AUDI S3 SEDAN 2015 Owners Manual
Manufacturer: AUDI, Model Year: 2015, Model line: S3 SEDAN, Model: AUDI S3 SEDAN 2015Pages: 282, PDF Size: 71.14 MB
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Owner's Manual
2015 Audi A3 Sedan I S3 Sedan
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2015 Audi A3 Sedan
2015 Audi 53 Sedan
Foreword
Thank you for choosing an Audi -we · value your trust in us.
Your new Audi will allow you to experience the best in groundbreaking technolo
gy and premium quality equipment a vehicle has to offer. We recommend that
you read your Owner's Manual thoroughly so that you quickly become acquaint ed with your Audi and make use of all of its features .
In addition to explaining how the different features work, we provide many use
ful tips and information concerning your safety, how to care for your vehicle and
how to maintain your vehicle's value. We also give you useful tips and informa
tion on how to drive your vehicle more efficiently and in an environmentally
friendly manner .
In the Owner's Manual, you will also find the Operating Manual for your Info
tainment system and the vehicle maintenance schedule.
We hope you enjoy driving your Audi and we wish you safe and pleasant motor ing.
AUDIAG
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Table of contents
Owner's Literature
About this Owner's Manual ... .. .
Cockpi t ... ...... ........... .. .. .. .
Cockpi t overview .......... .. .. .. .
Controls at a g lance . ..... ... .. .. .. .. .
Instrument s and indicator lights
Instruments .. .. ........... .. .. .. .. .
I ndicator ligh ts .... ..... ... .. .. .. .. .
On-Board Diagnostic system (OBD) ..... .
Driver inform ation system ..... .
Overview ..... .. ... .. ..... ... .. .. .. .
Operation . ..... .. . .. ..... ... .. .. .. .
Boost indicator .... ........... .. .. .. .
Efficiency program ............ .. .. .. .
Lap t imer a nd engine oil temperature
i n dicator . .. .... .......... ...... ... .
Start and drive .............. .. .. .
Opening and clo sing ...... .. .. .. .
Centra l locking .. .............. ... .. .
L uggage compa rtment lid .. .. .. .. .. .. .
Ch ild safety loc k ... ......... .. .. .. .. .
P ower windows . ............. .. .. .. .
P anorama s unroof .. ..... ... .. .. .. .. .
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Light and Vi sion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Exterior lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 3
Interior lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
V1s1on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 7
W indshield wipers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Dig ita l compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Seats and storage ....... .. .. ... . .
General information .......... .. .. .. .
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Front seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
H ead rest raints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Socket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
S to rag e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
L uggage compa rtmen t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Roof rac k . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Warm and cold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Climate con trol sy stem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 4
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Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
General information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Econom ica l and envi ronmentally-friendly
driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Starting and stopp ing the engine
(ve hicles w ith an ign ition lock) . . . . . . . . . 73
Start ing and stopp ing the engine
(ve hicl es w ith a convenience key) . . . . . . . 75
Drive r messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 7
E lectromechanica l pa rking brake . . . . . . . 78
Hill ho ld . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Automatic tran smission . . . . . . . . . 82
S troni c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 2
Trailer mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Driving with a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Trai ler mode notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Driver assi stance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 4
Assi st .. .. .. .... .. .. ... .. ..... ... .. 94
E lectronic speed limiter* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Speed warning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Cruise contro l system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Audi adaptive cruise control . . . . . . . . . . .
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Audi pre sense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
General informa tion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Audi pr e sense bas ic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Audi pre se nse front. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 4
Driver messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Audi active lane assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Audi s ide ass ist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
A udi drive select (d rive settings) . . . . . . . . 112
Parking systems
General information
Rear par king system
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Parking system pl us. .. ........... .. .. 116
Rearv iew camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
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Adjusting the disp lay and the warning
tones .... .. .. .. .... .... ... .. .. .... . 121
Error messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Intelligent Technology . . . . . . . . . . 122
Notice about data recorded by the Event
Data Recorder and vehicle cont rol
modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Electronic stabilization control (ESC) . . . . 123
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Electromechanical steering . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
All wheel drive (quatt ro) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
En ergy management 128
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Driving safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Correct passenger seating positions..... 131
Driver's and front passenger's footwe ll . . 13 5
Pedal area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Storing cargo correct ly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Reporting Safety Defects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Safety belt s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
General notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Why use safety belts? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Belt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Airb ag sy stem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Important information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Front airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Monito ring the Advanced Airbag System . 160
Knee airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Side curtain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Child safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
I mportant information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Child seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Securing child seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
LATCH system (Lower anchorages and
tethers for children) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Additional information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
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Maintenance and Care . . . . . . . . . . .
