2016 AUDI S7 child

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Driver's and front passenger's footwell . . 131
Pedal area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Storing cargo correct ly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Reporting Safety Defects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 5
General information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Why use safety belts? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Belt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Important informat ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Front airbags ............... .. .... . .
Monitoring the Advanced Airbag System . 147
154
Knee airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Side curtain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Child safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
I mportant informat ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Child seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Securing chi ld seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
LATCH system (Lower anchorages and
tethers for children) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Addit ional information 184
Audi pre sense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Preventat ive passenger protection
185
Driver messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Intelligent Technology . . . . . . . . . . 187
Notice about data recorded by the Event
Data Recorder and vehicle control
modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
E lect ron ic Stabilization Control (ES C) . . . . 188
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Electromechanical steering, dynamic
steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
All whee l drive (quattro) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Rear spoiler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Energy management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Driving and the environment . . . . 196
Breaking in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Avoid damag ing the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Driving through water on roads . . . . . . . . 196
Cata lytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Table of contents
Diesel particulate filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Placing your vehicle out of service . . . . . . 198
Econom ica l and env ironmentally-friendly
driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Trailer mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Driving with a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Tra iler mode notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Operating instructions . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Care and clean ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
General information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20S
Car washes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Cleaning and care information 206
Fuel and Refueling .......... ... .. 210
Gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Diesel fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Refueling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Selective catalytic reduction 214
Checking and Filling . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 18
Hood ... .. .. .. .. .. ........... .. .. .. 218
Engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
En gine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Cooling system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Windshield/headlight washer container
231
Wheels ...... .. ............. .... .. 233
Wheels and Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Tire pressure monitoring system 251
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Emergency assistance . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Warning triangle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Vehicle tool kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Replacing wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Fuses ....... ... .. .............. ... 261
Replacing fu ses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Driver sid e cockpit fuse assignment . . . . . 262
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Opening and closing
-Remote master key ¢ page 33,
-Door handles with convenience key*
¢page 34,
-Lock cylinder at the driver's door c::> page 35,
or
- Power locking switch inside
c::> page 35.
Selective unlocking
When you lock the vehicle, the power locking sys­
tem will lock the doors and the rear lid. When un ­
locking, you can set in the MMI whether only the
driver's door or the entire vehicle should be un­ locked
c::> page 33.
Automatic locking
The automatic locking feature locks all the vehi­
cle doors and the rear lid when you drive faster
than 9 mph (15 km/h) .
The car is unlocked again, when the opening
function in the power locking system switch or at
one of the door levers is actuated. The Auto Lock
function can be turned on and off in the MMI
c::> page 3 3.
Anti-theft alarm warning system
If the anti-theft alarm warning system detects a
break-in into the vehicle, acoustic and visual
warning signals are triggered.
The anti-theft warning system is activated auto­
matically when you lock the vehicle. It is deacti­
vated when unlocking using the remote key, with
the mechanical key, and when you switch the ig­ nition on .
The alarm also turns off when the alarm cycle has
expired.
Turn signals
When you unlock the vehicle , the turn signals
flash twice. When you lock the vehicle the turn signals flash once. If they do not flash, one of the
doors , the rear lid or the hood is not locked.
Unintentionally locking yourself out
In the following cases there safeguards to pre­
vent you locking your remote master key in the
vehicle:
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The vehicle does not lock with the central lock­
ing switch
c::> page 35 if the driver's door is
open.
- On vehicles with convenience key*, if the most
recently used master key is in the luggage com­
partment, the rear lid is automatically unlocked
again after it is closed.
Do not lock your vehicle with the
remote master
key or convenience key*
until all doors and the
rear lid are closed. In this way you avoid locking
yourself out accidentally.
Power side door closer*
The vehicle doors are equipped with a power side door closer. When closing a door, you only have
to let it fall lightly into the latch. The door will
then automatically close by itself
c::> ,&..
