2019 AUDI A4 bolt pattern

Wheels

differentlyeveniftheyarethe
samesize>A.
>Ifyouwouldliketoequipyour
vehiclewithatireandrimcom-
binationthatisdifferentfrom
whatwasinstalledatthefacto-
ry,consultwithanauthorized
AudidealerorauthorizedAudi
ServiceFacilitybeforemakinga
purchase>A.
Becausethesparetire”isdiffer-
entfromtheregulartiresinstal-
ledonthevehicle(suchaswinter
tiresorwidetires),onlyusethe
sparetire*temporarilyincaseof
emergencyanddrivecarefully
whileitisinuse.Itshouldbere-
placedwitha regulartireassoon
aspossible.
Appliesto:vehicleswithallwheel
drive:Allfourwheelsmustbe
equippedwithtiresthatarethe
samebrandandhavethesame
constructionandtreadpatternso
thatthedrivesystemisnotdam-
agedbydifferentwheelspeeds.
Forthisreason,incase ofemer-
gency,onlyuseasparetire*that
isthesamecircumferenceasthe
regulartires.
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Z\WARNING
—Donotusesteelrims thatare
17inchesorlarger.Otherwise,
damagetothevehicleandan
accidentcouldresult.
—Onlyusetire/rimcombina-
tionsandsuitablewheelbolts
thathavebeenapprovedby
Audi.Otherwise,damageto
thevehicleandanaccident
couldresult.
—Fortechnicalreasons,itisnot
possibletousetiresfromoth-
ervehicles.Insomecases,you
cannotevenusetiresfromthe
samevehiclemodel.
—Makesurethatthetiresyou
selecthaveenoughclearance
tothevehicle.Replacement
tiresshouldnotbechosen
simplybasedonthenominal
size,becausetireswithadif-
ferentconstructioncandiffer
greatlyeveniftheyarethe
samesize.Ifthereisnot
enoughclearance,thetiresor
thevehiclecanbedamaged
andthiscanreducedriving
safetyandincreasetheriskof
anaccident.

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—Toreducetheriskofanaccident,neverstart
theenginewhenthevehicleisraised.
—Toreducetheriskofinjury,supportthevehi-
clesecurelywithsuitablestandsifworkisto
beperformedunderneaththevehicle.

ZAWARNING
Tohelppreventinjurytoyourselfandyour
passengers:
—Donotraisethevehicleuntilyouaresure
thejack*issecurelyengaged.
—Passengersmustnotremaininthevehicle
whenitisjackedup.
—Makesurethatpassengerswaitinasafe
place
awayfromthevehicleandwellaway
fromtheroadandtraffic.
—Makesurejackpositioniscorrect,adjustas
necessaryandthencontinuetoraisethe
jack*.
—Ifworkhastobedoneunderthevehicle,en-
surethatitissafelysupportedonsuitable
stands-riskofinjury!
—Neverstarttheenginewhenthevehicleis
onthejack*-riskofaccident!




@)Note
Donotliftthevehiclebythesill.Positionthe
vehiclejack*onlyatthedesignatedmounting
pointsonthesidesill.Otherwise,yourvehicle
couldbedamaged.
Removingandinstallingawheel
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Fig.274Wheel:internalhexsocket to turnthewheelbolts

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Fig.275Wheel:alignmentpininthetophole
Removingawheel
>Removethetopwheelboltcompletelyusing
thehexsocketinthescrewdriverhandlefrom
thevehicletoolkit>fig.274andplaceitona
cleansurface.
>Theninstallthealignmentpinfromthevehicle
toolkitintheemptywheelboltholebyhand
>fig.275.
>Removetherestofthewheelbolts.
>Removethewheel>().Thealignmentpinre-
mainsintheholewhiledoingthis.
Installingawheel
Readthedirectionsonpage354wheninstal-
lingunidirectionaltires.
>Slidethewheelonoverthealignmentpin>@.
>Installthewheelboltsandtightenthemgently
usingthehexsocket.
>Removethealignmentpinandtightenthere-
mainingwheelbolt.
>Carefullylowerthevehicleusingthevehicle
jack*.
»
Tightenthewheelboltsinadiagonalpattern
usingthewheelwrench.
Thewheelboltsmustbecleanandloosenand
tighteneasily.Checkthecontactsurfacesforthe
wheelandhub.Contaminantsonthesesurfaces
mustberemovedbeforeinstallingthewheel.

