Tech nical data
Gasoline engines
A3 Sportback e-tron 1.4, 4 cylinder
Maximum output SAE net hp@ rpm 150@ 5000 -6000 l/min2>
Max
imum torq ue SAE net lb-ft@ rpm 184@ 1600 - 3500 l/min2>
Displacement
CID (cm3
) 85 (1395)
Engine oil with filter change
1>
Fuel ¢ page 228, Gasoline fuel
Electric output (short-term)
hp
E lectr ic torque (short-te rm) lb-ft
Total output (short-term) hp
T otal torque (short-term) lb-ft
Battery type
Battery energy content kWh
1> For specific engine oil capacities, please see
the most cur rent informa tion fo r th e USA at
http :/ /www.aud iusa.com/he lp/ma intenance o r
for Canad a at http ://www. aud i.c a/ca/ brand/ en/
A3 Sedan l.8L, 4-cylinder
Maximum output SA E net hp@rpm
Maximum torq ue SAE net lb-ft@ rpm
Displa cement C
ID (cm
3
)
Engine oil with filter change1>
102 (75 kW) (107 (80kW) max. nomina l
power) 2
l
243 2
)
204 (150 kW)2l
2582
)
Lithium-ion 8.8 kWh 2
l
you r _ aud i/aud i_ services_ and/Care _a nd_Ma i nte
nance/schedule. html or call 800-822-2834.
2)
1 70 @ 4500 - 6200
200@ 1600 - 4400 110 (1798)
Fuel
¢ page 228, Gasoline fuel
l ) For specific engine oil capac it ies , please see
the mos t cur rent informa tion fo r the USA at
http :/ /www. audi usa.com/he lp/ma inten ance o r
A3 Sedan 2.0L, 4-cylinder
Maximum output SA E net hp@ rpm
Maximum torque SAE net lb-ft@ rpm
Displa cement C
ID (cm
3
)
Engine oil with f ilter changell fo
r Canada at http://www.audi.ca/ca/brand/ en/
yo ur _a ud i/aud i_services_and/Care_a nd_Ma i nte
nance/sched ule. h tml or c all 8 00-822- 2834.
220 @ 4500 - 6200
258@ 1600 -4400
12 1 (1984)
Fuel
¢ page 228 , Gasoline fuel
l) For specific engine oil capac ities, please see
the most cur rent informa tion fo r th e USA at
http://www.au diusa.com/he lp/ma inten ance o r
for C anada at h ttp://www.au di.ca /ca/br and/ en/
304
you r _ a ud i/aud i_ services_ and/Care _and _Ma i nte
nance/schedule. html or call 800-822-283 4.
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53 Sedan 2.0L, 4-cylinder
Maximum output SAE net hp@rpnn 292 @ 5400 -6200
Maximum torque SAE net lb
-ft@ rpm 280@ 1900 -S300
Displacement CID (cm
3
) 121 (1984)
Engine oil with filter change
1>
Fuel <=> page 228, Gasoline fuel
ll For specific engine oil capacities, please see
the most current information for the USA at
http:/ /www.audiusa.com/help/ma intenance or
Diesel engine
A3 Sedan, 2.0L TDI, 4-cylinder
Max imum outpu t SA E net hp@ rpnn
Maximum torque SAE net lb-ft@ rpm
Displacement C
ID (cm
3
)
Engine oil with filter change1l for
Canada at http:/ /www.audi.ca/ca/brand/ en/
your _audi/aud i_services_and/Care_a nd_Mainte
nance/schedule. html or call 800-822-2834.
150@ 3S00 -4000
237@ 1750 -3000
120 (1968)
Fuel
<=> page 2 2 9, Diesel fuel
l ) For specific engi ne oil capac ities, please see
the most current information fo r the USA at
http:/ /www .a udiusa .com/he lp/maintenance or
A3 Sportback, 2.0L TDI, 4-cylinder
Maximum output SA E net hp@rpnn
Maximum torque SAE net lb-ft@ rpm
Displacement C
ID (cm
3
)
Engine oil with filter change1l for Canada at http://www.audi.ca/ca/brand/ en/
you
r _ audi/ aud i _serv ices _and/Care _a nd _Ma inte
nance/schedule . html or call 800 -822 -2834 .
1 50@ 3S00 -4000
237@ 1750 -3000
120 (1968)
Fuel
c> page 229, Diesel fuel
l ) For specific engine oil capac ities, please see
the most current information for the USA at
h ttp:/ /www .audiusa .com/he lp/maintenance or
for Canada at http://www .audi .ca/ca/brand/ en/
your _aud i/ aud i_services _a nd/Ca re _and _M a i nte
na nce/ schedu le.html or call 800-822-2834.
305
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adding . ... .. ............... .. .... . 242
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Checking the oil level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Dipstick .. .. .. .............. 239,240,242
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
o ·l · 1 consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Specification and viscosity . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Temperature indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Use . .. .. .. .. .... .. .. ....... .. .. .. . 242
Engine preheater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 S
Engine speed limitation (indicator light) . . .
24
Environment
Break-in period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
232
Diesel particulate filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Disposing of your vehicle battery . . . . . . . 250
Driving at high speeds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Letting the vehicle stand and warm up . . . . 7 8
Proper disposal of drained brake fluid . . . 246
Proper disposal of drained engine oil . . . . 243
Unleaded gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
What should I do with an old battery? . . . 250
EPC (engine control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
ESC
Automatic post-collision braking system .
159
Electronic stabilization control . . . . . . . . . 159
Sport mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
also refer to Electronic Stabilization Control
(ESC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
159
ESP
refer to Electronic Stabilization
Control (ESC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
159
Event Data Recorder (EDR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Exterior lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Exterior mirrors
Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SO
D' . 1mming ... .. ................ ..... .. 51
folding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SO
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SO
F
Fastening
Booster seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
218
Convertible child safety seats . . . . . . . . . . 216
Infant seats .. .... .... ..... ... ... .. . 215
Filling AdBlue
with bottle
Index
235
Floor mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Fog lights/rear fog light(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Folding the exterior mirrors
Center locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
39
Folding the rear seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Foot pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
171
Footwell lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
For the sake of the env ironment
Environmentally-friendly driving . . . . . . . . 77
Fueling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
230
Leaks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Rear w indow defogger...... ...... .. .. . 74
Front airbags Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
188
How they work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Frontal collisions and the laws of physics . . 177
Front armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Front passenger's door emergency locking . . 41
Front seats
Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
168
Child res traints in the front seat . . . . . . . . 185
also refer to Seats 57,64
Fuel Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
228
Blended gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Current consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Fuel filler neck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Fuel gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10, 12
Fuel tank capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
Gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Gasoline additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Saving fuel .. .. .. .. .............. 77, 148
Fuel economy messages (efficiency program) 3.1
Fueling
Fuel filler door eme rgency release . . . . . .
232
Fuel gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Fuel tank capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
Open ing the fuel filler door . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Fuses
Assignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
292
Interior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
replacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 1
315
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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
319
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