2015 AUDI S3 heater

6 About this Owner's Manual
This owner's manua l contains important infor­
mation, tips, suggestions and warnings for
using your veh icle.
Keep this owner's manual in your vehicle at all
times. This is especially important if you loan
your vehicle to others or sell it.
This owner's manual descr ibes the
equipment
range
specified for this mode l at the time of
printing. Individua l equipment options descri­
bed may on ly be available at a later date or
may only be offered in certain countries .
Some sect ions in this owner's manua l do not
apply to a ll vehicles . When this is the case,
the beginning of the section indicates the
val­
idity ,
for examp le "Applies to vehicles: with a
parking heater". Optional or vehicle-specific
equipment is also identified with an asterisk
"*"
The illustrations are designed as a general
guide and on your vehicle may look slightly
different than what is illustrated.
There is a
Table of Contents at the beginning
of this owner's manua l that lists all of the
topics covered in this book in the order that
they appear. There is also an alphabetical
In ­
dex at the end of this owner's manual.
All
directions, such as "left", "right", "front"
and "rear", are based on the vehicle's direc­
tion of travel.
* Optional or vehicle-specific equipment
.,.. The section continues on the next page.
~ .&. Cross reference to a "WARNING" within
a sect ion.
If a page number is ind icated, the
WARNING is located outside of the sect ion.
& WARNING
T ext with this symbol contains important
information on safety and how to reduce
the risk of personal injury or death .
({I;) Note
Text with this symbol draws your attention
to potential sources of damage to your ve ­
hicle.
{® For the sake of the environment
Text with this symbo l contains information
about the environment and how you can
help protect it.
(D Tips
Text with this symbo l contains specia l tips
and other informat ion about gett ing the
most out of your vehicle and its features.

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When seat heating should not be
switched on
Do not turn the seat heating on under the fol­
lo wing circumstances:
- The seat is unoccupied.
- The seat is covered with a seat cover.
- The seat is covered with a child seat .
- The seat is damp or wet .
A WARNING
Individuals with reduced sensitivity to pain
or temperature could develop burns when
using the seat heating function. To reduce
the risk of injury, these individuals should
not use seat heating.
(D Note
To avoid damage to the heating elements
in the seats, do not kneel on the seats or
place heavy loads on a small area of the
seat.
(D Tips
- The setting for the seat heating on the
driver's side is assigned to the key that is
1n use.
- If the front passenger's seat heating is
turned on, it will not turn on again auto­
matically if more than
10 minutes have
passed between switching the ignition
off and switching it on again.
Auxiliary heater
App lies to vehicles: with d iesel e ngin e
In cool outside temperatures, the electric aux­
iliary heater helps the vehicle interior to warm
more quickly . The auxiliary heater switches on
and off automatically according to the vehicle heating settings .
The "auxiliary heater" function can be switch­
ed on and off in the
MMI. Select: the !MENUI
button
> Car > Systems * control button > AC
> Auxiliary heater .
Warm and cold 73
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Airbag system 153
-Never remove the upholstery from the senger seat if the device is connected to
front passenger seat . the 12-volt socket or the cigarette light-
- Never disassemble or remove parts from er socket. Such devices can influence the
the seat or disconnect wires from it. capacitance registered by the capacitive
- Never carry sharp objects in your pockets passenger detection system, so that
in-
or put them on the seat. The capacitive correct information is provided to the air-
passenger detection mat in the front bag control unit
.
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-If you must use a child restraint on the • passenger seat will not function properly
if it is punctured . front passenger seat and the child
re-
- Never carry things on your lap or carry straint manufacturer's instructions
re-
objects on the front passenger seat. quire the use of a
towel, foam cushion or
Such objects can influence the capaci -something else
to properly position the
tance registered by the capacitive pas- child restraint, make certain that the
senger detection system, so that incor-
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light comes
rect information is provided to the airbag on and stays on whenever the child re-
control unit. straint is installed on the front passen-
- Never store items under the front pas- ger seat.
senger seat. Parts of the Advanced Air- -
If the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light
bag System under the passenger seat does not come on and stay on, immedi-
could be damaged, preventing them and ately
install child restraint in a rear seat -
the airbag system from working proper- ing position and have the airbag system
ly. inspected by your Audi dealer
.
