2016 AUDI A3 wheel

today's automobiles, have steadily reduced the
scope of maintenance and repairs which can be
carried out by vehicle owners.
Also, safety and
environmental
concerns place very strict limits
on the n ature of repairs and adjustments to en­
gine and transmission parts which an owner can perform .
Maintenance, adjustments and repairs usually re­
quire special tools, testing devices and o ther
equipment available to specially trained work ­
shop personnel in order to assure proper per­
formance, reliability and safety of the vehicle and
its many systems.
Improper maintenance, adjustments and repairs
can impair the operation and reliability of your
vehicle and even void your vehicle warranty .
Therefore, proof of servicing in accordance with
the maintenance schedule may be a condition for upholding a possible warranty claim made within
the warranty period.
Above all , operational safety can be adversely af­
fected, creating unnecessary risks for you and
your passengers.
If in doubt about any servicing, have it done by
your authorized Audi dealer or any other properly equipped and qualified workshop. We strongly urge you to give your authorized Audi dealer the
opportunity to perform all scheduled mainte­ nanc e and necessary repairs. Your dealer has the
facilities, original parts and trained specialists to keep your vehicle running properly .
Performing limited maintenance yourself
The following pages describe a limited number of
procedures which can be performed on your vehi­
cle with ordinary tools, should the need arise and
trained personnel be unavailable. Before per­
forming any of these procedures, always thor­
oughly read all of the applicable text and careful­ ly follow the instructions given . Always rigorously
observe the
WARNINGS provided .
Before you check anything in the engine com-
,.., partment, always read and heed all WARNINGS
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A WARNING
-Serious personal injury may occur as a result
of improperly performed maintenance, ad ­
justments or repairs .
- Always be extremely careful when working
on the vehicle. Always follow commonly ac ­
cepted safety practices and general com­ mon sense. Never risk personal injury.
- Do not attempt any of the maintenance,
checks or repairs described on the following pages if you are not fully familiar with these
or other procedures with respect to the ve­ hicle, or are uncertain how to proceed.
- Do not do any work without the proper tools
and equipment. Have the necessary work
done by your authorized Audi 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 area 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 on au ­
tomatically when the coolant reaches a cer­
tain temperature and will continue to run
until the coolant temperature drops.
- Always switch 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 supplied with the vehi­
cle is not adequate for this purpose and
could collapse causing serious personal in­
jury.
- If you must work underneath the vehicle
with the wheels on the ground, always make
sure the vehicle is on level ground, that the
wheels are always securely blocked and that
the engine cannot be started.
- Always make sure the transmission selector
lever (automatic transmission) is in P (Park
position) and the park brake is applied .
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Index
A
A/C
refer to Climate control system (automatic) .7.2
r e fer to Climate control system (manual) . 71
A/C (automat ic climate control system) . . . . 72
A/C (manual climate control system) . . . . . . 71
Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62, 308
Active lane assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Activating vibrat ion warn ing . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Adjusting steering t ime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Clean ing the camera area . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Driver messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
switching on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Adapt ive cruise control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Automatic transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Cleaning the sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Driver messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Request for driver intervention . . . . . . . . . 138
Stop-and-go traffic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Adaptive dampers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Adapt ive light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46, 148
I ndicator l ight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
AdBlue .... .. .. ................... ... 234
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Adjusting air distribution (Climate contro l sys-
tem) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Adjusting air vents .. ... ........ .. .. .. .. 74
Adjusting air vents (manual climate control
system) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Adjusting automatic headlights . . . . . . . . . . 48
Adjusting the center console lighting . . . . . . 50
Adjusting the temperature manual climate control system . . . . . . . . . . 71
advanced key
refer to Convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
A irbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
I ndicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Advanced Airbag-System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Advanced Airbag System components . . . 191
Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Ch ildr en . .. .. ............... .... ... 211
Ch ild restraints ... .............. .... 211
310
Components (front airbags) . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Danger of fitting a chi ld seat on the front
passenger seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Front airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188, 189
How do the front airbags work? . . . . . . . . 194
How many airbags does my vehicle have? 191
How the Advanced Airbag System compo-
nents work together . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Important informat ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Important safety instructions on the knee
airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Kne e airbags. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light . . . . . . . . . 196
Repairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
S id e curtain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Warning/Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
When must the system be inspected? . . . 196
Air transport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Alarm system
refer to Anti-theft alarm system . . . . . . . . . 35
Al ignmen t pin (tire chang ing) . . . . . . . . . . . 280
All-weather lights (LED headlights) . . . . . . . 46
All season tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
All wheel drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Alternator
refer to Alternator (indicator light) . . . . . . 20
Alternator (indicator light) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Ambient lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Anti-freeze Windshield washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . 2Sl
also refer to Engine coolant . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Anti- lock b raking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Ant i-slip regulat ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Anti -theft alarm system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Anti-theft protection Electronic immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Audi active lane assist
refer to Active lane ass ist . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Audi adaptive cruise control
refer to Adaptive cruise control . . . . . . . . 132

