Checking and topping up fluids
Resetting the display
Driver messages about the windscreen
washer system
Your qualified workshop resets the service inter-
val display after each service.
The following driver messages may appear, de-
pending on the equipment installed in your vehi-
cle:
WARNING
If you neglect to have the vehicle serviced
promptly at the specified intervals, or if the
scope of the servicing work is insufficient, this
can lead to a breakdown in road traffic result-
ing in a potential accident with serious injury.
Please add washer fluid
With the vehicle switched off, top up the fluid for
the windscreen washer and headlight washer sys-
tem ðpage 248 and ð in Filling the wind-
screen washer system on page 248.
CAUTION
Service interval display
– Regular servicing of the vehicle not only
sustains its service life and preserves its val-
ue, but also helps to maintain operational
and road safety. Service work should there-
fore always be carried out according to the
Audi guidelines.
Using service interval display
The service interval display detects when the next
service is due for your vehicle.
There are two service interval display levels:
– Services must always be carried out prompt-
ly, even if the mileage is low.
– Inspection or oil change reminder: After a cer-
tain mileage, a service reminder will appear in
the instrument cluster display each time the ig-
nition is switched on/off. The distance or time
remaining will be shown briefly.
– Audi is not responsible for damage to the
vehicle resulting from insufficient servicing
or a lack of availability of parts.
– Inspection or oil change due: When your vehi-
cle is due for an inspection, oil change or both,
the corresponding reminder Inspection due!,
Oil change due! or Oil change and inspection
due! will appear briefly after you switch the ig-
nition on/off.
Checking the service intervals
You can check the distance and time remaining
until the next oil change and next service inspec-
tion in the Car menu ðpage 25.
Applies to: vehicles with flexible oil change service
You cannot check the service interval on a new ve-
hicle until it has been driven for about 500 km.
Qualified workshops reset the service interval af-
ter the oil is changed. Your own personal driving
profile is used to calculate the remaining dis-
tance. Frequent cold starts or short trips place
extra demands on the engine oil with the result
that the oil has to be changed more often.
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