- Never place seat covers or replacement
A WARNING upholstery that have not been specifical-
ly approved by Audi on the front seats.
If the front passenger seat gets wet, dry it
- Seat covers can prevent the Advanced
immediately.
Airbag System from recognizing child re- -If liquid soaks into the front passenger
straints or occupants on the front pas-
seat, this can keep the airbag system
senger seat and prevent the side airbag from working properly and may, for in-
in the seat backrest from deploying prop- stance, deactivate the passenger frontal
erly .
airbag. If this happens, the
PASSENGER
-If a seat heater has been retrofitted or AIR BAG OFF light will come on and stay
otherwise added to the front passenger on together with the airbag indicator
seat, never install any child restraint sys-
light
fl in the instrument cluster.
tern on this seat. -If liquid is pooled on the seat, but has
- Never use cushions, pillows, blankets, or
not soaked in, this may also keep the air-
similar items on the front passenger bag system from working properly and
seat. The additional layers prevent the cause the passenger frontal airbag to be
capacitive passenger detection system
enabled (turned on), even though there
from accurately measuring the capaci-
is a properly installed child restraint sys-
tance of the child safety seat and/or the
tern on the seat. Wet towels or other wet
person on the seat and thus keep the Ad- things on the seat cushion can have the
vanced Airbag System from working same effect.
If the front passenger fron-
properly. tal airbag is turned on, the
PASSENGER
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158 Airbag system
- and if the electrica l capacitance registered
on the front passenger seat is equal to or
l ess than the combined capacitance of a typ­
ical 1 year-old infant and one of the rear ­
ward-facing or forward-facing child re­
stra ints listed in Federal Motor Vehicle Safe ­
ty Standard 208 w ith which the Advanced
Airbag System in your vehicle was certified.
If the front passenger seat is not occupied,
the front airbag will not deploy, and the
PAS ­
SENGER AIR BAG OFF
light will stay on . Nev­
er insta ll a rearward-facing child restraint on
the front passenger seat, the safest place for
a child in any kind of child restraint is at one
of the seat ing positions on the rear seat
¢ page 146, Child restraints on the front seat
- some important things to know
and
¢ page 170, Child Safety .
If the PASSENGER AIR BAG light comes
on ...
If the PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light comes
on when one of the conditions listed above is met , be sure to check the light regularly to
make certa in that the
PASSENGER AIR BAG
OFF
light stays on cont inuously whenever the
ignit ion is on . If the
PASSENGER AIR BAG
OFF
l ight does not appear on and does not
stay on all the time, stop as soon as it is safe
to do so and
- reactivate the system by turning the ignition
off for more than 4 seconds and then turn­
i ng it on again;
- remove and re install the child restraint.
Make su re that the child restraint is properly
installed and that the safety belt fo r the
front passenger seat has been correctly
routed through the child restraint as descri­
bed in the chi ld restraint man ufacturer 's in­
structions;
- make sure that the convertible locking re ­
tractor on the safety belt for the front pas ­
senger seat has been activated and that the
safety belt has been pulled tight.
- make sure that no e lectrica l device (such as
a laptop, CD playe r, electronic games device,
power inverter or seat hea ter for child seats)
is placed or used on the front passenger seat
if the device is connected to the 12-volt
socket or the cigarette lighter socket;
- ma ke sure that no seat heater has been ret­
rofitted or otherwise added to the front pas­
senger seat;
- make s ure that nothing can interfere with
the safety belt buck les and that they are not
obstructed ;
- make sure that there are no wet objects
(such as a wet towe l) and no water or other
liquids on the front passenger seat cushion.
If the PASSENGER AIR BAG light still
does not come on ...
