beam AUDI S3 SEDAN 2018 User Guide

e-tron
for the high voltage battery can lead to seri­
ous damage and/or a decrease of the capacity
void coverage under the New Vehicle Limited
Warranty.
Starting/driving the vehicle
A pp lies to: ve hicles w ith plug- in hybrid drive
The vehicle is started and stopped with the
IS TAR T ENGINE STOP I button . Please also read
the information under
Q page 76, Starting the
engine.
Establishing drive ready mode
See Q .& in Introduction on page 92.
Requirement: a charging cable must not be con­
nected to the vehicle
Qpage 115 and the selec ­
tor lever must be in the "P" or
"N" position.
- Press the brake peda l.
- Press th e
I START ENGINE STOPI button .
When the veh icle enters drive ready mode, the
status message
e-tron READY appears briefly in
the instrument cluster display and the needle in
the powe r meter points to
READY Q page 95.
Driving
The vehicle starts with the electr ic motor after
establishing the dr ive ready mode and if the con­
ditions for electric drive mode have been met
Qpage98.
The cond itions to drive are essentially the same
as for the automat ic transmission
Q page 83 .
You and your passengers should anticipate the
possibility of a sporty acceleration.
Ending drive ready mode
- Place the selector lever in the P position.
- Switch the ign ition off with the
I START ENGINE STOP ! button.
Vehicle sound1>
The vehicle generates an electronic engine sound
so that you r vehicle can be heard from the out­
side when in electr ic drive mode. The veh icle
l) Not available in all markets.
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sound automatically fades out at higher speeds
when the sounds from the tires and wind start in­
creasing .
Switching the ignition on/off
You can switch the ignition on without establish­
in g drive ready mode.
- To switch the ign ition on or off, press the
!START ENGINE STOPI button. Do not press the
brake pedal while do ing this.
When the ignition is switched on, the needle
stays pointed at
OFF CD Q page 95, fig. 98 or
OFF is displayed CD~ page 95, fig. 98.
No indicator lights stay turned on when the igni­
tion is switched off.
Ignition is switched off automatically
To prevent the vehicle battery from draining, the
i gnition will switch off automatically under the
follow ing cond it ions:
- The vehicle has already been driven.
- The vehicle is stationary.
- The gasoline engine is not runn ing.
- The driver's door is opened.
- The driver's safety belt is unbuckled .
- The brake pedal is not pressed.
In this case, the activated low beam is replaced
by the parking light. The message
Side marker
lights will switch off automatically in 30 mi­
nutes. See owner 's manual
appears in the instru­
ment cluster display . The parking lights will
switch off after approximately 30 minutes or
when you lock the veh icle.
If the gasoline engine was not stopped, the mo­
tor continues running and the ignition does not
automat ically switch off
Q & .
A WARNING
To reduce the risk of poisoning, never allow
the engine to run in confined spaces .
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Index
Floor mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Foldi ng the rea r seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65, 66
Foot pedals .. .. .. ............. .... .. . 254
For the sake of the enviro nment
E nvi ronme nta lly -fr iendly driv ing . . . . . . . .
73
Leaks. ... ...... ... .. ..... ... .. .. ... 3 19
Roof rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Fr ee tex t sea rc h . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 2
Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 1
Radio ... ...... ... .. ..... ... .. .. ... 2 19
Telephone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Fr ee ze protection
Coolan t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
324
Frequency band . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 18 , 221
Front airbags
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
273
How t hey wo rk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
Fr on ta l co llisions and the laws of p hys ics . . 261
Front center armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Front passenger 's door emergency release . . 36
Front seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
A dju sting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 51
Ch ild restraints in the front seat . . . . . . . . 270
Fue l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 14
Add it ives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 14
B lended gasoline 3 14
Curre nt cons umption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 , 18
Fue l g auge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10, 12
Fue l tank capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382
Gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 14
Gasoline additives ............ .... .. . 315
Saving fue l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Fue lin g
F ue l fi ller door emergency release . . . . . .
3 17
Fue l gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2
Fue l tank capac ity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382
Opening the fuel fille r door . . . . . . . . . . . . 315
Fue l shu t-off d uring dece lera tion . . . . . . . . . 73
Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371
G
Garment hooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Gas discharge lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373
392
Gasoline 314
Octane rating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314
Recommendat ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314
GAWR
refer to Gross Axle Weig ht Ra ting (GAWR) 3 .82
G lossary of t ire and loading term inology . . 333
Glove compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
G mete r
refer to Sport displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Gross Axle We ight Rati ng (GAWR) . . . . . . . 382
Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR)
GVWR
refer to Gross Vehicle Weight
382
Rat ing (GVWR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 82
H
Handsfree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 7
Head light range control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Head lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355
Head light range contro l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
He ad rest rain ts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Adjus ting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
61, 252
Removing a nd insta lling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Heated
Exte rior m irro rs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
53
Rear w indow (au toma tic climate con trol sys -
tem) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
70
Seats (automatic climate contro l system) . 70
Washer fluid nozz les . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Heating/ven tilation system
Adjus ting the air ven ts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
71
Heavy cloth ing and safety be lts . . . . . . . . . . 263
Hex socket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360
Hig h-voltage batte ry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Charg ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Hig h beams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SO
H. h b . 1g earn ass istant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SO
Hill descent control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
87
Hill ho ld assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
also refer to Hill hold assis t . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Hold ass ist (hill) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Home address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203, 207
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

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How are child restraint system anchors re lat -
ed to chi ld safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308
H ow many airbags does my vehicle have? . . 2 76
H ow safety belt pretensioners work . . . . . . 267
I
Ignition
Establishing drive ready mode (plug-in hy-
brid drive) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Switching on/off (plug-in hybrid drive) . . . 94
Sw itching on/off (us ing the button) . . . . . . 76
Sw itch ing on/off (us ing the key) . . . . . . . . . 75
Imba lance (wheels) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339
I mmobilizer
refer
to Electronic immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . 32
Important things to do before driving . . . . 249
Importing and exporting (contacts) . . . . . . 187
I mproperly worn safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
A irbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 1
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Indicator lights (plug-in hybrid drive) . . . . . . 96
I nfant seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
Input Using the MMI touch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Using the speller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Input level (media) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
I nspection interval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328
Install ing the upper tether strap on the an-
chorage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
Instrument cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Plug -in hybrid dr ive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Instruments Adjusting illumination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
I nterior lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Internet refer
to Audi connect (Infotainment) . . . . 190
Internet radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
I nterva l mode (w indshie ld w ipers) . . . . . . . . 55
iPhone refer
to Audi music interface . . . . . . . 229, 230
iTunes tagging ................. ..... . 218
Index
J
Jukebox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Jump start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Jump starting . .. .. ............... 102,375
K
Key......... ....... ................ .. 32
Key not recognized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Key recognition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Kick-down (automatic transmission) . . . . . . . 88
Knee a irbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
How they work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
Important safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . 287
L
Lane assist
refer to Audi active lane assist . . . . . . . . . 133
Lap timer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
LATCH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
Installing a child restraint............ . 310
Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
Mounting and releasing the anchorage
hook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310
Launch control program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Leather care and cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357
Left control button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Licensing agreements (MMI) . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Lifting jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366
Light/rain sensor Automatic headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Switching the rain sensor on/off. . . . . . . . . 55
Lighting Exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Interior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Interior/read ing lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Listening to music
refer to Media ... .. ............. 223, 232
Load....... .. .. .. .. ............... .. 382
Locking/unlocking
refer to Unlock ing/ locking ....... 31, 33, 34
Low beam headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
393