2015 AUDI S3 SEDAN warning light

Index
Safety features for occupant restraint and
protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Safety guidelines Seat adjustment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S3
Safety instructions for side curta in airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
for using child safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
fo r using safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Monitoring the Advanced Airbag System . 162
Safety systems (indicator light) . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Screwdriver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Seat adjustment Driver's seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Fr ont passenger's seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Safety guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Seat heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Seating position Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Front passenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
How to adjust the front seats . . . . . . . . . . 132
Incorrect seat posit ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Occupants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Rear passengers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Seats
adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54, 55
Correct seating posit ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Folding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Seats (number) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Selective catalytic reduction
refer to Ad Blue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Select ive wheel torque control . . . . . . . . . . 123
Selector lever (automatic transmission)
Emergency operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Service and disposal Safety belt pretensioner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Service interval display
w ith driver information system . . . . . . . . . 212
Setting the clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Setting the date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Sett ing the temperature
automatic climate control system . . . . . . . 67
Setting the time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
SETUP (basic settings) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Shift paddles (automat ic transm iss ion) . . . . 87
Short-term memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
276
Side airbags
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Howtheywork ... .. ................. 168
Side assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Adjusting the brightness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Cleaning the sensors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Sensor range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
switching on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
also refer to Side assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Side curtain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
How they work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Sliding/tilting sunroof
refer to Panorama sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
All wheel drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Socket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Sources of information about child restraints
and their use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Speed limiter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Speed warning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Sport mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Stabilization program
refer to Electronic Stabilization
Control (ESC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Star button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
START ENGINE STOP button (conven ience
key) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
START ENGINE STOP (convenience key) . . . . . 76
Start ing
Hill ho ld . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Starting from a stop Hill start assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Starting (engine) Malfunction (button) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Malfunction (key) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
With button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7S
With key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Steering Electromechanical steering .......... 126, 0
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Locking steering (ignition key) . . . . . . . . . . 74
Locking the steering (button) . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Locking (mechanical ignition lock) . . . . . . . 73
also refer to Electromechanical steering . 126

Index
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Warning/ indicator lights
System indicator light (MIL) . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Warn ing/Ind icator lights
A irbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
PASSENG ER AIR BAG OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Warn ing lights
refer to Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 3
Warranty coverages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Washer fluid level (indicator l igh t) . . . . . . . . 24
Washing matte finish paint . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
What happens if you wear your safety belt too
loose? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
What happens to unbelted occupants? . . . . 141
What impairs driving sa fety? . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 1
Wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Wheels . .. .. .. ................. .. ... 214
All wheel dr ive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Clea ning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Glossa ry of t ire and load ing terminology . 216
Replacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 1
Ti res and vehicle load limits . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Wheel wrench . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
When mus t a safety belt be rep laced? . . . . 1 42
When must the airbag system be inspected? 1.60
Where are lower anchorages located? . . . . . 186
W indows
C lea ning/remov ing ice ................ 237
W indshield
cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
defrosting (automatic climate cont rol sys-
tem) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
defrosting (man ual climate contro l system) .65
also refer to Windshield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 9
W indshield washe r system .......... 49, 212
Fil ling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Reservoir capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
W indshield wipers
Clea ning wipe r blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Folding up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
I ndicato r light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Replacing w indshield wiper blades . . . . . . . 50
Sw itching on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
278
Win ter driving
Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Win ter operation
B att ery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Cooling system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Windshie ld washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Winter t ires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Winter use
Car washes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
defrost ing the windsh ield (automat ic cli -
mate control system) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Remov ing ice from windows . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Seat heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
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Xenon-L ights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Xenon headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43, 46