If the PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light still
does not come on and does not stay on con ­
tinuous ly (when the ignition is switched on),
- take the child restraint off the front passen -
ger seat and install it properly at one of the
rear seat positions. Have the airbag system
inspected by your Audi dealer immed iately.
- move the child to a rear seat position and
make sure that the child is properly restrain­
ed in a ch ild restra int that is appropriate for
its size and age .
The PASSENGER AIR BAG light should
NOT come on ...
The PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light should
NO T come on when the ignition is on and an
adult is s itting in a proper seating position on
the front passenger seat. If the
PASSENGER
AIR BAG OFF
light comes on and stays on or
flashes for about S seconds wh ile d riving, un­
der these circumstances, make sure that:
- the adult on the front passenger seat is
properly seated on the cente r of the seat
cushion with his or her back up aga inst the
backrest and the backrest is not reclined,
- the adult is not taking weight off the seat by
holding on to the passenger assist handle
above the front passenger door or support­
ing their weight on the armrest ,
- t he safety belt is being properly wo rn and
that there is not a lot of s lack in the safety
be lt webbing,
- there are no aftermarket seat covers or
cushions or other things (such as blankets) .,..

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-Always install rear-facing child safety
seats on the rear seat.
- If you must install a rearward facing
child safety seat on the front passenger
seat in exceptional circumstances and
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 air­
bag system inspected immediately by
your Audi dealer.
_& WARNING
- Forward-facing child safety seats instal­
led on the front passenger's seat may in­
terfere with the deployment of the air­
bag and cause serious injury to the child.
- If exceptional circumstances require the
use of a forward-facing child restraint on
the front passenger's seat, the child's
safety and well-being require the follow­ ing special precautions to be taken:
- Always make sure that the forward-fac­
ing seat has been designed and certi­
fied by its manufacturer for use on a
front passenger seat with a front and
side airbag.
- Always carefully follow the manufac­
turer's instructions provided with the
child seat or infant carrier.
- Never install a child restraint without a
properly attached top tether strap if
the child restraint manufacturer's in­
structions require the top tether strap
to be used.
- Never put the forward-facing child re­
straint up against or very near the in­
strument panel.
- Always set the safety belt upper an­
chorage to the adjustment position
that permits proper installation in ac ­
cordance with the child restraint manu­
facturer's instructions.
- 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 in-
Child Safety 1 71
stalling the child restraint. The back­
rest must be adjusted to an upright po­
sition.
- Always make sure that nothing pre­
vents the front passenger's seat from
being moved to the rearmost position
in its fore and aft adjustment range.
- Never place objects on the seat (such
as a laptop, CO player, electronic games device, power inverter or seat
heater for child seats) . These may in­
fluence the electrical capacitance
measured by the capacitive passenger
detection system and can also fly
around in an accident and cause serious personal injury.
- Never place or use any electrical device
(such as a laptop, CO player, electronic
games device, power inverter or seat
heater for child seats) on the front pas­
senger seat if the device is connected
to the 12-volt socket or the cigarette lighter socket.
- If a seat heater has been retrofitted or
otherwise added to the front passen­ ger seat, never install any child re­
straint system on this seat.
- Make sure that there are no wet objects (such as a wet towel) and no water or
other liquids on the front passenger
seat cushion .
- Always make sure that the
PASSENGER
AIR BAG OFF
light comes on and stays
on all the time whenever the ignition is
switched on.
- If the PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light
does not come on and stay on, immedi­
ately install the rearward-facing child
safety seat in a rear seating position
and have the airbag system inspected by your authorized Audi dealer.
- Always buckle the child seat firmly in
place even if a child is not sitting in it.
A loose child seat can fly around during
a sudden stop or in a collision.
