battery replacement AUDI A4 2008 B8 / 4.G Owners Manual

Contents3
Controls
Safety
Driving tips
General maintenance
Self-help
Technical data
Safety
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Safe driving
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General notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Correct sitting positions . . . . . . . .
Pedal area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Stowing luggage safely . . . . . . . . .
Seat belts
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Why is it so important to use seat
belts? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Forces acting in a collision . . . . . .
How to wear seat belts properly .
Belt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Airbag system
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Description of airbag system . . . .
Front airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Head-protection airbags
(sideguard) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Deactivating the front passenger's
airbag via the key-operated switch
Child safety
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Points to remember if children are
travelling in the car . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Child safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Fitting child safety seats . . . . . . . .
Driving tips
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Intelligent technology
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Electronic stabilisation program
(ESP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Power steering (servotronic) . . . . .
Four-wheel drive (quattro®) . . . . . .
Power management . . . . . . . . . . . .
Your vehicle and the
environment
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Running in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Emission control systems . . . . . . .
How to improve economy and
minimise pollution . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Environmental compatibility . . . . .
Towing a trailer
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Driving the vehicle with a trailer or
caravan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Removable towing bracket . . . . . .
General maintenance
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Care of vehicle and cleaning
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General notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Care of exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Care of interior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Fuel and filling the tank
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Petrol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Filling the tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Checking and topping up fluidsBonnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Engine compartment layout . . . . . .
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Cooling system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Windscreen washer . . . . . . . . . . . . .Wheels and tyres
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Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Run flat tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Accessories and modifications
to the vehicle
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Accessories and replacement
parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Radio transmitters and business
equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
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Airbag system 202•
Do not remove the front seats.
•
The airbag system can only be activated once; if the airbag has
been triggered, the system must be replaced. Should the airbag
system or airbag modules have to be replaced, the qualified work-
shop carrying out the replacement will document all details in the
appropriate section of the Service Schedule.
•
If you sell the vehicle, please remember to pass on the
complete Service Wallet to the new owner. If any of the airbags
have been deactivated, it is important that the new owner is also
given the relevant documents.
•
The relevant safety requirements must be observed when the
vehicle or components of the airbag or belt tensioner systems are
scrapped.
•
In an accident in which one or more airbags are triggered the
alternator and the starter are - for safety reasons - both discon-
nected from the battery via a pyrotechnic circuit breaker.
−Any repairs to the pyrotechnic circuit breaker must always
be performed by a qualified workshop (accident risk).
−The relevant safety requirements must be observed when
the vehicle or the circuit breaker are scrapped.
When are the airbags triggered?
The airbag system is triggered in collisions with a severe
impact.The airbag system is designed so that the airbags for the driver and
front passenger are triggered in a severe frontal collision.
In severe side collisions the side airbags on the impact side of the
vehicle are triggered together with the head-protection airbag.
The front airbags, side airbags and one of the head-protection
airbags may be triggered together in certain types of accident.The airbag system is not triggered in minor frontal or side collisions,
or in rear collisions or if the car overturns. In these situations the
occupants are protected by wearing the seat belts.
Factors determining the triggering response
It is not possible to define the exact triggering response of the
airbag system in all possible situations, since the circumstances in
different types of accident will vary considerably. Important factors
include, for example, the nature (hard or soft) of the object which
the car hits, the angle of impact, vehicle speed and so on.
Whether the airbags are triggered depends primarily on the vehicle
deceleration rate resulting from the collision. By processing the
signals from the sensors located in the vehicle, the electronic
control unit is immediately able to evaluate the severity of the colli-
sion and activate the restraint systems accordingly. If the decelera-
tion rate is below the predefined reference value in the control unit
the airbags will not be triggered, even though the accident may
cause extensive damage to the car.
Note
The airbag releases a fine dust when it inflates. This is quite normal
and does not mean there is a fire in the vehicle.
WARNING (continued)
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Checking and topping up fluids 266
– Now connect the battery charger to the mains and switch
on.
– After charging the battery: switch off the battery charger
and disconnect the mains cable.
– Now disconnect the charger cables.
– Refit the red cap onto the positive terminal.
– Close the bonnet ⇒page 256.When it is discharged the battery can freeze at temperatures
around 0°C. A frozen battery must be thawed before charging ⇒.
However, it is advisable to replace the battery if it has frozen,
because the ice can crack the battery casing and allow the battery
acid to escape.
Charging the battery
Important: Before you charge the battery make sure you read the
manufacturer's instructions for using the battery charger.
When charging with a low current (for instance with a small battery
charger) the battery does not have to be disconnected. The battery
must not be opened while you are charging it.
Fast-charging the battery
For technical reasons it is not permissible to fast-charge the battery
using charging devices with an output voltage higher than 14.8 V.
