2016 AUDI S7 towing

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
llJJ,

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

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Trailer towing Operating instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
201
Park ing system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Tec hnical requirements . . . . . . . . . . . 201, 202
Train (tr anspo rting your veh icle) . . . . . . . . . 268
Transm iss ion ma lfunct ion (ind icator light) .
112
Transport Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Transport ing you r vehi cle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
T runk
refer to Luggage compartme nt . . . . . . . . . . 63
Trun k pass-th ro ugh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Tu rn signa ls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
4 4
War ning/ indica to r li ghts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2
u
ULSD No . 2 (Diesel fuel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 11
Unfasten ing safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Uniform t ire q ual ity g rading
Unlock ing 2 50
Powe r locking sw itch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Remot e control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Using the key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
V
Vanity m ir ror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 9
Vehicle Care/clean ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Out of serv ice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
198
Vehicle contro l mo dul es . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 7
Vehicle e lectr ica l system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Vehicle identificat ion labe l... .. .. .. .. ... 271
Ve hicle Identi fica tion N umber (VI N) . . . . . . 27 1
Vehicle jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253, 257
Vehicle transport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Ven tilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
68
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Warn ing/ indicato r lights
A irbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
18
Anti-lo ck bra kin g sys tem (A BS) . . . . . . . . . . 1 9
B ra ke system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
C ruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2
Elect romechanica l par king brake . . . . . . . . 15
Elect ronic power co ntro l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Gene rator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
16
Index
G low p lug sys tem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Malfunction Indicator Lamp (MIL) . . . . . . . 20
Safety be lt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Turn signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Wa rning/Indi cato r lights
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1 54, 155
PASSENGER AIR BAG OF F . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Warning triangle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 53
Warranty coverages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Washer fl uid leve l (ind icator light) . . . . . . . . 2 1
Washe r reservo ir .. .. ... ....... ... .. .. 231
Wash ing matte f inish paint . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
We igh ts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 71
Wha t happens if you wear your safety belt too
loose? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
139
What happens to unbelted occupants? . . . . 136
W ha t impa irs d riving safety? . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Whee ls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 33
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
G lossary of tire and loading terminology .
235
Replac ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Tires and vehicle load limits . . . . . . . . . . . 245
When must a safety be lt be replaced? . . . . 13 7
When must t he a irbag system be inspected? 1.54
Where are lower anchorages located? . . . . .
181
Wild anim al recognition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Window regulators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Windows
Cleaning/removing ice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
207
Defrost ing (fo ur-zone automatic climate
control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
72
Defrost ing (three-zone climate contro l) . . . 69
Windshie ld
cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Defrost ing (fo ur-zone automatic climate
control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
72
Defrost ing (three-zone climate contro l) . . . 69
also refer to Windsh ield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Windshie ld washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
49
Washe r reservo ir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Windsh ie ld wipers
Cleaning w iper b lades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
F olding up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SO
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
21
Rep lac ing windsh ield wiper blades . . . . . . . SO
Switching on and
off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
289