2007 AUDI R8 battery replacement

Contents3
Controls
Safety
Driving tips
General maintenance
Self-help
Technical data Child safety
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Points to remember if children are
travelling in the car . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Child safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Fitting child safety seats . . . . . . . .
Driving tips
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Intelligent technology
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Electronic stabilisation program
(ESP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Rear spoiler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Power steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Four-wheel drive (quattro®) . . . . . .
Dry sump lubrication system . . . .
Your vehicle and the
environment
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Running in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Emission control systems . . . . . . .
Driving abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Sporty driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Environmental compatibility . . . . .
General maintenance
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Care of vehicle and cleaning
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General notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Care of exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Care of interior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Fuel and filling the tank
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Petrol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Filling the tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Checking and topping up fluidsEngine lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Cooling system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Windscreen washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wheels and tyres
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Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Tyre pressure monitoring system .
Accessories and modifications
to the vehicle
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Accessories, replacement parts and
repairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Radio transmitters and business
equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Self-help
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Self-help
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Breakdown kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Repairing a tyre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Changing a wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Jump-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Tow-starting and towing away . . .
Fuses and bulbs
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Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Technical data
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General notes
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Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Vehicle identification data . . . . . . .
Performance, weights and
dimensions
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R8 4.2 quattro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
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Doors and windows41
Controls
Safety
Driving tips
General maintenance
Self-help
Technical data
Remote control key
The remote control will lock and unlock the vehicle
without having to insert the key in the lock.The remote control transmitter and the battery are integrated in the
handle of the key. The receiver is in the interior of the vehicle. The
maximum range of the remote control depends on various factors.
The range is reduced when the battery starts to lose power.
If the receiver has been repaired or replaced, or if a replacement key
is used, the system will need re-programming by a qualified work-
shop. This is necessary so that the receiver can recognise your
remote control key.
The remote control keys (which are radio-operated) conform with all
relevant requirements for Germany and have been approved by the
Federal Approvals Office for Telecommunications of the Federal
Republic of Germany. All components are marked in accordance
with the current legal requirements. This certification forms the
basis for approval for use in other countries.
Personalised remote control key
When you switch off the ignition or lock the vehicle, the settings of
various convenience features are automatically stored and assigned
individually to the remote control key that is currently in use. The
settings stored for the remote control key are then recalled auto-
matically the next time the vehicle is unlocked, the door is opened
or the ignition is switched on.
Note
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The remote control key is automatically deactivated when the
ignition is switched on.
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The function of the remote control key may be impaired by inter-
ference from other nearby radio signals (for example from a mobile
telephone or TV transmitter) if these are in the same frequency
range.
Synchronisation
If the remote control fails to unlock the vehicle, it will be
necessary to re-synchronise the system.– Press the unlock button
 on the remote control.
– Use the key to manually unlock the driver's door within
30 seconds.
– Press the unlock
 or the lock button
.
Replacing the battery for the remote control key
Each remote control key contains a battery which is
located in the cover of the key.We recommend having the battery changed by a qualified
workshop if required. However, if you decide to change the
used battery yourself:
–Carefully prise apart the key ⇒fig. 34 and the cover
using a coin.
– Remove cover in the direction of the arrow.
F i g . 3 4 R e m o t e c o n t r o l
key: Opening the coverAA
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Checking and topping up fluids 162BatteryGeneral notes
All work on batteries requires specialist knowledge.The battery is located behind the cover in the luggage compart-
ment. To remove the cover, slide it to the left and lift it out.
The battery is virtually maintenance-free and is checked in the
Inspection Services.
We recommend that you replace a battery once it is older than 5
years.
Disconnecting the battery
If the battery is disconnected, some of the vehicle's functions will
become inoperative (e.g. electric windows). These functions will
require resetting after the battery is reconnected. For this reason,
the battery should only be disconnected from the vehicle's electrical
system when absolutely necessary.
If the vehicle is not used for long periods
The battery will gradually lose its charge because certain electrical
equipment continues to draw current even when the ignition is off.
If you park the vehicle for long periods of time in winter you should
have your Audi R8 dealer take the battery out of the vehicle and keep
it in a frost-proof room. This ensures that it cannot “freeze up” and
be damaged. At warm outside temperatures it is sufficient to
disconnect the negative terminal of the battery. Even when the
battery is not connected you should charge it from time to time.
