2015 AUDI RS5 COUPE engine coolant

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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B
Battery ..... .. ................ ..... . .
16
Battery location inside the luggage compart-
ment. ..... .. ................ ..... . 197
Charge level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 5
Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Energy management .... .. .. .. .. .. .. .
Important warnings when working on the
battery .. ... ............. ...... ... .
Jump starting ............ .. .. .. .... .
Replacing the battery ..... .. .. .. .. .. .
Working on the battery .... .. .. .. .. .. .
Before driving ................ ... ... . .
Belt tensioners ...................... .
Blended gasoline .......... .... .. .. .. .
Blower (automatic climate control) .. .. .. . .
Booster seats ................ ... .... .
Brake flu id 175
197
228
199 197
111
126
183
69
158
Changing the brake flu id . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Checking the brake fluid level . . . . . . . . . . 195
Brake system Anti -lock braking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Brake fluid specifications for refill and re­
placement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Brake light defect ive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Brake power assist unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Brakes ..... .. ................ ..... . 172
Ceramic brakes.............. ... .... . 172
Electromechanical parking brake . . . . . . . . 75
Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Worn brake pads symbol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Braking Brake assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Emergency braking function . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
brak ing guard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Messages
Settings
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
... ................ ... .... ..
Break-in period
Brake pads ............... ... ... ... .
Tires .... .. .......... · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·
Breaking in .. ............. .... .. .... . 95
95
172
177 177
New tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Index
C
California Proposition 65 Warning ... .. . .
Battery specific . ................. .. .
Capacities .. .. .. .. .... ...... ... .. .. . .
Engine oil ... .. . .. ............ .. .. . .
Care ... .... .... ................... . .
Cargo area 188
198
234 189
181
refer to Luggage compartment . . . . . . 62, 117
Catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Center armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Central locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Central locking switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Remote contro l key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Ceram ic brake rotors
New brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Certification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Changing engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Checking Engine coolant level. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Child restraints
Danger of using child restraints in the front
seat.. .. .. .. .. .. ............... .. .. 129
Where can I get additional informat ion
about child restraints and their use? . . . . 167
Child restraint system anchors . . . . . . . . . . 163
Child safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Important safety instructions for using child
safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Installing a child restraint using the LATCH
system ....... .. ..... ........... .. .
Lower anchorages ................ .. .
Mounting and releasing the anchorage
hook ..... .. .. .. .. ............... . .
Tether anchors
Tether straps .... ................ .. .
Child safety seats 164
164
164
165
165
Booster seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Convertib le child seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Danger of using child restraints in the front
seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
How do I properly install a child safety seat
in my vehicle? .... ................ ... 153
I nfant seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
LATCH system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Safety instruc tions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Unused safety belts on the rear seat 155
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Electromechanical parking brake
Emergency braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 5
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Releasing and closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Starting assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Starting from rest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Electronic differential lock
Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Electronic Differential Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
E lect ronic different ial lock (EDL)
Warn ing/ indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Electronic immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12, 36
Electronic power control
(EPC) warning/indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Electronic stabilization control
Sport mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Electro nic Stabilization Control . . . . . . . . . . 169
E lectronic Stabilization Control (ESC)
Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Emergency actuation
Doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
I gnition key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Panoram ic tilting sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Sun shade (roof) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Emergency braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Emergency flasher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Emergency key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Starting engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
E mergency operation
Emergency braking function (parking brake) .7.7
Emergency sta rting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Energy management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 5
Battery power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Driver notification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
E ng ine
Compartment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Starting . .. .... ............. .. .. . 71, 73
Starting with jumper cables . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Stopping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73, 74
Engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Working the engine compartment . . . . . . 187
Index
Engin e coolant
In dicato r light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Engine coolant system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Adding coolant. .. ............. .. .. .. 193
Checking coolant level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Checking the engine coo lant level. . . . . . . 193
Radiator fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Engine coolant temperature
Temperature gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Engine hood Closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
How to release the hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Adding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Additives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Check oil level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Indicator light . .. ............. .... 17 , 20
Oil consumpt ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Pressure malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Sensor defective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Specification and viscosity . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
temperature indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Engine speed limitation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
E nvironment
Catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Disposing of your vehicle battery ....... 199
Driving at high speeds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Fuel ............................... 185
Leaks under your vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Letting the vehicle stand and warm up . . . 179
Proper disposal of drained brake fluid . . . 196
Proper disposal of drained engine coolant 193
Proper disposal of drained engine oil 191,192
Recycling used engine oil.......... .. . . 191
Roof rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Unleaded fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
What should I do with an old battery? . . . 199
EPC
refer to Electronic power control . . . . . . . . 20
Event Data Recorder (EDR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Expansion tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Exterior lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
243

Index
Exterior mirrors
Adju sting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Dimming ... .. .. ... ... .... ... .. .. .... 47
Heating .. .. .. ............... .. .. .... 46
F
Fan
Radiator 195
F asteni ng
B ooste r seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 58
Convertible child safety sea ts . . . . . . . . . . 15 6
Infant seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Fl oor mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Fog lights (rear) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
F olding the rear seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Foot pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 16
For the sake of the environment Environmentally-friendly driving . . . . . . . 179
Gasoline fumes and the environmen t . . . . 185
Lett ing the engine warm up ........ . 71, 73
Refueli ng . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Saving fue l by early upshift ing . . . . . . . . . . 11
Front airbags Descr ipt io n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
H ow they wo rk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
F ronta l collisions and the laws of physics . . 12 1
F ront passenge r's door eme rgency locking . . 35
Front seats Adjusti ng . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Ch ild restra ints in the front seat . . . . . . . . 129
F ue l
Addit ives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Blended gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Consumpt ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Fue l gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Gasoline additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
L ow fuel level symbo l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Oc tane rating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Re commenda tion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Refuelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
R eserve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2
Saving fue l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Tank capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Tank system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Unlock ing the fue l filler flap by hand 186
F ue l filler flap
Unlocking the fue l filler flap by han d 186
244
Fuses
Assignment ..... .. .. .. .. ... 224, 225, 226
Rep lacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
G
Garage doo r opener (Homelink) . . . . . . . . . . 40
Ga rment hooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Gas discharge lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
G au ges
Engine coolant temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Fuel gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Ge neral i llustration
Instruments and controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Generator Warning/ind icator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
G love compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Valet parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
G PS cont rolled clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR) . . . . . 233
H
Head lights
Cleaning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Defective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Head light range control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Left hand dr ive, r ight hand dr ive . . . . . . . . . 45
T ra ve l mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Head light washer reservoir . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56, 114
Removing/installing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
He ated
exter io r mir ro rs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
r ear window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
windshield washer spray nozz les . . . . . . . . 49
He ating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Heavy clothi ng and safety be lts . . . . . . . . . . 122
Hig h beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Hig h voltage warning label . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Hill descent contro l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Homelink (ga rage doo r opener) . . . . . . . . . . 40
Hood Open ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Re lease lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 7