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-Do not raise the vehicle until you are sure
the jack is securely engaged.
- Passengers must not remain in the vehicle
when it is jacked up.
- Make sure that passengers wait in a safe
p lace away from the vehicle and well away
from the road and traff ic.
- Make sure jack position is correct, adjust
as necessary and then cont inue to raise
the jack.
- Changes in temperature or load can affect
the height of the vehicle.
CD Note
Do not lift the vehicle by the sill. Position the
veh icle jack on ly at the designated lifting
points on the sil l. Otherwise, your vehicle will
be damaged.
Taking the wheel off/installing the spare
Follow these instructions step-by-step for chang­
ing the wheel .
Fig. 2 18 Ch anging a whee l: using the screwd river handle
(with the blade removed) to turn the bolts
F ig . 2 19 Ch ang ing a whee l: alig nmen t pin inside the top
hole
Em ergen cy a ssis tanc e
After you have loosened all wheel bolts and
raised the vehicle off the ground, remove and re­
place the wheel as follows:
Removing the wheel
.,.. Use the hexagonal socket in the screwdri ver
handle
to comp letely remove the topmost
wheel bo lt and set it aside on a
clean su rface
c!>fig. 218.
.,.. Screw the threaded end of the alig nment pin
from the tool kit hand-tight into the empty bo lt
hole
r::!> fig . 219.
.,.. Then remove the other wheel bolts as descr ibed
above .
.,.. Take off the wheel leaving the alignment p in in
the bolt hole
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Putting on the comp act spare wheel
.,.. Lift the spare wheel and carefully slide it over
the alignment p in to guide it in place
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.,.. Use the hexagonal socket in the screwdr iver
handle to screw in and tighten a ll wheel bolts
slightly .
.,.. Remove the alignment pin and insert and t igh t­
en the remaining wheel bo lt s light ly like the
rest .
.,.. Turn the jack hand le counter -clockwise to lower
the vehicle until the jack is fully released .
.,.. Use the wheel bolt wrench to tighten a ll wheel
bolts firmly
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wise,
from one bo lt to the (approx imately) op­
posite one, to keep the wheel centered .
CD Note
When removing or installing the wheel, the
rim co uld h it the brake rotor and damage the
r otor. Work carefully and have a second per­
son help you.
0) Tips
Never use the hexagonal socket in the handle
of the sc rewdrive r to loosen or t ighten the
whee l bolts.
- Pull the reversible blade from the screwdr iv­
er before yo u use the hexagona l soc ket in
t he handle to tu rn the whee l bolts.
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Spare tire
General information
Applies to vehicles: with space-saving spare tire (compact
spare tire)
F ig. 220 Luggage co mpa rtmen t: ca rgo floo r fo lded up (A3
Sportback top, A3 sedan bo ttom )
F ig. 221 Compac t spare tir e
The spare tire ¢ fig. 221 is intended for sho rt­
term use only . Have the damaged tire checked
and replaced if necessary by an authorized Aud i
dealer or authori zed Audi Service Facility as soon
as possible .
There are some restrictions on the use of the compact spare tire . The compact spare tire has
been designed specif ica lly for your type of vehi­
cle . Do not replace it with the spare tire from an­
other type of vehicle.
Em ergen cy a ssis tanc e
Removing the sp are tire (A3 Sportback )
.,. Lift up the cargo floor wi th the p lastic handle
until it is clamped beh ind the tabs on both s ide
pane ls
(D ¢ fig. 220.
.,. Remove the subwoofer* if necessary . Check
which subwoofer is installed based on the con ­
nector : version 1 ¢
page 290 or version 2
¢page 290.
"'Turn the large screw counter -clockw ise .
.,. Remove the spare tire .
Removin g the sp are tire (A3 Sedan )
.,. Lift the cargo floor by the plastic handle.
"' Hang the p lastic hook on the luggage compart-
ment weather strip -arrow -¢
fig . 220 .
"'Turn the large screw counter-clockw ise .
"' Remove the spare tire .
Snow chains
For technical reasons, the use of snow chains on
the compact spare tire is not permitted.
If you have to drive with snow chains and a front
tire fails, mount the spare wheel in p lace of a
rear tire . Install the snow chains on the rear tire
that you removed , and install that in place of the
front t ire that fai led .
A WARNING
=
-After installing a spare tire, the t ire pres-
sure must be checked as soon as possible .
The t ire pressure is availab le on ¢
page 263,
fig. 205.
- If the spa re ti re is mo re t han 6 years old,
use it only in an emergency and with ex­
treme ca ution and careful driving.
- The spare tire is intended only fo r tempora­
ry a nd short-term use.
