2016 AUDI A5 COUPE parking brake

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0 I­co .... .... Driving safe ly . ..... .. .... ... .. .. .... . 112
Dr iving throug h wate r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Driving time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
D ust filte r
re fer to Po llutant filter (au toma tic A/C sys -
tem) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
D ynamic stee ring . .......... .. 102,170 ,174
E
E85 (F ue l) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Easy entry function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
E ff iciency p rogra m . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Fu el economy mess ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
M emory levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Othe r equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Shift indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
E lect ro-mechan ica l powe r ass ist . . . . . . . . . 17 4
Electromechanical parking brake
Emergency braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Pa rking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Re leas ing and closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
St arting assis t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
S tarting from rest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
S tarting off w ith a t railer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
E lec tronic d ifferential lock
Wa rn in g/i ndic ator lig hts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Electronic Differential Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Electronic differential lock (EDL)
Wa rning/i ndicator lig hts.. ... .. .. .... .. 1 9
E lec tronic im mob iliz er . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 , 37
Electronic power control (EPC) warning/ind icator light . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Elect ronic speed limiter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
E lect ronic stab iliz at io n cont rol
Sport mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 1
Electronic Stabilization Control . . . . . . . . . . 170
Electronic Stabilization Control (ESC) Wa rning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 8
E me rge ncy ac tuati on
D oors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
I gnition key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
P ano ram ic tilting sunroo f . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 0
Sun shade (roof) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 0
E me rge ncy brak ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Index
E mergency flasher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
War ning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
E mergency key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Start ing engi ne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Emergency ope ration
Emergency braking function (parking brake) .7.9
Emergency start ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
E nergy manage men t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
B attery power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Drive r notification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
E ngine
Compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Coo la nt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 96
Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Sta rt ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 , 75
Start ing wi th ju mpe r cables . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Stopping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 4, 76
En gine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Safety i nstr uctions .. ............. .. .. 191
Wo rking the engine compa rtment . . . . . . 191
E ngine coolant
I n dicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Engine coolant system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Adding coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Checking coolant level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Checking the engine coo lant level. . . . . . . 197
Radiator fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Engine coolant temperature
Temperature gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
E ngine hood
Closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
How to release the hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
E ngine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 93
Adding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Addi tives. ... .. .. .. ... .. ..... ... .. .. 195
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Check oil level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Cons umption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17, 20
Oil consumpt io n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Pressure malfunct ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Senso r defect ive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Spec ificatio n and viscosity . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Engine speed limitation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
E nv ironmen t
C atalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Dispos ing of your veh icle battery . . . . . . . 203
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Index
Driving at high speeds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Leaks under your vehicle .......... ... . 191
Letting the vehicle stand and warm up ... 179
Proper disposal of drained brake fluid . . . 200
Proper disposal of drained engine coolant 198
Proper disposal of drained engine oil 195, 196
Recycling used engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Roof rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Unleaded fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
What should I do with an old battery? 203
EPC
refer to Electronic power control . . . . . . . . 20
Ethyl a lcohol (Fuel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Event Data Recorder (EDR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
E xpansion tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Exterior lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Exterior mirrors
Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Dimming ... .. .. ................ ... .. 48
Heating. ... .... ................ ..... 47
F
Fan
Radiator 199
Fastening Booster seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Convertible ch ild safety seats . . . . . . . . . . 157
I nfant seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
flexible fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Floor mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Fog lights/rear fog light(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Folding the rear seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Foot pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
For the sake of the environment
Environmentally-friendly driving . . . . . . . 179
Gasoline fumes and the environment . . . . 188
L ett ing the engine warm up . . . . . . . . . 72, 75
Refueling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Saving fuel by early upshifting . . . . . . . . . . 11
Front airbags Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
H ow they work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Frontal collisions and the laws of physics . . 122
F ront passenger's door emergency locking . . 36
252
Front seats
Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Child restra ints in the front seat . . . . . . . . 130
Fuel Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
B lended gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Fuel gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Gasoline additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Low fuel level symbol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Octane rating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Recommendation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Refuelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Reserve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Sav ing fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Tank capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Tank system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Unlocking the fuel filler flap by hand . . . . 190
Fuel economy messages (efficiency program) .28
Fuel filler flap Unlocking the fuel filler flap by hand . . . . 190
Fuses Assignment ................ 232, 233, 234
Replacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
G
