2016 AUDI A3 CABRIOLET battery location

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-Never connect devices that generate elect ri­
ca l power such as solar panels or a battery
charger to the 12 volt socket . They can dam­
age the vehicle electrical system.
(D Tips
The vehicle battery drains when accessories
are turned on but the engine is off.
Storage
Beverage holders
F ig. 62 Sect io n of the rear bench seat: rea r cup ho lders •
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Your veh icle has cup holders in the front center
console, in the door pockets and in the rear cen ­
ter armrest* .
A WARNING
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-Do not p ut any hot beverages in the cup
holder while the vehicle is moving . Ho t bev­
erages could spill, wh ich can cause injury.
- Do not use any breakable beverage cont ain­
ers ( for example, m ade out of glass or po r­
celain). You cou ld be injured by them in the
event of an accident.
(D Note
Beverage containers in the cup holders should
always have a lid. Otherwise, beverages could
spill and cause damage to veh icle equipment
or stain the seat cove rs.
Seats and storag e
Glove compartment
Fig. 63 G love co mpart m ent
Opening /closing
• To open the glove compartment, pull the han­
dle in the d irection of the arrow .
"' To close the glove compartment, swing the lid
upward until it clicks into place .
The glove compartment can be locked using the
vehicle key.
A WARNING
-Always leave the lid on the glove compart- ment cover closed while dr iving to reduce the
r isk of injury.
Additional storage compartments
T he re are add itiona l storage compartmen ts,
compartments and holders at other locations in
the vehicle:
- In the uppe r part of the glove compartment.
- In the center console under the center arm -
rest* .
- On the back of the right front seat. The com ­
partment* can hold a maximum we ight of
2 lbs
(1 kg) .
A WARNING
-Do not place any objects on the instrument
panel. Objects that are not stored secu rely
can slide around in the vehicle while driving,
when accele rating or braking or when turn­
i n g .
- Make sure that objects cannot fa ll out of the
center console storage compartment or oth-
er compartments and into the footwell
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Driving
at idle for approxim ately two minutes before
shutting it
off.
Starting the engine if there is a
malfunction
A pp lies to: ve hicles w ith conve nien ce key
It may not be possible to start the engine under
certain circumstances, for example if the battery
in the vehicle key is drained, if interference is af­
fected the key or if there is a system malfunc ­
tion .
Fig. 77 Steering co lumn/ remote control key: start ing t he
eng ine if th ere is a malfu nct ion
As long as the message t>>) Key not recognized.
See owner' s manual
appears, you can start yo ur
ve hicle using the emergency sta rt function .
• Press t he b rake pedal ¢
A in Starting the en­
gine with the
ST ART ENGINE STOP button on
page 70 .
• Press the ~1s= T~A~R~ T~E~N~G~I~ N~E~s= T=o=P~I b utton .
• Hold t he maste r key in the location indica ted as
shown in the i llus trati on
t>>) Q fig. 77. The en ­
g ine w ill sta rt .
• If the engine does not automatically start,
press the
I START ENGINE STOPI button again .
D rive to an a uth o riz ed Aud i de aler or a uthori zed
Aud i Serv ice Facility immediately to have the
malfunct io n corrected .
Y ou ca n disp lay the me ss a ge th at appe ars
durin g an eme rgency by pressing the
!START ENGINE STOPI* button.
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Messages
Turn off ignition before leaving car. Battery is
discharging
This mes sage appears and a warning tone sounds
i f you open t he drive r's doo r w hen t he ig nition is
swi tched on . Switch the igni tion
off so that the
batte ry will not discharge .
Pressing start/stop button again will switch off
engine!
This message appears w hen you press the
I STAR T EN GINE STOP~ button while dr iv ing
¢ page 71, Emergency off fun ction*.
Engine start system malfun ction. Please con­
tact Service
The eng ine automat ic start system has a mal­
funct ion. Dr ive to an a uthorized Audi dea le r or
authorized Aud i Serv ice Facility immedia tely to
have the malfunct ion cor rected. To s tart the en­
gine, press an d hold the
I START ENGINE STOPI
button.
II Key not re cogniz ed. S ee owner 's manual
This message appears if there is no conven ience
key i nside the vehicle or if the system does not
recognize the key . The convenience key may not
be recognized, for example, if i t is covered by an
ob ject tha t
disrupts the signa l (such as a br ief­
c a se), or if the key battery is we ak. Elec tron ic de ­
vices such as cell phones c an also inte rfe re wi th
the signa l.
To still be ab le to start o r stop the engine, refer
to ''Co rrecting a malfu nction"
Q page 7 2.
Ill Key not in vehicle?
The Ill indicator light t urns on and th is message
appears if the convenience key was removed from
the vehicle when the engine was ru nning. If the
convenience key is no longe r in the veh icle, yo u
cannot sw itch the ignition on or sta rt the e ng ine
o nce you stop it . In addition, you canno t loc k the
vehicle from the outside.
Press brake pedal
This message appears if yo u do not press the
brake peda l when starting the engine.

