2018 AUDI A6 octane

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Gasoline grade
A pplies to: ve hicles with gasoline engines
The correct gasoline grade is stated on the inside
of the fuel filler door .
The vehicle is equipped with a catalytic converter
and must only be driven with
unleaded gasoline .
Audi recommends using TOP TIER Detergent Gas­
oline. Additiona l information on TOP TIER Deter­
gent Gasoline can be found on the official web­
site (www .topt iergas.com).
The individual gasoline grades are differentiated
by
octane ratings. T his value is given with (R +M)/
2 equating to AKI or in RON.
The following headings match the corresponding
sticker in the fuel fi ller door.
UNLEADED FUEL ONLY MIN. (R+M)/2 87
Regular/ MIN. RON 91 Regular
Use regu lar gasoline with minimum 87 AKI/
91 RON
i::> (@ .
The maximum engine power is only reached if
premium gasoline 91 AKI/ 95 RON is used.
UNLEADED FUEL ONLY PREMIUM MIN . (R
+M)/2 91 / SUPER MIN. RON 95
Using premium gasoline with minimum 91 AKI/
95 RON is recommended.
If premium gasoline is not available, you can also
use regular gasoline 87 AKI/ 91 RON . However
this does reduce the engine power slightly.
({D) Note
-Fill in g the tank just one time with leaded
fuel or other metallic additives will cause
permanent deterioration to the catalytic
converter function.
- When gasoline with an octane rating that is
too low is used, high speeds or heavy engine
load can lead to eng ine damage.
Checking and Filling
(D Tips
The vehicle may be filled with fuel that has a
higher octane rating than what is required by
the engine .
Blended gasoline
Applies to : vehicles wi th gasoli ne e ngi ne
Use of gasoline containing alcohol or MTBE
(methyl tertiary butyl ether)
You may use unleaded gasoline blended with al ­
coho l or MTBE (commonly referred to as oxygen­
ates) if the blended mixture meets the following
criteria:
Blend of gasoline methanol (wood alcohol or
methyl alcohol)
-Anti-knock index must be 87 AKI or higher.
- Blend must contain no more than
3% metha-
nol.
- Blend must contain more than
2% co-solvents.
Blend of gasoline and ethanol (grain alcohol or
ethyl alcohol)
-Anti-knock index must be 87 AKI or higher.
- Blend must not conta in more than
15% etha-
nol.
Blend of gasoline and MTBE
- Anti -knock index must be 87 AKI or higher.
- Blend must not contain more than
15% MTBE.
Seasonally adjusted gasoline
Many gasoline grades are blended to perform es­
pecially well for winter or summer dr iving . Dur­
ing seasonal change-over, we suggest that you
fill up at busy gas stat ions where the seasonal
adjustment is more likely to be made in time .
@ Note
-Methanol fuels which do not meet these re­
quirements may cause corrosion and dam­
age to plast ic and rubbe r components in the
fuel system.
- Do not u se fuels that fail to meet the speci-
fied criteria in this chapter.
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Warranty coverages
Your Audi i s co vered by the following warran­
tie s:
- New Vehicle Limited Warranty
- Limited Warranty Against Corrosion Perfora-
tion
- Emissions Control System Warranty
- Emissions Performance Warranty
- California Emissions Control Warranty (USA
vehicles only)
- California Emissions Performance Warranty
(USA vehicles only)
Detailed information regarding your warranties
can be found in your
Warranty & Maintenance
booklet .
Operating your vehicle
outside the U.S.A. or
Canada
Government regulati ons in the United States and
Canada require that automobiles meet specific
emission regulations and safety standards.
Therefore, vehicles built for the U.S.A. and Cana­
da differ from vehicles sold in other countries.
If you p lan to take you r vehicle outside the conti­
nenta l limits of the United States or Canada,
there is the possibility that:
- un leaded fue ls for vehicles with catalytic con­
verter may not be available;
- fuel may have a conside rably lower octane rat­
ing . Improper fuel may cause engine damage;
- service may be inadequate due to lack of proper
service facilities , tools or testing eq uipment;
- r eplacement parts may not be readily available.
- Navigation systems for veh icles built for the
U .S .A . and Canada w ill not necessarily work in
Eur ope, and may not wo rk in other countries
outside North America.
Consumer Information
@ Note
Audi cannot be responsib le for mechanical
damage that could resu lt from inadequate
fuel, service or parts ava ilability.
Audi Service Repair
Manuals and Literature
Audi Official Factory Service Manuals and Litera­
ture are published as soon as poss ible after mod­
el introduction. Se rvice ma nuals and literature
are available to order from the Audi Tec hni cal Lit ­
erature Orde ring Center at :
www .aud i.techli terature .com
Maintenance
General
Your vehicle has been designed to help keep
maintenance requirements to a minimum. How­
ever, a certain amount of regular maintenance is
still necessary to assure your vehicle's safety,
economy and reliab ility . For detailed vehicle
maintenance consult your Warranty
& Mainte­
nance booklet.
