service indicator AUDI A8 2016 User Guide

Wheels
check the wheel alignment if have approximately the same
there is unusual wear. length of service life.
-Have the wheels rebalanced if an
For unidirectional tires, make
imbalance is causing noticeable
sure the tires are installed accord-
vibration in the steering wheel. ing to the running direction indi-
If you do not, the tires and other cated on the tire sidewall
vehicle components could wear
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more quickly.
Hidden damage
Treadwear indicator
Damage to tires and rims can of-
The original tires on your vehicle ten occur in locations that are
have 1/16 inch (1.6 mm) high hidden. Unusual vibrations in the
"wear indicators" ¢
fig. 206 run-
vehicle or pulling to one side may
ning across the tread . Marks on
indicate that there is tire damage.
the tire sidewall (for example Reduce your speed immediately.
"TWI" or other symbols) indicate
Check the tires for damage. If no
the positions of the tread wear in- damage is visible from the out-
dicators. side, drive slowly and carefully to
The tires have reached the mini- the nearest authorized Audi deal-
mum tread depth
l) when they er or authorized
repair facility to
have worn down to the treadwear have the vehicle inspected
.
indicators. Replace the tires with
_& WARNING
new ones ¢&. -
Tread that has worn too low or
Wheel rotation different tread depths on the
Rotating the wheels regularly is tires can reduce driving safety.
recommended to ensure the tires This
can especially have a nega-
wear evenly. To rotate wheels, in- tive effect on handling, on the
stall the wheels from the rear risk aquaplaning when driving
axle on the front axle and vice through water, when driving
versa. This will allow the tires to through curves and when
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any applicable regulations in your '° "? .... country. '° ....
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A
A/C (automatic climate control) . . . . . . . . . . 77
ABS
refer to Anti-lock braking system . . . . . . . 190
Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Active lane assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Activating and deactivating . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
C leaning the camera area . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Descr iption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Instrument cluster indicator light . . . . . . 100
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Notes on instrument cluster display . . . . . 100
Sett ing the steering wheel vibration . . . . 101
Adaptive air suspension/sport . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Adapt ive cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
C leaning the sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Request for driver intervention . . . . . . . . . . 95
Stop-and-go traffic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Adapt ive Light (defective) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
AdBlue .. .. .. .. ................. ..... 216
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Opening the tank door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Refilling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Adding Engine coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Additives Engine oil 225
Adjustab le steer ing column . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Adjusting Air distribution (automat ic cl imate control) .78
Instrument illuminat ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Steering column . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Temperature (automatic climate control) . 78
Airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Advanced Airbag-System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Advanced Airbag System components . . . 152
Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Ch ild restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Components (front a irbags) . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Danger of fitting a child seat on the front
passenger seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Fr ont airbags ................. .. 150, 151
Index
How do the front airbags work? . . . . . . . . 154
How many airbags does my vehicle have? 152
How the Advanced Airbag System compo-
nents work together . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Important information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Important safety instructions on the knee
airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Knee airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light . . . . . . . . . 156
Repairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
S ide curta in a irbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Warning/Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Weight-sensing mat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
When must the system be inspected? 156
Aircraft Transporting your vehicle 274
Alcantara Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Alignment pin (tire changing) . . . . . . . . . . . 256
All season ti res . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 51
All Wheel Dr ive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Alternator
refer to Generato r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Amb ience lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Anti-freeze Windshield washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
also refer to Engine coolant . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Anti-lock braking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Anti-slip regulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Anti-theft systems Electronic immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
ASR
refer to Anti-slip regulation . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Audi braking guard
refer to Braking guard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Audi drive select
refer to Drive select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Audi Service Repair Manuals and Literature 281
AUTO Automat ic climate control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Automat ic headl ights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
285

Prewarming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Proper occupant seating positions . . . . . . . 130
Proper safety belt position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Proper seating position
Fr ont passenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Occupants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Rear passengers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Protecting 208
Q
quattro
refer to All Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Question What happens to unbelted occupants? 139
R
Radiator fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Radio clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Rain/light sensor Headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Intermittent (windshield wipers) . . . . . . . . 54
Sensor defective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Raising the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Range (fuel level) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Reading lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Rearfoglights . .. ............. .. .. .. .. 46
Rear lid Escape hand le . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Rear light Defective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Rear seats Adjusting individual seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Entry assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Front passenger seat adjustment . . . . . . . . 64
Reclining rear seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Rear view mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Rear window heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Recirculation mode (automatic climate con-
trol) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Reclining rear seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Recuperation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Refilling AdBlue With bottle. .. ................ .... .. 218
With canister . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Index
Refrigerator
Operating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Refuelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Remote control Garage door opener (Homelink) . . . . . . . . . 44
Massage function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Unlocking and locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Remote luggage compartment lid release . . 36
Repair manuals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Repairs Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
R eplacing
Light bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Windshield wiper blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Reporting Safety Defects ........... 136, 137
Request to warm engine by driving Warn ing/ indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Reset button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Retractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Reverse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Rims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Roof rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Loading........... ................. . 71
Roof weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
s
SAFE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Safe driving habits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Safety Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Cargo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Correct seating posit ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Pedal area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Safety belt position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Safety belts worn by pregnant women . . . 143
Safety belt pretensioner
Service and disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Safety belt pretensioners Pre sense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138, 141
Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Danger to passengers who do not wear a
safety belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
293

