2015 AUDI S3 SEDAN tire pressure

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After you have loosened all wheel bolts and
raised the vehicle
off the ground, remove and re­
place the whee l as fo llows:
Removing the wheel
.,. Use the hexagonal socket in the screwdriver
handle
to completely remove the topmost
whee l bolt and set it aside on a
clean surface
¢ fig. 180 .
.,. Screw the threaded end of the alignment pin
from the tool kit hand-tight into the empty bolt
hole¢
fig. 181.
.,. Then remove the other wheel bolts as descr ibed
above .
.,. Take
off the wheel leav ing the alignment pin in
the bolt hole ¢Q).
Putting on the compact spare wheel
.,. Lift the spare wheel and carefully slide it over
the a lignment pin to guide it in place ¢0 .
.,. Use the hexagonal socket in the screwdr iver
handle to screw in and tighten all wheel bolts
slightly.
.,. Remove the alignment pin and insert and tight­
en the remaining whee l bolt slightly like the
rest .
.,. Turn the jack handle counter-clockwise to lower
the vehicle until the jack is fully released.
.,. Use the wheel bolt wrench to t ighten all wheel
bolts firmly¢
page 243. Tighten them cross­
wise,
from one bolt to the (approx imately) op ­
pos ite one, to keep the wheel centered .
0 Note
When removing or installing the wheel, the
r im could hit the brake rotor and damage the
rotor. Work carefully and have a second per­
son help you.
@ Tips
Never use the hexagonal socket in the handle
of the screwdr iver to loosen or tighten the
wheel bolts.
- Pull the reversible blade from the screwdriv­
er before you use the hexagonal socket in
the handle to turn the wheel bolts.
Emergency assistance
-When mounting tires with unidirectional
tread design
make sure the tread pattern is
pointed the right way¢
page 245 .
-The wheel bolts shou ld be clean and easy to
t ur n. Check for dirt and corrosion on the
mating surfaces of both the wheel and the
hub. Remove all dirt from these surfaces be­
fore remounting the wheel.
Tires with unidirectional tread design
Tires with unidirectional tread design must be
mounted with their tread pattern pointed in the
right direction .
U sing a spare tire with a tread pattern
intended for use in a specific direction
When using a spare t ire with a tread pattern in­
tended for use in a specific direction, please note
the following:
- The direct ion of rotation is marked by an arrow
on the side of the tire.
- If the spare tire has to be insta lled in the incor­
rect direction, use the spare tire only tempora­
r ily since the tire w ill not be able to achieve its
optimum performance characteristics with re­
gard to aquaplaning, noise and wear .
- We recommend that you pay part icular atten­
tion to th is fact during wet weather and that
you adjust your speed to match road condi­
tions.
- Replace the flat tire with a new one and have it
installed on your veh icle as soon as possible to
restore the handling advantages of a unidirec­
tional tire.
Notes on wheel changing
Please read the information ¢ page 221 if you
are going to use a spare tire which is different
from the tires on your vehicle.
After yo u change a tire:
-Check the tire pressure on the spare immedi-
ately after installation.
lill-
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If you have to drive with snow chains and a front
tire fai ls, mount the spare wheel in place of a rear
tire. Install the snow chains on the rear t ire that
you removed, and install that in place of the
front tire that failed.
A WARNING
-After installing a spare tire, the t ire pressure
must be checked as soon as possible. The
t ire pressure is availab le
onr::::;,page 224,
fig. 171.
- If the spare t ire is more than 6 years old,
use it only in an emergency and w ith ex­
t reme caution and careful d riving.
- The spare tire is intended only for tempora­
ry and short-term use.
It should be replaced
as soon as possible with the normal wheel
and tire.
- After mounting the compact spare tire, the
tire pressure must be checked as soon as
possible . The tire pressure o f the compact
spare tire must be 61 psi (420 kPA); other­
wise, you risk having an accident .
- Do not drive faster than SO mph (80 km/h). You risk having an accident.
- Avoid fu ll-throttle acce leration, heavy brak ­
ing, and fast cornering . You risk having an
accident.
- Never drive using more than one spare wheel and tire. You risk having an accident .
- Norma l summer or winter tires must not be
mounted on the compact spare wheel rim.
- F or technical reasons, the use o f ti re chains
on the spare tire is not permitted . If it is
necessary to drive with tire chains, the spare
wheel m ust be mounted on the front axle in
the event of a flat in a rear tire. The newly
available front wheel must then be installed
in place of the rear wheel with the flat tire.
Installing the tire cha in before mounting
the wheel and t ire is recommended.
- loose items in the passenger compartment
can cause ser ious personal inju ry during
hard bra king or in an accident. Never store
the inflatable spare tire or jack and tools in
the passenger compartment.
- No rma l summer or winte r tires must not be
mounted on the comp act spare wheel r im.
Em erge ncy ass is tanc e
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Index
Heated exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Rear window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Washer fluid nozzles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Heating (diesel engine auxiliary heater) . . . . 69
Heavy clothing and safety belts . . . . . . . . . . 142
Hex socket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
High voltage warning label . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Highway light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
44
Hill descent control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Hill hold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Hill hold assist
refer to Hill hold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
8
How are child restraint system anchors relat-
ed to child safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
How many airbags does my vehicle have? . . 155
How safety belt pretensioners work 146
I
Ignition
I ndicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Switching on/off (with button) . . . . . . . . . . 75
Ignition key safety interlock . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Ignition lock
mechanical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
I mbalance (wheels) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Important things to do before driving . . . . 130
I mp roperly worn safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
I nfant seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Inflation pressure (tires) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Inspection interval with driver information system . . . . . . . . . 212
I nstalling chi ld safety seats
Safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
I nstalling the upper tether strap on the an­
chorage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Instrument cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Adjusting the lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
I nterior lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Intermittent (windshield wipers) . . . . . . . . . 49
272
J
Jump-starting
Jump start cables 252
253
K
Key........
.. .. .. .. .. ............. .. . 33
Checking the number. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Driver messages (mechanical ignition key) . 77
Driver messages (with convenience key) . . . 77
Key not recognized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Key replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Rep lacing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
unlocking/locking .. ............ 35, 36 , 37
Key recognition Cl imate control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Kick-down Automatic transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Knee airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
How they work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Important safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . 166
L
Lane assist
refer to Active lane assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Lap timer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Evaluating recorded times . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
LATC H . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Installing a child restraint . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Mounting and releasing the anchorage
hook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Launch Control-Program (automatic transmis-
s ion) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Leather care/cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Leaving home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
LED headlights All-weather lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Left hand drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Lifting jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Light Adaptive light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Adjusting automatic headlights . . . . . . . . . 45

