warning lights AUDI Q3 2016 Owner's Guide

Emergency situations
When jump starting or charging the bat­
tery, never connect the negative ground ca­
ble to the battery negative post because the
battery manager system must be able to de­
tect the battery's state of charge. Always
connect the negative ground cable to the
negative ground post of the battery manag­
er contro l unit.
Use of jumper cables
Make sure to connect the jumper cable clamps in
exactly the order described below!
F ig . 1 74 Engine compar tment: Connectors for jumper ca­
bles and charger
N N ~ 9 ::, 00 CXl
F ig. 175 Jump starti ng wit h the battery of another veh icle:
@ discharged vehicle battery,@booster battery
The procedure described below for connecting
jumper cables is intended to provide a jump start for your vehicle.
Vehicle with discharged battery:
• Turn off lights and accessories, move lever of
automatic transmission to N (Neutral) or P
(Park) and set parking brake.
Connect POSITIVE (+) to POSITIVE (+) (red)
• To access the positive terminal, remove the
battery cover
c::> fig. 17 4.
224
1. Connect one end of the red pos itive cable on
the
jump start bolt (D c::> fig. 175 (Bolt under
cover= "positive") of the vehicle to be start­
ed @.
2. Connect the other end to the positive termi-
nal @ of the booster battery @.
Connect NEGATIVE (- ) to NEGATIVE (-)
(black)
3. Connect one end of the black negative cable
to the negative term inal @ of the booster
battery @.
4. Connect the other end to the
jump start bolt
@ (Bolt with hex head = "negative") of the
vehicle to be started @.
Starting the engine
• Start the eng ine of the vehicle with the booster
battery @. Run the eng ine at a moderate
speed.
• Sta rt engine w ith discharged vehicle ba ttery @
in the usual manner.
• If the engine fails to start: do not keep the
starter cranking for longer than 10 seconds.
Wait for about 30 seconds and then try again.
• With engine running, remove jumper cables
from both vehicles in the exact
reverse order.
• Fit the cover back onto the battery.
The battery is vented to the outside to prevent
gases from entering the vehicle interior . Make
sure that the jumper clamps are well connected
with their
metal parts in full contact with the
battery terminals.
&_ WARNING
To avoid ser ious personal injury and damage
to the vehicle, heed all warnings and instruc­
tions of the jumper cable manufacturer. If in
doubt, call for road service.
- Jumper cables must be long enough so that
the vehicles do not touch .
- When connecting jumper cables, make sure
that they cannot get caug ht in any moving
parts in the engine compartment.
- Do not bend over the batteries - danger of
chemical burns!

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

Fueling
Fuel filler door em ergency rel ease . . . . . . 176
Fuel gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Fuses Assignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Replacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
G
Garment hooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Gas discharge lamps......... ...... ... . 221
Generator Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Glossary of tire and load ing terminology . . 193
Glove compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Cooling box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Gross Vehicle W eight Rating (GVWR) . . . . . 229
Ground clearance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
H
Headlight
Headlight assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Headlight range control system . . . . . . . . . . 39
H eadlights
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Defective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Headlight range control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Headlight range cont rol system . . . . . . . . . 39
Head restra ints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Front seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
removing and installing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Heated Exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Rear window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64, 66
Wash er no zzles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
H eavy clothing and safety belts . . . . . . . . . . 106
High beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
High voltage warning label . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Hill descent assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Hill descent cont rol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
H ill holdH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
How are child restraint syst em anchors relat -
ed to child safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Index
How many airbags does my vehicle have? . . 118
How safety belt pretensioners work . . . . . . 110
I
Ignition
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Switching on and off (convenience key) . . . 69
Switching on and off (ignit ion lock) . . . . . . 67
Imbalance (wheels) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Important things to do before driving . . . . . 95
Improperly worn safety belts ........... 110
Indicato r lights .. .. ...... ..... ...... .. . 11
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
PASSENGER AIR BAG O FF . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Infant seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 7
Inflation pressure (tires) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
I nspe ction interval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Installing child safety seats
Safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Installing the upper tether strap on the an-
chorage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Inst rument clus te r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Indi cato r lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Adjusting the lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Interior l ighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Front and rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Intermittent (windshield wipers) . . . . . . . . . 45
J
Ja ck 216
Jump-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Jumper cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
K
Key ..... .... ... .. .. ... ........... ... . 28
Key not recognized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Replacement key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Replacing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
unlocking/locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29, 30
Unlocking/locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Kick -down
Automatic transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
241

