ECU AUDI R8 SPYDER 2015 Owner's Guide

What do I do now?
• Align the jack so that its arm@ c> fig. 158 en­
gages in the designated lifting point in the door
s ill and the movable base @ lies flat on the
ground . The base @ must be
vertical under the
lifting point @.
• Wind the jack up further until the flat tire
comes off the ground
c> ,&. .
Position the vehicle jack only under the designat­
ed lifting points on the sill<=>
fig. 157. There is ex­
actly
one location for each side of the vehicle .
The jack must not be posit ioned at any other lo­
cation
c> .&, c>(D .
An unstable surface under the jack can cause the
vehicle to slip off the jack . Always provide a firm
base for the jack on the ground . If necessary
place a sturdy board or similar support under the
jack. On
hard, slippe ry surfac es (such as tiles)
use a rubber mat or similar to prevent the jack
from slipping
c> .&, .
A WARNING
-
-You or your passengers could be injured
while changing a wheel if you do not follow
sa fety precautions:
- Position the vehicle jack only at the desig­
nated lifting points and align the jack.
Otherwise, the vehicle jack could slip and
cause an injury if it does not have suffi­
cient hold on the vehicle.
- A soft or unstable surface under the jack
may cause the vehicle to slip off the jack .
Always provide a firm base for the jack on
the ground. If necessary, use a sturdy
board under the jack.
- On hard, slippery surface (such as tiles)
use a rubber mat or similar to prevent the
jack from slipping.
- To help prevent injury to yourself and your
passengers:
- Do not raise the vehicle until you are sure
the jack is securely engaged.
- Passengers must not remain in the vehicle
when it is jacked up.
- Make sure that passengers wait in a safe
place away from the vehicle and well away
from the road and traffic.
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- Make sure jack position is correct, adjust
as necessary and then continue to raise
the jack.
(D Note
A floor jack or the pads on the hoist arms
must
not be positioned at the points shown
-arrow-.
Removing the wheel
Follow these instructions step-by-step for chang­
ing the wheel.
Fig. 159 Whee l chan ge: using the screwd river handle (wit h
the blade removed) to turn t he bolts
Fig. 160 Whee l chan ge: alignme nt pin inside the top hole
After you have loosened all wheel bolts and
raised the vehicle off the ground, perform the
following steps to remove and replace the wheel:
Removing the wheel
• Use the hexagonal socket in the screwdriver
handle
to completely turn out the topmost
wheel bolt and set it aside on a
clean surface .
• Screw the threaded end of the
alignment pin
from the tool kit hand-tight into the now va­
cant bolt hole<=>
fig. 160.

What do I do now?
-Repl ace th e fl at ti re with a n ew one and h ave
it ins talled on you r vehicle as soon as
po ssible. Remount the wheel co ve r.
Until th en, driv e with extr a car e and at redu ced
s pe eds .
A WARNING
-If you are go ing to equip your vehicle with
t ires or rims which differ from those wh ich
were factory installed, then be sure to read
the informat ion¢
page 186, New tires and
replacing tires and wheels.
- Always store the tools securely in luggage
compartment . Otherwise, in an accident or
sudden maneuver they cou ld fly forward,
caus ing injury to passengers i n the vehicle .
(D Note
Do not use commercially available t ire sea l­
ants. Otherwise, the electrical components of
the t ire pressure monito ring system* will no
longer wo rk properly and the sensor fo r the
tire pressure monitor ing system will have to
be rep laced by a qualified workshop.
Jump-starting
General
If necessary, the engine can be started by con­
necting it to the battery of another vehicle.
-
If the engine sho uld fail to start because of a d is­
charged or weak battery, the battery can be con­
nected to the battery of
another vehicle, using a
pai r of jumpe r cable s to start the engine.
Both batteries must be rated at 12 vo lts. The
ca ­
pacit y
(Ah) of the booster battery must not be
substantially less than the capacity of the dis­
charged battery.
Jump er c ables
Use only jumper cables of sufficiently large cro ss
s e ctio n
to safely carry the s tarte r cu rrent . Refer
to the manufact urer's specifications.
