key AUDI Q3 2018 Owner's Guide
[x] Cancel search | Manufacturer: AUDI, Model Year: 2018, Model line: Q3, Model: AUDI Q3 2018Pages: 230, PDF Size: 57.03 MB
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Index
A
A/C (automatic climate control system) 54
A/C (manual cl imate control system) . . . . . . 52
ABS
refer to Anti-lock braking system . . . . . . . . 89
Accessories .. .. .. ............. .... 44, 214
Adaptive dampers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Adaptive light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
also refer to Audi adaptive light . . . . . . . . . 16
Addit ional accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Adjusting the air distribution Automatic climate control system . . . . . . . 55
Manual climate control system . . . . . . . . . . S2
Adjusting the air vents Automatic climate control system . . . . . . . S5
Manual climate control system . . . . . . . . . . 52
Adjusting the center console lighting . . . . . . 3S
Adjusting the temperature
H eating/ventilat ion system and manual cli-
mate control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Advanced key
refer to Convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Advanced Airbag System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Advanced Airbag System components . . . 120
Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Child restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Components (front airbags) . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Danger of fitting a child safety seat on the
front passenger seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Front air bags . ............... .... .. . 118
How do the front airbags work? . . . . . . . . 122
H ow many airbags does my vehicle have? 120
How the Advanced Airbag System compo-
nents work together . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Important information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light . . . . . . . . . 125
Repairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Side curtain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
216
Weight-sensing mat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
When must the system be inspected? . . . 124
Air pressure (tires) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Air pressure (tire) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
All season tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
All weather lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
All wheel drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Ant i-freeze
Windshield washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Anti -lock braking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Anti-Slip Regulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Armrest.... .... .. .. .. ............. ... 43
ASR
refer to Anti-Slip Regulation . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Audi adaptive light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Audi drive select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Audi Service Repair Manuals and Literature 212
Audi side assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Adjusting the brightness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Cleaning the sensors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Sensor range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Switching on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
AUTO Automatic climate control system . . . . . . . 54
Automatic headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Auto Lock (central locking system) . . . . . . . . 22
Automatic belt retractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Automatic climate control
refer to Climate control system
(automatic) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51, 54
Automat ic climate control system
refer to Climate control system
(automatic) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51, 54
Automat ic transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Driving tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Emergency mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Hill descent control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Kick-down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Manua l shifting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Selector lever emergency release . . . . . . . . 72
Se lector lever positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Steering wheel with shift paddles. . . . . . . . 70
tiptronic mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Automatic wipe/wash system . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Auto Safety Hotline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Average consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
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Index
Cleaning the tail lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Climate control system Drive se lect. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 1
Climate control system (automatic) . . . . . . . 51
AU TO (automatic mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Changing the tempe rature unit . . . . . . . . . 55
Descr ipt io n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Key recogn ition . ............. .... .. .. 5 1
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Synchro nizing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Climate control system (manual) Descr ipt io n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 1
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 2
Closing Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Pano rama glass roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
W indows .. .... .................. ... 30
Closing/opening
refer to Unlocking/locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Cockpit (overview) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Com ing home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Compact spare tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45, 46
Compass in the mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Consumer Info rmat ion ............. 104, 2 12
Consumpt ion (f ue l) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Cont acti ng NH TSA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Convenience key Starting the engi ne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
S topping the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Sw itchi ng the ignition on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 1
Unlo cking/lock ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Convenience opening/closing . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Convertible chi ld safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Conve rt ible locking retractor
Activa ting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
D eactivating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Using to secure a child safety seat . . . . . . 146
Cooling mode (automatic climate control sys-
tem) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Cooling mode (manual climate control sys-
tem) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Cooling system Adding coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
218
Coolant level checking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Coo lant temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
C rossing water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 7, 66
Cruise control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Cup ho lders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
C u rrent consumpt ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
D
Data recorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Date.... ... .. .. .. .. .. ... . .. .... ... .. .. 9
Dayt ime run ning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Declaration of compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Defros ting (w indows)
Automat ic climate contro l system . . . . . . . 55
Manua l cl imate control system . . . . . . . . . . 52
D EF (instrument clus ter) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Dete rm ining correct load limit . . . . . . . . . . 180
D igital compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
D imens ions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Dimming t he exterior mirro rs . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
D imm ing the rearv iew mi rror . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 6
D isplay
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Doors Child safe ty lo ck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
E mergency locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Driver informat ion system
D river messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
E ffic iency program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
On-board comp uter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Operat ing using t he m ultif unction steer ing
whee l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Operat ing using windsh ield wiper lever . . . 18
Overv iew . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Se rvice interva l display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
D rive r se at
refer to Seating posi tion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
D rive select
refer to Aud i d rive select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Driving econom ically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Driving off road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Drivi ng safe ly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
D riving through water .. ... . .. .... ... 57, 66
D rivi ng time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
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Dust filter
refer to Pollutant filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S 1
E
EDL
refer to Electronic Differential Lock . . . . . . 89
Efficiency program
Fuel economy messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
21
Other equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Electromechanical parking brake . . . . . . . . . 63
Electromechanical steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
E lectronic Differential Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
89
Electronic immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Electronic stabilization control . . . . . . . . . . .
