2018 AUDI A5 COUPE warning light

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@ For the sake of the environment
-Changing the engine settings wi ll adversely
affect emission leve ls. Th is is detrimental to
the env ironment and increases fuel con­
sumption.
- Always observe environmental regu lations
when disposing of old engine o il, used brake
flu id, d irty engine coolant, spent batteries
or worn out tires .
- Undeployed airbag modules and pretension­
ers might be classified as Perchlorate Mate­
rial -spec ial handling may apply, see
www .dtsc.ca.gov/hazardouswaste/perchlo­
rat e. When the vehicle or pa rts of the re­
straint system including airbag modules
safety be lts with pretens ioners are scrap­
ped, a ll applicab le laws and regulations
must be observed. Your a uthorized Audi
dealer is familiar with these requirements
and we recommend that you have your deal­ er perform this service for you.
Accessories and
technical changes
Additional accessories and parts
replacement
Always consult on authori zed Audi dealer before
purchasing accessories.
Audi vehicles that are constructed w ith advanced
materials like Steel/Aluminum (Hybrid construc­
tion), Aluminum (Audi Space Frame), and/or Alu­ minum/Carbon Fiber (Ultra Advanced Light
We ight Materials) are as unique as the ir drivers .
Therefore, the ava ilability of certain parts needed
for repair , restoration , or reconstruction wi ll be
restricted , or parts will be unava ilable, if the ve­
hicle is not repaired at an a uthorized Audi colli­
sion repair facility. This includes but is not limit­
ed to structura l parts which require specialized
training and equipment to restore their crash ­
worthiness back to the original NHTSA and IIHS performance.
Your vehicle incorporates the latest safety design
features ensuring a high standard of active and
passive safety.
Consumer Inf ormation
This safety could be compromised by non-ap ­
proved changes to the vehicle. For this reason, if
parts have to be rep laced, please observe the fol­
lowing points when install ing additional accesso­
ries:
Approved Audi accessories and genuine Audi parts are avai lab le from authorized Aud i dea lers.
T hese dea le rs also have the necessa ry facilities,
tools and trained specialists to install the parts
and accessories properly .
A WARNING
-Using the wrong spare parts or using non-ap-
proved accessories can cause damage to the
vehicle and serious personal injury.
- Use on ly accessories expressly approved by
Aud i and genuine Audi spare parts
- These parts and accessor ies have been spe­
cially designed to be used on your vehicle.
- Do not use license plate brackets in the
front area that are different from the one
installed at the factory, or add additional
li­
cense plate brackets.
- Never install accessor ies such as telephone
cradles or beverage holders on airbag covers
or w ith in the airbag deployment zones. Do­
ing so will increase the risk of injury if a ir­
bags are triggered in an accident!
- Before you check anyth ing in the engine
compartment, always read and heed all
WARNINGS
9poge 330.
(D Note
- If items other than genu ine Audi spare
parts, add -on equipment and accessory
items are used or if repair work is not per­
formed according to specified methods, this
can result in seve re damage to your vehi­
cle's engine and body (such as corrosion)
and adversely affect your vehicle's warranty.
- If emergency repa irs must be performed
elsewhere, have the vehicle exam ined by an
authorized Audi dealer as soon as possib le .
- The manufacturer cannot be held liable for
damage which occurs due to failure to com­
ply with these stipulations .
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A/C MAX (button) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
A/C (button) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
ABS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Accessories 75,391
Active lane assist Cleaning the camera area ......... ... .
also refer to Audi active lane assist .. .. .
Active rollover protection system ... .... .
Adapt ive cr uise control ............ .... .
Cleaning the sensors ................ .
Distance indicator and distance warning .
Messages .. .. ................ ..... .
Predictive control .
.......... .. .. .... .
Traffic jam assist ............. .. .... .
Ad Blue
. . .. .. .. ................ ..... .
Messages
Additional accessories 363
130
265
113
363
123 123
120 121
326
326
391
Adjusting air distribution (automatic climate
control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Adjusting the sound 255
Adjusting the temperature (automatic climate
control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Advanced key
refer to Convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Airbag . ... .. .. ................ ..... . 277
Airbag system .. ..... ....... ...... 277,297
Advanced Airbag System components . . . 284
Care .. .. .. .. .. ............. .. .. .. . 292
Ch ildren . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304
Child restraints
Components (front airbags) ..... ..... .