Use o nly jumper cables wh ich have
insulated ter­
minal clamps and are p roperly marked for d is­
tinction:
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plu s(+) ca ble : in most cases colo red red
minu s(-) c abl e:
in most cases colo red bla ck
A WARNING
-
Batteries conta in e lectr ic ity, acid, and gas.
Any of these can cause very serious or fata l in ­
jury . Follow the instructions below for sa fe
handling of your vehicle's battery.
- Always shie ld your eyes and avoid leaning
over the battery whenever possib le .
- A discharged battery can a lready freeze at
tempera tures just below 32 °F (0 °C). Befo re
connecting a jumper cab le, the frozen bat­
tery must be thawed comp lete ly, otherwise
it could exp lode.
- Do not allow battery acid to contact eyes or
skin . Flush any contacted area with water
immed iately.
- Improper use of a booster battery to start a
veh icle may cause an explosion.
- Vehicle batter ies generate explosive gases .
Keep sparks, f lame and lighted cigarettes
away from batteries.
- Do not try to jump start any vehicle with a
low acid level in the battery.
- The voltage of the booster battery must al­
so have a 12 -Vo lt rat ing. The capacity (Ah)
of the booster battery should not be lower
than that of the discharged battery. Use of batter ies of different voltage or substantial­
ly different "Ah" rating may cause an explo­
sion and personal injury.
- Never charge a frozen battery. Gas trapped
in the ice may cause an exp losion .
- Never charge or use a battery that has been frozen. The battery case may have be weak­
ened.
- Use of batter ies of different voltage or sub­
stantially d iffe rent capacity (Ah) rating may
cause an exp losion and injury. The capacity
(Ah) of the booster battery sho uld not be
lower than that of the discharged battery.
- Before you check anything in the engine
compa rtment, always re ad and heed all
WARNINGS
¢page 155, Working in the en -
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(D Note
-Applying a higher vo ltage booster battery
will cause expensive damage to sensitive electronic components, such as control
units, relays, radio, etc.
- T here m ust be no e lectrica l contact between
the vehicles as otherwise current could al­
ready start to flow as soon as the pos itive
(+) terminals are connected .
@ Tips
-The discharged battery must be properly
con nected to the vehicle's electrical system.
- Switch
off any car phone, or follow the car
phone instruct ions for this situation.
Use of jumper cables
Make sure to connect the jumper coble clomps in
exa ctly the order described below!
F ig . 161 Luggag e comp artm ent: conn ectors fo r a charg er
an d jump start cab les
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Fig . 162 Jump start using th e batte ry in a not her ve hicl e: A
• Fe male sock et, B • D isch arge
The batte ry is located in the luggage compart­
ment ~
page 166 . The front lid can be opened in
a n emergency
r=;, poge 33.
What do I do no w?
Do not connect the negative cable d irect ly to the
n egat ive terminal on the battery . Connect it to a
jump start pin instead r=;, fig. 161.
Connect the po sitive cable (r e d ) to the
po sitive terminal
1. Connect one end of the red jumper cab le
r=;, fig . 162 (D to th e positive t erminal of dis­
charged battery @.
2. Connect the o ther end of the red jumper ca­
ble to the positive term inal @ofthe booster
battery @.
Conne ct the neg ative c able (bl ack ) to the
neg ativ e terminal
3. Connect one end of the b lack jumper cable @
to the negative term inal of the booster bat­
tery @.
4. Secu re the other end to the jump start pin@
for the d isc harged battery @.
Starting the engine
"'Start the engine of the veh icle provid ing assis ­
tance and allow it to run at idle .
"' Now sta rt the engine of the vehicle with the
d ischa rged ba ttery.
"'I f the engine does not star t: Stop trying afte r
10 seconds and then try again after about 30
seconds .
"' Disconnect the cable while the engine is run-
ning in exact ly
reverse orde r to that described.
T he bat tery is vented to the outside to p reven t
gases from entering the vehicle interior . Make
s u re that th e jumper clamps ar e well connect ed
with their
metal ports in full contact with the
battery terminals.
A WARNING .
To avoid se rious personal injury and damage
to the veh icle , heed all warnings and ins truc­
tions of the jumper cable manufacture r. If in
doubt, call for road service.
- Ju mpe r cables m ust be long eno ugh so that
the vehicles do not touch .
