Audi A7 Sportback 2015 User manual

Owner's Manual
2015 Audi A7 Sportback I 57 Sportback
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Foreword
Than k you for choosing an Audi -we value your trust in us.
Yournew Audiwill allow you to experience the best in groundbreaking technolo -
gy and prem ium quality equ ipment a vehicle has to offer. We recommend that
you read your Owner's Manual tho roughly so that you quickly become acquaint-
ed with your Audi and make use of a ll of its features.
In addition to explaining how the different features work, we provide many use-
ful tips and information concerning your safety, how to care for your vehicle and
how to ma inta in your vehicle's value. We also give you useful tips and informa-
tion on how to drive your vehicle more efficiently and in an environmenta lly
friendly manne r.
In the Owner's Manual packet, you will also find an Owner's Manual for your In-
fota inment system and the vehicle ma intenance schedule .
We hope you enjoy driving your Audi and we wish you safe and pleasant motor-
ing.
AUDIAG

2 Table o f content s
Vehicle lite ra tu re . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
About thi s Owner' s Manual . . . 6
Contr o l s and e qui p m e nt . . . .. .
Ins t ruments and controls . . . .
General illustration ...... . . . . . . .. .
Instruments and warning /
indicator lights ...... . . . . . . . . . .
Instruments ............ . . . . . . .. .
Warning/indicator lights .. . . . . . . . . .
Driver information display .. . . . . . . . .
On-Board Diagnostic system (OBD) . . .
Opening and closing . . . . . . . . . .
Keys . . . ..... . .......... . . . . . .. .
Power locking system ..... . . . . . . . .
Rear lid . . . . . ....... ........ .... .
Child safety lock for the rear doors . . .
Power windows ........... . ... . . .
Valet park ing . . .......... . . . . . .. .
Sliding/tilting sunroof ... . . . . . . . . . .
Garage door opener (HomeL ink) . . .. .
Clear vision . . ........ . . . . . . . . . .
Lights . . . . . . ............ . . . . . . . .
Interior lights .... . ...... . . . . . . .. .
V1s1on. . . . . . . . . . . ...... . ... . . .. .
Wiper and washer system . . . . . . . . . .
Mirrors . ................ . . . . . .. .
Seat s and storage . . . . . . . . . . . . .
General recommendations . . . . . . . . .
Front seats .................. . .. .
Head restraints .......... . ... . .. .
Seat memory . . . ... ... .. . . . . . . . . .
Ashtray . . . . ................ . . . . .
Cigarette lighter ................. .
12-vo lt sockets ........... . . . . . .. .
Storage . . . .............. . . . . . . . .
Roof rack . . . . . . . . .... . . . ... . . .. .
Luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . .
Pass-through with ski sack . . . . . . . . .
Warm and cold . .... . . . . . . . . .. .
Climate controls .. . .... . . . . . . . . .. .
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Three-zone climate control . . . . . . . . . 70
Four-zone automatic climate control .
Steering wheel heating . . .... . . . . . .
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On the road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Starting and stopping the engine . . . . 76
Electromechanical parking brake . . . . 79
Start-Stop-System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Speed warning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Audi adaptive cruise control
and braking guard . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
General information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Audi adaptive cruise cont rol . . . . . . . . 88
Audi braking gua rd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Audi active lane assist . . . . . . . . 95
Active lane assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Audi side assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Lane Change Assistant. . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Audi drive select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Driving settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Raising/lowering the vehicle . . . . . . . . 104
Driver messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Night vision assistant . . . . . . . . . 105
Night vision assistant with detected
pedestr ian marking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Automatic Transmission . . . . . . 109
S tronic, tiptronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Parking systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
General information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Parking system plus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Rear view camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Peripheral cameras . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Adjusting the display and the warning
tones. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Error messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 7
Trailer hitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 7