Under difficult operating conditions, for exam­
ple at extremely low outside temperatures, in
very dusty regions, etc., some service work
shou ld be performed between the intervals speci ­
fied. This applies particula rly to:
- oil changes, and
- cleaning or replacing the a ir filter .
@ For the sake of the environment
By regularly maintaining your vehicle, you
help make sure that emiss ion standards are
maintained, thus min imizing adverse effects
on the environment.
Important considerations for you and your
vehicle
The increasing use of electronics, soph isticated
fuel injection and emission control systems, and
the genera lly increasing technica l comp lexity of
today's automobiles, have steadily reduced the
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14
Eng ine sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Engine speed limitation (indicator light) 17
Engine Start/Stop mode
refer to Start/Stop system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Engine warm-up request
I ndicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1 7
Environment
Proper disposal of drained engine oil . . . .
194
Unleaded gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
EPC (engine control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
ESC
Automatic post-collision brak ing system .
119
also refer to Electronic stabilization con-
tro l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
119
ESP
refertoElectron icstabilizationcontrol . .
119
Event Data Recorder (EDR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Exterior lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Exterior mirrors
Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
42
o· . 1mmmg . .. .. ............. .. .. .. .. . . 42
Heating............................. 42
Exterior temperature display . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
F
Fastening
Booster seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
176
Convertible child safety seats . . . . . . . . . . 174
Infant seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) 250
Fl oor mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Folding the rear seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Foot pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
For the sake of the environment
Environmentally-friendly driving . . . . . . . .
65
Fu eling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Leaks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Roof rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Warming up the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Fr eeze protection
Coolant
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Front airbags
D . t' escnp 10n ... ................ ... .. .
How they work ............... .. .. .. .
195
146
152
Index
Frontal collisions and the laws of physics . . 135
Front center armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Front seats
Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
127
Child restraints in the front seat . . . . . . . . 143
also refer to Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 7
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
185
Additives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Blended gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Current consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Fuel gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9, 10
Fuel tank capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Gasoline addit ives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Saving fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65, 104
Fueling
Fuel gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
10
Fuel tank capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Open ing the fuel filler door . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Fuses
Assignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
235
Replacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
G
Garage door opener (Homelink) . . . . . . . . . . 36
Garment hook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Gas discharge lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
G asoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Octane rating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Recommendation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
GAWR
refer to Gross Axle Weight Rating (GAWR) 246
Glasses holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
53
Glossary of tire and loading terminology . . 204
Glove compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
cooled . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Valet parking function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Gross Axle Weight Rating (GAWR) . . . . . . . 246
Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR) . . . . . 246
GVWR
refer to Gross Vehicle Weight
Rating (GVWR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
246
H
Head-up disp lay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
255

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L ight
Ambie nt l ighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Com ing/Leav ing home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Da ytime runn ing lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
High beam assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Low beams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Pa rking lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Rear fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
L ight/ rai n sensor
H eadlig hts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 8
Intermittent (windshield wipe rs) . . . . . . . . 44
L ighting
E xte rio r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
I nter io r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
L ights
H eadlig ht flasher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
H eadlig ht range contro l system . . . . . . . . . 38
H eadlig hts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
I nter ior/reading lig hts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
L oad ...... .. .. ................ ... .. . 246
Lock ing/un locking
By remote cont rol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Using the door lock cylinder . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
W ith the convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
L ow beams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
L ower universa l anchor ages (C anada) . . . . . 180
Luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
12 Volt socket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Increas ing the size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
L uggage compartment net . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
P ass -throug h . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Ski bag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 6
Storing cargo correct ly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Stowing luggage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Tie -downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Va let parking f unction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
L ugg age com par tment lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
C losing but ton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Eme rgency release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
M ovement -activated opening . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Opening/closing .............. .. .. . 30, 31
Opening from the ins ide in an emergency . 33
L umbar s upport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Index
M
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 47
Maintenance intervals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Malfunction Ind icator Lamp (MIL) . . . . . . . 189
Massage function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Mechan ica l key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25, 26
Mechanically locking the front passenge r
door.. ... .. ...... .. ... .. ..... ... .. ... 29
Memo ry funct ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Mirrors
o· . , mming ... ... .. .. ................ .. 42
Ex terior m irrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Vanity mirro r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Monito ring the Advanced Airbag System . . 154
Mult ifunc tion s teer ing whee l. . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
N
Natu ral lea the r ca re/ clea ning
N HTSA 22
4
Contacting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Night vision assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Cleaning the camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
N umber of sea ts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
0
Occupant seati ng positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Octane rating (gasoline) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Odomete r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
OF F (4 -zone deluxe a utomat ic climate con -
trol) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
OFF (deluxe automatic climate control) 59
Oil In dicator lig ht . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
also refer to Engine oi l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Oil change inte rva l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
On-board comp uter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
On -Bo ard Diagnos tic Sys tem ( OBD) . . . . . . . 189
Open ing ..... ... .. .. ................ .. 24
Fuel fille r door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
L uggage compartment lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
S unr oof. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Windows ... .... .. ... .. ..... ... .. .. . 3 4
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