2017 AUDI A5 CABRIOLET stop start

Backing up is difficult and requires practice.
Backing up with a trailer generally requires steer­
ing action oppos ite to that when backing up your
vehicle without a trailer.
Maintain a greater distance between your vehicle
and the one in front of you. You wi ll need more
room to stop. To compensate for the tra iler, you
will need a larger than normal turning radius.
When passing, remember that you cannot accel­
erate as fast as you normally would because of
the added load. Make sure you have enough room
to pass. After passing, allow plenty of room for
your trailer before changing lanes again.
Avoid jerky starts, sharp turns or rapid lane
changes.
@ Tips
- Do not tow a trailer during the break-in peri­
od of your vehicle.
- If you tow a trailer, your Audi may require
more frequent maintenance due to the ex ­
tra load
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Parking on a slope
Do not pork on o slope with o trailer. If it cannot
be avoided, do so only ofter doing the following:
When parking:
" Apply the foot brake.
"Have someone place chocks under both the ve­
hicle and the trailer wheels.
" With chocks in place, slowly release the brakes
until the wheel chocks absorb the load.
" Turn the wheels towards the curb.
" Apply the parking brake.
" Move the selector lever to P .
When restarting after parking:
" Apply the foot brake.
" Start the engine .
" Move the selector lever to D/S.
" Release the parking brake and slowly pull out
and away from the wheel chocks.
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~ " Stop and have someone retrieve the wheel
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Trailer towing
(D Tips
If you move the selector lever of the automat­
ic transmission to P before applying the park­
ing brake and before blocking the wheels, you
may have to use more force later to move the
lever out of the P posit ion .
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check your tires as soon as possible, and inflate
them to the proper pressure. Driving on a signifi­
cantly under-inflated tire causes the tire to over­
heat and can lead to t ire failure. Under-inflation
a lso reduces fuel efficiency and tire tread life,
and may affect the vehicle 's handling and stop ­
p ing ability .
Please note that the TPMS is not a substitute for
proper tire maintenance, and it is the driver's re­
sponsib ility to ma intain correct tire pressure,
even if under-inflation has not reached the level
to tr igger illum inat ion of the TPMS low tire p res­
sure telltale.
Your veh icle has also bee n eq uipped w ith a TPMS
malfunct ion indicator to indicate when the sys­
tem is not operat ing properly . The TPMS ma l­
function ind icator is combined w ith the low tire
p ressure tellta le. Whe n the system detects a
malfunct ion, the te lltale will flash fo r approx i­
mately one mi nute and then remain continuo usly
illuminated. This sequence will continue upon
subseq uent veh icle start-ups as long as the ma l­
function ex ists .
When t he malfunction indicator is ill uminated,
the system may not be ab le to detect or signal
l ow tire press ure as intended. TPMS ma lf u nctions
may occur for a var iety of reasons, including the
installation of replacement or alternate t ires or
wheels on the vehicle that prevent the TPMS
from functioning properly . Always c heck the
TPMS malfunction telltale afte r rep lacing one o r
mo re t ires o r whee ls on your ve hicl e to e nsur e
th at t he replacement or al tern ate tir es and
wheels a llow the TPMS to con tinue to function
p roperly .
Wheel s
If the Tire Pressure Monitoring System
indicator appears
Applies to : vehicles wi th Tir e Pressure Monito ring Syste m
Th e tire pressure indicator in th e instrument
cluster informs you if the tire pressure is too low
or if there is a system malfunction.
Fi g. 182 Instrument cl uster: indic ator lig ht w ith message
U sing the ABS sensors, the t ire pressure monito r­
i ng system compares the tire tread c ircumfer­
ence and v ibration characterist ics of the ind ividu ­
al tires. If the press ure changes in one or more
t ir es, th is is indicated in the instrument cluster
display with an indica to r li gh t
IE and a message.
If only one tire is affected, the loc ation of tha t
t ir e will be indicated.
T he t ire press ures mus t be stored in the Infota in­
me nt system again each time t he pr essures
c h ange (switching between parti al and full load
pressure) or afte r changing or replac ing a tire on
yo ur vehicle ¢
page 226 . The tire p ressure moni­
toring system on ly monitors the tire pressure you
have stored. Re fer to the t ire pressure label for
the recommended t ire pressure for yo ur vehicle
r=> page217, fig.181.
T ire tread c irc umference and vibration character ­
istics can change and ca use a tire press ure warn­
ing if :
- the tire pressure in one or more tires is too low.
- t he t ire h as str uctural damage.
- t he t ire w as re pla ce d or the t ire pressu re was
ch anged and it was no t store d ¢
page 226 .
- the spare tire* is i nstalled .
Indicator lights
IE Loss of pressure in at least one tire¢.& .
Check the tires and replace or repair if necessary .
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Index
Lower anchorages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Mounting and releasing the anchorage
hook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
165
Child safety seats
Boost er seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
158
Convertible child seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Dang er of using child restraints in the front
seat.... ... .. .. ................ ....
131
How do I properly install a child safety seat
in my vehicle? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
153
Infant seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
LATCH system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Unused safety belts on the rear seat . . . . 155
Child seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Securing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Cigarette lighter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Cleaning/removing ice from windows . . . . . 184
Cleaning Alcantara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Cleaning artificial leather . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Cleaning carbon parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184, 185
Clean ing contro ls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Cleaning decorative parts/trim . . . . . . . . . . 184
Cleaning decorative parts and trim . . . . . . .
184
Cleaning displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Cleaning exhaust tail pipes . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Clean ing plast ic parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Cleaning rims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Cleaning seat covers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Clean ing textiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Cleaning the tail lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Cleaning the wind deflector . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Climate control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Automatic recircu lation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Supplementary heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
synch ronizing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Closing/opening
at the lock cylinder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
32
by remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
with the central locking sw itch . . . . . . . . . .