Garage door opener (Homelink) . . . . . . . . . . 41
Garment hooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Gas discharge lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Gauges Engine coolant temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Fuel gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Gear recommendation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Gearshift indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Gearshift lever 6-speed manual transmission . . . . . . . . . . . 82
General illustration Instruments and contro ls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Generator Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Glossary of tire and loading terminology .. 207
Glove compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Valet parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
GPS controlled clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR) . . . . . 241

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0 I-­co .... .... Opening/closing at the lock cylinder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
by remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
with the central locking switch . . . . . . . . . . 35
with the convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Other equipment (efficiency program) . . . . . 27
Outside temperature display . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Owner's Literature
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Paint No. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Panorama roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Panoramic tilting sunroof Convenience opening/closing . . . . . . . . . . . 39
E mergency closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Sun blind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Tilting and closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Parcel she lf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Automatic transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Valet parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
also refer to Electromechanical
parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Parking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Parking System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Parking system (rear)
Adjusting the warning tones . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Parking system (rear, with rear view camera) Parking mode 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Parking mode 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Safety precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Switching on/off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Switching rear view ca mer a on/ off . . . . . . 111
Parts replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Pass-through . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF l ight . . . . . . . . . . 139
Pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Physical principles of a frontal collision 122
Pollutant filter (automatic A/C system) . . . . 68
Power seat adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Windows .. .. .... .... ..... ... ... .. .. 38
Power locking system
Emergency locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Panoramic tilting sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Index
Power windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Rear lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Selective unlock feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Power steer ing
refertoElectro-mechanicalpowerassist . 174
Power window Convenience open ing/closing . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Powe r windows
Malfunc tions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Pregnant women Special considerations when wearing a safe-
ty belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Pressure (tires) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Proper occupant seating positions . . . . . . . 113
Proper safety be lt position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Proper seating position
Front passenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Occupants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Rear passengers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Q
Quartz clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
quattro
refer to all -wheel drive ............... 174
Question What happens to unbelted occupants? 122
R
Radiator fan 199
Rain/light sensor Headl ights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Intermittent (windsh ield wipers) . . . . . . . . 50
Sensor defective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Raising the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Reading lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Rear fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Rear lid Escape handle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Open ing and closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Rear light Defective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Rear parking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Rear parking system with rearview camera . 106
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Index
Tires....... ... .................. ... . 205
Low aspect ratio tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Replacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Service life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Tire pressure . .... .............. 215, 224
Tire pressure monitoring system . . . 222, 223
Tire pressure table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Treadwear indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Unid irectional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Uniform t ire quality grad ing . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Tires and wheels Glossary of tire and loading terminology . 207
Tires and vehicle load limits . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Tool kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Torn or frayed safety be lts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Towing Front eyelet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Rear eyelet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Tow trucks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
TPMS (tire pressure monitoring system) . . . 223
Trailer mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Trailer towing
Operating instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Technical requirements . . . . . . . . . . . 181, 182
Transmission 6-speed manual transmission . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Transmission malfunction (indicator light) . . 87
Transport 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 Rear lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 7
Turn signa ls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
u
Unfastening safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
258
Uniform tire quality grading
222
Unlocking Rear lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Un locking/locking at the lock cylinder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
by remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
with the central locking switch . . . . . . . . . . 35
with the conven ience key. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Use of jumper cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
V
Valet parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Vanity mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Vehicle Care/cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Out of service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Vehicle control modules. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Vehicle electr ica l 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
Ventilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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
Electronic Stab ilization Control (E5C) . . . . . 18
Generator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Malfunction Ind icator Lamp (M IL) . . . . . . . 20
Safety belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Safety systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Turn signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Warning/Indicator lights Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Warranty coverages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Washer reservoir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Washing matte finish paint . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241