A WARNING
-When you lock your vehicle from outside,
nobody - especially children -should remain
inside the vehicle . Remember, when you
lock the vehicle from the outside the win­
dows cannot be opened from the inside.
- When you leave the vehicle, always take the
ignition key with you. This will prevent pas­
sengers (children, for example) from acci­
dentally being locked in the vehicle should
they accidentally press the power locking
switch in the doors.
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-Do not leave children inside the vehicle un­
supervised. In an emergency it would be im­
possible to open the doors from the outside
without the key.
- Applies to vehicles with power side door
closer*:
- When closing a door, make sure nothing
can interfere with the door . This could
cause serious personal injury.
- You can stop the door from closing at any
time by pulling on the inside or outside
door handle.
(D Tips
-In the event of a crash with airbag deploy­
ment all locked doors will be automatically

Opening and closing
Emergency locking
Each door must be locked separately if the pow­
er locking system fails.
Fig. 25 Door: Emergency locking
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0 9 Cl An emergency lock is located on the front end of
the passenger's door and the rear doors (only
visible when door is open) .
.. Remove the mechanical key
c::> page 30 .
.. Pull the cover cap out of the opening c::> fig. 25 .
.. Insert the key in the inside slot and turn it all
the way to the right (right door) or left (left
door).
Once the door has been closed, it can no longer
be opened from the outside . The door can be
opened from the inside by pulling the door han­
dle. If the child safety lock in a rear door is acti­
vated, you must first pull the door handle on the
inside. Then you can open the door from the out ­
side.
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Luggage compartment
Lid
Automatic luggage compartment lid
The luggage compartment lid can be opened and
closed automatically.
Fig. 26 D river 's doo r: Ope ning the lu g ga ge compart men t
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Fig. 27 Luggage compar tme nt lid: @clos ing butto n,®
lock butto n (vehicles wit h convenience key *)
Opening the luggage compartment lid
.. Press and hold the~ button on the remote
control key for at least one second. Or
.. Pull the button ~ in the driver's door
c::> fig. 26
briefly . Or
.. Press the handle in the luggage compartment
lid .
Closing the luggage compartment lid
.. Pull the button~ in the driver's door until the
luggage compartmen t lid is closed
¢ .&_ . Or
.. Press the button in the luggage compartment
lid~
c::> fig. 2 7. The luggage compartment lid
will automatically close and lock
c::> .&_ . Or
.. Press and hold the button
la.I on the master key
until the luggage compartment lid is closed
(vehicles with convenience key*)
c::> .&_. Make
sure there is enough distance between you and .,..

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the luggage compartment lid . There should be
at least 9 ft (3 m) of distance. Or
~ Press the Iii button in the luggage compart­
ment lid
c::, fig. 2 7 (vehicles with convenience
key*). The remote control key must not be more
than approximate ly 4 ft (1.5 m) away from the
luggage compartment and it must not be in­
s ide the veh icle. The luggage compartment lid
will automat ically close and lock . The vehicle
locks
c::> & . Or
~ Press the handle in the luggage compartment
lid. The luggage compartment lid wi ll automat­
ica lly close and lock
c::> &, .
Setting the lugg age compartment lid open
po sit ion
~ Bring the luggage compartment lid into the de­
sired open pos ition
c::> (D. The position can be
stored at on ly one specific height .
~ Press and hold the la l button for at least four
seconds to store the new open position. A visu­ al and audio signal will follow .
~ To set a h igher open position, wait at least five
seconds and then carefu lly press the luggage
compartment lid upward.
~ Press and ho ld the l<=> I button again for at least
f our seconds and this wi ll store the new open
position.
