2015 AUDI A5 COUPE Owners Manual

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Owner's Literature
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Paint No .
Pano rama roof
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Panoramic til ting sunroof
5
241
40
Conveni enc e op ening/closing . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Emergency closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Sun blind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Tilting and closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Parce l shelf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Park ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Automatic transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Valet park ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Park ing brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
also refer to Electromechanical
parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Parking system 105
Park ing System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Park ing system (rear)
Adjusting the warning tones . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Pa rking system (rear, with rear view camera)
Park ing mode l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Park ing mode 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Safety precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Sw itching on/off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Sw itching rear view camera on/off . . . . . . 1 11
Pa rts rep lacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
P ass-thro ugh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light . . . . . . . . . . 139
Peda ls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Phys ica l pr inc iples of a frontal coll is io n 122
Pollutant filter (automatic A/C system) . . . . 68
Power seat adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Windows .. .... ......... .... .. .. .. .. 38
Powe r locking system
E mergency locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Panoramic tilting s unroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Power windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Rear lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Selective unlock feature
. .. .. .. .. .. .... 36
Se ttings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Power steering
refer to Electro-mechanical power assist . 17 4
Ind ex
Power w indow
Convenience opening/closing . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Power w indows
Malfunctions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Pregnant women Spec ial considerations when wear ing a safe -
ty belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Pressure (ti res) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Proper occ upant seating positions . . . . . . . 113
Proper safety belt position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Proper seating position Front passenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Occ upants. .. .. .. ... ...... .... .... .. 113
Rear passengers ... .............. .. . . llS
Q
Quartz clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
qua tt ro
refer to all-whee l drive
174
Question What happens to unbelted occupants? 122
R
Radiator fan 199
Rain/light sensor Head lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Intermittent (w indshield w ipers) . . . . . . . . SO
Sensor defective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Raising the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 40
Reading lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Rear fog lights
Rea r lid 44
E scape handle ... .. .... .... ... .. .. ... 38
Opening and closing
Rea r light
Defective
. .... .. ............. .... .. .
Rear parking system ............. .... . .
Rear parking sys tem w ith rearv iew camera .
Rear view camera Pa rking mode 1
Pa rking mode 2
Rear view m irror
. .. ............. .. .. .. .
37
21
lOS
106
109
110 48
Rea r window heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Rea r window sun shade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
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Index
Recirculation mode (automatic climate con-
trol) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Refuelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
188
Release lever for hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Remote control
Garage door opener (Homelink) . . . . . . . . .
41
Remote control key .......... .... ... .. . . 32
Personalizing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
un locking/locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Remote rear lid release 37
Repair manuals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Repairs
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
142
Replacement key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Replacing bulbs 235
Replacing w iper blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Reporting Safety Defects . ....... .. . 119, 120
Reset button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Retractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Right hand drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Rims
Roof rack
. . .. .. ................. .. ....
Roof load .. .. .. ... ... ... .... .. .. ... .
219
62
63
Roof weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
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SAFE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Safe driving habits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Safe lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Safety
Airbag system .... ........... .. .. .. .
Belts
. . .. .. .. ... ... .... ..... .. .. .. .
Cargo
129
121
118
Correct seating position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Pedalarea .. .. ............... .. .. ... 117
Safety belt position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Safety belts worn by pregnant women 126
Safety belt pretensioner
Service and disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
127
Safety belts .. .. ............... .. . 121, 124
Danger to passengers who do not wear a
safety belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
122
Fastening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Improperly worn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Not worn ....................... ... 122
Safety belt position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
256
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Securing child safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Spec ial considerations for pregnant wom-
en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
126
Unfastening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Warning/indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
w · r h arnrng 1g t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Worn properly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Safety belt warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Safety comp liance sticker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Safety equ ipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Safety features for occupant restraint and
protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
112
Safety gu idel ines
Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
54
Safety instructions
Engine compartment ................ .
