2018 AUDI A8 towing capacity

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-Tires on a vehicle that has
been overloaded can fail sud­
denly, including a blowout and
sudden deflation, causing loss
of control and a crash.
-Always make sure that the to­
tal load being transported -
including the weight of a trail­
er hitch and the tongue
weight of a loaded trailer -
does not make the vehicle
heavier than the vehicle's
Gross Vehicle Weight Rating.
Determining correct load
limit
Use the example below to calcu­
late the total weight of the pas­
sengers and luggage or other
things that you plan to transport so that you can make sure that
your vehicle will not be overload­ ed.
Steps for Determining Correct Load Limit
1. Locate the statement "THE
COMBINED WEIGHT OF OCCU­
PANTS AND CARGO SHOULD
NEVER EXCEED XXX KG OR XXX
LBS " on your vehic le 's placard
(tire inflation pressure label)
¢ page 293, fig. 266 .
Wheels
2. Determine the combined
weight of the driver and pas­sengers that will be riding in
your vehicle.
3. Subtract the combined weight of the driver and passengers
from "XXX" kilograms or "XXX"
pounds shown on the sticker
¢ page 293, fig . 266 .
4. The resulting figure equals the
available amount of cargo and luggage load capacity. For ex­
ample, if the
"XXX" amount
equals
1400 lbs. and there wil l
be five
150 lbs . passengers in
your vehicle, the amount of
available cargo and luggage
load capacity is 650 lbs.
(1400-750 (5 X 150) = 650
lbs .)
5. Determine the combined
weight of luggage and cargo
being loaded on the vehicle.
That weight may not safely ex­
ceed the available cargo and
luggage load capacity calculat­
ed in Step 4.
6. If your vehicle will be towing a trailer, load from your trailer
will be transferred to your ve­
hicle. Consult this manual to
determine how this reduces
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General
This chapter is intended for trained emergency
crews and working personnel who have the nec­
essary tools and equipment to perform these
operations.
Starting by pushing or
towing
~ Note
Vehicles with an automatic transmission can­
not be started by pushing or towing.
Starting with jumper
cables
If necessary, the engine can be started by con­
necting it to the battery of another vehicle .
If the engine should fail to start because of a dis­
charged or weak battery, the battery can be con­
nected to the battery of
another vehicle, using a
pair of jumper cables to start the engine.
Jumper cables
Use only jumper cables of sufficiently large cross
section
to carry the starter current safely. Refer
to the manufacturer's specifications.
Use only jumper cables with
insulated terminal
clamps which are distinctly marked :
plus(+) cable in most cases colored red
minus(-) cable
in most cases colored black.
A WARNING -
Batteries contain electricity, acid, and gas.
Any of these can cause very serious or fatal in­
jury. Follow the instructions below for safe
handling of your vehicle's battery .
-Always shield your eyes and avoid leaning
over the battery whenever possible.
-A dead battery can freeze at temperatures
around 32 °F (0 °C) . If the vehicle battery is
frozen, you must thaw it before connecting
the jump start cables. If you do not, this in-
Emergency situations
creases the risk of an explosion and chemi­
cal burns. After jump starting the vehicle,
drive to an authorized Audi dealer or author­ ized Audi Service Facility immediately to
have the vehicle battery checked.
- Do not allow battery acid to contact eyes or
skin . Flush any contacted area with water
immediately.
- Improper use of a booster battery to start a
vehicle may cause an explosion .
- Vehicle batteries generate explosive gases .
Keep sparks, flame and lighted cigarettes
away from batteries.
- Do not try to jump start any vehicle with a
low acid level in the battery .
- The voltage of the booster battery must also
have a 12-Volt rating . The capacity (Ah) of
the booster battery should not be lower
than that of the discharged battery. Use of
batteries of different voltage or substantial­
ly different "Ah " rating may cause an explo­
sion and personal injury.
- Never charge a frozen battery. Gas trapped
in the ice may cause an explosion.
- Never charge or use a battery that has been
frozen. The battery case may have be weak­
ened.
- Use of batteries of different voltage or sub­
stantially different capacity (Ah) rating may
cause an explosion and injury. The capacity
(Ah) of the booster battery should not be
lower than that of the discharged battery.
- Before you check anything in the engine
compartment, always read and heed all
WARNINGS
c>page 272.
@ Note
- Applying a higher voltage booster battery
will cause expensive damage to sensitive
electronic components, such as control
units, relays, radio, etc.
- There must be no electrical contact between
the vehicles as otherwise current could al­
ready start to flow as soon as the positive
( + ) terminals are connected.
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Index
Rear fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Side marker lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Light/rain sensor Headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
I ntermittent mode (w indshie ld wipers) . . . SO
Lighting Exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
I nterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Lights Interior/reading lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Interior lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Listening to music
refer to Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181, 190
Listening to the radio MMI control panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
RSE ............................... 202
L ocking/un locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Low-profile tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
L ow beams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
12 volt socket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Storing cargo correctly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Stowing luggage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Valet parking function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Luggage compartment lid . . . . . . . . . . . . 33, 36
Opening from the inside in an emergency . 36
Luggage rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
L umbar support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
M
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336
Maintenance intervals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Making emergency call.......... .... .. . 151
Malfunction Indicator Lamp (MIL) . . . . . . . . 25
Map Online . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Operating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Set tings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Massage function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54, 56
Mechanical key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28, 29
Mechanical key (replacement key) . . . . . . . . . 28
Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Audi music interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Bluetooth audio player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Drives (MMI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
346
Jukebox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Restrictions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
RSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Supported formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Wi-Fi media player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Media drives
RSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Memory capacity
Directory ...... .. .. .. ........... 154, 155
Jukebox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Memory card
SD card reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Memory function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
MENU button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Menu language
refer to Setting the language . . . . . . . . . . 206
Mirror compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
MMI
refer to
Multi Media Interface . . . . . . . . . . 135
MMI control panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
MMI touch.. .... .. .. .. ............. .. 137
Monitoring the Advanced Airbag System . . 237
Multifunction steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Multi Media Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Mute ...... .... .. .. .. ........... 135, 195
myAudi Finding a destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
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Name tag
Navigating .. .... .. .. .. ............. . .
MMI control panel .. .. .............. .
RSE ......... ... .. .. .............. .
Navigation Address input .. .. .. .. ............. . .
Map display ... .. .. .. ............. . . 155
166
166
201
166
171
Online destinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Route plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Starting/canceling route guidance . . . . . . 171
also refer to Entering a destination . . . . . 166
also refer to Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Network connection (Wi-Fi) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Next/previous track
NHTSA 191
Contacting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215

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
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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
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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