Z\WARNING
Neverusethehexsocketinthescrewdriver
handleorthehexsocketwrenchwiththe
ratchettoloosenortightenthewheelbolts.
This increasestheriskofanaccident,because
youwillnot beabletoachievethecorrect
tighteningspecification.>


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@)Note
Whenremovingorinstallingthewheel,the
rim
couldhitthebrakerotoranddamagethe
rotor.Workcarefullyandhaveasecondper-
sonhelpyou.
G)Tips
—Whenmountingtireswithunidirectional
treaddesignmakesurethetreadpatternis
pointedtherightway>page354.
— Thewheelboltsshould becleanandeasyto
turn.Checkfordirtandcorrosiononthe
matingsurfacesofboththewheelandthe
hub.Removealldirtfromthesesurfacesbe-
foreremountingthewheel.
Unidirectionaltires
Aunidirectionaltireprofileisidentifiedbyarrows
onthetiresidewallthatpointintherunningdi-
rection.Youmustalways maintain thespecified
runningdirection.Thisisnecessarytoensurethe
tire'soptimumperformanceinregardtoadhe-
sion,runningnoise,andfriction,andtoreduce
theriskofhydroplaning.
Tobenefitfullyfromtheadvantagesoftheuni-
directionaltiredesign,youshouldreplacefaulty
tiresassoonaspossibleandrestorethecorrect
runningdirectiononallofthetires.
>Reinstallthecapsonthewheelboltsifnecessa-
ry.
>Storethevehicletoolkitinitsdesignated
place.
>Iftheremovedwheeldoesnotfitinthespare
wheel well,storeitsecurelyintheluggage
compartment>page64.
>Checkthetirepressureontheinstalledwheel
assoonaspossible.
>CorrectthetirepressureandstoreitintheIn-
fotainmentsystem>page341.
>Thewheelbolttighteningspecificationmustbe
90ftlbs(120Nm).Haveitcheckeditassoon
as possiblewithatorquewrench.Drivecareful-
lyuntilthen.
354
>Havethefaultywheelreplacedasquicklyas
possible.
@)Tips
—Ifyounoticethatthewheelboltsarecor-
rodedanddifficulttoturnwhilechanginga
tire,they should bereplacedbeforeyou
checkthetighteningtorque.
—Driveatreducedspeeduntilyouhave the
tighteningtorqueschecked.
Notesonwheelchanging
Pleasereadtheinformation>page329ifyou
aregoingtouseareplacementtirewhichisdif-
ferentfromthetiresonyourvehicle.
Afteryouchangeatire:
—Checkthetirepressureonthereplacement
tireimmediatelyafterinstallation.
—Havethewheelbolttighteningtorque
checkedwithatorquewrenchassoonaspos-
siblebyyourauthorizedAudidealerorquali-
fiedworkshop.
— Withsteelandalloywheelrims,thewheel
boltsarecorrectlytightenedat atorqueof
90ftlbs(120Nm).
—
Ifyounoticethatthewheelboltsarecorroded
anddifficulttoturnwhilechangingatire,
theyshouldbereplacedbeforeyoucheckthe
tighteningtorque.
—Replacetheflattirewithanewone andhave
itinstalledonyourvehicleassoonaspossi-
ble.Remountthewheelcover.
Untilthen,drivewithextracareandatreduced
speeds.

ZAWARNING
—Ifyouaregoingtoequipyourvehiclewith
tiresorrimswhichdifferfromthosewhich
werefactoryinstalled,thenbesuretoread
theinformation>page329.
—Alwaysmakesurethedamagedwheelor
evenaflattireandthejack*andtoolkitare
properlysecuredintheluggagecompart-
mentandarenotlooseinthepassenger
compartment.>