Audi A5 Coupe 2013 User manual

2013 Audi AS Coupe I 55 Coupe
Owner 's Manual
Audi
Vo r spr u ng du r ch Techn ik (HO

Introduction
Thank you for choosing an Audi -we value your trust in us.
Your new Audi incorporates the newest technology as well as nume rous features
designed for your comfort , convenience and safety . We recommend you read
your Owner's Manual thoroughly so that you can quickly become acquainted w it h
you r Audi.
In addition to explaining how the different features work , we also give you many
usef ul tips and information concerning your safety and that of yo ur passengers,
how to care fo r you r vehicle and maintain your vehicle's value.
We hope you enjoy driving your Audi and we w ish you safe and pleasant motor-
ing .
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2 Table of contents
Vehicle literature . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
About this Owner's Manual . ..
Controls and equipment . . . .. .
Ins t ruments and controls . . . .
General illus tr at ion .... . . . . . . . . .. .
Instruments and warning /
indicator lights ...... . . . . . . . . . .
Inst ruments . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . .. .
War ning/ indi cator lights . . . . . . . . . . .
Driver information d isplay . . . .
I ntroduct ion . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . .. .
Trip computer . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . .. .
Gearshift Indicator ........ . . . . . .. .
Efficiency program ........ . . . . . . . .
Service interval display . . . . . . . . . . . .
On-Board Diagnostic system (OBD) . . .
Opening and closing .. . . . . . . . .
Power locking system .. . . . . . . . . . . .
Rear lid . . . . ................ . . . . .
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Power windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Panorami c til ti ng sunroof . . . . . . . . . .
Valet parking ............ . . . . . . . .
Clear vision ............ . . . . . .. .
Lights . . . . ... . .......... . . . . . . . .
I nt erior lights . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . .. .
V1s1on ... . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . .. .
Wi per and washer system . . . . . . . . . .
Digita l compass .......... . . . . . .. .
Seats and storage . . . . . . . . . . . . .
General recommendat ions . . . . . . . . .
Front seats ................ . . . .. .
Head restraints .......... . . . . . .. .
Seat memory . . . ...... . ... . . . . . . .
Ashtray . . . . ................ . . . . .
Cigaret te lighte r . ... ... . . . . . . . . . . .
St orage . ... . . . .......... . . . . . . . .
Roof rack . . . ............ . ...... .
Luggage compartmen t . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Warm and cold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Cli mat e controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
On the road . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . .
Steering . . . ... . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . .
Ig nit ion lock . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . .
Convenience key .. . ............ . . .
Driver messages .. . ............ . . .
Electromechanical parking brake ... .
Speed warning system .. . . ... . . . . . .
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Cruise cont rol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Transm1ss1on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Manual t ransmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Tiptronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
S t roni c® . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Audi adaptive cruise control
and braking guard . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
I ntroduc t ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
General informa t ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Audi adaptive cruise contro l . . . . . . . . 97
Audi braking guard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Audi side assist . . . . . .... . . . . . .
Lane change assistant
105
105
Audi drive select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Driving settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Park as s ist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Parking system . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . 112
Parking system (rear) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Parking system (rear, with rear view
camera) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Homelink ® . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Universal remote control........ . .. 119
Safety first . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Driving Safely . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
General notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Proper occupant seating positions . . . 125
Driver and passenger side foo twe ll . . . 129
Pedal area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Stow ing luggage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 0
Reporting Saf ety Defects . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
General notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Why safety belts? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 7
Safety belt pretens ioners . . . . . . . . . . 140
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Important things to know . . . . . . . . . . 142
Front airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Monitor ing the Advanced Airbag
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Knee airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Side curta in airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Ch ild Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
I mpor t ant things to know . . . . . . . . . . 166
Child safety seats. . .... . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Install ing a child safety seat . . . . . . . . 176
LATCH Lower anchorages and tethe r
for children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Addit ional Information 184
Vehicle operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Intelligent technology . . . . . . . . 185
Not ice about data recorded by vehicle
control modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Elect ronic Stabilization Control (ESC). 185
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Elect ro-me chanical power assist,
dynam ic steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Driving w ith your quattro ® . . . . . . . . . 190
Energy management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 1
Driving and environment . . . . . 193
The f irst 1,000 miles (1,500 km) and
afterwards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Avoid damaging the vehicle . . . . . . . . . 193
Driving through water on roads . . . . . 193
Catalyti c converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Operate your vehicle econom ically and
minim ize pollution ......... . ..... . 195
Trailer towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Driving w ith a t railer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Trailer towing tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
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Vehicle care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Cleaning and protection . . . . . . 200
General information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Care of exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Careof interior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Fuel supply and filling your
fuel tank . . . . . . . . . . ............. 211
Gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Fuel tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... . . . . 213
Checking and filling . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Engine hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Engine compartment .............. 218
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Engine cooling system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Windshie ld/headlight* washer
container . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Tires and wheels . . . . .... . . . . . .
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . .
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231
Tire pressure monitoring system 249
Do-it-yourself service . . . . . . . . . 252
What do I do now? . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Vehicle tool kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2S2
Space-saving spare tire (compact
spare t ire) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Changing a wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Fuses and bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2S9
Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... . . . . 259
Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Emergency situations . . . . . . . . . 263
General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Starting by pushing or towing . . . . . . . 263
Start ing with jumpe r cables . . . . . . . . 263
Use of ju mpe r cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Emergency t owing with commercia l
tow truck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Lifting vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
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Technic a l d a t a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
General information . . . . . . . . . . 269
Explanation of technical data . . . . . . . 269
Vehicle ident ific at ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Weight s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Dimensions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
211 hp, 2.0 liter4-cy l. engine. . . . . . . 271
333 hp, 3.0 lite r 6-cyl. engine . . . . . . . 272
Consumer Information . . . . . . . 273
Warranty coverages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Operating your vehicle outside the
U.S.A. or Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Audi Service Repair Manuals and
Literature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Maintenance. . .......... . . . . . . .. . 273
Additional accessories, modificat ions
and parts replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Declaration of Compli ance,
Telecommunica t ions and Elect ronic
Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Ind ex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278