Winter conditions
The battery is drained more in cold weather, which means that the
starting power is reduced. For this reason, have the battery checked
and charged if necessary before the start of winter.Replacing the battery
A replacement battery must have the same capacity, voltage and
current rating. It must also have the same dimensions as the orig-
inal, factory-fitted battery and have sealed caps. The Audi batteries
which have been specially developed fulfil the maintenance,
performance and safety specifications for your vehicle.
We recommend to use only maintenance-free batteries or deep-
cycle resistant and leakproof batteries which comply with the
standards TL 825 06 (dated December 1997 or later) and VW 7 50 73
(August 2001 or later).
Since the battery is difficult to access, we recommend having it
replaced by an Audi R8 dealer or qualified workshop.
WARNING
•
All work on batteries requires specialist knowledge. For queries
regarding the vehicle battery please contact an Audi R8 dealership
or other qualified workshop (risk of chemical burns / risk of explo-
sion).
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The battery must not be opened. Do not attempt to make any
changes to the electrolyte level of the battery. Otherwise, there is
a risk that a mixture of oxygen and hydrogen gas can accumulate
and cause an explosion.Caution
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The battery holder and clamps must always be correctly secured.
•
Before starting any work on the battery, always observe the
warnings listed under ⇒ in “Important safety warnings for
handling a car battery” on page 163.For the sake of the environment
 Batteries contain toxic substances including sulphuric acid and
lead. They must be disposed of appropriately and must not be put
together with ordinary household waste. Make sure the battery
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Index205
Controls
Safety
Driving tips
General maintenance
Self-help
Technical data
GGarage door opener . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Gearbox (R tronic) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Glove box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73HHandbrake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Handbrake warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Hazard warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Indicator lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Headlight flasher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Headlight range control
Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Headlight switch (automatic) . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Headlights
Changing dip settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Heated
Exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Washer jets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Front seats (air conditioner) . . . . . . . . . 80
Rear window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
hill hold assist
Driving away on a slope . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
HomeLink . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
IIgnition lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Immobiliser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Indicator lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Cruise control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Main beam headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Turn signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Inflation pressures (tyres) . . . . . . . . 167, 172
Inspection intervals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Instrument cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Instrument lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Interior lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Interior mirrors
SeeMirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Interior monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Intermittent wipe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
ISOFIX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128JJack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Jacking points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Journey distances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Jump-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185KKey-operated switch for front passenger's
airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Remote control key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Replacement keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Replacing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Spare key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Kick-down feature
R tronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
LLap timer
Calling up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Clearing overall results . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Displaying split times . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Evaluating lap times . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Finishing the session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Interrupting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Resuming the session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Switching to on-board computer . . . . . 30
Launch control programme
R tronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Leather care
Alcantara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Natural leather . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Leaving home function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Light sensor/rain sensor
Automatic headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Defective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Headlight switch (automatic) . . . . . . . . 53
Windscreen wipers (intermittent wipe) . .
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Index207
Controls
Safety
Driving tips
General maintenance
Self-help
Technical data Radio display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Radio transmitters
Fixed installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Mobile equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Radio-controlled clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Radio-operated remote control
SeeRemote control keys . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Rain sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Rain sensor defective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Rear fog light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Rear lights defective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Rear spoiler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Rear view mirrors
SeeMirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Rear window heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Remote control keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Indicator lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Replacing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . 40, 41
Synchronisation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Unlocking and locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Repairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Replacement keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Replacement parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Rev counter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Reverse gear
R tronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Running in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
SSAFE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Safe driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Safety features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Seat adjustment
Bucket seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Electrically adjustable seat . . . . . . . . . . 68
Manually adjustable seat . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Adjusting seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Belt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
During pregnancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Putting on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Taking off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Seat heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Security central locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Selector lever defective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Service interval display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Service position for windscreen wipers . . 61
Setting time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Setting time format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Side lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Sitting position
Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Front passenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Incorrect sitting position . . . . . . . . . . 106
Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Spare key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Speed warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31, 37
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Spoiler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134Starting the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Starting with jump leads . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Steering
Locking the steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Steering wheel height adjustment
(manual) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Steering lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Stowing luggage safely . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Sun visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Switching off the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Symbols
Red symbols in central display . . . . . . 33
Yellow symbols in central display . . . . 33
TTank capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Tool kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Tow-away protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Towing away . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Towline anchorage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Tow-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Traction control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Tread depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Trip recorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13, 14
Trips, checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Turn signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Two-way radios . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Type plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Tyre Mobility System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
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