Audi A3 Sportback g-tron User manual

owner's Manual
Audi A3 I 53

Audi A3 I S3
Audi A3 Sportback I A3 Sportback g-tron I S3 Sportback
Audi A3 Saloon I
S3 Saloon
Foreword
Thank you
for choosing an Audi.
Your new Audi
is a combination of superb craftsmanship and state-of-the-art
technology.
We recommend that you read this Owner's Manualcarefully so that
you quickly become familiar with your vehicle and can take full advantage of all
itsfunctions in everyday use.
In addition to information on how to use the controls and equipment, this Man-
ualalso contains important information on looking after yourvehicle. This is rel-
evant for yoursafety and will help preserve your car's value. The Manualalso of-
fers usefuldriving tipsand advice, together with some suggestions on how to
drive your car with minimum impacton the environment.
In addition to this Owner's Manual, the Service Wallet also includes the Quick
Reference Guide, the Operating Manual
for your infotainment system and the
Service Schedule.
We wish you safe and enjoyable motoring
with yourAudi.
AUDI AG
.&. WARNING
Please read the important safety information aboutthe front passenger's air-
bag ~ page 172.
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2 Table of Contents
Notes on this Owner 's Manual 5
Control s ...................... . 6
Control s and display s . . . . . . . . . 6
Overview . . . ............ . ... . ... .
In s truments and warning /
i
ndicator lamps ........ . . .... .
Instruments .............. . . . . . . .
Warning and
indicator lamps . . . . .. .
Driver information system . . .
Overview . . . . ................... .
Controls on windscreen
wiper lever
Controls on
multi-funct ion steering
wheel . . . . . .
................... .
Boost display .
........... . . . . . . . .
Efficiency
programme ......... . . . .
Camera-based
traffic sign recognition
Rest recommendation
....... . . . . . .
Lap
timer and engine oil temperature
display . . . . . .............. . . . . . .
Controls on windscreen
wiper lever
Controls on
multi-function steering
wheel .
... . . . . ............ . . . . . .
Doors and window s ... . . . . . . . .
Central locking system ........... .
Boot lid . . . . . . . .......... . . . . . . . .
Child-proof catches ....... . . . . . . . .
Electric windows
....... . . . . . . . . . .
Panorama sun
roof .. ..... . . . . . . . . .
Lights and vision ....... . . . . . . .
Exterior lights .. .. ....... • .......
Interior lights .......... . . . . . . . . . .
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9
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so
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Clear visi on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . 61
Windscreen wipers ........ . ... . . . . 62
Seat s and storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
General notes ...... ....... ..... . .
Front seats .
............. . . . . . . . .
Head restraints
........ . . . . . . . . . .
Ashtray . . . .
.. . .... . ..... .. . . . . . .
Cigarette
lighter ... ...... . ... . . . . .
Electrical socket
......... . . ...... .
66
66
68
69
69
70
Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Luggage compartment . . . . • . . . . . . . 73
Heat i ng and cooling ......... .
Heating system I air conditioner .... .
Auxiliary
heating/ventilation ....... .
Driving . ... . . . . . . .. . ...... . .... .
Steering ....................... .
Ignit ion lock . . . . . ............... .
Vehicles with igni tion lock ....... . . .
Vehicles with convenience key ...... .
Driver messages . . .
.............. .
Kick-down
feature ............... .
Electro-mechanical parking brake . . .. .
Hold assist . . . . . . . .... . . .. .... . . .
Hill hold assist ...... ..... ... . ... .
Speed warning function ........... .
Cruise control system .......... . . .
Start/stop system ............... .
g-tron . ............. ...... ..... .
Natural gas engine ............... .
Filling the gas tank .. . ........... .
Automatic gearbox .......... .
S tronic gearbox . . . ............ . . .
Audi adaptive cruise control ..
Introduction . . . . . . ............ . . .
General notes . . . . .
............ . . .
Adaptive cruise
control
Audi pre sense .... ........... .
Introduction . . . ..... . ........... .
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125
125
General notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Audi pre sense basic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Audi pre sense front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Driver messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Audi active lane ass i st . . . . . . . . 128
Lane departure warning feature 128
Audi side assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Lane change assist feature . . . . . . . . . 132

