AUDI A8 2018 Owners Manual

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Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
Convenience side view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Correct seating position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Massage function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Seat symmetry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Seats (number) ................. ..... . 219
Selecting a source MMI control panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Selector lever
Selector lever position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Serial number (radio) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Service and disposal
Safety belt pretensioner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Service interval display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Settings Directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
System (MMI). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Voice recognition system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Setting the frequency band . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Setting the language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Shades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40, 49
Shift paddles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Ship (transporting your vehicle) . . . . . . . . . 330
Shuffle (media) ................. ..... . 191
Side airbags Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Side assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Cleaning the sensors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
also refer to Side assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Side curtain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Side marker lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
SIM card reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Sirius (satellite radio) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Ski bag............................... 66
Sliding/tilting sunroof Emergency closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Emergency operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Socket 115 volt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
12 volt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Index
Software update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
also refer to System update (MMI) . . . . . . 206
Software version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Software (MMI) Update ... .. .. .. .. ... .. ..... ... .. .. 207
Version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Solar operation (automatic climate control
system) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Sources of information about child restraints
and their use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Spare tires...... .. .. ................ . 319
Spare tire (compact spare tire) . . . . . . . . . . 319
Speed-dependent volume increase . . . . . . . 205
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Speed warning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Speller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Sport differential . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
111
Start/Stop system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Starting/stopping the engine . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Switching off/on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Starting to drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Sta tion list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Shift paddles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Steering wheel heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
also refer to Multifunction steering wheel. 11
Steps for determining correct load limit . . . 297
Stopover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Storage compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Subwoofer (sound) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Panorama glass roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Sunshade Emergency operation (panorama glass roof) .40
Panorama glass roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Rear window, rear doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Sun visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Swapping (telephone) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Switching the audio output off (RSE) . . . . . 196
Symbols
refer to Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
SYNC (Automatic climate control) . . . . . . . . . 71
System settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
System update (MMI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
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Index
System volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
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Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9, 10
Technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333
Technical modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339
Telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 , 14 7 , 1 SO
Connecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Dialing a number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Memory capacity (directory) . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Storing a number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Temperature indicator
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Tether anchors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Tether strap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Tie-downs ... .. .. ............. .. .. 66, 215
Time . .... .. .. .. ............. .... .. . 205
tiptronic (automatic transmission) . . . . . . . . 83
Tire mobility kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
Tires.. .... .. .. .. ............. .... .. . 283
Low-profile tires. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
quattro (all wheel drive) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Replacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313
Service life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2 91
Tire pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Tire pressure monitoring sys -
tem ..... .. .. .. ............ 300,301,302
Tire pressure table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
Treadwear indicators ................. 291
Unidirectional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Uniform tire quality grading . . . . . . . . . . . 299
Tires and wheels
Glossary of tire and loading terminology . 285
Tires and vehicle load limits . . . . . . . . . . . 295
TMC/TMCpro
refer to Traffic information (TMC)
Tone (sound) 176
refer to Adjusting the sound
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Tool kit ............................. 312
Torn or frayed safety be lts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Touch
refer to MMI touch 137
Towing Tow trucks
Towing loop
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329, 330 TPMS (
Tire Pressure Monitoring System) . . 301
Traffic information (TMC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
RSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Switching reports on and off . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Trailer towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Operating instructions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Parking systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
T echnica l requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 , 90
Train (transporting your vehicle) . . . . . . . . . 330
Transmission malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Transport Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Transporting your vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330
Tr ip odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Turn signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
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Unfastening safety belts 224
Uniform tire quality grading . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
Unlocking/locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
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Valet parking function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Vanity mirror. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49, SO
Vehicle Care/cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
D imensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334
Out of service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311
Raising . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333
Vehicle battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
Charge level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Winter operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Vehicle control modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Vehicle jack . .... .. .. .. ....... 312,315,316
Vehicle key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Vehicle tool kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
Vehicle transport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330
Vent ilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Version information .. .. ........... 197,207
Video image settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Video playback combinations (RSE) . . . . . . . 203
V IN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333
Voice guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173

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Voice recognition system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 42
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
I nput level . .. ............. .. .. .. .. . 191
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Wa rni ng/Indicato r lights
A irbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
P ASS ENG ER AIR BAG O FF . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Warning lights
Index
Vehicle battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 80
Windshie ld washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Win ter tires. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Wiper b lades .. .. .. .. ............... .. . 51
Wire less headphones (RS E) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
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Xenon-Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 26
Xenon plus headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
refer to Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 7 z
Warning triangle .. .. ..... ... .. .. .... . 3 12
Wa rranty coverages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336
Was hing matte finish paint . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
Weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334
Wheel bolts Rep lac ing a wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Wheels . .. .. .. ............... .. .. .. . 283
C lean ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
Glossary of tire and load ing term ino logy . 285
Rep lac ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313
T ire press ure mon itor ing system . . . . . . . 30 1
T ires and veh icle lo ad lim its . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Wheel wrenc h . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
Wi -Fi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 1
M edia player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
W indow reg ulator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
W indows
C lean ing/remov ing ice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308
Defrost ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
W indshield
C lean ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SO
Defrost ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
also refer to W indshield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SO
Windshield was her system . . . . . . . . . . 50, 28 1
Rese rvoir capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334
W indshield w ipe rs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
W inter operation
Car washes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
Cooling system ................ ... .. . 277
D efrost ing t he w indows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 1
Removing ice from w indows . . . . . . . . . . . 308
Se at hea ting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 1
Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Steering whee l heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298 Zoom (map)
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