250 What do I do now?
What do I do now?
Emergency warning
triangle
App lies to vehicles: with emerge ncy warning triangle
The warning triangle is located on the inside
of the trunk lid .
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Fig. 203 Trunk lid: Warning triang le
.,. To open the cover, turn the locking mecha
nism and pull the cover downward .
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.,. Remove the warning triang le from its hold
er .
The rear lid is only designed to hold the warn
ing triangle offered by the original accessories
program. If you would like to retrofit your ve
hicle with a warning triangle, p lease contact
your authorized Audi dealer.
Vehicle tool kit
Vehicle tool kit and jack
The vehicle tool kit is located in the luggage
compartment under the cargo floor cover.
Fig. 204 Trunk lid: V ehicl e too l kit
.,. Fold the floor to the seatback with the help
of the handle . .,.
Turn the handwheel counter-clockwise and
remove the cover to reach the veh icle tool
kit.
T he onboard tool kit includes :
- Tire repair kit (Tire Mobility System)
- Hooks to remove the wheel covers*
- Plastic hook to remove wheel bolt covers*
- Wheel bolt wrench
- Alignment pin for changing wheels
- Screwd river with reversible bla de
-Towing eye
-J ack
Before storing the jack, make sure it is wound
back down as far as it will go .
A WARNING
Improper use of the vehicle jack can cause
serious personal injuries.
- Never use the screw driver hex head to
tighten wheel bolts, since the bolts can
not attain the necessary tighten ing tor
que if you use the hex head, potentially
causing an accident .
- The factory-supplied jack is intended on
ly for your vehicle model. Under no cir
cumstances should it be used to lift
heavy veh icles or other loads; you risk in
juring yourself.
- Never start the engine when the vehicle
is raised, which could cause an acc ident.
- Support the vehicle securely with appro
priate stands if work is to be performed
underneath the vehicle; otherwise, there
is a potential risk for injury.
- Never use the jack supplied with your
Audi on another vehicle, particularly on a
heav ier one. The jack is only suitable for
use on the veh icle it came with.
@ Tips
- Some of the onboard items listed above
are provided on certain models only or
are optional extras .
- Before you can raise your vehicle using
the jack, you must activate the jacking
mode¢
page 256 .
254 What do I do now?
After a tire repa ir, have the sealant bottle
rep laced at a dealership. This restores full
functionality to the Tire Mob ility System.
Changing a wheel
Before changing a wheel
Observe the following precautions for your
own and your passenger's safety when chang
ing a wheel .
• After you experience a tire fa ilure, pull the
car well away from moving traffic and try to
reach
level g ro und before you stop¢ /.1..
• All passengers sho uld le ave the car a nd
move to a sa fe loca tion (fo r instance, beh ind
t h e guardrai l) ¢
/.1. .
• Engage the pa rking b rake to prevent your
vehicle from ro lling unintentionally ¢
/.1..
• Move selector leve r to position P ¢ &_ .
• Take the jack out of the luggage compart
ment
¢ page 250.
A WARNING
You or your passe ngers cou ld be injured
w hile c hanging a whee l if you do not fol
low t hese safety p re cau tions:
-If you have a flat t ire, move a safe dis
tan ce off the road. Tur n off the e ng in e,
tu rn the e mergen cy fla shers o n and use
other wa rning dev ices to alert o ther mo
torists.
- M ake su re th at passengers wai t in a safe
place away from the ve hicl e an d well
away from the road and traff ic.
- T o help p revent the veh icle from mov ing
s u dden ly and possibly slipping off the
jack, a lways fully set the parking bra ke
and bloc k the whee l diagona lly opp osite
the whee l being cha nged. When one
front whee l is lifted off the gro und, plac
ing the A utomat ic Transmiss io n in P
(Pa rk) will
not pre vent the vehicle from
moving. -
Before you change a wheel, be s ure t he
ground is level and firm. If necessary,
use a sturdy board under the jack.
- Always store the vehicle tool kit, the jack
and the rep laced tire in t he luggage com
partment
¢page 129.
(D Note
If you are changing the whee l on a steep
i ncl ine, use a roc k or similar object to
block the opposite whee l to prevent the
vehicle from moving.
(D Tips
- Before changing the wheel, you must ac
tivate the jacking mode, so that t he au
tomatic cont rols for the Adaptive Air
Suspension* do not ma ke it mo re d iff i
cult to lift the veh icle w it h the jack
¢page 256.
- Obey all laws.
Changing a wheel
When you change a wheel , follow these
quence described below step-by-step and in
exactly that order .
l. Activate the vehicle jack mode*
¢ page 256.
2. Remove the wheel bolt caps* . For more
details see also ¢
page 255, Wheels with
wheel bolt caps.
3. Loosen the wheel bolt s ¢page 255.
4. Loc ate the p roper moun ting point fo r the
j ack an d align the jack be low that poin t
¢page 256.
5. Raise the car with the jack¢ page 256.
6. Remove the wheel with the flat tire and
then insta ll the other whee[¢
page 258.
7. Tighte n all whee l bolts lightly .
8.
Lower the vehicle wi th the jack .
9 . Use the wheel bolt w rench and
firmly
t ig ht en al l w heel bo lt s¢ page 255.
10. Re place the wheel bolt caps* .