WARNING
Never charge a frozen battery – it could explode.
Note
Use only the terminals in the engine compartment to charge the
battery.
Replacing the battery
A replacement battery must have the same specifications
as the original equipment battery.Your vehicle is equipped with an intelligent power management
system to control the distribution of electrical energy ⇒page 226.
The power management function ensures that the battery is
charged much more efficiently than on vehicles without a power
management system. For this additional power to be available after
replacing the battery, we recommend that the replacement battery
used is of the same make and type as the original-equipment
battery. The battery must be encoded in the control unit for power
management. This has to be done by a qualified workshop.
A replacement battery must have the same capacity, voltage (12 V)
and current rating. It must also have the same dimensions as the
original, factory-fitted battery and have sealed caps. The battery
must comply with the standards TL 825 06 (dated December 1997 or
later) and VW 7 50 73 (August 2001 or later).
Caution
•
Make sure that the vent hose is always attached to the opening
on the side of the battery. Gases or battery acid can otherwise
escape and possibly cause damage.
•
The battery holder and clamps must always be correctly secured.
•
Before starting any work on the battery, always observe the
warnings listed under ⇒page 264, “Important safety warnings for
handling a car battery”.For the sake of the environment
 Batteries contain toxic substances including sulphuric acid and
lead. They must be disposed of appropriately and must not be put
together with ordinary household waste. Make sure the battery
removed from the vehicle cannot tip over. Otherwise, sulphuric acid
could escape.
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Index335
Controls
Safety
Driving tips
General maintenance
Self-help
Technical data Hazard warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Indicator lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Head restraints
Front seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Rear seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Headlamp converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Headlight flasher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Headlight range control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
adaptive light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Changing dip settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Driving abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Headlight range control . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Heated
Exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Front seats (deluxe automatic air
conditioner) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Rear seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Rear window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98, 106
Washer jets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Heated rear window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98, 106
Heating
Deluxe automatic air conditioner . . . . 93
Deluxe automatic air conditioner plus . .
101
HomeLink . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
IIgnition key
Emergency release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Safety interlock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Ignition lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34, 39
Immobiliser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14, 43
Indicator lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
adaptive cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Cruise control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Glow plug system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Main beam headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Trailer turn signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Turn signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Inflation pressures (tyres) . . . . . . . . . 39, 268
Inspection intervals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Instrument cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Instrument lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Interior lights
Dimming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Interior mirrors
SeeMirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68, 69
Interior monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Intermittent wipe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Rain sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
ISOFIX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
JJack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283, 290
Jacking points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
Jump-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293KKey-operated switch for front passenger's
airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Emergency key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Replacement keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Replacing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Kick-down feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165Llane assist
Changing settings on the MMI . . . . . . 147
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Indicator lamp in instrument cluster . 145
Instrument cluster display . . . . . . . . . 146
Switching on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Leather care
Alcantara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Natural leather . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
leaving home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Light sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Light sensor defective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
coming home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Daytime running lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
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Index337
Controls
Safety
Driving tips
General maintenance
Self-help
Technical data Switching reversing camera on and off .
177
Towing bracket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
parking system advanced . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
parking system plus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Parking the car
multitronic® . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Particulate filter
SeeDiesel particulate filter . . . . . . . . . 229
Passengers
SeeSitting position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Performance figures
SeePerformance, weights and
dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323
Performance, weights and dimensions . 323
General notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320
Personalised remote control key . . . . . . . . 43
Petrol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Polishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Pollen filter
Deluxe automatic air conditioner . . . . 93
Deluxe automatic air conditioner plus . .
101
Pollution filter
Deluxe automatic air conditioner . . . . 93
Deluxe automatic air conditioner plus . .
101
Power management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Battery power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Driver message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Power steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16, 36, 225
Pressure (tyres) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
QQuartz clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
quattro
SeeFour-wheel drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226RRadio transmitters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Fixed installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Mobile equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Radio-controlled clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Radio-operated remote control
SeeRemote control keys . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Rain sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Rain sensor defective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Reading lights
Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Rear centre console
Socket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Rear fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Rear lights
Defective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Rear View camera
SeeReversing camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Rear view mirrors
SeeMirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68, 69
Rear window, sun blind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Remote control keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Indicator lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Replacing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Unlocking and locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47Replacement keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Replacement parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Reset button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Retaining net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Rev counter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Reverse gear
Automatic gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Reversing camera
Parking mode 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Parking mode 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
RME fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Roof carrier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Attachment points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Roof load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Run flat tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Renewing defective components . . . . 276
Tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Running in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
New engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
New tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
SSAFE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Safe driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Safety features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Seat adjustment
Backrest angle (manual) . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Electrical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Forwards and backwards (manual) . . . 73
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