2008 AUDI S8 door lock

-Activate the doors (on) that should be unlocked together
with the driver's side door.
In the Central locking menu you can set which doors you want to
have unlock using the remote control key or the Advanced Key *. For
examp le, if you switch the item passenger's door
off, the
passenger 's door is no longer included in the central locking
system, and will not be unlocked by pressing the unlock button on
the master key remote control.
There is also a
side selective unlocking option available that can be
set to fit your needs. You can continue to unlock all the doors and
the rear lid as before . Press the opening button on the master key
twice .
Automatic Locking (Auto lock) can also be switched on and off.
[ i] Tips
When locking, all doors and the trunk lid are locked automatical ly. •
Ap plies to veh icle s: w ith power sid e door closer
Doors with power side door closer
The vehicle doors are equ ipped with a power door closer. When you
want to close an open door, gent ly push on the door. The door will
automatically close by itself .
& WARNING
When closing a door , make sure nothing can interfere with the
door . This could cause serious personal injury .
• You can stop the door from closing at any time by pulling on the
inside or outside door handle .•
Contro ls a nd eq uip­
ment
Opening and closing
Locking and unlocking the vehicle from inside
The vehicle can be locked or unlocked from the inside
using the power locking switches.
Fig . 36 Driver's door:
power locking switch
Fig. 37 Rear power
locking switch
How to lock all doors and the rear lid
simultaneously
- Press upper part of the power locking switch
~ ~ &.
How to unlock all doors and the rear lid
simultaneously
-Press the lower part of the switch @.
Vehicle care I I irechnical data

Opening and clo sing
How to unlo ck ea ch door s eparat ely using th e
door handle
-Pull the handle to open the door.
You wil l find a power locking switch in ea ch door. You can lo ck and
u nlock
the vehicle using the switches in the driver's or passenger 's
door=> page 53, fig . 36. You can only lock the vehicle using the
switches in the rear
doors => page 53, fig. 37. If you lock the vehicle
using the
po wer l ock ing sw it c h, please note the following:
• You cannot open the doors or the rear lid from the
outside
(increased security, for exam ple when you are stopped at a red
light).
• The diodes in t he power locking switch illum inate when all the
doors and the rear lid are c losed and locked.
• All diodes turn dark as soon as one of the doors has been
unlocked .
• You can unlock and open the doors from the inside by pulling on
the door handle.
• If the driver 's doo r is opened (after you have locked the vehicle
from the inside using the power locking switch), the door wi ll
remain un locked to prevent you from locking yourself out of your
vehic le . After you c lose the door , you have to lock the drive r's door
again.
• If you have a crash and the airbag is activated, the doors auto ­
matical ly un lock.
& WARNING
• If you u se the power lo ck ing switch with the door s closed ,
r e member that all the vehicle doors will lock .
• Lo cki ng door s from the in side can help prevent in advertent
door op ening during an accident and can also prevent unw anted
e ntry from the out side . Lo cked doors can , how ever , d ela y as sis ­
t a nce to vehicle occupants and hold up rescue effort s from the
o uts ide in an acc ident or othe r em erge ncy. •
Emergency locking
If the central locking system foils (power s upply), each
door h os to be loc ked separ ately .
Fig. 38 E mergency
l oc k l oca tion on the
front pa ssenger 's do or
An eme rgency locking mec hani sm is integra ted in t he edge
of the passe nger's door and in the rear doors (o nly visible
when the door is o pen).
Ope n the door .
- Remove the plastic cap using your vehic le
key => fig. 38.
- Position the key at an angle of 90° to th e door trim pa nel
and push it in the d irection shown by t he arrow.
After you close the door, you wil l no longer be able to open it from
the outside.
T he door can be opened from the inside by pu lling twic e on the door
handle. If the chi ld safety lock is engaged in one of the rear doors,
the door has to be opened from the outside after pulling on the
ha ndle once from the inside. •

