service AUDI Q3 2017 Owner´s Manual

Consumer inf orm ation
@ For the sake of the env ironment
- Changing the engine settings wi ll adversely
affect emission levels. Th is is detrimental to
the environment and increases fuel con­
sumption.
- A lways observe environmental regu lations
when disposing of old engine o il, used brake
fl ui d, d irty engine coolant, spent batteries
or worn out tires.
- Undeployed airbag modules and pretension­
ers mig ht be classified as Perchlorate Mate­
rial -special handl ing may apply, see
www.dtsc .ca.gov/hazardouswaste/perchlo­
r ate. When the vehicle or parts of the re­
straint system including airbag modu les
safety be lts wi th pretensioners are scrap­
ped, all applicab le laws and regulations
must be observed. Your authorized Audi
dealer is familiar with these requirements
and we recommend that you have your deal­ er perform this service for you.
Accessories and technical changes
Additional accessories and parts replacement
Always consult an authorized Audi dealer before
purchasing accessories.
Your vehicle incorporates the latest safety design
features ensuring a high standard of active and passive safety.
This safety could be comp romised by non-ap­
proved changes to the vehicle . For this reason, if
parts have to be replaced, please observe the fo l­
lowing points when insta lling addit ional accesso­
ries:
Approved Audi accessories and genuine Audi parts are available from author ized Audi dealers.
These dealers also have the necessary facilities,
too ls and trained specialists to install the parts
and accessories properly.
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A WARNING
-
Using the wrong spare parts or using non-ap-
proved accessories can cause damage to the
vehicle and serious personal injury.
- Use only accessories expressly approved by
Aud i and genuine Audi spare parts
- These parts and accessor ies have been spe­
cially designed to be used on your vehicle.
- Never install accessor ies such as telephone
cradles or beverage holders on airbag covers
or w ith in the airbag deployment zones. Do­
ing so will increase the risk of injury if a ir­
bags are triggered in an accident!
- Before you check anything in the eng ine
compartment, always read and heed all
WARN INGS
Qpage 159.
(D Note
-If items other than genu ine Audi spare
parts, add-on equipment and accessory
items are used or if repair wor k is not per­
formed a ccording to specified methods, this
c an resul t in severe damage to you r vehi­
cle's eng ine and body (such as corrosion)
and adve rsely af fect your vehicle's war ranty.
- I f emergency repai rs must be performed
elsewhere, have the vehicle exam ined by an
authorized A udi dealer as soon as possib le .
- T he manuf acture r ca nnot be held liable for
damage which occurs d ue to failure to com ­
ply with these stipulations.
Technical Modifications '
Our guidelines must be complied with when tech ­
nical modifications are made .
Always consult an a uthorized Audi de aler bef ore
sta rt ing work on any modifica tions.
This will help ensure that vehicle fu nction, per­
fo rmance and safety are not impaired
Q ,& .
Attempting to work on electronic components
and the software used with them can cause mal­
funct io ns. Because of the way elect ronic compo­
nen ts a re interconnected with each othe r, such
malfunc tions c an also have an adverse affect on
othe r systems that are not d irectl y involved. This ..,.

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

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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
s
Safe driving habits
Safety 100
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Cargo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Correct seating position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Pedal area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Safety belt position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Safety belt height adjustment . . . . . . . . . 114
Safety belts worn by pregnant women . . . 114
Safety belt pretensioner Service and disposal ............. .. .. . 116
Safety belts .. .. .. .. .............. 109, 112
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Danger to passengers who do not wear a
safety belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
O
Fastening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Height adjustment ............... ... . 114
Improperly worn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
I ndicator l ight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Not worn .... .. ................ .... 110
Safety belt position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Securing child safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Special considerations for pregnant wom-
en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Unfastening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Warning/indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Worn properly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Safety equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Safety features for occupant restraint and
protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Safety instructions for side curtain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
for using child safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
for using safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Monitoring the Advanced Airbag System 129
Safety systems Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Seat Number of seats
Seat adjustment 109
Head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Seat belts
refer to Safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
230
Seat heating
Automatic climate control system . . . . . . . 57
Manual cl imate control system . . . . . . . . . . 55
Seating capac ity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Seating position Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Front passenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
How to adjust the front seats . . . . . . . . . . 102
Incorrect seat position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Occupants..... .. .. .. ... .......... .. 101
Rear passengers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Seats adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Correct seating position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Folding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Selective wheel torque control . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Selector lever (automatic transmission) Emergency operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Service and disposal Safety belt pretensioner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Service interval display .. ... .......... .. 170
Service position
refer to Replacing wiper blades . . . . . . . . . 41
Shift paddles (automatic transmission) . . . . 71
Side airbags Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
How they work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Side assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Adjusting the brightness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Cleaning the sensors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Sensor range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Switching on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
also refer to Side assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Side curtain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
How they work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Ski bag ..... .. .. .. .. .. ........ ..... ... SO
Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Sockets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Sources of information about child restraints
and their use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Space-saving spare tire (compact spare tire) 203
Spare tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Spare wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203

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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Index
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
................................
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? . . . .
15 1
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