load capacity AUDI S4 2019 Owners Manual

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Stowingandusing


—Ifyouabsolutelymustdrivewiththerearlid
open,observethefollowingnotestoreduce
theriskofpoisoning:
—Closeallwindows,
—Closethesunroof*,
—Openallairoutletsintheinstrumentpan-
el,
—Switchofftheairrecirculation,
—Set thefreshairfantothehighestspeed.


ZXWARNING
Alwaysmakesurethatthedoors,allwindows,
thesunroof*andtherearlidaresecurely
closedandlockedtoreducetheriskofinjury
whenthevehicleisnotbeingused.
—Afterclosingtherearlid,alwaysmakesure
thatitisproperlyclosedandlocked.
—Neverleaveyourvehicleunattendedespe-
ciallywiththerearlidleftopen.Achild
couldcrawlintothevehiclethroughthelug-
gage compartmentandclosetherearlidbe-
comingtrappedandunabletogetout.Be-
ingtrappedinavehiclecanlead to serious
personalinjury.
—Neverletchildrenplayinoraroundthevehi-
cle.
—Neverletpassengersrideintheluggage
compartment.Vehicleoccupantsmustal-
waysbeproperlyrestrainedinoneoftheve-
hicle’sseatingpositions.

QNote
Ifyouaretransportinglargeitemswiththe
backrestfoldeddown”,youshouldremove
the Rear SeatEntertainment(RSE)*andits
holder*toavoiddamage.
@Tips
—Aircirculationhelpstoreducewindowfog-
ging.Staleairescapestotheoutside
throughventsinthetrimpanel.Besureto
keeptheseslotsfreeandopen.
—Thetirepressuremustcorrespondtothe
load.Thetirepressurelabelliststherecom-
mendedcoldtireinflationpressuresforthe
vehicleatitsmaximumcapacityweightand
thetiresthatwere onyourvehicleatthe
timeitwasmanufactured.Forrecommend-
edtirepressuresfornormalloadconditions,
pleaseseechapter>page334.
Luggagecompartmentcover
Appliesto:vehicleswithluggagecompartmentcover

2 s
S = = ao



B4L-1256

Fig.69Luggagecompartment:removingandinstalling
theluggagecompartmentcover
Attaching
> Pullthecoveroutandattachitinthemounting
eyeletsinthesidetrimpanel>fig.68.
Removing
> Pulltheleverinthedirectionofthearrow
=>fig.69andremovethecoverupward.
Installing
>Placetheleftandrightsidesofthecoverinto
themountsonthesidetrimpanel.
>Pushthecoverdownwarduntilitclicksinto
place.

Z\WARNING
Theluggagecompartmentcoverisnota sur-
faceforstoringobjects.Objectsplacedonthe
coverincreasetheriskofinjurytoallvehicle>

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Trailertowing

Trailertowing
Drivingwithatrailer
Generalinformation
Yourvehicleisprimarilyintendedfortransport-
ingpeopleandluggage.However,ifyoudrive
withatrailer,followthetechnicalrequirements,
the operationanddrivingtips,andthelegalreg-
ulations.
Drivingwithatraileraffectsthevehicle'sfuel
consumption,performanceandwear.Italsore-
quireshigherconcentrationfromthedriver.

Z\WARNING
Donottransportanypeopleinatrailerdueto
theriskoffatalinjury.
Technicalrequirements
Certainrequirementsmustbemetwhentowing
atrailer.

