2016 AUDI RS7 SPORTBACK coolant level

Consumer inf orm ation
@ For the sake of the env ironment
- Changing the engine settings wi ll adversely
affect emission levels. Th is is detrimental to
the environment and increases fuel con­
sumption.
- A lways observe environmental regu lations
when disposing of old engine o il, used brake
fl ui d, d irty engine coolant, spent batteries
or worn out tires.
- Undeployed airbag modules and pretension­
ers mig ht be classified as Perchlorate Mate­
rial -special handl ing may apply, see
www.dtsc .ca.gov/hazardouswaste/perchlo­
r ate. When the vehicle or parts of the re­
straint system including airbag modu les
safety be lts wi th pretensioners are scrap­
ped, all applicab le laws and regulations
must be observed. Your authorized Audi
dealer is familiar with these requirements
and we recommend that you have your deal­ er perform this service for you.
Accessories and technical changes
Additional accessories and parts replacement
Always consult an authorized Audi dealer before
purchasing accessories.
Your vehicle incorporates the latest safety design
features ensuring a high standard of active and passive safety.
This safety could be comp romised by non-ap­
proved changes to the vehicle . For this reason, if
parts have to be replaced, please observe the fo l­
lowing points when insta lling addit ional accesso­
ries:
Approved Audi accessories and genuine Audi parts are available from author ized Audi dealers.
These dealers also have the necessary facilities,
too ls and trained specialists to install the parts
and accessories properly.
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A WARNING
-
Using the wrong spare parts or using non-ap-
proved accessories can cause damage to the
vehicle and serious personal injury.
- Use only accessories expressly approved by
Aud i and genuine Audi spare parts
- These parts and accessor ies have been spe­
cially designed to be used on your vehicle.
- Never install accessor ies such as telephone
cradles or beverage holders on airbag covers
or w ith in the airbag deployment zones. Do­
ing so will increase the risk of injury if a ir­
bags are triggered in an accident!
- Before you check anything in the eng ine
compartment, always read and heed all
WARN INGS
Qpage 203.
(D Note
-If items other than genu ine Audi spare
parts, add-on equipment and accessory
items are used or if repair wor k is not per­
formed a ccording to specified methods, this
c an resul t in severe damage to you r vehi­
cle's eng ine and body (such as corrosion)
and adve rsely af fect your vehicle's war ranty.
- I f emergency repai rs must be performed
elsewhere, have the vehicle exam ined by an
authorized A udi dealer as soon as possib le .
- T he manuf acture r ca nnot be held liable for
damage which occurs d ue to failure to com ­
ply with these stipulations.
Technical Modifications '
Our guidelines must be complied with when tech ­
nical modifications are made .
Always consult an a uthorized Audi de aler bef ore
sta rt ing work on any modifica tions.
This will help ensure that vehicle fu nction, per­
fo rmance and safety are not impaired
Q ,& .
Attempting to work on electronic components
and the software used with them can cause mal­
funct io ns. Because of the way elect ronic compo­
nen ts a re interconnected with each othe r, such
malfunc tions c an also have an adverse affect on
othe r systems that are not d irectl y involved. This ..,.

