2015 AUDI A5 mileage

Driver information system
Trip computer
Introduction
The trip computer gives you information on cur­
rent and average fuel mileage , average speed ,
fuel range and driving time .
Fig. 9 Trip computer d isplay: Ave rage fuel m ileage
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The fo llow ing information is contin uously evalu­
ated by the trip computer and can be d isplayed
sequent ia lly in the instrument cluster display:
Fuel range
The estima ted c ruising range i n miles (km) ap­
pea rs in the disp lay . This te lls you how fa r your
ve hicle w ill be able to trave l on t he current ta nk
of fuel and with the same driv ing style. The d is­
p lay changes in increments of 5 miles (10 km) .
The cruising range is calcu lated based on t he f ue l
consumption for the last 18 m iles (30 km). If yo u
drive conse rvative ly, the cruising range will in­
crease.
Average fuel mileage
The average fuel e co nomy in MPG (l/ 100 k m)
since yo u last cleared the memory appears in this
d is pl ay. You can use this display to ad just your
driving technique to achieve a desired mileage.
Current fuel mileage
The inst antaneo us f ue l cons umption in miles per
ga llon (l/100 km) is shown in this display. Yo u
can use t his disp lay to adjust your driving techni­
que to achieve a des ired mileage .
F ue l cons umption is rec alcul ated at intervals of
33 y ards (30 me ters). Th is disp lay swit ches to
ga llons/hou r (li ters/hour) when the vehicle is not
mov ing.
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Average speed
The aver age spee d in mph (km/ h) sin ce you last
rese t the memory appears in the display .
Elapsed time
The length of time that yo u have been d riving
s ince you last reset the memory appears in this
display .
Distance
The distance that has been covered since the last
time the memory was cleared appears i n the dis­
play .
0) Tips
-Fuel consumptions (average and current),
range and speed a re displayed in me tric
units on Canad ian mode ls .
- All stored val ues will be lost if the vehicle
bat tery is disconnected .
Memories
The trip computer is equipped with two fully au ­
tomatic memories as well as an efficiency pro­
gram* .
Fig. 10 Tri p comput er di sp la y: me mory leve l 1
You can switch between the trip computer 1 and
2 and the efficiency program* by p ressing t he
I RESET I button @<=> page 25, fig. 11 .
You can tell wh ic h memory leve l is currently ac­
tive by the number o r the sig n in the display
Q fig. 10. The data from the single-t rip memory
(memo ry leve l 1) is being d isplayed if a
D ap­
pears in the display. If a
fJ is shown, t hen the da-
ta from the total-t rip memory is being d isp layed .,,_

