park assist AUDI Q3 2016 User Guide

•Backup and align yo ur vehicle so the b lue area
@ borders on the rear end of the vehicle be­
hind you or on the parking space line
¢ A in
General information on page
91, c> (D in Gen­
eral information on page
91. The blue area rep­
resents an extension of the veh icle's outline by
approximately 16
ft. (5 meters) to the rear . T he
long side of the blue area shou ld be on the
cu rb. The entire b lue area must fit in to the
parking space.
• Wi th the veh icle stopped, tu rn the steer ing
whee l to the right as far as it wi ll go.
• Back up into the parking spot. As soon as the
blue curve
c> fig. 106 is near the c urb c> A in
General information on page
91, c> (D in Gen­
eral information on page
91. Stop the vehicle.
• With the veh icle stopped, turn the steer ing
wheel to the left as far as it will go .
• Cont inue to back i nto the pa rking space unt il
the vehi cle is par ked pa rallel to the curb
c> A
in General information on page 91, c> (D in
General information on page
91. @ marks the
rea r bumper. Stop the vehicle, at the latest,
when the red orientation line@ borders an ob­
ject. Keep an eye on the front of your vehicle whi le doing this.
Par king ne xt to obstacle s
If th ere is an obstacle (such as a wall) next to the
pa rking space, position the vehicle so there is
more space on that side . Position the long side of
the blue s urface so that there is sufficient space
from the obstacle. The surface must not be
touching . Yo u will also need to start tur ning the
steer ing whee l earlier . The blue curve
c> fig. 106
must not touch the obstacle and should have suf­
fic ient room.
(D Note
Keep enoug h distance from the curb to avoid
damage to the rims .
(D Tips
The left or right or ie ntation lines and surfaces
w ill be displayed, depending on the turn sig-
na l being used. Parking
sy
stem s
Adjusting the display
and the warning tones
App lies to vehicles : wit h parking syste m plus with rearview
came ra
The display and warning tones can be adjusted in
the Infotainment.
• Select: the I CAR ! funct ion button > (Car) sys­
tems *
control b utton > Dr iver assist > Par king
aid .
Display
On* -An optical display is shown for the parking
system p lus, a rearview camera image is shown
for parking system p lus with rearview camera*.
Off -When t he pa rking system is sw itched off,
on ly aud ible signals are g iven.
Warning tones
Front volume -Volume for the front area
Rear volume -Volume for the rear area
Front frequency -Frequency for the front area
Rear frequency -Frequency for the rear a rea
Entertainment volum e -When the parking sys­
tem is turned o n, the vo lume of the audio/v ideo
source is lowered .
The newly ad justed va lue is given br iefly from the
cor respond ing s ignal generator .
(D Tips
- The warn ing tones can also be adjusted di­
rectly from the visual d isplay or the rearview
came ra image* . S imply press the
Settings
cont rol but ton .
- Changed settings are activated w hen the
park ing system is sw itched on again.
- The settings are automatically stored and
assigned to the remote control key that is in
use.
Error messages
Applies to vehicles: wit h parking system pl us with rearview
ca mera
The re is an error in the system if the LED in the
Pw .A button is blinking and you hear a cont in uo us ll>
93

