Body: Checking Vehicle Paint For Damage And Corrosion With Bonnet, Rear Lid And Doors; Open; Road Test; Display Instruments: Setting Language, Time And Date - Audi A8 2003 Maintenance Manual

Audi A8 2003 ➤
Maintenance - Edition 06.2014
3.54 Body: checking vehicle paint for dam‐
age and corrosion with bonnet, rear lid
and doors open
Procedure:
– Open all vehicle doors, bonnet and rear lid.
– Check vehicle paint on inside and outside of body for damage
and corrosion.
– Rectify defects of any kind (repair measure).
3.55

Road test

Procedure:
– The following points must be checked during the road test:
♦ 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
Note
To what extent all of these can be checked depends on vehicle
equipment and local conditions (urban/country).
3.56 Display instruments: setting language,
time and date
Procedure:
– Change settings of display instruments: Refer to Operating
Manual for radio/sound system/MMI system.
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