brake AUDI S4 2018 Manual PDF

Emergency situations
-When connecting jumper cables, make sure
that they cannot get caught in any moving
parts in the engine compartment.
-Do not bend over the batteries -danger of
chemical burns!
-The battery cell locking screws must be
tightened securely.
-Before you check anything in the engine
compartment, always read and heed all
WARNINGS
c> page 323.
(D Note
Improper hook-up of jumper cables can ruin
the generator.
- Always connect POSITIVE(+) to POSITIVE
(+), and NEGATIVE(-) to NEGATIVE(-)
ground post of the battery manager control
unit.
- Check that all screw p lugs on the battery
cells are screwed in firmly. If not, tighten
plugs prior to connect ing clamp on negative
battery terminal.
-Please note that the procedure for connect ­
i ng a jumper cable as described above ap­
plies specifically to the case of your vehicle
being jump started . When you are giving a
ju mp start to another vehicle, do
not con­
nect the negative (-) cable to the negative
(-) terminal on the discharged batte ry @
c> fig. 296. Instead, securely connect the
negative( -) cab le to either a solid metal
component that is firm ly bolted to the en­
gine block or to the engine block itself. If
the battery that is being charged does not
vent to the outside, escap ing battery gas
could ignite and explode!
Towing with a tow truck
General hints
Your Audi requires special handling for towing.
The following information is to be used by com­
mercial tow truck operators who know how to op­
erate the ir equipment safely.
-Never tow your Audi, towing will cause dam­
age to the engine and transmission.
376
-Never wrap the safety chains or winch cables
around the brake lines .
- To prevent unnecessary damage, your Audi
must be transported with a flat bed truck .
- To load the vehicle on to the flat bed, use the
towing loop found in the vehicle tools and at­
tach to the front or rear anchorage
i:>page 376 and i:>page 377 .
A WARNING
A vehicle being towed is not safe for passen­
gers. Never allow anyone to ride in a vehicle
being towed, for any reason.
Front towing loop
Only install the front towing loop when it is
needed.
Fig. 297 F ront bumper: installing the towing loop
The threaded opening for the towing loop is lo­
cated on the right s ide of the front bumper.
.,. Remove the towing loop from the vehicle too l
ki t
c> page 360 .
.,. Press the cap inward with brief, forceful p res­
sure
c> fig. 297 . The cap will loosen from the
bumper .
.,. Insert the towi ng loop all the way into the
threaded opening and tighten it with a wheel
wrench.
.,. After using, place the towing loop back in the
vehicle tool kit .
A WARNING
If the towing loop is not tightened until it
stops when installing, the threads may be
pulled out when towing the vehicle and that
could cause an accident.
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@ For the sake of the environment
-Changing the engine settings wi ll adversely
affect emission leve ls. Th is is detrimental to
the env ironment and increases fuel con­
sumption.
- Always observe environmental regu lations
when disposing of old engine o il, used brake
flu id, d irty engine coolant, spent batteries
or worn out tires .
- Undeployed airbag modules and pretension­
ers might be classified as Perchlorate Mate­
rial -spec ial handling may apply, see
www .dtsc.ca.gov/hazardouswaste/perchlo­
rat e. When the vehicle or pa rts of the re­
straint system including airbag modules
safety be lts with pretens ioners are scrap­
ped, a ll applicab le laws and regulations
must be observed. Your a uthorized Audi
dealer is familiar with these requirements
and we recommend that you have your deal­ er perform this service for you.
Accessories and
technical changes
Additional accessories and parts
replacement
Always consult on authori zed Audi dealer before
purchasing accessories.
Audi vehicles that are constructed w ith advanced
materials like Steel/Aluminum (Hybrid construc­
tion), Aluminum (Audi Space Frame), and/or Alu­ minum/Carbon Fiber (Ultra Advanced Light
We ight Materials) are as unique as the ir drivers .
Therefore, the ava ilability of certain parts needed
for repair , restoration , or reconstruction wi ll be
restricted , or parts will be unava ilable, if the ve­
hicle is not repaired at an a uthorized Audi colli­
sion repair facility. This includes but is not limit­
ed to structura l parts which require specialized
training and equipment to restore their crash ­
worthiness back to the original NHTSA and IIHS performance.
Your vehicle incorporates the latest safety design
features ensuring a high standard of active and
passive safety.
Consumer Inf ormation
This safety could be compromised by non-ap ­
proved changes to the vehicle. For this reason, if
parts have to be rep laced, please observe the fol­
lowing points when install ing additional accesso­
ries:
Approved Audi accessories and genuine Audi parts are avai lab le from authorized Aud i dea lers.
T hese dea le rs also have the necessa ry facilities,
tools and trained specialists to install the parts
and accessories properly .
A WARNING
-Using the wrong spare parts or using non-ap-
proved accessories can cause damage to the
vehicle and serious personal injury.
- Use on ly accessories expressly approved by
Aud i and genuine Audi spare parts
- These parts and accessor ies have been spe­
cially designed to be used on your vehicle.
- Do not use license plate brackets in the
front area that are different from the one
installed at the factory, or add additional
li­
cense plate brackets.