It should be replaced
as soon as poss ible with the normal whee l
and tire .
- After moun ting the compact spare tire, the
tire pressure must be checked as soon as possible. The tire press ure of the compact
spare tire must be 61 ps i (420 kPA); other­
wise, you risk having an accident .
- Do not drive faster than 50 mph (80 km/h).
You risk having an acc ident. ""
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0 > co ,...., Climate control system (manual) Adjusting air vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71, 74
Ad justing the temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Air distribution, air vents....... ........ 71
Blower . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Defrosting windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Rear window defogger ............... .. 74
Recirculation mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
C losing
Hood . ... .. .................. ..... . 238
Panorama roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Windows .. .. ............... .. .. .. .. 43
C losing/opening
by remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 7
with the central locking sw itch . . . . . . . . . . 39
with the convenience key. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
with the door lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Cockpit (overview) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Coming home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Compass in the mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
Consumer information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
Consumer Informat ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 4
Consumption (fuel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Contacting NHT5A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Convenience key Emergency operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Starting the engine (STAR T ENGINE STOP
button) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Stopping the engine (S TART ENGINE STOP
button) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Switching on the ignition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
unlocking/locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Conven ience opening/closing . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Convertible child safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Convertible locking retractor
Activating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Deactivating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Using to secure a child safety seat . . . . . . 221
Coolant
refer to Engine coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Cooling mode (automatic climate control sys-
tem) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Index
Cooling mode (manual climate control sys-
tem) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Cooling system Adding coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Coo lant level checking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Coolant temperature indicator . . . . . . . . . . 12
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Cornering light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Cruise control system Changing speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Preselecting speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Switching off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
swit ching on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Cup holders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Current consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 , 29
D
Data recorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Date display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Daytime running lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Declaration of compliance Adaptive cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
Audi s ide ass ist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
Cell phone package . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
Convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
Electronic immobilizer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
Homelink universal remote contro l . . . . . 309
Remote control key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
Defective light bulb warning
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Defrosting (w indshield)
automatic climate control system . . . . . . . 73
manual climate control system....... .. . 71
DEF (instrument cluster) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
11
Deluxe automatic climate control
refer to Climate control system (automatic) .7.2
Determining correct load limit . . . . . . . . . . 268
Diesel Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Preheating (button) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Preheat ing (key) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Diesel fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Diesel particulate fi lter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Digital compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
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12 volt battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Aud i connect e-tron services . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Auxiliary climate contro l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Auxiliary heating/ a ir condit ion ing . . . . . . 122
C harg ing dock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Charg ing system PIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Cha rg ing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 12
C harg ing times . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
C limate con trol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Coolan t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 8
D riving .. .. .. .... .. .... ... .. .. .... . 100
Efficient drive mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
End ing drive ready mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Energy flow indicato r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Establishing drive ready mode . . . . . . . . . 100
EV mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103, 104
H igh-voltage battery ... ..... ... ... 98 , 12 1
High-voltage system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 3
Insert ing the fue l pump no zzle . . . . . . . . . 109
Jump starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 8
Operating mo des . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103, 104
Power availability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Power meter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Refueling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Starting the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Stat istics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Stat us d isp lays ........ ..... ... ... .. . 1 18
Sw itching the ig nition on/off . . . . . . . . . . 100
Tire mob ility kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
T ran spo rt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Ve hicl e charging connector emergency re -
l ease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
121
Vehicle sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Vehicle tool k it . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Polishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 6
Pollen filter
refer to Pollutant filte r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Pollutant fi lter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Powe r
se at adjus tment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
59
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Powe r meter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 1
Power windows
Convenience opening/closing . . . . . . . . . . .
43
Malfunct io n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Index
P regnan t women
Special considerations when wea ring a safe-
ty be lt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
181
P re heat ing
Wi th b utton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
82
with key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Pre sense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Bas ic (descr ipt ion) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
D rive r messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 38, 142
Front (des cription) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 0
Genera l information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Genera l Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
P ressure (tires) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 72
Proper occupant seat ing pos itions . . . . . . . 167
Proper safety be lt position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
P rope r seat ing position
F ront passenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
168
O ccu pants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 7
Rear passengers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Pro tecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Protection mat
refer to Reversible mat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Q
Question
What happens to unbelted occupants? . .
177
R
Radiator fan
Radio clock 246
refer to
C lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Rain/ light se nsor
Headl ights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
46
In dicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
In te rmittent (windsh ie ld w ipers) . . . . . . . . 52
Switch ing on/off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Raising the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
Range (tank contents) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Rear armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Rear lid
Escape latch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
280
also refer to
Luggage compartment lid 41
Rear light Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
25
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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
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