2017 AUDI A5 CABRIOLET battery

Emergency situations
-When connecting jumper cables, make sure
that they cannot get caught in any moving
parts in the engine compartment.
- Do not bend over the batteries -danger of
chemical burns!
- The battery cell locking screws must be
tightened securely.
- Before you check anything in the engine
compartment, always read and heed all
WARNINGS
i=> page 193.
(D Note
Improper hook-up of jumper cables can ruin
the generator.
- Always connect POSITIVE(+) to POSITIVE
(+), and NEGATIVE(-) to NEGATIVE(-)
ground post of the battery manager control
unit.
- Check that all screw p lugs on the battery
cells are screwed in firmly. If not, tighten
plugs prior to connect ing clamp on negative
battery terminal.
- Please note that the procedure for connect ­
i ng a jumper cable as described above ap­
plies specifically to the case of your vehicle
being jump started . When you are giving a
ju mp start to another vehicle, do
not con­
nect the negative (-) cable to the negative
(-) terminal on the discharged batte ry @
c> fig. 197. Instead, securely connect the
negative( -) cab le to either a solid metal
component that is firm ly bolted to the en­
gine block or to the engine block itself. If
the battery that is being charged does not
vent to the outside, escap ing battery gas
could ignite and explode!
Towing with a tow truck
General hints
Your Audi requires special handling for towing.
The following information is to be used by com­
mercial tow truck operators who know how to op­
erate the ir equipment safely.
-Never tow your Audi, towing will cause dam­
age to the engine and transmission.
240
-Never wrap the safety chains or winch cables
around the brake lines .
- To prevent unnecessary damage, your Audi
must be transported with a flat bed truck .
- To load the vehicle on to the flat bed, use the
towing loop found in the vehicle tools and at­
tach to the front or rear anchorage
i=> page 240 and c> page 241 .
A WARNING
A vehicle being towed is not safe for passen­
gers. Never allow anyone to ride in a vehicle
being towed, for any reason.
Front towing loop
Do not install the front towing loop until it is
needed.
Fig. 198 Front bumper: removing the cover cap
Fig. 199 Front bumper : sc rew ing in t he towing loop
The towing loop fits into the threaded hole locat­
ed on the right side o f the front bumper and cov­
ered by a small cover when not in use .
.,. Remove the towing loop from the vehicle tool­
ki t
c> page 227 .
.,. Press the cover in by applying short strong
pressure to the bottom part to release it from
the bumper
c> fig . 198 . Ill>

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Automatic transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Automatic Shift Lock (ASL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Emergency mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Emergency release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Kick -down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Manua l shift program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Removal lock (ignition key) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Selector lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Automatic wipers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Auto Safety Hotline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Average speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Avoid damaging the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
B
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Battery location inside the luggage compart-
ment ..............................
203
Charge level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Energy management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Important warnings when working on the
battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
203
Jump starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Replac ing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Work ing on the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Before driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Belt positioner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Belt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Bio -ethanol (Fuel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Blended gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Blower (automatic climate control) . . . . . . . . 68
Booster seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Brake fluid
Changing the brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
202
Checking the brake fluid l evel . . . . . . . . . . 202
Brake system
Anti-lock brak ing system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
17
Brake fluid specifications for refill and re­
placement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
202
Brake light defective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Brake power assist unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Brakes. .. .. .. ............... .. ..... 170
Ceramic brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Electromechan ical parking brake . . . . . . . . 76
Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Worn brake pads symbol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Index
Braking
Brake assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
167
Emergency braking function . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
braking guard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Break-in period
Brake pads .. .. .. .. ............. .. . .
Tires ..... .... .. .. ........ · · · · · · · · ·
Breaking in ... .. .. .. ............... . .
New tires
Bulbs
C
170
175
175
214
237
California Proposition 65 Warning . . . . . . . 194
Battery specific . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Cargo area
refer to Luggage compartment ...... 63, 116
Catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Center armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
C en tral locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
27
Central locking switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Remote control key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Ceramic brake rotors
New brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
170
Certification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Changing engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Checking
Engin e coolant level. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
199
Child restraints
Danger of using child restraints in the front
seat.... .. .. .. .. .. ............. ....
131
Where can I get add itiona l information
about child restra ints and their use? . . . .
166
Child restraint system anchors . . . . . . . . . . 163
Child safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Impo rtant safety instructions for using child
safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
153
Installing a c hild restraint using the LATCH
system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
165
251

