Starting And Driving; Opening And Closing; Central Locking - Audi A8 2018 Owner's Manual

Opening and closing
Central locking
Description
You can lock and un lock the veh icle centrally . You
have the following options:
- Remote control key
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- Sensors in the door hand les* c>page 30
- Lock cylinder in the driver's door c>page 32
- Inter central locking switch ¢ page 31
Turn signals
The tu rn signals flas h tw ice when you un lock the
ve hicle and flash once whe n you lock the veh icle.
If t he ve hicle is unlocked and t he flashing cont in-
ues, then
- One of the doors, the luggage compartment lid
or t he hood is open
- The ign ition is still switched on
- The selector lever is not in the P pos it ion
Auto Lock
The Auto Lock function locks all doors and the
luggage compartment lid once the speed has ex-
ceeded approximately 1S km/h.
The vehicle can be unlocked if the opening func -
tion in the centra l locking system switch is used
or one of the door handles is pulled. The Auto
Lock function can be sw itched on and off in the
Infotainment system
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In t he event of a crash with airbag deployment ,
the doors will a lso automatica lly unlock to allow
access to the ve hicle.
Selective door unlocking
The doors and luggage compartment lid will lock
when they close. You can set in the Infotainment
system whether only the driver's door or the en -
tire ve hicle should be unlocked when unlocking
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Unintent ionally locking yourself out
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Only lock your vehicle when a ll of the doors and
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the luggage compartment lid are closed and the
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Open ing and cl os ing
helps to prevent you from locking yoursel f out
accidentally .
The following condi t ions preve nt yo u from lock -
ing yo ur remote cont rol key in t he veh icle:
- If the driver's door is open, the vehicle cannot
be locked by press ing t he ~ button on t he re-
mote co nt rol key o r touching the locking sensor
on a door.
- If the most recently used conve nience key* is
detec t ed in t he luggage compartment, t he lug-
gage compa rtment lid automa t ically unloc ks
again after closing it.
- If the conven ience key* that was last used is de -
t ected ins ide t he ve hicle, then the vehicle can-
not be locked from the outside .
Closing aid on the doors*
The veh icle doo rs a re equipped with closing aids.
When clos ing a door, yo u on ly have to le t it fall
ligh t ly into t he lat ch. It then closes automatically
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WARNING
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- W hen you loc k yo ur vehicle from outside,
nobody- espec ially children - sho uld rema in
inside the veh icle. Remember, when you
lock the vehicle from the outside the wi n-
dows cannot be opened from the inside .
- W hen you leave the vehicle, a lways take t he
ignit ion key with yo u . This will prevent pas-
sengers (ch ildren, for examp le) from acci-
denta lly being locked in the veh icle sho uld
t hey accidentally press the powe r locking
sw itch in the d oo rs.
- Do not leave ch ildre n ins ide the veh icle un-
supe rvised. In an emergency it would be im-
possible t o open t he d oo rs fro m t he ou t side
witho ut the key.
- Appli es to ve hicles w it h powe r side doo r
close r*:
- When closing a door, ma ke sure nothing
can interfere with the door. This could
ca use serio us personal inju ry.
- You can stop the door from closing at any
time by pulling on the inside or outside
door handle .
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