2008 AUDI A4 instrument cluster

Checking and topping up fluids259
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Self-help
Technical data
Applies to vehicles: without oil dipstickChecking the oil level (without dipstick)
You can check the engine oil level via the sound system or
MMI*.– Select: Function selector button > Oil level.
– Park your vehicle on a level surface.
– Allow the warm engine to run briefly at idling speed and
then switch off the ignition.
– Wait approx. 2 minutes.
– Read off the oil level on the display ⇒fig. 255. Top up the
engine oil if the bar in the oil level display is near the
“min” mark ⇒page 259.Depending on how you drive and the conditions in which the car is
used, oil consumption can be up to 0.5 ltr./1000 km. Oil consump-
tion is likely to be higher for the first 5000 km.
Note
The oil level display is intended solely for information purposes. An
oil level warning will appear in the instrument cluster if the oil level
is too low. Add more oil ⇒page 259. If the bonnet has been opened, the current oil level will be shown in the instrument cluster the next
time the ignition is switched on.
Topping up the engine oil

–Unscrew cap

from oil filler opening ⇒fig. 256.
– Carefully put in the specified grade of oil ⇒page 323
0.5 litres at a time.
– Check the oil level again after two minutes by calling up
the sound system or MMI* display or using the oil
dipstick ⇒page 258.
– If the oil level is too low, add more engine oil.
– Replace the oil filler cap carefully and push the dipstick
all the way in (on vehicles with dipstick).
WARNING
•
Ensure that no oil comes into contact with hot engine compo-
nents when topping up: this could cause a fire.
•
Wash your skin thoroughly if it comes into contact with engine
oil.
Fig. 255 Display: Oil
level
CAR
Fig. 256 Engine
compartment: Engine
oil filler cap
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Technical data
•
The coolant additive G12++ can be mixed only with additives
G12+ and G12.
Checking coolant level
The coolant level can be checked at a glance.– Switch off the ignition.
– Read off coolant level on radiator expansion tank
⇒fig. 257. When the engine is cold it should be between
the “MIN” and “MAX” marks. When the engine is hot it
may be slightly above the “MAX” mark.The coolant level should be checked with the engine switched off.
The coolant level is monitored by a warning lamp in the instrument
cluster ⇒page 33. However, we recommend that it should be
checked occasionally.
Coolant losses
Any loss of coolant normally indicates a leak in the cooling system.
In this case the cooling system should be inspected by a qualified
workshop without delay. It is not sufficient merely to top up the
coolant.If there are no leaks in the system, a loss of coolant can only occur
if the coolant boils and is forced out of the system as a result of
overheating.
Caution
Radiator sealants must not be added to the coolant. Such additives
could seriously impair the function of the cooling system.Topping up the coolant
Be careful when topping up coolant.– Switch off the engine.
– Wait for the engine to cool down.
– Cover the cap on the expansion tank ⇒fig. 257 with a
cloth, and carefully unscrew the cap anti-clockwise
⇒.
– Add coolant.
– Screw the cap on again tightly.Make sure that the coolant meets the required specifications
⇒page 260, “Coolant”. Do not use a different type of additive if anti-
freeze additive G12++, G12+ or G12 is not available. In this case use
only water and bring the coolant concentration back up to the
correct level as soon as possible by putting in the specified additive.
Always top up with fresh, unused coolant.
Do not fill above the “MAX” mark. Excess coolant is forced out of the
system through the valve in the filler cap when the engine gets hot.
If a lot of coolant has been lost, wait for the engine to cool down
before putting in cold coolant. Failure to do so could result in
serious engine damage.
Fig. 257 Engine
compartment: Mark-
ings on radiator expan-
sion tank
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Self-help287
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General maintenance
Self-help
Technical data
– Check whether a repair is possible using the Tyre
Mobility System ⇒page 285.
– Ensure that all passengers leave the vehicle and move
away from the danger area ⇒.
– Take the tyre sealant can and the electric compressor out
of the luggage compartment ⇒page 283.
– Fix the sticker “max. 80 km/h”, which is included with the
tyre sealant can, onto the instrument cluster where the
driver will see it.
Filling the tyre
– Shake the tyre sealant can well.
– Screw the enclosed filling hose onto the sealant can as
far as it will go. This will automatically pierce the foil
sealing the can.
– Take the valve cap off the tyre valve and use the enclosed
valve insert tool to unscrew the valve insert ⇒page 286,
fig. 270.
– Place the valve insert onto a clean surface.
– Remove the sealing plug from the filling hose and insert
the hose into the tyre valve.
– Hold the tyre sealant can upside down and fill the
complete contents of the can into the tyre.
– Then disconnect the hose and screw the valve insert
firmly back into the tyre valve.Inflating the tyre
– Screw the filling hose of the electric compressor onto the
tyre valve and plug the connector into the cigarette
lighter.
– Pump the tyre up to 2.0 to 2.5 bar and monitor the pres-
sure shown on the pressure gauge.
– If the tyre pressure remains lower than the value speci-
fied above drive the vehicle approx. 10 metres forwards
or backwards, so that the sealant can spread evenly in
the tyre. If the pressure is still lower than the specifica-
tion the tyre is too badly damaged and cannot be
repaired using the tyre sealant.
Final checks
– After about 10 minutes stop to check the tyre pressure.
– If tyre pressure is less than 1.3 bar, the tyre is too badly
damaged. Do not drive on. You should obtain profes-
sional assistance.
WARNING
•
If you have a puncture in moving traffic, switch on the hazard
warning lights and place the warning triangle in a visible location.
