2016 AUDI RS7 SPORTBACK maintenance

Tread wear
The
tread wear grade is a comparative rating
based on the wear rate of the tire when tested
under controlled conditions on a specified gov­
ernment test course.
F or example, a t ire graded 150 would wear one
and one half (11/2) times as well on the govern­
ment course as a tire graded 100 .
The relative performance of tires depends upon
the actual conditions of their use, however, and
may depart significantly from the norm due to
variations in driving habits, service practices and
differences in road characteristics and climate .
Traction
The
traction grades, from highest to lowest, are
AA, A, Band
C. Those grades represent the tire's
ability to stop on wet pavement as measured un ­
der controlled conditions on specified govern­ ment test surfaces of asphalt and concrete. A tire
marked C may have poor traction performance
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Temperatur e
The
temperature grades are A (the highest), B,
and C, representing the tire's resistance to the
generation of heat and its ability to dissipate heat when tested under controlled conditions on
a specified indoor laboratory test wheel.
Sustained high temperature can cause the mate­ rial of the tire to degenerate and reduce tire life,
and excessive temperature can lead to sudden
tire failure
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The grade C corresponds to a level of perform­
ance which all passenger car tires must meet un­
der the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 109. Grades Band A represent higher levels
of performance on the laboratory test wheel than
the minimum required by law.
A WARNING
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The traction grade ass igned to this tire is
based on straight-ahead braking traction
tests, and does not include acceleration, cor­
nering, hydroplaning or peak traction charac­
teristics.
Wheels
A WARNING
The temperature grade for this tire is estab­ lished for a tire that is properly inflated and
not overloaded. Excessive speed, underinfla­
tion, or excessive loading, either separately or
i n comb inat ion, can cause heat buildu p and
possible tire failure.
A WARNING
-
-
Temperature grades apply to tires that are
properly inflated and not over or underinflat­
ed.
Tire pressure monitoring system
ill General notes
Each tire, including the spare (if provided),
shou ld be checked monthly when cold and inflat­
ed to the inflation pressure recommended by the
vehicle manufacturer on the vehicle placard or
tire inflation pressure label. (If your vehicle has
tires of a different size than the size indicated on
the vehicle placard or tire inflation pressure la­
bel, you should determine the proper tire infla ­
t ion pressure for those tires).
As an added safety feature, your vehicle has been equipped with a tire pressure monitor ing system
(TPMS) that illuminates a low tire pressure tell­
tale when one or more of your tires is significant­ ly under -inf lated. Accordingly, when the low t ire
pressure telltale illuminates, you should stop and
check your tires as soon as possib le, and inflate
them to the proper pressure . Driving on a signifi­
cant ly under-inflated tire causes the tire to over­
heat and can lead to tire failure. Under-inflation
also reduces fue l efficiency and tire tread life,
and may affect the vehicle's handling and stop­
ping ability .
Please note that the TPMS is not a substitute for
proper tire maintenance, and it is the driver's re­
sponsibility to maintain correct tire pressure,
even if under-inflation has not reached the level
to trigger illumination of the TPMS low tire pres-
sure telltale . .,.
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Technical data
RS 7 Sportback 4.0, 8 cylinder
Maximum output SA E net hp@rpnn 560@ 5700 - 6600
Maximum torque SAE net lb-ft@ rpm 516@ 1750 -5500
Displacement CID (cm
3
) 243 .7 (3993)
Engine oil with filter change
1 )
Fuel Premium unleaded (91 AKI) , qpage 198, Gasoline
ll For specific engine oil capac ities, please see
the most current information for the USA at http ://www. audiusa.com/help/maintenance or
for Canada at http://www.audi.ca/ca/brand/ en/
your_audi/audi_services _and/Care _and _Mainte­
nance/schedule.html or call 800-822-2834.
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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 regulati ons in the United States and
Canada require that automobi les meet specific
emission regulations and safety standards.
Therefore, vehicles built for the U.S.A. and Cana ­
da differ from vehicles sold in other countries.
If you plan to take your vehicle outside the conti­
nenta l limits of the United States or Canada,
there is the poss ibility that:
- un leaded fue ls 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;
- service may be inadequate due to lack of proper
service facilities, tools or testing equipment;
- r eplacement parts may not be readily available.
- Nav igation systems for veh icles built for the
U.S .A . and Canada will not necessarily work in
Europe, and may not work in other countries
outside North America.
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(D Note
Audi cannot be responsib le for mechanical
damage that could result from inadequate
f u el, service or parts ava ilability.
Audi Service Repair
Manuals and Literature
Audi Official Factory Service Manuals and Litera ­
ture are published as soon as poss ible after mod­
el introd uction . 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 min imum. How­
ever, a certain amount of regular maintenance is
still necessary to assure your vehicle's safety,
economy and reliability . For detailed vehicle
maintena nce consult your Warranty & Mainte­
nance booklet .
Under difficult operating conditions, for exam ­
ple at extremely low outside temperatures, in
very dusty regions, etc., some se rvice work
should be performed between the intervals speci­
fied. This applies particularly to:
- oil changes, and
- cleaning or replac ing the a ir filter .
@ For the sake of the environment
By regularly maintaining your vehicle, you
help make sure that emission standards are
maintained, thus min imizing adverse effects
on the environment.
Important considerations for you and your
vehicle
The increas ing use of elect ronics, soph istica ted
fuel injection and emission control systems, and
the genera lly increasing technica l complexity of
today's automobiles, have stead ily reduced the ..,_

scope of maintenance and repairs which can be
carried out by vehicle owners.