Trailerhitch
Only useatrailerhitchwitharemovableball
hitchmountandballhitch.Thetrailerhitchmust
bepermittedforthevehicle,thetrailerandthe
permittedtotalweightofthetrailerbeing
pulled.Aboveall,itmustbesecurelyandsafely
attachedtothevehicletrailer.
Nevermountatrailerhitchonthebumper.The
trailerhitchmustbemountedinawaythatdoes
not impair thefunctionofthebumper.Donot
makeanychangestotheexhaustsystemandthe
brakesystem.
Checkregularlyifthetrailerhitchissecurely
mounted.Alwaysfollowtheinstructionsgivenby
thetrailerhitchmanufacturer.
Trailerbrakes
Ifthetrailerhasitsownbrakesystem,thenfol-
lowthemanufacturerspecifications.However,
thebrakesystemonthetrailermustneverbe
connectedtothevehiclebrakesystem.
Enginecoolingsystem
Drivingwithatrailermeansahigherloadonthe
engineandthecoolingsystem.Thecoolingsys-
temmustbedesignedforadditionalloadand
containenoughcoolant>@.
()Note
Longerinclinescannotbedrivenwithouta
suitablecoolingsystem,especiallyiftheout-
sidetemperaturesarehigh.Otherwise,this
increasestheriskofenginedamage.
Operatinginstructions
Severalthingsmustbenotedwhentowinga
trailer.
Towingcapacity
Yourvehiclecanonlybeoperatedwithclass1or
class2trailers.
Loaddistribution
Poorcargoloadanddistributioncannegatively
impactvehiclehandling.Loadthetrailerbased
onthefollowingcriteriaasmuchaspossible:
—Storeobjectsinthevehicleluggagecompart-
ment,ifpossible.Thevehicleshouldalways
carrytheheaviest possibleloadandthetrailer
shouldhavethelightestpossibleload.
—Distributetheloadinthetrailerso thatthe
heavyobjectsareasclosetotheaxleaspossi-
ble.
—Secureobjectsso thattheydonotslide.
—Utilizethemaximumpermittedtongueweight
ifpossible.
Tires
Setthetirepressureonyourvehiclefora“full
load”;seethetirepressuresticker>page332.If
necessary,alsoadjustthetirepressureonthe
traileraccordingtothemanufacturer'sspecifica-
tions.
Thetrailerandthevehicleshould beequipped
withwintertireswhendrivinginwintertempera-
tures.
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Telephone

cellphone.Audirecommendseditingcell
phonecontactsdirectlyinthecellphone.
—OnlythecontactsinthelocalMMImemory
canbeeditedordeleted.
Importingandexportingcontacts
Appliesto:vehicleswithtelephone
ContactsinvCardformat(.vcf)canbeimported
intothedirectoryorexported.
Requirement:anSDcard mustbeinsertedinone
oftheSDcardreaders*>page221oraUSBstor-
agedevicemustbeconnectedtothe Audimusic
interface*>page226ortherequirementsfor
AudiconnectInfotainmentservices*mustbe
met>page186.

>Select:[MENU]button>Telephone>leftcon-
trolbutton>Directory.
>Select:rightcontrolbutton>Contactsettings.

—Importingcontactsfromastoragedevice:se-
lectandconfirmImportcontacts>SDcard
1/SDcard2orUSBdevice1/USBdevice2>
desiredcontacts>Startimport.
—Exportingcontactstoastoragedevice:select
andconfirmExportcontacts>SDcard1/SD
card2orUSBdevice1/USBdevice2>desired
contacts>Startexport.
—Selectingallcontactsatoncetoimport/
export:selectandconfirmImportcontacts/Ex-
port
contacts>SDcard1/SDcard2orUSBde-
vice1/USBdevice2> All >Startimport/Start
export.
G)Tips
—Alwaysreadthechapter>page186,Audi
connect.
—ForadditionalinformationonthemyAudi
account,visitwww.audiusa.com/myaudi.
— Theimportedcontactsarestoredinthelo-
calmemoryofthedirectory.
—Amaximumof1,000contactscanbeim-
ported.Youcancheckthedirectorymemory
capacityatanytime>page184.

+Dependsontheconnectedcellphone.
—Neversaveimportantdataonmemorycards
orUSBstoragedevices.Audiisnotresponsi-
blefordamagedorlostfilesandmedia.
—Contactsthatweredownloadedfromamo-
biledevicecannotbeexported.
—Thereshouldbenootherfilesor folderson
thestoragemediumcontainingthecontacts
tobeimported.
Additionalsettings
Telephonesettings
Appliesto:vehicleswithtelephone

>Select:[MENU]button>Telephone>rightcon-
trolbutton>Telephonesettings.

