2016 AUDI A7 service

Consumer information
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 countr ies.
If you plan to take your veh icle outside the conti­
nenta l 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 facilities , tools or testing equipment;
- r eplacement 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 othe r countries
outside North America .
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(D Note
Aud i cannot be responsib le for mechanical
damage that could result from inadequate
fuel, service or parts availability.
Audi Service Repair
Manuals and Literature
Audi Offic ial 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 veh icle's safety,
economy and reliability. For deta iled vehicle
maintenance consult your Warranty & Mainte­
nance booklet .
Under difficult operating conditions, for exam­
ple at extremely low outs ide temperatures, in
very dusty regions, when towing a trailer very fre­
quently , etc., some service 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 minimizing 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 comp lexity of
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Date display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Daytime running lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Declaration of compliance Adaptive cruise control .... .. .. .. .. .. .
277
A d' .d . u I s1 e assist . .. .... .... . .... .. .. . 277
Cell phone package ........ ... ... ... . 277
Convenience key ............. .. .... . . 277
Electronic immobilize r ..... .. .. .. .. .. . 277
Garage door opener (HomeLink) . .. .. .. . 277
Remote control key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Defective light bulb warning
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
21
Defrosting (windows)
Four- zone automatic climate control . . . . .
72
Three-zone climate control . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
DEF (instrument cluster) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Determining correct load limit . . . . . . . . . .
247
Diesel
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
20
Prewarming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Diesel fuel... .. .............. ... .... .
211
Diesel particulate filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Dimming the rearview mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Door/rear lid warning
23
Doors Ch ild safety lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Driver information system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
CD/radio display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Door/rear lid warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Efficiency program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Exterior temperature display . . . . . . . . . . . 23
On-board computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
24
Service interval disp lay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Driver seating position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
127
drive select
adaptive air suspension/spor t . . . . . . . . . .
101
Adaptive dampers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Curve light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Engine sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Safety belt tensioner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Sport different ial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
M N Drive select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 <(
~ Driving economically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198 ,....,
~ Driving safely . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
~ Driving through water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Index
Driving time
Duplicate key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
30
Dust filter
refer to Pollutant filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Dynamic steering
Indicator light
E
192
Easy seat entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Economy tips (efficiency program) . . . . . . . . 25
Efficiency program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Electromechanical parking brake
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
78
Releasing and closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Electromechanical steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Electronic differential lock
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
18
Electronic Differential Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Electronic differential lock (EDL)
Warning/ind icator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
19
Electronic immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Electronic power control (EPC)
warning/indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
20
Electronic speed limiter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Electronic stabilization control
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
18
Electronic Stabilization Control . . . . . . . . . . 188
Sport mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Emergency actuation
Doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Emergency flasher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Emergency operation Emergency braking function (parking brake) .7.9
Fuel filler door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
214
Luggage compartment lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Selector lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
113
Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Emergency starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Energy management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
194
Engine
Compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
220
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Prewarming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
281

