AUDI S3 2016 Owners Manual

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0 > co ,...., Plug -in hybrid dr ive
12 volt battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Aud i connect e-tron services . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Auxiliary climate contro l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Auxiliary heating/ a ir condit ion ing . . . . . . 122
C harg ing dock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Charg ing system PIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Cha rg ing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 12
C harg ing times . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
C limate con trol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Coolan t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 8
D riving .. .. .. .... .. .... ... .. .. .... . 100
Efficient drive mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
End ing drive ready mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Energy flow indicato r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Establishing drive ready mode . . . . . . . . . 100
EV mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103, 104
H igh-voltage battery ... ..... ... ... 98 , 12 1
High-voltage system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 3
Insert ing the fue l pump no zzle . . . . . . . . . 109
Jump starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 8
Operating mo des . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103, 104
Power availability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Power meter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Refueling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Starting the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Stat istics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Stat us d isp lays ........ ..... ... ... .. . 1 18
Sw itching the ig nition on/off . . . . . . . . . . 100
Tire mob ility kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
T ran spo rt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Ve hicl e charging connector emergency re -
l ease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
121
Vehicle sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Vehicle tool k it . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Polishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 6
Pollen filter
refer to Pollutant filte r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Pollutant fi lter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Powe r
se at adjus tment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
59
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Powe r meter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 1
Power windows
Convenience opening/closing . . . . . . . . . . .
43
Malfunct io n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Index
P regnan t women
Special considerations when wea ring a safe-
ty be lt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
181
P re heat ing
Wi th b utton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
82
with key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Pre sense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Bas ic (descr ipt ion) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
D rive r messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 38, 142
Front (des cription) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 0
Genera l information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Genera l Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
P ressure (tires) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 72
Proper occupant seat ing pos itions . . . . . . . 167
Proper safety be lt position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
P rope r seat ing position
F ront passenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
168
O ccu pants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 7
Rear passengers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Pro tecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Protection mat
refer to Reversible mat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Q
Question
What happens to unbelted occupants? . .
177
R
Radiator fan
Radio clock 246
refer to
C lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Rain/ light se nsor
Headl ights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
46
In dicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
In te rmittent (windsh ie ld w ipers) . . . . . . . . 52
Switch ing on/off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Raising the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
Range (tank contents) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Rear armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Rear lid
Escape latch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
280
also refer to
Luggage compartment lid 41
Rear light Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
25
319

Index
Rearview camera
refer to Parking systems 152,153
Rearview mirror
refer to Mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Rearview mirror dimming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Rear window defogger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Recirculation mode automatic control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
manual climate control system . . . . . . . . . . 71
Reducing fuel consumption Efficiency program. ..... ...... .. .. .. .. 31
Remote control
refer to Remote control key . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Remote control key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35, 36
Replacing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Synchronization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
unlocking/locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Repair man uals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
Repairs Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Replacement key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Replacing Light bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
Replacing windshield wiper blades . . . . . . . . 53
Replacing wiper b lades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Reporting Safety Defects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 4
Reset button (trip odometer) . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Resetting the trip odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Retract New brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Retractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Reverse (automatic transmission) . . . . . . . . . 89
Reversible mat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Right hand drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Rims . .... .. .. .. ... .......... .... .. . 269
Roof rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Loading ...... .. .. .. .. ...... .... ... .. 69
Roof weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
s
Saddlebag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Safe driving habits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Safety Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
320
Cargo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Correct seating position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Pedal area.... ... .. .. ............... 171
Safety belt pos ition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Safety belt height adjustment . . . . . . . . . 182
Safety belts worn by pregnant women . . . 181
Safety belt pretensioner Service and disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176, 179
Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Danger to passengers who do not wear a
safety belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Fastening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Height adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Improperly worn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Not worn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Safety belt position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Securing child safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Special considerat ions for pregnant wom -
en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Unfastening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Warn ing/ indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Worn properly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Safety belt warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Safety centra l locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Safety comp liance sticker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Safety equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Safety features for occupant restraint and protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Safety gu idel ines
Seat adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Safety instructions for side curtain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
for us ing ch ild safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
for using safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Monitoring the Advanced Airbag System . 198
Safety systems (indicator light) . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Screwdriver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Seat adjustment Driver 's seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Front passenger 's seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Safety guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Seat heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