89
Electronic Stabilization Control
Hill descent assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
91
Offroad mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Emergency assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Emergency braking function . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Emergency flashers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Emergency locking the front passenger's door .26
Emergency operation
Front passenger's door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
26
Fuel filler door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Luggage compartment lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Panorama glass roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Sunshade (roof) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Emergency release
Selector lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
72
E mergency starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Emergency unlocking/locking
On lock cylinder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
26
Emissions control system
Catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
155
Energy management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Engine
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
162
Starting/stopping (convenience key) . . 61, 62
Starting/stopping (ignition lock) . . . . . . . . 60
Starting with jumper cables . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Stopping (ign ition lock) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
60
Engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Adding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Index
Checking the engine oil level . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Dipstick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Economy... ... .. .. ................. 160
Oil consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Oil grades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Specification and viscosity . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Engine speed limitation (indicator light) 15
Environment
Proper disposal of drained engine oil . . . .
161
Unleaded gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
EPC (engine control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
ESC
refer to Electronic stabilization control . . . 89
Event Data Recorder (EDR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Exterior lighting
33
Exterior mirrors Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
D. . 1mm1ng .. .. .. .. .. ............... .. . 36
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
F
Fastening
Booster seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
142
Convertible child safety seats . . . . . . . . . . 141
Infant seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) 215
Floor mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Folding the rear seats. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Foot pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
For the sake of the environment
Environmentally-friendly driving . . . . . . . .
57
Fueling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Leaks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Roof rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SO
Freeze protection Coo lant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
162
Front airbags
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
118
How they work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Frontal collisions and the laws of physics . . 107
Front seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Child restraints in the front seat ...... . .
Fuel
. . ...... ... .. .. ... ....... ... .. . .
115
152
Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Blended gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
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Index
Current consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Fuel gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8, 9
Fuel tank capacity ................... 210
Gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Gasoline additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Saving fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57, 81
Fuel economy messages (efficiency program) .21
Fueling Fuel filler door emergency release . . . . . . 155
F uel gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
F uel tank capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Opening the fuel filler door . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
G
Garment hooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Gas discharge lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Octane rating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Recommendation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Generator (indicator light) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Glossary of tire and loading terminology . . 169
Glove compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR) . . . . . 209
Ground clearance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
H
Headlight range control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Headlights Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
H eadlight range control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Adjusting .. .. ................ 43, 44, 100
Removing and installing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Heated Exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Rear window (automatic climate control sys-
tem) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Rear window (manual climate control sys -
tem) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Seats (automatic climate control system) . 55
Washer nozzles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Heavy clothing and safety belts . . . . . . . . . . 108
High beams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Hill descent assist ... . .. .. ...... .. .. .. .. 91
Hill descent control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
220
Hill hold assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
also refer to Hill hold assist . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Hold ass ist (hill) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
How are child restraint system anchors relat-
ed to child safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
How many a irbags does my vehicle have? . . 120
How safety belt pretensioners work 112
I
Ignition
Switching on and off (convenience key) . . . 61
Switching on and off (ignition lock) . . . . . . 60
Imbalance (wheels) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Important things to do before driving . . . . . 97
Improperly worn safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124, 125
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Infant seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Inspection interval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Installing child safety seats Safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Installing the upper tether strap on the an
chorage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Instrument cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Adjusting the lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Interior lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Interior lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Interval mode (windshield wipers) . . . . . . . . 38
J
Jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Jump-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Jumper cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
K
Key........ .. .. .. .. .. ... .......... ... 23
Key not recognized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Key recognition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Key replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Replacing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
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Index
Parking systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Adjusting the display/warning tone . . . . . . 87
Clean ing the rearv iew camera . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Cleaning the sensors/camera . . . . . . . . . . 186
Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Rear parking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Rearview camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Trailer hitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Parking (automatic transmission) . . . . . . . . . 69
Parts replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Pass-through . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light . . . . . . . . . . 125
Pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Physical principles of a frontal collision . . . 107
Polishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Pollen filter
refer to Pollutant filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Pollutant filter . .... ........... .... .... 51
Power seat ad justment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Power windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Child safety lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Pregnant women Special considerations when wearing a safe-
ty belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Proper safety belt position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Proper seating posit ion
Fr ont passenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Occupants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Rear passengers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Protective liner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Q
quattro (all wheel drive) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Question What happens to unbelted occupants? . . 107
R
Radio Standards Specification (RSS)
215
Rain/light sensor Headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
I nterva l mode (windshield wipers) . . . . . . . 38
Ra ising the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Range (fuel level) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Reading lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
222
Rear fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Rearview camera
refer to Parking systems . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 , 84
Rear window defogger Automatic climate control system . . . . . . . 55
Manual climate control system . . . . . . . . . . 53
Rear window wiper Replacing wiper blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39, 40
Recirculation mode Automatic climate cont rol system . . . . . . . 55
Manua l climate control system . . . . . . . . . . 53
Refueling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Remote control
refer to Remote control key . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Remote control key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Personalization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Replacing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Synchronization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Unlocking/locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Repair manuals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Repairs Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Replacement key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
23
Replacing
Light bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Replacing wiper blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 , 40
Reporting Safety Defects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Reset button (trip odometer) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Resett ing the trip odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Retractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Rims ...... .. .. .. .. .. .. ........... .. 180
Roof load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Roof rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
s
Safe driving habits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Safety Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Cargo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Correct seat ing pos ition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Pedal area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Safety belt position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Safety be lt height adjustment . . . . . . . . . 111
Safety belts worn by pregnant women . . . 111
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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
N
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
223
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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
u
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