- Always read and heed all WARNINGS
whenever using a child restraint in ave-
hicle
¢ page 135, Safety belts, ..,
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Child Safety 175
-The child and the passenger can also heater for child seats) on the front pas-
injure each other in an accident . senger seat if the device is connected
- Never install rear-facing child safety to the 12-volt socket or the cigarette
seats or infant carriers on the front pas- lighter
socket.
senger seat. A child will be seriously in- -If a seat heater has been retrofitted or
jured and can be killed when the passen- otherwise added to the front passen-
ger airbag inflates - even with an Ad -ger seat, never install any child re-
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vanced Airbag System. straint system on this seat.
•
-The inflating airbag will hit the child -Make sure that there are no wet objects
safety seat or infant carrier with great (such as a wet towel) and no water or
force and will smash the child safety seat other liquids on the front passenger
and child against the backrest, center seat cushion.
armrest, door or roof. -Never place objects on the seat (such
- Always install rear-facing child safety as a laptop, CD player, electronic
seats or infant carriers on the rear seat. games device, power inverter or seat
- Forward-facing child safety seats instal- heater for child seats). These may
in-
led on the front passenger's seat can in- fluence the electrical capacitance
terfere with the airbag when it inflates measured by the capacitive passenger
and cause serious injury to the child. Al- detection system and can also fly
ways install forward-facing child safety around in an accident and cause serious
seats on the rear seat. personal injury.
- If exceptional circumstances require the -
Always buckle the child safety seat firmly
use of a forward-facing child restraint on in place even if a child is not sitting
in it.
the front passenger's seat, the child's A loose child safety seat can fly around
safety and well-being require that the during a sudden stop or in a collision
.
following special precautions be taken: -Always read and heed all WARNINGS
- Make sure the forward-facing seat has whenever using a child restrained in ave-
been designed and certified by its man- hide is being used
c> page 135, Safety
ufacturer for
use on a front seat with a belts, ¢ page 144, Airbag system and
passenger front and side airbag.
¢ page 170, Child Safety .
-Always carefully follow the manufac-
A WARNING turer's instructions provided with the
child safety seat or carrier. To reduce the risk of serious injury, make
- Always move the front passenger seat
sure that the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
into the rearmost position of the pas-
light comes on and stays on whenever a
senger seat's fore and aft adjustment child restraint is installed on the front pas-
range, and as far away from the airbag senger seat and the ignition is switched
as possible before installing the child on.
restraint. - Take the child restraint off the front pas-
- Always make sure that nothing pre-
senger seat and install it properly at one
vents the front passenger's seat from of the rear seat positions if the
PASS EN-
being moved to the rearmost position GER AIR BAG OFF light does not stay on.
in its fore and aft adjustment range .
-Have the airbag system inspected by
- Always make sure that the backrest is
your authorized Audi dealer immediate-
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It is a very dangerous place for an infant or a
la rger child in a rearward-facing seat.
A WARNING
Not using a child safety seat, using the
wrong child safety seat or improperly in­ stalling a child restraint increases the risk
of serious personal injury and death in a
crash.
- Never install rear-facing child safety
seats or infant carriers on the front pas­
senger seat -even with an Advanced Air­
bag System. A child will be seriously in­
jured and can be killed when the inflat­
ing airbag hits the child safety seat or in­
fant carrier with great force and smashes
the child safety seat and child against
the backrest, center armrest, door or
roof
c::> page 146, Child restraints on the
front seat -some important things to
know.
- Always install rear-facing child safety
seats or infant carriers on the rear seat.
- Never install a rear-facing child restraint in the forward-facing direction. Such re­
straints are designed for the special
needs of infants and very small children
and cannot protect them properly if the
seat is forward-facing .
-If you must install a rearward facing
child safety seat on the front passenger
seat because of exceptional circumstan­
ces and the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light does not come on and stay on, im­
mediately install the rear-facing child
safety seat in a rear seating position and have the airbag system inspected by your
Audi dealer.
- Never place or use any electrical device
(such as a laptop, CD player, electronic
games device, power inverter or seat
heater for child seats) on the front pas­
senger seat if the device is connected to
the 12-volt socket or the cigarette light­
er socket .
