Audi AS Cabriolet 2015 User manual

Owner's Manual
2015 Audi AS Cabriolet I S5 Cabriolet
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2015 Audi ASCabriolet
2015 Audi S5 Cabriolet
Foreword
Thank you for choosing an Audi - we·value your trust in us.
Your new Audi will allow you to experience the best in groundbreaking technolo-
gy and premium quality equipment avehicle hasto offer. We recommend that
you read your Owner's Manual thoroughly so that you quickly become acquaint-
ed with your Audi and make useof all 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 carefor your vehicle and
how to maintain your vehicle's value. We also give you useful tips and informa-
tion on how to drive your vehicle more efficiently and in an environmentally
friendly manner.
In the Owner's Manual, you will also find the Operating Manual for your Info-
tainment system and the vehicle maintenance schedule.
We hope you enjoy driving your Audi and we wish you safe and pleasant motor-
ing.
AUDIAG

Table of contents
Owne r's Literature 5
About this Owner's Manual . . . . . . 6
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Cockpit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
General illus tration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Instrument s and indicator lights 10
Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Indicator ligh ts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Driver information system . . . . . . 23
Int roduct ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Trip computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Efficiency program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Service interval display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
On Board Diagnostic System (OBD) . . . . . . 28
Opening and closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Central locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Luggage compartment lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
PowerWindows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Valet parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Garagedoor opener (HomeLink) . . . . . . . . 38
Power top . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Automatic power top . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Wind deflector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Power top emergency operation . . . . . . . .
Lights and Vision .......... . . . . . . .
Exterio r lighting .............. . . . . . . .
Interior light ing ... . .. .. .. . . . . . . . . . . .
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V1s1on. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Windshield wipers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5S
Digital compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Seats and storage .... . . . . . . . . . . . .
General info rmation . .... . . . . . . . . . . . .
Front seats . . . . . . ............ . . . . . . .
Head restrain ts ... . .. .. .. . ... . . . . . . .
Memory function ........ . . . . . . . . . . . .
Ashtray ... . . . . . ................ . . . .
Cigarette lighter . . . . . . ... .. . . . . . . . . . .
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Storing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Luggage compartmen t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
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Warm and cold . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . .
Climate control system . . . . .... . . . . . . . 68
68
Dr1v1ng . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . 73
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Ignition lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Driver messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Electromechanical parking brake . . . . . . . 77
Speed warning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Cruise control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Automatic transmission . . . . . . . . . 83
mult itron ic, Stronic, tiptron ic . . . . . . . . . . 83
Audi adaptive cruise control and
braking guard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
General informa tion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Audi adaptive cruise cont rol . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Audi braking guard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Audi side assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Side assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Audi drive select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Driving settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Parking System . . . . .......... . . . .
Parking system ... . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . .
Rearparking system . . . . . . .... . . . . . . .
Rear parking system with rearview
camera
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Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Driving safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Basics .... . . . . . . . . . . . ............ . .
Correct passenger seating positions . . . . .
Driver's and front passenger's footwell . .
Pedal area .. . . . ... . ................ .
Storing cargo correctly . . . . .. ... . .. . . .
Reporting Safety Defects .......... . . . .
Active rollove r protection system
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Safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
General informa tion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Why usesafety belts? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

