Audi A8 2018 - Table of Contents

Tabl e of contents
About this Owner's Manual. . . . . .
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Cockpit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Cockpit overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Controls at a glance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Instrument cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Multif unction steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . 11
Driver information system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Time and date display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Head-up display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Indicato r lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
On-Board Diagnost ic System (OBD) . . . . . 25
Starting and driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Opening and closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Central locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Luggage com part ment lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Child safety lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Power window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Sunroof. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Panorama glass roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Valet parking function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Garage door opener (Home Link) . . . . . . . . 41
Lights and Vision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Exterior lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Interior lighti ng . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
V1s1on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 7
W indshield w ipers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Digita l compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Seats and storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
General information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Front seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Rear seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Memory function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S9
12 volt sockets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
llSvoltsocket . . ............ . ... . . . 61
Full -length center console. . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Pass-throug h w it h ski bag . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Refrige rato r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Warm and cold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Deluxe automat ic cli mat e contro l . . . . . . . 69
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Driving . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . .... . . . . .
General information . . . . . . . . .... . . . . .
Steering . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . .... . . . . .
Start ing and stopping the eng ine ..... . .
Start/Stop system . . . . . ............ . .
Electromechanical parking brake ...... .
Start ing to drive . . . . . . .............. .
Automat ic transmission
Trailer towing . . . . . .............. .
Drivi ng with a tra iler . . .............. .
Trailer towing information .......... . .
Driver assistance . . .............. .
Assistance systems . . . . . .... . . . . .
Speed warning system . . ............ . .
Cruise cont rol syst em . . ............ . .
Audi adaptive cruise contro l . . .... . . . . .
Audi active lane assist (lane departure
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assist) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Audi side assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Night vision assist w ith pedestrian and
wild animal detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Audi drive select (drive setti ngs) ........ 111
Parking systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
General information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Parking system plus . . . ............... 116
Rearview camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Periphera l cameras . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Adjus ti ng the display and the wa rning
tones. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Error messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Traile r hitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Intelligent Technology . . . . . . . . . . 127
Electronic Stabi li zation Contro l (ESC). . . . 127
Brakes .... . . . . . . . . . . . ............ . . 129
Electromechanical steering, dynamic
steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
All wheel drive (quattro) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Energy management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Notice about data recorded by the Event
Data Recorder and veh icle cont rol
modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133