Calloptions*
Callforwarding:youcanswitchtheforwarding
ofincomingcallstoyourvoicemailortoanother
phonenumberonandoff.Youcan checkifthe
functionisactivatedordeactivatedwithCheck
status.
Callwaiting:youarealerted toanincomingcall
duringaphonecallwhenthefunctionisswitched
on[M.Youcancheckifthefunctionisactivated or
deactivatedwithCheckstatus.
Sendowntelephonenumber:sendingyour
phonenumberwithanoutgoingcallcanbeacti-
vatedanddeactivated.WiththeNetwork-de-
pendentsetting,thesettinglistedinthecon-
tractwiththecellphoneserviceproviderisused.
ThesettingsonlyapplytotheTelephonemenuin
theMMI.Pleasenotethatthesettingsonyour
mobiledevicewillapplyafterdisconnectingthe
Bluetoothconnection.Youcancheckifthefunc-
tionisactivated ordeactivatedwithChecksta-
tus.
Ringtoneandvolumesettings”)
UsingtheMutetelephonefunction,youcan
switchtheringtoneplaybackthroughtheMMI
speakeronandoff.Youcanplaytheringtonesus-
ingtheRingtonefunction.Selectandconfirm an
entryfromthelist.FortheRingtonevolume/
Messagevolumesettings,see>page245.The
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Telephone

Microphoneinputlevelcan beadjustedduringa
phonecallusingthecontrolknob.
iG)Tips
—Severalmobiledevicescan bepairedwith
theMMI,butonlytwo*mobiledevicescan
beactivelyconnected.
—TodeleteallpairedBluetoothdevices,the
Bluetoothfunctioncanberesettothefac-
torydefaultsettings>page241.
Additionaloptions
>Select:[MENU]button>Telephone>rightcon-
trolbutton.


Connectionmanager
See>page241.
Bluetoothsettings*
See>page243.
Onlinesettings*
See>page243.
Wi-Fisettings*
See>page193,Wi-Fisettings.
Directorysettings
Appliesto:vehicleswithtelephone

>Select:[MENU]button>Telephone>leftcon-
trolbutton>Directory>rightcontrolbutton>
Contactsettings.

Memorycapacity
ShowstheMemorycapacityforthedirectory.
Youcanmanageupto17,000contactswiththe
directory.Youcanloadupto4,000contactsfrom
yourcellphoneintoeachdirectory.Youcanalso
importupto1,000contactsfromastoragede-
vice.
Sortorder
Youcansortthecontactsinyourdirectoryalpha-
beticallyaccordingtoLastnameorFirstname.
Importcontacts/Exportcontacts
See>page183.
Downloaddirectory
ToupdatethecontactsintheMMI,youcanman-
uallydownloadyourmobiledevicecontacts.De-
pendingonthemobiledevice,youmayneedto
disconnectandreconnecttheBluetooth connec-
tiontoupdatethecontacts.
Hidecontactswithoutphonenumber
Whenthisfunctionisswitchedon,grayed-out
contacts thathavenophonenumbersstoredfor
themwillbehiddeninthedirectory.

Troubleshooting
Appliesto:vehicleswithtelephone
ProblemSolution
PairingthecellphonetotheMMI|Checkiftherequirementsforconnectingamobiledevicearemet
failed.=>page171.
>page171.
Or:checkifyouaccidentallydeclinedthepairingsetupPINon
yourcellphone.Ifnecessary,repeatthepairingprocess

Afterpairing,notallcontactsor
theMMI.

Avoidusingspecialcharactersinnames.
no
contactshavebeenloadedinto|Avoidusingcontactgroups onyourcellphone.

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Wheels

Tiredesignations

B8K-2316


Fig.262Tiredesignationsontheside-
wall
@Tiresforpassengervehicles
(ifapplicable)
"P"indicatesatireforapassenger
vehicle."T"indicatesatiredesig-
natedfortemporaryuse.
@Nominalwidth
Nominalwidthofthetirebe-
tweenthesidewallsinmillime-
ters.Ingeneral:thelargerthe
number,thewiderthetire.
@)Aspectratio
Height/widthratioexpressedasa
percentage.
@Tireconstruction
“R"indicatesaradialtire.
©)Rimdiameter
Sizeoftherimdiameterininches.
©Loadindexandspeedrating
Theloadindexindicatesthetire's
load-carryingcapacity.
Thespeedratingindicatesthe
maximumpermittedspeed.Also
see>AinGeneralinformationon
page322.
“EXTRALOAD”,“xl”or“RF”indi-
catesthatthetireisreinforcedor
isanExtraLoadtire.