The opening/closing process w ill stop immedi­
ately if:
- You pull the~ button in the driver's door, or
- You release the
l a l button on the remote con-
trol master key (veh icles with convenience
key*) , or
- You press the~ button or
Iii button (veh icles
with convenience key*) in the luggage compart­
ment lid, or
- You push the handle in the luggage compart­
ment lid , or
- You press against the luggage compartment lid against the d irection it is moving, or
- when something blocks the luggage compart ­
ment lid or makes it diff icult for the lid to
move .
If you press the handle or one of the~ or
Iii but­
tons (vehicles with convenience key*) now, the
Op ening and cl osing
luggage compartment lid will either open or
close, depending on what angle it was at.
A WARNING
-Read and follow all WARNINGS c::> page 31,
General description.
- After closing the rear lid, always pull up on
it to make sure that it is properly closed.
Otherwise it could open suddenly when the
veh icle is moving.
- To help prevent poisono us exhaust gas from
be ing drawn into the veh icle, always keep
the rear lid closed while driving. Never
transport objects larger than those which fit
comp lete ly into the luggage area, because
then the rear lid cannot be fu lly closed.
- Never leave your vehicle unattended espe­
cially with the rea r lid left open. A child
could crawl i nto the car through the luggage
compartment and pu ll the lid shut , becom­
ing trapped and unable to get out. To reduce
the risk of personal injury, never let ch ildren
p lay in or aro und your vehicle . Always keep
the rear lid as well as the vehicle doors
closed when not in use.
- Never close the rear lid inattentive ly or with­
out checking first. Although the clos ing
force of the rear lid is lim ited, you can still
serious ly injure yourse lf or others .
- Always ensure that no one is within range of
the rear lid when it is moving, in part icular
close to the hinges and the upper and lower
edges -fingers or hands can be pinched .
- Never try to interfere with the rear lid or
help it when it is be ing opened o r closed au­
tomatically .
@ Note
The luggage compartment lid can bump into
objects such as the garage ceiling when open ­
i ng and become damaged.
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- The settings in the Infotainment system de­
termine if the luggage compartment lid can
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be opened using the hand le r::;, page 33 . ..,
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Child safety lock
The child safety lock prevents the rear door from
being opened from the inside and the rear win­
dows from be operated.
Fi g. 30 Section of the driver 's door: Child safety lock but ­
tons
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• To activate the child safety lock for the respec­
tive rear door, press the left/right button
[!l in
the driver's door¢
fig. 30 . The LED in the but­
ton turns on.
• To deactivate the ch ild safety lock for the re­
spect ive rear doo r, press the left/r ight button
[!] in the driver's door. The L ED in the but ton
turns off.
The fo llow ing features are switched off:
- Interior door handle in the respective rear door,
- Power w indow switch in the respective rear
door.
To activate the child safety lock on both sides,
you must press the
[!l buttons one after the oth­
er.
A WARNING
Always take the vehicle key with you when leaving the vehicle, even for a short period of
time . This applies particularly when ch ildren
remain in the veh icle. Otherw ise they cou ld
start the engine or operate ele ctrical equ ip­
ment such as power windows.
Open ing and clo sing
Power Windows
Controls
The driver can control all power windows.
Fig. 31 Sect ion of the driver's door: controls
All power window swi tches a re eq uipped w ith a
two- stage function :
Opening the windows
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• Press the switch to the fir st stop and hold it un­
til the w indow reaches the desi red posit ion.
• To open the window comp letely, press the
sw itch down to the
s econd level brief ly.
Closing the windows
.,. Pull the sw itch to the fi rst stop and hold it until
the window reaches the des ired pos ition.
• To close the window comp letely, pull the switch
up to the
sec ond lev el b riefly.
Power window switches
@ Driver's door
® Passenger's door
© Left rear door
@ Right rear door
A WARNING
-- Always take the vehicle key with you when
leaving the vehicle, even for a shor t period
of t ime. This applies particularly when ch il­
dren remain in the vehicle. Otherwise they
could start the engine or operate electrical
equipment such as power windows . The
power windows continue to f unction until
the dr iver's door or front passenger's door
has been opened.