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Safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Belt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Airbag system ............... . . . . . 132
Important information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Front airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Monitoring the Advanced Airbag System . 142
Kneeairbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Child safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Important information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Child seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Securing child seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
LATCHsystem (Lower anchorages and
tethers for children) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Additional information 168
Driver messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Smart Technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Notice about data recorded by the Event
Data Recorder and vehicle control
modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Electronic Stabili zation Control (ESC). . . . 170
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Electro-mechanical power assist, dynamic
steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Driving with your quattro . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Energy management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Driving and the environment . . . . 177
Breaking in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Avoid damaging the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Driving through water on roads . . . . . . . . 177
Catalytic converter................... 178
Shutting down vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Economical and environmentally -friend ly
driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Trailer mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Driving with atrailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Trailer mode notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Operating instructions . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Care and cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
General information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Carwashes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Table of contents
Cleaning and care information . . . . . . . . . 185
Placing your vehicle out of service . . . . . . 188
Fuel and Refueling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Refueling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Checking and Filling . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Cooling system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Brakefluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Windshield/headlight* washer container. 208
Wheels ... . . . . . . . ........ . ..... . .. 209
Wheels and Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Tire pressure monitoring system 226
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Emergency assistance . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Vehicle tool kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Space-savingsparetire (compact spare
tire) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Replacing wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Fuses and bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Fuses.............................. 236
Bulbs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Emergency situations . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Starting by pushing or towing . . . . . . . . . . 240
Start ing with jumper cables . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Useof jumper cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Towing with a tow truck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Raising the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Vehicle identification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24S
Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
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Capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Gasoline engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Consumer information . . . . . . . . . . 248
Warranty coverages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Operating your vehicleoutside th e U.S.A.
or Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Audi Service Repair Manuals and
Literature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Accessories and technical changes . . . . . . 250
Declaration of Compliance,
Telecommunications and Electronic
Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Index . . . . . . . . ... . . . . .... ... . . . . . . . 252
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In addition to t his Owner's Manual,your Audi
comes with the
- MMI Operating Instruction s
- Warranty & Maintenance booklet.
If you are missing one of these publicat ions, or if
you believe that the information is not complete,
contact your author ized Audi dealer for assis-
tance.
MMI Operating Instructions
contain detailed description of the Audi Multi
Media Interface (MMI) including t he navigation
system, the sound system and the handheld
phone.
TheWarranty & Maintenance booklet
explains how you can keep your Audi in top driv-
ing condition by having it serviced regularly and
contains detailed information about the warran-
ties covering your Audi. Always havethe booklet
with you when you takeyour vehicleto an autho r-
ized Audi dealer for service. Your Audi Service Ad-
visor will record each scheduled service and can
answer any questions you may have regarding
how to maintain your vehicle.
In Canada,
the vehicle literature is also available in French.
To obtain a copy, contact your dealer or write to:
Au Canada,on peut se procurer un exemplaire en
fran~ais de ce document aupres du concession-
naireou de:
Audi Canada
Client Assistance
Assistance a la Clientel e
777 Bayly Street, West,
Ajax, Ontario Ll S7G7
If you sell your Audi
all literature should be left in the vehicle to make
the Warranty terms aswell as all operating, safe-
ty and maintenance informa tion available to the
next owner.
Owner 's Literature
If you change your address or if you bought
this Audi used
be sureto send in a "Notice of Address Change"/
"Not iceof UsedCar Purchase" post card.This
card can be found in the Warranty & Maintena nce
booklet or obtai ned from your authorized Audi
dealer.
It is inyour own interest that we are able to
contact you should the need arise.
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About this Owner's Manual
This manual contains important information,
tips, suggestions and warnings for using your ve-
hicle.
Keepth ismanual inyour vehicle at all times. This
is especially important if you loan your vehicle to
others or sell it.
This owner's manual describes the equipment
range specified for this model at the time of
printing. Individua l equipment options described
may only be available at a later date or may only
be offered in certain countries.
Some sections in this manual do not apply to all
vehicles. When this is the case,the beginning of
the section indicates the validity, for example
"Applies to vehicles: with Audi side assist". Op-
tional or vehicle-specific equipment is also identi -
fied with an asterisk"*".
The illustrations are designed asa general guide
and on your vehicle may look slight ly different
than what is illustrated.
There is a Table of Contents at the beginning of
this owner's manual that lists all of the topics
covered in this book in the order that they ap-
pear.There isalso an alphabetical Index at the
end of this owner's manual.
All directions, such as "left", "right", "front" and
"rear", are based on the vehicle's direction of
travel.
* Optiona l or vehicle-specific equipment
.,._ The section continues on the next page.
~ .&. Crossreference to a "WARNI NG" with in a
section. If a page number is indicated, the
WARNING is located outside of the section.
&, WARNING
Text with this symbol contains information
about safety and how to reduce the risk of se-
rious personal injury or death.
([) Note
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Textwith this symbol contains information
about reducing the risk of damage to your ve-
hicle.
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® Forthe sake of the environment
Text with this symbol contains information on
protecting the environment .
@ Tips
Text with this symbol contains additional use-
ful information.

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Cockpit
Cockpit
General illustration
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Fig. 1 Cockpit: left section
Fig. 2 Cockpit: right section
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