air suspension AUDI S3 SEDAN 2018 Owners Manual

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action is entered in your Audi Warranty &
Maintenance booklet under
AIRBAG RE­
PLACEMENT RECORD.
- Applies to plug-in hybrid* vehicles: In the
event of a collision where the airbags de­
ploy, the electrical connection to the high
voltage battery is automatically disconnect­
ed. This prevents a short c ircuit.
@) For the sake of the environment
Undeployed airbag modules and pretension­
ers might be classified as Perchlorate Materi­
al - special handling may apply, see
www.dtsc.ca.gov/hazardouswaste/perchlo­
rate. When the vehicle or parts of the re­
straint system including airbag modules and
safety belts with pretensioners are scrapped,
all applicable laws and regulations must be
observed. Your authorized Audi dealer is fa­
miliar with these requirements and we recom­
mend that you have your dealer perform this
service for you.
Other things that can affect Advanced
Airbag performance
Changing the vehicle's suspension system can
change the way that the Advanced Airbag System
performs in a crash. For example, using tire-rim
combinations not approved by Audi, lowering the
vehicle, changing the stiffness of the suspension, including the springs , suspension struts, shock
absorbers etc. can change the forces that are
measured by the airbag sensors and sent to the
electronic control unit . Some suspension changes
can, for example, increase the force levels meas­
ured by the sensors and make the airbag system
deploy in crashes in which it would not deploy if
the changes had not been made. Other kinds of
changes may reduce the force levels measured by
the sensors and prevent the airbag from deploy­
ing when it should.
A WARNING
Changing the vehicle's suspension including
use of unapproved tire-rim combinations can
change Advanced Airbag performance and in-
.
Airbag system
crease the risk of serious personal injury in a
crash.
- Never install suspension components that
do not have the same performance charac­
teristics as the components originally instal­ led on your vehicle.
- Never use tire-rim combinations that have
not been approved by Audi.
Knee airbags
Description of knee airbags
Applies to: vehicles with knee airbags
The knee airbag system can provide supplemen­
tal protection to properly restrained front seat
occupants.
Fig. 240 Driver 's knee airbag
The driver knee airbag is in the instrument panel
underneath the steering
wheel¢ fig. 240, the
airbag for the passenger is at about the same
height in the instrument panel underneath the
glove compartment.
The knee airbag offers additional protection to
the driver's and passenger's knees and upper and
lower thigh areas and supplements the protec­
t ion provided by the safety belts.
If the front airbags deploy, the knee airbags also
deploy in frontal collisions when the deployment
threshold stored in the control unit is met
¢ page 2 79, More important things to know
about front airbags .
In addition to their normal safety function, safe­
ty belts help keep the driver or front passenger in
posit ion in a frontal collision so that the airbags
can provide supplemental protection .
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No. Equipment
F49 Clutch sensor (relay 1+2),
high-voltage
battery, power electronics
F52 Control module for suspension control
F53 Rear window defogger
The power seats* are protected via
circuit break­
ers
that automatically switch on after a few sec­
onds after the overload has been reduced.
Fuse assignment -engine compartment
Fig. 299 Engine compartme nt: fuse assignment
No. Equipment
Fl Electronic Stabilization Control (ESC)
F2 Electronic Stabilization Control (ESC)
F3 Engine control module
Eng ine components, engine cooling, aux-
F4 iliary heater co il relay (1+4+7), secondary
air inject ion pump relay
FS Engine components, fue
l tank system
(diesel), CNG cut-off va lve
F6 Brake light switch
F7 Eng
ine components, water pumps, tank
system (gasoline engine)
FB Heat oxygen sensor
Fuses and bulbs
No. Equipment
F9 Engine
components, exhaust door, glow
time control module (relay 6)
F lO Fuel control module, fuel pump
F ll Auxiliary
heater heating element 2, en-
gine components, secondary air pump
F12 Auxiliary
heater heating element 3, vac-
uum pump
F13 Automat ic transmission
F lS Horn
F16 Ign
it ion coil (relay 8), power and control
electronics
F17 E
lectroni c Stabilization Control (ESC), en-
gine control module (relay S)
F18 Terminal
30 (voltage reference), battery
monitoring
Fl9 Windshield wipers
F20 Anti-theft alarm system
F22 Terminal
SO diagnos is, engine control
module
F23 Starter
F24 Auxiliary
heater heating element 1, brake
booster
F 31 Vacuum pump, water pump, high pres-
sure pump, fuel injectors
F33 Brake
pressure reservoir, recuperation,
transmission fluid pump
F34 Brake booster
F 35 A/C function
relay
F37 Parking heater
Bulbs
Replacing light bulbs
For your safety, we recommend that you have
your authorized Audi dealer replace any bulbs for
you.
