2016 AUDI A3 CABRIOLET phone

Airbag system
A WARNING
A child in a rearward-facing child seat instal­
led on the front passenger seat will be seri ­
ously injured and can be killed if the front air­
bag inflates - even with an Advanced Airbag
System.
- The inflating airbag will hit the child seat or
infant carrier with great force and will
smash the child seat and child against the backrest, center armrest, door or roof.
- Always install rear-facing child seats on the
rear seat.
- If you must install a rearward facing child
seat on the front passenger seat because of exceptional circumstances and the
PASSEN­
GER AIR BAG OFF
light does not come on
and stay on, immediately install the rear­
facing child seat in a rear seating position
and have the airbag system inspected by
your Audi dealer.
A WARNING
Objects between you and the airbag will in­
crease the risk of injury in a crash by interfer­
ing with the way the airbag unfolds or by be­
ing pushed into you as the airbag inflates .
- Never hold things in your hands or on your
lap when the vehicle is in use .
- Never transport items on or in the area of
the front passenger seat . Objects could
move into the area of the front airbags dur­
ing braking or other sudden maneuvers and
become dangerous projectiles that can
cause serious personal injury if the airbags
inflate.
- Never place or attach accessories or other
objects (such as cup holders, telephone
brackets , large, heavy or bulky objects) on
the doors, over or near the area marked "A IRBAG" on the steering wheel, instru­
ment panel, seat backrests or between
those areas and yourself. These objects
could cause injury in a crash, especially
when the airbags inflate .
- Never recline the front passenger 's seat to
transport objects. Items can also move into
the area of the side airbag or the front air-
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bag during braking or in a sudden maneu­
ver. Objects near the airbags can become
projectiles and cause injury, particularly
when the seat is reclined.
- Never place or transport objects on the
front passenger seat. Objects on the front passenger seat could cause the capacitive
sensor in the seat to signal to airbag system
that the seat is occupied by a person when it
in fact is not , or that the person on the seat
is heavier than he or she actually is. The
change in electric capacitance because of
such objects can cause the passenger front
airbag to be turned on when it should be
off, or can cause the airbag to work in a way
that is different from the way it would have
worked without objects on the seat.
- Always make sure that there is nothing on
the front passenger seat that will cause the
capacitive passenger detection system in
the seat to signal to the Airbag System that
the seat is occupied by a person when it is not, or to signal that it is occupied by some­
one who is heavier than the person actually
sitting on the seat. The presence of an ob­
ject could cause the passenger front airbag to be turned on when it should be off, or
could cause the airbag to work in a way that is different from the way it would have
worked without the object on the seat.
A WARNING
The fine dust created when airbags deploy can
cause breathing problems for people with a history of asthma or other breathing condi­
tions .
- To reduce the risk of breathing problems,
those with asthma or other respiratory con­
ditions should get fresh air right away by
getting out of the vehicle or opening win­
dows or doors .
- If you are in a collision in which airbags de­
ploy , wash your hands and face with mild
soap and water before eating.
- Be careful not to get the dust into your eyes,
or into any cuts or scratches.
- If the residue should get into your eyes,
flush them with water .

Airbag syste m
-If, in exce ptional circumstances, you must
install a forward-faci ng chi ld restraint on
t h e front passenger seat, always m ove the
seat into its rearmost pos ition in the s eat's
f ore an d aft adjustm ent ra nge, as far away
from th e airbag as pos sibl e. Th e backrest
mus t be adjusted to an up right posit ion.
Make s ure that the
PAS SENGER AIR BAG
OFF
light comes on and stays on all the time
whenever the ignition is switched on.
.&_ WARNING
- If the PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light does
not go out when an ad ult is sitting on the
front passenger seat after taking the steps
described above, make sure the adu lt is
properly seated and restrained at one of the
rear seat ing positions .
- Have the airbag system inspected by your
Audi dealer before transporting anyone on
the front passenger seat .
(D Tips
If the capacitive passenger detection system
determines that the front passenger seat is
empty, the frontal airbag on the passenger
side will be turned off, and the
PASSENGER
AIR BAG OFF
l ight will stay on.
Repair , care and disposal of the airbags
Pa rts of t he a irbag system are installed at many
d ifferent places on your Aud i. Insta lling, remov ­
ing, servic ing o r repa iring a part in an area of the
veh icle can damage a part of an airbag system
and p revent that system from working properly
in a co llision .
There are some important things you have to
know to make sure that the effectiveness of the
system wi ll not be impaired and that discarded
components do not cause injury or poll ute the
env ironment.
