AUDI A8 2016 Owners Manual

Owner's Manual
2016 Audi AS I S8
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2016 Audi A8
2016 Audi S8
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 thoroughly so that you quickly become acquaint­
ed with your Audi and make use of 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 care for 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 content s
Owner' s Lit e rature
5
About thi s Own er' s Manual . . . . . . 6
Opera tion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Cockpit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
General illustration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Instruments and indicator lights 10
I nstruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
I ndicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Driver informat ion system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
On Board Diagnostic System (OBD) . . . . . 28
Opening and closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
K eys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Central locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Luggage comp art men t lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Parental control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Power Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Va let parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Sunroof. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
P ano rama glass roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Garage doo r opener (Home Link) . . . . . . . . 44
Lights and Vision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
E xterio r ligh ting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
I n terior lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
V1s1on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Windshi eld wip ers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Dig ital compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Seats and storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
General information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Front seat s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Rearseats .. .. .... .... .... ....... .. . 61
H ead restra ints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Memory function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
F u ll -length center console . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
L uggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
P ass-through w it h ski bag . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Roof rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
12-volt sockets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Refrigerator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 4
Warm and cold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Climate control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 6
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Driving .... . .. .. .. .. ... . .. .... ... . .
Steering . ... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .... ... . .
Start ing and stopping the eng ine
E lec tromechanical parking brake ... .. . .
S ta rt/Stop sys tem .. .. ...... ... .. .. . .
Speed warning system ............... .
Cru ise cont rol system ..... ... ... ... . .
Audi adapt ive cru ise control and
braking guard ... .. .... ... ... ... . .
Introduction ...... ................. .
Genera l information .. ...... ... .. .. . .
A udi adaptive cruise contro l ... ...... . .
Audi bra kin g g uard . .. ........ ..... . .
Messages ... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .... ... . .
Audi active lane assist .. .... .... .
Lane assist . ... .. .. .. .. . ... .... ... . . 80
80
81
83
85
88
88
90
90
90
92
96
97
99
99
Audi side assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
S ide assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Audi drive select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
D riving settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Raising/lower ing the veh icle . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Driver messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Night vision assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Night vision assistant with ped estrian and
wild animal marking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Automatic transmission . . . . . . . . . 112
tiptronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Parking systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
G enera l information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Parking syst em plus with rearvi ew came ra 119
Periphera l cameras . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Adjusting the d isplay and the w arning
tones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 28
E rror messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
T railer hitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Driving safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Bas ics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Co rrect passenge r seat ing positions . . . . . 130
Driver 's and front passenger's foo twell . . 134

Pedal a rea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Storing cargo correctly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Repo rting Safety Defects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
General information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Why use safety belts? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Belt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Important information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
F ront ai rbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
M on itoring the Advanced Airbag System . 156
Knee ai rbags. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
S ide airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Side curtain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Child safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
I m portan t info rm ation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
C hil d seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Secur ing ch ild seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 7
L ATCH system ( Lower anchorages and
tethers for chi ldren) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Addit ional information
186
Audi pre sense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Preventative passenger protection 187
Driver messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Smart Technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Not ice about data recorded by the Event
Data Reco rder and vehicle control
modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
E lect ronic Stabilizat ion Control ( ESC) . . . . 190
B ra king . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
E lect romech ani cal powe r assist, dyn amic
s teer ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
D riving w ith your quat tro . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Energy management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Driving and the environment . . . . 197
Breaking in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Avoid damaging the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Diese l part iculate filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Shutting down vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
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D riving thro ugh wa ter on roads . . . . . . . . 199
Econ om ica l and envi ronmenta lly-friend ly
driv ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Trailer mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Driving with a trai ler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Trailer mode notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Operating instructions . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Care and cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Genera l information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Car washes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Cleaning and care informat ion 207
Fuel and Refueling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Diesel f uel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Refue ling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Se lective cata lytic red uction (AdBlue) 216
Checking and Filling . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Hood ..... .... ................... .. 220
En gine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 2
En gine oi l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 23
Cooling sys tem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 27
Brake fl uid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Windsh ield washer system 234
Wheels .. .. .. .. .. ... .. ..... ... .. .. 236
Whee ls and Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Tire p ressure monitoring system 254
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Emergency assistance . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Trunk escape handle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Eq uipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Replacing wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Fuses and bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Fuses ........ ... .. ................. 266
Bu lbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Emergency situations . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Genera l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Start ing by p ushi ng o r tow ing . . . . . . . . . . 271
Start ing wi th jumpe r cabl es . . . . . . . . . . . 271
U se of j um per cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
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Towing with a tow tr uck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Raising the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Technical Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 7
Technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Vehicle identification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
We ights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Dimensions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Capac ities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Gasoline engi nes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
D iesel eng ines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
Consumer information . . . . . . . . . . 281
Wa rranty coverages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 1
Operating your veh icle outside the U.S.A.
or Ca nada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 1
Aud i Service Repair Man uals and
Literature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Accessories and technical changes . . . . . . 283
Declaration of Compliance,
Telecommun ication o r Electron ic Systems 284
Index ..... .. .... ........... ....... 285
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In addition to this Owner's Manual, your Audi
comes with the
- MMI Operat 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 Audi dealer for assis­
tance.
MMI Operating Instructions
contain detailed description of the Aud i Mu lti
Media Interface (MMI) includ ing the nav igation
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 Aud i. Always have the booklet
with you when you take your veh icle to an author­
iz ed A udi dealer for serv ice. Your Audi Serv ice Ad­
visor w ill record each scheduled service and can
answer any questions you may have regarding
h ow to maintain your vehicle.
In Canada,
the vehicle literature is also available in French.
To obtain a copy, co nta ct you r dealer or write to:
Au Canada, on peut se procurer un exemplaire en
frarn;ais de ce document aupres du concession­
naire ou de:
Aud i Canada
Client Assistance
Assistance a la Clientele
777 Bayly Street, 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 ava ilable 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
"Not ice 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 this Ow ne r's Manual
This manua l contains important information,
tips, suggestions and warnings for using your ve­ h icle.
Keep this manua l in yo ur 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
rang e
specified for this mode l at the time 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 o f
the section indicates the
va lidity , 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 ion s, 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 nues on the next page.
~ .&. Cross reference to a "WARNING" with in a
section. If a page number is indicated, the
WARN ING is located o uts ide of the section.
&, WARNING
T ex t with this sy mbol con tains info rmation
about safety and how to reduce the risk of se ­
rious persona l injury or death .
([) Note
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Text with th is symbol contains info rmation
about reducing the risk of damage to your ve­
hicle.
-
® 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 sectio n
Fig. 2 Cockpit : rig ht sec tion
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