Index
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Adding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Addit ives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Check oil level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15, 18
Oi l consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Pressure malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Sensor defective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Specification and viscosity . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Engine speed limitation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Environment Catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Disposing of your vehicle battery . . . . . . . 206
Driving at high speeds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Fuel ...... .... ........... ........ . . 190
Leaks under your vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
L ett ing the veh icle stand and warm up . . . 177
Proper disposal of drained brake fluid . . . 202
Proper disposal of drained engine coolant 200
Proper disposal of drained engine oil 197, 198
Recycling used engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Unleaded fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
What should I do with an old battery? . . . 206
EPC
refer to Electronic power control . . . . . . . . 18
Ethyl alcohol (Fuel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
E vent Data Recorder (EDR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Expansion tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Exterior lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Exterior mirrors Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Dimming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
He ating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
F
Fan
Radiator 201
Fa sten ing
Booster seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Convertible child safety seats . . . . . . . . . . 156
Infant seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
f lexible fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Floor mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Fog lights/rear fog light(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Folding the rear seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
254
Foot pedals .......................... 116
For the sake of the environment Environmentally-friendly driving . . . . . . . 177
Gasoline fumes and the env ironment . . . . 190
Letting the engine warm up . . . . . . . . . 71 , 73
Refueling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Saving fuel by early upshifting . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Front airbags Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
How they work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Frontal collisions and the laws of physics . . 123
Front passenger's door emergency locking . . 32
Front seats Adjust ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Child restraints in the front seat........ 131
Upper cabin heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Fuel Additives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
B lended gasol ine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Fuel gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Gasoline additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Low fuel level symbol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Octane rating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Recommendation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Refuelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Reserve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Saving fuel ......................... 177
T ank capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Tank system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Unlocking the fuel filler flap by hand . . . . 192
Fuel economy messages (efficiency program) .24
F u el filler flap
Unlocking the fuel filler flap by hand . . . . 192
Fuses Assignment ... .. .. .. ....... 234, 235, 236
Replacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
G
Garage door opene r (Home Link) . . . . . . . . . . 36
Gas discharge lamps ................... 237
Gauges Engine coolant temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Fuel gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
General illustration Instruments and controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

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Generator Wa rni ng/indicator lig hts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 4
Glossa ry of tire and load ing term inology .. 209
Glove compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Valet parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
G PS controlled clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 0
Gross Vehicle Weight Rat ing (GVWR) . . . . . 24 3
H
Head lights
Clean ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Headlights Cleaning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Defective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
H eadlig ht range control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
L eft hand dr ive, right hand dr ive . . . . . . . . . 50
T rave l mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Headlight washe r reservoir . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
H ea d restra ints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Ad justing .. .. .. ... . .... ... .. .. .. 60, 1 14
H eated
exte rior m irro rs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 1
rear w indow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
se ats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
windshie ld washer spray noz zles . . . . . . . . 53
H eating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Heavy clothing and safety belts . . . . . . . . . . 124
H igh be am . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
H igh voltage war ning label . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
H ill descent contro l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
H omelink (garage door ope ne r) . . . . . . . . . . 36
Hood Opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Re lease lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
H orn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
H ow are child res tra int sys tem anchors re lat -
ed to ch ild safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
H ow many airbags does my vehicle have? . . 136
H ow safety belt pretensioners work
128
I
Ignition
switch ing on/off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
I gnition key
E me rgency un loc king. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Index
Ig nition loc k . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
I n dicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Imbalance (whee ls) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Immobilize r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Importantth ingstodobefo redriv ing . ... 111
Imprope rly worn safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Ind icator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Dynam ic steeri ng . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
PASS ENG ER AIR BAG OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
also refer to War ning/ indicato r lights . . . . 11
Infant seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Inf lation press ure (t i res) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Adjust ing the light ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Instruments and contro ls
Genera l illustration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Inte rior ligh ts
F ront ... .. .. .. .. ... .. .. ..... ... .. .. . 51
Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Inte rmit ten t (windsh ie ld w ipers) 53
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Jump-starting 238
Jumper cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
K
Key... ... .. .. .. .. .. ... .. ..... ... .. .. . 28
Battery replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Check lig ht . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Emergency key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28, 72
Ig nit ion/eng ine on/off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Key replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Mecha nica l key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28, 29
r emov ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
u nlocking/lo cking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 0, 32
K ick-dow n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Knee a irbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Desc ription . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
How they work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Important safety instr uctions . . . . . . . . . . 146
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