parking brake AUDI S3 SEDAN 2015 Owner's Manual

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Loosening and tightening the wheel bolts
The wheel bolts must be loosened before raising
the vehicle.
Fig . 177 Changing a wheel: loosening the whee l bo lts
Loosening
... Slid e the wheel wren ch onto the wheel bolt as
far as it will go .
... Take tight hold of the
end of the wrench handle
and turn the wheel bolts
counter-clockwise
about one single turn in the direction of arrow
r:=>fig. 177.
Tightening
... Slide the wheel wrench onto the whee l bolt as
far as it will go .
... Take tight hold of the
end of the wrench handle
and turn each whee l bolt
clockwise until it is
seated.
A WARNING
- Do not use force or hurry when changing a
wheel -you can ca use the vehicle to sl ip off
the jack and cause serious personal injuries.
-Do not loose n the wheel bolts more than
one turn
before you raise the vehicle with
the jack. -You risk an injury.
(D Tips
-Never use the hexagonal socket in the han­
dle of the screwdriver to loosen or tighten
the wheel bolts.
- If a whee l bolt is very tight, you may find it
easier to loosen by carefully pushing down
on the end of the wheel bolt wrench with
one foot only . As you do so, hold on to the
Emergen cy assistance
car to keep your balance and take ca re not
to slip .
Raising the vehicle
The vehicle must be lifted with the jack first be­
fore the wheel can be removed .
Fig. 178 Sill panels: marking s
Fig. 179 Sill: pos itio ning the vehicle jack
... Engage the parking brake to prevent your vehi­
cle from rolling unintent ionally .
... Move the
selector lever to position P .
... Find the marking (imprint) on the sill that is
nea rest the wheel that will be changed
q fig. 178. Behind the marking, there is a lift­
ing point on the sill for the vehicle jack.
... Vehicles with a si ll: Note the position of the sill
when position ing the vehicle jack
q fig. 179.
... Place the vehicle jack (vehicle tool k it) on a firm
surface. Use a flat, stable support if necessary.
On a slippery surface such as tile, you should
use a non-slip pad (such as a rubber mat) .
... Turn the
vehicle jack located under the lifting
point on the sill to ra is e the jack u ntil its arm@
Q fig. 179 is located under the designated plas­
tic mount
q .&., q(j) _
... Align the jack so that its arm @ c:::> fig. 179 en­
gages in the designated lifting point in the door
sill and the movable base @ lies flat on the ..,.
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-Some of the equipment listed in the follow­
ing tables applies only to certain model
versions or certain opt ional equ ipment.
Interior fuse ass ignment
F ig. 186 Vehicle interior: fuse assignment
No. Equipment
Fl Engine components
F2 Seat
adjustment
F3 Hydraulic pump cover (Cabriolet)
F4 MM
controls, MMI-components
FS Gateway
F6 Anti-theft
alarm system
Climate/heati ng control, selector lever
F7 (automat ic transm ission), parking heater,
rear window heater relay coil
Diagnosis, electromechanical parking
F8 brake switch, light switch, rain/light sen-
sor, interior lighting
F9 Steering column switch module
FlO Display
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Fll Reversible
driver's side safety belt tension-
ers
F12 MMI area
F13 Adapt ive dampers control module
No.
Fl4
FlS
Fl6
F 1 7
F18
F19
F20
F23
F 24
F 25
F 26
F27
F28
F29
F 31
F32
F 33
F34
F3S
F 36
F37
F 39
F 40
F 41
F42
F43
F 44
Fu ses a nd bulb s
Equipment
Climate control system blower
Electronic steering co lumn lock
MMI area
Instrument cluster
Rearview camera
Conv ince key system control mod ule, tank
system
Tank system
Exterior lighting, heated washer fluid noz-
zles
Panorama sunroof/ power top control
module, power top latch (Cabriolet)
Door/driver 's side doors (for example pow-
er windows)
Se at heating
Sound-amplifier
Power top control modu le, electronics
(Cab riolet)
Inter ior light ing
E xterior lighting
Driver assistance systems
Airbag
Button illumination, coils for upper cabin
heating relay (Cab riolet) and socket relay,
i nte rior sound, back- up light sw itch, tern-
perature sensor, oi l level sensor
Diagnosis, headlight range control system,
a ir quality sensor, automatic d imming
rearview m irror
Right cornering light/ right LED-headlight
Left cornering light/ left LED-headlight
Door/front passenger's side doors (for ex-
ample, power windows)
Sockets Reversible front passenger's side safety
belt tensioners
Central locking components, windshield
washer system
Head lights, l ight ing
a ll wheel drive
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When jump starting or charging the battery,
never connect the negative ground cable to
the battery negat ive post because the battery
manager system must be able to detect the
battery's state of charge. Always connect the
negative g round cab le to the negative ground
post of the battery manager control unit.