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Checking and Filling . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Diesel f uel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Refueling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Catalytic co nverter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
D ie sel particulate filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Selective catalytic reduction . . . . . . . . . . . 195
En gine compartm ent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Eng ine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 1
Cooling system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Windshield washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Serv ice interval display
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Tires and wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Tire pressure monitoring system . . . . . . . 232
Care and cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
General information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23S
Car washes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23S
Cleaning and care information 236
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Emergency assistance . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Luggage compartment lid emergency
re lease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
General informat ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Equipm ent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Replacing wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Spare tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Fu se s and bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
El ectrica l fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 8
Bulbs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Emergency situation s . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Starting by pushing or towing . . . . . . . . . . 252
Starting with jumper cables . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Using jump start cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Towing with a tow truck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Raising the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
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Technical Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Vehicle identificat ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Capac ities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Gasoline engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
D iesel engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Consumer information . . . . . . . . . . 262
Warranty coverages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Operating your vehicle outside the U.S.A.
or Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Audi Service Repair Manuals and Literature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
M aintenance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Accessories and technical changes . . . . . . 264
Declaration of Compliance,
Te lecommunication and E lectronic
Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Index ... .. .. ................. .. ... 266
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In addition to t his Owner's Man ual , your A udi
comes w ith the
- MM I Operating In str uction s
- W arranty
& Maintenanc e boo klet.
If you are m iss ing one of these p ublicat io ns, or if
you beli eve that the information is not complete,
contact your author ized A udi dealer for assis
tanc e.
MMI Operating Instructions
contain detailed description of the Aud i M ulti
Media I nterface (MMI) including t he nav igation
system , the sou nd system and the hand held
phone.
The Warranty & Maintenance booklet
e x plains how yo u can keep your A udi i n top driv
i n g cond ition by having it serviced regu larly and
contains detailed inf ormation about the war ran
ties cove ring your Audi. Always have the booklet
w ith you w hen you ta ke your v ehicl e to an autho r
iz ed A udi dealer for service. Yo ur Audi Se rv ice Ad
v isor w ill record ea ch sc he du led se rv ic e an d ca n
a nswer any ques tions yo u m ay h ave reg arding
h ow to maintain your vehicle.
In Canada,
the v eh icl e li teratu re is also availab le in Fren ch.
To ob ta in a copy, co nt ac t yo ur deale r or write to:
Au Canada, on peut se procure r un exemp la ire e n
fran~ais de ce doc ume nt aupres du concession
n a ir e ou de:
Aud i Canada
Clie nt Assistance
Assistanc e a la Cli entel e
777 Bayly S tre et, West,
A jax, On tario L lS 7G 7
If you sell your Audi
all literature should be left in the ve hicle to make
the War ranty terms as well as all operating, safe
ty and mai nte nance informa tion ava ilab le to the
next owner .
Owner's Literature
If you change your address or if you bought
this Aud i used
b e s ure to send in a "Notice of Address C hange"/
"Not ice of Used Car P urchase" post card . T hi s
ca rd ca n be found in the Warranty
& Maintena nce
booklet or obtai ned from you r authorized Aud i
dealer .
It is in your own interest that we are able to
contact you should the need arise .
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About this Owner's Manual
This manual contains important information,
tips, suggestions and warnings for using your ve h icle.
Keep th is manual in your veh icle at all times. Th is
is especially important if you loan your vehicle to
others or sell it.
This owner's manua l describes the
equipment
range
specified for this mode l at the tim e of
printing. Individua l equipment options described
may only be available at a later date or may only
be offered in certain countries.
Some sect ions in this manua l do not apply to all
vehicles. When this is the case, the beginning of
the section indicates the
validity, for example
"Applies to vehicles: with auxiliary heating". Op
tional or vehicle-specific equipment is a lso identi
fied with an asterisk"*".
The
illustrations are designed as a general guide
and on your vehicle may look slight ly different
than what is illustrated.
There is a
Table of Contents at the beginning of
this owner's manua l that lists all of the topics
covered in this book in the order that they ap
pear. There is also an alphabetical
Inde x at the
end of this owner's manual.
All
directions, such as "left", "right", "front" and
"rear", are based on the vehicle's direction of
travel.
* Optiona l or vehicle -specific equipment
.,._ The section continues on the next page.
~ .&. Cross reference to a "WARNI NG"within a
section. If a page number is indicated, the
WARNING is located outs ide of the sect ion.
&, WARNING
Text with this symbol contains information
about safety and how to reduce the risk of se
rious persona l injury or death.
([) Note
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Text with this symbol contains information
about reducing the risk of damage to your ve
hicle.
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® For the sake of the environment
Text with this symbo l contains information on
protecting the environment.
@ Tips
Text with this symbo l contains additional use
ful information.
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Cockpit overview
Cockpit overview
Controls at a glance
Fig. 1 Cockpit : left sect ion
Fig. 2 Cockpit: right sect ion
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