belt AUDI Q3 2016 Repair Manual

Care and cleaning
avoid scratches, move the scraper on ly in
one direction and not back and forth.
- Never remove snow or ice from door win­
dows and mirrors using warm or hot water
because this could cause cracks to form .
- To avoid damage to the rear w indow de ­
fogger, do not apply any stickers on the
heating wires on the inside of the window .
- Decorati ve parts /trim
- Never use chrome care or cleaning prod-
ucts.
- Paint
- To red uce the risk of scratches, the vehicle
must be free of dirt and dust before pol­
ishing or waxing .
- T o prevent pa int damage, do not polish or
wax the veh icle in direct sunlight.
- To red uce the risk of pa int damage, do not
polish away rust spots.
- Remove cosmetics and sunscreen immedi­
ately -these could damage the paint.
- Di spla ys
- To avoid scratches, do not use dry cleaning
methods on displays .
-Controls
- Make sure that no fluids enter the con-
trols, because this could cause damage.
- Safety belts
- Do not remove the safety belts to clean
them.
- Never clean safety belts o r th eir compo­
nents chemically or with cor rosive fl uids
or so lvents and neve r al low sha rp objects
t o come into con ta ct w ith the safe ty belts.
T his could cause damage to the belt web ­
bing .
-If there is damage to the webbing, the
connections, the retractors or the buckles,
have them replaced by an author ized Audi
dealer or authorized Audi Service Facility.
- Textiles /art ificial leather/ Alcantara
- Never treat artificia l leather/ Alcantara
w ith leather care products, so lvents, floor
polish, shoe polish, spot remove or similar
prod uct s.
- Have a specialist remove st ubborn stains
to prevent damage.
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- Never use steam cleaners, brushes, hard
sponges, etc . when cleaning .
- D o not turn on the seat heating* to dry the
seat.
- Objects w ith sharp edges s uch as zippe rs,
rivets on clothing or be lts can cause dam ­
age to the surface .
- Open hook and loop fasteners, fo r exam­
p le on clothing, can damage seat covers.
Make sure hook and loop fastene rs are
closed.
- Natu ral leathe r
- Never treat leather with solvents, floor
polish, shoe polish, spot remover or sim i­
lar p roducts .
- Objects w ith sharp edges such as zippe rs,
rivets on clothing or belts can cause dam­
age to the surface.
- Never use steam cleaners, brushes, hard
sponges, etc. when cleaning.
- Do not turn on the seat heating * to dry the
seat.
- To he lp prevent the leather from fad ing,
do not leave the vehicle in d irect sunlight
for long periods of time . If leav ing the ve­
h icl e parked fo r long pe riods of time, you
should cove r the leathe r to pro te ct it from
d irec t sunlight.
{D Tips
- Insects are easier to remove from paint that
has been freshly waxed.
- Regular waxing can prevent rust spots from
forming.

Checking and Filling
-Keep children away from the engine com­
partment.
- Never spill fluids on hot engine compo­
nents. They can cause a fire.
- Never touch the radiator fan. The auxiliary
electric fan is temperature controlled and
can switch on suddenly.
- Never open the coolant reservoir cap when
the engine is still warm. The coolant system
is pressurized and hot coolant could spray
out.
- Protect your face, hands and arm from steam or hot engine coolant by placing a
thick rag over the cap when you open the
coolant reservoir .
- Do not remove the engine cover under any
circumstances. This increases the risk of
burns .
- If work on the fuel system or the electrical
system is necessary:
-Always disconnect the battery.
- Never smoke or work near heaters or open
flames. Fluids in the engine compartment
could start a fire.
- Keep an approved fire extinguisher imme­
diately available.
- To avoid electrical shock and personal injury
while the engine is running or being started,
never touch:
- Ignition cables
- Other components of the high voltage
electronic ignition system.
- If you must perform a check or repair with
the engine running:
- First, fully apply the parking brake, move
selector lever of automatic transmission
to "P" (Park).
- Always use extreme caution to prevent
clothing, jewelry, or long hair from get-
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ting caught in the radiator fan, V-belts or
other moving parts, or from contacting
hot parts. Tie back hair before starting,
and do not wear clothing that will hang or
droop into the engine.
- Minimize exposure to emission and chemi­
cal hazards
c::> & .
A WARNING
California Proposition 65 Warning:
- Engine exhaust, some of its constituents,
and certain vehicle components contain or
emit chemicals known to the State of Cali­
fornia to cause cancer and birth defects and
reproductive harm. In addition, certain flu­
ids contained in vehicles and certain prod­
ucts of component wear contain or emit
chemicals known to the State of California
to cause cancer and birth defects or other
reproductive harm .
- Battery posts, terminals and related acces­
sories contain lead and lead compounds,
chemicals known to the State of California
to cause cancer and reproductive harms.
Wash hands after handling.
([) Note
When adding fluids, always make sure that
they are poured into the proper container or
filler opening, otherwise serious damage to
vehicle systems will occur.
@ For the sake of the environment
To detect leaks in time, inspect the vehicle
floor pan from underneath regularly. If you
see spots from oil or other vehicle fluids, have
your vehicle inspected by an authorized Audi dealer .