Rear lid/Trunk lid
Opening and closing rear lid
You can ope n the rea r lid f rom in side th e vehicle us ing a
sw itch in t he dr iv er's door.
Opening the Rear lid /Trunk lid
Fig . 39 Driver's door :
remote rea r lid relea se
Fig . 40 Position of l ock
and handle in the rear
lid
P ress t he ce nter button CJ on t he ma ster key or the
r e lease butt on
CJ in the driver 's doo r=> fig. 39 . T he rea r
li d is unl ocked a nd opens.
Contro ls a nd eq uip­
ment
Opening and closing
Closing the Rear lid /Trunk lid
-Pull t he rear lid do wn a nd al lo w it to d rop gen tly. The li d
is then clos ed
automat ica lly=> &.
& WARNING
• After closing the rear lid , always pull up on it to make sure that
it is properly closed. Otherwise it could open suddenly when the
vehicle is moving .
• To help prevent poisonous exhaust gas from being drawn into
the vehicle , always keep the rear lid closed while driving . Never
transport objects larger than those which fit completely into the
luggage area, because then the rear lid cannot be fully closed .
• Never leave your vehicle unattended especially with the rear lid
left open . A child could c rawl into the car through the luggage
compartment and pull the lid shut, becoming trapped and unable
to get out . To reduce the risk of personal injury , never let children
play in or around your vehicle. Always keep the rear lid as well as
the vehicle doors closed when not in use.
[ i ] Tips
• If t he rear lid is ope n or not prop erly locked when the ig nition is
turned on, the door and rear lid warning
=> page 26 appears in the
instr ument clus ter d isp lay.
• The fol lowing appl ies to vehicles equipped with the Advanced
Key* featu re: if the r emote co ntro l key is le ft in the lu g ga ge compart ­
ment, luggage compartment will automatically unlock itself after
y ou loc k the vehicle . This pre vents you fr om u ninten tiona lly l ock ing
you r key in the luggage compartment. •
Vehicle care I I irechnical data

Opening and closing
Opening and closing rear lid manually
If the central locking system fails (power supply), you can
also open the rear lid using the mechanical key.
@ ®
Fig. 41 Rear lid : lock
positions
As a general rule, the rear lid should only be operated using
the release button in the master key, the release switch in
the drive r's door and the handle on the rear lid. Unlocking
the rear lid by inserting and turning the key inside the rear
l id locking cylinder will activate the optical and acoustic
alarm.
To unlock the rear lid
- Turn the key to the left to the opening position @
=> fig. 41. The rear lid opens.
To lock the rear lid
-Pull the rear lid down and slam it closed gently =>& .
Turning the key counter-clockwise to position @ will release the
rear lid and cause it to rise slightly. In this position the key cannot
be pulled out of the lock cylinder.
Turning the key
clockwise to the horizontal position @ and pulling
it out will cause the
lid to remain locked when the power locking
system is actuated. I
n this state the rear lid can only be unlocked with the unlock button
~ on the remote control. On vehicles equipped with the Advanced
Key * feature, press the handle on the rear lid to unlock the luggage
compartment ~ page 55, fig. 40.
After you turn the key
counter-clockwise back to the vertical posi­
tion, the rear lid will again respond to the power locking system.
& WARNING
Read and follow all WARNINGS ~ & in "Opening and closing rear
lid" on
page 55. •
App lies to veh icles : with au to m at ic rear lid/ tr unk lid operatio n
Automatic rear lid /trunk lid operation
The trunk lid can be opened and closed automatically.
Fig . 42 Trunk lid
handle

