2010 AUDI S3 instrument cluster

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R elea sing th e parking br ake
- Pu ll the parking brake lever up slight ly and press the
release button at the same time~
page 108, fig. 110
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- Keep the release button pressed and lower the parking brake ~& .
If you should drive off with the parking brake sti ll set, a warning tone
will sound and the fo llowing wil l appear in the instrument cluster to
remind you to re lease the parking brake:
Parking brak e set
The parking brake warning comes on only after you have driven for
longer than 3 seconds and faster than 5 mph (5 km/h).
The parking b rake warning light Brake (USA)/ «D>
(CDN) illuminates
when the parking brake is set and you switch on the ignition .
& WARNING
Alway s re leas e the par king br ake completely . A p artiall y engaged
br ake w ill overheat the r ear brake s, reduce their effective ness and
ca use e xcessive w ear. T his co uld le ad to brake failur e and an acc i­
dent .
0 Note
Only after the vehicle has come to co mplete stop, should you firm ly
set the parking brake and either move the gearshift lever into 1st .
gear (manual transmission) or move the selector lever into "P"
(Automatic transmission). •
Controls and equip­
ment
Parking
To prevent a parked vehicle from rolling away, there are a
few things you should do.
When you park your vehic le, do the fo llowi ng:
- Stop the vehicle using the brake pedal.
- Set the parking bra ke firm ly .
- Move the selector lever into the
P pos ition ( automatic
tran smi ssion)
or m ove the gea rshi ft lever into 1s t. gear
(manual transmission ) ~ &.
- Switch off the engine and remove the ignitio n key from
t h e igniti on loc k.
Wh at else you should d o wh en p arking your vehicle o n
a n i ncline or dec line
Turn the steering wheel so that if the vehicle should start to roll, it
will ro ll into the curb.
I f you are parking on a
declin e (the front of your vehic le facing
downhill!, turn the front wheels to the right so that they point
toward the curb .
If you are parking on an incline (the font of your vehicle fac ing
uphill!, turn the front whee ls to the left so that they point
away from
the curb.
Move the selector lever into the P position ( autom atic tran sm iss ion)
or move the gearshift leve r into 1st. gear (manual tr ansmi ssion ).
& WARNING
Thi s is how you can redu ce the r isk of injury when leaving y our
vehi cle .
• Never p ark the vehi cle where it can come in conta ct with dr y
gra ss, spi lled fuel or any other fl amm able m ater ials . .,_
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-Drive at the speed you wish to set .
- Press button
@ to set that speed.
The disp lay=> page 110, fig . 112 will show the set speed . The
display may vary depending on the type of disp lay in your vehicle .
T he indicator light
CRU ISE (US model)/ f,f (Canadian mod e ll wi ll also
light up in the instrument cluster .
& WARNING
• Alway s pa y att ention to traffic ev en when the crui se contr ol is
s w it ched on . You are al ways respo nsi ble for your spee d and the
di stance between your v ehic le and other ve hicle s.
• For sa fet y reas on s, the crui se contr ol s h o uld not be u sed in the
ci ty , in stop -and -go traffic , on t wis ting road s and when road condi ­
tion s are po or (s uch a s ic e , fo g, gra vel , he avy ra in and h ydro­
planing ) - risk of accident .
• Turn o ff th e cru is e c ont rol tempor arily w hen ente ring tu rn
lanes , highway e xit lan es or in con stru ction zone s.
• Please n ote that in ad vertentl y "res ting " yo ur foot on the a ccel­
erator pedal cau se s t he crui se control not to brak e. Thi s is becau se
th e c ruise c ontrol i s overridden by the dri ver's acceler ation .
[ i] Tips
• Vehicles with manual transmission : You can attain the set speed
only if the curren tly engaged gear al lows it and the engine is not
stressed. Shifting to a higher or lower gear promptly will allow the
engine to run smooth ly .
• T he cruise control cannot maintain a constant speed when
driving downhi ll. The vehicle wi ll acce lerate under its own weight .
Downshift to a lower gear or use the brakes to slow down .•
Controls and equip ­
ment
Changing speed
Press lever in the 0 o r O direction ~ page 110, fig. 111
to increase or dec rease your speed.
- Release the lever to save that speed .
Change speed in increments of 1 mph (1 km/h) by lightly pressing
the lever. If you keep the lever pressed down, you will a lter your
speed in 5 mph (10 km/hl increments .
You can a lso press the acce lerator pedal down to increase your
speed, e.g. if you want to pass someone. The speed you saved
earlier will resume as soon as you release the accelerator pedal.
I f , however, you exceed your saved speed by 5 mph ( 10 km/h) for
longer than 5 minutes, the cruise control will turn off temporarily.
The symbol wi ll go out but the saved speed wi ll be retained. •
Presetting your speed
You can preset your desired speed while the vehicle is not
moving.
