2018 AUDI A8 coolant

Consum er Info rmation
@ For the sake of the environment
- Changing the engine settings wi ll adverse ly
affect emission leve ls. Th is is detrimental to
the env ironment and increases fuel con ­
sumption.
- A lways observe environmenta l regu lations
when disposing of o ld 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 classif ied as Perchlorate Mate­
rial -spec ia l handl ing may apply, see
www.dtsc.ca.gov/hazardouswaste/ perch lorate. Whe n the vehicle o r parts of
the rest raint system including airbag mo d­
ul es safety bel ts w it h pre tensioners are
scrapped, all applicable laws and regula ­
tions must be observed. Yo ur autho rized
A udi dealer is familiar with these require ­
ments and we recommend that you have
your dealer perform this service for you.
Accessories and technical changes
Additional accessories and parts
replacement
Always consult on authorized Audi dealer before
purchasing accessories.
Audi ve hicles that are constructed with advanced
materials like Steel/Alum inum (Hybrid construc­
tion), Aluminum (Aud i Space Frame), and/or A lu­
minum/Carbon F iber (Ultra Advanced L ight
We ight Materials) are as un ique as the ir drivers .
Therefo re, the ava ilability of ce rtain parts needed
for repai r, restorat ion, or reco nstr uction w ill be
rest ric ted, or p arts w ill be unav ailable, if the ve ­
h icl e is not repa ired a t an a uth o rized Aud i colli­
sion repair facili ty . This in cl udes but is not limit ­
ed to structura l parts w hic h require specia lized
training and equipment to restore their crash ­
worthiness back to the orig inal NHTSA and IIHS
performance.
Your vehicle incorporates the latest safety design
features ensuring a hig h standard of active and
passive safety.
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This sa fety could be com promised by non -ap ­
proved changes to the vehicle . For t his reason, if
parts have to be rep laced, p lease observe the fol ­
l owing points when install ing additional accesso ­
ries:
Approved Audi accesso ries and gen uine A udi
parts are avai lab le from a uthorized Aud i dea le rs .
These dea le rs al so have t he necessa ry fa cilit ies,
tools and trained specialists to install the parts
and accessories properly .
A WARNING
Using the wrong spare parts or using non -ap ­
p roved accessories can cause damage to the
vehicle and serious personal i njury.
- Use on ly accessories express ly approved by
Aud i and genuine Audi spare parts
- These parts and accessor ies have been spe­
cially des igned to be used on your vehicle.
- Do not use license p late brac kets in the
front area that are d if f erent from the one
installed at the factory, or add additional li­
cense plate brackets.
- Never install accessor ies such as telephone
cradles or beverage holders on airbag covers
or w ith in the airbag dep loyment zones. Do­
ing so will increase the risk of injury if a ir­
bags are triggered in an accident!
- Before you check anyth ing in the eng ine
compa rtme nt, always read a nd heed all
WARN INGS
~page 272.
@ Note
-If items other than genu ine A udi spare
parts, add-on equipment and accessory
i t ems are used o r if repa ir wor k is not per­
formed according to specified methods, th is
c an resul t in seve re damage to you r vehi­
cl e's eng ine a nd body ( such as cor rosion)
and adve rsely aff ec t your ve hicle's war ran ty.
- Th e innovat ive alum inum con cep t of yo ur
Audi AB means t hat all se rvi cing, re pairs o r
ot her wor k on t he ve hicle body mus t be ca r­
ried out exclus ively by an Aud i workshop .
- I f emer gency rep air s mus t be pe rformed
elsew here, have the vehicle exam ined by an
authorized A udi dealer as soon as possib le .
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u. co .... N
" N .... 0 0 :c ' Closing/opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Closing aid (doors) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
27
Cockpit (overview) 7
Coming home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
46
Compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Compass in the mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339
Conference call . ............... .. .. .. . 150
Connecting and disconnecting an MP3 play-
er
· · · ·.............................. 184
Connections
refer to Media 181,190
Consumer Inform ation .......... .. . 215,336
Consumption (fuel) ................... .
Contacting NHT5A .............. ... .. .
Contacts Importing/expo rting
Convenience key 12
215
152
154
Unlocking/locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Cooling mode (automatic climate control) . . 70
Cooling system Checking/adding coolant. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Coolant temperature indicator . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Cover Flow
refer to Browsing through album covers . 191
Cup holders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
63
Current consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
D
Data encryption 197
Data recorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Date ...... .. .. ................ ... .. . 205
Date display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16, 205
Daylight saving time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Daytime running lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Declaration of compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339
Defrosting (windows) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
D EF (instrument cluster) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Demo mode
refer to Presentation mode . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 3
Determining correct load limit . . . . . . . . . . 297
Diesel Diesel particulate filter 27 2
Digital compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Digital Rights Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Index
Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334
Directory
refer to Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Display Brightness .. .. .. .. ... .. ..... ... 197,207
Settings ...... .. .. ............. 191, 197
Distance
· · ·.......................... 12
Doors Child safety lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Closing aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
27
Emergency locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Driver information system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Service interval display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Driver seating position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Drives
ref er to Media ..... ............. 181, 190
Drive select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Driving sa fely . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Driving through water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Driving time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
12
DVD
Changer 183
Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Full screen display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
also refer to Media .. ............. 181, 190
DVD Parental control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 7
Dynamic steering .. .. ............. 111, 130
Dynamic volume
refer to System volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
E
Economy tips (efficiency program) . . . . . . . . 13
Efficiency program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
13
Electromechanical parking brake . . . . . . . . . 81
Electronic Differential Lock (EDL) . . . . . . . . 127
Electronic immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
28
Electronic speed limiter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Electronic Stabilization Control (ESC) . . . . . 127
Emergency assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
Emergency braking function . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Emergency flashers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
46
Emergency locking the front passenger's door 32
343

