2008 AUDI A4 118

Performance, weights and dimensions327
Controls
Safety
Driving tips
General maintenance
Self-help
Technical data
A4 3.0 TDI quattroEngine data
Performance figures
Weights
Maximum trailer weights
1)
Engine oil
MG = manual gearbox1) The specified trailer weights apply only to vehicles with a factory-
fitted towing bracket.
Power output
176 kW at 4000 - 4400 rpm
Maximum torque
500 Nm at 1500 - 3000 rpm
Cylinders, capacity
6 cylinders, 2,967 cm
3
Fuel
Diesel
Maximum speed
km/h
MG = 250
(governed)
Acceleration from 0 - 100 km/h
sec.
MG = 6.1
Gross vehicle weight
kg
MG = 2205
Kerb weight (unladen weight)
kg
MG = 1655
Maximum front axle weight
kg
MG = 1180
Maximum rear axle weight
kg
MG = 1140
Trailer with brakes on
gradients up to 8%
kg
MG = 2100
Trailer with brakes on
gradients up to 12%
kg
MG = 1900
Weight of vehicle and
trailer on gradients up to 12%
kg
MG = 4175
Trailer without brakes
kg
MG = 750
LongLife Service
VW 506 01, VW 507 00

vehicles with diesel particulate
filter*: only VW 507 00
Inspection Service
VW 505 00, VW 505 01, VW 506 01,
VW 507 00

vehicles with diesel particulate
filter*: only VW 507 00
Engine oil capacity
(including filter change)
approx. 6.9 litres
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Index 330AAbroad
Changing headlight dip settings . . . . . 59
ABS
SeeAnti-lock brake system . . . . . . . . . 19
AC mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98, 107
Acceleration figures
SeePerformance, weights and
dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323
Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Acoustic parking aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Adapter for anti-theft wheel bolts . . . . . 292
adaptive cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Driver intervention prompt . . . . 130, 138
Driver messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Driving program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Error messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Indicator lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
No vehicle in front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Overriding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Setting a new speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Setting distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Setting speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Setting time interval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Status messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Switching off (with memory function) . . .
131, 132
Switching on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
System limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Vehicle in front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130Vehicles with manual gearbox . . . . . . 129
Volume of warning tone . . . . . . . . . . . 139
adaptive light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Defective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
advanced key
Locking and unlocking the vehicle . . . 47
START ENGINE STOP button . . . . . . . 118
Starting the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Switching on the ignition . . . . . . . . . . 118
Air conditioner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93, 101
AC mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
See alsoDeluxe automatic air conditioner
93
Air recirculation mode
Deluxe automatic air conditioner . . . . 97
Deluxe automatic air conditioner plus . . .
105
Airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Deactivating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Front airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Head-protection airbag . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Key-operated switch for front passenger's
airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Triggering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Alarm system
SeeAnti-theft alarm system . . . . . . . . . 42
Alterations to the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Alternator
Fault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Anti-dazzle interior mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Anti-freeze additive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260Anti-knock properties of petrol . . . . . . . . 251
Anti-lock brake system
How the system works . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Anti-theft alarm system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Interior monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Tow-away protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Anti-theft wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
Armrest (front)
Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Storage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Ashtrays
Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Audi braking guard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Error messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Status messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Switching on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Audi drive select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Dynamic steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Suspension control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Audi hold assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Audi lane assist
Seelane assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Audi parking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Audi parking system advanced . . . . . . . . 171
Audi parking system plus . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Auto Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Auto-check control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
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Index 338
Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Seat height (manual) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Seat belt height adjustment . . . . . . . . . . 199
Seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Adjusting seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Belt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
During pregnancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Height adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Putting on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Taking off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Seat heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Front (deluxe automatic air conditioner) .
114
Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Seat memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Selector lever
Manual release (multitronic®) . . . . . . 168
Selector lever positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Service interval display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Service position for windscreen wipers . 67
servotronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
side assist
Area covered by sensors . . . . . . . . . . 151
Changing settings in the MMI . . . . . . 155
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
How the system works . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Information and warning modes . . . 151
Messages in instrument cluster display .
156Safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Switching on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Side lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Single journey memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Sitting position
Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Front passenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Incorrect sitting position . . . . . . . . . . 191
Rear passengers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Ski bag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Sockets
230 Volt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Spare key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Starting the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Spare parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Spare wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
Speed warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14, 23
Starting the engine
After fuel tank has been run dry . . . . 252
Jump-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Spare key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Tow-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Starting with jump leads . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Status messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16, 36
Locking the steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Steering wheel height adjustment
(manual) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Storage compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Front seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91Stretch net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Sun blinds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Sun roof
Convenience open/close function . . . . 54
Opening and closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Sun visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Supplementary heater
Deluxe automatic air conditioner . . . 101
Deluxe automatic air conditioner plus . . .
110
Suspension control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Switches on driver's door
Central locking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Switching off the engine . . . . . . . . . 118, 120
Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
TTailgate
SeeBoot lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Tank capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321
Technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320
tiptronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162, 166
Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Total journey memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Tow-away protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Towing
Automatic braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Trailer stabilisation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Towing away . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Towing bracket
Parking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
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