AUDI A8 2011 Owners Manual

2011 Audi AS
Owner's Manual
Audi
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Introduction
Thank you for choosing an Audi AS -we value your trust in us .
Your new Audi A8 incorporates the newest technology as well as numerous fea ­
tures designed for yo ur comfort, convenience and safety. We reco mmen d you
r ead you r Owne r's Manual thorough ly so that you can quick ly become acqua inted
wi th you r A udi.
In addition to explaining how the different features work, we also g ive you many
u sef ul tips and information concerning your safety and that of yo ur passengers,
how to ca re fo r you r vehicle and maintain your v ehicle's va lue.
We hope you e njoy driving yo ur Audi A8 a nd we wish yo u safe and p leasant mo­
tor ing .
AUDIAG

2 Table of contents
Vehicle liter ature .. .. .. .. .. ... .
5
About this Owner's Manual . . . 6
Controls and equipment .. ... .
Instruments and controls .. . .
General illus tra tion .... ... .. .. ... .
Instruments and warning/
indicator lights ........ .. .. .. . .
Instruments . .. .. ..... ... .. .. ... .
War ning/indicator lights ... .. ... .. .
Driver information display .... .. ... .
On-Board Diagnostic system (OBD) . . .
Opening and closing .. .. .... . .
Keys .. ...... ........... .. .. ... .
Power locking system ..... .. .. .. . .
Rear lid .. .. ........ ........ .... .
Child safety lock ........... .... .. .
Power windows ............... .. .
Valet par king . ........... .. .. ... .
Sliding/ tilt ing su nroof ... .. .. .. .. . .
P anoramic sun roof ........ .. .. ... .
Clear vision .. ........ .. .. .. .. . .
Lig hts . .. .. ............. .. .. .. . .
I n ter ior lights .. .. ..... ... .. .. ... .
V 1s 1on ..... ... . ...... ... .. .. ... .
W iper and washer system . ... .. .. . .
Mirrors ................. .. .. ... .
Dig ita l compass .......... .... ... .
Seats and storage ....... .. .. . .
General recommendat ions ..... .. . .
Front seats ... ........... .... ... .
Rear seats .. ... .... ...... .. .. .. . .
H ead restraints .............. .. . .
Seat memo ry ................... .
Full- length cen te r console .. .. .. ... .
L ugg age compartmen t ........... .
P ass-t hrou gh with s ki sack ... ... .. .
Roof rack . .. .. .. ..... ... .. .. ... .
12-vo lt sockets . .. ..... ... .. .. ... . 8
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6 5
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6 7
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Sto rage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Cooler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Warm and cold ... .. ..... .... . .
Climate co ntrols .. .. ... ..... ... .. . 74
74
On the road
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Stee ring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Starting and stopping t he engine . . . . 79
E lectromechanical parking brake . . . . 81
Speed warning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Cru ise cont ro l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Adaptive cruise control and
braking guard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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I n troduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Genera l information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Adaptive c ruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Audi braking gua rd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Audi lane assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
La ne assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Audi side assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
La ne Change A ssistant. . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Audi drive select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
D riv ing se ttings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Raising/lower ing the ve hicle . . . . . . . . 108
Drive r messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Night vision assistant . . . . . . . . . 109
Desc ription . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Pedestria n detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Pedestrian warn ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
General information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Switching on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Settings in the MMI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
111
D river messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Automatic Transmission . . . . . . 112
t ipt ron ic (8-speed transmission) . . . . . 112

Advanced Parking System . . . . 118
Advanc ed Pa rking System with r ear
view camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Ad justing the display and warning
tones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
E rro r messages
Homelink ® ............ .... .. . .
Universal remote control . .. .. .. .. . . 123
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124
Safety first
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Driving Safely . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
General notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Prope r occupa nt seating posit ions . . . 128
Driver and passenger side footwell . . . 132
Pedal area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 2
S towing lugg age . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Report ing Safety Defects . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Safety belt s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
General notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 7
Why safety be lts? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Safety belt pretens ioners . . . . . . . . . . 143
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Important th ings to know . . . . . . . . . . 145
Front airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Mo nitoring the Advanced Airbag
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Knee airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 1
Side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
S ide curta in a irbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Ch ild Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
I mportant th ings to know .. .. .. .. . .
C hil d safety sea ts ......... .... .. . .
I ns tall ing a chi ld safety seat .. .. .. . .
L A T C H L ower ancho rages and tethers
for chi ldren ..... .. .... ... .. .. .. . .
Addit io n al Information
Audi pre sense ..... ... .. .. .. . .
Preventative passenger protection .. . 169
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Vehicle oper ation . . . . . . . . . . . . .
190
Intelligent technology . . . . . . . . 190
Notice about data recorded by vehicle
control modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
E lectronic stab ilizat ion program (ESP) 190
B rak ing ...... ... .. ............. .
Se rvotronic ® - advanced power
stee ring system .. .. ..... ........ .
D rivi ng with your q uattro ® ...... .. . 192
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En ergy m anagement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Driving and environment . . . . . 197
T he first 1,000 miles (1,500 km) and
a ft erwards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Catalytic conve rter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Avoid damaging the vehicle . . . . . . . . . 198
Driving throug h wate r on roads . . . . . 199
Operate your vehicle economically and
min imi ze pollution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Trailer towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Driv ing with a traile r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Trai le r tow ing t ips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Vehicle care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Cleaning and protection . . . . . . 206
General information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Care of exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Care of inte rior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Fuel supply and filling your
fuel tank ... .. .... .......... ....
218
Gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
F uel tan k.. .. .. .. ... ............ . 219
Checking and filling . . . . . . . . . . . 222
E ngine hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Engine comp artmen t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Engine cooling system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Windsh ie ld/headlight washer
container . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Tires and wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
T ire pressure mo nitoring system . . . . 256
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D o-it- yourself ser vice . . . . . . . . .
259
What do I do now? . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Trunk escape hand le . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Emergency warning triangle . . . . . . . . 259
Vehicle tool kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Changing a wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Fuses and bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Fuses .. .... ..... ..... ...... ... .. 268
Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Emergency situations . . . . . . . . . 273
General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Starting by push ing or tow ing . . . . . . . 273
Starting with jumper cables . . . . . . . . 273
Use of jumper cab les . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
E mergency towing with commercial
tow truck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Lifting vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Techni cal d ata . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
General information . . . . . . . . . . 279
Explanation of technical data . . . . . . . 279
Vehicle ident ification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
Weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
Dimensions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
372 hp, 8-cylinder engine, w ith all
wheel drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
Consumer Information . . . . . . . 283
Warranty coverages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Operating your vehicle outside the U.S.A . or Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Audi Service Repair Ma nuals and
L it erature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
M ain tenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Addit ional accessories , modifications
and parts replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Inde x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 7