Index
Fastening . ..................... ... .
Improperly worn ................ ... .
Not worn .. .. .. ................ ... .
Safety belt position ........... .... .. . 141
144
139
142
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Securing child safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Special considerations for pregnant worn-
en ....... ... .. ................ ... . 143
Unfastening .. .. ............. .... .. . 143
Warning/indicator light ....... .. .. .. . 138
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Worn properly .................. ... .
Safety belt tensioner drive select . .. .... ........... .... .. .
Safety belt warning light ............ .. .
Safety compliance sticker .......... ... .
Safety equipment ........... ...... ... .
Safety features for occupant restraint and
protection . .. .. ............... .... .. .
Safety guidelines 140
106 138
277
129
129
Seat adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Safety instructions Eng ine compartment .......... .... .. .
for side curtain airbags ........ .. .. .. .
for using chi ld safety seats ..... .... .. .
for using safety belts ................ .
Monitoring the Advanced Airbag System .
Safety systems 220
167
171
140
158
Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Saving fuel Cylinder on demand system . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Efficiency program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Recuperation
Screwdriver .. .. ............... .... .. .
Seat adjustment 24
256
Controls (front seats) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Controls (rear seats)
.................. 61
Driver's seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Front passenger's seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Safety guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Seat covers Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Seat heating/ventilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Seating position Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Front passenger ........... ...... ... . 131
294
How to adjust the front seats ......... .
Incorrect seat position .............. .
Occupants ........... .............. . 131
133
130
Rear passengers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Seats Comfort seat side view
................ 66
Correct seating position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Seat symmetry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Seats (number) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Selective catalytic reduc tion
refer to Ad Blue. .. ... ...... ....... .. . 216
Selective unlock feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Selector lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Service and disposal Safety belt pretens ioner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Service interval display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Service pos ition
refer to W indshield wipers . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Shift paddles .. .. .. .. .. .............. .
Ship (transporting your vehicle) ........ .
Shutting down vehicle
Side airbags Description .. .. .. .. .. ............. . .
How they work ... ... ............. .. .
llS
274
198
162
164
Side assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Activating and deactivating . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Adjusting the brightness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Cleaning the sensors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Sensor range .. .. .. .. ... ... .... ... . .
103
Side curtain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
How they work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Side marker lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Ski sack
refer to Pass-through with ski sack . . . . . . . 69
Sliding/tilting sunroof Emergency closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Emergency operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Sockets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67, 72
Solar operation (automatic climate control) . 79
Sources of information about child restraints
and their use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Space-saving spare tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257

Spare tire
refer to Compact spare tire . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Spare wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Speed warning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Sport differential . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Start-Stop-System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Engine does not switched off . . . . . . . . . . . 86
E ngine starts automatically . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Starting/stopping the engine . . . . . . . . . . . 86
switch ing off/on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Start/Stop system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
S TART ENGINE STOP button . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Starting from rest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
St art ing off with a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Starting (engine) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Steering
refer to Electromechanical power assist. . 194
Steering whee l
Adjusting steering column . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Easy entry feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Indicator light ................ ... 17, 194
Shift paddles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Steer ing whee l heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Steps for determining correct lo ad limit . . . 250
Stopping the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Storage compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Panorama glass roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Sun shades Em ergency closing (roof) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Panoramic sunroof. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Rear doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Rear window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Sun visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Symbols
refer to Warning/Indicator lights.. .... .. 11
T
Tachometer .................... .... 11, 23
T ail lights
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Index
TOI clean diesel
refer to Ad Blue ... .. ................ . 216
Technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Technical modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
T emperature display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Tether anchors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Tether strap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
T extiles
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Tie -downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68, 136
Tips for the environment
Saving fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
t iptronic (automatic t ransm iss ion) . . . . . . . 112
Tire mobility kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Low aspect ratio tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Repair set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Replacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Service life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Tire pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Tire pressure monitoring system . . . . . . . 254
T ire pressure table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
T readwear indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Unidirectional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Uniform tire quality grading . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Tires and wheels
Glossary of tire and loading terminology . 238
T ires and vehicle load limits . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Torn or frayed safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
T owing
T ow trucks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
TPMS (tire pressure moni toring system) . . . 254
Trailer mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
T railer towing
Operating instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Parking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
T echnica l requirements . . . . . . . . . . . 202, 203
Train (transporting your vehicle) ......... 274
Transmission malfunction (indicator light). 116
T ransport Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Transporting your vehicle ............ ... 274
Trip odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
What does it mean wh en DEF appears in the
trip odome ter disp lay? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
295