Speedrat-/Maximumpermittedspeed
ing
Pupto93mph(150km/h)
Qupto99mph(160km/h)
Rupto106mph(170km/h)
Supto110mph(180km/h)
Tupto118mph(190km/h)
Uupto124mph(200km/h)
Hupto130mph(210km/h)
Vvupto149mph(240km/h)?
Zzabove149mph(240km/h)?
wupto168mph(270km/h)?
Yupto186mph(300km/h)?

@)Fortiresabove149mph(240km/h),
tiremanufacturerssometimesusethe
code“ZR”.
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Wheels

Glossaryoftireandloading
terminology
Accessoryweight
meansthecombinedweight(in
excessofthosestandarditems
whichmaybereplaced)ofauto-
matictransmission,powersteer-
ing,powerbrakes,powerwin-
dows,powerseats,radio,and
heater,totheextentthatthese
itemsareavailableasfactory-in-
stalledequipment(whetherin-
stalledornot).
Aspectratio
meanstheratioofthe heightto
thewidthofthetireinpercent.
Numbersof55orlowerindicatea
lowsidewallforimprovedsteer-
ingresponseandbetteroverall
handlingondrypavement.
Bead
meansthepartofthetirethatis
madeofsteelwires,wrappedor
reinforcedbyplycordsandthatis
shapedtofittherim.
Beadseparation
meansabreakdownofthebond
betweencomponentsinthebead.
Cord
meansthestrandsformingthe
pliesinthetire.
Coldtireinflationpressure
meansthetirepressurerecom-
mendedbythevehiclemanufac-
turerforatireofadesignated
sizethathasnotbeendrivenfor
morethanacoupleofmiles(kilo-
meters)atlowspeedsinthethree
hourperiodbeforethetirepres-
sureismeasuredoradjusted.
Curbweight
meanstheweightofamotorve-
hiclewithstandardequipmentin-
cludingthemaximumcapacityof
fuel,oil,andcoolant,aircondi-
tioningandadditionalweightof
optionalequipment.
Extraloadtire
meansatiredesignedtooperate
athigherloadsandathigherin-
flationpressuresthanthecorre-
spondingstandardtire.Extraload
tiresmaybeidentifiedas“XL”,
“xL’,“EXTRALOAD”,or“RF”on
thesidewall.
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Wheels

GrossAxleWeightRating
(“GAWR”)
meanstheload-carryingcapacity
ofasingleaxlesystem,measured
atthetire-groundinterfaces.
GrossVehicleWeightRating
(“GVWR”)
meansthemaximumtotalloaded
weightofthevehicle.
Groove
meansthespacebetweentwoad-
jacenttreadribs.
Loadrating(code)
meansthemaximumloadthata
tireisratedtocarryforagivenin-
flationpressure.Youmaynotfind
thisinformationonalltiresbe-
causeitisnotrequiredbylaw.
Maximumloadrating
meanstheloadratingforatireat
themaximumpermissibleinfla-
tionpressureforthattire.
Maximumloadedvehicle
weight
meansthesumof:
(a)Curbweight
(b)Accessoryweight
(c)Vehiclecapacityweight,and
(d)Productionoptionsweight
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Maximum(permissible)
inflationpressure
meansthemaximumcoldinfla-
tionpressuretowhichatiremay
beinflated.Alsocalled“maxi-
muminflationpressure.”
Normaloccupantweight
means150lbs.(68kilograms)
timesthenumberofoccupants
seatedinthevehicleuptotheto-
talseatingcapacity ofyourvehi-
cle.
Occupantdistribution
meansdistributionofoccupants
inavehicle.
Outerdiameter
meanstheoveralldiameterofan
inflatednewtire.
Overallwidth
meansthelineardistancebe-
tweentheexteriorsoftheside-
wallsofaninflatedtire,including
elevationsduetolabeling,deco-
rations,orprotectivebandsor
ribs.
Ply
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bythetiremanufacturer.Thisin-
formationisusedtocontactcon-
sumers
ifatiredefectrequiresa
recall.
Vehiclecapacityweight
meanstheratedcargoandlug-
gageloadplus150lbs.(68kilo-
grams)timesthevehicle'sdesig-
natedseatingcapacity.
Vehiclemaximumloadonthe
tire
meansthatloadonanindividual
tirethatisdeterminedbydistrib-
utingtoeachaxleitsshareofthe
maximumloadedvehicleweight
anddividingbytwo.
Vehiclenormalloadonthetire
meansthatloadonanindividual
tirethatisdeterminedbydistrib-
utingtoeachaxleitsshareofthe
curbweight,accessoryweight,
andnormaloccupantweight(dis-
tributedinaccordancewith>ta-
bleonpage334)anddividingby
two.
Occupantloadinganddistri-
butionforvehiclenormalload
forvariousdesignatedseating
capacities
Refertothetireinflationpressure
label>page332,fig.265forthe
numberofseatingpositions.Re-
fertothetable>tableon
page334forthenumberofpeo-
plethatcorrespondtothevehicle
normalload.
Newtiresorwheels
Audirecommendshavingallwork
ontiresorwheelsperformedby
anauthorizedAudidealerorau-
thorizedAudiServiceFacility.
Thesefacilitieshavethe proper
knowledgeandareequippedwith
therequiredtoolsandreplace-
mentparts.
>Newtiresdonotyethavethe
optimumgrippingproperties.
Drivecarefullyandatmoderate
speedsforthefirst350miles
(500km)withnewtires.
>Onlyusetireswiththesamede-
sign,size(rollingcircumfer-
ence),andas close tothesame
treadpatternas possibleonall
fourwheels.
>Donotreplacetiresindividually.
Atleastreplacebothtiresonthe
sameaxleatthesametime.
>Audirecommendsthatyouuse
AudiOriginalTires.Ifyouwould
liketousedifferenttires,please
notethatthetiresmayperform>
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Wheels

