2015 AUDI RS5 COUPE 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 187.
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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Index
A
A/C (automatic climate control) . . . . . . . . . . 68
Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Adaptive c ruise control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Reques t for driver intervention . . . . . . . . . . 93
Sett ing the driving program . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Adaptive light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Adapt ive Light (defective) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 1
Adding Eng ine coolant ... ... .... ..... .... .. .
Engine oil .. ... ............... ... .. .
W indshield washer fluid ........ ..... .
Addit ional accessories
Addit ives
Engine oil .... .. .............. ... .. .
Adjustable steering column ....... ..... . .
Adjusting 193
1 91
200
238
191 71
Air distribution (automatic climate control) 69
Instrument illumination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Steering column .... ... ... .... .. .. .. .. 71
Temperature (automatic climate control) . 69
Airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Advanced Airbag-System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Advanced Airbag System components . . . 134
Car e. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Chi ldren . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 51
Child restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Components (front airbags) . . . . . . . . . . . 1 34
Danger of fitting a child safety seat on the
front passenger seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Front airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132, 133
How do the front a irbags work? . . . . . . . . 136
How many airbags does my vehicle have? 134
How the Advanced Airbag Syst em compo-
nents work together . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Important information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Important sa fety ins tructions on the knee
airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Knee airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light . . . . . . . . . 138
Repai rs 141
240
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Side curtain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Weight -sensing mat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
When must the system be inspec ted? . . . 138
all-wheel drive .... .. .. .............. . 174
All season ti res . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Alternator
refer to Generator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Anti-freeze
refer to Engine coolant system . . . . . . . . . 192
Ant i-lock brak ing system
Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Anti-Lock Braking System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Anti-slip regu lation
Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Ant i-Slip Regulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Anti-theft alarm system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Ant i-theft systems
E lectronic immobilizer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Armrest ........... ................... 56
Ashtray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Audi braking guard
refer to braking guard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Audi drive select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Dynam ic steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Setting the driving mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Sport differential . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Audi Service Repair Manuals and Literature 236
AUTO Automati c climate control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Automatic headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Automatic belt retractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Automatic climate control Air vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Automat ic transmiss ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Emergency release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Removal lock (ign ition key) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
also refer to S tronic transmission . . . . . . . 81
Automa tic wipers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Auto Safety Hotline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Average speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Avoid damaging the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
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Side curtain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
How they work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Side marker lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Ski sack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Snow chains .................. .. .. ... 211
Sound system display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Sources of information about child restra ints
and their use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Speed warn ing system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Sport differential . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Indicator lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
START ENGINE STOP button (convenience key) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
START ENGINE STOP button (Conven ience
key) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Starting from rest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Starting the engine ................. 71, 73
Steer ing
L ock ing the steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
also refer to Electro -mechanical power as-
sist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Steering wheel Adjusting steering co lumn . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
I ndicator light ........... .. .. .. .. 17 , 174
Steps for determining correct load limit . . . 209
Stopping the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73, 74
Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Storage compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60, 65
S tron ic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
S tronic transmission Automatic Sh ift Lock (ASL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Driving information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Emergency mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Emergency release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
K ick -down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Launch Control Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Selector lever position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
tiptronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Sunroof
refer to Panoram ic tilting sunroof . . . . . . . 39
Sun shades Emergency closing (roof) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Rear window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Index
Sun visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 48
Symbols
refer to Warn ing/ indicator lights . . . . . . . . 13
T
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
T echnical modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Tether anchors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16S
T ether strap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Tie-down s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64, 118
tiptronic S tronic transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8S
T ire repair set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Low aspect ratio tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Repair set . .... .. ............. .... .. 216
Replac ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Service life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Tire pressure ..... ............... 206, 21S
Ti re pressure monitoring system ... 213, 214
Tire pressure table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Treadwear indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Uni directional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Uniform tire quality grading ........... 212
T ires and wheels
Tires and vehicle load limits . . . . . . . . . . . 208
T oo lkit .... .... .. ............. .... .. 216
Torn or frayed safety belts
Towing 122
Front eyelet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Rear eyelet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Tow trucks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
TPMS (tire pressure monitoring system) . . . 214
Transmission malfunction (indicator light) . . 86
Transport Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Travel mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Tr ip compute r
Fuel consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Mileage ............................ . 24
S ingle-trip memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
T ota l-trip memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Tr ip odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
T runk
refer to Luggag e compartment. . . . . . 62, 117
Trunk escape handle ............. .... .. . 37
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