lights AUDI Q3 2017 Owner´s Manual

Emergency situations
@ Tips
The discharged battery must be properly con­
nected to the vehicle's electrical system .
When jump starting or charging the battery,
never connect the negative ground cable to
the battery negative post because the battery
manager system must be able to detect the
battery's state of charge . Always connect the
negat ive ground cable to the negative ground
pos t of the battery manager control unit.
Use of jumper cables
Make sure to connect the jumper cable clamps in
exactly the order described below!
Fig. 164 Engine compartmen t: Connectors fo r ju m pe r ca ­
bles and charger
Fig. 165 J u mp starting w ith the battery of another vehicle :
@ discha rged vehicle bat te ry, @ booste r battery
The procedure described below for connecting
jumper cables is intended to provide a jump start
for your veh icle.
Vehicle with discharged battery:
.. Turn off lights and accessories, move lever of
automatic transmission to
N (Neutral) or P
(Park) and set park ing brake .
210
Connect POSITIVE(+) to POSITIVE (+) (red)
.. To access the positive terminal, remove the
battery cover
r:!) fig. 164.
1. Connect one end of the red positive cable on
the
jump start bolt (D ~ fig. 165 (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 terminal ® 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 .
.,. Start engine w ith discharged vehicle battery@
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
batte ry terminals.
A WARNING
To avoid serious personal inju ry and damage
to the veh icle, 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 sur e
that they cannot get caug ht in any moving
pa rts in the engine compartment. ..,.

Index
A
A/C (automatic climate control system) 56
A/C (manual climate control system) . . . . . . 54
ABS
refer to Anti-Lock Braking System . . . . . . . 92
Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46, 220
Active lane assist
Cleaning the camera area . . . . . . . . . . . . .
192
Adaptive dampers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Adapt ive dampers (in dicator light) . . . . . . . . 17
Adapt ive light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Additional accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Adjusting the center console lighting . . . . . . 37
Adjusting the steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
advanced key
refer to Convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
A irbag .... .. .. .... ........... .... ... 117
Indicator l ight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Advanced Airbag-System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Advanced Airbag System components . . . 124
Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Ch ildr en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Child restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Components (front airbags) . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Danger of fitting a child safety seat on the
front passenger seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
118
Disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Front airbags . .................. 121, 122
How do the front airbags work? . . . . . . . . 126
H ow many airbags does my vehicle have? 124
How the Advanced Airbag System compo-
nents work together . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
125
Important information ........ .. .. .. .
I ndicator light .. .. .............. ... .
Monitoring ..... .. .............. ... .
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light ........ .
Repairs
s f t . . a e y instructions ............ .... .. .
Side airbags .. .. ........ ..... .. .. .. .
Side curtain airbags .............. ... .
w. ht .
e1g -sensing mat ............. ... .
When must the system be inspected? .. .
117
127
127
128
130
129 131
134
139
127
Air conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
All season tires 186
222
All weather lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
All wheel drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
97
Alternator
refer to Alternator (indicator light) . . . . . . 13
Alternator (indicator light) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Ant i-freeze
Windshield washer system
169
Anti- lock braking system
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
14
Anti-Lock Braking System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Anti-slip regulation
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
14
Anti-Slip Regulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Armrest....... ... .. .. ................ 45
ASR
refer to Anti-Slip Regulation . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Audi drive select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Audi Service Repair Manuals and Literature 218
AUTO
Automatic climate control system . . . . . . .
57
Automat ic headl ights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Auto Lock (central locking) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
23
Automatic belt retractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Automatic post-collision braking system . . . 92
Automatic transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Driving tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Emergency mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Hill descent control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Kick-down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Manua l shifting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Selector lever emergency release . . . . . . . . 72
Selector lever positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Steering wheel with sh ift paddles. . . . . . . . 71
tiptronic mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Automatic wipe/wash system . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Auto Safety Hotline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Average consumpt ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Average speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Avoid damaging the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
B
Bag/securing hooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Battery
Jump starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
209
also refer to Vehicle battery . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Before driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Index
Cleaning plastic parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Cleaning rims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Cleaning textiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Climate control system Driv e select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Climate control system (automatic) Adjusting the temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Air distribution .... ........... .... .... 57
Air vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
AUTO (automatic mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Blower . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Changing the temperature unit . . . . . . . . . 57
Defrosting the windshield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Rear window defogger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55, 57
Recirculation mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Synchronizing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Climate control system (manual)
Adjusting the temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Air distribution, air vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Blower . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Defrosting the windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Rear window defogger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Recircula tion mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Closing Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Panorama glass roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Closing/opening By remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
W ith the central locking switch . . . . . . . . . 27
W ith the convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
With the door lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Cockpit (overview) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Color number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Com ing home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47, 48
Compass in the mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Compl iance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Consumer information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Consumer Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Consumption (fuel) ................ 20, 215
Contacting NH TSA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
224
Convenience key
Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Start ing the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Stopping the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Switching the ignition on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Unlocking /locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Convenience opening/closing
Convertible child safety seats
Convertible locking retractor ............ 32
144
Activating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Deactivating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Using to secure a child safety seat . . . . . . 149
Cooling mode (automatic climate control sys-
tem) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Cooling mode (manual climate control sys-
tem) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Cooling system Adding coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Coolant level checking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Coolant temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Crossing water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 , 67
Cruise control system
Chang ing speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Overriding the cruise control system . . . . . 79
Preselecting speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Switching off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
switching on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Cup holders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Current consumption 20
D
Data recorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Date .......... .................... .... 9
Daytime running lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Declaration of compliance Audi s ide ass ist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Cell phone package . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Conv enience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
E le ctronic immobilizer................ 221
Remote control key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Defect ive light bulb
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