How to adjust the front s eats . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Incorr ect s eat pos it ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Occupants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Rear passengers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Seats adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Correct seating position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Folding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Select ive unlock feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Selector lever lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Selector lever positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Selector lever (automatic transmission)
Emergency operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Service and disposal Safety belt pretensioner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Service interval display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Service position
refer to Replacing w iper blades . . . . . . . . . 46
Shift paddles (automatic transmission) . . . . 85
Shutting down vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Side airbags
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
How they work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Side assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Adjusting the br ightness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
C leaning the sensors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Sensor range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
switch ing on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
also refer to Side assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Side curtain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
H ow they work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Ski bag .. ... ................... .... ... 60
Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Sockets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Sources of inform ation about child restraints
and their use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Space -saving spare tire (compact spare tire)
212
Spare tire . .. .. ............... .. .... . 212
Spare wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Speed warning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
START ENGINE STOP button . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Starting from a stop Hill start assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Index
Starting on inclines (hill hold) . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Starting to drive With a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Starting (engine) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67, 69
Steering Electromechanical steering .......... 156, 0
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Locking (convenience key) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Locking (ignition lock) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
also refer to Elec tromechanical steering 156
Steering wheel Adjusting steering column . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Indic ato r light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Shift paddles (automatic transmission) . . . 85
Steps for determining correct load limit . . . 205
Stopping (engine) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68, 70
Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Glove compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Storage compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54, 56
Subwoofer ...... .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Sunroof
refer to Panorama roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Sun shade
Emergency closing (panorama roof) . . . . . . 38
Sun visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Symbols
refer to Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
T
Tachometer ..... .. .. ............... 10, 11
T ail lights
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Technical modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
T emperature display
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Tether anchors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 7
Tether strap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Tie-down rings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Tie-downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
T ime ....... ... .. .. ................ .. 22
t iptronic mode (automat ic transmission) . . . 85
tiptronic (automatic transmission) . . . . . . . . 82
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Index
Tires. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
All wheel drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Low aspect ratio tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Replacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Service life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Tire pressure . .. ................ 201,210
Tire pressure monitoring system . . . 208, 209
Tire pressure table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Tread wear ind icators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Unid irectional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Uniform tire quality grading . . . . . . . . . . . 207
T ires and wheels
Glossary of tire and loading terminology . 193
Tires and vehicle load limits . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Torn or frayed safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Towing Tow trucks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Towing loop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225, 226
TPMS (tire pressure monitoring system) . . . 209
Trailer mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Trailer towing
Operating in structions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Parking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Technical requirements . . . . . . . . . . . 164, 165
Tongue load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Trailer turn signal assembly Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Transmission malfunction (indicator light) . . 86
Transport Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Trunk
refer to Luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . 58
Turn signa ls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
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Unfasten ing safety belts
Uniform tire quality grading
Unlocking/locking 109
207
by remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
On the door lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
with the central locking switch . . . . . . . . . . 31
with the convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
With the door lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Use of jumper cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
246
V
Vanity mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Vehicle Care/cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Vehicle control modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Vehicle electr ica l system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Vehicle identification label . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) . . . . . . 229
Vehicle jack ..... .. .. .. ... ........ 211,216
Vehicle shut-down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Vehicle tool kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
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Warning/indicator lights
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Brake system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Electromechanical parking brake . . . . . . . . 14
Electronic power control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Electronic Stabilization Control (ESC) . . . . . 16
Generator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Malfunction Indicator Lamp (MIL) . . . . . . . 17
Safety belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Safety systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Trailer turn signal assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Turn signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Warning lights
refer to Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Warranty coverages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Washing matte finish paint . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
What happens if you wear your safety belt too loose? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
What happens to unbelted occupants? . . . . 105
What impairs driving safety? . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Wheel bolt caps Removing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Loosening . .. .. .. .. .. ............. .. 215
Tightening ...... .. .. .. ........... .. 215
Wheel covers, removing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Glossary of tire and loading terminology . 193
Replacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Tires and vehicle load limits . . . . . . . . . . . 203