2015 AUDI A5 CABRIOLET automatic transmission

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today's automobiles, have steadily reduced the
scope of maintenance and repairs which can be
carried out by vehicle owners .
Also , s afety a nd
en viro nm enta l
concerns place very strict limits
on the nature of repairs and adjustments to en­
g ine and transmission parts which an owner can
perform.
Maintenance, adjustments and repa irs usua lly re­
qu ire spec ial tools, testing devices and other
equ ipment available to specially trained work­
shop perso nnel in order to assure proper per­
formance, reliab ility and safety of the vehicle and
its many systems.
Improper ma intenance, adjustments and repairs
can impair the operation and reliability of your
vehicle and even void your vehicle warranty .
Therefore, proof of se rv icing in accordance with
the m aintenance schedule may be a condi tion for
upho ld ing a possib le warranty cla im made w ith in
the warranty period .
Above all, operational safety can be adversely af­
fected, creating unnecessary r isks fo r you and
your passengers.
I f in doubt about any servicing, have it done by
your author ized Audi dealer or any prope rly
equ ipped and qua lified workshop. We st rongly
urge you to give your authorized Audi dealer the
opport unity to perform all sched uled mainte­
nance and necessary repairs. Your dealer has the
fac ilities, origina l parts and trained specia lists to
keep yo ur vehicle runn ing properly.
P e rforming lim it e d ma inten anc e y ours elf
The fo llowing pages describe a limited number of
proced ures which can be performed on yo ur vehi­
cle with ordinary tools, should the need arise and
trained personne l be unavailable. Before per­
forming any of these procedures, always thor­
oughly read all of the applicable text and careful­
ly follow the instructions g iven . Always rigorously
observe the
W ARNINGS prov ided .
Before you check an ything in the engine com ­
partm ent, always r ead and h eed all WARNING S
c:> .&. and c:> .&. in Working in the engine comport­
ment on page 195.
C o nsum er information
A WARNING
- Ser ious personal injury may occur as a result
of improperly performed maintenance, ad­
justments or repairs.
- Always be extremely careful when work ing
on the vehicle. Always follow commonly ac­
cepted safety practices and general com­ mon sense. Never ris k personal injury.
- Do not attempt any of the maintenance,
checks or repairs descr ibed on the following
pages if you are not fully familia r wi th these
or other procedures w ith respect to the vehi­
cle, or a re unce rtain how to proceed .
- Do not do any work without the proper tools
a nd eq uipment. Have the necessary work
done by your authorized Audi dealer or any
properly equipped and qualified workshop.
- The engine compa rtment o f any motor vehi­
cle is a potentially hazardous area. Neve r
reach into the area around or touch the radi­
ator fan. It is temperature controlled and
can switch on suddenly - even when the en­
g ine is off and the ign ition key has been re­
moved. The rad iator fan switches on auto­
mat ically when the coo lant reaches a certain
temperature and will continue to run unt il
the coolant temperature d rops.
- Always remove the ign ition key befo re any­
one gets under the vehicle.
- Always support your veh icle with safety
stands if it is necessary to work underneath
the vehicle. The jack supplied w ith the vehi ­
cle is no t adequ ate for this purpose and
could collapse caus ing serious personal in­
jury.
- If you m ust wor k underneath t he vehicle
with the wheels on the ground, a lways make
sure the vehicle is on level ground, that the
wheels are a lways secure ly blocked and that
the engine cannot be started.
- Always make sure the transmission se lector
lever (automatic transmiss ion) is in "P"
(Park position) and the park brake is firmly
applied.
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Automatic transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Automatic Shift Lock (ASL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Emergency mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Emergency release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Kick-down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Manual shift program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Removal lock (ignition key) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Selector lev er . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Automatic wipers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S5
Auto Safety Hotline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Average speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Avoid damaging the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
B
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Battery location inside the luggage compart-
ment .... .. ................. .. ..... 205
Charge level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Energy management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 5
Important warnings when working on the
battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Jump starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Replacing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Working on the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Before driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Belt positioner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Belt tension ers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Bio -ethanol (Fuel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Blended gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Blower (automatic climate control) . . . . . . . . 70
Booster seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
B rake fluid
Changing the brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Checking the brake fluid level . . . . . . . . . . 203
Brake system
Anti-lock braking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Brake fluid spec ifications for refill and re­
placement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Brake light defective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Brake power assist unit ............... 172
Brakes... .. ................. .. .... . 172
Ceramic brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Elect romech anical parking brake . . . . . . . . 77
; Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
~ Worn brake pads symbol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 ,....,
Index
Braking
Brake assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Emergency brak ing funct ion . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
braking gua rd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Break-in period Brak e pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Breaking in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
New tires 216
Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
C
California Proposition 65 Warning . . . . . . . 196
Battery specific . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Cargo area
refer to Luggag e compartment ...... 65, 118
Catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Center armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Central locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Central locking switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Remote control key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Cerami c brake rotors
New brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Certification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Changi ng engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Checking Engin e coolant level. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Child restraints Danger of using child restraints in the front
seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Where can I get additional informat ion
about child restraints and their use? . . . . 168
Child restraint system anchors . . . . . . . . . . 16S
Child safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1S2
Important sa fety instructions for using child
safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Installing a c hild restraint using the LATCH
system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
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Oil
refer to Engine oil ............ .. . 197, 199
O il consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
On-Boa rd Diagnostic Sys tem (OBD)
Data L ink Connector (DLC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Electronic speed limiter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Malfunction Indicator Lamp (MIL) . . . . . . . 28
Open door or front lid warning . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Opening. .. .. .... .. . .... ...... .. .. .... 29
Opening/closing at the lock cylinder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
by remote contro l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
with the central locking switch . . . . . . . . . . 33
with the convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Other equipment (efficiency program) . . . . . 26
Outside temperature display . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Owner's Literature
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Paint damage
Paint No.
5
186
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Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Automatic transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Valet parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Park ing aid
C leaning sensors/camera lenses . . . . . . . . 185
Pa rking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
also refer to Elec tromechanical
parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Pa rking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Parking System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Pa rking sys tem (rear)
Adjusting the warning tones . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Parking system (rear, with rear view camera)
Parking mod e 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Pa rkingmode2 . .. . .... .. .. .. .. .. .. . 111
Safety precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Swi tching on/off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Sw itch ing rear view camera on/off . . . . . . 112
Parts rep lacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light . . . . . . . . . . 142
Ped als . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Physical principles of a frontal collision . . . 125
Polishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Pollutant filter (automatic A/C system) . . . . 68
Index
Power
seat adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Windows ... .. .. ................... . 37
Power locking system
Emergency locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Power windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Rear lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Se lectiv e unlock feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Power steering
refer to Electro-mechanical power assist . 17 4
Power top . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Convenience closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Convenience opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Emergency operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
G ene ral info rmation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Open ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Var iable power top storage bay . . . . . . . . . . 44
Wind deflector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Power window Convenience opening/closing . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Power windows
Malfunctions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Pregnant women
Special considerations when wear ing a safe -
ty belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Pressure (tires) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Proper occupant seating positions . . . . . . . 114
Proper safety belt position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Proper sea ting position
Front pa ssenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Occupants. ...... ................ ... 114
Rear passengers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Protecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Q
Quartz clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
quattro
refer to all-wheel d rive ..... .... .. .. .. 174
Question What happens to unbelted occupants? . . 125
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