00
00
......
"' ,....
"' ...... 0 0 :::,
00
Defrosting (windows)
Manual climate control system . . . . . . . . . . 55
Defrosting (windshield)
Automatic climate control system . . . . . . . 57
DEF (instrument cluster) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Det ermin ing correct load limit . . . . . . . . . . 185
Digital compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Dimming the rearview mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Display Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Doors Child safety lock............... ..... .. 31
Emergency locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Driver information system
Driver messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Efficiency program............ .. .... .. 21
Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
On-board computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Operating using the multifunction steering
wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Operating using windshie ld wiper lever . . . 19
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Service interval display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
D river seat
refer to Seating position
101
Drive select
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
also refer to Audi drive select . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Driving economically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Driving offroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Driving safely . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Driving through water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58, 67
Dr iving time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Dust filter
refer to Pollutant filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
E
EDL
refer to Electronic Differentia l Lock . . . . . . 92
Eff iciency program
Fuel economy messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Other equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Elect rome chanica l park ing brake . . . . . . . . . 64
Index
El ectromechanical steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
I ndica tor light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
El ectron ic differentia l lock
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Electron ic Differential Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Electronic immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Electronic stabilization control
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Electronic Stabilization Control . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Hill descent assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Offroad mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Emergency assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Emergency braking function . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Emergency flashers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Emergency locking front passenger's door . . 28
Emergency operation
Front passenger's door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Fuel filler door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Luggag e compartment lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Panorama roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Sun shade (roof) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Emergency release Selector lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Emergency starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Emissions data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Energy management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Engine Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Engine data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Start ing with jumper cables ........... 209
Start ing (convenience key) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Starting (ignition lock) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Stopping (convenience key) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Stopping (ignition lock) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Engine compartment Open ing/closing the hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Ove rview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Safety precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Engine control (indicator light) . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Engine coolant Radiator fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Eng ine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Adding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Checking the engine oil level . . . . . . . . . . . 164
225