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Emergency assistance
General information
.. Park the vehicle as far as poss ible from moving
traffic in the event of a flat tire. In the event of
a flat tire, park the vehicle on a level surface. It
you are on a steep incline, be especially careful.
.. Set the parking brake .
.. Switch the emergency flashe rs on .
.. Put on a reflective vest, if available .
.. Set up the warn ing triang le, if available .
.. Have the passengers exi t the veh icle. They
sho uld move to a safe place, for example be­
hind a guard rail.
_& WARNING
Pay attention to the steps above . They are for
your protection and the for the safety of other drivers.
_& WARNING
Improper use of the vehicle jack can cause se ­
rious personal injuries.
- Never use the screw driver hex head to
t ighten whee l bolts, since the bolts cannot
attain the necessary tighten ing torque if you
use the hex head, potentially causing an ac­
c ident.
- The factory-supplied jack is intended only
for your vehicle model. Under no circum­
stances should it be used to lift heavy
vehicles o r other loads; yo u ris k inju ring
yo urself.
- Never start the engine when the vehicle is
ra ised, which could cause a n accident.
- Support the veh icle secure ly with app ropr i­
a te s tan ds if wor k is to be performed under­
neath t he vehicle; otherwise, the re is a po­
tent ial ris k for i njur y.
- Never use the jack s upplied with yo ur Audi
on another vehicle, pa rtic ularly o n a heav ie r
one. The jack is only suitable for u se on the
vehicle it came wit h.
Emergen cy a ssis tanc e
Vehicle tool kit
Fig. 161 Lu ggage compa rtment: cargo floor cover fo lded
u pwa rd
The vehicle tool kit is stored under the cargo
floor cover behind the seat backrest
q fig. 161.
The veh icle tool k it includes :
- Hook for remov ing wheel covers
- Alig nment pin for changing the w heel
- Screwdr iver with reversible blade
- Reversible bit
- Jack
- Auxiliary tool for selector lever emergency re -
lease
- Lug wrench
- Towing eye
Some of the vehicle items listed above are pro­
vided on certa in models on ly or are optional ex­
t ras.
Befo re returning the jack to its place, retract the
jack arm fully .
_& WARNING
---= -
-Never use the screw driver hex head to
tighten wheel bo lts, since the bolts cannot
at tain t he necess ary tightening to rque if yo u
use the hex head, po ten tially causing an ac­
cident.
- T he factory-su pplied jac k is in tended only
for your ve hicle mode l. Under no circum ­
stances shou ld it be used to lift heavy
ve hicles or othe r loads; you risk injuring
yourse lf .
- Never start the engine when the ve hicle is
raised, which cou ld cause an accident .
211

Important warnings when working on the
battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
187
Jump starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Replacing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Winter operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Working on the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Before driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Belt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Blended gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Blower
Automatic climate control system . . . . . . .
65
Manual climate control system . . . . . . . . . . 63
Booster seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Brake fluid
Changing the brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
186
Checking the brake fluid level . . . . . . . . . . 186
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Brake booster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
New brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Brake system
Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
186
Brake fluid specifications for refill and re ­
placement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Brake light defective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
18
Fluid reservoir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Worn brake pads symbol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Braking
Brake assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
151
Emergency braking funct ion . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Starting on inclines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Break-in period
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
159
Breaking in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
New tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
C
California Proposition 65 Warning . . . . . . . 178
Battery specific . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Caps for wheel bolts , removing . . . . . . . . . . 215
Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Index
Cargo area
refer to Loading the luggage compart-
ment...... ... .. .. .................
100
Cargo floor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Center armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Centra l locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Central locking sw itch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Emergency locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Luggage compartment lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Panorama roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Powe r windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 7
Remote control key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
29
Certification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Changing engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Checking
Engine coolant level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
183
Child restraints
Danger of using child restraints in the front
seat....... ... .. .. ................ .
113
Where can I get additional information
about child restraints and their use? . . . .
149
Child restraints system anchors. . . . . . . . . . 144
Child safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
132
Important safety instructions for using child
safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
135
Important th ings to know when driving with
children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
132
Installing a child restraint using the LATCH
system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
146
Mounting and re leasing the anchorage
hook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
146
Tether anchors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Tether s traps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Child safety lock
Rear doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
35, 36
Child safety seats
Booster seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
140
Convertible child seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Convertible locking retractor . . . . . . . . . . 143
Danger of using child restraints in the front
seat...... .... .. .. ............... ..
113
How do I properly install a child safety seat
in my vehicle? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
135
Infant seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
LATCH system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
237

