hood open AUDI A8 2018 User Guide
[x] Cancel search | Manufacturer: AUDI, Model Year: 2018, Model line: A8, Model: AUDI A8 2018Pages: 356, PDF Size: 54.71 MB
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charger off and pull the power cab le out of the
socket.
~ Now remove the charg ing device terminal
clamps .
~ Close the cover @on the positive term inal and
re-install the
cover (!).
~ Close the hood c:;, page 2 73 .
A drained battery can freeze at temperatures
around
322F (0QC) . A frozen or thawed out bat
tery must no longer be used . The battery hous ing
could be cracked by the format ion of ice , which
could cause battery acid to leak out
c:;, ,&. .
Charg ing the b attery
Only use chargers with a ma ximum charg ing
v oltage of 14 .8 V.
The battery connecting cables
do not need to be disconnected . Do not open the
battery when charg ing .
Read all of the manufacturer's instructions for
the charger before charging the battery .
A WARNING
-A h ighly exp losive mixture of gases can form
w hen cha rging batter ies. O nly charge t he
vehicle ba tte ry in well -vent ilated a reas.
- A d rained vehicle battery can freeze at tem
peratu res a round 32
Q F (0 QC). A froze n or
thawed ve hicle battery m ust not be ch arged
and must not be used anymore. The battery
housing can crack and battery acid can leak
out if ice forms, whic h increases the risk of
an exp losion and chemical burns. Contact an
authorized Audi dealer or authorized Aud i
Service Facility for more information.
- Do not connect or disconnect the charg ing
cable while charg ing because th is increases
the risk of an explosion .
(D Tips
-Only charge the vehicle battery through the
connections in the engine compartment.
-Read all of the manufacturer's instructions
for the charger before charg ing the ve hicle
battery .
Ch eck ing and F illing
Windshield washer
system
F ig . 263 E ngin e compar tmen t: was he r fl ui d reservo ir cap
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The windshield washer fluid reservoir O contains
the cleaning solution for the windshie ld and the
headlight washer system
c:;, fig. 263, c:;, page 274.
The reservoir capacity can be found in
<=> page 334.
To reduce the risk of lime scale depos its on the
spray nozzles, use clean water with low amounts
of calcium. Always add w indow cleaner to the wa
ter . When the outside temperatures are cold, an
anti -freezing agent should be added to the water
so that it does not freeze .
@ Note
-The concentration of ant i-freez ing agent
must be adjusted to the veh icle operat ing
condit ions in the respective cl imate . A con
centration that is too high can lead to vehi
cle damage.
- Never add radiato r anti-freeze or other addi
t ives to the washer fluid.
- Do not use a glass cleaner that conta ins
paint so lvents, because t his could damage
the paint.
Service interval display
The service interval display detects when your ve
hicle is due for service.
T he serv ice interval d isplay wo rks in two stages:
-In sp ec tio n o r oil change remind er: after a cer-
tain distance driven , a message appears in the
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Index
Emergency operation
Fr ont passenger 's door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Fuel filler door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Luggage compartment lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Panoram a glass roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Sliding/tilting sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Sunshade (roof) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
E mergency re lease
Parking lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Emergency starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
Emissions control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Energy consumers (efficiency program) . . . . 13
Energy management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
E ngine
Start/Stop system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Starting/stopping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Starting with jumper cables . . . . . . . . . . . 327
E ngine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Opening/closing the hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Engine oil
Adding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Checking oil level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Con sumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Engine sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Entering a destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166, 170
Entering an address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
From the map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
La st destinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Starting point (presentation mode) . . . . . 173
Entering letters (speller) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
E ntering numbers/symbols (speller) . . . . . . 138
Entry assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58, 76
Environment Environmentally-friendly/ economical driv -
ing ..... ... .. .. ................ ... .. 74
Fueling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Proper disposal of drained engine o il . . . . 277
Unleaded fu el . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
EPC (engine control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
ESN
refer to Serial number (radio) ... .... .. .
Event Data Recorder (EDR) ........ .. .. .
E xterior lighting 179
133 43
Exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
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Factory default settings
Multi Media Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
R5E . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Fader(sound) ... .. .. .. ............. .. 206
Fastening Booster seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Convertible child safety seats . . . . . . . . . . 256
Infant seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Fast forwarding/rewinding (audio/video
file) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Fast forwarding (audio/video file) . . . . . . . . 191
Favorite (navigation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169, 173
File format (media) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Floor mats.. .. .. .. .. .. ............. .. 213
Folding table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Foot pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Free text search
T elephone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Freeze protection Coolant additive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Front airbags
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Frontal collisions and the laws of physics . . 220
Front center armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Front passenger seat adjustment . . . . . . . . . 58
Front seats
Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Child restraints in the front seat . . . . . . . . 228
also refer to Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Fuel Additives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Blended gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Current consumpt ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Fuel filler neck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Fuel gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9, 10
Fuel tank capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334
Gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Gasoline additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Octane rating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Recommendation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Saving fuel ...... .. .. ............ 74, 111
Fueling Fuel filler door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Fuel gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Fuel tank capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334
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C leaning the camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
Number of seats ............... .. .. .. . 219
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Occupant seating pos it ions 209
Octane rating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
OFF (automatic climate control . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Oi l
refer to Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
O il change interval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
On-board computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
On-Board Diagnostic System (OBD) . . . . . . . . 25
On/Off knob MMI control panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
RSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Online services
refer to Audi connect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Opening ..... .. ................ ..... .. 27
Fuel filler door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 70
Hood .. .. .. .. ............... .. .. .. . 273
Luggage compartment lid . . . . . . . . . . . 34, 36
Panorama glass roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Sunshade (panorama glass roof) . . . . . . . . 40
Sunshade (sliding/tilting sunroof) . . . . . . . 38
W indows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Operating Multifunction steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Multi Media Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
RSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Overboost (automatic transmission) . . . . . . . 87
Overview Menus and symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Overview (Cockpit) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
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Paint damage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308
Paint number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333
Index
Parking brake
refer to Electromechanical parking brake . 81
Parking system Cleaning the sensors/camera . . . . . . . . . . 307
o/sorefertoParkingsystems ...... 116,117
Parking systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Adjusting the display/warning tone . . . . . 125
Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Peripheral cameras . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Rearv iew camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
T railer hitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Parking (valet parking function) . . . . . . . . . . 40
Particulate filter (diesel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Parts replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338
Pass-through . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
PASSENGER AIR BAG O FF light . . . . . . . . . . 237
Passenger protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Pause (audio/video file) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Phonebook
refer to Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Physical principles of a frontal collision . . . 220
Point of interest search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Polishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308
Pollutant filter (automatic A/C system) . . . . 69
Pregnant women Spec ial considerat ions when wearing a safe-
ty be lt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Pre sense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Presentation mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Pressure (tires) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Preventative passenger protection (pre
sense) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Prewarming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Prompts (settings)
refer to Voice guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Q
quattro (all wheel drive) ................ 131
Selective wheel torque control 127
Panorama glass roof. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Sunshade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
R
Parental control
Radio clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
DVD ..... .. .. ................ ... .. . 191
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