Index
Dipstick. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Economy ... .... ... . ...... ... .. .. ... 164
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13, 15
O il cons umption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
O il grades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Specification and viscos ity . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Engine speed limitation (indicator light) . . . 15
E nvi ronment
C ata lytic converte r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
P roper disposal of drained e ngine o il . . . . 165
Unleaded f uel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 5
E PC (engine control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
E SC
Automatic post-co llision brak ing system . . 92
also refer to Electronic stabilization control .92
E vent Data Recorder (EDR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Exterior lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Exterior mirrors Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Dimming . .. .... .. ........ ... .. .. .. .. 38
H eat ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
F
Fasten ing
Booster seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Conver tible ch ild safety seats . . . . . . . . . . 144
I nfant seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Floor mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
F oldi ng cho cks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Foldi ng the rea r seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
F oot pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
F or the sake of the enviro nment
E nvironme ntally -fr iendly driv ing . . . . . . . . 58
F ue ling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
L eaks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Rear win dow defogger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55, 57
Roof rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
F ree ze protection
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Front airbags Descr ipt io n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 1
H ow t hey wo rk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Frontal col lisions and the laws of p hys ics . . 110
226
Front seats
Adjusting 102
Child restra ints in the front seat . . . . . . . . 118
also refer to Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Fuel Additives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
B lended gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Cons umption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Current consumpt ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Filler neck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Fuel gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8, 9
Fuel tank capaci ty .. .. ........ ..... .. 216
Gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Gasoline add it ives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Ind icator lig ht . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Oct ane ra ting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Recommenda tion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Saving fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 , 83
Fuel economy messages (efficiency prog ram) .22
Fueling Fuel f iller door emergency release . . . . . . 158
Fuel gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Fuel tank capacity ......... ........ .. 216
Open ing the fue l filler door . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 7
Fuses Ass ignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Replacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
G
Garment hooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Gas disch arge lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
G lossary of t ire and loading te rm inology . . 173
G love compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
G ross Veh icle Weig ht Rating (GVWR) . . . . . 215
Ground clearance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
H
Headlight range contro l
Ind icator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Hea dlight range contro l system . . . . . . . . . . 35
Head lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 92
Hea dlight range cont ro l sys tem . . . . . . . . . 35
Head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Adjust ing . ...... ... ...... .... 45, 46, 103
Removing a nd insta lling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

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exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Rear window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55, 57
Washer no zzles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
H ea ting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
H eavy clothing and safety belts . . . . . . . . . . 111
H ill descent assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
H ill descent contro l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
H ill hold ass ist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
also refer to H ill hold assist . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
H old assist (hi ll) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
H orn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
How are child restra int system anchors re lat-
ed to chi ld safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
How many airbags does my vehicle have? . . 124
H ow safe ty belt pretens io ners work 1 15
I
Ignition
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 6
Sw itch ing on and off (convenience key) . . . 62
S w itch ing on and off (ignitio n lock) . . . . . . 60
Imbalance (wheels) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
I mportant things to do before d riving . . . . 100
Improper ly worn safety be lts . . . . . . . . . . . 115
I ndica to r ligh ts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
A irbag system . .. .. ..... ... .. .. . 127, 128
PASSENGE R AIR BAG OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
I nfant seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Inflation pressure (tires) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
I nspec tion inte rv a l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Install ing ch ild safety seats
Safety bel ts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Insta lling the upper tether strap on the an­
chorage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
I nstrumen t cluste r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
C leaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
I nstruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Ad justing the lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Interior lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Front and rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 7
In ter ior lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 7
Rea r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Intermittent (w indshield wipers) . . . . . . . . . 40
Index
J
Jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Jump-sta rt ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Jumper cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
K
Key... ... .. .... .. .. ... .. ..... ... .. .. . 24
Key not recognized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Key replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Replacing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
U nlocking/locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25, 26, 28
K ick -dow n
Automatic transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
L
LATCH 150
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
I n stalling a c hild restraint. ..... ... .. .. 151
Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Mounting and re leas ing the anchorage
hook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Leather care/cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
L eav ing home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Light Coming/Leaving home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Dayt ime running lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Headl ight flashe r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Headl ights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
I n te rio r/read ing lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
L ow beams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Parking lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Rear fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Light/ra in senso r
Headl ights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
I n dicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Intermi tten t (windsh ie ld wipers) . . . . . . . . 40
Li ght ing
Exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
I n te rior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 7
Lights Head light range contro l system . . . . . . . . . 35
Interior ligh ting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 7
Loading the luggage compartment . . . . . . . 105
L ocking/ unlo cki ng
B y remo te con trol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
227

