lane assist AUDI A3 CABRIOLET 2016 User Guide

Assist
General information
Applies to: ve hicles w ith Audi side assis t
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Fig. 104 Driving s itu atio ns
I! AU DI
Fig. 105 Rear of the vehicle: pos it ion of the senso rs (exa m·
pie)
Side assist functions at speeds above approxi·
mately 19 mph (30 km/h).
@ Vehicles that are approaching
In certain cases, a vehicle will be classified as
cr itical for a lane change even if it is still some·
what far away . The faster a veh icle approaches,
the sooner the display in the exterior mirror wi ll
turn on .
@ Vehicles traveling with you
Vehicles traveling with you are indicated in the
exterior mirror if they are classified as critical for
a lane change. All vehicles detected by side assist
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are indicated by the time they enter your "blind
spot", at the latest .
© Vehicles left behind
If you slow ly pass a vehicle that side assist has
de tected (the diffe rence in speed between the
vehicle and your vehicle is less than 9 mph or 15
km/h), the display in the exterior mirror turns on
as soon as the vehicle enters your blind spot.
The display will not turn on if you quickly pass a
vehicle that side ass ist has detected (the differ­
ence in speed between the vehicle and your vehi­
cle is greater than 9 mph or 15 km/h).
Functional limitations
The radar sensors are designed to detect the left
and right adjacent lanes when the road lanes are
the normal width . In some situations, the display
in the exterior mirror may turn on even though
there is no vehicle located in the area that is criti·
cal for a lane c hange. For example:
- If the lanes are narrow or if your are driving on
the edge of your lane . If this is the case, the
system may have detected the vehicle in anoth·
er lane that is
not adjacent to your current lane.
- If you are driving through a curve . Side assist
may react to a vehicle that is one lane over
from the adjacent lane.
- If side assist reacts to other objects (such as
high or disp laced guard rai ls) .
- In poor weather conditions. The side assist
functions are limited.
Do not cover the radar sensors ¢
fig. 105 with
stickers, deposits, bicycle wheels or other ob­
jects, because this will affect the function. Do not
u se side assist when towing a trailer . For infor·
mation on cleaning, refer to ¢
page 224.
A WARNING
-Always pay attention to traffic and to the
area around your veh icle . S ide assist cannot
replace a driver's attention. The driver alone
is always responsible for lane changes and
similar driving maneuvers .
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-In some situations, the system may not
function or its function may be limited. For
example:
- If vehicles are approach ing or being left
behind very quickly. The display may not
turn on in time.
- In poor weather conditions such as heavy
rain, snow or heavy mist.
- On very wide lanes, in tight curves, or if
there is a rise in the road surface. Vehicles
in the adjacent lane may not be detected
because they are outside of the sensor
range.
- Audi side assist cannot detect all vehicles
under all conditions, which can increase the
risk of accidents.
- Please note that side assist only displays ap­
proaching vehicles or vehicles in your blind
spot if your vehicle is traveling at least
19 mph (30 km/h).
- In certain situations, the system may not
work or its function may be limited. For ex­ ample:
- The display may not turn on at the right
time if veh icles are approaching or passing
very quickly.
- In poor weather conditions, such as heavy
rain, snow or fog.
- In very wide lanes, in tight curves or when
there are slopes in the roadway, vehicles
in the neighboring lanes may not be de­
tected because they are outside of the
sensor range.
(D Note
The sensors can be displaced by impacts or damage to the bumper, wheel housing and
underbody. This can affect the system. Have
an authorized Audi dealer or authorized Audi
Service Facility check their function.
(D Tips
-If the window glass in the driver's door or
front passenger's door has been tinted, the
display in the exterior mirror may be misin­
terpreted.
Assist
- For an explanation on conformity with the
FCC regulations in the United States and the
Industry Canada regulations, refer to
¢ page 256.
Switching on and off
Applies to : vehicles with Aud i s ide ass ist
The system and be switched on and off in the
MMI*.
.. Select: the I MENU I button> Car> Systems*
control button > Driver assistance> Audi side
assist .
With Off, the system is switched off.
An activated system will signal every time the ig­
nition is switched on by turning the displays in
the exterior mirrors on briefly .
Adjusting the display brightness
Applies to: vehicles with Aud i s ide assist
The display brightness can be adjusted in the
MM!*.
.. Select: the I MENU I button >C ar> Systems*
control button > Driver assistance > Aud i side
assist .