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S a fet y fir st . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Driving Safely . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
General notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Proper occupant seating posit ions . . . 129
Driver and passenger side footwell . . . 133
Pedal area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Stowing luggage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Report ing Safety Defects . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
General notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Why safety belt s? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 1
Safety belt pret ensioners . . . . . . . . . . 145
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
I mpor t ant th ings t o know . . . . . . . . . . 147
Front airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Monitoring the Advanced Airbag
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Knee airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Side curta in airbags .... . . . . . . ... . .
Ch ild Safety ........... . ... . . . .
Important things to know .. . . . . . . . .
Child safety seats ...... . ..... . ... .
Install ing a child safety seat . . . . ... .
LATCH Lower ancho rages and tethe rs
fo r children . . ............ . ... . . . .
Addit ional I nforma t ion
Audi pre sense ........ . . . . . . . .
Prevent ati ve passenger protec t ion
Vehicle operation ..... . . . . . . . .
Intelligent technology . . . . . . . .
Not ice about data recorded by the
Event Data Recorder and vehicle
control mod ules . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . .
Electronic Stabilization Control (ESC) .
Rear spoiler . ............ . ... . . . .
Braking .. . . . ................ . . . .
Electromechan ical power assist,
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dynam ic steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Driving w ith your quattro . . . . . . . . . . 200
Energy management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 1
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Driving and environment . . . . . 203
The first 1,000 miles (1,500 km) and
afterwa rds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Avoid damaging the vehicle . . . . . . . . . 204
Driving through water on roads . . . . . 204
Catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Diesel particulate filter . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Shutting down vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Operate your vehicle economically and
min imi ze poll ut ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 5
Trailer towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Driving wit h a t railer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Trailer tow ing t ips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Vehicle care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Vehicle care and cleaning . . . . . 212
General informa t ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Carwashes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Cleaning and care information . . . . . . 213
Fuel supply and filling your
fueltank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . 217
Gasoline .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . . .. .. .. .. 217
Diesel fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Fuel tank.. . . . . . . . . . . . .......... . 219
Selective catalytic reduction . . . . . . . . 221
Checking and filling . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Engine hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Engine cooling system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Windshie ld/headlight * washer
container . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Tires and wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Tire pressure monitoring system 270
Do-it-yourself service . . . . . . . . . 273
What do I do now? . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Emergency warn ing triangle . . . . . . . . 273
Vehicle tool kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Changing a wheel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
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Fuses and bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Fuses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 1
Bulbs. . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . 284
Emergency situations . . . . . . . . . 285
General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Starting by pushing or tow ing . . . . . . . 285
Starting with jumper cables . . . . . . . . 285
Use of jumper cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
Emergency towing with commercial
tow truck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
Lift ing vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 1
Technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
Vehicle ident ificati on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 1
Weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 1
Dimensions . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . .. . 29 2
Capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
Gasoline engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Diesel engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Consumer Information . . . . . . . 294
Warranty coverages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
Operating your vehicle outside the
U.S.A. or Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
Audi Service Repair Manuals and
Literature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
Addit ional accessories, modifications
and parts replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
Declaration of Compliance,
Telecommunication and Electronic
Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
Inde x ... . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . ... 299

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I n addition to t his Owner's Manual, your Audi
comes w ith t he
- MMI Operating I nst ructi ons
- Warranty & Maintenance boo klet .
If you are missing one of these publicat ions,
or if you believ e that the information is not
comp lete, contact you r aut horized Audi dealer
for assistanc e.
MMI Operating Instructions
contain detailed description of the Audi Multi
Media Interface (MMI) including t he naviga-
tion system, the sound system and the hand-
held pho ne.
The Warranty & Maintenance booklet
explains how you can keep your Audi in top
driving condition by having it serviced regular-
ly and conta ins detai led info rmat ion about
the wa rranties covering your Aud i. Always
have the boo klet with you when you take your
vehicle to an author ized Audi dealer for serv-
ice. Your Audi Service Advisor will record each
schedul ed service and can answe r any qu es-
tions you may have regarding how t o ma int ain
your vehicl e.
In Canada,
the vehicle lite rat ure is also available in
French. To obta in a copy, cont act your dealer
or wri t e to:
Au Canada, on peut se procure r un exemp laire
en fr an<;aisde ce document aupres du conces-
sionnair e ou de:
Audi Canada
Client Assistance
Assist ance a la Clientele
777 Bayly St reet , West ,
Aj ax, Ontario LlS 7G7
If you sell your Audi
all lite ratu re should be left in the vehicle t o
make t he Warranty terms as we ll as all oper-
ating, safety and maintenan ce inform ati on
availa ble t o t he 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 Address
Change"/ " Notice of Used Car Purchase" post
card. This card can be fo und in the Warranty &
Maintenance 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 only 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: w ith Ad-
vanced Parking System" . In addit ion, 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.
~ .&. Cross-reference to a "WARNING!" 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
Fig. 2 Cockpit : right section