Index
With the central locking switch . . . . . . . . . 27
With the convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Low beam
I ndicator l ight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Low beams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Lower universal anchorages (Canada) . . . . . 150
Luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Cargo floor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Cargo net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Cover... ..... .................. ..... 48
Increasing the size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Reversible mat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Ski bag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Storing cargo correctly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Tie-downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
also refer to Loading the luggage compart-
ment .. .. .. .... .......... ...... ... . 105
Luggage compartment lid Closing button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Emergency release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Opening/closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28, 29
Luggage rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Lumbar support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
M
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Maintenance intervals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Malfunct ion indicator lamp (MIL) . . . . . . . . . 17
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Mirror Dimming ... .. .. .. . .. .. ... ... .. .. .. .. 38
Van ity m irror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Mirror compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Mirrors Adjusting the exterior mirrors. . . . . . . . . . . 38
Model plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Monitoring the Advanced Airbag System . . 127
Multifunction steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
N
Natura l leather care/cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
NHTSA Contacting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Number of seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
228
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Occupant seating positions
Octane rating ... .. .. .. ........ ..... . .
Odometer .... .. . ... .. .. ........... .. .
Oil 101
1S5
10
Ind icator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . lS
also refer to Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . 162, 164
Oil change interval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
On -Board-Diagnostic System (OBD)
Malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) . . . . . . . . 17
On-board computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
On-Board Diagnostic System (OBD) Data Link Connector (D LC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Electronic speed limiter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Opening.... .. .. .. .. .. ............. ... 23
Fuel filler door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Luggage compartment lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Panorama glass roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Windows . .... .. .. .. .. ........... .. . 32
Opening/closing On the door lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
With the central locking switch . . . . . . . . . 27
With the convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Other equipment (efficiency program) . . . . . 21
Outside temperature display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Overview (Cockpit) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
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Paint damage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Paint number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Panorama glass roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Panorama roof
Convenience opening/closing . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Emergency closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Parking aid Cleaning sensors/camera lenses . . . . . . . . 192
Parking brake Ind icator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
also refer to Electromechanical
parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Parking lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Parking system Adjusting the display/warning tone . . . . . . 90
Cleaning the rearview camera . . . . . . . . . . . 87

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Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Parking system plus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Trai ler hitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
also refer to Parking systems . . . . . . . . 86, 87
Parking systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Rear parking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Rearview camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Parking (automatic transmission) . . . . . . . . . 69
Parts replaceme nt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Pass-through . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light . . . . . . . . . . 128
Pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Physical principles of a frontal collision . . . 110
Polishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Poll en filter
refer to Pollutant filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Pollutant filter .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 53
Power seat adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Windows .. .. .... ........ .... ... .. .. 32
Power windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Child safety lock.............. .. .. .. .. 31
Convenience opening/closing . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Pr egnant women
Special considerations when wearing a safe-
ty belt . .. .. .. ............... .. ..... 114
Pressure (tires) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Proper safety belt position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Proper seating position Front passenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Occupants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Rear passengers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Prot ecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Protective liner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Q
quattro (all wheel drive) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Question What happens to unbelt ed occupants? . . 110
R
Radiator fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Index
Rain/light sensor
Headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Intermittent (windshield wipers) . . . . . . . . 40
Raising the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Range (fuel level) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Reading lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 7
Rear fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Rear lid
refer to Luggage compartment lid . . . . . . . 28
Rearview camera
refer to Parking systems . . . . . . . . . . . . 86, 87
Rearv iew mirror dimm ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Rear window defogger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55, 57
Recirculation mode automatic control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
manual climate control system . . . . . . . . . . 54
Refueling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Remote control
refer to Remote control key . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Remote control key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Personalization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Replacing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Synchronization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Unlocking/locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Repair manuals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Repairs Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Replacement key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Replacing Light bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Replacing windshield wiper blades . . . . . . . . 41
Replacing wiper blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Reporting Safety Defects ........... 107, 108
Reset button (trip odometer) . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Resetting the trip odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Retract New brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Retractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Reversible mat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Rims ....... ... . ... ................. 185
Roof load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Roof rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
229

