airbag off AUDI A8 2017 Service Manual

Child safet y
CJ) Note
If you leave the chi ld restraint with the tether
strap firmly installed for several days, this
could leave a mark on the upholstery on the
seat cush ion and backrest in the area where
the tether strap was installed. The upholstery
would also be permanently stretched around the tethe r strap . This applies especially to
lea ther seats .
Using tether straps on rearward-facing
child restraints
Curre ntly, few rear -facing chi ld restraint systems
come w ith a tether . P lease read and heed the
child restra int system manufact urer 's instruc­
t ions carefully to determine how to properly in­
stall the tether .
A WARNING
A child in a rearwa rd-faci ng chi ld safety seat
installed o n the front passenge r seat w ill be
ser iously injured and c an be killed if the fron t
airb ag infla tes -even w ith an Adv ance d Airbag
System.
- T he infl ati ng air bag w ill hit the child sa fety
seat or infant carrier wi th great force and
will smash t he chi ld safety seat and child
against the bac krest, center armrest, o r
doo r.
- A tight tether or other strap on a rearward­
facing child restraint attached to the front
passenger seat can put too m uch pressure
on the we ight-mat in the seat and register a
heavie r weig ht in the Advanced Airbag Sys­
tem . The heav ier weight registered can
make the system wo rk as though an adult
were on the sea t and deploy the Advanced
Air bag whe n it must be supp res sed ca using
serious o r even fa tal i njur y to the ch ild.
- If you mus t install a rearward fac ing ch ild
sa fe ty seat on the front passenger sea t be­
ca use of exceptiona l circumstances and the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light does not
come on and stay o n, immed iate ly install
the rear-fac ing ch ild safety seat in a rear
seat ing pos ition and have the airbag system
inspected by your Audi dealer.
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Additional information
· Sources of information about child
restraints and their use
There are a n umber of sources of addi tional in ­
formation about ch ild rest raint se lection, instal ­
l ation and use :
N HT SA advises t hat the bes t chi ld safety seat is
the one tha t fits yo ur child and fits in yo ur vehi ­
cle, and that you will use correct ly and consis­
te ntly.
Try befo re yo u buy!
U.S National Highway Traffic Safety Administra ­
tion
Tel.: 1 -888 -3 27- 42 36 ( TTY: 1-800- 424 -9153)
htt p://www.nh tsa.gov
http:/ /www .sa ferca r.gov
National SAFE KIDS Campaign
Tel.: ( 202) 662-0600
htt p://www.safekids .org
Safety BeltSafe U.S .A
T el.: (800) 745-SA FE (E nglish)
Tel.: (8 00) 747-SA NO (Spanish)
htt p://www.ca rseat.o rg
Transport Canada Information Centre
Tel.: 1-800-333-0371 o r ca ll 1 -613-998-86 16 if
yo u are in the Ottawa area
h ttp://www.tc.gc.ca/ eng/ roadsafety/menu. htm
Audi Customer Re lat ions
Tel.: (800) 82 2-2834

Index
Seat heating/ventilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Seating position Driver · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·.... ....... 208
Front passenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
I ncorrect seat position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Occupants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Rear passengers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Seats Adjusting the front seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Adjusting the rear seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S5
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
Convenience side view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Correct seating position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Massage function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Seat symmetry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Seats (number) ... ................ .... 218
Selecting a source MMI control panel
Selector lever 189
Selector lever position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Serial number (radio) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Service and disposa l
Safety belt pretensioner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Service interval display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
Settings
Directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Media .............................
190
System (MMI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Voice recognition system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Setting the frequency band . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Setting the language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Shades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40, 49
Shift padd les . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Ship (transport ing your vehicle) . . . . . . . . . 330
Shuff le (media) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Side airbags
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Side assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Cleaning the sensors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
also refer to Side assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Side curtain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Side marker lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
SIM card reader .. ... .......... .... .. . 157
Sirius (satellite radio) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
348
Ski bag........ ... .. .. ................ 66
Sliding/tilting sunroof Emergency closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Emergency operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Socket 115 volt .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
12 volt . · · · · .. .. .. .. ............. ... 60
Software update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
also refer to System update (MMI) . . . . . . 205
Software version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Software (MMI) Update ..... .. .. .. .. ............. .. 206
Version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Solar operation (automatic climate control
system) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Sources of information about child restraints
and their use .. .. .. .. .. .. ........... . .
Spare tires .... .. .. .. . .
. ..............
Spare tire (compact spare tire) ......... .
Speed-dependent volume increase ...... .
Speed warning system .. ............... .
Speller . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . ............ . .
Sport differential ... ' .. ..... ......... .
266
319
319
204
92
137
110
Start/Stop-System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Start/Stop system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Starting/stopping the engine . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Switching off/on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Station list
Steering 177
129
Steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Shift paddles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Steering wheel heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
also refer to Multifunction steering whee l. 11
Steps for determining correct load l imit . . . 297
Stopover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Storage compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Subwoofer (sound) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Sunroof · .. · · ... .. .. ............... ... 38
Panorama glass roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Sun shade Emergency operation (panoramic sunroof) 40
Panoramic sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Sunshade Rear window, rear doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Index
Vehicle key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Ve hicle too l kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
Veh icle transport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330
Ve nti la tion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Version informat ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196, 206
Video image settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Video playback combinations (RS E) . . . . . . . 202
VIN ................................ 333
Voice guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Voice recognition system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Sett ings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20S
Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Input level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
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Warning/Indicator lights
Airbag system ............... ... 236,237
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Warning lig hts
refer to Indicator lights ..... ... .. .. .... 1 7
Wa rni ng tr iangle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
Warranty coverages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336
Was hing mat te finish paint . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
We igh ts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334
Wheel bolts Replac ing a wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Wheels ... .. .. .. ............. .... ... 283
Clean ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
Glossa ry of tire and loading terminology . 285
Rep lac ing .. .. .... ........... .... ... 313
Tires and vehicle load limits . . . . . . . . . . . 295
W heel wrenc h . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
W i- F i ...... ... .. ................ .... 160
Media player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
W indow reg ulator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
W indows
Clean ing/ remov ing ice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308
D efrost ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
W indshield
Clea ning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SO
D efrost ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 1
also refer to Windshield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
W indshield washe r system . . . . . . . . . . 50, 281
Rese rvoir capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334
W indshield wipers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SO
350
Win ter driving
Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Win ter operat ion
Cooli ng sys tem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Defrosting the windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Seat heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Steering wheel heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Vehicle battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Windshie ld washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Win ter tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Winter use Car was hes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
Removing ice from windows . . . . . . . . . . . 308
Wiper b lades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Wire less headphones (RS E) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
X
Xenon -L igh ts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 26
Xenon plus headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
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Zoom (map) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172