Index
Dimming the rearview mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Door/luggage compartment lid warning . . . 28
Door contact switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Doors Child safety lock (mechanical) . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Driver information system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Boost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
CO/radio display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Door/luggage compartment lid warning . . 28
Efficiency program. .... ... .... .. .. .. .. 31
Engine oil temperature indicator . . . . . . . . 32
Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 , 101
La p timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13, 101
On-board computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Outside temperature display. . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Service interval display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Using the multifunction steering wheel . . . 28
Driver seating position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Drive select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Driving economically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Driving safely . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Driving through water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Driving time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Dust filter
refer to Pollutant filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
E
e-tron . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Stat istics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
ECO mode (automatic climate control
system) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Efficiency program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Fuel economy messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Other equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Electrical accessories
refer to Socket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Electric drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
E lectromechanical parking brake
refer to Parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Electromechanical steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
314
Electronic differential lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Electronic immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
also refer to Immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Electronic speed limiter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Electronic stabilization control (ESC) Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Sport mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Electronic Stabil iz at ion Control (ESC) . . . . . 159
E mergency assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Emergency flasher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Emergency flashers
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Emergency operation Emergency braking function . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Front passenger 's door/rear doors . . . . . . . 41
Luggage compartment lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Panorama sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
with convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Emergency release Fuel filler door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Selector lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Emergency starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29S
Energy management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Engine Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Jump starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Preheater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Preheating (button) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Preheating (key) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Starting with jumper cables . . . . . . . . . . . 29S
Starting (button) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Starting (key) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Starting (messages with convenience key) . 84
Stopping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
stopp ing (button) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
stopp ing (key) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
E ngine compartment
Closing the hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Opening the hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Overv iew . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239, 240
Safety precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Engine control (indicator light) . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Engine coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Radiator fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246

Index
G
Garment hooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Gas discharge lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
Gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Octane rating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Recommendation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Glossary of tire and loading terminology . . 255
Glove compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
CD changer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR) . . . . . 301
H
Headlight range control system . . . . . . . . . . 46
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46, 48
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Headlight range control system . . . . . . . . . 46
Left hand drive, right hand drive . . . . . . . . . 49
Travel mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Head restraints ... ................ .... 170
adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 0
removing and installing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
60
Heated
exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SO
Rear window .... ................ .....
74
Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Washer fluid noz zles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Heating (diesel engine auxil iary heater) . . . . 75
Heavy clothing and safety belts . . . . . . . . . . 178
Hex socket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
H igh-voltage battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
High-voltage warning label . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Highway light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Hill descent control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Hill hold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Hill hold ass ist
refer to Hill hold ............. .... .... 87
Horn 8
How are child restraint system anchors relat-
ed to child safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
222
How many airbags does my vehicle have? . . 191
How safety belt pretensioners work . . . . . . 182
316
I
Ignition
Establishing drive ready mode (plug-in hy-
brid drive) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
100
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Switching off (plug-in hybrid drive) . . . . . 100
Switching on/off (with button) . . . . . . . . . . 82
Switching on (plug -in hybrid drive) . . . . . . 100
Ignition key safety interlock . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Ignition lock
mechan ical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
80
Imbalance (wheels) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Important things to do before driving . . . . 166
Improperly worn safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13, 101
Infant seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Inflation pressure (tires) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Inspection interval
with driver information system . . . . . . . . .
252
Installing child safety seats
Safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
219
Installing the upper tether strap on the an­
chorage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Instrument cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Plug-in hybrid drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Adjusting the lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SO
Interior lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
49
Intermittent (windshield wipers) . . . . . . . . . 52
J
Jump-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Jump start cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
Jump starting 108
K
Key........ .. .. .. .. .. .. ........... .. . 35
Checking the number. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Key not recognized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Key replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Messages (ignition lock) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Messages (with convenience key) . . . . . . . . 84
Replacing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
unlocking/locking ......... ..... 37, 38, 39

