Audi Q3 2017 User manual

owner's tv1anual
2017 Q3

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Foreword
Thank you for choosing an Audi - we value your trust in us.
Your new Audi will allow you to experience the best in groundbreaking technolo-
gy and premium quality equipment a vehicle has to offer. We recommend that
you read your Owner's Manual thoroughly so that you quickly become acquaint-
ed with your Audi and make use of all of its features.
In addition to explaining how the different features work, we provide many use-
ful tips and information concerning your safety, how to care for your vehicle and
how to maintain your vehicle's value. We also give you useful tips and informa-
tion on how to drive your vehicle more efficiently and in an environmentally
friendly manner.
We hope you enjoy driving your Audi and we wish you safe and pleasant motor-
ing.
AUDIAG

Table of contents
About this Owner's Manual . . . . . .
Cockpit . . . . . . .............. . ... . . .
Cockpit overview .......... ... . . . .
Controls at a glance ... ........ . . . . . . .
Instruments and indicator lights
Instruments . . . . . . . .......... . . . . . . .
Indicator lights . . . . .......... . . . . . . .
On Board Diagnostic System (OBD) .. . . .
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6
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8
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10
17
Driver information system . . . . . . 19
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
On-board computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Efficiency program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Starting and driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Opening and closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Central locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Luggage compartment lid ... . ..... . . . .
Child safety loc k ... . .......... . ... . . .
Power wi ndows . . ............ . ... . . .
Panorama glass roof .......... . ... . . .
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33
Lights and Vision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Exterio r lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
I nt erior lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
V1s1on. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Windshield wipers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Digital compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Seats and storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
General information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Front seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Head restra ints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Sockets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Roof rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Warm and cold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Climate contro l system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Driving . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. .. . .. . . . . . . . . 58
General inf ormation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
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Starting and stopping the engine
(vehicles with an ignition lock) . . . . . . . . . 60
Starting and stopping the engine
(vehicles with a convenience key) ..... . .
Driver messages . . . . . . . ............ . .
Electromechanical parking brake ...... .
Start ing from a stop . . . . ...... .. . . . . .
Drivi ng offroad . . . ... . ..... . ...... . . .
Automatic transmission
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63
64
66
66
67
Trailer towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Driving with a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Traile r to wing information . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Driver assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Assist .... . ... . . . . . . . . . .......... . . 78
Speed warning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Cruise control syst em . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Audi side assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Audi drive select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Parking systems
General information
Rear parking system
85
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85
Parking system plus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Rearview camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Adjusting the display and the warning
tones ........ . . . ... . ..... . ...... . .. 90
Error messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Trail er hitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Intelligent Technology . . . . . . . . . . 92
Electronic Stabilization Contro l (ESC) . . . . 92
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Electromechanical steering . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
All wheel drive (quattro) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Energy management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Notice about data recorded by the Event
Data Recorder and vehicle contro l
modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Safety first . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Driving safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
General notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Correct passenger seating positions . . . . . 101
Pedal area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Storing cargo correctly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Reporting Safety Defects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

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S a fe t y belt s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
General information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Why use safety belts? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Safety belts ........................ 112
Belt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Airb a g sy stem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 7
Important information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Front airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Mon itor ing the Advanced Airbag System . 127
Side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Side curtai n airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Ch ild safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
I mpor tant info rmation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Child seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 3
Securing child seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 7
LATCHsystem (lower anchorages and
tethers for children) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Additional information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Maintenance and Care . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Checking and Filling . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Refueling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Cooling system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Brake flu id . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Bat t ery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
W indshield washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Service inte rval display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Wheel s ... . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . ... . 171
Wheels and Tires . . . . .... . . . . . . . . ... . 17 1
Tire pressure monitoring system 188
Care and cle aning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
General information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 1
Car washes . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Cleaning and care information . . . . . . . . . 192
Placing your vehicle out of service . . . . . . 196
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Emergency assistance . . . . . . . . . . . 197
General information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Table of contents
Replacing wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Spare tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Fuses and bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Electrica l fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Bul bs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Eme rgency s ituation s . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Start ing by pushing or tow ing . . . . . . . . . . 209
Start ing with j umper cables . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Use of jumper cables .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . 210
Towingwithatowt ruck . .......... . .. 211
Raising the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Accessories and Technical Data . 215
T e chnic a l d a ta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Vehicle specificat ions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Weig hts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 15
Notes about t echnical dat a . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 16
Dimens ions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . 2 16
Capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Gasoline engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Consumer informat ion . . . . . . . . . . 218
War ranty coverages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Operating your vehicle outside the U.S.A.
or Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Audi Service Repair Manuals and
Literat ure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Maintenance .. . ... . ... . .......... . .. 218
Accessories and techn ical changes . . . . . . 220
Declaration of Compli ance,
Telecomm unicat ions and Electr onic
Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Index ............................. 222
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About this Owner's Manual
This Owne r's Man ual applies to a ll versions of
this mode l. It contains important information,
tips, suggestions and warn ings for using your ve-
hicle.
Keep this manua l in your vehicle at all times . This
is especially important if you loan your vehicle to
others or sell it.
This owner's manua l describes the equipment
range specified for this mode l at the time of
printing. Individual equipment options described
may on ly be available at a later date or may only
be offered in certain countries .
Some sections in this manual do not apply to all
vehicles. In this case, the beginning of the sec-
tion indicates the validity, for examp le "Applies
to: veh icles w ith Audi side assist". Optional or ve-
hicle-specific equipment is also identified with an
aster isk"*".
The illustrations in th is manual are a guide, and
some of the details in your vehicle may differ
from the illustration.
All directions, such as "left", "right", "front" and
"rear", are based on the vehicle's direct ion of
travel.
* Optional or vehicle -s pecific equipment
.,._ The section continues on the next page.
c::>& Cross reference to a "WARNING" within a
section. If a page number is indicated, the
WARNING is located outs ide of the section.
&, WARNING
Text with this symbol contains information
about safety and how to reduce the risk of se-
rious personal injury or death.
(D Note
Text with this symbol contains info rmat ion
about reducing the risk of damage to your ve-
hicle.
@ For the sake of the environment
Text with this symbol contains info rmat ion on
protecting the environment.
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Text with this symbol contains additional use-
fu l information.