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Seats and storage
Seats and storage
General information
Why is your seat adjustment so important?
The safety belts and the airbag system can only
provide maximum protection if the front seats are correctly adjusted .
There are various ways of adjusting the front
seats to provide safe and comfortable support
for the dr iver and the front passenger . Adjust
your seat properly so that :
- you can easily and quickly reach all the switches
and controls in the instrument panel
- your body is properly supported thus reducing
physical stress and fatigue
- the safety belts and a irbag system can offer
maximum protection
¢ page 143.
In the following sections, you will see exactly
how you can best adjust your seats.
There are special regulations and instructions for
installing a child seat on the front passenger's
seat. Always fo llow the information regarding
child safety provided in ¢
page 167, Child safe­
ty .
A WARNING
Incorrect seating position of the driver and all
other passengers can resu lt in serious person­
al injury .
- Always keep your feet on the floor when the
vehicle is in motion - never put your feet on
top of the instrument panel, out of the win­ dow or on top of the seat cushion. This ap­
plies espec ially to the passengers. If you r
seating pos ition is incorrect, you increase
the risk of injury in the case of sudden brak­
ing or an accident . If the airbag inf lates and
the seating position is incorrect, this could
result in personal injury or even death.
- It is important for both the driver and front
passenger to keep a distance of at least 10 inches (25 cm) between themselves and
the steering wheel and/or instrument panel. If you're sitting any closer than this, the air­
bag system cannot protect you properly. In
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addition, the front seats and head restraints
must be adjusted to your body height so
that they can give you maximum protection.
- Always try to keep as much distance as pos­
sible between yourself and the steer ing
wheel or instrument panel.
- Do not adjust the driver's or front passeng­ er's seat while the vehicle is moving. Your
seat may move unexpectedly, causing sud­
den loss of vehicle control and personal in­
jury . If you adjust your seat while the vehicle
is moving, you are out of position.
Driver's seat
The correct seat position is important for safe
and relaxed driving .
We recommend that you adjust the driver's seat
in the following manner:
.,. Adjust the seat in fore and aft direction so that
you can easily push the pedals to the floor
while keeping your knees slightly bent¢&.
in
Why is your seat adjustment so important? on
page 52 .
.,. Adjust the backrest so that when you sit with
your back against the backrest, you can still
grasp the top of the steering wheel.
.,. For adjustable head restraints: adjust the head
restraint so the upper edge is as even as possi­
ble with the top of your head. If that is not pos­
sible, try to adjust the head restraint so that it
is as close to this position as possible
¢page 55. Move the head restraint so that it
is as close to the back of the head as possible.
A WARNING
Never place any objects in the dr iver's foot­
well. An object could get into the pedal area
and interfere with pedal function. In case of
sudden braking or an acc ident, you would not
be ab le to brake or accelerate.

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Front passenger's seat
Always move the front passenger seat into the rearmost position .
To avoid contact with the airbag while it is de­
ploying, do not sit any closer to the instrument
panel than necessary and always wear the three­
point safety belt provided adjusted correctly . We
recommend that you adjust the passenger's seat
in the following manner:
.. Bring the backrest up to an (almost) upright
position .
Do not ride with the seat reclined .
.. For adjustable head restraints: adjust the head
restraint so the upper edge is as even as possi­
ble with the top of your head. If that is not pos­
sible, try to adjust the head restraint so that it
is as close to this position as possible
c:::> page 55. Move the head restraint so that it
is as close to the back of the head as possible.
.. Place your feet on the floor in front of the pas­
senger's seat .
Front seats
Controls
Moving the seat forward or back and adjusting
the height, backrest angle and seat angle.
Fig. 48 Front seat: adjusting the seat
@-Moving the seat forward/back: press the but­
ton forward/back ¢ .&,.
