2017 AUDI A8 spare tire

Emergency assistance
Taking the wheel off/installing the spare
Follow these instructions step-by-step for chang­
ing the wheel .
Fig. 281 Changing a wheel: using the screw driver handle
(with the blade removed) to turn the bolts
Fig. 282 Chang ing a whee l: alignment pin inside the top
hole
After you have loosened all wheel bolts and
raised the vehicle off the ground, remove and re­
place the wheel as follows:
Removing the wheel
• Use the hexagonal socket in the screwdriver
handle
to completely remove the topmost
wheel bolt and set it aside on a
clean surface
¢fig. 281.
• Screw the threaded end of the alignment pin
from the tool kit hand-tight into the empty bolt
hole
c> fig. 282 1) _
• Then remove the other wheel bolts as described
above.
•Ta keoff the wheel leaving the alignment pin in
the bolt hole ¢0 .
l) Applies to vehicles w ith ce ram ic b rake rotors*: Use a sec­
ond alignment pin* (sto red in th e spa re wheel well mo ld­
ing) for the lower hole, follow ing the description for the
firs t alignment pin.
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Putting on the spare wheel
• Lift the spare wheel and carefully slide it over
the alignment pin to guide it in place ¢0 .
• Use the hexagonal socket in the screwdriver
handle to screw in and tighten all wheel bolts
slightly.
• Remove the alignment pin and insert and tight­
en the remaining wheel bolt slightly like the
rest.
• Turn the jack handle counter-clockwise to lower
the vehicle until the jack is fully released.
• Use the wheel bolt wrench to tighten all wheel
bolts firmly¢
page 315. Tighten them cross­
wise,
from one bolt to the (approximately) op­
posite one, to keep the wheel centered.
(D Note
When removing or installing the wheel, the
rim could hit the brake rotor/ceramic brake
rotor* and damage the rotor. Work carefully
and have a second person help you.
(D Tips
Never use the hexagonal socket in the handle
of the screwdriver to loosen or tighten the
wheel bolts.
- Pull the reversible blade from the screwdriv­
er before you use the hexagonal socket in
the handle to turn the wheel bolts.
- When mounting tires with
unidirectional
tread design
make sure the tread pattern is
pointed the right way¢
page 319.
-The wheel bolts should be clean and easy to
turn. Check for dirt and corrosion on the
mating surfaces of both the wheel and the
hub. Remove all dirt from these surfaces be­
fore remounting the wheel.

C) C0 ....
"' " "' .... 0 0 :r Tires with unidirectional tread design
Tires with unidirectional tread design must be
mounted with their tread pattern pointed in the
right dir ection .
Using a spare tire w ith a tread pattern
intended for use in a specific direction
When using a spare t ire with a tread patte rn in­
ten ded fo r use in a specific direction, please note
the following:
- The direct io n of rotat io n is ma rked by an a rrow
o n the side of the tire .
- If the spare tire has to be installed in the incor­
rect d irection, use the spare tire only tempora­
rily s ince the tire w ill not be ab le to achieve its
opt imum performanc e ch a rac teristics wi th re ­
g ard to a quaplaning, noi se and we ar.
- We recommend that you pay particular atten­
t io n t o thi s fa ct du ring we t wea ther and that
y ou adju st your s peed to m atch r oad co ndi­
ti ons .
- R eplace t he flat tir e wi th a new one and have i t
i n st alled on yo ur vehicle as soon as possible to
r es to re the handlin g advanta ges of a unidi rec­
tiona l tire .
Notes on wheel changing
P lease read the info rmation
<=> page 29 0 if you
are going to use a spare tire which is different
from t he tires on your vehicle.
Afte r you change a ti re:
- Check the tire pressure on the spare immedi ­
ately after installation.
- Have the wheel bolt tightening torque
checked with a torque wrench as soon as pos­
sible by your authorized Audi dealer or a
qualified service station.
- With steel and alloy wheel rims, the wheel
bolts are correctly tightened at a torque of 90
ft lb (120 Nm).
- If you notice that the wheel bolts are corroded
and diff icult to turn while changing a tire,
they should be replaced before you check the
tightening torque .
Emergency assistance
-Replace the flat tire with a new one and have
it installed on your vehicle as soon as possi­
ble. Remount the wheel cover .
Until then , drive with extra care and at reduced
speeds.
A WARNING
- If you are goin g to equip yo ur ve hicle with
tires or r ims which diffe r from those which
were factory installed, the n be sure to read
the information
r:> page 290.