It is becom ing increasingly more and more diffi­
cu lt to replace vehicle light bulbs since in many
cases, other parts of the car must first be re­
moved before you are ab le to get to the bulb.
This applies especially to the light bulbs in the
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A
A/C (automatic climate control system)
Accessories
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Active lane assist ..
.. 69
62 ,385
refer to Audi active lane assist . . . . . . . . . 133
Active rollover protection system . . . . . . . . 257
Retracting rollover protection . . . . . . . . . . 257
Adapt ive cruise control
refer to Audi adaptive cruise control . . . . 123
Adaptive light
refer to Audi adaptive light . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Adjusting the additiona l display . . . . . . . . . . 15
Adjusting the air d istr ibut ion
Automatic climate control system . . . . . . . 70
Adjusting the air vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Automatic climate control system . . . . . . . 70
Adjusting the sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Advanced key
refer to Convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Airbag .. .. .. .. ............... .. .. .. . 269
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269, 289
Advanced Airbag System components . . . 276
Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
Children
Child restraints 296
297
Components (front airbags) . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Danger of fitting a child seat on the front
passenger seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2 70
Disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
Fr ont airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
How do the front airbags work? . . . . . . . . 279
How many airbags does my vehicle have? 276
How the Advanc ed Airbag System compo-
nents wo rk together . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Important safety instructions on the knee
airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
Knee airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light . . . . . . . . . 281
Repairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
Warning/Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Wh en must the system be inspected? . . . 281
Air pressure
Tire Pressure Monitoring System indicator 348
Index
Alarm system
refer to Anti-theft alarm system . . . . . . . . . 36
Al ignment pin (tire change) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360
All-weather lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
All season tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346
All wheel drive
refer to quattro (all wheel drive) . . . . . . . 152
AMI
refer to Audi music interface . . . . . . . 229, 230
Android Auto
refer to Audi smartphone interface 241
Anti-freeze Windshield washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . 328
Anti-Lock Braking Sys tem (ABS) . . . . . . . . . 148
Anti-Slip Regu lation (ASR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Anti-theft alarm system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Apple CarP lay
refer to Audi sm artphone interface . . . . . 241
ASR
refer to Anti-Slip Regulation (ASR) . . . . . . 148
Audi active lane assist Cleaning the camera area
Messages ... .. .. .. ............... . .
Audi adaptive cruise control ............ .
Cleaning the sensor ................. .
Distance display, distance warning .. .. . .
Messages ... .. .. .. ............. .. . .
Audi adap tive light ... ............... . .
Audi connect e-tron services
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Doors and lights .... ................ . 133
355
135
123
355 129
130
140
199
199
Audi connect (Infotainment) ........ 190, 196
Data protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Services overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Audi drive select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Audi magnetic ride
refer to Suspension control . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Audi music interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Audi music stream
refer to Wi-Fi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Audio files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Audio player
Bluetooth audio player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Wi-Fi audio p lay er . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Audio track 235
387

Index
Lowering the cargo floor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
L uggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
63
Cover .... .. .. .. ............. .... .. .. 64
L uggage compartment lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
37
P ower sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Storing cargo correctly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Stowing luggage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Luggage compa rtment net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Lumbar support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
M
Magnetic ride
refer to Suspension control . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383
Maintenance interval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328
Making an emergency call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Malfunction Indicator Lamp (MIL)
Map 318
Operating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Sett ings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Map update .. .. .. ............. .... .. . 213
Massage fu nct ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223 , 232
Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Supported formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Media center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Memory capacity
Directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
187
Jukebox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Memory card
SD card reader (MMI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
224
Supported types/formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
MENU button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Menu language
refer to Setting the language . . . . . . . . . . 243
Menu paths (Owner's Manual) . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Menus/symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Compass. .. .. .. ............. .... .. .. 57
Dimming ... .. .. ............. .. .. .. .. 54
MMI
refer to Multi Media Interface . . . . . . . . . . 154
MMI search
refer to Free text search . . . . . . . . . . 162, 234
394
MMI touch..... ..... .. ............... 157
MODE button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Monitoring the Advanced Airbag System . . 281
MP3
refer to Jukebox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Multifunction steering wheel