A WARNING ,~
- The cooling system is under pressure and
can get very hot. Reduce the risk of scald ing
from hot coolant by following these steps.
- Turn
off the engine and allow it to coo l
down.
- Protect you r face, hands and arms from
escaping fluid and steam by cover ing the
cap with a large, thick rag.
- Turn the cap slowly and very carefully in a
counter-clockwise d irection while applying
light, downward p ressure on the top of
the cap.
- To avoid being burned, do not spill anti­
freeze or coolant on the exhaust system or
hot engine parts. Under certa in cond i­
tions, the ethylene glycol in eng ine cool­
ant can catch fire.
- Antifreeze is poisonous. Always store anti­
freeze in its orig inal container and well out
of the reach of children.
- If you dra in the coolant, it must be caught
and safely stored in a proper conta iner
clearly marked "poison".
- Do not add coolant if the expansion tank is
empty. Air cou ld enter the cooling system
and damage the eng ine. If this is the case,
do not continue driving . Seek professional
ass istance.
- Coolant pollutes the env ironment and could
cause an eng ine fire. Excess coolant will be
fo rced o ut through the pressure relief valve
i n the cap when the e ng ine be comes hot.
- If, in an emergency, only wate r can be add­
ed, the co rrect r atio betwee n wate r and an­
tifree ze
Q page 183 must be res to red as
soon as possib le.
{® For the sake of the environment
Dra ined coolant sho uld not be reused. Always
disp ose of used coolant while obse rving all
....
"' environment al regulat ions. ci ::, co .... N -
Ch eck ing and Filling
Rad iator fan
The radiator fan switches on automatically by it­
self .
The radiator fan is driven by the engine via the V­
belt. The viscous clutch regulates th e speed of
the fan accord ing to the temperature of the cool­
ant .
An auxiliary e lectr ic radiator fan* switches on and
off depending on coo lant temperature and other
vehicle operating conditions.
After you switch the engine
off, the auxiliary fan
can continue running for up to 10 m inutes -even
with the ignition
off. It can even switch on aga in
later by itself
Q .& , if
- the temperature of the engine coolant rises due
to the heat build-up from the engine in the en­
gine compartment, or
- the engine compartment heats up beca use the
veh icle is parked in intense sunlight.
A WARNING
- To reduce the r isk of persona l injury neve r
touch the radia to r fan .
- The auxiliary e lectr ic fan is temperature
controlled and can switch on s uddenly even
when the engine is not ru nning .
- The a uxiliary radiator fan sw itches on auto­
mat ically when the eng ine coolant reaches a
certa in temperature a nd will continue to run
until the coolant temperature d rops.
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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

Index
Lower anchorages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Unused safety belts on t he rear seat . . . . 13 7
Ch ild se ats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Secur ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
C igarette lighter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Clean ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
C lea ning/ remov ing ice from wi ndows . . . . . 170
Clean ing Alcantara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Clea ning artificia l leather ..... ... .. .. ... 171
Clea ning ca rbon parts ............. 170, 17 1
Clean ing contro ls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Clea ning deco rative p arts and t rim ... 169, 170
Clea ning displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
C leaning exha ust ta il pipes . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
C lea ning plast ic parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Clean ing textiles...................... 171
C lean ing the rims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Climate con trol system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Climate control system (automatic)
Ad justing the temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Air distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Air vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
AUTO (automatic mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
B lower . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Changi ng the tempe rat ure unit . . . . . . . . . 66
D efrost ing the w indshie ld . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 5
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Rea r window de fogger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64, 6 6
Recirc ulation mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Synchronizing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Climate con trol system (manual)
Ad justi ng the tempera ture . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Ai r dist ribution, air ven ts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Blower . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Defrosting the windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Rear window defogger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Recirc ulation mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Closing Panorama roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Closing/opening by remo te con trol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
with the cen tra l locking sw itch . . . . . . . . . . 31
with the convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
W ith the doo r lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Cockpit (ove rview) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
238
Coming home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54, 56
Compass in the mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
C ompliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Cons umer i nformation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Cons umer Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Cons umption (fuel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Contacting NHTSA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Convenience key Ind icator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Starting the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Stopping the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Switc hing the ignit ion on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
unlocking/locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Convenience opening/clos ing
Convertible child safety seats
Convertible locking retracto r .
..... ... .. . 37
138
Activating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Deact ivating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
U sing to secure a child safety seat . . . . . . 143
Coo lant system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Cooling mo de ( au tomat ic cli ma te co ntrol sys-
te m) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Cooling mode (manual climate control sys-
tem) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Cooling system
Coolant temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Ind icator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Cooling System Expansion tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Co rnering lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Crossing water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Cruise cont ro l sys tem
Changing speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Desc ription . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Preselecting speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Switc hing off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
switching on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
C u p ho lders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54, 55
C u rrent consumpt ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
D
Data recorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Date disp lay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Dayt ime run ning ligh ts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

