flat tire AUDI A4 2018 Owner's Manual

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-Always store damaged wheel, jack* and
tools securely in the luggage compartment.
Otherwise, in an accident or sudden maneu­
ver they could fly forward, causing injury to
passengers in the vehicle.
Space-saving spare tire
App lies to: ve hicles with space-saving spare t ire (co mpact
spare tire)
The spare tire is intended for short -term use on ­
ly. Have the damaged tire checked and replaced,
if necessary, by an authorized Audi dealer or au­
thorized Audi Service Facility as soon as possible.
There are some restrictions on the use of the
compact spare tire . The compact spare tire has
been designed specifically for your type of vehi­
cle. Do not replace it with the spare tire from an­
other type of vehicle.
The compact spare tire is located in the luggage
compartment under the cargo f loor cover
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The tire pressure must be 61 PSI (420 kPA).
Snow chains
For technical reasons, the use of snow chains on
the compact spare tire is not permitted.
If you have to drive with snow chains and a front
tire fails, mount the spare t ire in place of a rear
tire. Install the snow chains on the rear tire that
you removed, and insta ll that in place of the
front tire that failed.
A WARNING
-After installing a spare tire, the tire pres­
sure must be checked as soon as possible.
-Do not drive faster than 50 mph (80 km/h)
with a compact spare tire. Driving faster
than that increases the risk of an accident.
-T o reduce the risk of an accident, avoid full­
thrott le acceleration, heavy braking, and
fast cornering with the compact spare tire.
-To reduce the risk of an accident, never drive
with more than one compact spare tire.
-Normal summer or winte r tires must not be
mounted on the compact spare wheel rim.
Emergency assistance
Collapsible spare tire
Applies to: vehicles with collapsible spare tire
The collapsible spare tire is intended for short­
term use only . Have the damaged tire checked
and rep laced, if necessary, by an authorized A udi
dealer or authorized Audi Service Facility as soon
as possible.
There are some restrictions on the use of the co l­
l apsible spare tire. The collapsible spare tire has
been designed spec ifically for your type of vehi­
cle. Do not replace it with the collaps ible spare
t ir e from another type of vehicle .
The co llapsible spare tire is located in the lug­
gage compartment under the cargo floor cover.
Requirement: the vehicle too l kit
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the compressor must be laid out .
Removing
"' Remove the cargo floo r cover c::> page 360,
fig. 279.
"' Turn the handwheel counter-clockwise and re-
move it.
"' Remove the co llapsible spare tire.
You must inflate the collapsible spare tire be­
fo rehand in order to use it.
Inflating
"' Remove the valve cap from the collapsible
spare tire.
"'Tighten the comp ressor hose on the collapsible
spare tire valve.
"'Connect the comp ressor hose to a vehicle soc k­
et and switch it on .
"'Let the compressor run until the specified value
on the tire pressure sticker is reached
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"'Screw the valve cap back onto the valve.
Returning to storage
"'R emove the valve cap to drain the air .
"'Wait severa l hours before placing the collapsi­
ble spare tire in the spare wheel well. Only then
w ill it fold down comp letely so that you can
store it securely .
"' Then screw the valve cap back onto the valve . ..,_
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Cell phone refertoTe le phone ...................
175
Center armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Central locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 7
Central locking switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
41
Convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Emergency locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Power windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Remote control key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Certificat ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386
Changing engine oi l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328
Changing the scale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Charging the battery (mobile devices) . . . . 234
Child restraints
Danger of using child restraints in the front
seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
272
Where can I get additional information
about child restraints and their use? . . . .
314
Child restraint system anchors . . . . . . . . . . 309
Chi ld safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Important safety instructions for using chi ld
safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
299
Install ing a child restraint using the LATCH
system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
311
Mounting and releasing the anchorage
hook . ... .. .. ................ ..... .
311
Tether anchors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
Tether straps . .. ........... .. .. .. .. . 312
Child safety lock
Power windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
48
Rear doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Ch ild safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Booster seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
Convertible child seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
Danger of using child restraints in the front
seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
272
How do I prope rly install a child safety seat
in my vehicle? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
299
Infant seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
LA TCH system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
Securing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
Unused safety belts on the rear seat 301
Child seats
Lower anchorages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
310
C lassic view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Index
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354
Cleaning Alcantara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357
Cleaning artificial leather. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357
Cleaning carbon parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356, 357
Cleaning decorative parts/trim . . . . . . . . . . 356
Cleaning decorative parts and trim . . . . . . . 356
Cleaning exhaust tail pipes . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356
Cleaning plastic parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356
Cleaning textiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357
Climate control system
refer to Automatic climate control . . . . . . . 76
Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17, 248
Cockpit (overview) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Collapsible spare tire Inflating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
367
Collapsible ti re
refer to Collapsible spa re tire . . . . . . . . . . 367
Command (voice recognition system) . . . . . 168
Compact spare t ire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367
Compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Compass in the mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386
Connection manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Connect ions
refer to Media .. ... ....... ... ... 227, 236
Con sumer Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261, 383
Consumption (fuel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Contacting NHTSA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Addi tional directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Importing/exporting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Memory capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Stor ing as destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Control buttons (operating the MMI) . . . . . 15 7
Control knob with joyst ick function (MMI op­
eration) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
160
Convenience key
Switching the ignition on . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
83
Unlocking/locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Convenience opening/closing . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Convertib le child safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . 303
Convertible locking retractor
Activating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
308
Deactivating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
Using to secure a ch ild safety seat . . . . . . 308
Cooled glove compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
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