{"product_id":"2006-audi-a8l-service-repair-manual","title":"2006 Audi A8L Service and Repair Manual","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy 2006 the A8 L was a settled design, and the work on one shifts away from first-year teething toward the running gear that has to carry a very heavy saloon: brakes, bushings, bearings and the automatic sitting behind either the 4.2L V8 or the 6.0L W12. This manual is scoped to the 2006 model year, which shares a body with the years either side of it but not every part number or procedure.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEngine\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e4.2L V8 GAS Naturally Aspirated\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e6.0L W12 GAS Naturally Aspirated\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTrims\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eL Plus Sedan 4-Door\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBase Sedan 4-Door\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eL Sedan 4-Door\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePlus Sedan 4-Door\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat list is carried from the same year's A8 quattro record, which groups both body lengths under a single entry, so treat it as the mechanical package rather than as a long-wheelbase specification. It reads across accurately for engine, transmission and suspension design. It reads across less well for the things that physically grow with the body, and on a brakes-and-chassis job that matters: rear brake lines, parking brake cables and rear harness runs are wheelbase-dependent, so order them against your car's build data.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKnown issues on the 2006 A8 L.\u003c\/strong\u003e No recalls are on federal record for this model year. No complaints are logged with NHTSA for this model year. The pattern on a 2006 car is mechanical rather than exotic. Brake wear is the headline, and it is uneven across the range, since W12 cars carry larger rotors and calipers and a parts list of their own; warped or unevenly deposited rotors show up as judder that owners often blame on suspension. Underneath, front control-arm bushings and ball joints and rear link bushings wear steadily and take steering feel and tire life with them, and wheel bearings tend to follow. The Tiptronic responds well to a proper fluid and pan service and badly to neglect, with shudder under light load and lazy engagement the usual early signs. The air suspension continues to demand attention, from leaking struts and a hard-worked compressor to ride-height sensors and the calibration that any of that work requires. Engine-side, the V8 keeps its chain tensioner and cover-seal habits and the W12 keeps its ignition and access ones.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChassis work on this car is unforgiving of improvised torque values and guessed ride heights, so the 2006 tightening sequences, alignment and calibration routines, removal orders, capacities and intervals collected here do more than save time; they keep the geometry the car was set up around.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"FactoryManual","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48892441755870,"sku":"AUDIA8L2006SRM","price":49.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0774\/4113\/8910\/files\/9324153635038.png?v=1788107215","url":"https:\/\/factorymanual.com\/products\/2006-audi-a8l-service-repair-manual","provider":"FactoryManual","version":"1.0","type":"link"}