2011 AUDI A5 CABRIOLET Convertible

Power top
• A message in the instrument cluster display will alert you if a
protection function was activated or if there is a malfunction
=>page 52.
• The power top can also be operated manually if there is a malfunc­
tion=>
page 57, "Power top emergency operation" . Have you autho­
rized Audi dealer correct the cause of the malfunction as soon as
possible .
• If parking the vehicle with the power top open, remember that the
vehicle interior will not be protected from the weather or from unau­
thorized entry. Closing the power top before leaving the vehicle is
recommended. If you leave items in the vehicle, lock them in the
trunk .•
Power top operation
The indicator light monitors the power top.
The . indicator light illuminates for approximately 2 seconds when
the ignition switches on to check the function and then goes out
again. The indicator light also:
• illuminates when the power top opens or closes.
• blinks if the power top switch is operated but the conditions for
opening or closing the power top are not met . A warning message
also appears in the instrument cluster display=>
page 52, "E rror
message in the instrument cluster display" .
• if the power top did not open or close completely.
[ i J Tips
The indicator light stays on if the power top was opened manually. •
Error message in the instrument cluster
display
An error message appears if the power top cannot open
or close.
Several conditions must be met for the power top to open or close
automatically.
An error message in the instrument cluster display indicates if one of
the conditions is not met or there is a malfunction.
Power top: please close rear lid
The luggage compartment lid must be closed when the power top is
opening or closing. This error message appears in the instrument
cluster display if the luggage compartment lid is not closed.
Storage bay not lowered. Please remove
obstruction
The power top storage bay must lower when the power top is
opening. This error message appears in the instrument cluster
display if the storage bay is not lowered . If the storage bay does not
lower automatically because of objects in the luggage compartment,
remove the objects that are in the way from the storage bay area.
Otherwise, you can operate the power top storage bay manually
=>page 55.
Power top: cannot be used
This error message appears if the convertible cannot open or close
automatically because of safety reasons or if there is a malfunction.
The following causes are possible:
• Vehicle speed too high: Power top operation is deactivated and an
error message appears if the vehicle speed is too high. Reduce the
vehicle speed and operate the switch again to open or close the power
top.
• Battery voltage too low: The power top cannot be operated if the
battery voltage is too low. This ensures there will be enough battery
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-Press the rollbar down until it stops.
- Make sure the rollbar is secure before releasing it .
- Close the cover@::::, fig . 184 .
- Repeat the procedure on the other rollbar.
With the power top closed
- Switch the ignition on .
- Press the convertible switch to adjust the convertible frame until it is vertical=> fig . 184 .
- Pull the loop upward in the direction of the arrow and hold it in place ::::> fig. 183.
- Slide the rollbar down.
- Release the loop just before the rollbar reaches its end pos ition (3-5 cm) .
- Press the rollbar down until it stops.
- Make sure the rollbar is secure before releasing it.
- Close the cover@=> fig. 184.
- Repeat the procedure on the other rollbar .
- You can now close th e pow er top again.
& WARNING
• Have the rollover protection system checked by your autho­
rized Audi dealer if it is faulty. Otherwise, the system may not
deploy correctly in a collision.
• Modifying the rollover protection system or individual compo­
nents is not permitted .
& WARNING (continued)
• Work on the rollover protection system should only be
performed by your authorized Audi dealer. Otherwise the system
may not function correctly in a collision or it could deploy unex­
pectedly.
• Have the system inspected at service intervals. This ensures the
system will always be ready for use. Have your authorized Audi
dealer check the rollover protection system every two years at the
latest. •

-Safety belts ----------------
Fastening safety
belts
Seat first -everybody buc kle up!
Fig. 192 Bel t buckl e
a n d ton gue on the
d riv er's se at
To provide maximum protection, safety belts must always be
posit ioned cor rectly on the wearer's body.
- Adjust the front seat and head restraint properly
=>
page 77, "General recommendat ions" .
- Make sure the seatbac k of the rear seat bench is in a n
upright posit ion and securely latched in place before using
the belt=> &.
- Hold the belt by the to ng ue and pu ll it evenly across t he
chest a nd pe lvis=> &.
- Insert the tongue into the corre ct buckle of your seat until
you hea r it latch secu re ly =>
page 194, fig. 192.
- Pull on the be lt to make sure t hat it is secure ly latched i n
the buckle.
Automatic safety belt retractor s
Every safety belt is equipped with an automatic be lt retractor on the
shoulder be lt . This feat ure locks the be lt when the belt is pulled out
fast, d uring hard braking and in an acc ident. The belt may also lock when you dr
ive up or down a steep hill or throug h a sharp curve .