Danger of fitting a child safety seat on the
front passenger seat .......... .. .... .
Disposal . .. .. .. ............. .. .. .. .
Front airbags ......... ..... ... . .
How do the front airbags work? ....... .
H ow many airbags does my vehicle have?
H ow the Advanced Airbag System compo-
nents work together .......... .. .. .. .
Important safety instructions on the knee
airbag system ................. ..... .
Indicator light ..................... .
K . b nee air ags .. ............... .. .... .
Monitoring . .. ............... .. .... .
PASSENGER AIR BAG light ....... .. .. .
Repairs .. .. .. ........ ..... ... ... .. . 304
284
278 292
282
287 284
286
295 289
293
289
289
292
Index
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
When must the system be inspected? . . . 289
Air pressure Tires · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·
· · ....... .. .. 351
Alignment pin (changing the wheel) . . . . . . 368
All season tires . ... .. ................ . 357
All weather lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
All wheel drive Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
also refer to quattro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
AMI
refer to Audi music interface . . . . . . . 236, 237
Android Auto
refer to Aud i smartphone interface . . . . . 249
Anti -freeze
Windshield washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . 339
Anti- lock braking system
refer to ABS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Anti-Slip Regu lation
refer to ASR ... .. .................. .
Apple CarP lay
refer to Aud i smartphone interface ... ..
Arrow view
ASR
Audi active lane assist Messages
Audi connect emergency call and service ..
Online roadside assistance
.......... ..
Audi connect vehicle contro l ............
Parking location .. .................. .
Remote locking and unlocking ..... .. . .
Vehicle status report ............... . . 151
249 23
151
130
132
205
206
201
202
202
202
Audi connect (Infotainment) . . . . . . . . 191, 198
Data protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Services overview
' . . ................ .
Starting ...... .. .. ................ .
Audi drive select
. .. .. ............. .. ..
Audi Entertainment mobile ...... ... .. ..
Audi music interface . ................. .
Audi music stream
refer to Wi-F i .. .. .. ............... . .
Audio files
.. .... .. .. ............... ..
Audio player
Bluetooth audio player .............. .
Wi-Fi audio player . ................. .
Audio track 192
192
138
238
236
234
239
233
234
242
393

Index
Refueling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324
Fuel filler door emergency release . . . . . . 326
Remote control
refer to Remote control key . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Remote control key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Remote control operation
Garage door opener (Homelink) . . . . . . . . . 51
Remote lock ing and unlocking
Aud i connect vehicle control . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Removing the caps (wheel bolts) ........ . 371
Repair manuals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389
Repairs
A ' b tr ag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
Replacement key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Replacing Light bulbs
380
Replacing wiper blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Reporting Safety Defects . . . . . . . . . . . 266, 267
Reset
refer to Restart (MMI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Reset button (trip odometer) . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Resetting the trip odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Residual heat (automatic climate control) . . 84
Restart (MMI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Retractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Reverse gear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Rewinding (audio/video file) . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Right control button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Rims ...... ... .. ................ ... . 357
Clean ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364
Ringtone settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Roaming
refer to Data connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Rollbar
refer to Active rollover protection system 265
Roof rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Roof load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
also refer to Roof rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Route criteria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Route guidance
refer to Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Running direction (tires) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374
s
Safe driving habits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
402
Safety
Airbag system ... .. .. .............. .
Be lts
........ ... .. .. ...............
Cargo
Correct seating position ............ . .
Pedal area ........ ... .............. .
Telephone .... ... .. .. ........ ..... . .
Safety belt h eight adjustment .......... .
Safety belt microphone . .. ........... . .
Safety belt position .. .. ............. . .
Safety belt height adjustment ........ .
Safety belts worn by pregnant women . . .
