2018 AUDI TT ROADSTER spare tire

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-If the tire is too severely damaged , see an
authorized Aud i dealer or authorized Aud i
Service Facility for assistance .
@ For the sake of the environment
You can give the used tire sealant bottle to an
author ized Audi dealer or authorized A udi
Service Facility for disposal.
@ Tips
Remember to obtain a new bottle of sea lant
from an authorized Audi dea ler or authorized
Audi Service Facility after repairing a tire.
Replacing wheels
Preparation
You must complete the preparation before
changing a tire .
"' Read and follow the important safety precau-
t ions
Q page 2 72, General information .
"' Set the parking brake .
"'Se lect the "P" selec to r l ever position.
"'Lay out the vehicle tool kit Q page 2 72 and the
spare tire
Q page 279 .
A WARNING ,-
You or your passenger could be injured while
changing a wheel if you do not follow these
safety precautions:
- If you have a flat tire, move a safe distance
off the road. Turn off the engine, turn the
emergency flashers on and use other warn­
ing devices to alert other motorists.
- Make sure that passengers wait in a safe place away f rom the vehicle and well away
from the road and traffic .
- To help prevent the vehicle from moving suddenly and possibly slipping off the jack,
always fully set the parking brake and block
the front and back of the wheel diagonally
opposite the w heel be ing changed. Whe n
one front whee l is lifted off the ground,
pla cing the A utoma tic Transm ission in P
(Park) will
not prevent the ve hicle from
moving .
Emergen cy as sis tanc e
-Before you change a wheel, be sure the
ground is level and firm . If necessary, use a
sturdy board under the jack.
- Always store the vehicle too l kit, the jack
and the replaced tire in the luggage com­
partment
<=) page 183.
(D Tips
Obey all laws .
Removing the cover
Fig. 196 W heel: wh eel hu b cov er
F ig. 1 97 Wheel: wh eel bol ts with cap s
Wheel hub covers*
"'Insert the hook (from the vehicle tool kit) into
the hole on the whee l hub cover
Q fig. 196 .
"'Remove the wheel h ub cover .
Wheel bolts with caps *
"'Slide the p lastic clip (from the veh icle too l kit)
onto the cap unt il it engages
Q fig . 197.
"' Remove the cap with the p lastic clip.
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Emergency assistance
{QJ Note
When removing or installing the wheel, the
rim could hit the brake rotor and damage the
rotor. Work carefully and have a second per­
son help you.
(D Tips
- When mounting tires with unidirectional
tread design
make sure the tread pattern is
pointed the right way
¢ page 278.
-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.
Unidirectional tires
A unidirectional tire profile is identified by arrows
that point in the running direction on the tire
sidewall. You must always adhere to the speci­
fied running direction. This is necessary ensure
the tire 's optimum performance in regard to ad­
hesion, running noise, friction and hydroplaning .
To benefit fully from the advantages of the uni­
directional tire design, you should replace faulty
tires as soon as possible and restore the correct
running direction on all of the tires.
Finishing
.,. Reinstall the caps on the wheel bolts if neces­
sary .
.,. Store the vehicle tool kit in its designated
place .
.,. If the removed wheel does not fit in the spare
wheel well, store it securely in the luggage
compartment
¢ page 183.
.,. Check the tire pressure on the installed wheel
as soon as possible.
.,. Check the tire pressure and store it in the Info­
tainment system.
.,. The wheel bol t tightening specification must be
90 ft lbs (120 Nm) . Check it as soon as possible
with a torque wrench. Drive carefully until then.
.,. Have the faulty wheel replaced as quickly as
possible.
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(D Tips
- If you notice that the wheel bolts are cor­
roded and difficult to turn while changing a
tire, they should be replaced before you check the tightening torque.
- Drive at reduced speed until you have the
tightening torques checked.
Notes on wheel changing
Please read the information ¢ page 251 if you
are going to use a spare tire which is different
from the tires on your vehicle .
After you change a tire:
- 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 lbs (120 Nm).
- If you notice that the wheel bolts are corroded
and difficult to turn while changing a tire,
they should be replaced before you check the
tightening torque.
- 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 going to equip your vehicle with
tires or rims which differ from those which
were factory installed, then be sure to read
the information
¢page 251.
-Always make sure the damaged wheel or
even a flat tire and the jack and tool kit are
properly secured in the luggage compart­
ment and are not loose in the passenger
compartment.
- In an accident or sudden maneuver they
could fly forward, injuring anyone in the ve­
hicle.
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-Always stor e damaged whee l, jack and too ls
securely in the luggage compartment. Oth­ erwise, in an accident or sudden maneuver
they could fly forward, caus ing injury to pas­
sengers in the vehicle .