- A lways make sure the dama ged w heel or
e ven a flat tire and the jack and tool kit ar e
prope rly sec ured in the luggage compa rt­
men t and a re not loose in the passenger
compa rtme nt.
- In an accident or sudde n maneuv er th ey
co uld f ly forward , inju ri ng a nyone in the ve­
h icle.
- Always store damaged w he el, jack and tools
se cur ely in the luggage compartment. Ot h­
e rw ise, i n an accide nt or sud den mane uve r
t hey could fly forw ard, causing inju ry to pas ­
s e ng ers i n th e ve hicle.
Spare tires
General information
App lies to : vehicles wi th spare tire/space-saving spare tire
(co mp act s pa re t ire)
Fig . 28 3 Lu ggage co mpart m ent: ca rgo floo r cover fo lded
up wa rd
The spare tire is intended for s hort-term use on-
-
ly . Have the damaged tire checked and, if neces­
sary, rep laced by an authorized A udi dealer or au­
tho rize d Au di Serv ice Facility as soon as p ossible.
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Emerg ency assis ta nce
There are some restrictions on the use of the
spare tire. The spare tire has been designed spe­
cifically for your type of vehicle. Do not replace it
with the spare tire from another type of vehicle.
There are different types of spare tires availab le
depending on the equipment
c::> page 320.
Remo ving t he spare tire
• Lift the cargo floor by the plast ic handle
~fig. 283.
• Hook the hand le into the luggage compartment
seal.
• Turn the handwhee l counter-clockwise and re-
move it.
• Remove the spare tire.
Sn ow c hain s
For technica l reasons, the use of snow chains on
the compact spare tire is not permitted.
If you have to drive with snow chains and a front
tire fa ils, mount the spare wheel in place of a
rear tire. Insta ll the snow cha ins on the rear tire
that you removed, and install that in p lace of the
front tire that failed.
A WARNING
-After installing a spare t ire, the tire pres­
sure must be checked as quickly as poss ible.
- Do not drive faster than 50 mph (80 km/h)
with a compact spare tire. Driving faster
than that increases the risk of an accident.
- To reduce the risk of an accident, avo id fu ll­
throttle acceleration, heavy braking, and
fast cornering with the compact spare t ire.
- To reduce the risk of an accident, never drive with more than one compact spare tire.
- Norma l summer or winter tires must not be
mounted on the compact spare wheel rim.
A WARNING
- Never use the spare tire if it is damaged or if
it is worn down to the tread wear indicators.
- If the spare tire is more than 6 years o ld,
use it only in an emergency and with ex­
treme caution and careful dr iving.
- The spare tire is intended on ly for tempora­
ry and short-term use. It should be replaced
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as soon as possible with the normal whee l
and tire.
- For technical reasons, the use of tire chains
on the spare tire is not permitted. If it is
necessary to drive w ith tire chains, the spare
wheel must be mounted on the front axle in
the event of a flat in a rear t ire. The newly
ava ilable front wheel must then be installed
in place of the rear wheel w ith the flat tire.
Installing the tire chain befo re mounting
the wheel and tire is recommended.
- Loose items in the passenger compa rtment
can cause se rious personal injury during
ha rd braking or in an accident. Never store
the inflatable spare tire or jack and tools in
the passenger compartment .
Spare tire types
Fig. 284 Luggage compartment: space-sav ing spare tire
(compact spare tire)
(D Spare tire*
If you have to mount a spare tire oppos ite the
runn ing direction because of a flat tire, drive
ca refully and restore the cor rec t r unn ing d irec­
tion as soon as poss ib le
¢page 319.

0 co .... N ,..._
N .... 0 0 :c ' @Space-saving spare tire (compact spare
tire )*
The ti re pressure must be 6 1 PSI ( 4.2 ba r) .
Emergency assistance
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Consumer inf orm ation
@ For the sake of the env ironment
- Changing the engine settings wi ll adversely
affect emission levels. Th is is detrimental to
the environment and increases fuel con­
sumption.
- Always observe environmental regu lations
when disposing of old engine o il, used brake
flu id, d irty engine coolant, spent batteries
or worn out tires.
- Undeployed airbag modules and pretension­
ers might be classified as Perchlorate Mate­
rial -special handl ing may apply, see
www.dtsc .ca.gov/hazardouswaste/perchlo­
r ate. When the vehicle or parts of the re­
straint system including airbag modu les
safety be lts wi th pretensioners are scrap­
ped, all applicab le laws and regulations
must be observed. Your authorized Audi
dealer is familiar with these requirements
and we recommend that you have your deal­ er perform this service for you.