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

Opening/closing by remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
On the door lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
with the central locking sw itch . . . . . . . . . . 31
with the convenience key. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Othe r equipmen t (efficiency program) . . . . . 24
Ove rview (Cockpit) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Owner 's l iterature
5
p
P a int damage . .... .. ..... ... .. .. .... . 170
P a int No. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Panorama roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Convenience opening/clos ing . . . . . . . . . . . 37
E mergency clos ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Parking aid Cleaning the sensors/camera . . . . . . . . . . 169
Par king bra ke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 1
E mergency b rak ing func tion . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
P a rking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Re leasing/setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Starting from a stop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Starting to drive with a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . 73
also refer to Parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
P a rking ligh ts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
P arking system
Ad justi ng the disp lay/wa rning tone . . . . . . 93
C le a ning the rearview came ra . . . . . . . . . . . 90
M alf unct io n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
P a rking system pl us . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Trai ler hitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
also ref er to Pa rking systems . . . . . . . . 89, 90
Par king systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
P e riphe ral display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Rear par king sys tem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Rearview camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
P a rking (automat ic transmission) . . . . . . . . . 83
Parts replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
P ass -through . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
PASSENG ER AIR BAG OFF light . . . . . . . . . . 122
Pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
P e riphe ral d isplay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
P hys ica l pr inc iples of a frontal collision . . . 105
Polishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
P ollen filter
refer to Pollutant filte r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 2
Index
Pollutant filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Power seat ad justment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SO
Windows . .. .. .. ............... .. .. . 36
Power locking system
Selective unlock feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Powe r windows
Convenience opening/closing . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Pregnant women Special considerations when wearing a safe-
ty belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Pressure (tires) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Proper safety be lt pos ition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Proper seating position Front passenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Occ upants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Rear passengers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
P ro tecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
P rotect ive line r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Q
quattro (all whee l drive) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Question What happens to unbe lted occupants? 105
R
Radiator fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 5
Rain/light se nsor
Head lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
I n termitten t (windsh ie ld wipers) . . . . . . . . 45
Senso r defec tive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Raising the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Range (fuel level) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Readi ng lig hts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Rear fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Rear lid
refer to luggage compartment lid . . . . . . . 33
Rear light
D efective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Rearv iew camera
refer to Parking systems . . . . . . . . . . . . 89, 90
Rearview mirror Dimming ............................ 44
243

Index
Rear window defogger 64,66
Recirculation mode Automatic climate control system . . . . . . . 65
manual climate control system . . . . . . . . . . 63
Refueling .. .. .. .. ... . ...... ... .. .. .. . 175
Remote control key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Replacing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Synchroni zation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
unlocking/locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Repair manuals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Repairs Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Replacement key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Replacing Light bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Replacing windsh ield wiper b lades . . . . . . . . 46
Replacing wiper blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Reporting Safety Defects . . . . . . . . . . . 102, 103
Reset button (trip odometer) . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Resetting the trip odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Retract New brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Retractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Reversible mat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Rims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Roof rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Roof load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Safety belts
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104, 107
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Danger to passengers who do not wear a
safety belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Fastening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Height adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Improperly worn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Not worn ....................... .. . 105
Safety belt pos ition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Securing child safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Special considerations for pregnant wom-
en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Unfastening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Warning/indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Worn properly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Safety compliance sticker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Safety equ ipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Safety features for occupant restraint and protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Safety guidelines Seat adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Safety instructions Engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
for side curtain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
for using child safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
for using safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Monitoring the Advanced Airbag System 124
Roof weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Seat
s
Safe driving habits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Safety Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Cargo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Correct seating position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Pedal area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Safety belt position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Safety belt height adjustment . . . . . . . . . 109
Safety belts worn by pregnant women . . . 109
Safety belt pretensioner Service and disposal.............. .... 111
244
Number of seats 104
Seat adjustment Driver 's seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Front passenger's seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Safety guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Seat belts
refer to Safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Seat heating Automatic climate control system . . . . . . . 65
Manual climate control system . . . . . . . . . . 63
Seat heating (automatic climate control sys-
tem) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Seating capac ity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Seating position Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Front passenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

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
245

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
u
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
w
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