2008 AUDI S5 Owners Manual

Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine General notes279
Controls
Safety
Driving tips
General maintenance
Self-help
Technical data This applies especially when the vehicle is fully laden.
CapacitiesFuel tank
Windscreen washerVehicle identification data
Vehicle identification number on the sound
system or MMI
– Select: Function selector button > Vehicle ID
number ⇒fig. 263.Vehicle identification number in the engine
compartment
The vehicle identification number is located on the right-hand side
of the engine compartment.
Type plate
The type plate is located on the right-hand side of the engine
compartment. Vehicles for certain export countries have no type
plate.
Fuel tank
ltr.
approx. 65
Windscreen and
headlight washer system*
ltr.
approx. 4.5
Fig. 263 MMI display:
Vehicle identification
number
Fig. 264 Vehicle data
sticker
CAR
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine General notes 280Vehicle data sticker
The vehicle data sticker ⇒page 279, fig. 264 is located near the
battery in the luggage compartment. One section of the vehicle data
sticker is attached to the inside cover of the Service Schedule before
the vehicle is handed over.
The sticker lists the following data:
Vehicle identification number (chassis number)
Vehicle type / engine power / gearbox type
Engine and gearbox code letters
Paint No. / Interior equipment No.
Optional equipment codes
Fuel consumption and emissions
Fuel consumption and emissions
Information on the vehicle's fuel consumption and emissions is
given at the bottom of the vehicle data sticker :
Urban cycle consumption (ltr./100 km)
Extra-urban cycle consumption (ltr./100 km)
Combined cycle consumption (ltr./100 km)
Combined CO
2 emissions (g/km)
The specified values were determined in accordance with the test
procedure prescribed by the currently applicable version of
Directive 80/1268/EEC. The specifications do not refer to an indi-
vidual vehicle. The consumption figures achieved during normal
driving may differ from the test values quoted in accordance with
the above Directive, depending on special equipment fitted, vehicle
loading, personal driving style, road and traffic conditions, environ-
mental factors and the condition of the car.
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Controls
Safety
Driving tips
General maintenance
Self-help
Technical data
Performance, weights and dimensionsS5 4.2 quattroEngine data
Performance figures
WeightsMaximum trailer weights
2)
Engine oil1) With slight loss of power2) The specified trailer weights apply only to vehicles with a factory-
fitted towing bracket.
Power output
260 kW at 6800 rpm
Maximum torque
440 Nm at 3500 rpm
Cylinders, capacity
8 cylinders, 4163cm
3
Fuel
Super Plus unleaded 98 RON or
premium unleaded not less than
95 RON
1)
Maximum speed
km/h
MG = 250
Acceleration from 0 - 100 km/h
sec.
MG = 5.1
Gross vehicle weight
kg
MG = 2130
Kerb weight (unladen weight)
kg
MG = 1705
Maximum front axle weight
kg
MG = 1130
Maximum rear axle weight
kg
MG = 1090
Trailer with brakes on
gradients up to 8%
kg
MG = 2100
Trailer with brakes on
gradients up to 12%
kg
MG = 1900
Weight of vehicle and
trailer on gradients up to 12%
kg
MG = 4060
Trailer without brakes
kg
MG = 750
LongLife Service
VW 503 00, VW 504 00
Inspection Service
VW 502 00, VW 503 00, VW 504 00
Engine oil capacity
(including filter change)
approx. 8.8 litres
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SeeAnti-lock brake system . . . . . . . . . 17
AC mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96, 105
Acceleration figures
SeePerformance, weights and
dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Adapter for anti-theft wheel bolts . . . . . 254
adaptive light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Defective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
advanced key
Locking and unlocking the vehicle . . . 44
START ENGINE STOP button . . . . . . . 116
Starting the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Switching on the ignition . . . . . . . . . . 116
Air conditioner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91, 99
AC mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
See alsoDeluxe automatic air conditioner
91
Air recirculation mode
Deluxe automatic air conditioner . . . . 95
Deluxe automatic air conditioner plus . . .
103
Airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Deactivating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Front airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Head-protection airbag . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Key-operated switch for front passenger's
airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170Triggering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Alterations to the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Alternator
Fault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Anti-dazzle interior mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Anti-freeze additive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Anti-knock properties of petrol . . . . . . . . 217
Anti-lock brake system
How the system works . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Anti-theft alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Interior monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Tow-away protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Anti-theft wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Armrest (front)
Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Storage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Ashtrays
Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Audi hold assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Auto Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Auto-check control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Automatic air conditioner plus
SeeDeluxe automatic air conditioner plus
99
Automatic gearbox
Safety interlock for ignition key . . . . 114
Automatic headlight control . . . . . . . . . . . 54Auxiliary heating
Deluxe automatic air conditioner plus . . .