Also, safet y and
en vir onm enta l
concerns place very strict limits
on the nature of repairs and adjustments to en ­
g ine and transm ission parts wh ich an owner c an
perform .
Maintenance, adjustments and repairs usually re ­
qu ire special tools, test ing devices and other
equ ipment available to specially trained work­
shop perso nnel i n order to assure proper per ­
forma nce, re liability and safety of the ve hicle and
i ts many systems.
Improper maintenance, adjustments and repairs
can impair the operation and reliability of your
vehicle and even void your veh icle warranty.
Therefore, proof of se rvicing in accordance with
the ma intenance sc hedule may be a condition for
upho ld ing a possib le wa rranty claim made wi thin
the warranty pe riod.
Above all , operational safety can be adversely af­
fected, creating unnecessa ry risks fo r you and
your p assengers.
If in doubt about any se rvicing, have it done by
your author ized Audi dealer or any other properly
eq uipped and qua lified workshop. We strongly
urge yo u to g ive your author ized Audi dealer the
opport unity to perform a ll scheduled ma inte­
nance and necessary repairs . Your dealer has the
facilities, origina l parts and trained specialists to
keep your veh icle running properly .
Performing limited maintenance yourself
The follow ing pages des cribe a lim ited number of
p rocedures w hich can be per formed o n your veh i­
cle with ordinary tools, should the need arise and
trained personnel be unavailable . Before per­
forming any of these procedures, always thor­
ough ly read a ll of the app licab le text and carefu l­
ly follow the instructions g iven . Always rigorously
observe the
WARNING S provided .
Before you check anything in the engine com ·
partment , always read and heed all WARNINGS
c:> &. and c:> &. in Working in the engine compart­
ment on page 203.
Con sumer inf ormation
A WARNING
- Ser ious personal in jury may occur as a result
of improperly performed maintenance, ad ­
justments or re pairs .
- Always be extremely careful when work ing
on the vehicle. Always follow commonly ac ­
cepted safety practices and general com­ mo n sense. Never risk pe rsonal injury.
- Do not attempt any of the mai ntenance,
checks or repairs described on t he following
pages if you are not fu lly familiar wi th these
or other proce dures with respect to the ve­
h icle, o r are uncerta in how to pro ceed.
- Do not do a ny work withou t the prope r tools
a nd eq uipment. H ave the necessary wo rk
done by your au thorized Audi dealer or an­
other proper ly equipped and qualified work ­
shop.
- The engine compa rtment of any motor ve hi­
cle is a potent ially hazardous area . Never
reach into the area around or touch the radi­
ator fan.
It is temperature controlled and
can switch o n suddenly - even when the en­
g ine is off . The radiato r fan switches on au ­
tomatically when the coolan t reaches a cer­
tain tempe ra ture and w ill cont inue to run
until the coolant temperature d rops.
- Always sw itch off the ignition before anyone
gets under the vehicle .
- Always support your veh icle with safety
s tands if it is necessary to work underneat h
the vehicle . The jack supp lied with t he veh i­
cle is no t adequ ate for t his pu rpose and
could collapse ca us ing serious personal in­
jury.
- If you m ust wor k unde rne ath the vehicle
with the wheels on the ground, always make
sure the vehicle is on level ground, that the
wheels a re always sec urely blocked and that
the engine cannot be started.
- Always make sure the transmission se lector
lever (automatic t ransmiss ion) is in P (Park
position) and the pa rk brake is applied .
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Index
Key replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Master key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
M echanical key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Replac ing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Kick-down tiptron ic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Knee airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 1
D escr ipt io n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
H ow t hey wo rk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 2
I mport ant safety ins truc tions . . . . . . . . . . 15 3
L
Lane assist
refer to A ct ive lane assis t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Lap t imer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
E valuating t imes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
P aus ing timing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
LATCH .............................. 172
Descr ipt io n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Installing a child restraint ............ . 174
L ocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
M ount ing and releasing the anchorage
hook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Leather care/cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
L eaving home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 5
Lifting jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 5
Light Ambient lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Com ing/Leav ing home ... ... ... .. .. .. .. 45
Daytime runni ng lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
E me rgency flashe rs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
H eadlig ht assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
H igh beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
I n terior/reading lig hts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 6
L ow beams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Parking lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Rear fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Turn signa ls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
44
Light/ rain sensor
Headlig hts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 3
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Intermittent (w indshield wipers) . . . . . . . . 49
Lighting Exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
I nterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
272
Lights
Head light range cont rol system . . . . . . . . .
43
Load ing the roof rac k . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Locking
Power lock ing switc h . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
U sing the key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Low beam Ind icator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Low beams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Lowe r universal anchorages (Canada) . . . . . 172
Luggage compartment 12 Vo lt socket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Cargo net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Cover ..... ... ... ... ...... ....... .. .. 63
E nla rgi ng . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Load ing ...... ... .... ..... ...........
62
Revers ib le mat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Ski sa ck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Storing c argo cor rec tly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Stowing luggage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Tie-downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Tr unk pass-throug h . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
66
Luggage compartmen t lid
Closi ng b utton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Emergency release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
movement-activated opening . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Opening/closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Lumbar sup port
Front seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
M
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Maintenance intervals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Malfunc tion Ind icator Lamp (M IL) . . . . . 19, 28
Manua l shift p rogram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Massage function Front seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Mech anica l key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Memory f unct io n
56
Mirror Vanity mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Mir rors
dimming . ... .. .. .. .. ... .. ..... ... .. . 48
Exterior mi rro rs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Monito ring the Advanced Airbag System . . 146