2015 AUDI Q5 octane

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Fuel and Refueling
Fuel
Gasoline
Applies to vehicles: with gasoline engine
Using the right fuel helps keep the environment
clean and prevents engine damage .
Fuel recommendation
The fuel recommended for your vehicle is unlead­
ed premium
grade gasoline. Audi recommends
using TOP TIER Detergent Gasoline with a mini­
mum octane rating of 91 AKI (95 RON). For more
information on TOP T IER Detergent Gasoline ,
please go to the official website
(www.toptiergas.com).
The recommended gasoline octane rating for
your engine can also be found on a label located
on the inside of the fuel filler flap. This rating
may be specified as AKI or RON .
Your vehicle may also be operated using unlead­
ed regular gasoline with a minimum octane rat ­
ing of 87 AKl/91 RON . However , using 87 AKl/91
RON octane fue l wi ll slight ly reduce engine per­
formance.
Use unleaded gasoline only. Unleaded gasoline
is available throughout the USA, Canada, and in
most European countries. We recommend that
you do not take your vehicle to areas or countries
where unleaded gasoline may not be available.
For more informat ion on refueling your vehicle,
see
~ page 215.
Octane rating
Octane rating indicates a gasoline's ability to re­
sist engine damaging "knock" caused by prema­
ture ignition and detonation . Therefore, buying
the correct grade of gasoline is very important to
help prevent possible engine damage and a loss
of eng ine performance.
Gasoline most commonly used in the United
States and Canada has the following octane rat­
ings that can usually be found on the filler pump:
- Prem ium Grade : 91- 96 AKI
Fuel and Refueling
- Regular Grade: 87 -90 AKI
Ex planation of the abbreviations:
AKI =
Anti Knock Index = (R +M)/2 = (RON+MON)/
2
RON= Research Octane Number
MON = Motor Octane Number.
(D Note
- Do not use any fuel w ith octane ratings low­
er than 87 AKI or 91 RON otherwise expen­
sive engine damage wi ll occur.
- Do
not us e leaded gasoline. The use of lead­
ed gasoline will severely damage your veh i­
cle's catalytic converter and its ability to
contro l exha ust emissions.
Blended gasoline
App lies to vehicles: wit h gasoli ne e ngi ne
Use of gasoline containing alcohol or MTBE
(methyl tertiary butyl ether)
You may use unleaded gasoline blended with al­
cohol or MTBE (commonly referred to as oxygen­
ates) if the blended mixture meets the following
criteria:
Blend of gasoline methanol (wood alcohol or
methyl alcohol)
-Anti -knock index must be 87 AKI or higher.
- Blend must contain no more than 3% metha-
nol.
- Blend must contain more than 2% co-solvents.
Blend of gasoline and ethanol (grain alcohol or
ethyl alcohol)
- Anti-knock index must be 87 AKI or higher.
- Blend must not contain more than 15% etha-
nol.
- Vehicles w ith flexible fuel* engine: blend must
not contain more than 85% ethanol.
Blend of gasoline and MTBE
-Anti-knock index must be 87 AKI or higher.
- Blend must contain not more than 15% MTBE.
Seasonally adjusted gasoline ..,.
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Consumer information
Warranty coverages
Your Audi is covered by the following warran­
ties:
- New Vehicle Limited Warranty
- Limited Warranty Against Corrosion Perfora-
tion
- Emissions Control System Warranty
- Emissions Performance Warranty
- California Emissions Control Warranty (USA
vehicles only)
- California Emissions Performance Warranty
(USA vehicles only)
Detailed information regarding your warranties
can be found in your
Warranty & Maintenance
booklet .
Operating your vehicle
outside the U.S.A. or
Canada
Government regulations in the United States and
Canada require that automobiles meet specific
emission regulations and safety standards.
Therefore, vehicles built for the U.S.A. and Cana­
da differ from vehicles sold in other countries.
If you plan to take your vehicle outside the conti­
nental limits of the United States or Canada,
there is the possibility that:
- unleaded fuels for vehicles with catalytic con­
verter may not be available;
- fuel may have a considerably lower octane rat­
ing . Improper fuel may cause engine damage;
- serv ice may be inadequate due to lack of proper
serv ice faci lities , tools or testing equipment;
- replacement parts may not be readily available .
- Nav igat ion systems for vehicles built for the
U.S.A. and Canada will not necessar ily work in
Europe , and may not work in other countries
outside of North America.
Consumer information
(D Note
Audi cannot be responsible for mechanical
damage that could result from inadequate
fuel, service or parts availability.
Audi Service Repair
Manuals and Literature
Audi Official Factory Service Manuals and Litera ­
ture are published as soon as possible after mod­ el introduction . Service Manuals and literature
are available to order from the Audi Technical Lit­
erature Ordering Center at:
www.audi.techliterature.com
Maintenance
General
Your vehicle has been designed to help keep
maintenance requirements to a minimum. How­
ever, a certain amount of regular maintenance is
still necessary to assure your vehicle's safety,
economy and reliability. For detailed vehicle
maintenance consult your Warranty & Mainte­
nance booklet .
