2016 AUDI A3 CABRIOLET seat adjustment

Child safety
-The inflating airbag will hit the child safety
seat or infant carrier with great force and
will smash the child safety seat and child
against the backrest, center armrest, door
or roof .
- Always install rear-facing child safety seats
or infant carriers on the rear seat .
- Make sure there is enough space in front of
the child in the child seat . If necessary, ad­
just the angle and position of the seat in
front of the child seat.
- Forward -facing child safety seats installed
on the front passenger's seat can interfere
with the airbag when it inflates and cause serious injury to the child . Always install for­
ward-facing child safety seats on the rear
seat.
- 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 that the following
special precautions be taken:
- Make sure the forward-facing seat has
been designed and certified by its manu­
facturer for use on a front seat with a pas­ senger front and side airbag .
- Always carefully follow the manufacturer's
instructions provided with the child safety
seat or carrier .
- Always move the front passenger seat to
the highest position in the up and down
adjustment range and move it back to the
rearmost position in the seat's fore and
aft adjustment range, as far away from
the airbag as possible, before installing
the forward-facing child restraint .
- Always make sure that the safety belt up­
per anchorage is behind the child restraint
and not next to or in front of the child re­
straint so that the safety belt will be prop­
erly positioned .
- 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 that the backrest is in
the upright position .
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-Never place or use any electrical device
(such as a laptop, CD player, electronic
games device, power inverter or seat heat­
er for child seats) on the front passenger
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 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 oth­
er 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 elec­
trical capacitance measured by the capaci­
tive passenger detection system and can
also fly around in an accident and cause
serious personal injury.
- Always buckle the child safety seat firmly in place even if a child is not sitting in it. A
loose child safety seat can fly around during
a sudden stop or in a collision .
- Always read and heed all WARNINGS when­
ever using a child restrained in a vehicle is
being used
<::;>page 135, Safety belts,
~ page 143, Airbag system
and
~ page 165, Child safety.
A WARNING
To reduce the risk of serious injury, make sure
that the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light
comes on and stays on whenever a child re­
straint is installed on the front passenger seat
and 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 if the
PASSENGER AIR
BAG OFF
light does not stay on.
- Have the airbag system inspected by your
authorized Audi dealer immediately.

