ..... ... .. .. ... .
V1s 1on ..... ... .. ..... ... .. .. ... .
W iper and washer system .. .. .. .. . .
Dig ita l compass .............. ... .
Seats and storage ... .. .. ... .. .
General recommendat ions . .. .. ... .
Front seats .............. .. .. ... .
H ead restraints . .......... ... .. . .
Seat memory ............. ... .. . .
Ashtr ay .. .. ... .... ...... .. .. .. . .
C igarette lig hte r .......... .. .. .. . .
12-vo lt socket ........... .... ... .
S torage . ... .. . .. ..... ... .. .. ... .
Roo f rack . .... .. ..... ... .. .. ... . 8
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6 7
Luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Warm and cold ... .. ..... .... . .
Climate co ntrols . ... ... ..... ... .. .
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76
On the road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 0
Stee ring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Ign it io n lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Driver messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
E lectromechanical parking brake . . . . 85
Speed warning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Cru ise cont ro l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Manua l transm ission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
mult it ron ic ® , 5 tronic ®, tiptronic .. .. . 91
Audi adaptive cruise control
and braking guard . . . . . . . . . . . .
99
I n troduc tio n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Genera l inform ation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
A udi adaptive cruise cont ro l . . . . . . . . 101
Audi braking gua rd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Audi side assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Lane change assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Audi drive select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Driving settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Park assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Pa rking system ... ... .. ..... .... . . 116
Pa rking system (rear). ... .... ... .. . 116
Pa rking system (rear, with rear view
camera) .. .. .. .. . .. .. .. . .. .. .. .. 117
Homelink ® . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
U niversa l remote contro l . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Safety first . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 7
Driving Safely . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
General notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 7
Proper occupant seating positions . . . 128
Pedal a rea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Stow ing luggage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Repo rting Safety Defects . . . . . . . . . . . 135

Safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
General notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Why safety be lts? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Safety belt pretens ioners . . . . . . . . . . 143
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Important things to know . . . . . . . . . . 14S
Front airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Mon itor ing the Advanced Airbag
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Side curta in a irbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Child Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
I mpor tant th ings to know . . . . . . . . . . 166
C hi ld safety sea ts ................. 172
I ns tall ing a chi ld safety seat . . . . . . . . 176
L A T CH Lower anchorages and tether
for children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Addit ional Information
184
Vehi cle operat ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Intelligent technology . . . . . . . . 185
Not ice about data recorded by vehicle
control modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18S
Electronic Stabilization Control (ESC) . 185
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
E lect ro-mechanical power assist ,
dynamic stee ring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Driving w ith your qu attro ® . . . . . . . . . 191
E nergy management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Driving and environment . . . . . 194
The first 1,000 miles (1,500 km) and
afterwards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Avoid damaging the vehicle . . . . . . . . . 194
Driving through water on roads . . . . . 194
Catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19S
Operate your vehicle econom ically and
minim ize pollution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
allroad: Driv ing offroad . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Trailer towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Driving w ith a t ra iler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Trailer towing tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 1
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Vehicle care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
202
Cleaning and protection . . . . . . 202
Genera l information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Care of exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Care of interior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Fuel supply and filling your
fuel tank ... .. .. .. . .............
214
Gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Fuel tank .. .. .. .. .. . .. .... ...... . 216
Checking and filling . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Engine hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Engine compartment .............. 221
E ngine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
E ngine cooling system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
B rake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Windshie ld/headlight* washer
container . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Tires and wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 4
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Tire pressure monitoring system 253
Do-it-yourself service . . . . . . . . . 256
What do I do now? . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Vehicle tool kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2S6
Space-saving spare tire (compact
spare tir e) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Inflatable spare tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Inflat ing i nflatable spa re tire . . . . . . . 258
Changi ng a wheel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Fuses and bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Fuses..... .. .. .. .. . ............. 265
Bul bs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Emergency situations . . . . . . . . . 269
Genera l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
St art ing by p ushing or towing . . . . . . . 269
Star ting with jumpe r cables . . . . . . . . 269
Use of jumper cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Emergency towing wit h commercia l
tow truck ... .. .. .. .. ........... . 271
Lifting vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
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Technic al d ata . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
275
General information . . . . . . . . . . 275
Exp lanation of technical d ata . . . . . . . 2 7 5
Vehicle ident ific ation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
We igh ts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Dimensions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
A4 Sedan 211 hp, 2 .0 liter 4- cyl.
engine ... .. ... ... .... ... .. .. .. .. 277
allroad 211 hp, 2.0 liter4-cyl. eng ine 278
S 4 Sedan 333 hp, 3.0 lite r 6-cyl.
engine. .. .. .... .. ... .... .. .. .. .. 279
Consumer Information . . . . . . . 280
Warran ty coverages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Operating yo ur vehicle outside the
U .S .A. o r Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Audi S ervice Repair Man ua ls and
Lit erature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
M aintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Addit ional acces sor ies, modifica tion s
and p arts replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
Declaration of Compliance,
Telecommunications and Electronic
Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Ind ex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285

