brake AUDI S8 2016 Manual PDF

Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Starting with jumper cables . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Stopping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
E ng ine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
C losing the hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Opening the hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Working in the engine compartment . . . . 220
E ng ine coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Adding coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Checking the engine coolant level. . . . . . . 227
Expansion tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Radiator fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Temperature gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Adding . ... .. ................ ..... . 225
Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Checking oil level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Checking the engine oil level . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Indications and conditions requiring extra
checking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
O il consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Pressure malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Recommended oil check intervals . . . . . . . 224
Sensor defective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Specification and viscosity . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
E ng ine sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Engine speed limitation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Engine start-stop mode
r e fer to Start-Stop-System . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
E ntry assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Environment Catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Diesel particulate filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Disposing of your vehicle battery ...... . 234
Driving at high speeds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Fuel. .. .. .. .. .. ............. .. .. .. . 214
L eaks under your vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Letting the vehicle stand and warm up . . . 200
Proper disposal of drained brake fluid . . . 230
Proper disposal of drained engine coolant 228
Proper disposal of drained engine oi l 225, 226
Recycling used engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Unleaded fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
What should I do with an old battery? . . . 234
Index
EPC
refer to Electronic power control (EPC) . . . 19
ESC Automatic post-collision braking system . 191
also refer to Electronic Stabilization Control
(ESC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Event Data Recorder (EDR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Exhaust tail pipes Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Expansion tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Exterior lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Exterior mirrors Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Dimming .. .. .. . ... ............... .. . 52
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Exterior temperature display . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
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Fastening
Booster seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Convertible child safety seats . . . . . . . . . . 17 4
Infant seats ... .. .. ................. 173
Floor mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Folding table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Foot pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
For the sake of the environment
Environmentally-friendly driving . . . . . . . 199
Gasoline fumes and the env ironment.. .. 214
Reducing engine noise by early upshifting . 10
Refuelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Saving fuel by early upshifting . . . . . . . . . . 10
Four zone automat ic climate control . . . . . . 77
Front airbags Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 SO
How they work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Frontal collisions and the laws of physics . . 139
Front passenger seat adjustment . . . . . . . . . 64
Front seats Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Child restraints in the front seat . . . . . . . . 147
Fuel Additives.. .. .. .. .. ............... .. 212
Blended gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Current consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Economy messages (efficiency program) . . 25
Fuel filler flap emergency release ..... .. 216
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Index
NHTSA Contacting 136
Night vision assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Clean ing camera lenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Nitrogen ox ide (NOx) catalytic converter
refer to AdBlue .. .......... ........ . . 216
Number of seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
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Occupant seating positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Octane rating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
OFF (automatic climate control) . . . . . . . . . . 77
Oil
refer to Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
On-board computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
On-Board Diagnostic System (OBD)
Data Link Connector (DLC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Electronic speed limiter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Malfunction Ind icator Lamp (MIL) . . . . . . . 28
Open door/hood/rear lid warning . . . . . . . . . 28
Opening... .. .... .. . .......... .. .. .... 30
Hood ...... .... .................... 220
Luggage compartment lid ........... 37, 39
Panorama glass roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Sunroof .. .... ....................... 42
Sun shades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44, 53
W indows .. ................. .... .... 40
Other equipment (efficiency program) . . . . . 25
Owner 's Literature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S
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Paint damage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Paint No. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Panorama glass roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Panoramic sunroof
Sun shade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Valet parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
also refer to Electromechanical
parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Parking system
Adjusting the display/warning tone . . . . . 128
Cleaning sensors/camera lenses . . . . . . . . 207
292
Cleaning the rear view camera . . . . . . . . . 119
Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Parking system plus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Peripheral cameras . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Trailer hitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Parking systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Peripheral display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Rearviewcamera ... .. ............... 119
Particle filter
refer to Diesel particulate filter . . . . . . . . . 20
Parts replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Pass-through with ski sack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
PASS ENGER AIR BAG OFF light . . . . . . . . . . 156
Passenger protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Pedestrian detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Peripheral display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Physical principles of a frontal collision 139
Plastic parts Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Polishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Pollen filter
refer to Pollutant filter (automatic A/C sys-
tem) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Pollutant filter (automatic A/C system) 76
Power Windows ... .. .. .. .... ........... ... 40
Power locking system Locking/unlocking the vehicle from inside . 35
Luggage compartment lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Se lective unlock feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Unlocking and locking vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Power seat adjustment Front seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Rear seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Power steering
refer to Electromechan ica l power ass ist.. 194
Power windows malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Pregnant women Special considerations when wearing a safe-
ty belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
pre sense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Pressure (tires) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Preventative passenger protection . . . . . . . 187

Index
Trunk
refer to Luggage compartment lid . . . . . . . 36
Trunk escape hand le . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Turn signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
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U LSD No. 2 (Diesel fuel) ......... .... .. . 213
Unfastening safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Uniform t ire quality grading . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Unlocking Luggage compartment lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Power locking switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Using the key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
V
Valet parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Vanity m irrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53, 54
Veh icle
Care/cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Vehicle control modules. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Veh icle electrical system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Veh icle identification label . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) . . . . . . 277
Vehicle jack .. .. ... ........... 256, 261, 262
Veh icle shut-down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Veh icle tool kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Vehicle transport .... .. .. ... ... .. .. .. . 274
Ventilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Viny l
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
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Warning/indicator lights
Ai rbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Anti-lock braking system (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . 18
Brake system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Electromechanical parking brake . . . . . . . . 15
E lectronic power control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Electronic Stabili zation Control (ESC) . . . . . 18
Generator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Glow plug system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Malfunction Indicator Lamp (MIL) . . . . . . . 20
296
Safety belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Turn signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Warning/Indicator lights
A irbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Warning triangle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Warranty coverages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
What happens if you wear your safety belt too loose? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
What happens to unbelted occupants? . . . . 139
What impairs driving safety? . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Wheels ............................. 236
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
G lossary of tire and loading terminology . 238
Replacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Tires and vehicle load limits . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Wheel wrench . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
When must a safety belt be replaced? . . . . 140
When must the airbag system be inspected? .L56
Where are lower anchorages located? . . . . 181
Wild animal recogn ition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Window regulators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Child safety lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Windows Cleaning/removing ice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
defrosting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Windshield Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
defrosting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Windshield washer system . . . . . . . . . . 54, 234
Washer flu id level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Windshield wipers
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Fo ldi ng up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Ind icator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Replacing windshield wiper blades . . . . . . . 55
Switch ing on/off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Winter driving
Snow cha ins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Winter operation
Car washes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Cooling system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Defrosting windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Removing ice from windows . . . . . . . . . . . 208