oil AUDI S6 2016 Owner's Guide

Index
AUTO Automatic headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Four-zone automatic cl imate control . . . . . 70
Three- zone climate control . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Auto Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Automatic belt retractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 7
Automatic post-collision braking system . . 188
Automatic transm ission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Emergency mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Hill descent contro l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Kick-down.......................... 110
Manual shift program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 10
Selector lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Selector lever emergency release . . . . . . . 112
Automatic wipe/wash system . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Auto Safety Hotline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Auxiliary heater (four-zone automatic climate
control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Auxiliary heater (three-zone climate control) 69
Average consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Average speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Avoid damaging the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
B
Battery ... .. .. ... .. .. .. ... .. ... .. .. .
Charge level .. .... ........... .... .. .
Charging . .. .. ............... .... .. .
Energy management ................ .
Important warnings .............. .. .
Jump starting ................... ... .
Location
. .. .. .. ............. .... .. .
Replacing the battery .. ... .... .. .. .. .
Win ter operation .... ............. .. .
Working on the battery .............. .
Before driving 226
192
228 192
226
264
226
229
226 226
12S
Belt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Blended g asoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Blower (four-zone automatic climate control) .7.1
Blower (three-zone climate control) . . . . . . . 68
Booster seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 5
Brake fluid Changing the brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Checking the brake fluid level . . . . . . . . . . 225
Brakes Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
278
Brake system
Anti- lock braking syst em . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Brake booster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22S
Brake fluid specific ations fo r refill and re­
placement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Brake power assist unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Electromechanical parking brake . . . . . . . . 77
Fluid reservoir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Worn brake pads symbo l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Braking Brake assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Emergency braking function . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Braking guard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Break-in period Brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Tires 194
Breaking in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
New tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
C
California Proposition 65 Warning ..... . .
Battery specific .. .. .. .. ........... . .
Capacities Ad Blue 217
227
271
212
E ngine oil ....... ... ............. .. . 218
Car carrier Tr ansporting your vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 7
Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Cargo area .. ... ... .. .. ... ..... ..... .. 131
Cargo net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Catalytic converter 195
Center armrest Cockpit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Central locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Emergency locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Power windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Sunroof. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Certification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Changing engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221

Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 4
Starting with jumper cables . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Stopping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 5
E ng ine compartment ......... .. .. .... . 218
C losing the hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Opening the hood ................... 216
Safety instructions .................. . 216
Working in the engine compartment .... 216
Index
Event Data Recorder (EDR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Expansion tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Exterior lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Exterior mirrors
Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Dimming ... ... .. .. ................ .. 49
Heating.... ... .. .. ................. . 48
Exterior temperature d isplay . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
E ng ine coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Adding coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
F
Checking the engine coolant level. . . . . . . 222
Expansion tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Malfunction symbol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Radiator fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Temperature gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Engine oil ... .. ................ ..... . 218
Adding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Checking oil level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
O il consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Pressure malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Sensor defective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Specification and viscos ity.... .. .. .. .. . 218
Engine sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Engine speed limitation (indicator light) 21
E ng ine Start-Stop mode
refer to Start-Stop-System . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Engine warm-up request Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Environment Catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Diesel particulate filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Disposing of your vehicle battery . . . . . . . 229
Driving at high speeds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Fue l .. ... ... ...... ............. ... . 210
L eaks under your veh icle ....... .. .. .. . 216
L ett ing the veh icle stand and wa rm up . . . 197
Proper disposal of drained brake fluid . . . 225
Proper disposal of drained engine coolant 223
Proper disposal of drained engine oi l 220,221
Recycling used engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Unleaded fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
What should I do with an old battery? . . . 229
ESC Automatic post-collision braking system . 188 Fastening
Booster seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 S
Convertible child safety seats . . . . . . . . . . 173
Infant seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Floor mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Foot pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
For the sake of the env ironment
Environmentally-friendly driving . . . . . . . 196
Gasoline fumes and the env ironment .. .. 210
Reducing engine noise by early upshifting . 10
Refueling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Saving fuel by early upshifting . . . . . . . . . . 10
Warming up the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Four-zone automatic climate control
Air vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Auxiliary heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Basic settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Operating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Recirculation mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Residual heat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Synchronizing .. .. .. .................. 71
Front airbags Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
How they work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Frontal collisions and the laws of physics . . 135
Front seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Child restraints in the front seat . . . . . . . . 143
Fuel Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Blended gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Current consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Fuel filler neck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Fuel gauge .. .. .. ............... .. 10 , 11
Gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Gasoline additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
281

Index
Mirrors dimming ... .... ................ ..... 49
Exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Mon itor ing the Advanced Airbag System . . 153
Multifunction steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
N
Natural leather care/cleaning
NHTSA 206
Contacting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Night vision assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Cleaning the camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Nitrogen oxide (NOx) catalytic converter
refer to AdBlue .... .................. 212
Number of seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
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Occupant seating positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Octane rating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
OFF (four-zone automat ic cl imate control) . . 70
OFF (three- zone climate control) . . . . . . . . . . 68
Oil
refer to Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Oil change interval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
On-board computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
On-Board Diagnostic System (OBD)
Data Link Connector (DLC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Electronic speed limiter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Malfunction Indicator Lamp (MIL) . . . . . . . 28
Open door/hood/rear lid warn ing . . . . . . . . . 23
Opening..... .. .. ..................... 30
Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Luggage compartment lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Sunroof .. .. .. .. ............. .. .. .. .. 41
W indows .. .. .... ............. ...... 40
Other consumers (efficiency program) . . . . . 25
Outlet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
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Paint damage 205
Paint No. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
284
Parking
Automatic transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Valet parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Parking aid Cleaning sensors/camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Emergency braking function . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Start ing from a stop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Start ing to drive w ith a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . 78
also refer to Electromechanical
parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Parking lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Parking system Adjusting the display/warning tone . . . . . 123 Cleaning the rearview camera . . . . . . . . . . 115
Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Parking system plus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Peripheral cameras . .. ............. .. 118
Peripheral display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Trailer hitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
also refer to Parking systems . . . . . . 114, 115
Parking systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Rearv iewcamera ..... ............... 115
Parts replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Pass-through with ski sack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light . . . . . . . . . . 154
Passenger protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Pedestrian detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Peripheral display. ... ................. 114
Physical principles of a frontal co llision . . . 135
Polishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Po llen filter
refer to Pollutant filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Pollutant filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Power Windows . .... .. .. .. ............. ... 40
Power locking system Locking/unlocking the vehicle from inside . 35
Rear lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Unlocking and locking vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Power seat adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Power windows Child safety lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Convenience opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41