Index
Mirrors Adjusting the exterior mirrors. . . . . . . . . . .
50
Monitoring the Advanced Airbag System 196
Motor
Stopping (messages with ignition lock) 84
Multifunction steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . .
29
On-board comput er . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
N
Natural leather care/cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Navigation system
CD-ROM p layer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
63
NHTSA
Con tacting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
174
Nitrogen oxide (NOx) catalytic converter
refer to Ad Blu e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Number of seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Number of vehicle keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
0
Occupant protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Occupant seating posit ions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Oc tane ra ting (gasoline) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
O il
Indicator l ight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
24
also refer to
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . 240, 242
Oil change interval
with driver information system . . . . . . . . .
252
On-Board-Diagnostic System (OBD)
System indicator light (MIL) . . . . . . . . . . . .
26
On-board computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Operation (multifunction steering wheel) . 29
On-Board Diagnostic System (OBD)
Data Link Connector (DLC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
26
Electronic speed limiter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Opening. .. .. .. ........... ...... .. .. .. 35
Fuel filler door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Luggage compartment lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 1
Panorama roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
W indows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
43
Opening/closing
with the central locking sw itch . . . . . . . . . .
39
with the convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
with the door lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
318 Other
equipment (efficiency program) . . . . .
31
Outs ide temperature display . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Overview (Cockpit) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Owner's Literature
5
p
Paint damage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Paint No . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Panorama roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Convenience opening/closing . . . . . . . . . . .
43
Panorama sunroof
Emergency closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
45
Parking aid
Cleaning sensors/camera . . . . . . . . . . . . .
275
Parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Emerg ency braking function . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Indicato r light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Power supply failure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Setting/releas ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Start ing from a stop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
also refer to Parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Parking ligh t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Parking system Adjusting the display/warning tone . . . . .
157
Cl eaning the rearview camera . . . . . . . . . . 154
Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 7
Parking system plus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Peripheral display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Rearv iew camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
also refer to
Parking systems . . . . . . 152, 153
Parking systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Rear parking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Parking (automatic transmission) . . . . . . 91, 92
particulate filter
refer to Diesel particu late filter . . . . . . . . 233
Parts replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308
Pass-thro ugh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light . . . . . . . . . . 1 96
Pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
171
Periphera l display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Physical principles of a frontal collision
177
Plug- in-Hybrid-Drive
High-voltage battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

,....,
N
0 > co ,...., Seating position Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Front passenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
How to adjust the front seats . . . . . . . . . . 168
Incorrect seat position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Occupants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Rear passengers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Sea transport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Seats adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58, 59
Correct seating position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Folding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Seats (number) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Selective catalytic reduction
refer to Ad Blue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Selective wheel torque control . . . . . . . . . . 159
Selector lever (automatic transmission)
E mergency operat ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Service and disposal Safety belt pretensioner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Service interval display with driver information system . . . . . . . . . 252
Service position
refer to Replacing wiper blades . . . . . . . . . 53
Sett ing clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Setting date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Sett ing the temperature
automatic climate control system . . . . . . . 73
Setting time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
SE TUP (basic setting) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Shift paddles (automatic transmission) . . . . 94
Ship transport. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Short -term memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Side airbags Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
H ow they work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Side assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Adjusting the brightness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Cleaning the sensors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Sensor range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
switch ing on and
off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
also refer to Side assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Side curtain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
H ow they work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Index
Sliding/tilting sunroof
refer to Panorama roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Snow cha ins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
All wheel drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Socket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61, 62
Sources of information about child restraints
and their use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Speed limiter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Speed warning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Sport mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Stabilization program
refer to Electronic Stabilization
Control (ESC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Star button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
START ENGINE STOP button (convenience
key) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
START ENGINE STOP (convenience key) 83
Starting Hill hold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Start ing from a stop
Hill start assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Starting (engine) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Malfunction (button) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Malfunction (key) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
With button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
With key ............................ 80
Steering Electromechanical steering .......... 162, 0
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Locking steering (ignition key) . . . . . . . . . . 81
Locking the steering (button) . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Locking (ignition lock) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
also refer to Electromechanical steering 162
Steering wheel adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Buttons. ............................ 29
Mult ifunct ion steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Shift paddles (automatic transmission) . . . 94
Steps for determining correct load limit . . . 268
Stopping (engine) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
with button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
with key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Storage compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62, 63
S tronic (automatic transmission) . . . . . . . . . 89
Subwoofer ........................... 290
321

