2017 AUDI A8 sport mode
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~ Check and correc t the seating of the snow
chains after driving a few feet , if necessary . Fo l
l ow the instructions from the manufacturer .
~ Note the maximum speed of 30 mph (SO km/
h). Note the loca l regulat ions.
Use of snow chains is on ly pe rmitted with certain
rim/tire combinations due to technical reasons.
Check w ith an authori zed Audi dealer or author
ized Audi Service Fac ility to see if you may use
snow chains .
You must remove the snow chains on roads with
out snow. Otherw ise, you could impair dr iving
ab ility and damage the tires.
_8 WARNING
Using incorrect snow chains o r insta lling snow
chains incorrectly can result in loss of vehicle
cont rol, which inc reases the risk of an acc i
dent.
(D Note
- Snow cha ins can damage the rims/wheel
covers* if the cha ins come into d irect con·
tact with t hem . Remove the whee l cove rs*
f irst. Use coate d snow chai ns.
- Using snow cha ins tha t add more than 0.4
i nch (10.5 mm) of he igh t ca n seve rely dam
age the wheel ho usings and other vehicle
componen ts .
- Do no t install and use s now chai ns if there is
a mal funct ion in the adaptive air suspe n
s ion, because the vehicle heigh t will be very
l ow . If you drive with snow chains anyway,
the wheel ho usings and other vehicle com
ponents can be severely damaged.
@ Tips
When using snow chains, it may be useful to
sw itch on sport mode ¢page
127.
Low aspect ratio tires
Your Aud i is factory-equipped with low aspect ra-
o tio tires. These t ires have been thorough ly tested co
~ and been selected specifically for your model for ,.....
~ their supe rb performance, road feel and handli ng 0 0 :c '
under a var iety o f dr iv ing condit ions . Ask your au
thorized Audi dea le r for more detai ls.
T he low aspect rat io of t hese tires is indicated by
a nu meral o f
55 or less in the tire's si ze des igna
tion . The n umera l represents the ratio of the
tire's sidewa ll height in relation to its tread width
expressed in percentage . Conve ntiona l tires have
a height/width ratio of 60 or more .
The performance of low-aspect- ratio tires is par
ti cula rly sen siti ve to imprope r inflation p res
sure. It is the refore important that low aspect
rat io tires are inflated to the specified pressure
and that the inflation pressure is regularly
checked and maintained . Tire pressures should
be checked at lea st once a month and always
before a long trip
¢ page 293 .
What you can do to avo id tire and rim
damage
Low aspect ratio tires can be damaged more eas i
ly by impact w ith potho les, curbs, gullies or
ridges on the road, particularly if the tire is un
der inflated .
In order to m in imize the occurrence of impact
damage to t he tires of yo ur vehicle , we recom
me nd tha t you observe the following preca u
tio ns:
- Always maintain recommended inflat ion pres
sures. Check you r ti re pressu re every 2,000
m iles (3,000 km) a nd add air if necessary.
- Dr ive carefully on roads w it h potholes, deep
gullies o r ridges. The impact from dr iving
t hrough or over such obst acles can damage
your tires. Impac t with a cur b may also ca use
damage to your tires.
- After a ny impac t, im med iate ly inspect yo ur
t ires or have them inspe cted by the neares t au
t horized A udi dealer. Replace a damaged tire as
soon as possible.
- I nspect your tires every 2,000 m iles (3,000 km)
for damage and wear. Damage is not a lways
easy to see. Damage can lead to loss of air and
underinflation, wh ich could event ually cause
tire fa ilure . If you believe that a tire may have
been damaged, replace the tire as soon as pos
sible .
- These tires may wear more quickly than others . .,.