- Never install accessor ies such as telephone
cradles or beverage holders on airbag covers
or w ith in the airbag deployment zones . Do­
ing so will increase the risk of injury if a ir­
bags are triggered in an accident!
- Before you check anyth ing in the engine
compartment, always read and heed all
WARNINGS
9poge 323.
(D Note
- If items other than genu ine Audi spare
parts, add -on equipment and accessory
items are used or if repair work is not per­
formed according to specified methods, this
can result in seve re damage to your vehi­
cle's engine and body (such as corrosion)
and adversely affect your vehicle's warranty.
- If emergency repa irs must be performed
elsewhere, have the vehicle exam ined by an
authorized Audi dealer as soon as possib le .
- The manufacturer cannot be held liable for
damage which occurs due to failure to com­
ply with these stipulations .
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Index
Audi p re sense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Sett ings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Aud i Serv ice Repair Ma nuals and Literature 383
Aud i side assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Aud i smartphone interface . . . . . . . . . 246, 250
Aud i virt ua l cockp it
refer to Instr ume nt cl uster . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
AUTO Automatic headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Auto Lock (centra l locki ng system) . . . . . . . . 37
Automatic belt ret ractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Automatic climate control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Aud i drive select. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Automatic climate control system Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Automatic transm ission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 1
E me rgency prog ram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Hill descent contro l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Kick -down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Launch control program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Manual sh ift ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Parking lock emergency re lease . . . . . . . . . 97
Selector lever pos itions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Automatic wipe/wash system . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Auto Safety Hotline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 1
AUTO (button) Automatic climate control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Auxiliary heater (automatic climate control) 79
AUX input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Average consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Ave rage spee d . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
B
BACK button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Balance (sound) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Bass (sound) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Ba tte ry
J u mp starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374
also refer to Veh icle bat tery . . . . . . . . . . . 33 1
Before driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Belt tensione rs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Blended gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315
Blower (automatic cl imate control) . . . . . . . . 78
388
B luetoot h
Audio player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Connect ing a cell phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2SO
Boost...... .. .. .. .. .. ............. ... 11
Booster seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
Boost pressure indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
B rake fl uid
Check ing the b rake fluid level . . . . . . . . . . 330
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Brake ass ist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
B rake fl uid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330
El ec trome chanical parking b rake . . . . . . . . 88
E mergency b raking function . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
New brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Worn brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Breaking in New bra ke pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
New engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
New t ires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 41
Browser
refer to M edia center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Bu lbs ............................... 373
Buttons Cont ro l panel (M MI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Multifunctio n steering whee l . . . . . . . . 13, 16
P rogramming (multifunction steering
whee l) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
C
Cable ( USB adapter/AUX connector cab le) 233
Californ ia Pr opos ition 65 Wa rning . . . . . . . 3 24
Battery specific . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331
Call list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Call options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Capacities AdBl ue ... .. .. .. .. .. ... .......... .. 319
Fuel t ank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381
Washer fluid reservoir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381
Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354
Cargo area
refer to Loading the luggage compart-
ment .............................. 259
C atalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322
CD d rive (med ia d rives) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229

Panorama glass roof. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Emergency operation........... ..... .. 51
Parental control
DVD ... .. .. .. .. ........... .. .. .... . 239
Parking aid
Cleaning sensors/camera . . . . . . . . . . . . .
355
Parking brake
refer to Electromechanical parking brake . 88
Par king lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Parking location Audi connect vehicle control . . . . . . . . . . .
199
Parking system
refer to Parking systems ....... .. . 137, 138
Parking systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Peripheral cameras . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Rearview camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
138
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Trai ler hitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Particulate filter (diesel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
322
Partition net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Parts replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385
Pass-through . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
PASSENGER AIR BAG light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Paths (Owner's Manual) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Pause (audio/video file) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Peripheral display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 7
Personal route assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Phonebook
refer to Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Physical princ iples of a frontal collision . . . 264
Picture format (video) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
239
Playback (media) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Playlist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Point of interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Point of interest search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
also refer to Point of interest . . . . . . . . . . 207
Polishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356
Pollutant filter (automatic A/C system) . . . . 76
Predictive efficiency assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Pregnant women Special considerations when wearing a safe -
a ty belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268 co .... ~ pre sense
:::l refer to Audi pre sense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 0
3 Presentation mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
co
Index
Presets list
refer to Favorites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Presets (radio) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Pressure
Tire pressure monitoring system . . . . . . .
352
Prewarming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Program guide
Radio .... .... .. .. ............... ..
223
Prompt
refer to Command (voice recognition sys -
tem) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
167
Proper occupant seating positions . . . . . . . 255
Proper safety be lt pos ition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Proper seating position
Front passenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
256
Occupants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Rear passengers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Protecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356
Q
quattro
Se lective wheel torque control ....... . .
Question 150
146
What happens to unbelted occupants?
264
R
Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Additional station information . . . . . . . . . 224
Presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Radio text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Station list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Rain/l ight sensor
Headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Interval mode (wipers) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Raising the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
377
Random
refer to Shuffle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Range (fue l level) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Reading lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 7
Rear fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Rear lid Escape latch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
46
also refer to Luggage compartment lid 43, 44
Rear Seat Entertainment preparation
refer to Audi Entertainment mobile . . . . . 235
395