Dur ing no rma l driv ing the be lt lets you move freely.
Safety belt pretensioners
The safety bel ts are eq uipped with a belt pretensioner tha t he lps to
tighten the safety be lt and remove slack when the pretensioner is
a cti vated. The fun ct ion of the pretensioner is mon itored by a w arning
light=>
page 14 .
Switchable locking feature
Every safety belt except the one on the driver seat is equ ipped with a
switchab le locking feature that
mu st be used when t he safety be lt i s
used to attach a chi ld safety seat. Be sure to read the important infor­
mat ion abou t th is feat ure=>
page 231 .
& WARNING
Improperly po sitioned safety belts can cau se seriou s injury in an
accident
=> page 195 , "Safety belt position".
• Safety belts offer optimum protection only when the seatba ck
is upright and belts a re prope rly po sitioned on the body.
• Never attach the safety belt to the buckle f or another seat .
Attach ing the belt to the wrong buckle will reduce safet y belt
effectivenes s and can cau se seriou s personal injury.
• A passenger who i s not p rope rly restrained can be ser iousl y
injured by the safety belt it self wh en it move s from the stronger
parts of the body into critical areas like the abdomen.
• Always lock the convertible locking retractor when you are
s ecuring a child safety seat in the vehicle =>
page 233. •

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& WARNING (cont inued)
• If exceptional circumstances require the use of a forward­
facing child restraint on the front passenger's seat, the child's safety and well-being require that the following special precau­
tions be taken:
-Make sure the forward-facing seat has been designed and
certified by its manufacturer for use on a front seat with a passenger front and side airbag.
- Always carefully follow the manufacturer's instructions
provided with the child safety seat or carrier.
- Always move the front passenger seat into the rearmost
position of the passenger seat's fore and aft adjustment range ,
and as far away from the airbag as possible before installing
the child restraint.
- Always make sure that nothing prevents the front
passenger's seat from being moved to the rearmost position in
its fore and aft adjustment range .
-Always make sure that the backrest is in the upright posi­
tion .
• Always buckle the child safety seat firmly in place even if a
child is not sitting in it. A loose child safety seat can fly around
during a sudden stop or in a collision.
• Always read and heed all WARNINGS whenever using a child
restrained in a vehicle is being used~
page 189, "Safety belts ",
~ page 199 , "Airbag system " and ~ page 221, "Child Safety".
& WARNING
To reduce the risk of serious injury, make sure that the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light comes on and stays on whenever a
child restraint is installed on the front passenger seat and the
ignition is switched on.
& WARNING (co ntinued )
• Take the child restraint off the front passenger seat and install
it properly at one of the rear seat positions if the PASSENGER AIR
BAG OFF light does not stay on .
• Have the airbag system inspected by your authorized Audi
dealer immediately.
& WARNING
A child in a child restraint installed with the LATCH lower anchor­ ages or with the standard safety belt on the rear seat may play
with unused rear seat safety belts and become entangled resulting in serious personal injury and even death.
• Always buckle unused rear seat safety belts out of reach of chil­
dren in child seats and properly activate the convertible locking
retractor so that the child cannot unreel the safety belt from the
retractor. •

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Convertible
child safety seats
Properly used convertible child safety seats can help
protect toddlers and children over age one who weigh between 20 and 40 lbs. (9 and 18 kg) in a crash.
Fig. 205 Schematic
overview : installation
of the attachments
applicable to a LATCH
seat
Fig. 206 Schematic
overview: installation
of the seat using the
vehicle's safety belt
system
- When using the vehicle safety belt to install a child safety
seat, you must first activate the convertible locking
feature on the safety belt to prevent the child safety seat
from moving=>
page 231 or install the seat using the
LATCH attachments. -
Push the child safety seat down with your full weight to
get the safety belt really tight so that the seat cannot
move forward or sideways more than one inch (2.5 cm)
=>
page 231.
A toddler or child is usually too large for an infant restraint if it is
more than one year old and weighs more than 20 lbs . (9 kg) .
Toddlers and children who are older than one year up to about 4 years
old and weigh more than 20 lbs (9 kg) up to 40 lbs. (18 kg) must
always be properly restrained in a child safety seat certified for their
size and weight=>
page 228, fig. 205 and=> page 228, fig. 206.
The airbag on the passenger side makes the front seat a potentially dangerous place for a child to ride. The front seat is not the safest
place for a child in a forward -facing child safety seat . It is a very
dangerous place for an infant or a larger child in a rearward-facing
seat.
& WARNING
Not using a child safety seat, using the wrong child safety seat or
improperly installing a child restraint increases the risk of serious
personal injury and death in a collision or other emergency situa­
tion.