Under difficult operating conditions, for exam­
ple at extremely low outside temperatures, in
very dusty regions, when towing a trailer very fre­
quently, etc., some serv ice work should be per­
formed between the intervals specified. This ap­
plies particularly to:
- oil changes, and
- cleaning or replacing the air filter .
(® For the sake of the environment
By regularly maintaining your vehicle, you
help make sure that emission standards are
maintained, thus min imizing adverse effects
on the environment.
Important considerations for you and your
vehicle
The increasing use of electronics, sophisticated
fuel injection and emission control systems, and
the generally increasing technical complexity of
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Index
Fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Folding chocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Folding the rear seat forward . . . . . . . . . 69, 70
F oot pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
For the sake of the environment
Environmentally-friendly driving . . . . . . . 199
Gasoline fumes and the environment . . . . 216
L ett ing the engine warm up . . . . . . . . . 84, 87
Reducing engine noise by early upsh ifting . 11
Refueling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Saving fue l by early upshifting . . . . . . . . . . 11
Front airbags Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
H ow they work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Frontal collisions and the laws of physics . . 145
Fr ont ashtray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Front seats
Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Ch ild restra ints in the front seat . . . . . . . . 153
Fuel Addit ives ....... .......... ...... ... . 213
Blended gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Consumpt ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Fill er neck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
F ue l gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Gasoline additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Octane rating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Recommendation............... .. ... 213
Refuelling .. .. .... ........... .. .. ... 216
Reserve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Saving fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Tank capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Unloc king the fue l filler flap by hand . . . . 217
Fue l economy messages (efficiency program) .25
F ue l filler flap
Unlocking the fuel filler flap by hand . . . . 217
Fue l supply too low . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Fuses Assignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Replacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
G
Garage door opener (Homelink) . . . . . . . . . . 48
Gas discharge lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
290
Gauges
Engine coolant temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Fuel gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
General illu stration
Instruments and controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
General rules and driv ing tips . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Before driving offroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Driving offroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Glossary of tire and loading terminology .. 237
Glove compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Cooling box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Glow plug system
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
GPS controlled clock .................. . .
Gradient angle ...... .. ........... .. . .
Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR) ... . .
Ground clearance
H
Head lights 12
202
277
202
Adaptive light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Headlight range control defective . . . . . . . 34
Left hand drive, r ight hand drive . . . . . . . . . 54
Rear fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
T rave l mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Washer reservo ir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
H d . ea restra ints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Ad .
t· JUS mg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Front seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Rear seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Heated (upholder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Ex terior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Rear window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Washer fluid nozzles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Heavy clothing and safety belts . . . . . . . . . . 146
High beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5S
Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
High voltage warn ing label . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Hill descent assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193

Index
Exterior lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
High beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
High beam warn ing/ indicator light. . . . . . . 17
Interior/reading lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Leaving home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Sensor ....... .. ................ ... .. 52
Sensor defective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Switching on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Travel mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Turn signa ls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Lighting
Exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
52
Interior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Loading the luggage compartment . . . . . . . 140
Locking
Power locking switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
42
Rear lid/trunk lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Remote control key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Using the mechanical key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Low beams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Defective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Luggage compartment
Cargo net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
72
Cover...... ......................... 71
Expanding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69, 70
Storage hooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Storing cargo correct ly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Tie-down rings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
70
also refer to Loading the luggage compart -
ment .. .. .. .. ............... .. .. ... 140
L uggage compartment lid
Emergency unlocking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
45
Lumbar support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
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Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Malfunction Indicator Lamp (MIL)
Master key 17,26
Battery replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 7
Check light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 7
Mechanical key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
37
Memory for driver's seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Recall ing settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Storing settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Memory function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
292
Mileage
Average...... ... .. .. ................ 22
Instantaneous ... .. .. .............. .. 22
Mirrors Activating the digital compass . . . . . . . . . .
61
Adjusting the exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . 59
dimming ... ..... .. .. .............. .. 60
Monitoring the Advanced Airbag System . . 162
N
Natural leather care/cleaning
NHTSA 211
Contacting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
N itrogen oxide (NOx) catalyt ic converter
refer to Ad Blue. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Number of seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
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Occupant seating posi tions 136
Octane rating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Offroad mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
OFF (climate control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Oil
refer to Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223, 225
Oil consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
On-Board Diagnostic System (OBD)
Data Link Connector (DLC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
26
Electronic speed limiter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Malfunction Indicator Lamp (MIL) . . . . . . . 26
Onboard tool kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Open door or rear lid warning . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Opening..... ..... .. .................. 36
Panoramic sliding sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Other equipment (efficiency program) . . . . . 25
Outside mirrors
refer to Exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Outside temperature display . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Owner's Literature 5
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Paint damage 210
Paint No. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
277