In addition to t his Owner's Ma nual, your A udi
comes w ith t he
- MMI Oper ating In st ru cti ons
- Warranty & Ma intenance boo klet.
If you are m iss ing one of these publicat ions,
or if you believ e that the information is not
comp lete, contact you r auth orized Audi dea le r
for assistanc e.
MMI Operating Instructions
contain detailed desc ription of the Aud i M ulti
Media Interface (MMI) including t he nav iga­
tion system, the sound system and the ha nd­
h e ld p ho ne.
The Warranty & Maintenance booklet
explains how yo u can keep your A udi in top
driving condition by hav ing it serviced regular­
l y and conta ins detai led info rmat ion about
the wa rra nties covering your Aud i. Always
h ave the book let with yo u when yo u take your
ve hicl e to a n author ized Audi dealer for serv ­
i ce. Y our Audi Servi ce A dviser w ill reco rd ea ch
sche duled service and can an swe r any ques­
tions you may have rega rding how to ma in tain
your ve hicle.
In Canada,
the veh icle lite ratu re is also avai lab le in
Fr ench . T o ob tain a cop y, contact your dea le r
or wri te to:
Au Canada, on peut se p rocure r un exemp la ire
e n fr an<;ais de ce do cument aupres du conces ­
sio nnair e ou de:
Volkswagen Canada Inc.
C lient Assistance
Assis tance a la Clientele
7 77 Bayly S tree t, Wes t,
A jax, On tario LlS 7G 7
If you sell your Audi
all lite ratu re should be left in the ve hicle to
make th e Warranty terms as we ll as a ll oper­
ating, safety and m aintenan ce inform ation
a vaila ble to the nex t owne r.
Vehicle literature 5
If you change your address or if you
bought this Audi used
be s ure to send in a "Notice of Add ress
Change"/ " Notice of Used Car Purchase" post
card. T his card can be fo und in the Warranty&
Maintenance booklet or obtained from your
autho rized Aud i dea ler .
It is in your own interest that we are able to
contact you should the need arise .
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6 About this Owner's Manual
This owner's manua l contains important infor­
mation, tips, suggestions, and warnings for
the use of your veh icle.
Make sure that this owner's manua l is always
located in the vehicle. This is especia lly impor­
tant if you allow other people to drive the ve­
h icle, or if you sell it.
This owner's manua l descr ibes the
equipment
range
specified for this mode l at the editoria l
deadline date. Some of the equipment descri­
bed here will on ly be available at a later date,
or only in specific markets.
Some sections in this owner's manua l do not
apply to a ll vehicles . In that case, the
range of
applicability
is g iven at the beginn ing of the
section, e.g. "Applies to vehicles: w ith Ad­
vanced Parking System" . In add it ion, optional
equipment is indicated by an asterisk"*" .
The details in the
illustrations may be differ ­
ent from those in your vehicle, and are intend­
ed to be viewed as a bas ic guide.
You will find a
table of contents at the begin­
n ing of this book, which disp lays all topics de ­
scr ibed in this manual in order of appearance.
You will find an alphabetical
index at the end
of this book .
All
directions , such as "left", "right", "front",
"back", are relative to the direct ion of travel.
* optional equipment
... This section continues on the next page.
® Registered trademarks are identified with
a®. If this symbol is miss ing, it is no g uar­
antee that the terms can be used freely.
~ .& Cross-reference to a "WARNING!" with-
in a sect ion. For ind ication w ith a page num­
ber, the corresponding "WARNING!" can be
found ou tside of the sect ion.
& WARNING
Text with this symbol contains important
information on safety and how to reduce
the risk of personal injury or death.
(D Note
Text with this symbo l draws your attention
to potentia l sources of damage to your ve­
hicle.
@) For the sake of the environment
Text with this symbo l contains information
abo ut the environment and how you can
help protect it.
{!) Tips
Text with this symbo l contains specia l tips
and other informat ion about gett ing the
most out of yo ur vehicle and its features.

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8 Instruments and controls
Instruments and controls
General illustration
Fig. l Cockp it: left sect io n
Fig. 2 Co ck pi t: ri ght sect io n