Index
Emergency operation
Fr ont passenger 's door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Fuel filler door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Luggage compartment lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Panoram a glass roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Sliding/tilting sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Sunshade (roof) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
E mergency re lease
Parking lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Emergency starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
Emissions control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Energy consumers (efficiency program) . . . . 13
Energy management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
E ngine
Start/Stop system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Starting/stopping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Starting with jumper cables . . . . . . . . . . . 327
E ngine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Opening/closing the hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Engine oil
Adding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Checking oil level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Con sumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Engine sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Entering a destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166, 170
Entering an address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
From the map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
La st destinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Starting point (presentation mode) . . . . . 173
Entering letters (speller) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
E ntering numbers/symbols (speller) . . . . . . 138
Entry assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58, 76
Environment Environmentally-friendly/ economical driv -
ing ..... ... .. .. ................ ... .. 74
Fueling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Proper disposal of drained engine o il . . . . 277
Unleaded fu el . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
EPC (engine control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
ESN
refer to Serial number (radio) ... .... .. .
Event Data Recorder (EDR) ........ .. .. .
E xterior lighting 179
133 43
Exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
344
F
Factory default settings
Multi Media Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
R5E . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Fader(sound) ... .. .. .. ............. .. 206
Fastening Booster seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Convertible child safety seats . . . . . . . . . . 256
Infant seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Fast forwarding/rewinding (audio/video
file) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Fast forwarding (audio/video file) . . . . . . . . 191
Favorite (navigation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169, 173
File format (media) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Floor mats.. .. .. .. .. .. ............. .. 213
Folding table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Foot pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Free text search
T elephone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Freeze protection Coolant additive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Front airbags
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Frontal collisions and the laws of physics . . 220
Front center armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Front passenger seat adjustment . . . . . . . . . 58
Front seats
Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Child restraints in the front seat . . . . . . . . 228
also refer to Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Fuel Additives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Blended gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Current consumpt ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Fuel filler neck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Fuel gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9, 10
Fuel tank capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334
Gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Gasoline additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Octane rating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Recommendation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Saving fuel ...... .. .. ............ 74, 111
Fueling Fuel filler door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Fuel gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Fuel tank capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334

Index
System volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
T
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9, 10
Technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333
Technical modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339
Telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 , 14 7 , 1 SO
Connecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Dialing a number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Memory capacity (directory) . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Storing a number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Temperature indicator
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Tether anchors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Tether strap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Tie-downs ... .. .. ............. .. .. 66, 215
Time . .... .. .. .. ............. .... .. . 205
tiptronic (automatic transmission) . . . . . . . . 83
Tire mobility kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
Tires.. .... .. .. .. ............. .... .. . 283
Low-profile tires. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
quattro (all wheel drive) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Replacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313
Service life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2 91
Tire pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Tire pressure monitoring sys -
tem ..... .. .. .. ............ 300,301,302
Tire pressure table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
Treadwear indicators ................. 291
Unidirectional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Uniform tire quality grading . . . . . . . . . . . 299
Tires and wheels
Glossary of tire and loading terminology . 285
Tires and vehicle load limits . . . . . . . . . . . 295
TMC/TMCpro
refer to Traffic information (TMC)
Tone (sound) 176
refer to Adjusting the sound
. . . . . . . . . . . 205
Tool kit ............................. 312
Torn or frayed safety be lts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Touch
refer to MMI touch 137
Towing Tow trucks
Towing loop
350
329
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329, 330 TPMS (
Tire Pressure Monitoring System) . . 301
Traffic information (TMC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
RSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Switching reports on and off . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Trailer towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Operating instructions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Parking systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
T echnica l requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 , 90
Train (transporting your vehicle) . . . . . . . . . 330
Transmission malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Transport Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Transporting your vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330
Tr ip odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Turn signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
u
Unfastening safety belts 224
Uniform tire quality grading . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
Unlocking/locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
V
Valet parking function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Vanity mirror. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49, SO
Vehicle Care/cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
D imensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334
Out of service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311
Raising . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333
Vehicle battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
Charge level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Winter operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Vehicle control modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Vehicle jack . .... .. .. .. ....... 312,315,316
Vehicle key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Vehicle tool kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
Vehicle transport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330
Vent ilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Version information .. .. ........... 197,207
Video image settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Video playback combinations (RSE) . . . . . . . 203
V IN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333
Voice guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173