2016 AUDI RS7 SPORTBACK cruise control

means that you risk both a substant ia l reduction
in the operationa l safety of your vehicle and an
increased wear of vehicle parts¢
A.
Author ized Audi dealers w ill per form this wor k in
a professional and competent manner or, in spe­
cial cases, refer you to a professional company
that spec ializes in such modifications.
A WARNING
Improper repairs and mod ificat ions can
change the way veh icle systems work and
cause damage to the veh icle and ser ious per­
sonal injury.
If emergency repa irs must be pe rformed else­
where, have the vehicle examined by an au­ thorized A udi dealer as soon as possib le .
Declaration of
Compliance, Telecom­ munication and
Electronic Systems
Radio Frequency Devices and Radiocommunica­
tion Equipment User Manual Notice.
T he manufacturer is not respons ible for any radio
or TV interference caused by unauthor ized modi ­
fications to this equ ipment .
Devices
The fo llow ing devices each comp ly w ith FCC Part
15.19, FCC 15.21 and RSS-Gen Issue
1:
- Adaptive cruise control*
- Audi s ide ass ist*
- Cell p ho ne pac kage*
- Convenience k ey*
- E lectron ic immobilizer
- Garage door opener (Homelink)"
- Remote contro l key
- Tire pressure monitoring system
.-. FCC Part 15.19 N
er:
~ This device comp lies wi th pa rt 15 of the FCC
~ Ru les. Ope ra tion is s ubjec t to the following two Lil
N conditions : v:, ......
Consumer inf ormation
(1) This dev ice may not ca use ha rmf ul inter fer ­
ence, and
( 2 ) th is devi ce m us t ac cep t any inte rference re­
ce ived, in clu ding in terference tha t may c ause un ­
desired ope ra tion.
FCC Part 15.21
CAU TION:
Changes or mod ificat ions not express ly approved
by the party responsible for compliance cou ld
vo id the user's a uth ori ty to ope rate t he equ ip­
me nt.
RSS-Gen Issue 1
Operat ion is subject to the following two cond i­
t ions:
(1) this device may not cause inte rfe rence, and
( 2 ) this devi ce m us t a cc ep t any inte rference, in­
cl udi ng interference tha t may cause undes ired
operation of the device .
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Index
Numbers and
Symbols
-zone deluxe automatic climate control
Synchronizing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
4-zone deluxe automatic climate control Air vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Basic settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Operating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Recirculation mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Residual heat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
A
A/C (4-zone deluxe automatic climate
control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59, 264
Active lane assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Adjusting the vibrat ion warn ing . . . . . . . . . 90
Cleaning the camera area . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Driver messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
switching on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Adapt ive air suspension/sport . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Adaptive cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Cleaning the sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Request for driver intervention . . . . . . . . . . 84
Stop-and-go traffic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Adaptive dampers Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Adaptive Light (defective) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Adding Engine coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Additives Engine oil 207
Adjusting Front seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Steering column electrically . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Steer ing column manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Adjusting a ir distribution (4-zone deluxe auto­
matic climate contro l) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Adjusting the temperature (4-zone deluxe au­
tomatic climate control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
advanced key
refer to Convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
266
Airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Advanced Airbag-System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Advanced Airbag System components . . . 142
Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Child restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Components (front airbags) . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Danger of fitting a child seat on the front
passenger seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Front airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139, 140
How do the front airbags work? . . . . . . . . 144
How many air bags does my vehicle have? 142
How the Advanced Airbag System compo-
nents work together . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Important information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Important safety instructions on the knee
airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Knee airbags. .. .. .. .. ............. .. 151
Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
PASSENGER AIR BAG O FF light . . . . . . . . . 147
Repairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Side curta in airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Warning/indicator lights............... 17
Warning/Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
When must the system be inspected? 146
Aircraft Transporting your vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Alignment pin (changing the wheel) . . . . . . 239
All season tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
All weather lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
All wheel drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Alternator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Ambient lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Anti-freeze Windshield washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
also refer to Engine coolant . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Anti- lock braking system
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Anti -Lock Braking System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Anti-slip regulation Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Anti-Slip Regulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180

