2015 AUDI A5 Owner´s Manual

means that you risk both a substantia l reduction
in the operational safety of your vehicle and an
increased wear of vehicle parts~.& .
Author ized Audi dealers w ill perform this work in
a professiona l and competent manner or , in spe­
cial cases, refer you to a professional company
that spec ializes in such modifications.
A WARNING
Improper repairs and modifications can
change the way vehicle systems work and
cause serious personal injury .
(D Note
If emergency repairs must be performed e lse­
where, have the veh icle examined by an au­
thorized Audi dealer as soon as possib le.
Declaration of
Compliance, Telecommu­
nications and Electronic
Systems
Radio Frequency Devices and Radiocommunica ­
tion Equipment User Manual Notice .
The manufacturer is not responsible for any radio
or TV interference caused by unauthorized modi­
f ications to this equ ipment .
Device s
The fo llow ing devices each comp ly w ith FCC Part
15.19, FCC Part 15.21 and RSS-Gen Issue
1:
- Adaptive cruise control*
- Convenience key*
- Side assist*
- Cell phone package*
- Electronic immob ilizer
- Homelink universal remote control*
- Remote control key
FCC Part 15.19
This device compl ies with pa rt 15 of the FCC
~ Rules. Opera tion is subjec t to the following two
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Co nsum er information
(1) This device may not cause harm ful interfe r­
ence , and
(2) this device must accept any inte rfe rence re­
ce ived, incl ud ing in terference that may cause un­
desired operation.
FCC Part 15.21
CAUT ION:
Changes or mod ificat ions not expressly approved
by the party responsible for compliance could
vo id the user's authori ty to ope rate the equ ip­
me nt.
RSS-Gen Is sue 1
Operation is subject to the follow ing two condi­
tions:
(1) this device may not ca use interference, and
(2) this devi ce must ac cep t any inte rference , in­
cl ud ing interference that may cause undesired
operation of the device .
247

Index
A
A/C (automatic climate control) . . . . . . . . . . 69
Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
adaptive c ruise control
Vehicles with manual transmission . . . . . . 90
Adapt ive cruise control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Request for driver intervention . . . . . . . . . . 94
Setting the driving program . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Adapt ive dampe rs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Adaptive light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Adaptive Light (defective) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Adding Eng ine coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
E ng ine oi l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Windshield washer fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Additional accessories
Add itives 246
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Adjustab le steer ing column . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Adjusting Air distribution (automatic climate control) 70
Instrument illum inat ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Steer ing column . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Temperature (automatic climate control) . 70
Airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Warn ing/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Adv anced Airbag-System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Advanced Airbag System components . . . 135
Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Child restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Components (front airbags) . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Danger of fitting a child safety seat on the
front passenger seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Fr ont airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133, 134
How do the front airbags work? . . . . . . . . 13 7
How many airbags does my vehicle have? 135
How the Advanced Airbag System compo-
nents work together . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 37
Important information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Important safety instructions on the knee
ai rbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
I ndicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
248
Knee airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light . . . . . . . . . 139
Repairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Sa fety ins tructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Side curtain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Weight-sensing mat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
When must the system be inspected? . . . 139
all-wheel drive ....................... 174
All season tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Alternator
refer to Generator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Anti-free ze
refer to Engine coolant system . . . . . . . . . 196
Anti- lock braking system
Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . 18, 19
Ant i-Lock Braking System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Anti-slip regula tion
Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Anti-Slip Regulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Anti-theft a la rm system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Anti-theft systems Elec tronic immobilizer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
37
Armrest...... .. .. .. .. ................ 57
Ashtray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Audi braking guard
refer to braking guard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Audi drive select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Adaptive dampers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Descript ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Dynamic steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Setting the driving mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Sport d ifferential . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Audi Service Repair Manuals and Literature 244
AUTO Automat ic climate control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Automat ic headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Automatic belt retractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Automatic climate control Air vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Automatic Shift Lock (ASL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Automatic transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Automat ic Shift Lock (AS L) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