@ -Moving the seat up/down: press the button
up/down
c:::> .&, . To adjust the front section of the
seat, press the front button up/down
c:::> .&, . To ad­
just the rear section of the seat, press the rear button up/down
c:::> .&,.
Seats and storage
@ -Turn the massage function* on/off. You can
select the type of massage using the multifunc­
tion button
c:::> page 54.
© -Backrest forward/back: press the button for­
ward/back ¢.&, .
(D-Lumbar support* : press the button in the
corresponding position
c:::> .&. or multifunction
button*¢ .&.,
c:::> page 54 .
& WARNING
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-Never adjust the driver's or front passeng-
er 's seat while the vehicle is moving. If you
do this while the vehicle is moving, you will
be out of position. Always adjust the driver's
or front passenger's seat when the vehicle is
not moving.
- Be careful when adjusting the seat height.
Check to see that no one is in the way, or se­
rious injury could result!
- Because the seats can be electrically adjust­
ed with the ignition off, never leave children
unattended in the vehicle . Unsupervised use
of the electric seat adjustments may cause
serious injury.
- To reduce the risk of injury in the case of
sudden braking or accident, front passen­
gers must never ride in a moving vehicle
with the backrest reclined. Safety belts and
the airbag system only offer maximum pro­
tect ion when the backrest is upright and the
safety belts are properly positioned on the
body. The more the backrest is reclined, the
greater the risk of personal injury from an incorrect seating position and improperly
positioned safety belts.
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Seats and storag e
Multifunction button
Applies to vehicles: with memory function
You con adjust the massage function, lumbar
support, side bolsters and seating surface using
the multifunction button .
Fig . 4 9 MMI display: seat settings
Operating
.. The MMI displays the possible seat sett ings @
when you tu rn the m ultif unction button @
¢
page 53, fig. 48 to the left or right¢ fig. 49,
¢£ .
.. To select a seat setting, turn the multifunction
button
(D unti l the desired seat setting is h igh­
lighted with a red border .
.. The arrows @ indicate the possib le adjust­
ments . For example, to move the lumbar sup­
po rt down, press the multifunction button
(D
down. The corresponding arrow © lights up .
The following seat sett ings @are possible:
Mas sag e function* -Massage type Wave, K nock ­
ing, Stret ch , Lumbar , Shoulder or Off .
You can
set the massage strength level from 1 to 5. You
can turn the selected massage on/off using the
button @¢
page 53, fig . 48.
L u mbar support -Moving the lumbar support
up/down and making it firmer/softer¢ &,.
Side bolst ers* -Increasing/reducing the side sup­
port in the seat using the side bolsters on the
seating surface and backrest¢&, .
Se ating surfac e -Making the seating surface lon­
ge r/shorter ¢ &, .
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A WARNING
-Never adjust the driver's or front passeng­
er's seat while the veh icle is moving. If you
do this while the veh icle is moving, you will
be out of posit ion . Always adjust the d river's
or front passenger's seat when the vehicle is
no t moving.
- Be careful when adjusting the seat he ight.
Check to see that no one is in the way, or se­
r io us inju ry co uld resul t!
- Because the seat s can be elec trically adjust­
ed w ith the ignition off, never leave children
unattended in the vehicle. Unsupervised use
of the e lectric seat adjustments may cause
serious injury .
- To reduce the risk of injury in the case of
sudden b raking or accident, front passen ­
gers must never ride in a moving veh icle
with the backrest reclined. Safety belts and
the airbag system only offer max imum pro­
tect ion when the backrest is upright and the
safety belts are properly positioned on the
body . The more the backrest is recl ined, t he
greater the ris k of persona l inju ry from an
incor rect seating posit ion and imprope rly
positioned sa fety belts .
(D Tips
- The massage funct ion sw itches off automat­
ically after approximately 10 minutes.
- The side bolsters* deflate when the d river's
door is ope ned . Th is allows you to enter and
ex it comfortably. The side bolsters i nflate
ag ain once you begin drivi ng.