- When connecting jumper cables, make sure
that they can not g et caug ht in any moving
parts in the eng ine compartment. ..,.
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their guides on the vehicle. Then push the grill in­
to position.
A WARNING
If the towing loop is not screwed in as far as it
w ill go, the thread can pull out when the veh i­
cle is towed -potential risk of an accident.
(D Tips
Check carefully to make sure the hook- up is
secure .
What do I d o now?
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Consumer Information
scope of maintenance and repairs which can be
carried out by vehicle owners .
Also , sa fety and
en vironment al
concerns place very str ict limits
on the nature of repa irs and adjustments to en­
g ine and transmission parts which an owner can
perform .
Maintenance, adjustments and repairs usually re­
qu ire spec ia l tools, testing devices and other
equ ipment available to specially tra ined work­
shop personnel in order to assure proper per­
formance, reliab ility and safety of the vehicle and
its many systems .
Improper maintenance, adjustments and repairs
can impair the operation and reliability of your
veh icle and eve n void your vehicle warranty .
Therefore, proof of servicing in acco rdance with
the ma intenance sched ule may be a condition fo r
upho ld ing a possible wa rranty claim made w ith in
the wa rranty per iod .
Above all, operational safety can be adversely af­
fected, creating unnecessary risks fo r you and
your p assengers .
If in doubt about any se rv ici ng, have it done by
your author ized Audi dealer or any other properly
equ ipped and qualified workshop. We st ro ngly
urge you to give yo ur au thori zed Audi dealer the
opport unity to perform all schedu led mainte­
nance and necessary repairs. Your dealer has the
facilities, original parts and trained specialists to
keep yo ur vehicle runn ing proper ly.
Performing limited mainten ance yourself
The fo llow ing pages describe a lim ited number o f
p roced ures which can be performed on you r vehi­
cle with ordinary tools, sho uld the need a rise and
trained personne l be unavailab le. Before per­
forming any of these procedures, always thor­
oughly read all of the applicable text and careful­
ly follow the instructions g iven. A lways rigorously
observe the
WARNINGS prov ided .
Before you check anything in the engine com ­
partment , always read and heed all WARNINGS
c> & and c> & in Working in the engine compart­
ment on page 155.
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A WARNING
-
-Ser ious personal in jury may occur as a result
of improperly performed maintenance, ad­
justments o r repai rs.
- Always be extremely careful when work ing
on the vehicle . Always follow commonly ac­
cepted safety pract ices and general com­
mo n sense. Never r is k pe rsonal i njury.
- Do not attempt any of the mainte nance,
checks or repairs described on the following
pages if you a re not fully familiar with these
or other procedures w it h respect to the ve hi­
cle, or are unce rtain how to proceed .
- Do not do any work wi thout the proper tools
an d eq uipment. H ave the necessary work
done by your au thorized Audi dealer o r an ­
other prope rly equippe d an d qua lified work­
shop .
- Always remove the ignition key befo re any ­
one gets under the vehicle.
- Always support your veh icle with safety
stands if it is necessary to work underneath
the vehicle. The jack * is not adequate for
this purpose and co uld collapse causing se­
r ious personal in jury.
- If you must wor k unde rneath the vehicle
w it h the wheels on t he gro und, a lways make
sure the vehicle is on level ground, that the
wheels are a lways securely blocked and that
the engine cannot be started .
- Always make sure the transmission selector
lever is in "N" (N eutral) (5 tronic) or Neutral
(ma nual transm iss ion) and the hand brake is
fi rm ly applied.
@ For the sake of the environment
- Cha ng ing the engine settings will adve rsely
affect emiss ion levels. This is detrimental to
the environment a nd increases fuel con­
s u mption.
- Always observe environmenta l reg ulations
when dispos ing of old engine oil, used brake
fluid, dirty eng ine coolan t, spent ba tter ies
or worn ou t tires.

Convertible locking retracto r
Activating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
131
Deactivating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Using to secure a c hild safety seat . . 130, 131
Convertible top
E me rgency operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
41
Er ror message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Gene ral info rmation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
15
Ma lfunct ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Opening/clos ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Retract ing/extend ing rear w indow . . . . . . . 40
W ind deflector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Coolant system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
161
Adding coolan t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Checking the eng ine coolant leve l. . . . . . . 162
C ruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 1
Changing speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Presetting your speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Sw itching
off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Sw itching on .. ... ..... ... ...... .. .. ..