Accessories and technical changes
Additional accessories and parts replacement
Always consult on authorized Audi dealer before
purchasing accessories.
Your vehicle incorporates the latest safety design
features ensuring a high standard of active and passive safety.
This safety could be comp romised by non-ap­
proved changes to the vehicle. For this reason, if
parts have to be replaced, please observe the fo l­
lowing points when insta lling addit ional accesso­
ries:
Approved Audi accessories and genuine Audi parts are available from author ized Audi dealers.
These dealers also have the necessary facilities,
too ls and trained specialists to install the parts
and accessories properly.
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A WARNING
-
Using the wrong spare parts or using non-ap-
proved accessories can cause damage to the
vehicle and serious personal i njury.
- Use on ly accessories expressly approved by
Aud i and genuine Audi spare parts
- These parts and accessor ies have been spe­
cially designed to be used on your vehicle.
- Do not use license plate brackets in the
front area that are d ifferent from the one
installed at the fac tory, or add additional li­
cense plate brackets.
- Never install accessor ies such as telephone
cradles or beverage holders on airbag covers
or w it hi n the airbag deployment zones. Do­
ing so will i ncrease t he risk of injury if a ir­
bags are triggered in an accident!
- Before you check anything in the eng ine
compa rtment, always read and heed all
WARN INGS ¢page 271.
(D Note
-If items other than genu ine A udi spa re
parts, add-on equipment and accessory
i t ems are used or if repair wor k is not per­
formed according to specified me thods, this
can resul t in severe damage to your vehi ­
cle's eng ine and body (such as corrosion)
and adve rsely affect your vehicle's warranty.
- The innovative aluminium concep t of your
Audi AB means that all servicing, repairs or
other work on the veh icle body must be car­
ried out exclus ively by an Audi workshop.
- If emergency repairs must be performed
elsewhere, have the vehicle exam ined by an
authorized Audi dealer as soon as possible.
- The manufacture r cannot be held liable for
damage which occurs d ue to failure to com­
ply with these stipulations.
Technical Modifications
Our guidelines must be complied with when tech­
nical modifications ore mode.
Always consult an authorized Audi dealer
befo re
starting work on any modifications .

Index
Seat heating/ventilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Seating position Driver · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·.... ....... 208
Front passenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
I ncorrect seat position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Occupants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Rear passengers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Seats Adjusting the front seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Adjusting the rear seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S5
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
Convenience side view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Correct seating position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Massage function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Seat symmetry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Seats (number) ... ................ .... 218
Selecting a source MMI control panel
Selector lever 189
Selector lever position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Serial number (radio) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Service and disposa l
Safety belt pretensioner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Service interval display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
Settings
Directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Media .............................
190
System (MMI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Voice recognition system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Setting the frequency band . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Setting the language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Shades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40, 49
Shift padd les . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Ship (transport ing your vehicle) . . . . . . . . . 330
Shuff le (media) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Side airbags
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Side assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Cleaning the sensors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
also refer to Side assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Side curtain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Side marker lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
SIM card reader .. ... .......... .... .. . 157
Sirius (satellite radio) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
348
Ski bag........ ... .. .. ................ 66
Sliding/tilting sunroof Emergency closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Emergency operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Socket 115 volt .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
12 volt . · · · · .. .. .. .. ............. ... 60
Software update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
also refer to System update (MMI) . . . . . . 205
Software version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Software (MMI) Update ..... .. .. .. .. ............. .. 206
Version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Solar operation (automatic climate control
system) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Sources of information about child restraints
and their use .. .. .. .. .. .. ........... . .
Spare tires .... .. .. .. . .
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Spare tire (compact spare tire) ......... .
Speed-dependent volume increase ...... .
Speed warning system .. ............... .
Speller . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . ............ . .
Sport differential ... ' .. ..... ......... .
266
319
319
204
92
137
110
Start/Stop-System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Start/Stop system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Starting/stopping the engine . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Switching off/on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Station list
Steering 177
129
Steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Shift paddles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Steering wheel heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
also refer to Multifunction steering whee l. 11
Steps for determining correct load l imit . . . 297
Stopover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Storage compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Subwoofer (sound) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Sunroof · .. · · ... .. .. ............... ... 38
Panorama glass roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Sun shade Emergency operation (panoramic sunroof) 40
Panoramic sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Sunshade Rear window, rear doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49