I n addition to t his Owner's Manual, your Audi
comes w ith a Warranty & Maintena nce book-
let.
Moreover, dependi ng on t he mode l and t he
equip ment, t here may be additiona l instr uc-
tion booklets delivered w ith your vehicle (for
examp le, Operat ing Instr uctions f or your
Sound System, Navigation System etc .).
If you are m issing one of these publicat ions,
or if you believe that the inf ormation is not
comp lete, contact you r aut horized Audi dealer
for assistance.
The Warranty & Maintenance booklet
explains how you can keep your Audi in top
driving conditi on by having it serviced regular -
ly and conta ins deta iled info rmat ion about
the wa rranties covering your Audi. Always
have the book let with you when you take your
vehicle to an auth orized Audi dealer for serv-
ice. Your Audi Service Advisor will record each
schedul ed service and can answer any qu es-
tions you may have regarding how to maintain
your vehicle.
In Canada,
t he vehicle lite ratu re is also available in
French. To obtai n a copy, contact your dealer
or w rit e to :
Au Canada, on peut se procure r un exempla ire
en fran~ais de ce document aupres du conces-
sionna ire ou de:
Volkswagen Canada, Inc.
Client Assistance
Assistance a la Clientele
77 7 Bayly Street, West,
Aj ax, Ontario LIS 7G7
If you sell your Audi
all literatu re should be left in the vehicle to
make the Warranty terms as well as all oper-
ating, safety and maintenance information
available t o the next owne r.
Vehicle literature 5
If you change your address or if you
bought this Audi used
be sure to send in a "Notice of Addr ess
Change" I " Notice of Used Car Purchase" post
card. This card can be fo und in the War ranty &
Maint enance booklet or obtained from your
autho rized Audi dealer.
It is in your own interest that we are able to
contact you should the need arise .
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6 About this Owner 's Manual
This owner's manua l contains important infor-
mation, tips, suggestions, and warnings for
the use of your vehicle.
Make sure that this owner's manua l is always
located in the vehicle. This is especially impor-
tant if you allow other people to drive the ve-
hicle, or if you sell it.
This owner's manua l describes the equipment
range specified for this mode l at the editoria l
deadline date. Some of the equipment descri-
bed here will on ly be available at a later date,
or only in specific markets.
Some sections in this owner's manua l do not
apply to all vehicles . In that case, the range of
applicability is given at the beginn ing of the
section, e.g., "Applies to vehicles: with ad-
vanced parking system". In addition, optional
or vehicle -specific equipment is indicated by
an aster isk "*" .
Illustrations may be different from those in
your vehicle, and are intended to be viewed as
a basic guide .
You will find a table of contents at the begin-
ning of this book, which disp lays all topics de-
scribed in this manual in order of appearance.
You will find an alphabetical index at the end
of this book .
All directions, such as " left", "right", "front",
''back", are relative to the direct ion of travel.
* Optional or vehicle-specific equipment
.,.. This section continues on the next page.
® Registered trademar ks are identified with
a®. If th is symbol is missing, it is no guar-
antee that the terms can be used free ly.
~ &. Cross-reference to a "WARNI NG!" with-
in a section. For ind ication w ith a page num-
ber, the corresponding "WARNING!" can be
found outside of the section .
A WARNING
Text with this symbol contains important
information on safety and how to reduce
the risk of personal injury or death.
(D Note
Text with this symbo l draws your attention
to potentia l sources of damage to your ve-
hicle.
@) For the sake of the environment
Text with this symbo l contains information
about the environment and how you can
help protect it.
{!) Tips
Text with this symbo l contains special tips
and other information about gett ing the
most out of your vehicle and its features.

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8 Instruments and controls
Instruments and controls
General illustration
Fig. l Cockpit: left section
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Fig. 2 Cockpit : right section