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Fastening . ... .............. ... .... .
H eight adjustment .............. .. .. .
Improperly worn ............ ... .. .. .
Not worn .. ...... ........... .. .... .
Safety belt posi tion ....... .. .. .. .. .. .
Safety instructions ................. . .
Securing child safety seats . .. .. .. .. .. .
Special considerations for pregnant wom-
en .. .. .. .. .......... · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 138
140
141
136
139
13 7
177
140
Unfasten ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Warning/indicator light.......... .. .. . 135
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Worn properly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Safety belt tensioner
drive select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Safety belt warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Safety compliance sticker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 71
Safety equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Safety features for occupan t restraint and
protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Safety guidelines Seat adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Safety instructions
Engine compartment ...... .. .. .. .. .. .
for side curtain airbags .... .. .. .. .. .. .
for using child safety seats ......... .. .
for using safety be lts ......... ... .. .. .
Monitoring the Advanced Airbag System .
Safety systems
218
166
170
137
157
Warn ing/ indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Saving fuel Cylinder on demand System . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
E fficiency program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Recuperation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Se at adjus tmen t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Driver's seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Front passenger's seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
H ead restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Safety guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Se at heating (four-zone au tom atic climate
control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Seat heating (thr ee-zone climate control) . . 70
Seating position
Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Fr ont passenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
How to adjust the front seats . . . . . . . . . . 128
Incorrect seat position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Index
Occupants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Rear pass engers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Seats Cleaning .. .. .. .. ....... ..... ... .. . . 208
Convenience side view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Correct seating position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Seat symmetry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Seats (number) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Seat ventilation (four- zone automa tic cl imate
con trol) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Se lective catalytic reduction
ref er to Ad Blue ... ................ ... 214
Selector lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Selector lever (autom atic transmission)
Emergency release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Service and disposa l
Saf ety belt pr ete nsioner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Serv ice interval display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Shift paddles .. .. .. ... .. .... .... .. .. ..
111
Ship (transporting your vehicle) . . . . . . . . . . 268
Side a irbags
Description .. .. .. ...... ....... .... . .
How they work . .. ....... ..... ... .. . .
side assist 161
163
Sensor range
.. ....... ........... .... 98
Sid e assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Adjusting the brightness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Cleaning the sensors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
switching on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
also refer to Side assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Sid e curtain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
How they work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Ski sack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
also r efer to Trunk pass-through . . . . . . . . 66
Snow cha ins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Socket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Sources of information about child restraints
and their use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Space-saving spare tire ..... ..... ..... . .
Spare tire ... .. .. .. ........ .... ..... . . 254
254
Speed limiter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Speed warning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Spoi ler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
287

Index
Sport differentia l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Star button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Start-Stop-System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Eng ine does not switched off . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Eng ine starts automatically . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Indicato r lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
M essages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 2
Starti ng/stopping the engine . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Sw itchi ng off/on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
START E NGINE STOP button . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Starting from a stop Hill start assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
S tarti ng to d rive
W ith a t ra iler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Starti ng (engine) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 , 80
Steering Electrically ad justab le steering whee l . . . . 74
Electromechan ical stee ring ..... .. .. . 192, 0
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17, 192
Manually adjustable steer ing whee l . . . . . . 74
also refer to Elect romechan ica l stee ring . 192
Steer ing whee l
Buttons.... .. .. ............. .. .. .. .. 24
Easy seat entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Steer ing whee l heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Steering whee l co lumn
Ad justing e lectr ically. ......... .. .. .. .. 74
Ad justing manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
S teer ing whee l with tip troni c... .. .. .... . 11 1
Steps fo r determ ining correct load lim it . . . 24 7
Stopping the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
S topping (e ngine) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Sto rage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Storage compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Sto rage hooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
S tron ic (aut omatic transmission) . . . . . . . . 107
Launch control program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 0
Conven ience opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Eme rgency closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Sun shade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Sun visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Symbo ls
refer to Warn ing/indicator lights . . . . . . . . 11
288
T
Tachometer ... .... .. .. ... . .. .... 1 0, 11, 23
Tail lights Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
TOI clean diesel
refer to Ad Blue... .. ............... .. 214
Technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Technical modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
T emperature display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Te ther anchors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 3
Tether strap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Three-zone climate cont ro l
Air vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Auxiliary heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Bas ic settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Operati ng . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Tie-downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65, 133
Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Tips for the environment Sav ing fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
tiptronic (automatic transmission) ... 1 07,
111
Tires. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
A ll wheel d rive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Low aspect ra tio tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 49
Rep lacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Service life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Tire pressure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243, 252
Tire pressure mo nitoring system . . . . . . . 251
Tire pressure table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Treadwear indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Uni directional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Uni form tire quality g radi ng . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Tires and wheels Glossary of tire and loading terminology . 235
Tires and veh icle load limits . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Too ls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
To rn o r frayed safety belts 137
Towing Tow trucks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Towing loop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
TPMS (tire pressu re mon itoring system) . . . 251
Trai ler mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Notes .... .. .... .. .. .. ........... .. 203