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Cockpit overview
Cockpit overview
Controls at a glance
Fig. 1 Cockpit : left section
Fig. 2 Cockpit: rig ht sect ion
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(!) Door handle
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Central locking switch
Central locking LED . ........ . . .
Side assist button
Side assist display
Headlight cont rol switch .... . . .
Air vents with thumbwheel
Lever for turn signal and high
beams . . . . . . . . . .......... . . .
® Multifunction ste ering wheel with :
- Horn
- Driver's airbag ........... . . .
- Driver information system con-
trols . . . . . .............. . . .
- Audio , te lephone, navigation and
voice recognit ion controls
- Programmable steering wheel
button . . . . . . .......... . . . . .
- Rocker switches for tiptronic
mode . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . .
@ Instrument cluster .......... . .
@ Windshield washer system lever
@ ISTART ENGIN E STO PI button . . .
@ Parking brake button ....... . . .
~ Starting the engine when there is a
malfunction or ignition lock . . . . .
@ Steer ing whee l adjustment ... . .
@ Cruise contro l lever .... . . . . . . . .
@ Data link connector for On Board
Diagnostic System (OBD II) . . . . .
@ I nst rument illum ination ... . . . . .
@ Hood release . . . . . .... . . . . . . . .
@ Automat ic luggage compartment
lid . . . . ... . . . .......... . .... .
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@ Power exterior mirror adjustment 38
Coc k pit o v e rv iew
@ Power windows . . . . . . . . .... . . .
@ Child safety lock ............. .
@ Buttons/indi cator l ights for:
- Emergency flashers . . . .... . . .
- PASSENGERAIR BAGOFF .. . . .
@ Infotainment system display (does
not fold away)
@ Glove compartment .......... .
@ Front passenger's airbag ...... .
@ Infota inment system control panel
@ Buttons/indicator lights for:
- Drive select . . . . . ........... .
- Electronic Stabilization Control
(ESC) . . . . . . . . . . ...... . .... .
32
31
36
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47
121
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93
- Parking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
- Hill hold assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
@ Climate contro l system . . . . . . . . . 56
@ Selector lever (automatic transm is-
sion) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
@ Center console w ith:
- Cup holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
- Socket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
- USBcharging port
(D Tips
- Some the equipment listed here is on ly in-
sta ll ed in certain models or is available as
an opt ion.
- The image in the instrument cluster display
depends on the vehicle equipment. A maxi-
mum of two versions will be pictured in th is
Owner's Manual.
- A separate operat ing manua l describes how
to operate the Infota inment system .
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Instruments and indicator lights
Instruments and indicator Lights
Instruments
Instrument cluster overview
The instrument cluster is the central information center for the driver.
Fig. 3 Instrument cluster overview
(D ISETIbutton . ... . .......... . . .
Tachometer . ... . . . . . .... . . . . .
Engine coolant temperature gauge
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Turn signal ind icator lights .. . .. . 36
Display w ith :
- Indicator lights
- Driver information system
@ Speedometer
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Fuel level . . . ... . .......... . . .
Trip odometer reset button
@ Tips
10
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10
The instrument illumination for the needles
and dials turns on when the ignition is turned
on and the lights are turned off. The illumina-
tion for the gauges reduces automat ically and
eventually turns off as brightness outside in-
creases. This function reminds the driver to
turn the low beams on at the appropriate
time.
Coolant temperature indicator
The coolant temperature ind icator @ c:::>page 8,
fig. 3 only operates when the ignition is switched
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on. To prevent engine damage, please observe
the following notes about the temperature rang-
es.
Cold range
If the needle is at the bottom of the gauge, the
engine has not reached operating temperature
yet. Avoid high eng ine speeds, full accelerating
and heavy engine loads.
Normal range
The engine has reached operating temperature
when the needle moves into the center of the
gauge under norma l driving condit ions. The nee-
dle may move farther to the right on the gauge
with heavier engine load at hig h outside temper -
atu res. This is no cause for concern as long as the
• ind icator light in the instrument cluster does
not turn on .
If the needle is far over on the right side of the
gauge and the . ind icator light turns on in the
inst rument cluster, then the coolant tempe ra-
ture is too high c:::>page 13.