• Children on the front seat of any car, even with Advanced
Airbags, can be seriously injured or even killed when an airbag
inflates. A child in a rearward-facing child safety seat installed on
the front passenger seat will be seriously injured and can be killed
if the front airbag inflates -even with an Advanced Airbag
System.
• The inflating airbag will hit the child safety seat or infant
carrier with great force and will smash the child safety seat and
child against the backrest, center arm rest, door or roof.
• Always install rearward-facing child safety seats on the rear
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- Do not use the convertible locking retractor when using
the vehicle's safety belt to restrain a child on a booster
seat.
- Always position the shoulder portion of the safety belt midway over the child's shoulde r.
- Always make sure that the shoulder portion of the safety belt never rests against or across the child's neck.
- Always make sure that the child can properly wear the lap
portion of the belt low across the thighs or pelvis and
never over the stomach or abdomen.
Children up to at least 8 years old (over 40 lbs. or 18 kg) are best
protected in child safety seats des igned for their age and we ight.
Experts say that the skeletal structure, particularly the pelvis, of
these ch ild ren is not fully developed, and they must not use the
veh icle safety belts w ithout a suitable ch ild restraint .
Children up to about 40 lbs (18 kg) are best protected in child safety
seats des igned for their age and weig ht. Expe rts say that the skeletal
structure, particularly the pelvis, of these children is not fully devel­
oped, and they must not use the vehicle safety bel ts witho ut a suit­
able child restraint .
It is usually best to put these chi ldren in appropriate booster seats.
Be sure the booster seat meets all applicable safety standards.
Booster seats raise the seating position of the child and reposition
both the lap and sho ulder parts of the safety bel t so that they pass
across the child's body in the right places. The routing of the belt over
the ch ild 's body is very impo rtant for the chi ld's p rotection, whether
or not a booster seat is used. Children age 12 and under must always
ride in the rea r seat.
Chi ld ren who are at least 4 ft. 9 in . (57 inches/1.45 meters) tall can
generally use the vehicle's three point lap and shoulder belts . Never
use the lap belt port ion of the vehicle 's safe ty belt alone to restra in
any child, regard less of how big the child is. Always remember that children do not have the pronounced pelvic structure requ
ired for the
proper func tion o f lap belt por tion of the vehicle's three poin t lap and
shoulder belts . The ch ild's safety absolutely requires that a lap belt
portio n of the safety be lt be fastened snugly and as low as possible
around the pelvis. Never let the lap belt portion of the safety belt
pass over the child's stomach or abdomen .
In a crash, airbags m ust inflate with in a blink of an eye and with
considerable force. In order to do its job, the airbag needs room to
inflate so tha t it w ill be the re to protect t he occ upant as the occupant
moves forward into the a irbag.
A vehicle occupant who is out of position and too close to the airbag gets in the way of an inflating a irbag. When a n occupant is too close,
he or she will be struck violently and will receive serious or possibly
even fata l injury.
In order for the airbag to offer protection, it is important that all
vehicle occupants, especia lly any ch ild ren, who must be in the front
seat because of exceptional circumstances, be properly restra ined
and as far away from the airbag as possib le .
By keeping room
between the child's body and the front of the passenger compart­
ment, the a irbag can inflate completely and provide supplemental
protection in certa in frontal collisions .
& WARNING
Not using a booste r s eat, using the boo st e r se at improperl y, incor ­
r ectl y installing a boo st e r seat or u sing the vehicle saf ety belt
i mp rope rly incre ases th e ris k of s eri ou s per sonal injury and d eath
i n a colli sion o r other emergenc y situatio n. To he lp reduce the risk
of s eri ous p ersonal injury and /or d eath:
• Alwa ys make su re to po sition the shoulder portion of the three­
p o int belt o ver the m iddle of child' s shoulder .
• Never let the sh o ulde r por tio n of the belt re st agai nst or ac ros s
the ne ck, f ace, chin , or throat of the ch ild. .,_

Child Safety Ill
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& WARNING (continued)
• A child in a rearward-facing child safety seat installed on the
front passenger seat will be seriously injured and can be killed if
the front airbag inflates -even with an Advanced Airbag System.
• The inflating airbag will hit the child safety seat or infant
carrier with great force and will smash the child safety seat and
child against the backrest, center arm rest, door or roof.
• Always be especially careful if you must install a rearward
facing child safety seat on the front passenger seat in exceptional
circumstances.
• A tight tether strap on a rearward-facing child restraint
attached to the front passenger seat can put too much pressure on
the weight-mat in the seat and register a heavier weight in the
Advanced Airbag System. The heavier weight registered can make
the system work as though an adult were on the seat and deploy
the Advanced Airbag when it must be suppressed causing serious
or even fatal injury to the child.