Safety be lt pretensioner 277
268
263
259
263
178
274
189
273
274
274
Service and disposal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Safety be lts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268, 272
Belt positioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365
Danger to passengers who do not wear a
safety belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Fastening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Improperly worn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Not worn .................. ........ 270
Safety be lt position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Securing child safety seats ............ 313
Special considerations for pregnant wom-
en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Unfastening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Warning/indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Worn properly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Safety belt warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Safety instructions for side curtain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
for us ing child safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
for using safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Monitoring the Advanced Airbag System 291
Saving fuel Energy consumers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
R t· ecu per a ton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Scan (radio) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Screen
refer to Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13, 16
Screwdriver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368
SD card reader (MMI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
sos
refer to Voice recognition system . . . . . . . 170
Search area (point of interest) . . . . . . . . . . . 210

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Search function
refer to Free text search
Seat adjustment
H ead restraints
Seat belts 167,241
261
refer to Safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Seat heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Seating capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Sea ting position
Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Front passenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
How to adjust the front seats . . . . . . . . . . 260
Incorrect seat position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Occupants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Rear passengers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Seats Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
C leaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365
Correct seating position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Easy seat entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Number of seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Seat ventilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Seconda ry phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180, 253
Select ing a source (media) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Selection menu ................ 14, 160, 164
Selectiv e catalytic r eduction
refer to Ad Blue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326
Selective wheel torque control . . . . . . . . . . 151
Selector lever
Selector lever positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Self-l earning navigation
refer to Pe rsona l route assistance
213
Service and disposal Safety belt pretensioner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Service interval display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340
Service position
refer to Replacing wiper blades . . . . . . . . . 68
SE T REAR (button) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Settings Directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Map ... .. .. .. ............... .. .... . 218
Media ... .. .. ............. .. .. .. .. . 242
Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
System (MMI) ................. ..... . 251
T ele phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Voice recognition system ...... .. .. .. . 251
Index
Setting the language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Shift paddles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Shortcut keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158, 165
Shuffle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
How they work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
S ide assist
Cleaning the sensors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363
Rea r cross-traffic assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 7
also refer to Audi side assist . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Side curtain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
D escription . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
How they wo rk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
S afety ins tructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
SiriusXM alert notifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Snow cha ins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358
Socket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Software update
refer to Map update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19S
refer to System update (MMI) . . . . . . . . . . 254
Software (MMI) License agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Sources of information about child restraints
and their use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321
Space -saving spare tire (compact spare tire) 3.75
Spare tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375
Spare wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375
Sp eed depend ent volume control
Speed limit info
refer to Traffic sign recognit ion
Speed limits 255
109
refer to Traffic sign recognit ion . . . . . . . . 109
Sp eedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Speed warning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Speller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Sport differential . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Sport view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Stabilization program
refer to ESC . ... . .. .... ...... ... 151, 152
Start/Stop system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Switching off/on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
START ENGINE STOP button . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
403

Traffic messages..................... . 218
Traffic sign recognition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Trailer mode (navigation)........ .. .. .. . 216
Trailer tow ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Parking systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Technical requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Transport Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Travel guide
refer to Travel (travel gu ide) . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Travel (travel guide) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Treb le (sound) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Trunk lid
Trunk escape latch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
46
Turn assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Turn signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
u
U LSD No . 2 (Diesel fuel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323
Unfastening safety belts ......... ..... . 274
Uniform t ire quality grad ing . . . . . . . . . . . . 359
Unlocking/locking
By remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
With the central locking switch . . . . . . . . .
41
W ith the convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
W ith the lock cylinder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Updating stations (radio) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
USB stick
refer to Audi music interface ..... .. 236, 237
V
Valet parking function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Vanity mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Vehicle
Care/cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
362
Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387
Out of service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367
Raising . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386
Vehicle battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338
Charge level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339
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Index
Vehicle jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368
Lifting points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372
Vehicle key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Vehicle status report
Audi connect vehicle control . . . . . . . . . . .
202
Vehicle tool kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368
Ventilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Version information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
VIEW button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
VIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386
Voice guidance
refer to Multifunction
steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
13, 15, 16
Voicemail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Voice recognit ion system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
External . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Mult ifunct ion steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Operating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Volume ............................ 256
Volume 255
w
Warning lights
refer to Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Warranty coverages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389
Washing matte finish pa int . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362
Web radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387
What happens if you wear your safety belt too
loose? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
273
What happens to unbelted occupants? . . . . 270
What impairs driving safety? . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357
Wheel replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371
Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364
Glossary of tire and loading term inology . 343
Replacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371
T ire pressure monitoring system . . . . . . . 360
Tires and vehicle load limits . . . . . . . . . . . 355
Wheel wrench . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368
When must a safety belt be replaced? . . . . 271
When must the a irbag system be inspected? 289
Where are lower anchorages located? . . . .
317
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