2016 AUDI A3 CABRIOLET coolant

Consumer inf orm ation
today's a utomo biles, have steadily re duced the
scope of maintenance and repairs whic h can be
carried out by veh icle owners.
Also , sa fet y and
en vironmental
concerns place very strict limits
on the nature of repairs and adjustmen ts to en­
g ine and transmission parts wh ich an owner can
perform .
Maintenance, adjustments and repairs usually re­
qu ire special tools, testing devices and other
equ ipment available to specially trained work ­
shop personnel in order to assure proper per­
forma nce, re liability and safety of the veh icle and
its many systems .
Improper maintenance, adjustments and repairs
can impair the operation and reliab ility of your
ve hicle and eve n void your vehicle warranty .
Therefo re, proof of se rvicing in a ccordance w ith
the m aintenance sched ule may be a condition for
up ho ld ing a possible wa rranty claim made within
the wa rranty pe riod.
Above all , ope rational safety can be adversely af­
fected, cre ating unne cessa ry risks fo r you and
your passengers.
I f in doubt about any servicing, have it done by
your author ized Audi dealer or any other properly
eq uipped and qualified workshop . We strongly
urge you to g ive your author ized Audi dealer the
opportunity to perform a ll scheduled mainte ­
nance and necessa ry repairs. Your dealer has the
facilities, origina l parts and tra ined specialists to
keep your veh icle runn ing properly.
P e rforming limited maintenance yourself
The fo llow ing pages describe a limited number of
procedures whic h can be performed on your vehi­
cle with ordinary tools, should th e need arise and
tra ined personnel be unava ilable. Before per­
forming any of these procedures, always thor­
ough ly read all of the app licab le text and carefu l­
ly follow the instructions g iven . A lways rigorously
observe the
WARNINGS prov ided .
Befo re yo u check anything in the engine com ­
partment, always read and heed all WARNINGS
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A WARNING
-
-Ser ious personal in jury may occur as a result
of imp roperly performed maintenance, ad­
justments or repairs .
- Always be extreme ly careful when work ing
on the vehicle . Always follow commonly ac­
cepted safety practices and general com­ mon sense. Never r is k personal in jury.
- Do not attempt any of the mainte nance,
checks or repairs described on the following pages if you are no t fu lly fam iliar with these
or other proce dures with respect to the ve­
hicle, o r are uncert ain how to p ro ceed.
- Do not do any work wi thout the prope r tools
a nd equi pmen t. H ave the necess ary wo rk
done by your authorized Au di dealer or an ­
other properly equipped and qualified work­
shop.
- The engine compartment of any motor vehi ­
cle is a potentially hazardous area . Never
reach into the a rea around or touch the radi­
ator fan. It is temperature controlled and
can switch on suddenly - even when the en­
gine is off . The radiator fan switches o n au­
tomatically when the coolan t reaches a cer­
tain tempe ra ture an d w ill cont inue to run
until the coolant tem pe rature d rops.
- Always sw itch off the ignition before anyone
gets under the vehicle.
- Always support your vehicle with safety
stands if it is necessary to work underneath
the vehicle. The jack supp lied wi th the veh i­
cle is no t adequate fo r thi s pu rpose a nd
could collapse causing serious personal in­
Jury .
- If you must wor k unde rneath the vehicle
w ith the wheels on t he g roun d, always make
sure the vehicle is on level ground, that the
wheels are always sec urely blocked and that
the engine cannot be started.
- Always make sure the transmission se lector
lever (automatic t ransm iss ion) is in P (Park
position) and the pa rk b rake is applied. ..,

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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
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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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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

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Electronic Stabilization Control (ESC) . . . . . 116
Emergency assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Emergency flasher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
E mergency flashe rs
I ndicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
21
Emergency locking the front passenger 's door .3.2
Emergency operat ion
Emergency braking function . . . . . . . . . . . .
75
Front passenger's door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Luggage compartment lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Power top . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
with conven ience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Emergency release
Fuel filler door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
187
Selector lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Emergency starting 244
Energy management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Engine
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
195
Starting with jumper cables . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Starting (button) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Starting (key) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Starting (messages with conven ience key) . 72
stopping (button) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
stopping (key) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Engine compartment
C losing the hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
190
Opening the hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Overview ... .................. ..... . 191
Safety precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Engine control (indicator light) . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Engine coolant
Radiator fan
196
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Checking oil level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Dipstick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191, 193
F'll ' I mg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Oi l consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Specification and viscosity . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Engine speed limitation (indicator light) . . . 19
Environment
Break-in period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
65
Catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Index
Disposing of your vehicle battery . . . . . . . 201
Driving at high speeds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Letting the vehicle stand and warm up. . . . 66
Proper disposal of drained brake fluid . . . 197
Proper disposal of drained engine oil . . . . 194
Unleaded gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
What should I do with an old battery? . . . 201
EPC (engine control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
ESC
Automatic post-collision braking system .
116
Electronic stabilization control . . . . . . . . . 116
Sport mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
also refer to Electronic Stabilization Control
(ESC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
116
ESP
refer to Electronic Stabilization
Control (ESC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
116
Event Data Recorder (EDR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Exterior lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Exterior mirrors
Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
47
Dimming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
folding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Heating... .. .. .. .. ............... .. . 47
F
Fastening
Booster seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
17 4
Convertible child safety seats . . . . . . . . . . 172
Infant seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Floor mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Fog lights/rear fog light(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Folding the exterior mirrors
Center locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
31
Folding the rear seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Foot pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Footwell lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
For the sake of the env ironment
ear w indow defogger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
64
Environmentally-friend ly driving . . . . . . . . 65
Fueling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Leaks..... .... .. ................. .. 189
Freeze protection
Coo lant additive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
195
Windshield washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
261