Opening rear lid/trunk lid
Fig . 4 3 Locking switch
in luggage comp art ­
ment
- P ress the han dle o n the rea r lid/tr unk lid ~ page 56,
fig. 42, or
- Press the midd le
bu tton~ o n th e remo te cont ro l m aster
ke y, o r
- Press the re lease b utton ~ in th e driver 's door
~ page 55, fig. 39 .
Closing rear lid /trunk lid
- Pre ss th e lock swit c h in the luggage compartmen t
~ fig . 43. The t runk lid mov es to the clos ed pos itio n by
i t s elf an d so ft close l ocks i t
aut om aticall y~ &.
-Closi ng is stopped immediately if yo u agai n press the
r elea se
sw itch~ in th e drive r's d oor, th e m iddle butt on
~ in t he remote c ont rol maste r key, t he handl e on t he
tr un k li d o r the lock sw itc h in the luggag e compar tme nt.
& WARNING
• After closing the rear lid, always pull up on it to make sure that
it is properly closed . Otherwise it could open suddenly when the
vehicle is moving .
Controls and equip­ ment
Opening and closing
&, WARNING (continued )
• To help prevent poisonous exhaust gas from being drawn into
the vehicle, always keep the rear lid closed while driving. Never
transport objects larger than those which fit completely into the
luggage area, because then the rear lid cannot be fully closed .
• Never leave your vehicle unattended especially with the rear lid
left open. A child could crawl into the car through the luggage
compartment and pull the lid shut , becoming trapped and unable
to get out . To reduce the risk of personal injury , never let children
play in or around your vehicle . Always keep the rear lid as well as
the vehicle doors closed when not in use.
• Never close the rear
lid inattentively or without checking first .
Although the closing force of the rear lid is limited , you can still
seriously injure yourself or others .
• Always ensure that no one is within range of the rear lid when
it
is moving, in particular close to the hinges and the upper and
lower edges -fingers or hands can be pinched.
• Never try to interfere with the rear lid or help it when it is being
opened or closed automatically.
[ i ] Tips
• I f there is a m ech anica l p rob lem with auto matic closin g for the
rear lid or there is an obstruction, it opens again immediate ly . Chec k
to se e w hy the rea r li d c ould not be closed be fore a ttemptin g to
c lose it again.
• T he fol lowin g appl ies to v ehicles equ ipp ed w it h th e Advanced
K ey * feature : if the remote contro l key is left in the luggage compart ­
men t, luggage c om partme nt will aut om ati ca lly un lock it self afte r
you lock the vehicle . This prevents you from unintentiona lly locking
you r ke y in the luggag e co mp artme nt. •

Opening and closing
Child safety lock
Mechanical child safety lock in the rear doors
t
The child safety lock prevents the rear doors from being
opened from the inside.
Fig . 44 Rear doors:
child safety lock
The rear doors have a child safety lock. You can use any
vehicle key to engage and disengage the lock. The child
safety lock is visible only when the door is open.
-To switch on the child safety lock, turn the ignition key in
the direction of the arrow.
-To switch off the child safety lock, turn the ignition key in
the opposite direction to the arrow.
The child safety lock prevents the doors from being opened from the
inside when you have small children sitting in the rear. •
App lies to vehi cles : wi th p ow er c hild sa fet y loc k in the rea r doors
Power child safety lock for the rear doors t
The power child safety lock prevents the rear doors from
being opened from the inside .
Fig. 45 Section from
driver's door: controls
The rear doors are equipped with a power child safety lock.
It is operated with the two safety buttons
00 in the driver's
door ~ fig. 45 .
-Press the left and/or right safety button to disable the
rear power window(sl and prevent the respective rear
door from being opened from the inside. The LED in the
button will light up when the child safety lock is turned
on.
-Press the illuminated button again to turn the child
safety features
off .
When the child safety lock is activated, the interior door opening
lever is inoperative; the door can only be opened from the outside.
In addition, the window regulator for that door is also inoperative
when the child safety lock is activated .
If the child safety lock has been activated on both the left
and right
side, then the following features are switched off: the buttons for
the interior lights , the sun blind * in the rear window and the buttons
~