Index
Sun visors ..... .................. ..... 52
Switching daytime running lights on and off
Switching the ignition on/off (with key) .. ..
Symbols 49
80
refer
to Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
System indicator light (MIL) . . . . . . . . . . 23, 26
T
Tachometer .. .. ... ............ .... . 10, 11
TDI clean diesel
refer to Ad Blue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Technical Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Technical modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308
Temperature display
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
10
Outside tern perature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Tether anchors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Tether strap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
The first 1,000 miles (1,500 km) and after-
wards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
77
Tie-downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66, 173
Tips for the environment
Saving fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
tiptronic (automatic transmission) . . . . . . . . 94
Tire Mobility System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
280
Tire Mobility System (tire repair set) . . . . . . 281
Tire repair set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Low aspect rat io tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Repair set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Replacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Service life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Tire pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Tire pressure monitoring system ... 271,272
Tire pressure table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Tread wear indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Unidirectional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Uniform tire quality grading . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Tires and wheels
Glossary of tire and loading terminology .
255
Tires and vehicle load limits . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Tool ...... .. .. .. .. . .......... .. .. .. . 280
Torn or frayed safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Towing
Tow trucks
Towing loop
322
297
298
TPMS (tire pressure monitoring system) . . . 272
Trailer mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Trailer towing
Operating instructions. .. .. .. .... ... ..
127
Technical requirements ........... 127, 128
Transmission malfunction (indicator light) . . 95
Transport Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Travel mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Trunk
refer to Luggage compartment. . . . . . . . . . 64
Trunk lid
Trunk escape latch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
280
Turning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Turn signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
u
ULSD No. 2 (Diesel fuel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Unfastening safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Uniform tire quality grading 271
Unlocking/locking
by remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 7
with the central locking switch . . . . . . . . . .
39
with the convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
with the door lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
V
Vanity mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Vehicle
Care/cleaning .. .. .. .. ... .......... ..
274
Dimensions .. .. .. .. .. .. ........... .. 302
Out of service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
Transport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Vehicle control modules. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Vehicle identification label . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Vehicle Identification Number (VIN ) . . . . . . 301
Vehicle jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280, 286
Vehicle key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Vehicle sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Vehicle tool kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
w
Warning/indicator lights
System indicator light (MIL) . . . . . . . . . . . .
23

,....,
N
0 > co ,...., Warning/Indicator lights
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
196
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Warning lights
refer to Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Warranty coverages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
Washer fluid level (indicator light) . . . . . . . . 25
Wash ing matte finish paint . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Weights. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
What happens if you wear your safety belt too
loose? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
180
What happens to unbelted occupants? . . . . 177
What impairs driving safe ty? . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Wheels ... .. .. .... .... ..... ... ... .. . 253
A ll wheel drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
C leaning . .. .. ............. .. .. .. .. . 275
Glossary of tire and loading terminology . 255
Replacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Tires and vehicle load limits . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Wheel wrench . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
When must a safety belt be replaced? . . . . 178
When must the airbag system be inspected? l96
Where are lower anchorages located? . . . . 223
Window regu lators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
W indows
Cleaning/remov ing ice ......... .. .... .
276
Windshield
cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
52
defrosting (automatic climate control sys-
tem) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
73
defrosting (manual climate control system) .7.1
also refer to Windshield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Windshield washer system .......... 52, 251
Reservoir capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
Windshield wipers
Cleaning wiper blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
53
Folding up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Replacing windshield wiper blades . . . . . . . 53
Replac ing wiper blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Sw itch ing on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Winter driving
Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
269
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Index
Winter operation
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
247
Cooling system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Windshield washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Winter tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Winter use
Car washes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 7 4
defrosting the windshield (automat ic cli-
mate control system) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
73
Removing ice from windows . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Seat heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
X
Xenon-Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
Xenon headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46, 49
323