sensor AUDI A3 SEDAN 2017 Service Manual

Index
A
A/C (automatic climate control system) . . . . 71
Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64, 380
Active lane assist
refer to Audi active lane assist . . . . . . . . . 136
Active rollover protection system . . . . . . . . 256
Retracting rollover protection.......... 257
Adaptive cruise control
refer to Audi adaptive cruise control . . . . 126
Adaptive light
refer to Audi adaptive light . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Adjusting the air distribution Automatic climate control system . . . . . . . 72
Adjusting the air vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Automatic climate control system . . . . . . . 72
Adjusting the sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Advanced key
refer to Convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Airbag .... .. .. ............... .... ... 267
Airbag system .. .... .............. 267,287
Advanced Airbag System components . . . 274
Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
Ch ildren . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
Ch ild restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Components (front airbags) . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Danger of fitting a child safety seat on the
front passenger seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
Front airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
How do the front airbags work? . . . . . . . . 277
How many airbags does my vehicle have? 274
How the Advanced Airbag System compo -
nents work together . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Important safety instructions on the knee
airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Knee airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light . . . . . . . . . 279
Repairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Warning/Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
When must the system be inspected? . . . 279
Air pressure (tires) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336, 345
A lignment pin (tire change) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353
All-weather lights..... ......... .... .. .. 51
382
All season tires
All wheel drive 342
refer to quattro (all wheel drive) . . . . .
. . 154
AMI
refer to Audi music interface . . . . . . . 228, 229
Android Auto
refer to Audi smartphone interface . . . . . 239
Ant i-freeze
Windshield washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
Anti -Lock Braking System (ABS) . . . . . . . . . 151
Anti-Slip Regulation (ASR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Apple CarP lay
refer to Aud i smartphone interface . . . . . 239
Audi active lane assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Cleaning the camera area . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348
Messages . .. .. .. ... .... ....... .... .
Audi adaptive cruise control ........... . .
Cleaning the sensor . .. .. ........... . . 138
126
348
Distance display, distance warning ..... . 132
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Audi adaptive light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51, 143
Audi connect e-tron services . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Doors and lights .. .. .. .. ........... .. 198
Audi connect (Infotainment) ........ 190,195
Data protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Services overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Start ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Audi drive select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Audi magnetic ride
refer to Suspension control . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Audi music interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Audi music stream
refer to Wi-Fi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Audio files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Audio player Bluetooth audio player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Wi-Fi audio player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Audio track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Audi pre sense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133, 136
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Audi Service Repair Manuals and Literature 378
Audi side assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Cleaning the sensors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348
Messages . ....... ... ..... .........
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Rear cross-traffic assist ... ........... . 143
142

Index
Immobilizer
refer to Electronic immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . 35
I mportant things to do before driving . . . . 247
Importing and exporting (contacts) . . . . . . 187
I mproperly worn safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
Indica tor lights (plug-in hybrid drive) . . . . . . 98
I nfant seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Input Using the MMI touch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Using the speller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Inpu t level (media) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Inspection interval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
Installing the upper tether strap on the an­
chorage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310
Instrument cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Plug-in hybrid drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Instruments Adjusting illumination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
I nterior lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Internet
refer to Audi connect (Infotainment) . . . . 190
Internet radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
I nterval mode (windshield wipers) . . . . . . . . 57
iPod
refer to Audi music interface . . . . . . . 228, 229
iTunes tagging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
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Jukebox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Jump start cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369
Jump starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104, 368
K
Key...... ... .... ................ ..... 35
Key not recognized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Key recognition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Kick -down (automatic transmission) . . . . . . . 90
388
Knee airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
How they work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
Important safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . 28S
L
Lane assist
refer to Audi active lane assist
136
Lap timer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
LA TCH ........ ... ... ............. ... 306
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
Installing a child restraint . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308
Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
Mounting and releasing the anchorage
hook ....... .. .. .. .. ... .......... .. 308
Launch control program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Left control button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
L icense agreement (MMI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Lifting jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359
Light/rain sensor Automatic headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Switching the rain sensor on/off. . . . . . . . . 57
Light ing
Exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Interior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Interior/read ing lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Listening to music
refer to Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222, 230
Locking/unlocking
refer to Unlocking/locking . . . . . . . . . . 36 , 37
Low beam headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Lowering the cargo floor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Luggage compartment lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Socket....... ... .. .. ................ 64
Storing cargo correctly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Stowing luggage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Luggage rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Lumbar support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
M
Magnetic ride
refer to Suspension control . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378
Maintenance interval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327

