2013 AUDI A5 COUPE Owners Manual

2013 Audi AS Coupe I 55 Coupe
Owner's Manual
Audi
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Introduction
Thank you for choosing an Audi -we value your trust in us.
Your new Audi incorporates the newest technology as well as nume rous features
des igned for your comfort , conven ience and safety . We recommend you read
your Owne r's Ma nual thoroughly so that you can q uic kl y become acquai nted w it h
you r A udi.
In addition to explaining how the different features work , we also g ive you ma ny
u sef ul tips and information concerning your safety and that of yo ur passengers,
how to ca re fo r you r vehicle and maintain your v ehicle's va lue .
We hope you e njoy driving yo ur Audi and we w ish you safe and pleasant motor­
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2 Table of contents Vehicle literature .. .. .. .. .. ... .
About this Owner's Manual ...
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 .. .. ................ ... . .
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27
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39
P owe r windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
P anorami c til ting s unroof .. .. .. .. . .
Va let p arki ng ............ .. .. .. . .
Clear vision .............. .. ... .
Lig hts . .. .... ........... .. .. .. . .
I n ter ior lights .. . ...... ... .. .. ... .
V1s 1on ...... .. .. ..... ... .. .. ... .
Wi per and washer system . ... .... . .
Dig ita l compass .......... .. .. ... .
Seats and storage ... .. .. .. ... .
General recommendat ions ... ... .. .
Front seats ................ .. ... .
H ead restraints .......... .. .. ... .
Seat memory . .. ...... .... ... .. . .
As htray .. .. ................ ... . .
C igar ette lighte r .... ...... .. .. .. . .
S to rage .... ... .......... .. .. .. . .
Ro of r ack .. ............. ....... .
L uggage compartmen t .. .. .. .. .. . .
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63
Warm and cold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
C lima te controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 7
On the road ... ... .. ..... .... . .
Stee ring . ..... .. .. ... ..... ... .. .
Ig nit ion loc k ... .. ... .. ..... ... .. .
Convenience key .. ............. .. .
Driver messages .. ............. .. .
E lectromechanical pa rking brake ... .
Speed warning system .. .. ... ... .. .
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78
Cru ise cont ro l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Transm1ss1on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Manua l transm iss ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
T iptronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
S troni c® . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Audi adaptive cruise control
and braking guard . . . . . . . . . . . .
95
I n troduc tion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Genera l informa tion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Audi adaptive cruise contro l . . . . . . . .
97
A udi braking guard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Audi side assist .... ..... ... .. .
Lane change ass istant
105
105
Audi drive select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Driving settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Park as sist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Pa rking system ... ... .. ..... ... .. . 112
Pa rking system (rear) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Parking system (rea r, with rear view
camera) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
113
Homelink ® . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Universa l remote control........ ... 119
Safety first . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Driving Safely . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
General notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Proper occ upant seating positions . . . 125
Drive r and passenge r side foo twe ll . . . 129
Pedal a rea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Stow ing luggage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Re po rting Sa fety Defects . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
General notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Why safety be lts? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 7
Safety belt pretens ioners . . . . . . . . . . 140
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Important things to know . . . . . . . . . . 142
Front airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Mon itor ing the Advanced Airbag
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Knee ai rbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Side curta in a irbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Ch ild Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
I mpor tant things to know . . . . . . . . . . 166
C hil d safety seats. ..... ... .. .. .. .. 172
Install ing a child safety seat . . . . . . . . 176
L A T CH Lower ancho rages and tethe r
for children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Addit ional Information 184
Vehicle operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Intelligent technology . . . . . . . . 185
Not ice about data recorded by vehicle
control modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
E lect ron ic Stabilization Control (ESC) . 185
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
E lect ro-me chanical power assist ,
dynam ic steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
D riving w ith your quattro ® . . . . . . . . . 190
Energy management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Driving and environment . . . . . 193
The first 1,000 miles (1,500 km) and
afterwards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Avoid damaging the vehicle . . . . . . . . . 193
Driving through water on roads . . . . . 193
Cataly tic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Operate your vehicle econom ically and
minim ize pollution ............... . 195
Trailer towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Driving w ith a t ra iler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Trailer towing tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
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Vehicle care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
200
Cleaning and protection . . . . . . 200
Genera l information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Care of exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Care of interior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Fuel supply and filling your
fuel tank ... .. .. .. . .............
211
Gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Fuel tank .. .. .. .. .. . .. .... ...... . 213
Checking and filling . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Engine hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Engine compartment .............. 218
E ngine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
En gine cooling system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Br ake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Windshie ld/headlight* washer
container . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Tires and wheels ... ..... ... .. .
Tires ... .. .. .. .... . ... ...... ... . 231
231
Tire pressure monitoring system 249
Do-it-yourself service . . . . . . . . . 252
What do I do now? . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Vehicle tool kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2S2
Space-saving spare tire (compact
spare tir e) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Chang ing a wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Fuses and bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2S9
Fuses ... .. .. .. .. .. . .. .... ...... . 259
Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Emergency situations . . . . . . . . . 263
General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Starting by pushing or towing . . . . . . . 263
Star ting with jumpe r cables . . . . . . . . 263
U se of jumpe r cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
E mergency towing with commercia l
tow truck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Lifting vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
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Technic al d ata . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
269
General information . . . . . . . . . . 269
Exp lanation of technical d ata . . . . . . . 269
Vehicle ident ific ation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
We igh ts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Dimensions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
211 hp, 2 .0 liter4-cy l. engine. .. .. .. 271
333 hp, 3.0 lite r 6-cyl. engine ... .. .. 272
Consumer Information . . . . . . . 273
Warranty coverages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Operating your vehicle outside the U.S.A . or Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Audi Service Repair Manuals and Literature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Maintenance. ........... ... .. ... . 273
Additional accessories , modificat ions
and parts r eplac ement . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Decla ration of Compli ance,
Telecommunica tions and Elec tronic
Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Ind ex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278

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 :
Au Canada, on peut se procure r un e xempla ire
e n fran~ais de ce doc ument aupres du conces ­
sionna ire ou de :
Vo lkswagen Canada, Inc.
Client Assistance
Assistance a la Clientele
77 7 Bayly Street, West,
A jax, On tario LIS 7G 7
If you sell your Audi
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.