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the seat cannot move forward or sideways more than one inch (2.5 cm)
c::!;> page 176.
~ If the child safety seat is equ ipped with a tether
strap, attach it to the tether anchors
<=> page 181.
~ Secure unused safety belts on the rear seat
<=> page 171.
A toddler or child is usually too large for an in­
fant restraint if it is more than one year old and
weighs more than 20 lbs. (9 kg) .
T oddlers and children who are o lder than one
year up to about 4 years old and weigh more than
20 lbs (9 kg) up to 40 lbs. (18 kg) must always be properly restrained in a ch ild safety seat cert ified
for the ir s ize and weight <=>
fig. 147 and
¢ fig. 148 .
The airbag on the passenger side makes the front
seat a potentially dangerous place for a child to
ride . The front seat is not the safest place for a
child in a fo rward-facing child safety seat. It is a
ve ry dangero us p lace for an infant or a larger
chi ld in a rearward-facing seat.
_.6 WARNING
-Not using a ch ild safety seat, using the wrong
child safety seat or improper ly installing a
child restraint increases the risk of serious
personal injury and death in a collis ion or oth­
er emergency situation.
- Children on the front seat of any car, even
with Advanced Airbags, can be seriously in­
jured or even killed when an airbag inf lates.
A ch ild in a rearward-facing child safety seat
installed on the front passenger seat will be
seriously injured and can be killed if the
front airbag inflates - even with an Ad­
vanced Airbag System.
- T he inflating a irbag w ill hit the child safety
seat or infant carrier with great force and
will smash the chi ld safety seat and chi ld
against the backrest, center arm rest, door
or roof.
- Always install rear-facing child safety seats
on the rear seat.
- If you must install a rearward fac ing ch ild
safety seat on the front passenger seat be-
Ch ild safety
cause of exceptional circumstances and the
PASS ENGER AIR BA G 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 a irbag system
inspected by your Audi dealer.
- The rear side of the ch ild safety seat should
be positioned as close as possible to the
backrest on the veh icle seat.
- For adjustable head restraints: adjust or re­
move the rear seat head rest raint if it is dif­
ficult to insta ll the ch ild seat with the head
restraint in place¢
page 55. Install the
head res traint again immed iate ly once the
child seat is removed. Driving witho ut head
restraints or with head restraints that are
not properly ad justed increases the r isk of
serious or fatal neck injury dramatically.
- Always read and heed all WARNINGS when­
ever using a child restrained in a vehicle is
be ing used ¢
page 135, Safety belts,
<=> page 143, Airbag system
and
<=> page 165, Important information.
A WARNING
-
If exceptional c ircumstances requ ire the use
of a forward-facing ch ild restraint on the
front passenger's seat, the child 's safety and
well-being req uire that the following special
precautions be taken:
- Make sure the forward-fac ing seat has been
des igned and certified by its manufacturer
for use on a front seat with a passenger
front and side ai rbag .
- Always follow the manufacturer's instr uc­
tions provided with the child safety seat o r
infant carrier.
- Always move the front passenger seat to
the highest position in the up and down ad­
justment range and move it back to the rearmost posit ion in the seat's fore and aft
adjustment range, as far away from the a ir­
bag as possible, before install ing the for­
ward-facing ch ild restraint .
- Always make sure that the safety be lt upper
anchorage is behind the ch ild restraint and
not next to o r in front of the child restraint
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-Some of the equipment listed in the follow­
ing tables applies only to certain model ver­
s ions or certain optional equipment .
Interior fuse assignment
Fig. 188 Vehicle interior: fuse assignment
No. Equipment
Fl Engine components
F2 Seat
adjustment
F3 Power top hydraulic pump
F4 MMI control panel, MMI components
FS Gateway
F6 Selector
lever (automatic transmission)
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F7 Climate/heating control, auxiliary heating,
rear w
indow defogger relay
Diagnosis, electromechanical parking
FB brake switch, light switch
, rain/light sen-
sor, inter ior lighting, communications box,
anti-theft alarm system
F9 Steering column switch module
FlO Display
Fll Reversible driver's side safety belt tension
-
ers
F12 MMI area
F13 Damper control module/ service plug
No.
Fl4
FlS
Fl6
F 17
FlB
F19
F20
F23
F 24
F2 5
F2 6
F27
F28
F29
F 31
F32
F 33
F 34
F35
F 36
F37
F38
F39
F40
F41
F42
F4 3
F44
F 47
Fuses and bulbs
Equipment
Climate control system blower
Electronic steering column lock
MMI area
Instrument cluster
Rearview camera
Convince key system control module, tank
system
Tank system
Exterior lighting, heated washer fluid noz -
zles
Panorama sunroof/ power top control
module, power top latch (Cabriolet)
Door/driver's side doors (for examp le pow-
er windows)
Seat heating
Sound-amplifier
Power top control module, electro nics
(Cabriolet)
Inter ior lights
Exterior lighting
Driver assistance systems
Airbag
Button illumination, coils for neck heating
r elay and socket relay, interior sound,
back-up light switch, temperature sensor
Function lighting, diagnosis, headlight
range control system, air quality sensor,
automat ic dimming rearview mirror
R ight cornering light/ right LED-headlight
Left cornering light/ left LED-headlight
High-voltage battery
Door/front passenger's side doors (for ex-
ample, power windows)
Sockets
Reversible front passenger's side safety
belt tensioners
Central locking components, windshield
washer system
Headlights, lighting
all wheel drive Rear w indow wiper
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Peripheral display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Physical principles of a frontal collision . . . 136
Polishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Pollen filter
re fer to Pollutant filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Pollutant filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Power seat adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Pow er top . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Convenience closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Convenience opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Emergency operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
General information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Power top storage compartment . . . . . . . . 38
Wind deflector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Power window
Convenience opening/closing . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Power windows
Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Pr egnant women
Special considerations when wearing a safe-
ty belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Pre sense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Basic (description) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Dr iver messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96, 100
Front (description) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
General information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Se ttings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Pressure (tires) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Proper occupant seating positions . . . . . . . 125
Proper safety belt position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Prop er seating position
Fr ont passenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Occupants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Rear passengers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Protecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Protection mat
refer to Reversible mat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Index
Q
Question
What happens to unbelted occupants? . . 136
R
Radiator fan
Radio clock 196
refer to Clock
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Rain/light sensor
Headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
I ntermittent (windshield wipers) . . . . . . . . 49
Switching on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Raising the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Range (tank contents) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Rear lid
Escape latch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
also refer to Luggage compartment lid 33
Rear light
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Rearview camera
refer to Parking systems
110,111
Rearview mirror
refer to Mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Rearview mirror dimming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Recirculation mode automatic control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Reducing fuel consumption Efficiency program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2S
Remote control
refer to Remote control key . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Remote control key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
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Replacing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Synchronization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
unlocking/locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Repair manuals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Repairs Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Replacement key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Replacing Light bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Replacing windshield wiper blades . . . . . . . . SO
Reporting Safety Defects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Reset button (trip odometer) . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
265

Index
Resetting the trip odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Retract New brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Retractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Reverse (automatic transmission) . . . . . . . . . 76
Reversible mat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Right hand drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Rims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Rollbar refer to Active rollover protection system 133
s
Safe driving habits
Safety 124
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Cargo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Correct seating position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Pedal area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Safety belt position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Safety belts worn by pregnant women . . . 140
Safety belt pretensioner
Service and disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
141
Safety belts .. .. .. ............ .... 135, 138
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Danger to passengers who do not wear a
safety belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Fa stening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Improperly worn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Not worn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Safety belt position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
7
Securing child safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Special considerations for pregnant wom-
en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Unfasten ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Warning/indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Worn properly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Safety belt warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Safety central locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Safety compliance sticker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Safety equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Safety features for occupant restraint and
protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
266
Safety instructions
for using child safety seats 169
for using safety be lts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 7
Monitoring the Advanced Airbag System . 157
Safety systems (indicator light) . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Screwdriver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Seat adjustment Head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Seat heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Seating position Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Front passenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
How to adjust the front seats . . . . . . . . . . 126
Incorrect seat pos ition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Occupants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Rear passengers. ... .. ............... 127
Seats adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Correct seat ing pos ition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Easy seat entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Folding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Seats (number) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Se lective wheel torque control . . . . . . . . . . 116
Selector lever (automatic transmission) Emergency operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Service and disposal Safety belt pretens ioner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Service interval display
with driver information system . . . . . . . . . 202
Setting clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Setting date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Setting the temperature automatic climate control system . . . . . . . 62
Setting time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
SETUP (basic setting) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Shift paddles (automatic transmission) . . . . 81
Short-term memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Side airbags Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
How they work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Side assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Adjusting the brightness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Cleaning the sensors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Sensor range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
switching on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
also refer to Side assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103