2016 AUDI A3 radiator

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gent energy management system wi ll keep the
engine battery charged better than veh icles w ith­
out this system . To make sure the additional
e lectrical energy is avai lab le once again after you
have changed the battery, we recommend that
you install batteries of the same type and manu­
facture on ly (the same as those installed at the
time your veh icle was de livered). Specifications
are listed on the battery housing. Your author­
ized dealer must code the battery in the energy
management system to enable you to use the en ­
ergy management functions correctly after re­ p lacing the battery.
The new battery must have the same capacity,
voltage (12 -volts), amperage, construction and
p lug sealing .
When insta lling the battery, ma ke sure the igni­
tion and all e lectrical consumers are switched
off .
(D Note
Ma ke sure the ventilation hose on the side of
the battery is connected, otherw ise fumes o r
battery acid can leak out .
@ For the sake of the environment
Because of the prob lem of proper disposal of
a ba ttery, we recommend your author ized
Audi dea ler change the battery for you . Bat ­
teries contain su lf u ric acid and lead and must
always be disposed of properly in compliance
w ith all environmental regulations. D isposing
of vehicle batteries improperly is very danger­
ous to the env ironment.
Ch eck ing and Filling
Windshield washer
system
F ig . 201 E ngin e compar tmen t: was her flui d reservo ir cap
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The washer fluid reservoir W contains the clean­
ing fluid for the windshield, the rear window *
and the headlight washer system*¢
page 239,
fig. 193 .
The reservoir capacity is found in
¢ page 303.
.,. Read and follow all WARNING S before working
in the engine compartment <=>
page 236, Work­
ing in the engine compartment .
.,. Open the cap.
.,. Add the washer fluid and close the cap .
To reduce the risk of lime scale deposits on the
spray nozzles, use clean water with low amounts
of calcium. Always add w indow cleaner to the wa­
ter . When the outside temperatures are cold, an
anti-freez ing agent should be added to the water
so that it does not free ze.
(D Note
- The concentration of ant i-freez ing agent
must be adjusted to the vehicle operat ing
conditions in the respective cl imate. A con ­
c entration that is too high can lead to vehi­
cle damage.
- Never add radiator an ti-free ze or other addi­
tives to the washer fluid.
- Do not use a glass cleane r that contains
pai nt solvents, because t his could damage
t he paint.
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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
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

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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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