NEVEREXCEEDXXXKGORXXX
LBS”onyourvehicle’splacard
(tireinflationpressurelabel)
=>page332,fig.265.
.Determinethecombined
weightofthedriverandpas-
sengersthatwillberidingin
yourvehicle.
.Subtractthecombinedweight
ofthedriverandpassengers
from“XXX”kilogramsor“XXX”
poundsshownonthestick-
er>page332,fig.265.
.Theresultingfigureequalsthe
availableamountofcargoand
luggageloadcapacity.Forex-
ample,ifthe“XXX”amount
equals1400lbs.andtherewill
befive150lbs.passengersin
yourvehicle,theamountof
availablecargoandluggage
load capacityis650lbs.
(1400-750(5x150)=650
lbs.)
.Determinethecombined
weightofluggageandcargo
beingloadedonthevehicle.
Thatweightmaynotsafelyex-
ceedtheavailablecargoand
luggageload capacitycalculat-
edinStep4.
.Ifyourvehiclewillbetowinga
trailer,loadfromyourtrailer
willbetransferredtoyourvehi-
cle.Consultthismanualtode-
terminehowthisreducesthe
availablecargoandluggage
loadcapacityofyourvehicle.
>Checkthetiresidewall
(=page323,fig.262)todeter-
minethedesignatedloadrating
foraspecifictire.
Wheelboltsandrims
Wheelbolts
Wheelboltsmustbecleanandloosen/tighten
easily.
Rims
Rimswithaboltedrimring*orwith boltedwheel
covers*consistofmultiplepieces.Thesecompo-
nentswereboltedtogetherusingspecialbolts
andaspecialprocedure.Youmustnotrepairor
disassemblethem>A\.

ZAWARNING
Wheelboltsthataretightenedorrepairedin-
correctlycanbecomelooseandresultinloss
ofvehiclecontrol,whichincreasestheriskof
anaccident.Forthecorrecttighteningspecifi-
cation,see>page354,Finishing.
—Alwayskeepthewheelboltsandthethreads
inthewheelhubcleanandfreeofgrease.
—Onlyusewheelboltsthatfittherim.
—Alwayshavedamagedrimsrepairedbyan
authorizedAudidealerorauthorizedAudi
ServiceFacility.Neverrepair ordisassemble
rimsyourself,becausethisincreasestherisk
ofanaccident.

Wintertiressignificantlyimprovethevehicle's
handlingwhendrivinginwinterconditions.Be-
causeoftheirconstruction(width,compound,
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