AUDI A3 SEDAN 2017 Owners Manual

Owner's Manual
2017 A3
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Foreword
Thank you for choosing an Audi -we value your trust in us
Your new Audi will allow you to experience the best in g roundbreaking technolo ­
gy and p rem ium quality equipment a vehicle has to offer. We recommend that
you read your Owne r's Ma nual thorough ly so that you qu ickly become acquaint­
ed wi th your Audi and make use of all of i ts featu res .
In addition to explaining how the different features work, we p rovide many use­
f u l tips and informa tion concerning your safety, how to ca re for yo ur vehicle and
how to mainta in your veh icle's va lue. We also g ive you use ful tips and informa­
tion on how to dr ive your ve hicle more efficiently and in an e nvironmen tally
frie ndly manne r.
We hope you enjoy dr iv ing your A udi and we wish you safe and pleasan t motor­
ing .
AUDIAG

Table of content s
About this Owne r's Manual . .. .. .
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Cockpi t ... .. ............... .... .. . 8
Cockpit overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Controls at a glance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Instrument cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Mu ltifunction steering wheel plus . . . . . . 13
Mu ltifunction steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . 16
Driver information system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
On Board Diagnostic System (OBD) . . . . . 23
Indicato r lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Start ing and dr iving . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Opening and closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Central lock ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
L uggage compartment lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Ch ild safety lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Power w indows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Panorama glass roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Power top . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Automatic power top . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 4
Wind deflector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Power top emergency operation . . . . . . . . 48
Lights and Vision .. ..... ... .. .. .. .
Exterior lighting ... .. ...... ... .. .. .. .
Interior lighting ... ........... .... .. .
V1s1on ... .. .. ... ............ .... .. .
W indshield wipers ............... ... .
Dig ital compass ........... ...... ... . 51
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Seats and storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
General information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Front seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
H ead restra ints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
So ckets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
S to ring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
L uggage compar tment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
R oof rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Warm and cold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Climate control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
General in formation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
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Starting and stopping the eng ine
(vehicles with an ignition lock) . . . . . . . . . 77
Start ing and stopping the eng ine
(vehicles with conven ience key) . . . . . . . . 78
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Start ing the engine whe n there is a
malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Start/Stop system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
El ectromechanical parking brake . . . . . . . 83
Start ing from a stop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8S
Automa tic transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8S
e-tron ...... .. .. .. .. .. ........... .. 94
P lu g- in hybrid drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Re fueling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . lOS
Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Charging at pub lic charging stations . . . . 108
Charging the battery with the Aud i e-tron
charg ing system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Ind icator lights and messages ......... 117
Charg ing unit cover emergency release . . 118
Climate contro l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Cleaning/ma intenance information 119
Trailer towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
D rivi ng with a tra ile r .. ... ........... .
T ra ile r t owing information .......... . .
D . . nver assi
stance .. ... ... .... ... . .
Assis tance systems ............ . .
El ectron ic speed limite r ............. . .
Speed warning system ... .. .. .... ... . . 120
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Cruise control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Lap timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Audi adaptive cruise contro l . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Distance disp lay and distance warning . . . 132
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Audi pre sense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Audi pre sense basic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Audi pre sense front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Audi active lane assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Audi s ide ass ist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Audi drive select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Parking systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Genera l information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Parking system plus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