Declarat ion of compliance
Au di side assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 5
Ce ll phone package . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Convenience key. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Cruise contro l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Electronic immob ilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Remo te control key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Defective light bulb warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
D efro st ing (windows)
M anual clima te con trol system . . . . . . . . . . 64
Defrost ing (winds hield)
Automatic climate control system . . . . . . . 65
D EF (instrument cluster) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
D eter mini ng cor rec t load l imit . . . . . . . . . . 205
Dig ita l compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
D imensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
D istance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2
Doors Chi ld safety lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35, 36
Emergency locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Door, hood or luggage compartment lid wa rn-
ing ... .. .. .. .. ............. .. .. .... .. 23
D river inform ation syste m . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
E ff ic iency p rogram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
On -board compu ter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Operating using m ultifunction steering
wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Operating using windshie ld w iper lever . . . 21
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Service interval display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
D river seat
refer to Seat ing pos ition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
D rive se lect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
I ndica tor ligh t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Steer ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Driving offroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Driving safe ly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
D riving throug h wate r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Driving t ime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
D ust filte r
refer to Pollutant filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
E
Economical driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Index
Efficiency program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Fuel economy messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Other equ ipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Overv iew . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
El ectrome chanical parking b rake
War ning/ indica to r lig hts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
also refer to Parking b rake . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
El ectrome chanical steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
I nd icator lig ht . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
E lectron ic differentia l lock
War ning/ indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
E lectron ic Diffe rential Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
El ectron ic immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
E lectron ic power contro l
(EPC) warn ing/ indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . 17
E lectron ic stabilization control
ESC offroad mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Hill descent assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
El ectron ic St abiliz ati on Contro l . . . . . . . . . . 151
E lectron ic Stabi liza tion Contro l (ESC)
War ning/ indica to r li ghts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Emergency f lasher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Warning/ indicato r lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
E mergency locking fro nt passenge r's door . . 32
E mergency operation
E mergency b raking function . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Front passenger 's doo r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
F uel fi lle r doo r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
L uggage comp artmen t lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Panorama roo f . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Sun shade (roof) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
E mergency release
Se lector lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Emergency start ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Energy management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Battery power. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1S
Driver notif ication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
En gine
C oo lant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 3
Data ... .. .. .. .. .. .... . ..... ... .. .. 231
Starting with jumpe r cab les . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Start ing (convenience key) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Start ing ( ignition lock) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Stopping (conven ience key) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Stoppi ng ( ignition lock) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
239

Index
L
LA TCH
144
Descript ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Insta lling a child restraint . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Mounting and releasing the anchorage
hook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
L eather care/cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
L eaving home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Light Adjusting exterior lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Com ing/Leav ing home .............. ... 41
Daytime runni ng lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Eme rgency flashers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
H eadlig ht assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
I n ter ior/reading lig hts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
L ow beams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Parking lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Rear fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Light/ rain sensor
H eadlig hts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
I n termittent (windshield wipe rs) . . . . . . . . 4 5
Sensor defective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 8
Lighting Exterio r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
I n ter ior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Lights Headlig ht range control system . . . . . . . . . 39
Hi gh beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
T ur n signa ls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Loading the luggage compartment . . . . . . . 100
L oc king/un locking
by remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
with the centra l locking switch . . . . . . . . . . 31
with the convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
L ow beams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Lower uni versal anchorages (Canada) . . . . . 144
L uggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Ca rgo floor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Ca rgo net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Increas ing the size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Reversible mat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Ski bag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
S to ring cargo co rrec tly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
242
Tie -downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
also refer to Loading the luggage compart -
ment.. ... .. .. .. .. .. .. . ... .... ... .. 100
Luggage compartmen t lid
Clos ing b utton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Emer gency release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Opening/closing . ... .. ... . .. .... ... 33, 34
Lumbar suppo rt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SO
M
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Maintenance intervals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Malfunc tion Ind icator Lamp (M IL) . . . . . 1 7, 25
Mirror Dimming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Vanity mir ror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Mirror compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Mir rors
Exte rior m irro rs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Monitoring the Advanced Airbag System . . 122
Multifunct io n steering whee l... .... ... .. . 21
N
Natural leather care/clean ing . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
NHTSA Contacting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Number of seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
0
Occupan t sea ting positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Octanerat ing . .. .. .. .. .. ........... .. 173
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Oil
refer to E ng ine oi l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Oil change interval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
On -board computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
On-Board Diagnost ic System (080)
Data Link Connector (D LC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
El ectron ic speed lim iter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Malfunc tio n Ind ic a tor Lamp (MIL) . . . . . . . 25
Open ing .. ..... ... .. .. ... ..... ..... ... 27
Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Luggage compartment lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Panorama roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37