Spare tire
General information
Applies to: veh icles wit h space -saving spa re t ire (compact
spa re t ire)
A U DI
Fig. 203 Lugg age co mpar tment : spar e tir e
F ig . 204 Sp are t ire (ex ample)
The spare tire is intended for short-term use on­
ly . Have the damaged t ire checked and replaced if
necessary by an author ized Audi dealer or author­
i zed A udi Service Fac ility as soon as possib le.
T here are some restrictions on the use of the
compact spare tire . The compact spare tire has
been designed specifica lly for your type of veh i­
cle . Do not replace it w ith the spare tire from an­
o ther type of vehicle.
Removing the spare tire
.,. Turn the handle c::> fig . 203 (D counter-clock­
wise.
.,. Remove the spare tire .
Emergen cy as sis tanc e
Removing the vehicle jack
.,. Lift up the cover on the right side of the lug­
gage compartment and remove the vehicle
jack.
Snow chains
For technical reasons, the use of snow chains on
the compact spare tire is not pe rmit ted.
If you have to dr ive with snow chains and a front
t ire fails , mount the spare tire in place of a rear
t ir e. Install the snow chains on the rear t ire that
yo u removed, and ins tall that in place of the
front t ire that fai led.
_&, WARNING ..
- After insta lling a spare tire, the tire pres ­
sure must be checked as soon as possible .
- D o not dr ive faster than 50 mph (80 km/h)
with a compact spare tire. Driving faster
than that inc reases the risk of an accident.
- To reduce the r isk of an accident, avoid full ­
throttle acceleration, heavy braking, and
fast corner ing with the compact spare tire .
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- To reduce the risk of an accident, neve r drive
with more than one compact spare tire .
- Normal summer or winter tires must not be mounted on the compact spare wheel rim.
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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.
- Always 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 lo­
r ate. When t he vehicle or pa rts of t he re­
stra in t sys tem including a irbag modu les
s a fe ty be lts wi th prete nsione rs ar e s crap ­
ped, a ll applicab le laws and reg ulations
must be observed. Your a uthorized 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.
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 certain parts needed
for repair, 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 includes 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 compromised 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 expressly 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 233.
@ 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.
- I f emergen cy rep air s m ust be pe rformed
elsew here, have the vehicle exam ined by an
au thorized A ud i dealer as soon as possib le .
- Th e manuf acture r ca nnot be held liable fo r
d amage wh ich occu rs du e to fail ure to com ­
ply with these stipulations.

Index
Selector lever (automatic transmission)
Emergency operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Serv ice a nd d isposa l
Safety bel t pre tensioner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Serv ice interval d isplay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Settings Directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Map . .... .. .. .. ............. .... .. . 144
Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Telephone .. .. .. ............. .. .. .. . 12 1
Sett ing the language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Shift padd les (automatic transmission) . . . . 67
Shuff le . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Side airbags Descr ipt ion . .. .. ............. .... .. . 212
H owtheywork ...................... 213
Side assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 5
Adjusting the brightness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Clean ing the sensors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Sensor range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Sw itchi ng on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
SI M card reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Ski bag .. .. .. .. .. ... .. ..... ... .. .. .. .. 49
Snowboard bag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Socket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Software update
refer to System update (MMI) . . . . . . . . . . 176
Software ( MMI)
License . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Sources of info rmat ion about c hild rest raints
a nd the ir use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Spare tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 9
Speed dependent vo lume contro l . . . . . . . . 177
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Speed warn ing system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Speller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Sport mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
STAR T Engine S TOP button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
S tarting to d rive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 2
304
Start ing (engine) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Steering El ectromechanical steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Ind icator lig ht . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 , 89
also refer to E lec tromechanical steering 89
Steering wheel Adjust ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
S hi ft paddles (automatic t ransm iss ion) . . . 67
also refer to Mult ifunct io n
stee ring wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18, 19 , 20
Steps for determin ing correct load l imit ... 257
Stopover (navigation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Stoppi ng (e ngine) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Storage compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Streaming
refer to On line media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
S t ronic (a utomat ic tr ansmiss ion) . . . . . . . . . 63
Subtitles (DVD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Sun visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Suspension control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Swapping ca lls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Swi tc hi ng dayt ime r unning lights on an d off 39
Switc hing tabs
refer to Multifunction
stee ring wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18, 19, 20
Switch ing the ignit ion on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Nav iga tion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
T ra ffic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
also refer to Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
System sett ings (MMI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
System update (MMI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
System volume 177
T
Tachometer... .. .. .. .. ............. . 8, 21
Techn ica l data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
Technica l modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Connect ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
D ialing a numbe r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 4
Options d uring a phone call . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Temperature d isplay
Outs ide temperat ure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17