Vehicle Tool Kit - Audi A6 2015 Owner's Manual

Vehicle tool kit
Vehicle tool kit and jack
The vehicle tool kit is located in the luggage
compartment under the cargo floor cover.
Fig. 204 Luggage compa rtme nt: cargo floor cover
folded upward/spare tire
Fig. 205 Trunk lid: Vehicle too l kit
.. Lift the cargo floor by the plastic handle
c:> fig . 204.
.. Hook the handle into the luggage compart-
ment weather strip .
.. Turn the handwheel counter-clockwise
c:> fig. 204 and remove the spare tire to
reach the vehicle too l kit.
.,. Unhook the ca rgo floor before clos ing the
rear lid.
The onboard tool kit includes:
- Hooks to remove the wheel covers*
- Plastic hook to remove wheel bolt covers*
- Wheel bolt wrench
- Alignment pin for changing wheels
- Screwdriver w ith reversible blade
- Towing eye
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- Jack
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Before storing the jack, make sure it is wound
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back down as far as it will go.
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What do I d o now ? 271
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WARNING
Im proper use of the vehicle jack can cause
se rious personal injur ies.
- Never use the screw driver hex head to
tighten wheel bolts, since the bolts can-
not attain the necessary tighten ing tor-
que if you use the hex head, potentially
causing an accident.
- The factory-supplied jack is intended on-
ly for your vehicle model. Under no cir-
cumstances should it be used to lift
heavy veh icles or other loads; you risk in-
ju ring yo urself.
- Never start the engine when the vehicle
is raised, wh ich could cause an acc ident.
- Support the vehicle securely with appro-
priate stands if work is to be performed
underneath t he vehicle; otherwise, there
is a potentia l risk for injury.
- Never use the jack supplied wit h your
Audi on another vehicle, particularly on a
heavier one. The jack is only s uitable for
use on the veh icle it came with.
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Tips
- Some of the onboard items listed above
are provided on certain models only or
are optional ext ras .
- Before yo u can raise your vehicle using
the jack, you must activate the jacking
mode
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Space-saving spare tire (compact spare
tire )
The spare tire/wheel is located in the luggage
compartment under the cargo floor cover. I t
is intended for short-term use only.
Taking out the spare tire
.. Lift the cargo floor by the plastic handle
<=) page 271, fig . 204 .
.. Hook the handle into the luggage compart-
ment weather strip.
.. Turn the large screw ¢ page 271, fig. 204
counter -clockwise .
.,. Take out the spa re tire .