OBD port AUDI Q3 2018 Owners Manual

Table of contents
About this Owner's Manual ... .. .
Cockpit ... .. ............... .... .. .
Cockpit overview ................ .
Controls at a glance ... .......... .. .. .
Instruments and indicator lights
Instruments .... ... .......... .. .. .. .
Indicator lights .. .. .......... .. .. .. .
On-Board Diagnostic System (OBD) .. .. . 4
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Drive r information system . . . . . . 18
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
On-board computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Efficiency program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Starting and driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Op en ing and clo sing . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Central locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Luggage compartment lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Ch ild safety lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Po wer wi ndows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Panorama gla ss roof .......... .... ...
31
Lights and Vi sion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
E xterio r lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
I n terior lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
V1s1on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Windshield wipers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Dig ital compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
40
Seats and storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
General information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Front seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
H ead restra ints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Sockets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
L uggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Roof rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Warm and cold .. .. .. ... ..... .. .. . 51
Climate control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Driving .. .. .. .. ... .. .. ..... ... .. .. . 57
General information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
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Starting and stopping the eng ine
(vehicles with an ignition lock) . . . . . . . . . 60
Starting and stopping the eng ine
(vehicles with a convenience key) ..... . .
Messages ..... .. .. .. ............. . .
E le ctromechanical parking brake ...... .
Start ing from a stop .. ........ ..... . .
D rivi ng offroad . .. ... ...... ....... .. .
Automatic transmission
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Trailer towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Driving with a trailer
Driver assistance .. ..... ......... .
A ss istance sy stem s .. .. ... ... .. . .
Speed warning system . .. ........... . .
Cruise control system .... .......... . .
Audi side assist .. .. .. .. . .......... . .
Audi drive select .... ... .. .......... . .
Park ing system s
General information
Rear parking system
Parking system plus ... ............. . .
Rearv iew camera ... .. .. ........... . .
Adjusting the display and the warning
tones ........ ... ... ...... ....... .. .
Error messages .. ... ...... ....... .. .
T ra ile r hitch . .. .. .. .. ... ... .... ... . .
Intelligent Technology ....... .. .
Electronic stabilization control (ESC) .. . .
Brakes ...... .. .. .. .. ... .......... . .
El ectrome chanical steering ........... .
A ll wheel drive (quattro) .. .......... . .
Energy management .. ... .......... . .
Notice about data recorded by the Event
Data Recorder and vehicle contro l
modules .. .... .. .. .. .. ........... . . 73
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Safety first . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Driving safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Bas ics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Correct passenger seat ing positions . . . . . 98
Pedal area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
101
Stor ing cargo correctly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Reporting Safety Defects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

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Central locking switch
Cent ral locking L ED ......... .. .
Side assist button
Side assist d isplay
H eadlight cont rol sw itch .... .. .
A ir vents with thumbwheel
L ever for turn s ignal and h igh
beams .. .. .... . .......... .. .
® Multifunction ste ering wheel with :
- Horn
- Driver's airbag ........... .. .
- Driver information system con-
trols .. .. ............... .. .
- Audio , te lephone, nav igation and
vo ice recognit ion controls
- Programmable steering wheel
button . .. .. ........... .. .. .
- Rocker switches for tiptronic
mode . ... .. ... ..... ... .. .. .
@ Instrument cluster ........... .
@ Windshield washer system lever
@ I S TART EN GIN E ST OPI button .. .
@ Pa rking brake button ....... .. .
~ Starting the engine when there is a
malfunction or ignition lock . ... .
@ Steer ing whee l adjustment .... .
@ Cruise contro l lever .... ... .. .. .
@ Data link connector for On-Board
Diagnostic System (OBD II) .. .. .
@ Inst rument illum ination ... .. .. .
@ Hood r ele as e .... ..... ... .. .. .
@ Automat ic luggage compartment
lid .. .. ... ............. ..... .
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34
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@ Power exterior mirror adjustment 3 6
Cockpit o ve rv iew
@ Power windows . .. .. .. ..... .. .
@ Child safety lock ............. .
@ Buttons/indi cator lights for:
- Eme rgency flashers .. ..... .. .
- PASSENG ER AIR BAG O FF .... .
@ Infotainment system display (does
not fold away)
@ G love compartment .......... .
@ Front passenger's airbag ...... .
@ Infota inment system control panel
@ Buttons/indicator lights for:
- Drive se lect .. .. ............ .
- E lectronic Stabilization Control
( E SC) . .. .. .. .. ....... ..... .
30
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34
125
45
118
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90
- Park ing aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
- Hill hold ass ist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
@ Climate contro l system . . . . . . . . . 54
@ Se lector lever (automatic transm is -
sion) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
@ Center conso le w ith:
- Cup holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
- Socket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
- USB charging port
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-Some the eq uipment listed here is on ly in ­
sta lled in certain models or is available as
an opt ion.
- The image in the instrument cluster d isplay
depends on the vehicle equipment. A maxi­
mum of two versions will be pictured in th is
Owner's Manual.
- A separate operat ing manua l describes how
to operate the Infota inment system .
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Kick-down (automatic transmission) . . . . . . . 71
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LATCH 147
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Installing a child restraint . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Loc ation
Mounting and relea sing the anchorage
hook
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149
L eather care/clean ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Leaving home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Light/rain sensor Headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Interval mode (windsh ield wipers) . . . . . . . 38
Lighting Exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Interior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
L ights
I nterior/reading lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Interior lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Loading the luggage compartment . . . . . . . 102
Locking/un locking
refer to Unlocking/locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
L ow-profile tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Low beam headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Lower univ ersal anchorages (Canada) . . . . . 147
L uggage compartment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
L uggage compartment lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Storing cargo correctly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
also refer to Loading the luggage compart-
ment. ... .. .. ................. .... . 102
L uggage compartment net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Luggage rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
L umbar support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
M
M . t arn enance . .. ............. .. .. .... . 212
M . t . l arn enance mterva s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) . . . . . . 14, 17
Manual climate control system
refer to Climate control system
(manual) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51, 52
Mirror compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Monitoring the Advanced Airbag System . . 124
Index
Multifunction steering wheel. . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
N
Natural leather care/cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
NH TSA
Contacting 104
Number of seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
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Occupant seating positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Octane rating (gasoline) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Oil
refer to Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158, 160
Oil change interval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
On-board computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
On-Board Diagnostic System (OBD) Data Link Connector (DLC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) . . . . . . . . 17
Opening.... .... .. .. ............... .. . 22
Fuel filler door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Luggage compartment lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Panorama glass roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Windows . .. .. .. .. ............. .... . 30
Opening/closing
refer to Unlocking/locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Other equipment (efficiency program) . . . . . 20
Outside temperature display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Overview (Cockpit) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
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Paint damage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Paint number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Panorama glass roof. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Emergency closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
also refer to Convenience opening/closing 31
Parking brake
refer to Elect rome chanica l parking brake . 63
Parking lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Parking system Parking system plus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
also refer to Parking systems . . . . . . . . 83, 84
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