Audi

Maintenance schedule

R8 (Type 42) V10 5.2 — 2010–2013

At Geha Performance, we know your car's maintenance matters to you. Here is the complete maintenance schedule for your Audi R8 (Type 42) V10 5.2, so you always know where you stand and what comes next.

Find your mileage along the top of the table. The column just before it shows what was due at the last service; the column just after, what is due at the next one. Each X marks a service that is due. The service is due at whichever comes first: the mileage or the time.

Example: at 132,000 km, the last service was the 120,000 km service and the next one is the 135,000 km service.

So-called “lifetime” fluids

For some components, such as a manual transmission or a differential, the manufacturer schedules no fluid change: it calls the oil “lifetime”. It does not say whose lifetime, and its warranty does end. Oil still ages: heat and the work of the gears break it down, mile after mile. Worn oil protects gears, synchros and bearings less well, and a transmission or differential costs far more than a fluid change.

Geha Performance therefore recommends changing these fluids at the intervals shown in the table. Where possible, each interval comes from an identical or very similar component for which a manufacturer, or the fluid's maker, publishes a change; each row's note gives the source. These rows are a Geha Performance recommendation, not the manufacturer's.

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Maintenance schedule by mileage, from 15,000 to 300,000 km — Model years 2010–2013
Service	15,000km	30,000km	45,000km	60,000km	75,000km	90,000km	105,000km	120,000km	135,000km	150,000km	165,000km	180,000km	195,000km	210,000km	225,000km	240,000km	255,000km	270,000km	285,000km	300,000km
Replacements
Engine oil and filter (or every year) Geha kit available →	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due
Cabin filter (or every 2 years)	Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due
Engine air filter					Due						Due						Due
Spark plugs (or every 6 years)					Due						Due						Due
Manual or R tronic transmission: oil¹ Geha Performance recommendation			Due			Due			Due			Due			Due			Due
Front differential: fluid (or every 10 years)¹ Geha Performance recommendation												Due
Inspections
Brakes: leaks, pads and fluid level	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due
Tires and spare: condition and pressure	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due
Washer and headlight washer: fluid level	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due
Wiper blades	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due	Due
Leaks: engine, transmission, differential and boots	Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due
Coolant: level and freeze protection	Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due
Battery	Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due
Body corrosion and underbody protection	Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due
Door hinges, straps and locks, hood latch: lubricate	Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due
Front hood hinges: lubricate	Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due
Exterior lighting and horn	Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due
Plenum panel: water drains	Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due
Exhaust: leaks and mountings	Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due
Front and rear axles: play, ball joints and tie rod ends	Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due
Drive shaft boots	Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due
Accessory belt	Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due
Underbody: damage and leaks	Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due
Tire repair kit: renewal date	Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due
Full road test	Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due		Due
Brake discs: thickness			Due				Due				Due				Due				Due
Interior lights and warning lights			Due				Due				Due				Due				Due

By time, regardless of mileage

Brake fluid (and clutch fluid on manual cars): Every 2 years
Spyder: soft top and rollover protection function: Every 2 years
Major service inspections: At least every 2 years, even with low mileage
Coolant: replace¹: Every 2 years
Power steering: fluid¹: Every 4 years
R tronic transmission: hydraulic fluid¹: Every 4 years

1. Geha Performance recommendations for so-called “lifetime” fluids: Why we recommend this ↑

Manual or R tronic transmission: oil. Audi schedules no fluid change for the manual or R tronic transmission. The Lamborghini Gallardo uses the same Graziano transmission, and the maintenance data published for it calls for a change every 45,000 km. Geha Performance applies that interval.
Front differential: fluid (or every 10 years). Audi treats the front differential oil in this R8 as “lifetime” oil. For the 2017-and-later R8, Audi schedules this change every 180,000 km or 10 years. Geha Performance applies that interval.
Coolant: replace. Audi only has the level and freeze protection checked. Lamborghini schedules a change every 2 years for the Huracán, whose V10 is from the same family. Geha Performance applies that interval.
Power steering: fluid. No manufacturer publishes a change interval for this fluid, even for a sister car. Geha Performance recommends replacing it every 4 years: this interval is Geha Performance's own choice, with no manufacturer source.
R tronic transmission: hydraulic fluid. R tronic transmission only. Audi treats this fluid, which operates the clutch and gear changes, as filled for life: it only has the level checked. No manufacturer publishes a change interval for this system, even for a sister car. Geha Performance recommends replacing it every 4 years: this interval is Geha Performance's own choice, with no manufacturer source.

Past 300,000 km, the cycle starts over: at 315,000 km, use the 15,000 km column.

Source: Audi of America's official maintenance schedules for model years 2008 to 2015, intervals in km using the Canadian equivalents published by Audi (e.g. 15,000 miles = 25,000 km). Each item is placed at the service before, so it is never overdue. Intervals for normal use.

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