2016 AUDI S8 Owners Manual

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AUDI S8 2016  Owners Manual Emergency  situations 
General 
This chapter  is intended  for  trained  emergency 
crews  and working  personnel  who  have the  nec­
essary tools  and  equipment  to  perform  these 
ope rations.

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AUDI S8 2016  Owners Manual Emergency situations 
When jump  starting  or  charging  the  bat­
tery,  never  connect  the  negative  ground  ca­
ble  to  the  battery  negative  post  because the 
battery  manager  system  mus

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AUDI S8 2016  Owners Manual (D Note 
Im pro per  hook-u p of jum per  cables  can  ru in 
the  gene ra tor. 
- Always  connect  P OSITI VE( +) to  POS ITI VE 
( + ),  and  NEGATIVE( -) to  NEGATIVE( -) 
ground  post  of t he  ba

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AUDI S8 2016  Owners Manual Emerg ency  s it u ation s 
_& WARNING 
If you  do  not  screw  the  towing  loop  complete­
ly, it  could  come  out  of the  threaded  hole 
wh ile the  vehicle  is  be ing  towed  causing  dam­
a

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AUDI S8 2016  Owners Manual eye. For  technica l reasons,  the  pres sure  in the 
suspension  st ruts  may  change  during  the 
t ra nspo rt  a nd  this  will adverse ly affect  vehicle 
handling. 
Raising  the  vehicle 
Lifti

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AUDI S8 2016  Owners Manual Emergency  situations 
inserted  between  the  floor  jack  and  the 
lift  points. 
- Before  driving  over  a workshop  hoist, 
check  that  the  vehicle  weight  does  not 
exceed  the  permissible

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AUDI S8 2016  Owners Manual Technical  data 
Vehicle  identification 
F ig. 239 Vehi cle Ident if ication  N umber  (VlN)  plate : loca· 
tion  on dr iver s side dash pane l 
XXXXX XX  -X  -XX XX X XX  XX 
CD+ ~t :1 :: xxxxxxx

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AUDI S8 2016  Owners Manual Tech nical  data 
Gross Axle Weight  Rating 
The G ross Ax le We ight  Rating  is the  max imum 
load that  can b e applied  at  each axle of  the  vehi ­
cle ¢& . 
Vehicle  capacity weight 
The veh