service interval AUDI S3 SEDAN 2015 User Guide

Consumer information
Consumer information
Warranty coverages
Your Audi is covered by the following warran­
ties:
- New Vehicle Limited Warranty
- Limited Warranty Against Corrosion Perfora-
tion
- Emissions Control System Warranty
- Emissions Performance Warranty
- California Emissions Control Warranty (USA
vehicles only)
- California Emissions Performance Warranty
(USA vehicles only)
Detailed information regarding your warranties
can be found in your
Warranty & Maintenance
booklet .
Operating your vehicle
outside the U.S.A. or
Canada
Government regulations in the United States and
Canada require that automobiles meet specific
emission regulations and safety standards.
Therefore, vehicles built for the U.S.A. and Cana­
da differ from vehicles sold in other countr ies.
If you plan to take your veh icle outside the conti­
nenta l limits of the United States or Canada,
there is the possibility that:
- unleaded fuels for vehicles with catalytic con­
verter may not be available;
- fuel may have a considerably lower octane rat ­
ing . Improper fuel may cause engine damage;
- serv ice may be inadequate due to lack of proper
serv ice facilities , tools or testing equipment;
- r eplacement parts may not be readily available .
- Nav igat ion systems for vehicles built for the
U.S.A. and Canada will not necessar ily work in
Europe, and may not work in othe r countries
outside North America .
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(D Note
Aud i cannot be responsib le for mechanical
damage that could result from inadequate
fuel, service or parts availability.
Audi Service Repair
Manuals and Literature
Audi Offic ial Factory Service Manuals and Litera­
ture are published as soon as possible after mod­
el introduction. Service manuals and literature
are available to order from the Audi Technical Lit ­
erat ure Ordering Center at:
www.audi.techliterature .com
Maintenance
General '
Your vehicle has been designed to help keep
maintenance requirements to a m inimum. How­
ever, a certain amount of regular maintenance is
still necessary to assure your veh icle's safety,
economy and reliability. For deta iled vehicle
maintenance consult your Warranty & Mainte­
nance booklet .
Under difficult operating conditions, for exam­
ple at extremely low outs ide temperatures, in
very dusty regions, when towing a trailer very fre­
quently , etc., some service work should be per­
formed between the intervals specified. This ap­
plies particularly to:
- oil changes, and
- cleaning or replacing the air filter .
'
@) For the sake of the environment
By regularly maintaining your veh icle, you
help make sure that emission standards are
maintained, thus minimizing adverse effects
on the environment.
Important considerations for you and your
vehicle
The increasing use of electronics, sophisticated
fuel injection and emission control systems , and
the generally increasing technical comp lexity of
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Index
Safety features for occupant restraint and
protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Safety guidelines Seat adjustment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S3
Safety instructions for side curta in airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
for using child safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
fo r using safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Monitoring the Advanced Airbag System . 162
Safety systems (indicator light) . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Screwdriver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Seat adjustment Driver's seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Fr ont passenger's seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Safety guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Seat heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Seating position Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Front passenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
How to adjust the front seats . . . . . . . . . . 132
Incorrect seat posit ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Occupants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Rear passengers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Seats
adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54, 55
Correct seating posit ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Folding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Seats (number) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Selective catalytic reduction
refer to Ad Blue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Select ive wheel torque control . . . . . . . . . . 123
Selector lever (automatic transmission)
Emergency operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Service and disposal Safety belt pretensioner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Service interval display
w ith driver information system . . . . . . . . . 212
Setting the clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Setting the date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Sett ing the temperature
automatic climate control system . . . . . . . 67
Setting the time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
SETUP (basic settings) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Shift paddles (automat ic transm iss ion) . . . . 87
Short-term memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
276
Side airbags
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Howtheywork ... .. ................. 168
Side assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Adjusting the brightness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Cleaning the sensors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Sensor range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
switching on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
also refer to Side assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Side curtain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
How they work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Sliding/tilting sunroof
refer to Panorama sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
All wheel drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Socket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Sources of information about child restraints
and their use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Speed limiter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Speed warning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Sport mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Stabilization program
refer to Electronic Stabilization
Control (ESC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Star button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
START ENGINE STOP button (conven ience
key) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
START ENGINE STOP (convenience key) . . . . . 76
Start ing
Hill ho ld . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Starting from a stop Hill start assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Starting (engine) Malfunction (button) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Malfunction (key) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
With button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7S
With key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Steering Electromechanical steering .......... 126, 0
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Locking steering (ignition key) . . . . . . . . . . 74
Locking the steering (button) . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Locking (mechanical ignition lock) . . . . . . . 73
also refer to Electromechanical steering . 126