Audi drive se l ect: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Adjusting the veh icle set-up . . . . . . . . 136
Park i ng aids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
General notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Rear parking aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Parking system plus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Reversing camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Park assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Adjusting graphicdisplayand warning
beeps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
150
Faultwarnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . 151
Towing bracket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
S af et y . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Safety f i rst . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
General not es . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Correct sitting positions . . . . . . . . . . . 15 4
Child seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Fitting child seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Pedal area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Stowing luggage safely . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Pedestrian protection system . . . . . . . 163
Seat b e lt s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Why is it so important to use seat
belts? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
165
Forces acting in a collision . . . . . . . . . . 1 66
How to wear seat belts properly . . . . . 167
Belt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Airbag system . . ........ . . . . . . . 171
Description of airbag system........ 171
Front airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Kn eeairbag ............ . . . . . . . . . 175
Side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Head-protection a irb ags . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Deactivating the front passenger's
airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
180
Dri v ing t ips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Inte l lige nt tec h no l ogy . . . . . . . . 182
Electronic stabilisation control (ESC) . 182
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Electro-mechanical power steering . . 185
Four-wheel drive (quattro) . . . . . . . . . . 186
Power management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Information saved in the control units 188
Ta bl e of Co nt:e nt s 3
Your vehicle and the
environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Running in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 90
Driving through water on roads . . . . . 190
Emission control systems . . . . . . . . . . 190
Taking thevehicle out of service . . . . . 191
How to improve economy and
minimise pollution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
191
Environmental compatibility . . . . . . . . 192
Towing a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Driving the vehicle with a trailer or
caravan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Removabletowing bracket . . . . . . . . . 198
Gener al m a int ena nc e . . . . . . . . . 204
Care of vehicle and cleaning . . 204
General notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Wa sh ing the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Notes on cleaning and care . . . . . . . . . 205
Checking and topping up
fluids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Fuel...... . . . . . . . .. ...... . . . .... 209
Filling the tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Bonnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Engine
oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Cooling system. . . . . ... . . . ... . . .. . 216
Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Windscreen washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Wheels and tyr e s . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Wh eels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Run-
fl at tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Tyre pressure loss indicator......... 231
Accessories and modifications
to the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Accessories, replacement parts and
repairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
233
Modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Radio transmitters and business
equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
233
Component protection . . . . . . . . . . . . 234

4 Table of Contents
Self-help .. . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Self-help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
General notes . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . .
235
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Tyre repair kit . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . 237
Changing awheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Spare wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . 242
Jump-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Tow-starting I towing away . . . . . . . . . 246
Fuses and bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Fuses.. . ..... . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . 250
Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Changing bulbs in headlight unit . . . . 256
Changing bulb for front fog light . . . . 262
A3/A3 Sportback: Changing bulbs for
rear light s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
A3 Saloon: Changing bulbs for rear
light s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Vehicle
ident i ficat ion data . . . . . . . . . . 272
Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
273
Capaciti es . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Explanation of tecthnicaldata . . . . . . . 273
Petrol engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Diesel engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290

This Owner's Manual contains impor t ant in-
formation, tips, suggestions and warnings.
Please
ensure that th is Owner's Manual is al-
ways kept in the vehicle. It should always be
available to anyone else driving the vehicle,
i.e. anyone renting, borrowing
or buying the
vehicle from you.
This
manual describes the equipment availa·
ble for the vehicle at the time of going to
print . Some of the equipment described here
will not be available until a later date, or may
only be available
in certain markets.
Some sections of th is Owner's M anual do not
apply to all vehicles. If this is the case, a text
at the start of the section i ndicates which
vehicles
it applies to, e.g. "Applies to vehicles:
with auxiliary
heater" .This optional or vehi-
cle-specific equipment is also marked with an
asterisk"•" .
Illustrations are intended as a general guide,
and may vary from the equipment fitted in
your vehicle.
At
the beginning of this Owner's Manual, you
will find a
tab le of contents showing all the
items described in this manual in the order in
which they appear . An alphabetical index is
included
at the end of the Owner's Manual.
All references
to positions such as "left".
"right", "front" or "rear" are given as seen fac-
ing in the direction of travel.
"
Opt i ona l or vehicle-specific equipment
IJ)I> The section is continued on the fo llowing
page.
¢ .&. Refers to a "WARNING" within the s ame
section. If the WARNING symbo l is followed
by a
page number the warning text referred to
is included in a different section.
A WARNING
Texts with this symbol contain safety infor-
mation. They warn you of serious dangers,
possibly involving accident or injury.
Notes on this Owner's Manual 5
CD CAUTION
Texts with this symbol draw your attention
to a possible risk of damage to your vehi-
cle.
@ For the sake of the environment
Texts with this symbol refer to points rele-
vant to the protection of the environment.
(D Note
T ex ts with this symbol contain additional
i
nform ation of a more general nature.