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on necessary precautions e.g. corrosion preven­
tion, maintenance and storage. Pay attention to
addit ional information concern ing the battery.
Refer to
c> page 200.
Economical and environ­
mentally-friendly driving
General
Your personal style of driving will determine the
economy of your vehicle, as well as exhaust and
noise levels.
Fu el economy, environmental impact , and wear
on your engine, brakes and tires largely depend
on three factors:
- your persona l dr iving style
- operating conditions
- technical limitations
If you anticipate what you need to do next and
drive economically, you can easily cut your fuel
consumption by 10-15 percen t. This sec tion will
give you some tips on how you can help the envi ­
ronment and your pocketbook .
(!) Tips
The consumpt ion estimates as published by
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
and Transport Canada may not correspond to
your actual consumption on the road, which
w ill vary depending upon vehicle load and
speed, road and weather conditions, trip
length, etc.
Drive smoothly and keep a lookout ahead
Vehicles use the most fuel when they are acceler­
ating.
" Avoid unnecessary accelerating and braking.
Vehicles use the most fuel when they are acceler ­
ating . If you anticipate what is going to happen
next, you will need to brake less and, thus, accel­
e rate less. Let the vehicle coast whenever possi­
ble - for example when yo u see that the next traf­
fic light is red .
Driving and the environment
Avoid full throttle
Driving at moderate speeds saves fuel and im­
proves your mileage .
"Try and keep well below your car's maximum
speed.
Acce lerat ing gently reduces fue l consumption,
engine wear, and does not disturb the environ­
ment .
Fuel consumption, exhaust emissions and engine
noise increase disproportionately at high speeds.
If you drive at approximate ly three quarters of
top speed, fuel consump tion will be reduced by
one half. Never drive faster than the posted
speed l imit and weather cond itions permit .
Reducing unnecessary idling
Even when your car is jus t idling it burns up fuel.
" Shut the eng ine off when you are not driving
the vehicle.
" Do not warm up the vehicle by lett ing the en-
gine run at idle.
It makes sense to shut off the engine in traffic
jams, when wa iting for tra ins to pass a t railroad
crossings, or at traffic lights that have long waits
on red . Turning the engine
off for just 30-40 sec ­
onds saves more fue l than is burned starting the
. . engine again.
It takes a long t ime for the engine to warm up
fully when it is running at idle. However, wear
and noxious emissions are especially high when
the engine is warming up. So you should drive
away as soon as you sta rt the engine and avoid
running at high rpms wh ile the engine is st ill
warming up.
(D Note
Do not leave engine idling unatt ended afte r
starting .
If warning lights should come on to
indicate improper operation, they would go
un heeded . Extended idling also produces
heat, which could result in overheating or oth­
er damage to the vehicle or other property.
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Checking and F ill in g
Using the proper engine o il is important for the
functionality and service life of the engine. Your
engine was factory-fi lled w ith a high-quality o il
which can usually be used throughout the ent ire
year.
@) Note
Your L imited New Vehicle Warranty does not
cover damage or malfunctions due to failure
to follow recommended ma intenance and use
requ irements as set forth in the Audi Ow ne r's
Manual and Wa rranty
& Ma intenance booklet .
- Use only a high quality eng ine oil t hat ex-
pressly comp lies w ith the Audi o il quality
standard specified for your vehicle's e ngine .
Using a ny other oil can cause se rious engine
damage.
- Do not mix any lubricants o r othe r addit ives
i nto the engine oil. Doing so can cause en ­
g ine damage.
(D Tips
If you need to add oil and there is none availa­
ble that meets the Audi o il quality standard
y o ur eng ine requires, you m ay add a total of
no more than 0.5 quart/li ter o f a h igh-quali ty
"synthet ic"oil that meets the fo llowing speci ­
fications .
- V ehicles wi th gasoline engine: AC EA A3 o r
API SM with a viscosity grade of SAE 0W- 30,
SAE SW -30 or SAE SW-40 .
- Fo r more informa tion abo ut engine oi l that
has been approved for your vehicle, please
contact either you r a uthorized Aud i dea ler
or Audi Customer Relations at
1 (800) 822-2834 or visit o ur web site at
www .aud iusa.com or www .aud icanada .ca .
Engine oil consumption
The engine in your vehicle depends on an ade­
quate amount of oil to lubricate and cool all of
its moving parts .
In order to provide effective lubrication and cool­
i n g of internal engine components, all interna l
combustion engines consume a certai n amount
of oil. O il consumption var ies from engine to en­
g ine and may change significant ly ove r the life of
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the engine. Typically, eng ines with a specif ied
break-in period (see
¢ page 177) consume mo re
o il dur ing the b reak -in per iod than they consume
after oil consumption has stabili zed.
U nder normal cond itions , the rate of oi l con ­
s u mption depends on t he qu ality and viscosity of
the oil, the RPM (revolutions per minute) at
which the engine is operated, the ambient tem ­
perature and road condit ions. Further factors are
the amount of o il di lution from water condensa ­
tion or fuel residue and the ox idat ion level of the
o il. As any engine is s ubject to wear as mileage
builds up, t he oil consump tion may inc rease ove r
t ime unt il rep lacement of wo rn component s may
become necessary.
With a ll these va riab les coming into p lay, no
sta ndard ra te of oil consumpt ion can be estab­
li shed or spe cified . There i s no altern ative to reg­
u la r and freq uent checking o f the oil leve l, see
Note .
If the yellow e ngine oi l leve l wa rning symbo l El
in the instr ument cluster lights up, yo u should
chec k the o il level as soon as possible
¢ page 195 . Top off the oil at your ear liest con ­
venience ¢page 195.
A WARNING
Before you chec k anything in the eng ine com­
partment, always read and heed a ll WARN­
INGS¢ .&. in Working in the engine compart­
ment on page 191.
@ Note
Driving with an insufficient oi l level is likely to
cause severe damage to the engine.
(D Tips
- The oil pressu re warning display. is not
an indicator of the oil level. Do not rely on
it . Instead, check the oil level in your en­
gine at regular intervals, preferably each
time you refuel, and always before going on a long trip.
- If you have the impression yo ur engine con­
sumes excessive amounts of oil, we r ecom-
mend that yo u consult an au tho rized Audi .,.

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
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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

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