.&_ WARNING
Improper care, serv icing and repair proce­
dures can increase the r isk of personal injury
and death by preventing an airbag from de-
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p loying when needed or deploy ing an a irbag
unexpectedly:
- Never cover, obstruct, or change the steer­
ing wheel horn pad or airbag cover or the in­
strument panel or modify them in any way.
- Never attach any objects s uch as c up ho lders
or telephone mountings to the surfaces cov­
ering the a irbag un its .
- For cleaning the horn pad or instrument
panel, use only a soft, dry cloth or one mois­
tened w ith plain water. Solvents or cleaners
could damage the airbag cover or change
the st iffness o r streng th of the material so
that the airbag cannot deploy and p rotect
prope rly.
- Never repair, ad just, or change any parts of
the airbag system.
- All work on the steering wheel, inst rument
panel, front seats or e lectr ica l system ( in­
cluding the installation of a udio eq uipment,
cellular tele phones and C B radios, etc.)
m ust be perfo rmed by a qu alified techn ician
who has the training and specia l equipment
necessary.
- For any work on the airbag system, we
strong ly recommend that you see your au­
thorized A udi dealer or qualified wo rkshop.
- Never modify the front b umper or parts of
the vehicle body.
- Always make sure that the side a irbag can
inflate w ithout interference:
- Never install seat covers or replacement
upholstery ove r the front seatbacks that
have not been specifically approved by
A udi .
- Never use addi tional seat c ushions that
cover the areas where the side airbags in­
flate .
- Damage to the orig inal seat cove rs or to
the seam in the area of the s ide airbag
module mus t always be repaired immedi­
ate ly by an autho riz e d Au di dealer .
- The a irbag sys tem can deploy only once. Af­
ter an airbag has been deployed, i t m ust be
replaced with new replacement parts de­
signed and approved espec ia lly for your
Aud i model version . Replacement of com­
plete airbag systems or airbag components

Airbag syste m
by being pushed into you as the airbag in­
flates.
- Never p lace or attach accessories or other
objects (such as cup holders, telephone
brackets, or even large, bulky ob jects) on
the doors, over or near the area marked "AIRBAG" on the seat backrests.
- Such ob jects and accessories can become
dangerous projectiles and cause injury
when the supplemental side airbag de­ ploys.
- Never carry any objects or pets in the de­ ployment space between them and the
airbags or allow chi ldren or other passen­
gers to travel in this posit ion.
- Always prevent the side airbags from being
damaged by heavy objects knocking against
or hitting the sides of the seatbacks.
- The airbag system can only be triggered
once.
If the airbag has been triggered, the
system must be replaced by an author ized
Audi dealership.
- Damage (cracks, deep scratches etc.) to the
original seat covers or to the seam in the
area of the side a irbag module must always
be repa ired immed iate ly by an autho rized
Audi dealer.
- If children are seated improperly, their r isk
of injury increases in the case of an acc ident
r:!v page 165, Child safety.
- Never attempt to modify any components of
the a irbag sys tem in any way.
- In a side collision, s ide a irbags w ill not func­
t ion properly if sensors cannot correctly
measure increasing a ir pressure ins ide the
doors when air escapes through larger, un­
cl osed openings in the doo r panel.
- Never drive with inter ior door tr im panels
removed.
- Never drive when parts have been re­ moved from the inside door panel and the
open ings they leave have not been proper­
ly closed.
- Never drive when loudspeakers in the
doors have been removed unless the
spea ker ho les have been p roperly closed .
- Always make certa in that openings are
covered or filled if add itiona l speakers or
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other equipment is installed in the inside
door panels.
- Always have work on the doors done by an
authorized Aud i dea ler or q ualified work­
shop.

Checking and Filling
Fueling procedure
Fig. 156 Right rear side of the vehicle: opening the fue l
filler door
Fig . 157 Fue l filler door w it h atta ched fue l cap
The fuel fi ller door is unlocked or locked by the
central locking system .
Opening the fuel cap
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• Press the left side of the fuel filler door to open
it -arrow -
9 fig. 156.
• Unscrew the tank cap counte rclockw ise.
• Place the cap from above on the open fue l filler
door
9 fig. 157.
Cl osi ng th e fu el cap
• Turn the fue l cap clockwise until you hear it
lock.
• Close fuel filler door until it latches.
Once the pump nozzle sw itches off, the fuel tank
is "fu ll". Do not fi ll the tank more. Otherw ise the
expansion space in the tank will be fi lled.