Turn on the ignition.
P ull lever into posit ion
G) ~ page 110 , fig. 11 1.
Press the lever in the
0 or O direction to increase or
decrease your speed.
- Release the lever to save that speed .
This function makes it possible, for example, to save the speed you
want before driving on the highway . Once on the highway, activate
the cruise contro l by pulling the lever toward
G) . •
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S tronic transmission
Applies to vehicles: w ith S tronic®
Introduction
Your vehicle is equipped with a S tronic transmission, also called a
double -clutch system/transmission.
Power is transferred between the engine and the transmission by means of two independent clutches. They replace the torque
converter of conventional automatic transmissions and al low the
vehic le to accelerate without a noticeable break in the power flow .
With the aid of
ti pt ronic, the gears can optionally be shifted manu­
ally => page 118 . •
Appl ies to vehicles: with S tronic®
Selector lever positions
All the selector lever positions are explained in this
section .
Fig. 114 Disp lay:
Selecto r lev er posi­
t ions
The se lector lever position is shown in the instrument cluster
display by highlighting the appropriate symbol.
P -Park lock
In this position the gears are mechanically locked .
The park lock must only be engaged w ith the vehic le
stationary
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To engage P and to remove the lever from this position, you must
depress the release button (button in the selector lever handle)
and
simultaneously you must step on the brake pedal.
R -reverse
In this position, reverse is engaged.
Reverse gear must only be engaged with the vehic le
stationary and
the engine running at id le speed =>& .
To engage R, you have to depress the release button
and simulta­
neously step on the brake pedal. In the R position, the back -up lights
i ll uminate with the ignition on.
N -N eutra l
The transmission is in neutra l in this pos ition.
D -Norm al po siti on fo r dri vin g fo rw ard
In this position, the forward gears are automatical ly shifted up and
down, depending on engine load and vehicle speed.
To engage S from
N, the brake peda l must be depressed at speeds
below 5 km/h or when the vehicle is stationary=>& .
In certain circumstances (driving in the mountains for examp le) it
can be beneficial to switch temporarily to the manual shift program
=>
page 118 in order to adjust the gear ratios to driving conditions
manually .
S -S po rt setting
The S setting should be selected for sporting driving. The power
reserves of the engine can be fully exploited through later upshifts .
To engage S from N, the brake peda l must be depressed at speeds
below 5 km/h or when the vehicle is stationary=>& . .,_

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Ap plies to vehicl es: with S tro ni c® and w ith Tip tr onic cont rols o n the stee ring wh eel
Steering wheel with Tiptronic ® controls
The selector paddles allow the driver to keep both hands
on the steering wheel when shifting gears.
Shifting up
Fig . 119 S port
s tee ring w he el w it h
selector pa ddles
-Pull the right paddle, marked 0 ==> fig. 11 9 briefly
towar ds you .
Shifting down
-Pull the left paddle, mar ked O ==> fig. 119 briefly towards
you.
The selector paddles on the steering wheel are activated when the se lector lever on the center console is in
D , S , or in the manua l posi ­
tion (Tiptronic mode) .
You can a lso shift gears in the Tiptronic mode using the se lector
lever on the center console .
[ i] Tips
With the gear selector lever in ei ther "D" or "S" the transmission wi ll
switch back to the automatic mode if you do not use the paddles
within approx . 30 seconds .•
Con tro ls and eq uip­
ment
Ap plies to vehi cles: wit h S tr on ic ®
Kick -down feature
T he kick-down feature allows maximum acceleration.
If you depress the accelerator pedal ful ly beyond the ful l- throt tle
position, the transmission automatically downshifts one gear,
depending on vehic le speed a nd eng ine rpm . The upshi ft into the
next higher gear takes place as soon as the max imum specified
engine speed is reached .
& WARNING
Please note th at th e drive wheel s can spin if the kick -do wn is used
o n a s mooth slippery r oad -ri sk of sk idding! •
Applies to ve hicles: w it h L aunch Contro l and S tronic ® and Gaso line engine
Launch Control Program
The Launch Control Program permits maximum accelera­
ti on.
In order to use Launc h Control, t he ASR (Anti-Slip Regula­
tion) must be disab led . When ASR is disabled, the ESP
warning/indicator light in t he instrument cluster illumi ­
nates . So that Launch Control can be used, the engine must
be at operat ing temperature and the stee ring wheel must
not be turned.
- With the engine running, briefly press the ESP button.
The message "ASR off" appears in the instrument c luster
disp lay .
- Shift the gear lever to "S" or the tiptronic® pos ition.
- Step on the brake peda l w ith yo ur left foo t and keep the
brake peda l fully depressed for at least one second . _,.
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Safety belts
General notes
Always wear safety belts!
Wearing safety belts correctly saves lives!