Changing views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
13
Operat ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 , 16
Switching tabs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 , 16
Voice recognition system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Multi Media Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Music collection
refer to Jukebox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Mute
refer to Muting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Muting ........ ... .. .. ............... 247
myAudi .... .... .. .. .. ........... 190,205
Logging in in the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
PIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
N
NAV/MAP button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Nav igating (instrument cluster) . . . . . . . . . 168
Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Announcements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Plug-in hybrid drive . .. ... .. ..... ... .. 217
also refer to
Map . .. .. ............. .. 210
Navigation (instrument cluster) . . . . . . . . . 167
Network connection (Wi-Fi) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
N HT SA
Contacting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
258
Number of seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
0
Occupant protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Occupant seating positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Octane rating (gasoline). ............. .. 314
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Oil
refer to Engine oil .. .. ............. .. 321
On-Board Diagnostic System (OBD) . . . . . . . 318
On/Off knob (MMI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Online destinations
refer to Point of interest search . . . . . . . . 204
Online map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213

Index
Selector lever (automatic transmission)
Emergency release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
90
Positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Self -lear ning navigation
refer to Persona l rou te ass ista nce . . . . . . 206
Serv ice and d isposa l
Safety belt p retensioner . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
267
Serv ice interval d isplay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328
Serv ice position
refer to Replacing w iper blades . . . . . . . . . 56
Sett ings
D ' t irec ory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
M ap. .. .. .. .. .. ............. .. .. .. . 2 12
M edia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Navigat ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
R adio ... ...... ... .. ..... ... .. .. ... 22 1
System (MMI) ...... .. ..... ... .. .. ... 243
Telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Voice recognition system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Se tt ing t he lang uage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Sett ing t he temperature
Automatic cl imate control system . . . . . . .
69
Shift light indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Shift padd les (au tom atic transmission) . . . . 88
Shuffle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Side airbags
Descr ipt ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
287
How they wo rk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Side assis t
refer to Audi side assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 6
Side cur tain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
D ..
escnpt 1o n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
H ow t hey wo rk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 2
s f t . t t' a e yins rue ions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 2
Sir iusXM alert notif icat ions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Sliding/tilting sunroof
refer to Panorama glass roof . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 6
Socket
refer to Power sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
So ftware updat e
refer to Map update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
refer to System update (MMI) . . . . . . . . . . 246
So ftware ( MMI)
Licensing agreements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
248
Update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
398
Sources o f information abo ut child restraints
and their use
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Space-sav ing spa re t ire (compact spa re t ire)
Spare t ire .. .. .. .. .. .. ............. . .
Spare w heel . ... .... .. ... .. ..... ... . .
313
3 .69
369
369
Speed dependen t volume con trol . . . . . . . . 24 7
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
10
Speed warning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Spel ler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Sport disp lays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Sport view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Start/Stop system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
STAR T ENG IN E ST OP (conven ience key) . 76 , 7 7
Station scanning (rad io)
refer to Refresh stat io n list (radio) . . . . . . 221
Steering 151
Locking steering (ignit ion lock) . . . . . . . . . . 75
Locking the steering (button) . . . . . . . . . . . 77
also refer to E lectromechanical steering 151
Steering w heel
Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
74
S hi ft paddles (automatic transm iss ion) . . . 88
Steering wheel heat ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
also refer to Mult ifunct io n
stee ring wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
13 , 15, 16
Steps for determining correct load limit . . . 345
Stopover (nav iga tion) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 05
Storage options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Streaming
refer to On line media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
S tr onic (automat ic t ra nsmiss ion) . . . . . . . . . 83
Subtitles (DVD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Subwoo fer . ... .. .... .. ... .. .. 247, 3 69, 370
Sun visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Surround . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Suspension con trol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Swap ca ll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Switc hing tabs
refer to M ultifunction
steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
13, 15, 16
Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Naviga tion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
T raffic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
also refer to Ind icator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
System set tings (MMI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 43
System update (MMI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246