spare wheel AUDI Q3 2018 User Guide

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Spare tire
Space-saving spare tire (compact spare
tire)
Applies to: vehicles with spare tire/space-saving spa re tire
(compact spare tire)
Fig. 156 Luggage co mpa rtment : spa ce-s a v in g spare t ire
( compac t spa re t ire)
The spare tire is intended for short -term use on­
l y . Have the damaged t ire checked and replaced,
if necessary, by an author ized Audi dealer or au­
thorized Audi Serv ice Facility as soon as possib le .
There are some restrict ions on the use of the
compact spare tire. The compact spare tire has
been designed specifica lly for yo ur type of vehi­
cle. Do not replace it with the spare tire from an­
other type of vehicl e.
Removing the spare tire
.,. Remove the ca rgo floor.
.,. Remove the wing bolt¢
fig. 156 and then re-
move the retainer underneath it.
.,. Remove th e subwoofer*
¢ page 198 .
.,. Remove th e spare tire.
Snow cha ins
F or technica l reasons, the use of snow chains on
the compact spare t ire is not permitted .
If you have to drive with snow chains and a front
tire fa ils, mount the spa re t ire in place of a rea r
tire. Insta ll the snow chains on the rear tire that
you removed, and insta ll that in place of the
front tire that failed.
A WARNING
- Never use the spare tire if it is damaged or if
it is worn down to the tread wear indicators.
Em ergen cy a ssis tanc e
-If the spa re ti re is more than 6 years old,
use it only in an emergency and with ex­
treme caution and careful driving.
- The spare tire is intended only for tempora­
ry and short-term use. It should be replaced
as soon as poss ible with the normal wheel
a nd tire .
- After mounting the compact spare tire, the
tire pressure must be checked as soon as
possible . The tire pressure of the compact
spare ti re must be 4 .2 ba r; otherwise, you
risk hav ing an accident.
- Do not dr ive faste r than SO mph (80 km/h).
You risk having an acc ident.
-Avoid full -th rottle acceleration, heavy brak­
i n g, and fast co rnering . You r isk having an
accident.
- Never d rive using more than one spare
wheel and ti re. You r isk having an accident.
- Normal summer or winter t ires must not be
mounted on the compact spare whee l rim .
- For technical reasons, the use of tire cha ins
on the spare t ire is not permitted .
If it is
necessa ry to drive w it h tire cha ins, the spare
wheel mus t be mou nted on the front axle in
the event of a flat in a rear t ire. The newly
ava ilable fron t wheel must the n be installed
in place of the rear wheel with the flat tire .
Insta lling the tire chain before mounting
the wheel and tire is recommended .
- Loose items in the passenger compartment
can cause serious personal injury during
hard braking or in an accident . Never store
the spare tire or jack and tools in the pas­
senger compartment.
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Safety belt pretensioner Service and disposa l............ ..... . 113
Safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106, 109
C leaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Danger to passengers who do not wear a
safety belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Fastening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
H eight adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Improperly worn ............. .. ..... 112
Not worn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Safety belt position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Securing child safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Special considerations for pregnant wom-
en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Unfastening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Warning/indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Worn properly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Safety instructions
for side curta in a irbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
for using ch ild safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
for using safety be lts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Monitoring the Advanced Airbag System . 126
Safety systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Seat Number of seats
Seat adjustment 106
Head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Seat belts
refer to Safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Seat heating Automatic climate control system . . . . . . . 55
Manual climate control system . . . . . . . . . . 53
Seating capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Seating position Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Fr ont passenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
99
How to adjust the front seats . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Incorrect seat position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Occupants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Rear passengers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
99
Seats
Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
~ Correct seating position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 ......
~ Folding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
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8 Selective whee l torque contro l . . . . . . . . . . . 89
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Index
Se lector lever (automatic transmission)
Emergency operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Pos ition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Service and disposal Safety belt pretensioner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Service interval display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Service position
refer to Replacing wiper blades . . . . . . . . . 39
Setting the temperature
Automatic climate cont rol system . . . . . . . 54
Sh ift paddles (automatic transm iss ion) . . . . 70
Side airbags Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
How they work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Side assist
refer to Audi side assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
S ide curta in airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
How they work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Ski bag. ........... .... ........... .... 48
Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Sockets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Sources of information about child restraints
and their use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Space-saving spare tire (compact spare tire)
. 197
Spare tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Speed warning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Stab ilization control
refer to E lectronic stabi lization control . . . 89
START ENGINE STOP button . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Starting (engine) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60, 61
Steering Electromechanical steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Locking (convenience key) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Locking (ignition lock) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
also refer to Electromechanical steering 93
Steering wheel Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Shift paddles (automatic transmiss ion) . . . 70
Steps for determining correct load limit . . . 180
Stopping (engine) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60, 62
Storage compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Subwoofer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
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Index
Sunroof
refer to Panorama glass roof . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Sunshade
Emergency closing (panorama glass roof) .
32
Sun visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 7
Symbols
refer to Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
T
Tachometer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8, 9
Technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Technical modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Temp erature display
Outside temper ature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Temperature indicator Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
8
Temporary spare tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Tether anchors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Tether strap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Tie-down rings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Tie -downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Time . .... .. .. .. ............. .... .. ... 9
tiptronic mode (automat ic transmission) . . . 70
tiptronic (automatic transmission) . . . . . . . . 66
Tires................................ 166
All
wheel drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Low-profile tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Replacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Service life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 5
Tire pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Tir e pressure monitoring system . . . . . . . 183
Tire pressure table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Tire pressure (trailer towing) . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Treadwear indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
175
Unidirectional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Uniform tire quality grading . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Tires and wheels
Glossary of tire and loading terminology .
169
Tires and vehicle load limits . . . . . . . . . . . 17 8
Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 1
Torn or frayed safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Towing
Tow trucks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
205
Towing loop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205, 206
TPMS (Tire Press ure Monitoring System) . . 183
224
Trailer towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Parking systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
88
Trailer load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Turn signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
16
Transport Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Turn signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
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Unfastening safety belts
Uniform tire quality grading
Unlocking/ locking 111
182
By remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
With the central locking sw itch . . . . . . . . . 25
With the convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Use of jumper cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
V
Vanity mirror.... .. .. .. ............. ... 37
Vehicle Care/cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
185
D .
. 1mens1ons ...... .. .. .............. .
Out of service .. .. .. .. .. ........... . .
Specifications ..................... . . 210
190
209
Vehicle battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Charge leve l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13, 164
Energy management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Vehicle control modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Vehicle jack . ... ... .. .. ... ..... ... 191,194
Vehicle key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Vehicle tool kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
VIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
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Warning lights
refer to Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Warranty coverages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Washing matte finish paint . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
What happens if you wear your safety belt too
loose? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
110
What happens to unbelted occupants? . . . . 107
What impairs driving safety? . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Wheel bolt caps
Removing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
193