Index
Certification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Changing eng ine o il . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Checking Eng ine coolant level. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
C hil d rest raints
D anger of using ch ild restraints in the front
seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Where can I get additional informat ion
about child restraints and their use? . . . . 176
Ch ild rest raint system anchors . . . . . . . . . . 172
C hi ld safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 9
I mportant safety inst ructions for using chi ld
safety sea ts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
I mportant things to know w hen driv ing wi th
children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Tether anchors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 5
Tether straps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
C hil d safety lock
Rea r doo rs , windows in the rea r . . . . . . . . . 39
Ch ild safety seats
Booster seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Conve rt ible ch ild seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Conve rt ible locking retra ctor . . . . . . . . . . 17 1
H ow do I proper ly install a child safe ty seat
in my ve hicle? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
I nfant seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Insta lling a child restraint using the LA TCH
system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 4
LATCH system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Lower anchorages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Mounting and releasing the anchorage
hook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Safety inst ructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Unused safety bel ts on t he rear seat . . . . 164
Ch ild seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Secur ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Cigarette lighter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Clean ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Clean ing/remov ing ice from windows . . . . . 195
Clean ing Alcant ara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Clea ning artificial leather............... 196
Clean ing carbon parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195, 196
Clea ning contro ls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Clea ning decorative parts and trim . . . . . . . 195
Clea ning displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Clea ning exha ust ta il pipes . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Clean ing plast ic parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
268
Cleaning r ims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Cleaning textiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Closing Su nroof. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Windows ........................... 39
Coming home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Cons umer in fo rma tion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Cons umer Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Cons umption (fuel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Contacting NHTSA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Start ing the engine (START ENGINE STOP
button) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Stopp ing the eng ine (START ENGINE S TO P
button) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Swi tc hin g the igni tion on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
U nlocking and locking vehi cle . . . . . . . . . . . 3 4
Convenience open ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Convertible child safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Convertible locking ret rac to r
Activ ati ng . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Deact ivating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
U sing to secure a chi ld safety seat . . . . . . 171
Coo lant
refer to E ng ine coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Cooling mode (4-zone deluxe automatic cli-
mate contro l) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Cooling system Ind icator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
C rossing water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Cruise control
Swi tching off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
War ning/ indica to r li ghts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Cruise contro l system
Changi ng speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Preselecting speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
switching on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
(upholder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Curren t consumpt io n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Curve light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Cylinder management
refer to Cyli nder on demand system . . . . . . 23
Cyl inder on demand system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Index
Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Starting with jumper cables . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Stopping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Closing the hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Opening the hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Working in the engine compartment . . . . 203
Engine coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Adding coolant .. ............. .... .. . 210
Checking the engine coolant level. . . . . . . 209
Expansion tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Radiator fan .... ................ .... 211
Temperature gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Adding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Checking oil level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Oil consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Pressure malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Sensor defective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Specification and viscosity . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Temperature ind icator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Eng ine sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Engine speed limitation (indicator light) 20
Engine warm-up request
I ndicator l ight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
20
Environment
Catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
189
Disposing of your vehicle battery . . . . . . . 215
Driving at high speeds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Fuel. .... .. .. .. ... .......... .. .. .. . 200
Leaks under your vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Letting the vehicle stand and warm up. .. 191
Proper disposal of drained brake fluid . . . 212
Proper disposal of drained engine coolant 210
Proper disposal of drained engine oil 207, 208
Recycling used engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Unleaded fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
What should I do with an old battery? . . . 215
ESC
Automatic post-co llision braking system .
181
Event Data Recorder (EDR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
E . k xpans1on tan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
270
Exterior lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Exterior mirrors
Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
D' .
1mming ............................
48
Heating... .. .. .. .. .. ............. ... 47
Exterior temperature display . . . . . . . . . . . . .
22
F
Fastening
Booster seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
168
Convertible child safety seats . . . . . . . . . . 166
Infant seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Floor mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Foot pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
For the sake of the environment
Environmentally-friendly driving . . . . . . .
190
Gasoline fumes and the environment . . . . 200
Reducing eng ine noise by early upsh ifting . 10
Refueling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Saving fuel by early upshifting . . . . . . . . . . 10
w . th .
arming up e engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Front airbags
D . t· escnp 10n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
How they work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Frontal collisions and the laws of physics . . 128
Front seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Child restraints in the front seat . . . . . . . . 136
Fuel
Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
198
Blended gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Current consumpt ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Fuel filler neck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199, 200
Fuel gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10, 11
Gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Gasoline additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Octane rating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Recommendation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Refuelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Saving fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
T k . an capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Fueling
Fuel filler door emergency release . . . . . .
201
Fuel gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11