Audi A8 2010 - Stock Vehicles: Observing Measures Specified in Maintenance Table for Stock Vehicles (See Before Handing Vehicle over to Customer)

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♦ Engine: performance, misfiring, idling speed, acceleration,
starting behaviour (engine cold and warm), engine noise
♦ Clutch: pulling away, pedal pressure, odours, noise due to
load change
♦ Manual gearbox: ease of operation, gear lever position, gear‐
box noise
♦ Automatic gearbox: selector lever position, shift lock / ignition
key lock, gearbox noise, kickdown, shift behaviour, instrument
cluster display
♦ Brake pedal and handbrake: operation, travel and effective‐
ness, pulling to one side, response (delayed braking), judder‐
ing, squeal
♦ ABS function: pulsing must be felt at the brake pedal when
performing ABS-controlled braking.
♦ Steering: operation, steering free play, steering wheel central‐
ised when wheels are in straight-ahead position, moving off
line when travelling straight
♦ Imbalance: wheels, drive shafts
♦ Wheel bearings: noises
♦ Roof insert: unusual noise during operation
♦ Horn: checking
♦ Hybrid vehicles: check electrical operation by pressing EV
button, charging function in overrun phases
Note
To what extent all of these can be checked depends on vehicle
equipment and local conditions (urban/country).
3.58 Stock vehicles: observing measures
specified in Maintenance table for stock
vehicles (see “Before handing vehicle
over to customer”)
This maintenance item only applies to stock vehicles.
Procedure:
– Before handing vehicle over to customer: Check whether the
following three measures for stock vehicles (as specified in the
Maintenance table) are due, and carry them out as necessary:
♦ For vehicles older than 12 months (from date of manufacture):
Renew brake fluid ⇒ page 36 .
♦ For vehicles with a defective battery: Renew battery ⇒ Elec‐
trical system; Rep. gr. 27 ; Battery; Removing and installing
battery; Removing and installing battery, vehicles without
high-voltage system .
♦ Check brake discs for surface rust; if necessary, operate
brakes to remove rust according to manufacturer's instruc‐
tions.
– Record measures performed in maintenance table for stock
vehicles.
Audi A8 2010 ➤
Maintenance - Edition 11.2014
136 3. Maintenance