Speed warning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Stabilization control
refer to Electronic stabilization contro l . . . 92
START ENGINE STOP button . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Starting (engine) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60, 62
Steering
Electromechanical steering .......... .
96, O
I ndicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
14, 96
Lock ing (conven ience key) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Locking (ignition lock) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
also refer to Electromechanical steering 96
Steering wheel
Shift paddles (automatic transmission) . . .
71
Steps for determining correct load limit . . . 185
St . ( . )
opping engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61, 62
Storage compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Subwoofer . .......................... 204
Sunroof
refer to Panorama roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Sun shade
Emergency closing (panorama roof) . . . . . .
34
Sun visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Symbo ls
refer to Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
T
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8, 9
Tail lights
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
192
Tail light (indicator light) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Technical modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Temperature disp lay
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Outside temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Tempo rary spare tire ............. .... .
Tether anchors . ............... .. .. .. .
Tether strap ... ................ ..... .
Tie-down r ings
Tie-downs
203
152
152
106
so
Time . .... ................... .... ..... 9
tiptron ic mode (automatic transmission) . . .
71
~ tiptronic (automatic transmission) . . . . . . . . 67 ......
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T ires........ ... .. .................. . 171
All wheel drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Low aspect ratio tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Replacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Service life 179
Tire pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Tire pressure monitoring system . . . 188, 189
Tire pressure table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Treadwear indicators ............... . .
u "d· . l ni 1rect1ona ...................... .
Uniform tire quality grading .......... .
Tires and wheels Glossary of tire and loading terminology .
T ires and vehicle load l imits .......... .
Tool
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179
173
187
173
183
197
Torn or frayed safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Towing
Tow trucks
Towing loop
211
211,212
T PMS (tire pressure monitoring system) . . . 189
Trailer towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Operat ing instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
p k' ar mg system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Techn ica l req uirements ............. 74, 75
Tongue load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Tra iler turn signal assembly
Warning/indicator l ights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
17
Transmission malfunction (indicator light) . . 72
Transport Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Turn signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
u
Unfastening safety belts
Uniform tire quality grading
Un locking/locking 114
187
By
remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
On the door lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
With the centra l locking switch . . . . . . . . . 27
With the convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
With the door lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Use of jumper cables . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
V
Vanity mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
231

Index
Vehicle Care/cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
191
Dimensions ... .. ................ ... . 216
Identification number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Out of service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Vehicle identification label . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Vehicle battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Charge level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13, 169
Energy management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Vehicle control modules. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Vehicle jack .. .. .. .. . .......... ... 197,200
Vehicle key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Vehicle tool kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
VIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
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Warning/indicator lights
Trailer turn signal assembly . . . . . . . . . . . .
17
Warning lights
refer to Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Warranty coverages .............. ..... 218
Washer fluid level (indicator light) . . . . . . . . 16
Washing matte finish paint . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
We ights..... .. ................. ..... 215
What happens if you wear your safety belt too
loose? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
113
What happens to unbelted occupants? . . . . 110
What impairs dr iving safety? ..... .... .. . 101
Wheel bolt caps
Removing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
199
Wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Loosening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Tightening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Wheel covers, removing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Wheels ..... .. .. .. ..... ...... .. .. .. . 171
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Glossary of tire and loading terminology . 173
Replacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Tires and vehicle load limits . . . . . . . . . . . 183
When must a safety belt be replaced? . . . . 111
When must the airbag system be inspected? 1 .27
Where are lower anchorages located? . . . .
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232
Window regulators
Child safety lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
32
Windows
Cleaning/removing ice. .. ........... ..
193
Defrosting (manual climate control system) .SS
Window wipers
Replacing wiper blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
42
Windshie ld
cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
40
Defrosting (automatic climate control sys-
tem) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
57
Defrosting (manual climate control system) SS
also refer to Windshield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Windshield washer system . . . . . . . . . . 40, 169
Reservoir capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Windshield wipers
Cleaning wiper blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
41
Fo lding up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Replacing windshield wiper blades . . . . . . . 41
Switching on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Winter driving
Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
186
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Winter operat ion
Cooling system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
166
Defrosting the windshield (automatic cli-
mate control system) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
57
Windshie ld washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Winter tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Winter use
Car washes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
191
Removing ice from windows 193
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Xenon headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207