Audi RS 7 Sportback 2016 User manual

Owner's Manual
2016 Audi RS 7 Sportback
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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 a vehicle has to offer. We recommend that
you read your Owner's Manual thoroug hly so that you quickly become acquaint-
ed with your Audi and make use of all of its featu res.
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 mainta in your vehicle's value. We also give you useful tips and informa-
tion on how to dr ive your veh icle more efficiently and in an environmentally
frie ndly manner .
In the Owner's Manual, you will also find the Operat ing Manual for your Info-
tai nment system and the vehicle ma intenance schedule.
We hope you enjoy driving your Audi and we wish you safe and pleasant motor-
ing.
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Tabl e of content s
Owner' s Lit e rature
About thi s Own e r' s Manual . .. . . .
Opera t ion . . . ... . . . . .... . . . . ... . . .
Cockpit . . . . . . . . ... . . .... . . . . ... . . .
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General illustration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Instruments and indicator lights 10
I nstruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
I ndicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Driver informat ion system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Lap t imer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
On Board Diagnos ti c Syst em (OBD) . . . . . 28
Opening and closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Cent ral locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Luggage comp artment lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Child safety lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Power Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Sunroof. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Garage doo r opener (Home link) . . . . . . . . 41
Lights and Vision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Exterior ligh t ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
I nterior lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
V1s1on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Windsh ield wipers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Seats and storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
General information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Front seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Head rest raints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Memory fun cti on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Ashtra y . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Cigarette lighter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
12 Volt sockets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Sto rage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Roof rack . . . . . ..... . . .... . . . . ... . . .
Luggage compartment . .... . . . . . . . . . .
Pass-t hroug h w it h ski bag ... . . . . . . . . . .
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Warm and cold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
4-zone deluxe automatic climate control . 6 7
Steering whee l heat ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
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Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . 71
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Start ing and stopping the eng ine . . . . . . . 72
Elect rome chan ical park i ng brake . . . . . . . 74
Speed w arning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Cruise control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Audi adaptive cruise control and
braking guard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Genera l information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Audi adaptive cruise contro l . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Audi braki ng guard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Audi active lane assist . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Lane assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Audi side assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Side assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Audi drive select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Drive set t ings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Raising/lower ing t he veh icle . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Driver messag es . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Night vision assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Night vision assist w ith pedest rian and
wild ani mal highlighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Automatic transmission . . . . . . . . . 101
tiptronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Parking systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Genera l info rmation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Parking syst em plus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Rearvi ew cam era . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Periphera l cameras . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Adjusting the displ ay and the w arning
tones ........ . . . . . . . . . .......... . . .
Error messages
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117
Safety ........ . . . . . ............... 118
Driving safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 8
Basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Correct passenge r seat ing positions. . . . . 119
Drive r's and front passenge r's foo t well . . 123
Pedal are a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Storing cargo correct ly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Reporting Safety Defects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 5
Safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
General information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Why use safety belts? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Belt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Important information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Front airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Monitoring the Advanced Airbag System . 146
Knee airbags ...................... . . 15 1
Side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Side curtai n air bags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Child safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
I mpor tant info rmation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Child seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Securing child seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
LATCHsystem (Lower anchorages and
tethers for chi ldren) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Addit ional info rmation 176
Audi pre sense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Preventative passenger protection . . . . . . 177
Dri v e r messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Intelligent Technology . . . . . . . . . . 179
Not ice about data recorded by the Event
Data Recorder and vehicle control
modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Electronic Stabilizat ion Control (ESC). . . . 180
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Elect romechanica l steer ing, dynami c
steer ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
All whee l dr ive (qu attro) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Rear spoiler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Energy management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Driving and the environment . . . . 18 8
Breaking in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Avoid damaging the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Driving through wate r on roads . . . . . . . . 188
Warm ing up and cooling down . . . . . . . . . 189
Catalytic converte r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Table of contents
Placing your vehicle out of service . . . . . . 190
Econom ical and environmenta lly-friend ly
driv ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Operating instructions . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Care and cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
General information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Carwashes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Cleaning and care informat ion 194
Fuel and Refueling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Refueling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Checking and Filling . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Cooling syst em . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Brake fl uid . ... . .................... 2 11
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 12
Windsh ield washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 16
Service interva l display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . 2 18
Whee ls and Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Tire pressure monitoring system 235
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Emergency assistance . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Tire repair set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Replacing wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Fuses ............................. 249
Replacing fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Driver side cockpit fuse assignment . . . . . 250
Front passenger side cockpit fuse
assignment . . . . . . . . . . ............ . . 251
Luggage compartment f use assignme nt . 251
Emergency situations . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
St art ing by pushing or tow ing . . . . . . . . . . 253
Sta rt ing wi t h ju mpe r cables . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Use of jumpe r cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Towing with a tow t ruck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Raising the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
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Tabl e of content s
Technical D a ta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Vehicle identif ication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
RS7 Sportback 4.0, 8 cylinder . . . . . . . . . 26 1
Consumer information . . . . . . . . . . 262
Warranty coverages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Operating your veh icle outside the U.S.A.
or Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 2
Audi Service Repair Manuals and
Lit erature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Maintenance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Accessories and technical changes . . . . . . 264
Declaration of Compliance,
Telecommun ication and Electronic
Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Inde x ............................. 266
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In addition to this Owner's Manual, your Audi
comes with the
- MMIOperat ing Instructions
- Warranty & Maintenance booklet.
If you are missing one of these publications, or if
you believe that the information is not complete,
contact your author ized Audidealer for assis-
tance.
MMI Operating Instructions
contain detailed description of the Audi Multi
Media Interface (MMI)including the navigation
system, the sound system and the hand held
phone.
The Warranty & Maintenance booklet
explains how you can keep your Audi in top driv-
ing condition by having it serviced regu larly and
contains detailed information about the warran-
ties covering your Audi. Alwayshave the booklet
with you when you take your vehicle to an author-
ized Audi dealer for service. YourAudi 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, conta ct your dealer or write to:
AuCanada, on peut se procurer un exemplaire en
frarn;ais de ce document aupres du concession-
naire ou de:
Audi Canada
Client Assistance
Assistance a la Clientele
777 BaylyStreet, West,
Ajax,Ontario LlS 7G7
If you sell your Audi
all literature should be left in the vehicle to make
the Warranty terms as well as all operating, safe-
ty and maintenance informat ion available to the
next owner.
Owner 's Literature
If you change your address or if you bought
this Audi used
be sure to send in a "Notice of Address Change" I
"Notice of Used Car Purchase" post card. This
card can be found in the Warranty & Mainte-
nance booklet or obtained from your authorized
Audi dealer.
It is in your own interest that we are able to
contact you should the need arise .
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About th is O w ne r's Manual
This manua l contains important information,
tips, suggestions and warnings for using your ve-
hicle.
Keep this manua l in your vehicle at all times. This
is especially important if yo u loan your vehicle to
others or sell it.
This owner's manua l describes the equipment
range specified for this mode l at the ti me of
printing. Individual equipment options described
may on ly be available at a later date or may on ly
be offered in certain countries.
Some se ct ions in this manua l do not apply to all
vehicles. When this is the case, the beginning of
the section indicates the validity , for example
"Applies to veh icles: with Audi s ide ass ist" . Op-
tional or vehicle-spec ific equ ipment is a lso identi -
fied with an asterisk"*".
The illu st ration s are designed as a general guide
and on your vehicle may look s light ly different
than what is illustrated.
There is a Table of Content s at the beginning of
this owner's manua l that lists a ll of the topics
covered in this book in the order that they ap-
pear. There is also an alphabetical Inde x at the
end of this owner's manual.
All direct ions, such as "left", "right", "front" and
"rear", are based on the vehicle's direct ion of
travel.
* Optiona l or vehicle -specific equipment
.,._ The section conti nu es on the next page.
~ .&. Cross reference to a "WARNING" w ith in a
section. If a page number is indicated, the
WARNING is located outs ide of the section.
&, WARNING
Text with this sym bol con t ains info rmation
about safety and how to reduce the risk of se -
rious persona l injury or d eath .
([) Note
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Text with th is symbol contains info rmation
about reducing the risk of damage to your ve-
hicle.
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® For the sake of the environment
Text with this symbol contains information on
protecting the envi ronment .
@ Tips
Text with this symbol contains additional use -
ful information.

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Cockpit
Cockpit
General illustration
Fig. 1 Cockpit : left section
Fig. 2 Cockpit: rig ht sect ion
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