Using jump start cables
Connect the jump start cables in the exact order
described below.
Fig. 188 Engine compa rtment: connectors for jump start
cables and a charger
Fig. 189 Ju m p sta rting the battery with anot her veh icle:
@ -drained battery, @-starter battery
The battery is located to the left in the eng ine
compartment.
Do not jump start a frozen or
thawed battery
c> A in Starting with jumper ca­
bles on page
252! Replace the battery. The pro­
cedure for connecting jump start cables that is
described next is designed to help jump start
your veh icle.
Vehicle with drained battery: .. Read the following carefullyc>
page 252
.. Set the parking brake and place the selector
lever in the P position .
Emergency situations
.. Turn the ignition and electrica l equipment off
in both vehicles.
Connecting the negative terminal(-) to the
negative terminal(-) (black)
.. To reach the battery terminals, flip the battery
cover cap to the side
c> fig . 188 .
1. Clamp the end of the red jump start cable to
the terminal © c>
fig. 189 on the dead bat­
tery ®
¢0) in Starting with jumper cables
on page 252 .
2. Clamp the other end of the red jump start ca­
ble to the terminal@on the charging bat­
tery @.
Connect NEGATIVE (-) to NEGATIVE (-)
(black)
3 . Clamp the black end of the jump start cable
preferably at the ground point , or on the
negative term inal @ on the charg ing battery
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4. Clamp the other black end of the jump start
cable
only on the ground point@) on your
vehicle ®
¢(D.
5. Route the jump start cab les so they cannot
get caught in the moving parts in the engine
compartment .
Starting the engine
6. Start the engine in the vehicle giving the
charge and let it run at idle.
7. Start the engine in the vehicle with the dead
battery and wait two to three minutes until it
"runs smoothly" .
8. If the engine does not start: stop the starting
procedure after
10 seconds and then repeat
it after approximately
30 seconds .
9. In the vehicle that is being jump started,
switch the heater fan and rear window de ­
froster on to reduce any voltage peaks that
may occur when disconnecting the jumper ca­
bles. The headlights must be switched off .
10. With the engines running, remove the cables
in
reverse orde r of the way they were instal­
led . Make sure the cables do not get caught
in moving eng ine components .
11. Switch the heater fan and rear w indow de­
froster off .
12 . Close the battery cover .
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Audi drive select
refer to Drive select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Aud i magnetic ride
refer to Adaptive dampers . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Aud i Service Repair Manuals and Literature 262
Aud i side assist
refer to Side assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
AUTO
Automatic climate control system . . . . . . . 66
Automatic headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Auto Lock (central locking system) . . . . . . . . 34
Automatic belt retractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Automatic climate control system
refer to Climate control system (automatic) .66
Automatic headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Automatic post-collision braking system . . 123
Automatic transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Driving tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Emergency mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Hill descent control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Ignition key safety interlock . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Kick-down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 7
Launch Control-Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
83
Selector lever emergency release . . . . . . . . 89
Selector lever lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Selector lever pos it ions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Shifting manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Steer ing whee l w ith shift paddles . . . . . . . . 87
S tronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
tiptronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Automatic wipe/wash system . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Auto Safety Hotline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Auxiliary heater (vehicles w ith diese l eng ines) .69
Average consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Average speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
B
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Charge level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Charging ... .. .............. ... .. 19,210
Energy management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Important warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Jump starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
L ocat ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Index
Replacing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Winter operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Working on the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Before driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Belt tens ioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
B lended gasol ine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
B lower
automatic Climate control system . . . . . . . 67
Manual climate control system . . . . . . . . . . 65
Boost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Booster seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Boost pressu re indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Brake fluid Changing the brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Checking the brake fluid level . . . . . . . . . . 207
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Brake assist system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Brake booster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Indicator ligh t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
New brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Brake system Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 7
Brake fluid specifications for refill and re­
placement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Fluid reservoir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Worn brake pads symbol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Braking Emergency braking function . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Starting on inclines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Break-in per iod . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Breaking in New t ires ..... .. ............. .... .. 221
Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
C
California Proposition 65 Warning . . . . . . . 199
Battery specific . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Capacities AdBlue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Fuel tank. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Washer fluid reservoir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
olso refer to Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Cargo area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
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Index
On-Board Diagnostic System (OBD) Data Link Connector (DLC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Electronic speed lim iter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Opening. .. .. .. .. .... .. ... .... .. .. .. .. 33
F ue l filler door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Luggage compartment lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Panorama sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Windows .. .. .... ........... .. .. .... 40
Opening/closing with the central locking switch . . . . . . . . . . 3 7
with the convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
with the door lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 7
Othe r equipment (eff iciency program) . . . . . 30
Outside temperature display . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Overview (Cockpit)
Owner's Literature
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Paint damage ..............
