Inde X - Audi R8 Spyder 2012 Owner's Manual

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A/C operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Accessories . . ... . . .. . ..... . . . . . . . . . 221
Active roll over protection system . . . . . . . 99
Retract ing roll over protection . . . . . . . . . 99
Adding
Engine coolant . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . .. 177
Engine oi l . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . .. 174
Addit ional accessories ...... . . . . . . . . . 22 1
Addit ives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 4
Adju stab le steer ing column . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Adj usti ng front seats .. ..... . . . . . . . . . . 59
Advanced Airbag System
Children . . . . ............ . ... . . . . . 131
Components . . . .......... . . . . . . . .. 116
Front airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
How the components work together . . 117
Monitoring . ................ . . . ... 120
Weight-se nsing mat ...... . . . . . . . . . 13 1
Airbag
War ning/ indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109, 128
Ca re . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . .. 122
Child restra ints ........... . ... . . . .. 132
Components (front airbags) . . . . . . . . . 116
Danger of fitting a child safety seat on
the front passenger seat . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 1
Disposal . ..... . .......... . . . ... . . 122
Front airbags ............ . ... . . . .. 113
How do the front airbags work? . . . . . . 118
How many airbags does my vehicle
have? . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . .. 116
Important safety instructions on the
knee airbag system ....... . . . . . . . . . 126
Important things to know . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Indicator light . .......... . . . . . . . .. 120
Knee airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Monitor ing . ................ . . . ... 120
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF l ight . . ... . . 120
Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 2
Side airbags . . . .......... . . . . . . . .. 12 7
When must the system be inspected? . 120
Air cond itioni ng
A/C operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Air dist ribution . .......... . . . . . . . ... 67
Air recircula t ion mode ..... . . . . . . . . . . 68
Automatic mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Inde x 223
Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Defrost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . 68
Economical use . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . 69
Fan ........ . . . . . ................. 67
Rear window defogger . . ............ . 69
Switching on and off .............. . . 67
Temperature . . . . . . . . . . . ... .. . . . . .. . 66
Air distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Air recircu lation mode
Air condi t ioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
All -wheel drive . . . . . . ..... . ......... 147
Winter tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Alternator
refer to Generator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Anti-freeze
refer to
Engine coolan t syst em . . . . . . . 175
Anti- lock brake system
Warning/ind icator lights .......... . . . 16
Anti- lock braking system ......... . ... 142
Anti -slip reg ulation . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . 142
Anti-theft ala rm system .. . ...... . ... . . 38
Anti-theft whee l bolts ........... . ... 206
Ashtray .. . . . . . . . . . ... . .......... . . . 62
Asterisk ... . . . . . . . . . . . ........ . ..... . 5
Audi magnet ic ride . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19, 75
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . 75
Ind icator light . . . . ................ . 19
Audi Service Repair Manuals and Lit era-
ture .. . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . 219
Automated manual t ransmission
refer to R tronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Automat ic belt retractor . ........ . . . . 104
Automat ic car wash
refer to Washing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Automat ic headli ght . .............. . . 49
Auto Safety Hot li ne . ................. 97
Average f uel mileage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Average speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
B
Battery .... . . . . . . . . . . . .......... . . 178
Charging .. . ... . . . ................ 180
Checking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Disconnecting . . . . . . . . . ... .. . . . . .. 178
Low .... . . . . . . . . . . . .............. 147
replacing .. . . . . . . . ... . ............ 181
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