- If a seat heater has been retrofitted or
otherwise added to the front passenger
Child Safety 177
seat, never install any child restraint sys­
tem on this seat.
- Make sure that there are no wet objects
(such as a wet towel) and no water or
other liquids on the front passenger seat
cushion.
- Never place objects on the seat (such as
a laptop, CD player, electronic games de­
vice, power inverter or seat heater for
child seats). These may influence the
electrical capacitance measured by the
capacitive passenger detection system
and can also fly around in an accident
and cause serious personal injury.
- Always read and heed all WARNINGS
whenever using a child restrained in ave­
hicle is being used
c::> page 135, Safety
belts,
c::> page 144, Airbag system and
c::> page 170, Important things to know.
Convertible child safety seats
Properly used convertible child safety seats
can help protect toddlers and children over
age one who weigh between 20 and 40 lbs. (9
and 18 kg) in a crash.
Fig. 141 Schematic overview: installat ion of the at­
tachments applicable to a LATCH seat
Fig. 142 Schematic overview: installation of the seat
using the vehicle 's safety be lt system
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-Always follow the manufacturer's in­
structions provided with the child safety
seat or infant carrier.
- Always move the front passenger seat in­
to the rearmost position of the passen­
ger seat's fore and aft adjustment range,
and as far away from the airbag as possi­
ble before installing the child restraint.
- Always make sure that nothing prevents
the front passenger's seat from being
moved to the rearmost position in its
fore and aft adjustment range.
- Always make sure the backrest is in an
upright position .
- Never place or use any electrical device (such as a laptop, CD player, electronic
games device, power inverter or seat
heater for child seats) on the front pas­
senger seat if the device is connected to
the 12-volt socket or the cigarette light­ er socket.
-If a seat heater has been retrofitted or
otherwise added to the front passenger
seat, never install any child restraint sys­
tem on this seat.
- Make sure that there are no wet objects
(such as a wet towel) and no water or
other liquids on the front passenger seat
cushion.
- Never place objects on the seat (such as
a laptop, CD player, electronic games de­
vice , power inverter or seat heate r for
child seats). These may influence the
electrical capacitance measured by the
capacitive passenger detection system
and can also fly around in an accident
and cause serious personal injury.
- Make sure that the
PASSENGER AIR BAG
OFF
light comes on and stays on all the
time whenever the ignition is switched
on.
- If the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light
does not come on and stay on, immedi­
ately install the forward-facing child seat
at a seating position on the rear seat and
have the airbag system inspected by your
authorized Audi dealer . Child Safety 1 79
- Ta ke the child restraint off the front pas­
senger seat and install it properly at one
of the rear seat positions if the
PASSEN­
GER AIR BAG OFF
light does not stay on
whenever the ignition is switched on.
Booster seats and safety belts
Properly used booster seats can help protect
children weighing between about 40 lbs . and
80 lbs. (18 kg and 36 kg) who are less than 4
ft. 9 in. tall. 9 in . (57 inches/1 .45 meters)
tall .
Fig. 143 Rear seat: ch ild prope rly restraine d in a bo os­
ter seat
The vehicle's safety belts alone will not fit
most children until they are at least 4 ft . 9 in .
(57 inches/1.45 meters) tall and weigh about
80 lbs. (36 kg). Booster seats raise these chil­
dren up so that the safety belt will pass prop­
erly over the stronger parts of their bodies and the safety belt can help protect them in a
crash.
.. Do not use the convertible locking retractor
when using the vehicle's safety belt to re­
strain a child on a booster seat .
.. The shoulde r belt must lie as close to the
center of the child's collar bone as possible
and must lie flat and snug on the upper
body. It mus t never lie across the throat or
neck . The lap belt must lie across the pelvis
and never across the stomach or abdomen .
Make sure the belt lies flat and snug. Pull on
the belt to tighten if necessary .
.. If you must transport an older child in a
booster seat on the front passenger seat, .._