108
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Running time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Switching on/off immediately . . . . . . 109
Timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Average fuel consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Average speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Axle weights
SeePerformance, weights and
dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
BBattery
Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Low charge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Power level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Power management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Replacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Winter conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Battery power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Bayonet fastener
Bulb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Bulb holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Belt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Bicycle rack
Trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Bioethanol fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
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Deluxe automatic air conditioner . . . . 94
Deluxe automatic air conditioner plus . .
102
Bonnet
Closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Releasing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Boot
SeeLoading luggage compartment . 158
SeeLuggage compartment . . . . . . . . . 75
Boot lid
Central locking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Manual release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Brake system
Brake assist system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Brake light defective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Brake pads worn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Brake servo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Electro-mechanical parking brake . . . 119
General notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Bulb holder
Bayonet fastener . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Bulb monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Bulbs
Bayonet fastener . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Changing (general notes) . . . . . . . . . . 265
Bulbs, changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Brake lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Bulb holder with bayonet fastener . . 266Front fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Number plate light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Rear fog light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Rear lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Reversing light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Turn signals (rear) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Business equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
CCapacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
Car keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Care of vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Central locking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Boot lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Deadlock mechanism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Fuel tank flap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Locking and unlocking the vehicle from
inside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Manual locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Opening and closing windows . . . . . . . 50
Switches on driver's door . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Unlocking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Changing a wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Changing bulbs
SeeBulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Chassis number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
Child safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Child safety seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Child seat categories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Fitting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179ISOFIX system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
On front passenger's seat . . . . . . . . . . 176
Safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Cigarette lighter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Cleaning Alcantara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Cleaning seat covers
Alcantara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Natural leather . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Textile covers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Cleaning textile covers and trim parts . . 213
Clock, setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Closing
Bonnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Coat hooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Colour code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
Compact temporary spare wheel
SeeSpare wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Compartment for (sun)glasses . . . . . . . . . 89
Compass in mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Controls and displays
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Convenience close function . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Convenience open function . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Cooling system
Anti-freeze additive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Checking coolant level . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Coolant temperature gauge . . . . . . . . . 11
Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Radiator fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Topping up coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
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Adjusting speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Control lever on steering wheel . . . . 123
Cruise mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Indicator lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Pre-selecting a speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Resuming cruise control . . . . . . . . . . 126
Safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Switching off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Switching off temporarily . . . . . . . . . 126
Cup holders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Current fuel consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25DDate display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Daytime running lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Deactivating front passenger's airbag . . 173
Deadlock mechanism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42, 45
Defrosting windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96, 104
Deluxe automatic air conditioner . . . . . . . 91
Air distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Air outlets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Air outlets for rear passengers . . . . . . 97
Air recirculation mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Automatic mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Basic settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Blower . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Defrosting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Economical operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98Heated rear window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Seat heating, front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Switching on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Deluxe automatic air conditioner plus . . . 99
AC mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Air distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Air outlets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Air outlets for rear passengers . . . . . 106
Air recirculation mode . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Automatic mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Automatic recirculation . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Auxiliary heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Auxiliary heating - remote control . . 111
Auxiliary heating - running time . . . . 111
Basic settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Blower . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Defrosting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Economical operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Heated rear window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Switching on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Synchronisation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Digital clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Digital compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Digital speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Dipped headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Defective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
DIS
SeeDriver information system . . . . . . 20Door catches/boot lid warning . . . . . . . . . 23
Doors
Manual locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Driver
SeeSitting position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Driver information system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Auto-check control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Bulb monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
CD and radio display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Digital speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Door catches/boot lid warning . . . . . . 23
Driver messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
On-board computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Outside temperature display . . . . . . . . 21
Red symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Service interval display . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Speed warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Yellow symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Driver messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Driving abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Unleaded fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Driving away from a standstill . . . . . . . . 120
Driving away when towing a trailer . . . . 121
Driving safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Driving time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Dust filter
Deluxe automatic air conditioner . . . . 91
Deluxe automatic air conditioner plus 99
DVD player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
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