191
for side curtain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
for using child safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
for using safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Monitoring the Advanced Airbag System 141
Seat adjustment
Head restraints
Seat belt s
115
refer to Safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Seat heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Seating capacity
Seating position
121
Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Front passenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
How to adjust the front seats . . . . . . . . . . 114
Incorrect seat position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Occupants ... .. .. .. .. ........... .. .. 113
Rear passengers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Seats
Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
55
Adjusting in the MMI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Convenience side view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Correct seating position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Driver 's seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Fo ldi ng . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Front passenger's seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Number of seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Power easy entry function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Safety guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Seat symmetry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Seat ventilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Selective unlock feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Selector lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
E mergency release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Selector lever emergency release . . . . . . . . . 88
Service and disposal Safety belt pretensioner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Service interval display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Service position
refer to Replacing wiper blades . . . . . . . . . 51
SE T button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Shift indicator (efficiency program) . . . . . . . . 27
Shutting down vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Side airbags
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
How they work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
side assist Adjusting the brightness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Sensor range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Side assist Activating and deactivating . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Side curtain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
How they work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Side marker lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
44
Ski sack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Sound system display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Sources of information about child restraints
and the ir use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Spare tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Speed warn ing system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Sport differential . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Indicator lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
START ENGINE STOP button (convenience
key) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
START ENGINE STOP button (Convenience key) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Starting from rest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Starting off with a trai ler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
~ Start ing the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72, 75
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Index
Steering
Locking the steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
also refer to Electro-mechan ical power as-
sist .. .... .... .. ............. .... .. 174
Steering wheel Adjusting steering column . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Indicator light ... ................ 18, 174
Steps for determin ing correct load limit . . . 219
Stopping the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74, 76
Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Storage compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61, 66
S tronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Selector lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
S tronic transmission
Emergency release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Launch Control Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Sunroof
refer to Panoramic tilting sunroof . . . . . . . 40
Sun shades
Emergency closing (roof) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
40
Rear window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Sun visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Symbols
refer to Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . 13
T
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
T echnical modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Tether anchors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Tether strap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Tie-downs ...... .. ............. ... 65, 119
tiptronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Automatic Shift Lock (ASL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Emergency mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Kick-down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Manual shift program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Selector lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Tires ........ ... .. .. ................. 205
Low aspect ratio tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Replac ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Service life . ... .. .. .............. ... 213
Tire pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215, 224
Tire pressure monitoring system . . . 222, 223
Tire pressure table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
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Index
Treadwear indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Unidirectiona l. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Uniform t ire quality grading ... ... .. .. . 221
Tires and whee ls
Glossary of t ire and load ing terminology . 207
Tir es and vehicle load limits ... ... .... . 217
Tool kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Torn or frayed safety belts
123
Towing Fr ont eyelet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Rear eyelet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Tow trucks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
TPMS (tire pressure monitor ing system) . . . 223
Trailer mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Trailer towing Operating instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Technical requirement s . . . . . . . . . . . 181, 182
Transmission 6-speed manual transmission . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Transm ission malfunction (indicator light) . . 87
T ransport Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Travel mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Trip computer
Fuel consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Mileage ...... .. ................ ... .. 24
Single-trip memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Total-trip memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Trip odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Trunk
refer to Luggage compartment . ..... 64, 118
Trunk escape handle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Trunk lid
refer to Rea r lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 7
Turn signa ls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
u
Unfastening safety be lts
Uniform t ire quality grading .......... . .
Unlocking 126
221
Rear lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Unlocking/ locking
at the lock cylinder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
by remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
258
with the centra l locking switch . . . . . . . . . . 35
with th e convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Us e of jumper cables . ............... .. 237
V
Valet parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Vanity mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Vehicle Care/cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Out of service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Vehicle control modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Vehicle electrical system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Vehicle identification label. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) . . . . . . 241
Vehicle jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Vehicle key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Vehicle shut-down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Vehicle tool kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Ventilat ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
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Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Anti-lock braking system (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . 19
Brake system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Electromechanical parking brake . . . . . . . . 16
Electronic power control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Electron ic Stabilization Contro l (ESC) . . . . . 18
Generator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Malfunction Indicator Lamp (MIL) . . . . . . . 20
Safety be lt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Safety systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Turn signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Warranty coverages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Washer reservo ir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Washing matte finish paint . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Weights...... .... .. .... ........... .. 241
What happens if you wear your safety belt too
loose? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
What happens to unbe lted occupants? . . . . 122
What impairs driving safety?........ .. .. 113
Wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219

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Wheels ..... .. .............. ... .... . 205
Glossary of tire and loading termino logy . 207
Replacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Tires and vehicle load limits .. .. .. .. ... 217
When must a safety belt be rep laced? . . . . 123
When must the airbag system be inspected? l39
Window regulators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
W indows
defrost ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
70
Windshield
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
50
defrosting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Windshield washer fluid
Low level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
21
Windshield washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
W indshield wipers
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
51
Folding up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Replacing windshield wiper blades . . . . . . . 51
Switching on/off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Washer reservoir
W inter driv ing 204
Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
220
Winter operation
Coolant system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
196
Defrosting windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Seat heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Winter tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Winter use
Car washes
184
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Xenon headlights ............... 44, 46, 235
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