2018 AUDI A5 COUPE coolant

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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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Index
Cooling system Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
336
Coolant temperature indicato r . . . . . . . . . . 11
C ross ha irs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Cruise control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Cup holders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 6
Curre nt cons umption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
D
Data connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Data protectio n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199, 230
D ata recorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Date ...... .. .. ................... 17,251
Date display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 1
Daytime runni ng lig hts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 1
Declarat ion of compliance
Aud i adapt ive cruise control . . . . . . . . . . .
392
Aud i side assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 392
Ce ll phone package . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 392
Convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 392
Elect ronic immob ilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 392
Garage doo r opener (Home link) . . . . . . . . 39 2
Rem ote con trol key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 392
D EF
refer to AdBlue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326
Defrosting (windows) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
DEF (inst rument cluste r) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Demo mode
refer to Presentation mode . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Destination on the map
Using the MMI touch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
209
Determin ing cor rec t load l imi t
Diese l 356
D iese l part iculate filte r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329
Prewa rm ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Diese l Exhaust Fl uid (DEF)
refer to Ad Blue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326
Diese l fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323
Dig ita l compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Dig ita l Rights Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
D imensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 7
Dimming the exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
D imming the rea rview mir ror . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
D ire ctory
refer to Con tacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
396
D isplay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365
Infotainment system d isp lay . . . . . . 159, 252
Instrument cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Mult ifunct ion steer ing whee l . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Ve rsions (MMI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Doors
Emergency locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Driver informat ion system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
17
Chang ing v iews . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Ene rgy consumers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
On-board computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Outs ide temperat ure display. . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Se rvice in terv al displ ay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340
V iew . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
D river seat
refer to Seating posi tion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
D rives
refer to Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230, 239
Drive select
refer to Audi d rive select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
D rivi ng econom ica lly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Driving safe ly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
D riving through wa ter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
86
D . .
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DVD drive (med ia drives) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
231
Dynam ic steeri ng . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Dynam ic volume
refer to System volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
E
E-mail 185
Econom ica l rou te . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 14
eco (button) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
82
EDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
El ec tromechanical parking b rake . . . . . . . . . 94
Electromechanical steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
E lectronic immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
38
El ectronic stabiliza tion control
referto ESC ..... .. .. ........... 151,152
Emergency assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368
Emergency b raking function . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Emergency call funct io n
A udi con nect eme rgency call and service .
2 05
Emergency flashers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

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Emergency starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381
Emissions control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329
Energy management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
E ng ine
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336
Start/Stop system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Starting/stopping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Starting with jumper cables . . . . . . . . . . . 381
E ng ine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330
Opening and closing the hood . . . . . . . . . . 331
Safety precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332
Adding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335
Checking the oil level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334
Consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334
Dipstick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334
Oil consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333
Specification and viscosity . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332
Temperature display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Engine sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Engine Start/Stop mode
refer to Start/Stop system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Entering character s/numbers ( speller) . . . . 165
Entering letters (speller) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Entertainment sliding menu . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
E ntry/exit lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
E ntry assistance
refer to Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71, 72
Environment Proper disposal of drained engine oil . . . . 335
Unleaded fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322
ESC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Sport mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Evasive steering support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Event Data Recorder (EDR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Expanded view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Exterior lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
External voice operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
F
Factory default settings
Multi Media Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Fader (sound) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Index
Fastening
Booster seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
Convertible child safety seats . . . . . . . . . . 310
Infant seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308
Fast forwarding/rewind ing (audio/video
file) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Fast forwarding (audio/video file) . . . . . . . . 239
Fast route 214
Favorites Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Telephone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
File formats (med ia drives) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Floor mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Foot pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
For the sake of the environment Environmentally-friendly driving . . . . . . . . 86
Fueling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324
Leaks..... .... .. .. ................. 331
Warming up the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Free text search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Nav igation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Telephone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Freeze protection
Coo lant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336
Frequency band . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225, 228
Front airbags
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
How they work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
Frontal collisions and the laws of physics . . 269
Front passenger's door emergency locking . . 42
Front seats
Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Child restraints in the front seat . . . . . . . . 278
also refer to Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 , 72
Fuel Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322
B lended gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322
Current consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322
Fuel filler neck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324
Fuel gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10, 12
Fuel tank capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 388
Gasoli ne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322
Gasoline addit ives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323
397

Index
Starting to drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9S
Starting (eng ine) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89, 92
Steering Electromechanical steering . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
also refer to Electromechanical steering 154
Steering wheel Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Shift paddles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Steering wheel heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
also refer to Multifunction
steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13, 15, 16
Steps for determining correct load limit . . . 356
Stopover (navigation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Stopping (engine) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Storage compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Streaming
refer to Online media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Street View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
S tronic (automatic transmission) . . . . . . . . . 96
Subtitles (DVD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Subwoofer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Sun visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Suspension control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Swap call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Sw itching tabs
refer to Multifunction
steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13, 15, 16
Switching the ignition on/off . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Traffic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
also refer to Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
SYNC (button) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
System settings (MMI) . ...... ... .... .. . 251
System update (MMI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
System volume 256
T
Tachometer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10, 12
Tail lights Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363
TOI clean diesel
refer to Ad Blue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326
Technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386
404
Technical modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 392
Telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Connect ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Dialing a number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Options during a phone call . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Playing music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Temperature display Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Outs ide temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Tether anchors .. .. ... ...... ........ .. 319
Tether strap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319
Text messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Tie-downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79, 265
Tightening specification Wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374
Tighten ing spec ification (wheel bolts) . . . . 374
Time ...... .. .. .. .. .. .. ........... .. 251
Tire Mobility System (tire repair set) . . . . . . 369
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341
Low-profile tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358
quattro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Repair set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369
Replacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371
Tire pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351
Tire pressure monitoring system . . . 359, 360
Tire pressure table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352
Tire pressure (trailer towing mode) . . . . . 104 Unidirectional .... .. .. ........... 343,374
Uniform tire quality grading . . . . . . . . . . . 359
Tires and wheels Glossary of tire and loading terminology . 343
Tires and vehicle load limits . . . . . . . . . . . 355
TMC
refer to Traffic information . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Tone (sound)
refer to Adjusting the sound . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368
Torn or frayed safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
touch
refer to MMI touch
Towing Tow trucks
Towing loop
TPMS 161
383
383,384
Tire pressure monitoring system . . . . . . . 360
Traffic information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222, 223