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0 > co ,...., Seating position Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Front passenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
How to adjust the front seats . . . . . . . . . . 168
Incorrect seat position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Occupants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Rear passengers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Sea transport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Seats adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58, 59
Correct seating position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Folding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Seats (number) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Selective catalytic reduction
refer to Ad Blue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Selective wheel torque control . . . . . . . . . . 159
Selector lever (automatic transmission)
E mergency operat ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Service and disposal Safety belt pretensioner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Service interval display with driver information system . . . . . . . . . 252
Service position
refer to Replacing wiper blades . . . . . . . . . 53
Sett ing clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Setting date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Sett ing the temperature
automatic climate control system . . . . . . . 73
Setting time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
SE TUP (basic setting) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Shift paddles (automatic transmission) . . . . 94
Ship transport. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Short -term memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Side airbags Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
H ow they work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Side assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Adjusting the brightness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Cleaning the sensors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Sensor range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
switch ing on and
off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
also refer to Side assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Side curtain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
H ow they work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Index
Sliding/tilting sunroof
refer to Panorama roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Snow cha ins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
All wheel drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Socket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61, 62
Sources of information about child restraints
and their use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Speed limiter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Speed warning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Sport mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Stabilization program
refer to Electronic Stabilization
Control (ESC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Star button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
START ENGINE STOP button (convenience
key) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
START ENGINE STOP (convenience key) 83
Starting Hill hold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Start ing from a stop
Hill start assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Starting (engine) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Malfunction (button) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Malfunction (key) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
With button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
With key ............................ 80
Steering Electromechanical steering .......... 162, 0
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Locking steering (ignition key) . . . . . . . . . . 81
Locking the steering (button) . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Locking (ignition lock) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
also refer to Electromechanical steering 162
Steering wheel adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Buttons. ............................ 29
Mult ifunct ion steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Shift paddles (automatic transmission) . . . 94
Steps for determining correct load limit . . . 268
Stopping (engine) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
with button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
with key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Storage compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62, 63
S tronic (automatic transmission) . . . . . . . . . 89
Subwoofer ........................... 290
321

Index
Sun visors ..... .................. ..... 52
Switching daytime running lights on and off
Switching the ignition on/off (with key) .. ..
Symbols 49
80
refer
to Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
System indicator light (MIL) . . . . . . . . . . 23, 26
T
Tachometer .. .. ... ............ .... . 10, 11
TDI clean diesel
refer to Ad Blue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Technical Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Technical modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308
Temperature display
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
10
Outside tern perature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Tether anchors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Tether strap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
The first 1,000 miles (1,500 km) and after-
wards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
77
Tie-downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66, 173
Tips for the environment
Saving fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
tiptronic (automatic transmission) . . . . . . . . 94
Tire Mobility System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
280
Tire Mobility System (tire repair set) . . . . . . 281
Tire repair set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Low aspect rat io tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Repair set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Replacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Service life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Tire pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Tire pressure monitoring system ... 271,272
Tire pressure table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Tread wear indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Unidirectional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Uniform tire quality grading . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Tires and wheels
Glossary of tire and loading terminology .
255
Tires and vehicle load limits . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Tool ...... .. .. .. .. . .......... .. .. .. . 280
Torn or frayed safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Towing
Tow trucks
Towing loop
322
297
298
TPMS (tire pressure monitoring system) . . . 272
Trailer mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Trailer towing
Operating instructions. .. .. .. .... ... ..
127
Technical requirements ........... 127, 128
Transmission malfunction (indicator light) . . 95
Transport Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Travel mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Trunk
refer to Luggage compartment. . . . . . . . . . 64
Trunk lid
Trunk escape latch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
280
Turning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Turn signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
u
ULSD No. 2 (Diesel fuel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Unfastening safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Uniform tire quality grading 271
Unlocking/locking
by remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 7
with the central locking switch . . . . . . . . . .
39
with the convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
with the door lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
V
Vanity mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Vehicle
Care/cleaning .. .. .. .. ... .......... ..
274
Dimensions .. .. .. .. .. .. ........... .. 302
Out of service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
Transport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Vehicle control modules. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Vehicle identification label . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Vehicle Identification Number (VIN ) . . . . . . 301
Vehicle jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280, 286
Vehicle key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Vehicle sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Vehicle tool kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
w
Warning/indicator lights
System indicator light (MIL) . . . . . . . . . . . .
23

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0 > co ,...., Warning/Indicator lights
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
196
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Warning lights
refer to Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Warranty coverages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
Washer fluid level (indicator light) . . . . . . . . 25
Wash ing matte finish paint . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Weights. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
What happens if you wear your safety belt too
loose? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
180
What happens to unbelted occupants? . . . . 177
What impairs driving safe ty? . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Wheels ... .. .. .... .... ..... ... ... .. . 253
A ll wheel drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
C leaning . .. .. ............. .. .. .. .. . 275
Glossary of tire and loading terminology . 255
Replacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Tires and vehicle load limits . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Wheel wrench . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
When must a safety belt be replaced? . . . . 178
When must the airbag system be inspected? l96
Where are lower anchorages located? . . . . 223
Window regu lators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
W indows
Cleaning/remov ing ice ......... .. .... .
276
Windshield
cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
52
defrosting (automatic climate control sys-
tem) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
73
defrosting (manual climate control system) .7.1
also refer to Windshield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Windshield washer system .......... 52, 251
Reservoir capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
Windshield wipers
Cleaning wiper blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
53
Folding up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Replacing windshield wiper blades . . . . . . . 53
Replac ing wiper blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Sw itch ing on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Winter driving
Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
269
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Index
Winter operation
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
247
Cooling system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Windshield washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Winter tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Winter use
Car washes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 7 4
defrosting the windshield (automat ic cli-
mate control system) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
73
Removing ice from windows . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Seat heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
X
Xenon-Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
Xenon headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46, 49
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