Index
Opening/closing
re fer to Unlocking/locking
36,37
Operating Multifunction steering wheel . . . . . . . . 13, 16
Multi Media Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Voice recognition system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Options menu .. .. ............. 14, 160, 164
Outside temperatu re display . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Overview (Cockpit) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
p
Paint damage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
Paint number .. ...... .... ..... .... ... 374
Panorama glass roof. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
also refer to Convenience opening/closing 42
Parental control
DVD ... .. .. .. ... ..... ....... .... .. . 233
Parking aid Cleaning sensors/camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348
Parking brake
r e fer to Electromechanical parking brake . 83
Parking lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
p k" ar ing systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Malfunct ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Rearview camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Sett ings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Parking (automatic transmission) . . . . . . . . . 88
Parts replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380
Pass -through . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light . . . . . . . . . . 279
Paths (Owner's Manual) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Pause (audio/video file) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Personal route assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Phonebook
refer to Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Physical principles of a frontal collision . . . 259
Picture format (v ideo) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Playback (media) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Playlist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Plug-in hybrid drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
12 Volt battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Auxiliary climate control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Boost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 1
Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Charging clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
390
Charging dock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Charging system PIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Charging the high-voltage battery . . . . . . 108
Charging time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Cleaning the charging system . . . . . . . . . . 119
Climate control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Coasting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
E-max (power availability) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Efficient driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Ending drive ready mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Energy flow disp lay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
E stablishing drive ready mode . . . . . . . . . . 96
EV mode .... .. .. .. .. ............. .. 100
High-voltage battery .. ......... 94 , 95, 117
High -voltage system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Jump starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Power meter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Range and statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Range display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Recuperation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Refueling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Setting the modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Starting the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Sta tus dis plays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Switching the ignition on/off . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
T ire mobility kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Vehicle sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Vehicle tool kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Vehicle transport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Point of interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Point of interest search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
also refer to Point of interest . . . . . . . . . . 203
Polishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
Pollen filter
refer to Pollutant filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Pollutant filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Power meter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Power seat adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Power top . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
Power windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Child safety lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

CXl CXl
Pregnant women
Special consid erations when w earing a safe-
ty belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
pre sense
refer to Audi pre sense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Presentation mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Presets (radio) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Program guide
Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Prompt
refer to Command (vo ice recognition sys-
tem) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Proper oc cupant seating positions . . . . . . . 248
Proper safety belt position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Proper seating position Front passenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Occupants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Rear passengers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Q
quattro (all wheel drive) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Selective wheel torque control . . . . . . . . . 151
Que stion
What happens to unbelted occupants? 259
R
Radiator fan 324
Radio ... .. .. .. .... .. .. ....... .. .. .. . 217
Additional station information . . . . . . . . . 219
Presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Rad io text .. .. ................ ..... . 218
Station list . .. ............. .. .. .. .. . 217
Ra in/light sensor
Automatic headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Switching the rain sensor on/off. . . . . . . . . 57
Random
refer to Shuffle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Range (tank level) . .... ......... .. .. . 17, 18
Reading lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Rear Cleaning the rear window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
L uggage compartment lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Rear fog lamp(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
;:::: Rear lid ,.__
~ Escape latch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353 0 N > 00
Rearview camera
refer to Parking systems
Rear w indow defogger
Index
148
Automatic climate control system . . . . . . . 72
Recirculation mode Automatic climate control system . . . . . . . 72
Recuperation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Refresh station list (radio) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Refueling... .... .. .. ............... .. 313
Fuel filler door emergency release . . . . . . 315
Plug- in hybrid drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
R emote control
refer to Remote control key . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Remote control key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Repair manuals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378
R epairs
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
Replacement key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Replacing Light bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366
R eplacing wip er blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Reporting Safety Defects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Reset
refer to Restart (MMI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Reset button (trip odometer) . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Resetting the trip odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Re sta rt (MM I) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Retractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Reverse (automatic transmission) . . . . . . . . . 86
Rewinding (audio/video file) . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Right control button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Rims ......... ... .. ... ........... ... 342
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348
Ringtone settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Roaming
refer to Data connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Rollbar
refer to Active rollover protection system 256
Roof load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Roof rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Route criteria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Route guidance
refer to Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22, 200
391