The correct fuel type for your vehicle can be
found on a label located on the inside of the fue l
fi ller door. For addit io nal info rmation on fuel, re­
fe r to
Q page 184.
The fuel tank capacity of your vehicle can be
found in the
Technic al Data 9 page 251.
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To avoid fuel spilling or evaporating from the fuel
tank always close fue l filler cap properly and
completely . An improperly closed f uel f iller cap
may also cause the MIL lamp
~ page 21 to come
on.
A WARNING
Not pay ing attention w hen fueling or han­
dling f uel incorrectly can lead to fires , explo­
sions o r serious injur ies .
- Fue l ignites easily and can cause serious
burns and other injur ies .
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-If you do not switch the engine off when fu ­
eling a nd/or do not insert the fuel nozzle
comp letely into the tank open ing, fuel can
leak out o r run over. Leaked fuel can ign ite
and start a fire.
- Do not use the telephone wh ile f uel ing . The
elec tromagneti c rays can cause sparks,
which can ignite fue l vapors and s tart a fire.
- Do not sit in your vehicle wh ile fue ling. If
you must make an excep tion and enter yo ur
veh icle aga in while fueling, close the door
and touch me tal to discharge static electric ­
ity before touching the f uel nozz le . Static
electricity can create sparks, which can ig­
nite vapors when fueling .
- Do not smoke or have an open flame in the
area when fueling your vehicle or filling a
fue l conta iner because this increases the
risk of an explosion.
- For your safety, carrying fuel containers in
your veh icle is not recommended. Whether
full or empty, the container can leak and
cause a fire in the even t of an acc ident.
- If you must make an exception and trans­
port a fuel containe r, note the follow ing:
- Never fill the fuel co ntainer with fue l
while it is in or on the vehicle. Static e lec ­
tricity is discharged when fi lling which can
cause the fuel vapors to ignite and in­
creases the risk of an exp losion.
- Always place a fuel conta iner on the
ground before fill ing.
- Always ho ld the fuel nozzle completely in
the fue l container when filling.

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@ For the sake of the environment
-Changing the engine settings will adversely
affect emission levels. This is detrimental to
the environment and increases fuel con­
sumption.
-Always observe environmental regulations
when disposing of old engine oil, used brake
fluid, dirty engine coolant, spent batteries
or worn out tires.
- Undeployed airbag modules and pretension­
ers might be classified as Perchlorate Mate­
rial -special handling may apply, see
www .dtsc.ca.gov/hazardouswaste/perchlo­
rate . When the vehicle or parts of the re­
straint system including airbag modules
safety belts with pretensioners are scrap­
ped, all applicable laws and regulations
must be observed. Your authorized Audi
dealer is familiar with these requirements
and we recommend that you have your deal­ er perform this service for you.
Accessories and
technical changes
Additional accessories and parts replacement
Always consult an authorized Audi dealer before
purchasing accessories.
Your vehicle incorporates the latest safety design
features ensuring a high standard of active and passive safety.
This safety could be compromised by non-ap­ proved changes to the vehicle. For this reason, if
parts have to be replaced, please observe the fol­
lowing points when installing additional accesso­
ries:
Approved Audi accessories and genuine Audi parts are available from authorized Audi dealers.
These dealers also have the necessary facilities, tools and trained specialists to install the parts
and accessories properly .
Consumer information
A WARNING
Using the wrong spare parts or using non-ap­
proved accessories can cause damage to the
vehicle and serious personal injury.
- Use only accessories expressly approved by
Audi and genuine Audi spare parts
- These parts and accessories have been spe­
cially designed to be used on your vehicle.
- Never install accessories such as telephone
cradles or beverage holders on airbag covers
or within the airbag deployment zones. Do­
ing so will increase the risk of injury if air­
bags are triggered in an accident!
- Before you check anything in the engine
compartment, always read and heed all
WARNINGS 9page 188.
(D Note
-If items other than genuine Audi spare
parts, add-on equipment and accessory
items are used or if repair work is not per­
formed according to specified methods, this
can result in severe damage to your vehi­
cle's engine and body (such as corrosion)
and adversely affect your vehicle's warranty.
- If emergency repairs must be performed
elsewhere, have the vehicle examined by an
authorized Audi dealer as soon as possible.
- The manufacturer cannot be held liable for
damage which occurs due to failure to com­
ply with these stipulations.
Technical Modifications
Our guidelines must be complied with when tech­
nical modifications are made.
Always consult an authorized Audi dealer
before
starting work on any modifications.
This will help ensure that vehicle function, per­
formance and safety are not impaired
9 ,& .
