2008 AUDI A5 bonnet

Fuses and bulbs 278Bulb holders with a bayonet fastenerIn the case of bulb holders with a bayonet fastener please
proceed as follows:
Removing the bulb holder
– Turn the bulb holder in the direction of the arrow
⇒fig. 257 as far as it will go and then take the bulb
holder out of the light unit.
Fitting the bulb holder
– Insert the bulb holder into the light unit, making sure you
keep the bulb holder straight, i.e. the rubber seal makes
even contact all around.
– Turn the bulb holder in the direction indicated by the
arrow ⇒fig. 257 as far as it will go.
Changing bulbs for headlightsRemoving and installing headlightsThe description for removing the headlight refers to the left
headlight; in principle the same procedure applies to the
right headlight.
Removing
– Switch off the ignition and the lights.
– Open the bonnet.
Fig. 257 Diagram: Bulb
holder with a bayonet
fastener
AA
AB
Fig. 258 Trim panel:
Attachment points are
marked by arrowsFig. 259 Headlight
unit: Attachment
points are marked by
arrows
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Index303
Controls
Safety
Driving tips
General maintenance
Self-help
Technical data Bicycle rack
Trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Biodiesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Bioethanol fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Blower
Deluxe automatic air conditioner . . . . 96
Deluxe automatic air conditioner plus . .
105
Bonnet
Closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Releasing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Boot
SeeLoading luggage compartment . 168
SeeLuggage compartment . . . . . . . . . 77
Boot lid
Central locking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Manual release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Brake system
Brake assist system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Brake light defective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Brake pads worn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Brake servo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Electro-mechanical parking brake . . . 121
General notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Bulb holder
Bayonet fastener . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Bulb monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36Bulbs
Bayonet fastener . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Changing (general notes) . . . . . . . . . . 276
Bulbs, changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Brake lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
Bulb holder with bayonet fastener . 277,
278
Dipped headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Front fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Main beam headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
Number plate light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
Rear fog light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
Rear lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
Reversing light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
Turn signals (rear) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
Business equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
CCapacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Car keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Care of vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Central locking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Boot lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Deadlock mechanism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Fuel tank flap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Locking and unlocking the vehicle from
inside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Manual locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Opening and closing windows . . . . . . . 50
Switches on driver's door . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Unlocking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46Cetane number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Changing a wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Changing bulbs
SeeBulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Chassis number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Child safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Child safety seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Child seat categories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Fitting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
ISOFIX system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
On front passenger's seat . . . . . . . . . . 186
Safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Cigarette lighter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Cleaning Alcantara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Cleaning seat covers
Alcantara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Natural leather . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Textile covers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Cleaning textile covers and trim parts . . 223
Clock, setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Closing
Bonnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Coat hooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Colour code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Compact temporary spare wheel
SeeSpare wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Compartment for (sun)glasses . . . . . . . . . 91
Compass in mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Controls and displays
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Convenience close function . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
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Index305
Controls
Safety
Driving tips
General maintenance
Self-help
Technical data Speed warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Yellow symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Driver messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Driving abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Unleaded fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Driving away from a standstill . . . . . . . . . 122
Driving away when towing a trailer . . . . 123
Driving safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Driving time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Dust filter
Deluxe automatic air conditioner . . . . 93
Deluxe automatic air conditioner plus . .
101
DVD player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Dynamic gear control program . . . . . . . . 133
EEasy-entry function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71, 73
Economical driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
EDL
SeeElectronic differential lock . . . . . . . 18
Electric seat adjustment
SeeSeat adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Electric windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Central locking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Convenience open/close function . . . . 50
Malfunctions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Electrical accessories
SeeElectrical socket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88Electrical socket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87, 88
Electro-mechanical parking brake . . . . . . 124
Auto release function . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Driving away from a standstill . . . . . . 122
Driving away when towing a trailer . . 123
Emergency braking function . . . . . . . 123
Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Releasing and applying . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18, 19
Electronic differential lock
How the system works . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Electronic immobiliser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Electronic stabilisation program
How the system works . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Emergency braking function . . . . . . . . . . 123
Emergency key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Emergency release
Ignition key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Emission control systems
Catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Diesel particulate filter . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Emissions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Engine compartment
Safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Engine compartment layout . . . . . . . . . . 232
Engine data
SeePerformance, weights and
dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295Engine hood
SeeBonnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Engine management
(EPC) warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Checking oil level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
LongLife Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Topping up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
See alsoPerformance, weights and
dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Engine oil capacity
SeePerformance, weights and
dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Engine oil pressure
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Engine oil sensor
Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Environmental compatibility . . . . . . . . . . 207
Environmental tips
Filling the tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Heated rear window . . . . . . . . . . . 98, 107
Leaks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Roof carrier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
EPC
SeeEngine management . . . . . . . . . . . 15
ESP
SeeElectronic stabilisation program . . 16
Ethanol fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
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Steering wheel with tiptronic controls . . .
135
tiptronic mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
NNatural leather . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Number plate light
Changing bulb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288OOctane rating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Oil
SeeEngine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Oil consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Oil dipstick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Oil level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
On-board computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Opening
Bonnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Outside temperature display . . . . . . . . . . 21
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9PPaint damage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Paint No. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Parking aid
Seeparking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Parking lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59parking system
Adjusting warning beeps . . . . . . . . . . 148
Detection range of reversing camera 144
Front and rear, with display . . . . . . . . 138
Front and rear, with display and reversing
camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
General notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Note on distances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Notes on acoustic parking aid . . . . . . 152
Notes on reversing camera . . . . . . . . 152
Parking next to an obstacle . . . . . . . . 150
Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Reversing camera (Rear View) . . . . . . 143
Reversing camera, parking mode 1 . 145
Reversing camera, parking mode 2 . 146
Special parking situations . . . . . . . . . 150
Switching graphic display on and off 149
Switching reversing camera on and off . .
149
Towing bracket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Parking the car
multitronic® . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Particulate filter
SeeDiesel particulate filter . . . . . . . . 205
Passengers
SeeSitting position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Performance figures
SeePerformance, weights and
dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Performance, weights and dimensions . 295
General notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
Petrol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227Polishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Pollen filter
Deluxe automatic air conditioner . . . . 93
Deluxe automatic air conditioner plus . . .
101
Pollution filter
Deluxe automatic air conditioner . . . . 93
Deluxe automatic air conditioner plus . . .
101
Power management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Battery power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Driver message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Power steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
QQuartz clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
quattro
SeeFour-wheel drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201RRadio transmitters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Fixed installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Mobile equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Radio-controlled clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Rain sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Rain sensor defective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Reading lights
Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Rear centre console
Socket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
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