battery location AUDI Q3 2018 Owners Manual

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With th e engin e switched off
The vehicle battery will d rain if yo u use I nfota in­
ment f unctions such as listening to the radio
while the engine is switched off .
The vehicle 's ability to start may be impaired by
the energy use, a message will appear in the In­
fotainment system disp lay .
The message ind icates that the system will
switch off au tomati cally soon. If you wou ld like
to continue using the funct ions, you must s tart
the engine.
With the engine running
Although electrical energy is gene rated whi le
d riving, the vehicle battery can drain. This can
h appen if l ittle energy is gene rated but much is
used, and the charge leve l of the veh icle ba ttery
is not optima l.
To restore the ba lance of energy, components
that requ ire large amo unts of energy are tempo­
r ar ily scaled bac k or switched off. Heating sys­
tems in part icular requi re a g reat deal of energy.
If
yo u notice, for example, that the seat heating*
or rear window defogger is not working, then it
has been temporarily reduced or switched off.
These systems are available again as soon as the
e nergy supply has been restored.
In addition, you may notice that the idle speed
has slightly increased. That is norma l and no
cause for concern. By increasing the idling speed,
the add itional required energy will be generated
and the vehicle battery will be cha rged.
Notice about data
recorded by the Event
Data Recorder and
vehicle control modules
Event Data Recorder
This vehicle is equipped with an Event Data Re­
corder (EDR). The main purpose of an EDR is to
record, in certain crash or near crash-like situa­
tions, such as an a irbag deployment or hitting a
road obstacle, data that will assist in understand­
in g how a veh icle's systems performed. The EDR
Intellig ent Technology
is des igned to record data related to vehicle dy ­
namics and safety systems for a short period of
t ime, typ ica lly 30 seconds or less. The EDR in this
vehicle is designed to record such data as:
- How various systems in your vehicle were oper ­
ating;
- W het her o r not the drive r and passenge r safety
be lts were buckled/fastened;
- How far (if at all) the driver was depressing the
accelerator and/or brake pedal; and,
- How fast the vehicle was traveling.
These data can help provide a better understand­
i ng of the circumstances in wh ich crashes and in­
j u ries occur. NOT E: EDR da ta a re recorded by your
vehicle on ly if a non-trivial crash s ituation occurs;
no data are re co rded by the E DR under normal
driving conditions and no persona l data (e .g .,
name, gender, age, and crash location) are re­
corded. However, other parties, such as law en­
forcement, could comb ine the EDR data with the
type of personally identifying data rout inely ac­
quired during a crash investigation .
To read data recorded by an EDR, special equ ip­
ment is required, and access to the vehicle or the
EDR is needed. In addition to the ve hicle manu­
fact urer, other pa rt ies, such as law e nforcement,
that have the special eq uipment, can read the in­
fo rmat ion if they have access to the vehicle or the
ED R.
Some state laws restrict the retrieval o r down­
load ing of data sto red by ED Rs installed in a ve hi­
cle for the exp ress purpose of retriev ing data af­
te r an a ccident or cras h event without the ow n­
er's consent .
Audi will not access the EDR and/or sim ila r data
o r give it to others -
- unless the ve hicle owner (or lessee if the vehi­
cle has been leased) agrees; or
- upon the official request by the police; or
- upon the order of a court of law or a govern-
ment agency; or
- for the defense of a lawsuit thro ugh t he judicia l
discovery process.
- Audi may a lso use the data for research abo ut
veh icle operation and safety performance or .,,.
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Checking and Filling
Engine compartment overview
The most important check points.
Fig. 137 Typical location of the rese rvoir and the engine o il fil le r open ing
(D Coolant reservoir ( - L) ¢ page 162
@ Oil dipstick ¢ page 160
® Engine oil filler opening ('t:::r.) ¢page 160
© Eng ine oil label* w ith VW standard
evpage 158
® Brake f luid reservoir ((0)) ¢ page 163
® Vehicle battery(+) ¢ page 164, evpage 203
(?) Jump start point( -) w ith hex head screw
ev page 164, ev page 203
@ Washer fluid reservoir (O) ev page 165
® Fuse housing c:::> page 199
The oil dipstick (item @) and the engine oil fi ller
open ing (item @) can be located in different po­
sitions depend ing on the engine version.
_& WARNING
Read and follow all WARN INGS before check­
ing anything i n the engi ne compa rtment¢ &.
in Working in the engine compartment on
page 155 .
158
Engine oil
Engine oil specifications
The engine oil used must conform to exact speci­
fications.
The serv ice interval d isplay in the inst rumen t
cluster of your vehicle will inform you when it is
time for an o il change . We recommend that you
have your oi l changed by a n authorized Audi Se rv­
i ce Advisor.
If you must add oil betwee n oil changes, use an
oi l that matches the Audi oil quality standard
li sted on the sticker. The sticker is located at the
front of the eng ine compartment ¢
page 158,
fig. 137 .
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eng ine oil from Aud i Genuine Pa rt s
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