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

D
Data recorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Date display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Daytime running lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Declaration of compliance
Adapt ive cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Audi side assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Cell phone package . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Electronic immobilizer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Garage door opener (Homelink) . . . . . . . . 265
Remote control key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Tire pressure monitoring system . . . . . . . 265
Defective light bulb warning Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Defrosting (windows)
Deluxe automatic climate control . . . . . . . .
69
DEF (instrument cluster) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Determining correct load limit ... .. .. .. . 231
Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Dimming the rearview mirror . . . . . . . . . . . .
48
Distance driven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Door/rear lid warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Doors Child safety lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Driver information system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Boost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
CD/radio display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Door/rear lid warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Efficiency program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Engine oil temperature display . . . . . . . . . . 26
Exterior temperature display . . . . . . . . . . . 22
On-board computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Service interval display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Shifting indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Driver seating position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
119
drive select
adaptive air suspension/sport . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Adaptive dampers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Curve light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Engine sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Safety belt tensioner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Sport differential . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Drive select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Driving economically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
190
Driving safely . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Index
Driving through water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Driving time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Duplicate key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Dust filter
refer to Pollutant filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Dynam ic steering
Indicator light
E
184
Easy seat entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Economy tips (efficiency program) . . . . . . . . 24
Efficiency program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Electromechanical parking brake Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
74
Releasing and closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 4
Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
14
Electromechanical steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Electronic differential lock
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
18
Electronic Differential Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Electronic differential lock (EDL)
Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Electronic immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Electronic power control (EPC)
warning/ind icator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
19
Electronic stabili zation control
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
18
Electronic Stabilization Contro l . . . . . . . . . . 180
Sport mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Emergency actuation
Doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Emergency flasher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
46
Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Emergency operation Emergency braking function (parking brake) .7.6
Fuel filler door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
201
Luggage compartment lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
41
Emergency release
Selector lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Emergency starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Energy management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
186
Engine
Compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
269

Index
Storage compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Sto rage hooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Convenience opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Eme rgency closi ng . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Sun shade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 9
Sun viso rs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Symbo ls
refer to Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . 11
T
Tachometer .. .. ................. 10, 11, 22
T ail lights
C lea ning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Technical modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
T empe rature disp lay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2
Coolan t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Temperature ind icator
E ng ine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Tether anchors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 5
T ether strap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 5
Tie-downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64, 125
Time ... .. .... .. ... .. ..... ... .. .. .... 25
T ips fo r the e nvir onment
Saving fue l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 2
tiptron ic (automatic transmission) . . . 101, 105
Tire Mobility System (tire repair set) . . . . . . 239
T ires ....... ... .. ............ .... ... . 218
All whee l drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
L ow aspec t rat io tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Repair se t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
R ep lac ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 3
Service life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
T ire press ure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Tire pressu re monitor ing system . . . . . . . 235
Tire pressure table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Treadwear indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Unid irectional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Uniform t ire quality g rad ing . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Tires and wheels Glossary of tire and load ing terminology . 220
Tires and vehicle load lim its . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
T o rn o r frayed safety be lts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
276
Towing
Tow t rucks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Tow ing loop
TPMS 2
55, 256
Ind icator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Tra in (transporting your veh icle) . . . . . . . . . 256
Transmission ma lfunction (indicator light) . 105
Transpo rt Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Tr anspo rting yo ur vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Trunk
refer to L uggage compa rtment . . . . . . . . . . 62
Trunk pass-through . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Turn signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Warn ing/ indica tor lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
u
Un fastening safety belts
Un iform tire qua lity grading
Un locking 132
234
Power locking switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Remote contro l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
U sing the key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
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Vanity mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Vehicle Care/cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Out of service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Vehicle control modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Vehicle e lectr ica l system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Vehicle iden tifica tion labe l . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) . . . . . . 259
Vehicle jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239, 245
Vehicle tool ki t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Vehicle transport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Ven tilat ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 7
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Warning/ indica to r li ghts
A irbag sys tem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
An ti-lock b raking system (A BS) . . . . . . . . . . 18
B rake system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Cruise cont rol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
E lectromechanical parking brake . . . . . . . . 14
E lectronic power contro l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19