The display brightness adjusts automatically to
the brightness of the surroundings, both in the
information and in the warning stage. In very
dark or very bright surroundings, the display is
already set to the minimum or max imum level by
the automatic adjustment . In such cases, you
may not ice no change when adjust ing the bright­
ness , or the change may only be noticeable once
the surround ings change .
Adjust the br ightness to a level where the display
in the information stage will not disrupt your
view forward. If you change the brightness, the
display in the exterior m irror will briefly show the
brightness level in the information stage. The
brightness of the warning stage is linked to the
brightness in the information stage and is adjust­
ed along with the information stage adjustment.
(D Tips
- Side assist is not active while you are mak­
ing the adjustment.
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A
A/C
refer to Climate control system (automatic) .62
A/C (automat ic climate control system) . . . . 62
Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56, 255
Active lane assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Activating vibration warning . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Adjusting steering time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
C leaning the camera area . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Driver messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
switching on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Active rollover protection system . . . . . . . . 133
Retracting rollover protection . . . . . . . . . . 134
Adapt ive cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Automatic transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
C leaning sensors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Driver messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Request for driver intervention . . . . . . . . . . 96
Stop-and-go traffic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Adaptive dampers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Adaptive light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 , 106
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Adjusting air distribution (Climate control sys-
tem) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Adjusting automatic headlights . . . . . . . . . . 45
Adjusting the air vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Adjusting the center console lighting . . . . . . 47
Advanced key
refer to Convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
I ndicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Advanced Airbag -System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Advanced Airbag System components . . . 150
Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Ch ildr en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Ch ild restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Components (front airbags) . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Danger of fitting a child seat on the front
passenger seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Front airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147, 148
How do the front airbags work? . . . . . . . . 153
H ow many airbags does my vehicle have? 150
Index
How the Advanced Airbag System compo-
nents work together . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Important informat ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Important safety instructions on the knee
airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Knee airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light . . . . . . . . . 155
Repairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Warning/Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
When must the system be inspected? . . . 155
Alarm system
refer to Anti-theft alarm system . . . . . . . . . 27
Alignment pin (tire change) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
All-weather lights ( LED headlights) . . . . . . . 43
All season ti res . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
All wheel drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Alternator
refer to Alternator (indicator light) . . . . . . 17
Alternator (indicator light) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Ambient lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Anti-lock braking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Anti-slip regulat ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Anti-theft alarm system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Anti-theft protection Electronic immobilizer.............. .. . 31
Audi active lane assist
refer to Active lane assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Audi adaptive cruise control
refer to Adaptive cruise control . . . . . . . . . 90
Audi adaptive light
refer to Adaptive light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Audi dr ive select
refer to Drive select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Audi Service Repair Manuals and Literature 253
Audi side ass ist
refer to Side assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
AUTO Automat ic climate control system . . . . . . . 62
Automatic headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Auto Lock (central locking system) . . . . . . . . 28
Automatic belt retractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
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Installing the upper tether strap on the an -
chorage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
I nstrument cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Adjusting the lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Int erior lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Intermittent (windsh ield wipers) . . . . . . . . . 49
J
Jump -starting
Jump start cab les 244
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K
Key....
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Checking the number. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Key not recognized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Key replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Messages (ignit ion lock) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Messages (with convenience key) . . . . . . . . 72
Replacing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
unlocking/locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29, 30
Un lock ing/ locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Key recognition
Climate control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Kick-down Automatic transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Knee airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
How they work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Important safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . 161
L
Lane assist
refer to Active lane assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
LATCH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Installing a child restraint . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
L ocat ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Mounting and releasing the anchorage
hook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Launch Control-Program (automatic transmis-
sion) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Leather care/clean ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
L eavi ng home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Index
LED headlights
All-weather lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Left hand drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Lifting jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Light Adaptive light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Adjusting automatic headlights . . . . . . . . . 45
Coming/ Leaving home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Fog lights/rea r fog light(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Headlight flasher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Highway light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Switching daytime running lights on and off .4S
Travel mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Light/rain sensor Headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Intermittent (windshield wipers) . . . . . . . . 49
Lighting Exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Interior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Lights Ambient lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Head light range control system . . . . . . . . . 43
Headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Interior/read ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Low beam headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Parking lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Locking/unlocking At the lock cylinder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
by remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
with the central locking switch . . . . . . . . . . 31
with the convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Long-term memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Low beam
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Low beam headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Lower universal anchorages (Canada) . . . . . 179
Luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Cargo net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Increasing the size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Loading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Reversible mat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Socket.... .. .. .. .. ............... .. . 56
Storage hooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Stor ing cargo correctly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
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