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Index
A
A/C (a utomat ic cl imate contro l) . . . . . . . . . . 70
Accessories .. .. .. .. . .. .... .. .. .. .. 60 ,338
Active lane assist ( lane depa rture ass ist) . . 102
Clean ing the camera a rea . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
Mes sages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Adapter cable (A udi music inter face) . . . . . 185
Adapt ive a ir suspension/sport . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Adapt ive c ru ise control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Clean ing the senso rs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Adj usting the so und . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Ad justing the so und (tone) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Adj usting the tempe rature (automatic climate
control system ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Ad justing the vol ume
R SE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
A irbag .. .. .. .. .. ............. .... .. . 226
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234, 244
Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Ch ildren . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Ch ild rest raints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Compo nen ts (front a irbags) . . . . . . . . . . . 232
D anger of fitting a child seat on the fron t
p a ssenger sea t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 7
Disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
F ront airbags ..... . .. ..... ... .. . 230,23 1
Important information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Knee airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Mon ito ring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
PASS ENG ER AIR BAG O FF light . . . . . . . . . 237
Repairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Safety ins tructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 3 Ant
i-free ze
Windshie ld washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Ant i- L oc k Bra king System (ABS) . . . . . . . . . 126
Ant i-Slip Regu lation (ASR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Audi connect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Data connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Data p rotection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Se rvices (ove rview) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Audi music inte rface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Adapter cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Connec ting and dis connect ing . . . . . . . . . 185
Screen settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Audio player
refer to Blue tooth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Audio trac k (DVD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
A udi Se rvice Repair Manuals and Literatu re 33 6
A UTO
Automat ic climate control system . . . . . . . 70
Automat ic head ligh ts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Auto Lock (central locking) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 7
A utoma tic belt re trac tor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Automat ic climate contro l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Automat ic traffic rerouting . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Automat ic transmission (tiptron ic) . . . . . . . . 83
E mergency mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Hill descent co ntrol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Overboost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Parking lock emergency release . . . . . . . . . 88
Automat ic w ipe/wash system . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Auto Safety Hot line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Average economy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Average speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Side curtain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 5
We igh t-sens ing ma t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
B
Aircraft
Tra nsport ing you r vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330
Air distribution (a utom atic cl imate cont ro l) . 71
Ai r pressure (T ire Pressu re Moni to ring Sys -
tem) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
A ir suspension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Alignment pin (changing the whe el) . . . . . . 312
All seaso n tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Alter nat ive route . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
340
BACK butto n 134
Ba lance (sound) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 05
Be lt tens ioners . ... .. .. .... .... ... 216,224
B lended gaso line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
B lowe r (a utoma tic climate contro l) . . . . . . . . 71
B luetoot h
Audio player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Connect ing a cell phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Booster seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
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0 co .... N ,..._
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Swapping (telephone) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Switching the audio output off (RS E) . . . . . 195
Symbols
r e fer to Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
SYNC (Automatic climate control) . . . . . . . . . 71
System settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
System update
(MMI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
System volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
T
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9, 10
Technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333
T echnical modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338
Telephone ... .. ............... 14, 146, 149
Connecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Dialing a number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Memory capacity (directory) . . . . . . . . . . . 1S4
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Storing a number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
T emperature disp lay
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Tether anchors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Tether strap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Tie-downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65, 214
r ,me . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
tiptronic (automatic transmission) . . . . . . . . 83
Tire mobility kit ................ ..... . 312
Tire Pressure Monitoring System . . . . . . . . . 302
r ,res . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Low aspect ratio tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
quattro (all wheel drive) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Replacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313
Service life 291
Tire pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Tire pressure monitoring system . . . 301 , 302
Tire pressure table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
Treadwear indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
Unidirectional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Uniform tire quality grading . . . . . . . . . . . 300
Tires and wheels Glossary of tire and loading terminology . 285
Tires and vehicle load limits . . . . . . . . . . . 295
TMC/TMCpro
refer to Traffic information (TMC) . . . . . . 175
Index
Tone (sound)
refer to Adjusting the sound . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Tool kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
Torn or frayed safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
touch
refer to MMI touch
136
Towing Tow trucks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329
Towing loop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329, 330
TPMS (tire pressure monitoring system) . . . 301
Traffic information (TMC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
RSE .... .. .. .. .. .. ............. .. .. 201
Switching reports on and off . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Trailer mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Trailer towing Operating instructions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
p k' ar ing system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Technical requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89, 90
Train (transporting your vehicle) . . . . . . . . . 330
Transmission malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Transport Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Transporting your vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330
Trip odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 0
Turn signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
u
Unfastening safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Uniform tire quality grading . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
Unlocking/locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
V
Valet parking function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Vanity mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49, SO
Vehicle Care/cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
Out of service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 1
Raising . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331
V ehicle battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
Charge level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Winter operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Vehicle control modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Vehicle data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333
Vehicle jack ..... .. .. ......... 312,315,316
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