This is for your own safety and also warns other road users.
•
Make sure your passengers wait in a safe place (for instance
behind the roadside crash barrier).
•
Please observe the manufacturers' safety notes on the
compressor and the instructions supplied with the tyre sealant
can.
•
If it was not possible to build up a tyre pressure of 2.0 bar
within 6 minutes this means that the tyre is too badly damaged.
Do not drive on.
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Fuses and bulbs 302Fuses on the passenger's sideSome of the items listed are only fitted on certain models or are
optional extras.
Please note that the following list, while correct at the time of
printing, is subject to alterations. If discrepancies should occur,
please refer to the sticker on the inside of the fuse cover for the
correct information for your vehicle.
The seats with electrical adjustment are protected by circuit
breakers. These reset automatically after a few seconds when the
overload has been corrected.
Fuse listFuse listNo.
Electrical equipment
amps
Fuse carrier (black)1
Vacant
2
Vacant
3
Vacant
4
Vacant
5
Steering column switch module
5
6
Electronic Stabilisation Program
5
Fig. 285 Diagram of
fuse box (left-hand
drive vehicle)
7
Diagnostic connector
5
8
Gateway (diagnostic interface for data bus)
5
9
Vacant
10
Vacant
11
Vacant
12
Vacant
No.
Electrical equipment
amps
Fuse carrier (brown)1
CD drive
5
2
Switch module for Audi drive select
5
3
MMI/Radio
10/20
4
Light switch
5
5
Control unit for instrument cluster
5
6
Ignition lock
5
7
Vacant
8
Air conditioner blower
40
9
Steering column lock
5
10
Air conditioner
10
11
Diagnostic connector
10
12
Steering column switch module
5
No.
Electrical equipment
amps
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Index335
Controls
Safety
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General maintenance
Self-help
Technical data Hazard warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Indicator lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Head restraints
Front seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Rear seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Headlamp converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Headlight flasher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Headlight range control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
adaptive light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Changing dip settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Driving abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Headlight range control . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Heated
Exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Front seats (deluxe automatic air
conditioner) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Rear seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Rear window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98, 106
Washer jets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Heated rear window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98, 106
Heating
Deluxe automatic air conditioner . . . . 93
Deluxe automatic air conditioner plus . .
101
HomeLink . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
IIgnition key
Emergency release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Safety interlock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Ignition lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34, 39
Immobiliser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14, 43
Indicator lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
adaptive cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Cruise control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Glow plug system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Main beam headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Trailer turn signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Turn signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Inflation pressures (tyres) . . . . . . . . . 39, 268
Inspection intervals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Instrument cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Instrument lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Interior lights
Dimming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Interior mirrors
SeeMirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68, 69
Interior monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Intermittent wipe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Rain sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
ISOFIX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
JJack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283, 290
Jacking points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
Jump-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293KKey-operated switch for front passenger's
airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Emergency key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Replacement keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Replacing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Kick-down feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165Llane assist
Changing settings on the MMI . . . . . . 147
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Indicator lamp in instrument cluster . 145
Instrument cluster display . . . . . . . . . 146
Switching on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Leather care
Alcantara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Natural leather . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
leaving home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Light sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Light sensor defective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
coming home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Daytime running lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
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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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