Attempting to work on electronic components
and the software used with them can cause mal­
functions. Because of the way electronic compo­
nents are interconnected with each other, such
malfunctions can also have an adverse affect on
other systems that are not directly involved. This ..,.
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Consumer inf orm ation
means t hat yo u risk both a substantia l reduction
in the operational safety of your vehicle and an
increased wear of veh icle parts ~&. .
Author ized Audi dealers w ill perform this work in
a professional and competent manner or, in spe­
cial cases, refer you to a professional company
that spec ializes in such modif icat ions.
A WARNING
Improper repairs and modifications can
change the way vehicle systems work and
cause damage to the veh icle and ser ious per­
sonal injury.
([) Note
If emergency repa irs must be performed else­
where, have the vehicle examined by an au­ thorized Audi dealer as soon as possib le.
Declaration of
Compliance, Telecom­ munication and
Electronic Systems
Radio Frequency Devices and Radiocommunica­
tion Equipment User Manual Notice.
The manufacturer is not responsible for any radio
or TV interference caused by unauthor ized modi­
fications to this equ ipment .
Devices
The fo llow ing devices each comp ly w ith FCC Part
15.19, FCC 15.21 and RSS-Gen Issue
1:
- Adaptive cruise contro l*
- Audi s ide ass ist*
- Cell phone package*
- Convenie nce key*
- Electronic immobilizer
- Remote control key
FCC Part 15 .19
This device complies with part 15 of the FCC
Ru les. Operation is subject to the following two
conditions:
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(1) This dev ice may not cause ha rmf ul interfer­
ence, and
( 2 ) this devi ce must accep t any i nte rference re­
ce ived, in cl ud ing in terference tha t may c ause un­
desired ope ration.
FCC Part 15.21
CAUTION :
Changes or modificat ions not express ly approved
by the pa rty responsible for compliance could
vo id the user's a uthority to operate t he equ ip­
ment .
RSS-Gen Issue 1
Operat ion is subject to the following two cond i­
tions:
(1) this device may not ca use interference, and
( 2 ) this devi ce must acc ep t a ny inte rference, in­
cl ud ing interfe rence that may cause undesi red
operation of the device.

Index
Convertible locking retractor
Activating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Deactivating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Using to secure a child safety seat . . . . . . 177
Cooling mode (au toma tic climate con trol sys -
t em) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Cooling system Add ing coolant ... ............ .... .. . 195
Coolan t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Coolan t leve l check ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Coolant temperature indicator . . . . . . . . . . 12
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 6
Corner ing light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Cruise control system Changing speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Descr ipt io n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Preselect ing speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Sw itchi ng off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
sw itch ing on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Cup holders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Curre nt cons umption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23, 24
D
D ata recorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 2
Date display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Daytime running lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
D eclaration of compliance
Adapt ive cr uise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Aud i side assis t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Ce ll phone package . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Elect ronic immob ilizer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Homelink universa l remote control . . . . . 256
Remote control key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Defective light bulb warning Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Defrost ing (windsh ield)
automatic clima te con trol system . . . . . . . 63
DEF (instrument cluste r) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
D eluxe a utomatic climate contro l
refer to Climate contro l system (automatic) .62
D etermin ing cor rec t load limit . . . . . . . . . . 2 18
Dig ita l compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
D imensions . ..... ... .. ..... ... .. .. ... 251
Dimmi ng the rea rview mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
260
Door/luggage compartment lid wa rning . . . 23
Door contact switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Doors Emergency locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Driver in fo rmat ion system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
CD/radio display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Door/luggage compartment lid warning . . 23
E fficiency program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Ind icator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
On-board computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Outs ide temperature display . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Se rvice in terva l display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
U sing the m ultifu nction stee ring wheel . . . 23
Driver seating position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
D rive select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
D rivi ng econom ica lly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
D riving safe ly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Drivin g throu gh wa ter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
D rivi ng time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
D ust filter
refer to Pollut ant fi lt er . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
E
ear window defogger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
E CO mode (a utomat ic cl ima te contro l
system) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Efficiency program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Descnptron . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Fuel economy messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Other equ ipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
E lectr ical accessories
refer to Socket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
E lectromechanical parking brake
refer to Parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
El ec trome chanical steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Ind icator lig hts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
E lectronic differentia l lock ........... .. . 116
Ind icator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
E lectronic immobili zer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
also refer to Immobili zer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
E lec tronic spee d limiter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
E lec tronic stabiliza tion control (ESC)
Ind icator lig ht . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Spor t mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 7