Index
On-Board Diagnostic System (OBD) Data Link Connector (DLC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Electronic speed lim iter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Opening. .. .. .. .. .... .. ... .... .. .. .. .. 33
F ue l filler door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Luggage compartment lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Panorama sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Windows .. .. .... ........... .. .. .... 40
Opening/closing with the central locking switch . . . . . . . . . . 3 7
with the convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
with the door lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 7
Othe r equipment (eff iciency program) . . . . . 30
Outside temperature display . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Overview (Cockpit)
Owner's Literature
p
Paint damage ..............
... .... . 8
s
237
Paint No. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Panorama sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Conven ience opening/closing . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Emergency closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Parking aid Cleaning sensors/camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Emergency braking function . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Power supply fa ilure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Setting/releasing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Starting from a stop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
also refer to Parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Parking light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Parking system Adjusting the display/warning tone . . . . . 121
Cleaning the rearview camera . . . . . . . . . . 118
Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Parking system plus .. ...... .... ... .. . 116
Peripheral display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Rearview camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
a/sorefertoPark ingsystems ... .. . 116,117
Parking systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Rear parking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Parking (automatic transmission) . . . . . . 84, 85
274 particulate
filter
refer to Diesel particu late filter . . . . . . . . 195
Parts replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Pass-through . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
PASSENGER A IR BAG OFF light . . . . . . . . . . 160
Pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Peripheral display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Physical principles of a frontal collision . . . 141
Polishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Pollen filter
refer to Pollutant filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Pollutant filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Power seat adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Windows . .. .. .. .. .. ........ ..... .. . 40
Power windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Convenience opening/closing . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Pregnant women Special considerations when wearing a safe-
ty belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Preheating With button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
with key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Pre sense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Basic (description) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Driver messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102, 106
Front (description) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
General information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Pressure (tires) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Proper occupant seating positions . . . . . . . 131
Proper safety belt position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Proper seating posit ion
Front passenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Occupants. .... .. .. .. ............. .. 131
Rear passengers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Protecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Protection mat
refer to Reversible mat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Q
Question
What happens to unbelted occupants? . . 141

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Steering wheel
adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Buttons. ... .. .............. ... .. .. .. 28
Multifunction steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Shift paddles (au tomatic transmission) . . . 87
Steps for determining correct load limit . . . 228
Stopping (engine) with button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
with key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Storage compartmen ts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58, 59
Storage hooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
S tron ic (automatic transmission) . . . . . . . . . 82
Sun visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Sw itching daytime running lights on and off 45
Switching the ign ition on/off (with key) . . . . 73
Symbols
refer to Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
System indicator light (MIL) . . . . . . . . . . 22, 25
T
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10, 11
TD! clean diesel
refer to AdBlue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Technical Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Technical mod ifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
T emperature d isp lay
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Outside temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Tether anchors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Tether strap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
The first 1,000 miles (1,500 km) and after -
wards. .. .. .. .. ........... .. .. .. .. .. .. 70
Tie-downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 , 137
Tips for the environment Saving fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
tip tronic (automatic transmission) . . . . . . . . 87
Tires... ... .. .. ...................... 214
Low aspect ratio tires. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Replacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Se rvice life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Tire pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Tire pressure moni toring sys tem . . . 232, 233
Tire pressure table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Treadwear ind icators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Unid irect ional ............ .. .. .. .. .. . 216
Uniform tire quality grading . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Index
Tires and wheels
G lossary of tire and loading terminology .
Tires and veh icle load limits ...... ... . .
T oo l kit .. .. .. .. .. ....... ..... ... .. . .
Torn or frayed safety belts
Towing 216
227
241
142
Tow trucks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
T owing loop. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
TPMS ( tire pressure monitoring sys tem) . . . 233
T rai ler mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
T rai ler tow ing
Operating instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
T echnical requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91, 92
Transmission malfunction (indicator light) . . 88
Transport Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
T ravel mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Trunk
refer to Luggage compartment. . . . . . . . . . 59
Turning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
T urn signals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
u
ULSD No. 2 (Diesel fue l) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Unfastening safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Uniform tire quality grading . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Unlocking/locking by remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
with the central locking switch . . . . . . . . . . 37
with the conven ience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
with the door lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
V
Vanity mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Vehicle Care/cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23S
Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Vehicle control modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Vehicle identification label. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Vehicle Identific ation Number (VIN) . . . . . . 258
Vehicle jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241, 243
Vehicle key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Vehicle tool kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 1
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