This chapter explains why safety belts are necessary, how
they work and how to adjust and wear them correctly.
- Read all the information that follows and heed all of the
instruct ions and WARNINGS.
& WARNING
Not wearing safety belts or wearing them improperly increases
the risk of serious personal injury and death.
• Safety belts are the single most effective means available to
reduce the risk of serious injury and death in automobile acci­
dents . For your protection and that of your passengers , always
correctly wear safety belts when the vehicle is moving.
• Pregnant women, injured, or physically impaired persons must
also use safety belts . Like all vehicle occupants, they are more
likely to be seriously injured if they do not wear safety belts . The
best way to protect a fetus is to protect the mother -throughout
the entire pregnancy. •
Number of seats
Your Audi has a total of five seating positions: two in the front and
three in the rear. Each seating position has a safety belt.
Controls and equip­ ment Safety first
Vehicle operation
& WARNING
Not wearing safety belts or wearing them improperly increases
the risk of serious personal injury and death .
• Never strap more than one person, including small children,
into any belt. It is especially dangerous to place a safety belt over
a child sitting on your lap.
• Never let more people ride in the vehicle than there are safety
belts available.
• Be sure everyone riding in the vehicle is properly restrained
with a separate safety belt or child restraint. •
Safety belt warning light ~
Your vehicle has a warning system for the driver and front
seat passenger (on USA models only) to remind you about
t he importance of buckling-up.
Before driving off, always:
Fig. 128 Safety belt
warning light in the
instrument cluster -
enlarged
- Fasten your safety belt and make sure you are wearing it
properly.
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- Make sure that your passengers also b uckle up and prop­
erly wea r th eir sa fety belts.
Protect children wit h a child restraint system appropriate
for the size and age.
The warning light i in the instrument cluster lights up when the
ignition is switched on as a reminder to fasten the safety belts. In
addition , you will hear a warning tone.
After the ignition is switched on, the warning light in the instrument cluster will a lways come on for about 6 seconds and if the driver has
not fastened the safety belt, a warning tone will also sound for
about 6 seconds . As soon as the driver has fastened the safety belt,
the warning tone will stop and the warning light will go out .
If the driver or front seat passenger have not buckled -up within
about 10 seconds after the warning tone has stopped and the
vehicle is moving faster than about 15 mph, the warning tone will
sound again for about 6 seconds and then stop for 24 seconds and
then repeat this reminder sequence for a maximum of 2 minutes. At
speeds be low 5 mph, the warning tone will not sound.
Fa sten your safe ty belt and m ake su re that your p assengers also
properl y put on th eir s afet y belts .
& WARNING
• Safety belt s are the single mo st effective mean s available to
reduce th e risk of ser ious injur y and death in a utomobile acci­
dent s. For your prote ction and th at of your pas senger s, alwa ys
c orre ctl y we ar safety belt s when t he vehicle is moving .
• Failure t o pay att ention to th e warning light that co me on,
c ould lead to per sonal injury .•
Why safety belts?
Frontal co11isions and the law of physics
Front al crashes create very strong forces for pe ople riding
in vehicles.
F ig. 12 9 Unbel ted
o cc up ants i n a ve hicle
he ading for a wa ll
Fi g. 13 0 The vehi cle
c ras hes in to t he wa ll
The physical principles are simple. Both the vehicle and the passen­
gers possess energy which varies with vehicle speed and body
we ight . Engineers cal l this energy "kinetic energy ."
T he higher the speed of the vehicle and the greater the vehic le's
we ight, the more energy that has to be "absorbed" in the crash .
Vehicle speed is the most significan t factor. If the speed doubles
from 15 to 30 mph (25 to 50 km/h), the energy increases 4 times! .,

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Child restraints on the front seat -some
important things to know
- Be sure to read the important information and head the
WARNINGS for important details about children and
Advanced Airbags :=>
page 167.
Even though your vehicle is equipped with an Advanced Airbag
System, make certain that all children, especially those 12 years and
younger, always ride in the back seat properly restrained for their age and size . The airbag on the passenger side makes the front seat
a potentially dangerous place for a child to ride . The front seat is not
the safest place for a child in a forward -facing child safety seat. It
can be a very dangerous place for an infant or a child in a rearward ­
facing seat.
The Advanced Airbag System in your vehicle has been certified to
comply with the requirements of United States Federal Motor
Vehicle Safety Standard 208 as applicable at the time your vehicle
was manufactured.
The Standard requires the front airbag on the passenger side to be
turned off ("suppressed") if a child up to about one year of age
restrained in one of the rear-facing or forward-facing infant
restraints listed in Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 208 with
which the Advanced Airbag System in your vehicle was certified has been installed on the front passenger seat. For a listing of the child
restraints that were used to certify compliance with the US Safety
Standard =>
page 169.
The PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light in the instrument panel tells you
when the front Advanced Airbag on the passenger side has been
turned off by the electronic control unit.
Each time you turn on the ignition, the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light will come on for a few seconds and:
• will stay on if the front passenger seat is not occupied,
Controls and equip­
ment Safety first Vehicle operation
•
will stay on if there is a small child or child restraint on the front
passenger seat,
• will go off if the front passenger seat is occupied by an adult as
registered by the weight-sensing mat=>
page 156, "Monitoring the
Advanced Airbag System" .
The
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light comes on when the control unit
detects a total weight on the front passenger seat that requires the
front airbag to be turned off.
If the total weight on the front passenger seat is more than that of
a typical 1 year-old child but less than the weight of a small adult,
the front airbag on the passenger side can deploy (the
PASSENGER
AIR BAG OFF
light does not come on). If the PASSENGER AIR BAG
OFF
light does not come on, the front airbag on the passenger side
has not been turned off by the electronic control unit and can
deploy if the control unit senses an impact that meets the condi­
tions stored in its memory.
For example, the airbag may deploy if:
• a small child that is heavier than a typical 1 year -old child is on
the front passenger seat (regardless of whether the child is in one
of the child safety seats listed=>
page 169), or
• a child who has outgrown child restraints is on the front
passenger seat.
If the front passenger airbag is turned off, the
PASSENGER AIR BAG
OFF
light comes on in the instrument cluster and stays on.
The front airbag on the passenger side may
not deploy (the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light does not illuminate and stay lit) even
if a small adult or teenager, or a passenger who is not sitting upright
with their back against a non-reclined backrest with their feet on the
vehicle floor in front of the seat is on the front passenger seat
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page 126, "Proper seating position for the driver".
If the front passenger airbag deploys, the Federal Standard requires
the airbag to meet the "low risk" deployment criteria to reduce the risk of injury through interaction with the airbag . "Low risk" deploy­
ment occurs in those crashes that take place at lower decelerations
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& WARNING
(continued)
the PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light does not come on and stay on,
immediately install the rear-facing child safety seat in a rear
seating position and have the airbag system inspected by your
authorized Audi dealer.
& WARNING
If, in exceptional circumstances, you must install a forward-facing
child restraint on the front passenger's seat:
• Always make sure the forward -facing seat has been designed
and certified by its manufacturer for use on a front seat with a
passenger front and side airbag.
• Never put the forward-facing child restraint up against or very
near the instrument panel .
• Always move the passenger seat into its rearmost position in
the seat's fore and aft adjustment range, as far away from the
airbag as possible, before installing the forward-facing child
restraint . The backrest must be adjusted to an upright position.
• Make sure that the PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light comes on
and stays on all the time whenever the ignition is switched on. •
Advanced Airbag System components
The front passenger seat in your vehicle has a lot of very important
parts of the Advanced Airbag System in it. These parts include the
weight-sensing mat, sensors, wiring, brackets, and more. The func­
tion of the system in the front passenger seat is checked by the elec ­
tronic control unit when the ignition is on. The control unit monitors
the Advanced Airbag System and turns the airbag indicator light on
when a malfunction in the system components is detected. The
function of the airbag indicator light is described in greater detail
below. Because the front passenger seat contains important parts
of the Advanced Airbag System, you must take care to prevent it from being damaged.
Damage to the seat may prevent the
Advanced Airbag for the front passenger seat from doing its job in
a crash .
The front Advanced Airbag System consists of the
following: • Crash sensors in the front of the vehicle that measure vehicle
acceleration/deceleration to provide information to the Advanced
Airbag System about the severity of the crash.
• An electronic control unit, with integrated crash sensors for front
and side impacts. The control unit "decides" whether to fire the
front airbags based on the informa tion received from the crash
sensors. The control unit also "decides" whether the safety belt
pretensioners should be activated.
• An Advanced Airbag with gas generator for the driver inside the
steering wheel hub .
• An Advanced Airbag with gas generator inside the instrument
panel for the front passenger.
• A weight-sensing mat under the upholstery padding of the front
passenger seat cushion that measures the total weight on the seat.
The information registered is sent continuously to the electronic
control unit to regulate deployment of the front Advanced Airbag on
the passenger side.
• An airbag monitoring system and indicator light in the instru ­
ment cluster => page 156.
• Th e PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light comes on and stays on in the
center of the instrument panel=> page 157, fig. 142 and tells you
when the front Advanced Airbag on the passenger side has been
turned off.
• A sensor below the safety belt latch for the front seat passenger
to measure the tension on the safety belt . The tension on the safety
belt and the weight registered by the weight -sensing mat help the
control unit "decide" whether the front airbag for the front
passenger seat should be turned off or not=> page 147, "Child
restraints on the front seat -some important things to know". .,_