for the power sun blinds* in the side windows . In addition to this,
t he rear climate contro l* is set to the
PA SS IV E mode. This means
that the climate controls in the front adjust the heating and venti la­
tion in the rear of the
ve hicle => page 125.
[ i ] Tips
• I n order to activate the child safety lock on the left and the right
s ide, you have to press the two safety buttons in succession.
• Make certa in that the indica tor light in the corresponding safety
button illuminates when the child safety lock is activated .•
Advanced Key
A pplies to vehicles : with Advance d Key
Description
Opening your vehicle and starting the engine with the key
still in your pocket.
T he Advanced Key features is a keyless system which gives you the
possibility to lock and unlock your vehic le, as wel l as to start the
engine without having to use your key.
It does not matter if you have your key in your jacket pocket or in
your briefcase. As soon as you get within a certain distance to the
vehic le, t he system senses that your are approaching, it makes a
quick check to see if you are "authorized" and then it does the
following:
• unlocks the
veh ic le => page 60 .
• locks the vehicle => page 60.
• switches on the ignition and starts the engine when you press
t he [ START] button. You do not have to insert your key into the ign i­
tion
lock=> page 131.
Controls and equip­ ment
Openin g and clo sing
& WARNING
• When you lock your vehi cle from out side , nobod y -espe cially
c hildren - should remain in side the vehicle. Remembe r, when you
lock the vehi cle from the out side the windo ws cannot be opened
from the in side.
• Wh en yo u le ave the vehi cle , al ways remove the ignition ke y and
t ak e it with you. Thi s will prevent pa ssenger s (children , for
e x ample ) from accident ally bein g locked in th e vehicle should the y
accid entally pre ss the powe r lo cking swit ch in the door s.
• Do not l eav e children in side the vehi cle un super vis ed . In an
emerg ency it would be impo ssible to open the doors from the
out side without the key .
[ i ] Tip s
• For the Advanced Key to properly work, you must a lways have
your vehicle key with you .
• The vehic le will lock or un lock the doors only if an authorized key
comes within 5 ft (1 .5 meters) from one of the vehic le doors or the
rear lid .
• You can st ill lock or unlock your vehic le using the remote control
key buttons, however the se lector lever must in the P position .•

Opening and clo sing
Ap plies to vehicles : wi th Adv anced Key
Unlocking the vehicle
You can unlock the doors and rear lid without using the
remote control.
F ig . 46 Ad van ced Ke y:
Un locki ng a door
Grab the door hand le. The door automatica lly unlocks.
Pu ll the doo r handle to open the door.
A door will un lock as you approach a door hand le and the system
senses that you have an authorized key . This applies to each door on
the vehicle . The authorized key only has to be within a range of
about 5 feet (1 .5 meters) from the respective door .
Whenever you un lock a door, the driv er's door also unlocks . You can
set the power lock syste m using the menu in the MMI system, for
example , if you want to unlock just one specific door , or all the
vehic le doors
=> page 52 .
[ i J Tips
If your vehicle has been standing for an extended period, please
note the following:
• To conserve battery power, the sensor wil l turn off after a few
days. When you come back , you will have to pull on the doo r handle
once to unlock the door and then a second time to open the door . •
Again , to conserve battery power so that you can start the
vehic le after it has been standing for a long period, the vehicle's
energy management system will switch off any convenience
features not necessary . You wi ll not be able to unlock your vehicle
using the keyless system .•
A pplies to vehicles : with Adva nc ed Ke y
Locking the vehicle
You can lock the doors and rear lid without using the
remo te control.
F ig . 4 7 Advan ced Key:
L oc king th e vehic le
- Move the selector lever into P.
- Press the lock button in the door hand le to lock the
vehicle ~& -
You can lock each door on the vehicle . Remember, an authorized key
must be within 5 f t (1 .5 meters) of the doo r.
The selector lever must be in the P position , otherwise the vehicle
wi ll not lock.
& WARNING
• When you lo ck your veh icle from out side , nobody -espec ially
c hildren -should rem ain insid e the vehicle . R emember , when you
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