2015 AUDI A3 heater

256 Fuses and bulbs
Interior fuse assignment
No. Equipment Ampere
F14
Climate control system
30 blower
F15
Electronic steering column
10 lock
F16 MMI area 7.5
F17
Instrument cluster 5
F18
Rearv iew camera 7 .5
F19
Convince key system control
7.5 module, tank system
F23 Right exter ior lights 40
F24
Panorama sunroof 20/30
F25
Door/driver's side doors (for
30 example power windows)
F26 Seat heating 30
F27
Sound-amp lifier 30
F29
Interior lights 7.5
Fig. 176 Vehicle inte ri or : fuse assignment F31 Left exter ior lights 40
No . Equipment Ampere F32 Driver assista nce systems 7.5
F2
Seat adjustment 10 F33 Airbag 5
F4
MM controls, MMI compo-
7.5 nents
F5 Gateway 5
Button lighting, coils for
socket relays, interior sound,
F34 back-up light switch, tern-7.5
perature sensor, o il level
F6 Ant i-theft alarm system 5 sensor
Climate/heating control, se-
Diagnosis, headlight range
le ctor lever (automatic
F7 transmission), parking heat -10 F35
control system, air quality
10 sensor,
automat ic dimming
er, rear window heater relay
rearview mirror
coil
Diagnosis, electrical parking
F36
Right cornering light/ right
15 LED-headlight
F8
brake switch, light switch,
10 rain/light sensor, interior
lighting
F9
Steering column switch
1 module
F37
Left corner ing light/ left
15 LED-headlight
Door/front passenger's side
F39 doors (for example, power 30
windows)
Fl0 D isp lay 5
F40 Sockets 20
Fll
Reversible driver's safety
25 belt tensioners F41 Reversible front passenger 's
25 side safety belt tensioners
Fl2 MMI area 15/20
F42 Central locking buttons 40
Fl3
Adaptive dampers control
20 module
F43 Windsh ield washer system 30
F44
all wheel drive 15
F45
Power driver's side seat 15

No. Equ ipment Ampere
F49 Starter, clutch sensor
5
FS3 Rear window defogger 30
The power seats* are protected v ia
circ uit
br ea ker s
that automatically sw itch on after a
few seconds after the overload has been re­
d uced.
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Note that the following table was accurate
at the time of pr int ing and is subject to
change.
Left engine compartment fuse
assignment
F ig. 177 Eng ine compartment: fuse assignment
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No. Equ ipment Ampere
Fl ESC control module 40
F2 ESC control module
40
F3 Eng
ine control module (gas-
15/30
oline)
Engine cooling, engine com-
F 4 ponents, auxiliary heater
5/10
coil relay (1 +2), secondary
a ir injection pump relay
FS Eng
ine components, tank
7,5/10/
system 15
Fuse s and bulb s 257
No. Equipment Ampere
F6 Brake light sensor
5
F7 Engine components, water 7,5/10/
pumps
15
F8 Lambda sensor 10/15
Engine components, ex-
F9 haust door, glow time con-
5/10/20
tro l module, SU LEV valve
FlO Fuel
injectors, fuel control
15/20
module
Fl l Auxiliary heater heating ele
-
40
ment 2
F12 Auxilia
ry heater heat ing ele-
40
ment 3
F13 Automatic transmiss
ion con-
15/30
trol module
FIS Horn 15
F16 Ignit ion coil 20/7.5
F17 ESC contro
l modu le, engine
7.5
control module
F18 T
ermina l 30 (reference volt-
5
age)
F19 Windshield wipers
30
F20 Horn 10
F22 Termina
l SO diagnosis
5
F23 Starter 30
F24 Auxiliary heater heating ele-
ment 1 40
F31 Vacuum pump 15
F32 L ED head lights
5
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Note that the follow ing tab le was accurate
at the time of printing and is subject to
change.