M
Emergency mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Emergency release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
K ick -down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Manual shi ft program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Remova l lock (ignition key) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Selector leve r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Automatic wipe rs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Auto Safety Hotline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Average speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Avoid damaging the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 7
B
Batte ry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
B att ery lo cati on in side the lugg age comp art-
men t .... .. .. .... .. .... ... .. .. .... . 20 1
C harge level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 5
C harging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Energy management ................ .
Important warn ings when wo rking on the
battery .. ...... .......... ... .. .. .. .
J ump starting ...................... .
Replacing the batte ry ...... ...... ... .
Wo rking on t he battery .............. .
Before driving 175
201
236
203
20 1
112
Belt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 7
Bio-ethanol (Fue l) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Blended gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
B lower (automa tic climate cont rol) . . . . . . . . 70
Booster seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Brake fl uid
C hanging the brake fl uid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Checking the brake fluid level . . . . . . . . . . 199
B rake system
Anti-loc k bra king system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 9
Brake fl uid specifications for refill and re­
p lacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Brake light defect ive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Brake power assist unit ............... 172
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Ceramic brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Elect romechan ica l park ing brake . . . . . . . . 77
War ning/ indicato r lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Wo rn brake pad s symbol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
N Braking
~ Brake assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
; Eme rgency braking function . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
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Index
braking guard
Messages . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
96
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Br eak-in per iod
Br ake pads .... .. ............. .... . .
T ires
B reaking in ........ ............... .. . 172
17
7
177
New t ires ... .. .. .. ........... .. .. .. 212
Bul bs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
C
Californ ia Proposition 65 War ning
Battery specific 192
202
C apaci ties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
E ngine oi l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Cargo area
refer to Luggage compartment ..... . 64, 118
Catalyt ic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Cen ter armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 7
Central lock ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Central lock ing switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Remote contro l key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Ceramic bra ke rotors
New brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Ce rtification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 7
Chang ing engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Checking Engine coolant level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Child rest raints
D anger of using child rest rain ts in the front
sea t............................... 130
Where can I get additional in format io n
about child restraints and the ir use? . . . . 168
Child rest raint system a nchors . . . . . . . . . . 164
Child safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Important safety instructions for using child
safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
I n stalling a c hild restra int using th e LATCH
system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
L ower anchorages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Moun ting and rele asing the anchorage
hook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
T ether anchors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
T ether straps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
249

Index
Child safety sea ts
Booster seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Convertible c hild seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Danger of using ch ild restra ints in the front
sea t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
H ow do I proper ly install a child safety seat
i n my ve hicle? ... ... .. ... ..... .. .. .. . 154
I nfant seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
L A T CH sys tem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
S afety ins tructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Unused safety belts on the rear seat . . . . 156
Ch ild seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Secur ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Cigarette lighter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
C le ani ng . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Climate contro l system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Automatic recirculation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 1
Supp lementary heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 1
synch ron izing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 1
Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
C losing
Sun blind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
C losing/openi ng
at the loc k cylinde r. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
by remote con tro l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
with the cen tral locking switch . . . . . . . . . . 35
with the convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Com ing home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Compact spare t ire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
also refer to Spare tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Compass in the mir ro r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Comp liance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Consumer informa tion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 44
Consumer I nformat ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Contacting N HTSA
119
Conven ience key
I ndic ator l igh ts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
S tarting engine (STAR T ENGINE S TO P bu t-
ton) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Stopping the engine (S TAR T ENGINE STOP
button) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Sw itching on ignition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
u nl ocking/locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Conven ience opening/ closing . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Convert ible ch ild safety s eats . . . . . . . . . . . 157
250
Convertib le locking retractor
Activating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Deact ivat ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
U sing t o secure a child safety seat . . . . . . 162
C oolant system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Cooling mode (automat ic climate control) . . 69
Cooling System Expansion tank... .. ............... .. 197
Corner ing l igh t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Cruise contro l
Changi ng speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
P resett ing your speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Swit ching off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Swi tchin g on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
C ruisi ng range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
( up holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
D
Data recor der . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Date disp lay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Daytime runn ing lig hts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 , 45
De clarat io n of compliance
Adap tive cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 47
Audi s ide ass ist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 7
Ce ll phone package . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
E lectronic immob ilizer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Homelink universal remote control . . . . . 247
Remote contro l key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Defect ive light bu lb wa rning . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Defrost ing (windows) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Dete rm ining correct load limit .... .... .. 219
D igi tal cloc k . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
D igital compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
D imm ing t he rearv iew m irror . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Doors emergency lock ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
D river informat ion system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
En hanced shift indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 7
Open door or front lid warning . . . . . . . . . . 23
Outs ide tempe ratu re disp lay . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Sound system display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
D river seat
refer to Seating position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
D rivi ng econom ica lly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