Intelligent Technology
With the engine running
A lthough electrical energy is generated whi le
driving, the battery can drain . This can happen
when little energy is generated, and much is used
and the charge leve l of the battery is not optima l.
To restore the balance o f energy, components
that requ ire large amounts o f energy are tempo ­
rari ly scaled back o r switched off . Heating sys­
tems in particu lar require a great deal of energy.
If you notice, for example, that the seat heating*
or rear window defroster is not working, then it has bee n temporarily reduced or switched off.
These systems are available again as soon as the
energy supp ly has been restored.
In addition, you may notice that the idle speed
has slightly increased. T hat is norma l and no
cause for concern. Due to the increased idling
speed, the add itiona l requ ired e ne rgy w ill be
generated and the battery w ill be cha rged.
Notice about data recorded by the Event
Data Recorder and vehicle control modules
E vent Data Recorder
This vehicle is equipped wi th an Event Da ta Re ­
corde r (EDR) . The main purpose of an EDR is to
record, in certain crash o r near crash-like situa­
tions, such as an a irbag deployment or h itting a
road obstacle, data that will assist in understand­
ing how a veh icle's systems performed . The EDR
is designed to record data related to veh icle dy­
namics and safe ty systems for a sho rt pe riod of
time, typically 30 seconds or less. The EDR in this
veh icle is designed to reco rd s uch data as:
- How various systems in your vehicle were oper­
at ing;
- Whether or not the driver and passenger safety belts we re buckled/fastened;
- How far ( if at all) the driver was depress ing the
acce lerator and/or brake peda l; and,
- How fast the ve hicle was trave ling.
These data can help provide a better understand­ ing of the circ umstances in which crashes and in ­
juries occur. NOTE: EDR data are recorded by your veh icle only if a non-trivia l crash situat ion occurs;
no data are recorded by the EDR under norma l
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driving cond itions and no personal data (e .g .,
name, gender, age, and crash location) are re­
corded. However, other parties, such as law en­
fo rcement, co uld comb ine the EDR data with the
type of persona lly identifying data rout inely ac­
quired du ring a crash investigation .
To read data recorded by an EDR, spec ial eq uip­
ment is required, and access to the vehicle or the
EDR is needed. In addition to the ve hicle manu­
facturer, other part ies, such as law enforcement,
t h at have the spec ial eq uipment, can read the in­
fo rmat io n if they have access to the vehicle or the
EDR .
Some state laws restrict the retrieval or down­
l oad ing of data stored by ED Rs ins talled in a ve hi­
cle for the exp ress p urpose of ret riev ing data af­
te r an accident or c rash event withou t the own­
e r's consent.
Audi will not access the EDR and/or simi la r data
or g ive i t to others -
- unless the ve hicle owner (or lessee if the vehi­
cle has been leased) agrees; o r
- upon the offic ial request by the police; or
- upon the order of a court o f law or a govern -
ment agency; or
- for the defense of a lawsuit thro ugh the judicia l
discovery process.
- Audi may a lso use the data for research about
veh icle operation and safety perfo rmance or
prov ide the data to a third party for research
purposes without identify ing the specific vehi­
cle or information about the ident ity of its own­
er or lessee and only afte r the recorded vehicle
data has been accessed.
Vehicle control modules
You r vehicle is also eq uipped with a number of
electronic control modules for various vehicle
systems, such as e ngine management, em iss ion
contro l, airbags, and safety be lts.
These elect ronic contro l modules record data
dur ing norma l vehicle operation that may be
needed by trained techn ic ians for d iagnost ic and
r epa ir purposes. The recording capab ility of these
modules is lim ited to data (no sound is record­
ed). Only a sma ll am ount of data is actually

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Checking and Filling
Gasoline engine compartment overview
The most important check points .
Fig. 161 Typical location of the rese rvoir , engine oil dipst ick, and engine oil filler opening
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Engine oil dipstick ............ .
Engine oil filling opening
('er.) . .
Brake fluid reservoir (0))
Battery(+) under a cover
Body ground point(-)
Washer fluid reservoir
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Fuse housing . .... .... ....... .
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The engine oil filler opening and the dipstick
(items ® and @)
¢ fig. 161 may be located in a
different area depending on engine version.
A WARNING
Read and follow all WARNINGS before check­
ing anything in the engine compartment
¢page 188.
Engine oil
Engine oil specifications
The engine oil used must conform to exact speci­
fications.
The service interval d isplay in the instrument
cluster of your vehicle will inform you when it is
time for an oil change. We recommend that you
have your oil changed by an authorized Audi Serv­
ice Advisor.
If you have to top off the oil between oil changes,
us e the Audi oil quality standard specified in the
tab~ .
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