260 Emergency situations
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The disc har ged battery must be properly
connected to the ve hicle's electrical sys ­
tem. W hen jump starting or charg ing t he
battery, never connect the negative
grou nd cab le to the batte ry negat ive post
because the batte ry ma nager sys tem must
be ab le to detect th e ba ttery 's state o f
charge. A lways connec t the nega tive
grou nd ca b le to t he neg ative ground pos t
of the batte ry ma nager con trol unit.
Use of jumper cables
Make sure to connect the jumper cable
clamps in exactly the order described below!
Fi g. 178 Eng ine compar tment: conne ctors for jump
start cables a nd charger
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F ig. 1 79 Jump start ing with the battery of a nother ve·
h ide: @-di scharge d veh icle battery, @-booster bat ­
te ry
The ba tte ry i s loca ted to the left in the eng ine
compartment.
Do not jump start a frozen or
thawed battery
¢ .&. in Starting wi th jumper
cables on page 259
! Replace the battery. The
p roced ure fo r connecting jump start cab les
that is described next is designed to he lp
jump start your vehicle.
Vehicle with discharged battery:
.,. Read t he followi ng car efully¢ page 259.
.,. Se t the parking brake an d place the selector
lever in the P position.
.,. Tur n the ignition and electr ica l equ ipment
off in both vehicles.
Connect POSITIVE(+) to POSITIVE(+ )
(red )
.,. To reach the battery terminals, flip the bat­
tery cover cap to the side¢
fig. 178.
1. Clamp the end of the red jump start cab le
to the term inal
(D ¢ fig. 179 on t he dead
batte ry @
¢ (Din Starting with jumper
cables on page 259.
2 . Clamp the othe r end of the re d jump start
c able to the termin al@ on the cha rging
b atte ry @ .
Connect NEGATIVE (-) to NEGATIVE(-)
(black)
3 . Clamp the bla ck end of the j ump st art ca­
b le
preferably at the ground point , or on
the nega tive te rmi na l® on the chargi ng
battery @.
4. Clamp the othe r black end of the jump
start cab le
only on the ground point@
on your vehicle @¢(D.
S. Route the jump start cab les so they can­
not get ca ught in the moving pa rts in the
engi ne compa rt m ent.
Starting the engine
6. Start the eng ine in the vehicle giving the
charge and let it run at idle.
7 . Start the eng ine in the vehicle with the
dead battery and wait two to three m i­
nutes until it "runs smoothly" .
8.
If t he eng ine does not s tart: Stop the
sta rting procedure after 10 second s and
t h en re p eat it after approximately 3 0 sec ­
onds .
9 . In the vehicle that is being jump started,
switch the heater fan and rear window de ­
froster on to reduce any voltage peaks
that may occ ur whe n disconn ecting the
jumpe r cables. The headlights must be
switched off.
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10. With the engines running, remove the ca­
b les in
reverse order of the way they were
installed. Make sure the cables do not get
caught in moving engine components.
11. Switch the heater fan and rear window de-
froster off .
12 . C lose the battery cover.
The battery is vented to the outside to prevent
gases from entering the vehicle interior . Make
sure that the jumper clamps are well connect ­
ed with their metal parts in full contact with
the battery termina ls.
.&, WARNING
To avoid serious pe rsonal injury and dam­
age to the vehicle, heed all warnings and
instructions of the jumper cable manufac­
turer. If in doubt, ca ll for road service .
- Jumper cables must be long enough so
that the vehicles do not touch.
- When connecting jumper cables, make
surethattheycannotgetcaughtinany
moving parts in the engine compart­
ment.
- Be fore you check anything in the engine
compartment, always read and heed all
WARNINGS
~ page 210.
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Improper hook-up of jumper cables can ru­
in the generator.
- Always connect POSITIVE( +) to POSI ­
TIV E(+), and NEGA TIVE( -) to NEGATIVE
( - ) ground post of the battery manager
control un it .
- Check that all screw plugs on the battery
ce lls are screwed in firmly. If not, tighten
plugs prior to connecting clamp on nega­
tive battery terminal.
- Please note th at the procedure for con­
necting a jumper cable as described
above applies specifically to the case of
your vehicle be ing jump started. When
you are giv ing a jump start to another ve ­
hicle, do
not connect the negat ive( -) ca­
ble to the negat ive( -) term inal on the
discharged battery@~
fig. 179. In-
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Em erg en cy si tuation s 261
stead, secure ly connect the negative( -)
cable to either a solid meta l component
that is firmly bo lted to the engine block
or to the engine block itself. If the bat­
tery that is be ing charged does not vent
to the outside, escaping battery gas could ig nite and explode!
- Make sure that the connected positive
terminal clamps have sufficient contact
with metal.
- Do not use the battery negat ive terminal
for jump start ing or a malfunct ion could
occur in the vehicle electrical system .
Emergency towing
with commercial tow
truck
General hints
Your Audi requires special handling for tow­
ing.
The following information is to be used by
comme rc ial tow truck operators who know
how to operate their equipment safely.
-Ne ver t ow your A udi. Towing will caus e
da mage to the engin e and tr an smi ssion .
- Nev er wrap the safet y chains or wi nch ca­
ble s around the brak e lines.
- To p revent unnecessar y damage , your Aud i
must be t ran spor ted with a flat bed truck.
- To lo ad the vehicle on to the fl at bed , u se
the to w ing loop found in the vehicle tool s
and attach to the front or rear ancho rage
~ page 262 and ~page 262.
.&, WARNING
A veh icle being towed is not safe for pas­
sengers. Neve r allow a nyone to ride in a
vehi cle be ing towed, fo r any reason.
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