M N
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Driving safe ly . ..... .... ... .. .. .. .. ... 112
D riving through water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Driving time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
D ust filter
refer to Po llutant filte r (automa tic A/C sys-
tem) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
D ynamic stee ring . ...... .... .. 102,170 ,174
E
E85 ( Fue l) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Easy entry function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
E ffi ciency program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Fu el economy messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
M emory leve ls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Other equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Shift indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
E lect ro-me chanical power assist . . . . . . . . . 17 4
Electromechanical park ing brake
Emergency braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Par king . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Releasing and clos ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
S tart ing assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
S tarting from rest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Starting off with a tra ile r. .. .. .. .. .. .... 78
War ning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 6
E lect ro ni c diffe rent ial loc k
War ning/ indica to r li ghts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Electro nic Different ia l Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Electronic different ial lock (EDL)
War ning/indicato r lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 9
E le ctr onic immobili ze r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 , 37
Electronic power co ntrol
(EPC) warn ing/indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Elect ro nic speed limite r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
E lect ro ni c stabilization co ntrol
Sport mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 1
Electro nic Stabiliza tion Control . . . . . . . . . . 170
Electro nic Stabilization Control (ESC)
War ning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 8
E me rgency a ctuation
D oors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
I gnition key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Panoramic tilting s unroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 0
Sun shade ( roof) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 0
Eme rgency braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Index
E mergency flashe r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
E mergency key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Sta rting engi ne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Emergency operation Emergency brak ing funct ion (park ing brake) .7 .9
Emergency starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
E nergy ma nagement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
B attery power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
D rive r notification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
E ngine
Compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Star ting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72, 75
S tarting with jumper cables . . . . . . . . . . . 2 36
Stoppi ng . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 4, 76
En gine compartmen t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Safety i nstr uctions............. .. .. .. 191
Wor king the eng ine compartmen t . . . . . . 191
En gine coolant
I n dicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Engine coolant system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Adding coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Checking coolant level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Checking the engine coo la nt level . . . . . . . 197
Radiator fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Engine coolant temperature Temperature gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
E ngine hood
Closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
How to re lease the hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
En gine o il . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Adding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Addi tives. ..... .. .. ... .. ..... ... .. .. 195
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Check oil level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Indicator light . .. ... .......... .. .. 17, 20
Oil consumpt io n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Pressure malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Senso r defect ive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Spec ificat io n and viscosity . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Engine speed limitation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
E nvironment
C atalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Dispos ing of your veh icle battery . . . . . . . 203
251

Index
Driving at high speeds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Leaks under your veh icle ....... .. .. ... 191
Letting the vehicle stand and warm up... 179
Proper disposal of drained brake fluid . . . 200
Proper disposal of drained engine coolant 198
Proper disposal of drained engine oil 195, 196
Recycling used engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Roof rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Unleaded fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
What should I do with an old battery? . . . 203
EPC
refer to Electronic power control . . . . . . . . 20
Ethyl alcohol (Fuel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Event Data Recorder (EDR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
E xpansion tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Exterior lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Exterior mirrors
Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
D immi ng ... .. .. ................ ..... 48
Heating. ... .... ................ ..... 47
F
Fan
Radiator
Fastening 199
Booster seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Convertible ch ild safety seats . . . . . . . . . . 157
I nfant seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
flexible fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Floor mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Fog lights/rear fog light(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Folding the rear seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Foot pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
For the sake of the environment Environmentally-friendly driving . . . . . . . 179
Gasoline fumes and the environment . . . . 188
L ett ing the engine warm up . . . . . . . . . 72, 75
Refueling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Saving fuel by early upshifting . . . . . . . . . . 11
Fro nt airbags
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
H ow they work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Fronta l collisions and the laws of physics . . 122
Front passenger's door emergency locking . . 36
252
Front seats
Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Child restraints in the front seat . . . . . . . . 130
Fuel Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
B lended gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
F u el gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Gasoline additive s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Low fuel level symbol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Octane rat ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Recommendation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Refuelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Reserve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Saving fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Tank capac ity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Tank system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Unlock ingthefuelfi llerflapbyhand .. .. 190
Fuel economy messages (efficiency program) 28
Fuel filler flap
Unlocking the fuel filler flap by hand . . . . 190
Fuses Assignment ..... .. .. ....... 232, 233, 234
Rep lacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
G
Garage door opener (Homelink) . . . . . . . . . . 41
Garment hooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Gas discharge lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Gauges Engine coolant temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Fuel gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Gear recommendation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Gearshift indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Gearshift leve r
6-speed manual transmission . . . . . . . . . . . 82
General illustration
Instruments and controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Generator Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Glossary of tire and loading terminology . . 207
G love compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Valet parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
GPS controlled clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR) . . . . . 241