71
Warn ing/ indicato r lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Cup holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Curren t fu el mileage
D
D amping
refer to Audi magnetic ride . .. .. .. .. .. . .
Data recorder
. ....... ..... .... .. .. .. .
2 1
72
134
Date display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Daytime running lig hts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
4 6
Declaration of comp liance
Ce ll phone package . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
218
Electronic immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Garage door opener (Homel in k) . . . . . . . . 218
Remote control key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
T ire pressure monitoring system ....... 2 18
Decorative decals
Clean ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
147
Decorative parts/trim
C leaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
147
def · · · . · ·. ·. .... ... ..... ..... .. .... .. 10
Defective light bulb warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
D efrosting the windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Determi ning cor rect load limit . . . . . . . . . . 184
Digita l compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Index
Dimens ions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 13
D imm ing the rearview m irror . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
D ipst ic k . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159, 160
Displays
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
148
Dis ta nee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Doors
Emergency lock ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
32
D rive r informa tion sys tem
Menu button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
23
Menu disp lay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Open door or front lid warn ing . . . . . . . . . . 20
Outs ide temperature disp lay . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Red symbo ls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Se rv ice interval display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Sound system disp lay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Trip compute r.. .. ............. .... .. . 2 1
yellow symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Driver seat
refer to Seating posi tion . . . . . . . . . . . . 87, 88
Drivi ng safe ly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Dr iving throug h wate r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
142
Dry sump lubricat io n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
D uplicate key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Dust filter
· · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · .. ... . 62
E
Efficiency program
Memo ry levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
21
Elapsed time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
El ectr ica l voltage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Electronic d ifferential lock (EDL) . . . . . . . . . 134
Warning/ind icator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Electronic immobi lizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10, 28
El ectronic power con trol
E PC warn ing/ indica tor light . . . . . . . . . . . .
16
Electronic Stab ilization Contro l (ESC) . . . . . 134
Warning/ind icator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Emergency flasher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Warning/ind icator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
E mergency lo cking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Emergency operation
Co nvertib le top . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
41
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Powe r locking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Emergency locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Front lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Lock ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Lock ing and unlocking the vehicle from in-
side . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Sw itches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Un loc king . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Un loc king and locking veh icle . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Power seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
P owe r steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Powe r top
C lean ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Power windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Reactivating th e system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Pregnant women Special considerations when wearing a safe-
ty belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
P rope r sa fe ty belt pos it io n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Proper seating pos ition
Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
F ront passenge r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Protecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Q
Quartz clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Quest ion
What happens to unbe lted occupa nts? . . . 96
Why s afety be lts? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
R
Ra in sensor defect ive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Rear light
Defective
..... .............. ........ 17
Rear spoiler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Rear v iew camera
P ara llel Pa rking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Reverse p arking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Rear view mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Rear window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Rear window defogger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Refueling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
also refer to Remote master key . . . . . . . . . 28
Remote mast er key
B attery repla cement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27, 28
Index
Check light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Un locking and locki ng . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Repair ma nuals ....................... 215
Repa irs
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Rep lacement parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Replac ing
Bu lbs . ........ .. ............. .... .. 211
F use s... .. .. .. .. .. ........... .. .. .. 210
Rims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 6
Tires and wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Whee l rims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Repo rting Safety Defe cts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Reset button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Resetting remote cont ro l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Retractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Reverse gea r (S tronic) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Rims Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Replacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 86, 190
Rollbar
refer to Ac tive ro llover p rotection system . 93
s
SAF E . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10, 28
Safe driving habits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
S afe ty be lt pos ition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Sa fety belts worn by pregnan t women 99
Safety belt pretensioner
Se rv ice and d isposa l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Danger to passengers who do not wear a
safety belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Fasten ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Improperly wo rn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Not wor n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
pretensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Safe ty be lt pos ition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Securing child safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Spec ial considerations for pregnant women .99
U nfastening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Warning/ind icator light. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
WhyYOU MUSTwea rthem ......... ... . 95
Worn p rope rly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
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