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237
Paint No. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Panorama sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Conven ience opening/closing . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Emergency closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Parking aid Cleaning sensors/camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Emergency braking function . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Power supply fa ilure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Setting/releasing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Starting from a stop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
also refer to Parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Parking light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Parking system Adjusting the display/warning tone . . . . . 121
Cleaning the rearview camera . . . . . . . . . . 118
Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Parking system plus .. ...... .... ... .. . 116
Peripheral display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Rearview camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
a/sorefertoPark ingsystems ... .. . 116,117
Parking systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Rear parking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Parking (automatic transmission) . . . . . . 84, 85
274 particulate
filter
refer to Diesel particu late filter . . . . . . . . 195
Parts replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Pass-through . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
PASSENGER A IR BAG OFF light . . . . . . . . . . 160
Pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Peripheral display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Physical principles of a frontal collision . . . 141
Polishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Pollen filter
refer to Pollutant filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Pollutant filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Power seat adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Windows . .. .. .. .. .. ........ ..... .. . 40
Power windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Convenience opening/closing . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Pregnant women Special considerations when wearing a safe-
ty belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Preheating With button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
with key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Pre sense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Basic (description) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Driver messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102, 106
Front (description) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
General information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Pressure (tires) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Proper occupant seating positions . . . . . . . 131
Proper safety belt position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Proper seating posit ion
Front passenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Occupants. .... .. .. .. ............. .. 131
Rear passengers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Protecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Protection mat
refer to Reversible mat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Q
Question
What happens to unbelted occupants? . . 141

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Radiator fan
Radio clock 206
refer to Clock
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Rain/light sensor
Headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Intermittent (windshield wipers) . . . . . . . . 49
Sw itching on/off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Raising the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Range (tank contents) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Rear armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Rear lid
refer to luggage compartment lid . . . . . . . 39
Rear light
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Rearview camera
refer to Parking systems 116,117
Rearview mirror
refer to Mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Rearview mirror dimming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Rear window defogger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Recirculation mode
automatic control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
manual climate control system . . . . . . . . . . 65
Reducing fue l consumption
Efficiency program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Remote control
refer to Remote control key . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Remote control key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33, 34
Replacing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Synch ron izat ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
u nl ocking/locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Repair manuals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Repairs Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Replacement key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Replacing Light bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Replacing windshield wiper blades . . . . . . . . 50
Report ing Safety Defects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Reset button (tr ip odometer) . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Resetting the tr ip odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Retract New brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Ind ex
Retractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Reve rse (automatic transmission) . . . . . . . . . 82
Reversible mat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Right hand dr ive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Rims ......... ... .. ................. 229
Roof rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Load ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Roof weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
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Saddlebag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Safe drivi ng habits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Safety Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Cargo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Co rrect seating position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Pedal a rea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Safety be lt pos ition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Safety belt height adjustment . . . . . . . . . 146
Safety be lts worn by pregnant women 145
Safety be lt pretensioner
Serv ice and disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Safety be lts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 40, 143
Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
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Danger to passengers who do not wear a
safety belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Fastening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Height ad justment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Improperly wo rn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Indicator lig ht . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Not worn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Sa fe ty be lt pos ition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Safety instr uctions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Securing child safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Special considerations for pregnant wom-
en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Unfastening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Warning/ind icator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Worn properly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Safety be lt warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Safety centra l locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Safety compliance sticker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Safety eq uipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
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