2015 AUDI RS5 COUPE Owners Manual

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Parking system p lus with rear view camera
Parking mode
1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Park ing mode 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Safety p recautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Switching on/off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Switching rear view camera on/off . . . . . . 110
Parts replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Pass-through . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
PASS ENGER AIR BAG OFF light . . . . . . . . . . 138
Pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Physical principles of a frontal collision 121
Pollutant filter (automatic A/C system) . . . . 67
Power
seat adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
54
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Power locking system
Emergency locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
35
Panoramic tilting sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Power windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Rear lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Selective unlock feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Power steering
refer to Electro-mechanical power assist 174
Power window
Conven ience opening/closing . . . . . . . . . . .
38
Power windows
Malfunctions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
38
Pregnant women
Special considerations when wearing a safe-
ty belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
125
Pressure (tires) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Proper occupant seating positions . . . . . . . 112
Proper safety belt position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Proper seating position
Front passenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
113
Occupants .. .... ........... .. .. .. .. . 112
Rear passengers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Q
Quartz clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
quattro
refer to all-wheel drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Question
What happens to unbelted occupants? . .
121
Index
R
Radiator fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Rain/light sensor
Headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
43
Intermittent (w indshield w ipers) . . . . . . . . 49
Sensor defective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Raising the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Reading lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Rear fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Rear lid
Escape handle ..... .... .... ... .. .. .. .
37
Opening and closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Rear light
Defective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
21
Rear spo iler . .. .. .. ......... .... .. .. .. 171
Rear view camera
Parking mode 1
Parking mode 2
108
109
Rear view mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Rear window heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Rear window sun shade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Recirculation mode (automatic climate con-
trol) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Refuell ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
185
Release lever for hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Remote control
Garage door op ener (Homelink) . . . . . . . . .
40
Remote control key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Personalizing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
unlocking/locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Remote rear lid release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Repair manuals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Repairs
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
141
Replacement key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Replacing bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Replacing wiper blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SO
Reporting Safety Defec ts ......... ..
118, 119
Reset button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Retractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Right hand drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Rims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Roof rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 1
Roof load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Roof weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
247

Index
s
SAFE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Safe driving habits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Safe lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Safety Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
B elts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Cargo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Correct seat ing posit ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 12
Peda larea .. .. ............... .. .. .. . 116
Safety belt posi tion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Safety belts worn by pregnant women . . . 125
Safety belt prete nsioner
Service and disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120, 123
Da nger to passengers who do not wear a
safety belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Fasten ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
I mp rope rly wor n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
No t wo rn .......................... 121
Safety belt posi tion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Safety ins truc tions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 2
Securing chi ld safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Specia l considerations for pregna nt wom-
en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Unfasten ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Warn ing/ indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Warn ing l ight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Wo rn properly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Safety belt warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Safety compli ance s ticker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Safety equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Safety features for occupant restrai nt and
protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
S afety guide lin es
Sea ts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Safety inst ructions
E ng ine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
for side curta in a irbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 9
for usi ng ch ild safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
for usi ng safety bel ts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
M on itoring the Advanced Airbag System 1 40
Seat adjustment Head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Seat belts refer to Safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
248
Seat heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Seating capac ity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Seating position Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Front passenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
How to ad just the front seats . . . . . . . . . . 113
Incor rect seat position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Occ upants... .. .. .. .... ......... .. .. 112
Rea r passengers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Seats Adjus ting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Adjusting in the MMI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Convenie nce side view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
C orrec t seating posi tion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Drive r's sea t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Fo ld ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Front passenger's seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Number of seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Power easy entry f unction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Safety gu idelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Seat symmetry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Seat ventilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Se lective unlock feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Selector lever
Emergency release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
S t ronic transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Se lector lever disp lay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Se lector lever emergency release . . . . . . . . . 87
Serv ice and disposal
Safety belt pretensioner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Se rvice interval display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Se rv ice position
refer to Replacing w iper blades . . . . . . . . . SO
SET button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Sh utting down vehi cle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Side a irbags
Desc ription . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 4
How they wor k . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 6
s ide ass ist
Adjusting the brig htness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Sensor range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Side assist
Activating and deactivating . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Descrip tion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

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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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Index
Trunk lid
re fe r to R ea r lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Turn signa ls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Warn ing/ indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
u
Unfastening safety belts
Uniform tire quality grading
Unlocking 125
212
R ear lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Unlock ing/locking
at the lock cylinder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
by remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
with the central locking switch . . . . . . . . . . 34
with the convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Use of jumper cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
V
Valet parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Vanity mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Vehicle Care/clean ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Out of service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Vehicle control modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Vehicle electrica l system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Vehicle ident ificat ion labe l. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) . . . . . . 233
Vehicle jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Vehicle key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Vehicle shut-down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Vehicle tool kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Ventilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
w
Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Anti-lock braking system (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . 18
Brake system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Electromechanical parking brake . . . . . . . . 16
E lectronic power control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
E lectronic Stabilization Control (ESC) . . . . . 18
G ene rator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Malfunction Indicator Lamp (MIL) . . . . . . . 20
Safety belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
250
Safety systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Turn signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Warranty coverages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Washer reservoir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Washing matte finish paint . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
We ights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
What happens if you wear your safety belt too
loo se? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
What happens to unbelted occupants? . . . . 121
What impair s driving safety? ............ 112
Wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Replacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
T ires and vehicle load limits . . . . . . . . . . . 208
When must a safety belt be replaced? . . . . 122
When must the airbag system be inspected? .138
Window regulators. .. ... .......... .. .. . 37
Windows defrosting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Windshie ld
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
defrosting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Windshie ld washer fluid
Low level. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Windshield washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Windshie ld wipers
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Fo lding up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Replacing windshield wiper blades . . . . . . . 50
Switching on/off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Washer reservoir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Winter driving Snow cha ins ...................... .. 211
Ti res ........ ... ................. .. 211
Winter operation Coolant system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Defrosting windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Seat heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Tires ........ ... ..... ........... ... 174
Winter tires . .. .... .. .. ............. .. 211
Winter use Car washes 181
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Xenon headlights .. .. .. ......... 43, 45, 227

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