M N
i? co ,...., \!) 1.1'1
N 1.1'1 ,....,
H
Headlights
Cleaning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Defective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Headlight range control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Left hand drive, right hand drive . . . . . . . . . 46
Travel mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Headlight washer reservoir . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Adjusting .. ............. .... . 57, 58, 115
Removing/installing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Heated exterior m irrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
rear window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
windshield washer spray nozzles . . . . . . . . 50
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Heavy clothing and safety belts . . . . . . . . . . 123
H igh beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
High voltage warning labe l . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Hill descent control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Home link (garage door opener) . . . . . . . . . . 41
Hood
Opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Release lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
H orn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
How are ch ild restra int system anchors relat-
ed to chi ld safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
How many airbags does my vehicle have? . . 135
How safety belt pretensioners work 127
I
Ignition
switch ing on/off. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Ignition key Emergency unlocking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Ignition lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
I mba lance (wheels) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Important things to do before driving . . . . 112
I mproperly worn safety belts. . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Index
Dynamic steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
PASSENGER AIR BAG OF F . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
also refer to Warning/indicator lights . . . . 13
Infant seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Inflation pressure (tires) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Installing the upper tether strap on the an-
chorage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Adjusting the light ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Instruments and controls
General illustration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Interior lights
Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Intermittent (windshield wipers) . . . . . . . . . 50
J
Jump-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Jumper cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 7
K
Key.... .... .... .. ............. .... .. . 32
Battery replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Check light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Emergency key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32, 74
Ign ition/engine on/off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Key replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Mechan ica l key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 , 33
removing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
unlock ing/loc king . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34, 36
Kick-down tiptron ic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Knee air bags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
How they work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Important safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . 145
L
Lane Change Assistant
refer to side assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
LATCH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Installing a c hild restraint . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Mounting and releasing the anchorage
hook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
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Index
Launch Contro l Progr am . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Leaving home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Left hand drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
L ift in g jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Light adapt ive light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Com ing/ Leaving home .......... .. . . . . . 45
D aytime running lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44, 45
E xte rior l ighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
F og lights/rear fog light(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Interior/reading lig hts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Low beam . ..... ... .. ..... ... .. .. .... 44
Rear fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Side marker lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Travel mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Light/rain sensor Headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Intermittent (windshield wipers) . . . . . . . . 50
Sensor defective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Lighting Exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 4
Interior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Lights Eme rgency flashers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
H igh beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
T urn signa ls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Locking Rear lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Locking/unlocking at t he lock cylinder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
by remote contro l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
w ith the central locking switch . . . . . . . . . . 35
w ith the convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Low beams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
L ower anchorage locator button
L uggage compa rtment 165
Ca rgo net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
E nlarg ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 7
L oading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Pass -t h ro ugh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Ski sack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Storing cargo correctly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Tie-downs .. .. ............... .. .. 65, 119
Va let park ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
L umba r su pport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
254
M
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Malfunction Ind icator Lamp (MIL) . . . . . 20 , 29
Manua l transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Mechan ica l key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 , 33
Memory function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Mileage Ave rage ... .. .... .. .. .. . ... .. ... .. .. . 24
Instantaneous . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Mirro rs
Adjusting the exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
dimming . ... .... .. .. .. .. .. .. ... .. .. . 48
Vanity mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Moni toring the Advanced Ai rb ag System . . 139
N
Net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
NHTSA Contacting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Number of seats ..... .. .. .. .... ... .. .. 121
0
Occu pan t se ating positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Octane rat ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
OFF (automatic climate con trol) . . . . . . . . . . 69
Oil
refer to Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193, 195
Oil consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
On-Boa rd D iagnost ic System (OBD)
Data Link Conne ctor ( DLC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
El ec tronic speed limi ter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Malfunc tion Ind icator Lamp (MIL) . . . . . . . 29
Open door o r front lid warning . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Sun blind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Su n shades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Opening/closing at the lock cyli nder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
by remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
with the central locking switch . . . . . . . . . . 35
with th e conven ience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Other equipment (efficiency program) . . . . . 27
Outs ide temperature display . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23