• Make sure that the PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light comes on
and stays on all the time whenever the ignition is switched on.
• If the PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light does not come on and
stay on, immediately install the rearward-facing child safety seat
in a rear seating position and have the airbag system inspected by
your authorized Audi dealer. •
Activating the convertible locking retractor
Use the convertible locking retractor to secure a child
restraint.
Always heed the child safety seat manufacturer 's instruc­
tions when installing a child restraint in your vehicle. To acti­
vate the convertible locking retractor:
- Place the child restraint on a seat, preferably on the rear
seat .
Controls and equip­
ment Safety first Vehicle operation
-
Slowly pull the belt all the way out.
-Route it around or through the child restraint belt path
=>& .
- Push the child safety seat down w ith your full weight to
get the safety belt really tight .
- Insert the belt tongue into the buckle for that seating
position.
- Guide the safety belt back into the retractor until the belt
lies flat and snug on the child safety seat.
- You should hear a "clicking" noise as the belt winds back
into the inertia reel. Test the convertible locking retractor
by pulling on the belt. You should no longer be able to pull
the belt out of the retractor. The convertible locking
retractor is now activated.
- Make sure that the red release button is facing away from
the child restraint so that it can be unbuckled quickly.
- Pull on the belt to make sure the safety belt is properly
tight and fastened so that the seat cannot move forward
or sideways more than one inch (2.5 cm).
& WARNING
Using the wrong child restraint or an improperly installed child
restraint can cause serious personal injury or death in a crash.
• Always make sure that the safety belt retractor is locked when
installing a child safety seat. An unlocked safety belt retractor
cannot hold the child safety seat in place during normal driving or
in a crash.
• Always buckle the child safety seat firmly in place even if a
child is not sitting in it. A loose child safety seat can fly around
during a sudden stop or in a crash.
Vehicle care Do-it-yourself service Technical data

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& WARNING (conti nued)
• Alway s make sure the se a t backre st to which the child restraint
i s installed is in an upright position and securely latched into place
and cannot fold forward. Otherwise, the se atback with the child
s afety seat attached to it could fly forward in the event of an acci­
dent or other eme rgency situation .
• Always read and heed all WARNINGS whenever using a child
restrained in a vehicle is being used~
page 221. Special precau­
tions apply when installing a child safety seat on the front
passenger seat~
page 201, "Child restraints on the front seat -
some important thing s to know ".•
Deactivating the convertible locking
retractor
The convertible lockin g retractor for child restraints will
be deac tiva ted a utoma tic ally when the bel t is wou nd all
the way back in to the retr actor.
- Press th e re d but ton on the safety belt buckle. T he belt
t o ngu e will po p out of t he buckle .
- G uide the safe ty belt all the way back i nto its sto wed posi-
t ion.
Always le t the safety be lt retract comple tely into i ts s towed position .
Th e safety bel t can now be used as a n or dinary sa fe ty belt withou t the
convertible locking ret ractor fo r chi ld rest raints .
If the convertible locking retractor should be activated inadvertently,
t he s afety be lt must be unfa stened and guide d comp le tely b ack into
its stowed position to deactivate this feature. If t he convert ible
loc king ret ra ctor is no t deactiva te d , the sa fety belt w ill grad ually
become tighter and uncomfo rtable to wea r.
& WARNING
Improperly installed child safety seats increase the r isk of serious
per sonal injury and death in a collision.
• Never unfasten the safety belt to deactivate the convert ible
lo cking retractor for child re straint s while the vehicle is moving .
You would not be restrained and could be seriously injured in an
accident.
• Always read and heed all WARNINGS whenever using a child
restrained in a vehicle i s being u sed
~ page 221. Special precau­
tions apply when installing a child safety seat on the front
pa ssenger seat~
page 201, "Child re straints on the front seat -
some important things to know ".•
LATCH Lower anchorages and
tethers for children
Child Restraint System anchors and how
are they related to child safety
To prov ide a simpler and more practicable way to attach the child
restrain t on the vehicle seat, Federal regulat ions req uire special
lower anc ho rages in ve hicles and devices o n new ch ild restraints to
attac h to the ve hicle anchorages .
Th e combin ation of the tether anchorages and the l ower anchor ages
is now generally called the
LATCH system for " Lower Anc horages and
T ethe rs fo r Chil dre n."
Forward-fac ing c hild restraints manufactured afte r September 1,
1 999, a re requi red by U.S. federa l reg ulat ions to comp ly with new
child head moveme nt performance requirements . These new per for­
mance req uirements make a tether necessary on most new ch ild
sea ts.