In addition to t his Owner's Ma nual, your A udi
comes w ith a Warranty
& Maintena nce book ­
l et.
Mor eover , d ep en ding on the mode l and t he
e quip ment, there may be additiona l ins truc ­
tion boo klets delivered w ith your vehicle (for
e x amp le, Ope rat ing Instr uctions fo r yo ur
Sound System, Navigation System etc .).
If yo u are m iss ing one of these publicat ions,
or if you believe that the inf ormation is not
comp lete, contact you r auth orized Audi dea le r
for assistance.
The Warranty & Maintenance booklet
explains how yo u can kee p your A udi in top
d riving conditi on by hav ing it serviced regular ­
l y and conta ins deta iled in fo rmat ion about
the wa rranties covering your Aud i. Always
h ave the book let with yo u when yo u take your
ve hicle to an auth orized Audi dealer for serv­
i ce . Y our Aud i Service Adviso r will record each
sche duled service and can answer any ques­
tions you may have r ega rding how to ma intain
your ve hicle.
In Canada,
the vehicle lite ratu re is also avai lab le in
Fr ench . T o obtai n a co py, c ontact your dea ler
or w rit e to :
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e n fran~ais de ce doc ument aupres du conces ­
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Client Assistance
Assistance a la Clientele
77 7 Bayly Street, West,
A jax, On tario LIS 7G 7
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all literatu re should be left in the veh icle to
make the Warranty terms as we ll as a ll oper­
ating, safety and ma intenance information
ava ilab le to the ne xt owne r.
Vehicle literature 5
If you change your address or if you
bought this Audi used
b e s ure to send in a "Notice of A ddress
Change"
I " N otice of Used Car Purchase" post
ca rd. T his card can be fo und in the War ranty
&
M aint enance booklet or obtained from your
a utho rized Aud i dea le r.
It is in your own interest that we are able to
contact you should the need arise .
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6 About this Owner's Manual
This owner's manua l contains important infor­
mation, tips, suggestions, and warnings for
the use of your veh icle.
Make sure that this owner's manua l is always
located in the vehicle. This is especia lly impor­
tant if you allow other people to drive the ve­
h icle, or if you sell it.
This owner's manua l descr ibes the
equipment
range
specified for this mode l at the editoria l
deadline date. Some of the equipment descri­
bed here will on ly be available at a later date,
or only in specific markets.
Some sections in this owner's manua l do not
apply to a ll vehicles . In that case, the
range of
applicability
is g iven at the beginn ing of the
section, e.g., "Applies to vehicles: with ad­
vanced parking system". In addition, optional
or vehicle -specific equipment is indicated by
a n aster isk
" *" .
Illustrations may be different from those in
your vehicle, and are intended to be viewed as
a basic guide .
You will find a
table of contents at the begin­
n ing of this book, which disp lays all topics de­
scribed in this manual in order of appearance.
You will find an alphabetical
index at the end
of this book .
All
directions , such as "left", "right", "front",
''back", are relative to the direct ion of travel.
* Optional or vehicle-specific equipment
.,.. This section continues on the next page.
® Registered trademarks are identified with
a®. If this symbol is missing, it is no guar­
antee that the terms can be used free ly .
~ &. Cross-reference to a "WARN ING!" with-
in a section. For indication w ith a page num­
ber, the corresponding "WARNING!" can be
found outside of the section .
A WARNING
Text with this symbol contains important
information on safety and how to reduce
the risk of personal injury or death.
(D Note
Text with this symbo l draws your attention
to potentia l sources of damage to your ve­
hicle.
@) For the sake of the environment
Text with this symbo l contains information
abo ut the environment and how you can
help protect it.
{!) Tips
Text with this symbo l contains specia l tips
and other information about gett ing the
most out of your vehicle and its features.

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8 Instruments and controls
Instruments and controls
General illustration
Fig. l Cockp it: left sect io n
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Fig. 2 Cock pi t: ri ght sect io n