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Rearview camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Adjusting the parking aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Error messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Intelligent Technology . . . . . . . . . . 151
Electronic Stabilization Control (ESC) . . . . 151
Brakes. .. .. .. ............... .. .... . 153
Electromechanical steering . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
All wheel drive (quattro) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Energy management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Notice about data recorded by the Event
Data Recorder and vehicle control
modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Infotainment system . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Multi Media Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Traffic safety information . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
MMI On/Off knob with joystick function . . 158
Infotainment system display . . . . . . . . . . 159
MMI operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
MMI touch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Control knob with joystick function . . . . . 163
Letter/number speller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Free text search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Menus and Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Voice recognition system . . . . . . . . 170
Operating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Command overview information . . . . . . . . 170
Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
External voice operation 175
Telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
I ntroduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Using the te lephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Favorites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Listening to voicemail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Addit ional settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Troubleshoot ing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Audi connect (Infotainment) . . . . 190
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Configuration through myAudi . . . . . . . . . 190
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Opening Audi connect (Infotainment) . . . 191
Audi connect Infotainment services . . . . . 191
Wi-Fi hotspot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Configuring the data connection. . . . . . . . 195
Audi connect (Infotainment) general
information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Audi connect e-tron services . . . . 198
Introduction ... .. .. ...... ....... .. .. 198
Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
T rip data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Doors and lights .. ............... .. .. 198
Vehicle status report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Car Finder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Temperature control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 00
Opening navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Entering a destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Personal route assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Home address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Favorites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Directory contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Alternative routes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Additional settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Online map display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Map update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Accessing traffic information . . . . . . . . . . 214
e-tron navigation functions . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Troubleshooting .. .. ............... .. 216
Radio ............................. 217
Opening the radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Radio functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Radio menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Additional settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Troubleshooting .. .. ............. .. .. 221
Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Notes .... .. .. .. .. ............... .. 222
Media drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Bluetooth audio player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Wi-Fi audio player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
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Online media and Internet radio . . . . . . . . 227
Mu ltim edia connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Playing media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Addit ional se ttings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Supported media and file formats . . . . . . 235
Troubleshoot ing ................. ... . 237
Audi smartphone interface . . . . . . 239
Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Operating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Troubleshoot ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
System settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Sett ing the date and time . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 1
MMI se ttings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Con nection ma nager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
System update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Sound settings . .... .. ..... ... .. .. .. .
Volume settings .... .. ..... ... .. .. .. .
Restarting the
MMI . .. ..... ... .. .. .. .
Software license information 2
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Safety first . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Driving safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Correct passenger seating positions . . . . . 248
Driver 's and front passenger's footwell . . 252
Pedal area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Sto ring cargo co rrectly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
R epo rting Safety Defects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Ac tive rollove r prote ct io n system 256
Safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Gene ral notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
W hy use safety belts? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Belt tensione rs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 7
Important information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Front airbags ... ... ... .... ... .. .. .. . 271
Mon itor ing the Advanced Airbag System . 279
K nee airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
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S ide a irbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Side curtain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
Child safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
Important information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
Child safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Securing child safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
LATCH system (lower anchorages and
tethers for c hildren) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
Additional informat ion ........ ..... .. 311
Maintenance and Care ........... 312
Checking and Filling . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
Fuel ......... .... ... ............... 312
Refueling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313
Ca talytic conve rter .. .. .. ........... .. 316
Engine compar tment .. ... .......... .. 316
Engine o il . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 19
Cooling system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323
Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325
Windshie ld washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
Service interva l display 327
Wheels .... .. . ... .. .. ........... .. 328
Wheels and Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328
Tire pressure monitoring system 344
Care and cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347
Genera l information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347
Car washes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347
Cleaning and care informat ion . . . . . . . . . 348
Plac ing your vehi cle ou t of serv ice 352
Do It Yourself . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353
Emergency assistance . . . . . . . . . . . 353
T ru nk escape la tch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353
Genera l info rmation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353
Eq uipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353
T ire mobility kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354
Replacing wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356
Spare t ire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362

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Fuses and bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364
F uses .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .... ... .. .. .... . 364
Bulbs .. .. .. .. .. ... . .... ... .. .. .. .. . 366
Emergency situations . . . . . . . . . . . . 368
G ene ral . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368
St art ing by pu shing o r tow ing . . . . . . . . . . 368
S tar ting w it h jumpe r cables . . . . . . . . . . . 368
Using jump start cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369
Towing w ith a tow tr uck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370
Ra is ing the veh icle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372
Technical data and accessories . . 374
Technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374
Ve hicl e data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374
N otes about tec hnica l data . . . . . . . . . . . . 374
We igh ts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374
Di mensions ... .. ... . .... ... .. .. .... . 375
Capac it ies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375
Gasoline engin es . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375
Consumer information ... .. .... . 378
Warran ty cov erag es . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378
Operat ing you r veh icle outs ide the U .S.A.
o r Can ada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378
Aud i Se rv ic e Repa ir Ma nu als and
Literature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 8
M aintenance .................... ... . 378
Acc esso ries and technical changes . . . . . . 380
D eclarat io n of Complia nce,
T elecommun ic a tion and Elect ronic
Sys tems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 1
Index ... .. .. .... ...... ..... .. .. .. . 38 2
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About this Owner's Manual
This Owne r's Man ual applies to a ll versions of
this mode l.
It contains important information,
tips, suggestions and warn ings for using your ve­
h icle.
Keep this manual in your vehicle at all times . This
is especially important if you loan your vehicle to
others or sell it.
This owner's manua l describes the
equipment
range
specified for this mode l at the time of
printing. Individual equipment options described
may on ly be available at a later date or may only
be offered in certain countries .
Some sections in this manual do not apply to all
vehicles. When this is the case, the beginning of
the sect ion ind icates the
validity, for example
"Applies to vehicles : with cruise contro l system".
Optional or vehicle-specific equipment is also
ident ified with an asterisk
"*" .
The illustrations in this manual are a guide.
Some of the detai ls in your vehicle may differ
from the illustration .
All
directions , such as "left", "right", "front" and
"rear", are based on the vehicle's direct ion of
travel.
* Optional or vehicle
-specific equipment
.,._ The section continues on the next page .
c::> & Cross reference to a "WARNING" within a
section. If a page number is indicated, the
WARNING is located outs ide of the section.
&, WARNING
Text with this symbol contains information
about safety and how to reduce the risk of se­
rious personal injury or death.
(D Note
Text with this symbol contains informat ion
about reducing the risk of damage to your ve­
hicle.
@ For the sake of the environment
Text with this symbol contains informat ion on
protecting the environment.
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(D Tips
Text with this symbol contains additional use­
fu l information.

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Cockpit overview
Cockpit overview
Controls at a glance
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F ig. 1 Cockpit : left section
F ig. 2 Cockpit: rig ht sect ion
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