2018 S5 Tips & Tricks

[IJB1959]

FordMan1 said:

All,

Firstly, I am an idiot.

Slow puncture this morning, topped it up and drove to Euromaster.

Got there opened the boot, loosened spare wheel, no locking wheel nut or tool kit. Looked in pockets either side, nothing. Looking in glovebox and under seats, nothing.

For anyone interested, if you slide the cover shelf out fully, i.e. take it out completely, the tool kit is at the back. I know I am an idiot but having had Audi's previously, I have always known the kit to be under the spare wheel.

Lesson learned!

That shelf hinges up at the back so no need to take it out!!....on a SB anyway.

[FordMan1]

IJB1959 said:

That shelf hinges up at the back so no need to take it out!!....on a SB anyway.

Haha, good to know!

[IJB1959]

FordMan1 said:

Haha, good to know!

Be careful of the poxy Audi jack though, its ste.

[Electronicpants]

Ha

I had a slow puncture a couple of weeks ago, and had the same panicked rustle around the car with the tyre fitter guy giving me the "not again" look.

Fortunately I had spent a bit of time fiddling with every part of the car when I got it back in April and a sudden light-bulb moment stopped my face from getting any redder.

[FordMan1]

Electronicpants said:

Ha

I had a slow puncture a couple of weeks ago, and had the same panicked rustle around the car with the tyre fitter guy giving me the "not again" look.

Fortunately I had spent a bit of time fiddling with every part of the car when I got it back in April and a sudden light-bulb moment stopped my face from getting any redder.

Glad I am not the only one!

[IJB1959]

FordMan1 said:

Glad I am not the only one!

Not had a puncture yet, but did it display a warning on the dash OK??

[adyzaky]

IJB1959 said:

silentbrown said:

It will be generic faults like possible sensor failures, as the engine is actually running more fuel/advance/boost than the ECU realizes, and as it compares those inputs vs the actual "outputs" (i.e speed/acceleration/emissions/knock) it will reach a point where it thinks something must be broken.

If your car is pinking under certain conditions that likely would trigger fault codes too. You won't see them on the dash but they're stored by the ECU.

Fair point, although safe to say that I regularly check my fault codes and nothing has shown with mine so far (have now done 4.5k with it installed).

What's the best tool to plug into ODB port to detect an clear these sort of errors?

Cheers,

[IJB1959]

adyzaky said:

What's the best tool to plug into ODB port to detect an clear these sort of errors?

Cheers,

To clear errors you just need a very basic ODB reader for an Audi. Having said that, pay a little more and you can get much more functionality like this one: http://www.gendan.co.uk/product_FXNT500.html whatever you choose make sure it is compatible for Audi 2017/18 models.

Edited by IJB1959 on Thursday 24th August 13:56

[Darren-b]

Hi All,

Does anyone know if its possible to set the length of time the LED lights stay on (follow me home sort of function) when locking at night?

Sometimes it seems a bit random the timings, i tried to find in the manual with a bit of RTFMing but no joy. Thanks

[Mrjww88]

My friend has had his X-pipe fitted to the s5 and wow it sounds so much better. Not obtrusive or chavvy. Just had a much deeper tone. It is also popping and crackling more. Seems very tempting 😬😬

[IJB1959]

Mrjww88 said:

My friend has had his X-pipe fitted to the s5 and wow it sounds so much better. Not obtrusive or chavvy. Just had a much deeper tone. It is also popping and crackling more. Seems very tempting ????

Any details, videos??

[Mrjww88]

IJB1959 said:

Any details, videos??

Yh i have a couple videos from tonights drive not great quality apologies! To me it sounds similar to the new RS5

https://youtu.be/BYTHP4E61b4

https://youtu.be/LmU8vJz4IRM

[Stephen-25tl4]

Mrjww88 said:

Yh i have a couple videos from tonights drive not great quality apologies! To me it sounds similar to the new RS5

https://youtu.be/BYTHP4E61b4

https://youtu.be/LmU8vJz4IRM

Definitely an improvement, think I'll try unplugging the valves as a first step this week.

Might be better to not to thrash it round a 30mph residential area when testing it out.

[IJB1959]

Stephen-25tl4 said:

Definitely an improvement, think I'll try unplugging the valves as a first step this week.

Might be better to not to thrash it round a 30mph residential area when testing it out.

Yes does sound better, still quite subtle though. BTW as above, lucky the driver never got a speeding ticket!

[Frankstar123]

Just noticed this on audi site today:

Please note that the S5 3.0 TFSI 354PS will shortly be rehomologated

What does that mean?

[talksthetorque]

They've tweaked the software so they have to retest to get EU MPG figures again.

[Frankstar123]

Ah thanks

I thought there was a revision on the way already

[IJB1959]

Here's a new trick for the S5........................

I have an Amazon Alexa Echo at home which works very well for streaming music, weather updates, and usual questions etc.

So I had this bright idea of using an Amazon Echo Dot in the car as it has a 3.5 output jack, USB power, and is quite small.

Connected the Echo Dot to the 12v USB for power, then connected it to the car WiFi (I have a 3 unlimited data SIM in the MMI) using my iPhone. Then I connected a 3.5 jack from the Dot to the aux input, and hey presto!! I now have full Alexa voice functionality whilst driving, and voice access to all Spoyify's millions of songs by just asking to play a song. Sound is excellent quality too.

All is hidden in the armrest storage area out of sight, and takes up little room.

Best bit is it only cost £49.00!

[Bluesmurff09]

Do you need a separate data SIM in the mmi or can you tether of the SIM in your phone?

[IJB1959]

Bluesmurff09 said:

Do you need a separate data SIM in the mmi or can you tether of the SIM in your phone?

I think you need a MMI data SIM, as it will may not tether.

Edited by IJB1959 on Sunday 3rd September 17:12