6 Controls and displays
Controls and displays
Overview
Fig . l Fr ont cabin: Left side
Fig. 2 Front
cab i n: Right s id e

@
@
®
@
®
Electric windows
Doorhandle
Audi side as
sist . ... . .... . . . .
Central locking switch ....... .
Electric adjuster
for exterior
mirrors
® Light switch ....... . ....... .
(j) Air
outlets
® Control lever
for :
-Turn signals and main beam
headlights
...... . .. . . . . . .
-Audi active lane assist
..... .
-Main beam assist
......... .
® Steering wheel with horn and
-Driver's airbag
....... . . . . .
-Controls
for on-board comput-
er . . ... ..... • . .. ... . . . . ..
-Controls for sound system,
telephone, navigation system
and speech dialogue system
-Paddle levers
for tiptronic
gearshift (automatic gearbox)
@ Reset button for trip recorder
@ Instrument cluster .. . . . . . . . .
@ Control lever for:
-Windscreen wipers and wash-
er . . . . . . . . . . . ... .... . . . . .
-On-board
computer . . . . ... .
@ Steering column with:
-Manual operation function for
ignition (on vehicles with con-
venience key)
............ .
-
Ignition lock (on vehicles with
mechanical ignition lock) ... .
@ Adjustable steering column . . .
@ Depending on equipment fitted:
-Lever for cruise control
-Adaptive cruise control .... .
@ Headlight range control ..... .
@ Knee airbag .. .. . . ... . .. . . . .
@ Instrument light ing ........ .
@) Bonnetlock release ....... .. .
@ Child safety switch, depending
on
equipment fitted:
-Electric child safetyswitch . .
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132
47
61
54
77
SS
128
S6
172
29
111
10
9
62
27
91
86
86
97
116
S4
17S
60
213
so
Control s a nd displays 7
-Safety switch ............ .
@ Depending on equipment fitted:
Sound system or MMI display
(navigation system, radio, TV/
video)
@ Glove box with CD changer ... .
@) Front passenger's airbag .... .
8 Loudspeaker (treble)
@ Depending on equipment fitted,
buttons for:
-Drive select .............. .
-
Start/stop system ....... . .
-Park assist
.... . ......... .
-Parking system plus
(with op-
tional reversing camera) ... .
- Hazard
warning lights ..... .
-Electronic stabilisation
control
(ESC) ................... .
-
MMI display
-Airbag
off display . . . . ..... .
@ Console for the following (asap-
plicable):
-
Heating/ventilation system or
manual air conditioner ..... .
-
Automatic air conditioner .. .
@ Depending on equipment fitted :
-Cigarette
lighter . . .... . . .. .
-Electrical socket .
......... .
@ Depending on gearbox fitted,
gear lever or selector lever for:
-Manualgearbox
-S
tronic
@ Cup hol der ................ .
@ ON/OFF button for sound sys-
tem/MM I
@ MM! control console
@ Hold assist .... ....... ..... .
@ Parking brake ............. .
@ I START ENGINE STOP I button
@ Centre console with optional
equipment:
-Ashtray . . . . .... . . . ... . .. .
-Carrier
for car key and mobile
phone .................. .
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71
172
136
98
146
140
S9
182
180
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79
69
70
106
70
9S
92
88
69

8 Controls and displays
(D Note
-Some of the items of equipment Listed in
this sect i on are only fitted on certain
models or are optional extras.
-Please refer
to the separate operating
manual for instructions on using the
sound system or Multi Media Interface
(MM!), where you will also find informa-
tion on Audi connect .
-The
arrangement of switches and con-
trols on right-hand drive mode l s* may be
slightly
different from the layout shown
on ~ page 6. However, the symbols used
to identify the controls are the same.