31
with the convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Coming home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
49
Compact spare tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
also refer to Spare tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
252
Compass in the mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Consumer information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Consumer Information .. ............. . .
Contacting NHTSA
Convenience key 118
118
Ind icator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Starting engine (START ENGINE STOP but-
ton) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
73
Stopping the engine (START ENGINE STOP
button) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
74
Switching on ignition ............... .. . 73
unlocking/locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Convenience opening/closing
Conv ertible child safety seats
Convertible locking retractor
35
156
Activating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Deact ivating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Using to secure a child safety seat . . . . . . 161
Coolant system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Cooling mode (automatic climate control) . . 67
Cooling System
Expansion tank. .. .. .. .. ........... ..
199
Cornering light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Cruise control
Changing speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Presetting your speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Switching off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Switching on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
79
Cruising range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
(upholder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
D
Data recorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Date display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Dayt ime running lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 , 49
Declaration of compliance
Adaptive cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
249
Audi side assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Cell phone package . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Electronic immobilizer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Homelink universal remote control . . . . . 249
Remote control key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Defective light bulb warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Defrosting (windows) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

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Determin ing correct load limit . . . . . . . . . . 22 1
Dig ita l clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Dig ita l compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Di mensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Dimming the rearview mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Doors emergency lock ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
D river information system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 1
Open doo r o r fron t lid wa rn ing . . . . . . . . . . 2 1
Outside temperature d isp lay. ... .. .... .. 21
Sound system display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Dri ver seat
refer to Seat ing pos ition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Driving economically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Driving safe ly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
D riving through wate r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Driving t ime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
D us t filte r
refer to Pollutant filte r (au toma tic A/C sys -
tem) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Dynamic stee ring ............. 101, 167 , 17 1
E
E85 (Fue l) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Easy entry function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
E ff iciency p rogr am . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Fu el economy messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
M emory levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Other equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
E lect ro-mechan ica l powe r ass ist . . . . . . . . . 17 1
Electromechanica l parking brake
Emergency braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Re leas ing and closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
St arting assis t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
S tarting from res t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Starting off w ith a t railer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
E lect ronic d ifferen tial lock
Wa rn in g/i nd ic ator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Electronic Differential Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
E lect ronic diffe ren tial lock ( EDL)
Wa rning/indicator lights.. ... .. .. .... .. 1 7
E lect ronic immob ilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10, 33
Index
El ectron ic powe r contro l
(EPC) warning/indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . 18
El ectron ic spee d lim ite r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
E lectron ic stabilization control
Spo rt mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
E lectron ic Stab ilization Contro l . . . . . . . . . . 167
El ectron ic Stab ilization Contro l (E SC)
War ning/ indica to r li ghts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Emergency actuation
Doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Ign it io n key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Emergency braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
E mergency f lasher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
War ning/ in d ica to r li ghts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Emergency key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Start ing engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Emergency operation
Emergency braking function (parking brake) .7.7
Luggage compartment lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Power top . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Emergency starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
En ergy manage men t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
B attery power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
D rive r notific ation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
E ngine
Compartment .. .. .. ................. 195
Coo lant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 99
Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Start ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71, 73
Starting wi th ju mpe r cab les . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Stopping . ... .. . ... .... . ..... ... .. 7 3, 74
E ngine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 95
S afe ty in str uctions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Working the engi ne compa rtment . . . . . . 193
Engine coolant Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Engine coolant system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Adding coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Checking coolant level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Checking the engine coo lant level . . . . . . . 199
Radiator fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Engine coolant temperature
Temperature gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
E ngine hoo d
Closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
How to release the hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
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Seat heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Upper cabin heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Seating capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Seating position Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Front passenger . ................ ... . 113
How to adjust the front seats . . . . . . . . . . 113
Incorrect seat position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Occupants .. .. .. ........... .. .. ..... 112
Rear passengers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Seats Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Adjusting in the MMI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Convenience s ide view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Correct seating position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Dr iver's seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
F olding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Front passenger's seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Number of seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Power easy entry function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Safety guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Seat symmetry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Seat ventilat ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Seat (upper cabin heating) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Selective unlock feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Selector lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Emergency release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Selector lever emergency re lease . . . . . . . . . 87
Service and disposal
Safety belt pretensioner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Service interval display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Service position
refer to Replacing w iper blades . . . . . . . . . 54
SET button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Shutting down vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Side airbags Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
H ow they work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
side assist Adjusting the brightness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Sensor range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Side assist Activating and deactivating . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Cleaning the sensors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Side marker lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Ski sack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Index
Snow chains
222
Sound system display ................... 21
Sources of information about child restraints
and their use
.... .. .. ............... .. 166
Spare tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Speed warning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Sport d ifferent ial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Indicator lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
START ENG INE STOP button (convenience
key ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
S TART ENGINE STOP button (Convenience
key) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Starting from rest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Start ing off with a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Starting the engine ................. 71, 73
Steering Locking the steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
also refer to Electro-mechan ical power as-
sist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Steering wheel Adjusting steering column . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16, 171
Steps for determining correct load limit . . . 221
Stopping the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73, 74
Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
S tronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Selector lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
S tronic transmission Emergency release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Launch Contro l Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Sun visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Symbols
refer to Warning/i ndicator lights . . . . . . . . 11
T
Tachomete r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
T echn ical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Technical modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Tie-downs 64,118
t iptronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Automatic Shift Lock (ASL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Emergency mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Manua l shift program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Selector lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
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