2016 AUDI Q3 octane

Fuel and Refueling
Gasoline
Fuel supply
Using the right fuel helps keep the environment
clean and prevents engine damage .
Fuel recommendation
The fuel recommended for your vehicle is unlead­
ed premium
grade gasoline. Audi recommends
using TOP TIER Detergent Gasoline with a mini­
mum octane rating of 91 AKI (95 RON). For more
in formation on TOP TIER Detergent Gasoline,
p lease go to the offic ial website
(www.toptiergas.com).
The recommended gasoline octane rating for
your engine can also be found on a label located
on the inside of the fuel filler flap. This rating
may be specified as AKI or RON.
Your vehicle may also be operated using unlead­
ed regular gasoline with a minimum octane rat­
ing of 87 AKI/91 RON. However, using 87 AKI/91
RON octane fuel w ill slightly reduce engine pe r­
formance.
Use unleaded gasoline only. Unleaded gasoline
is available throughout the USA, Canada, and in
most European countries . We recommend that
you do not take your vehicle to areas or countries
where un leaded gasoline may not be available.
For more information on refueling your vehicle,
see
r=;, page 17 4.
Octane rating
Octane rating indicates a gasoline's ability to re­
sist engine damaging "knock" caused by prema­
ture ignit ion and detonation . Therefore, buy ing
the correct grade of gasoline is very important to
help prevent poss ible engine damage and a loss
of eng ine performance.
Gasoline most commonly used in the United
States and Canada has the following octane rat­
ings that can usually be found on the filler pump:
- Premium Grade: 91 - 96 AKI
- Regular Grade: 87 - 90 AKI
Fuel and Refueling
Explanation of the abbreviations :
AKI=
Ant i Knock Index= (R+M)/2 = (RON +MON)/
2
RON = Re search Octane Number
MON= Motor Octane Number.
(D Note
- Do not use any fuel with octane ratings low­
er than 87 AKI or 91 RON otherwise expen­
sive engine damage w ill occur.
- Do
not use leaded gasoline. The use of lead­
ed gasoline will severely damage your vehi­
cle's catalytic converter and its ability to
control exhaust emissions.
Blended gasoline
Use of gasoline containing alcohol or MTBE
(methyl tertiary butyl ether)
You may use unleaded gasoline b lended with al­
cohol or MTBE (commonly referred to as oxygen­
ates) if the blended mixt ure meets the follo wing
criteria:
Blend of gasoline methanol (wood alcohol or
methyl alcohol)
- Anti-knock index must be 87 AKI or higher.
- Blend must contain no more than 3% metha-
nol.
- Blend must contain more than 2% co-solvents.
Blend of gasoline and ethanol (grain alcohol or
ethyl alcohol)
- Anti-knock index must be 87 AKI or higher.
- Blend must not conta in more than 15% etha-
nol.
Blend of gasoline and MTBE
- Anti-knock index must be 87 AKI or higher.
- Blend must contain not more than 15% MTBE.
Seasonally adjusted gasoline
Many gasoline grades are blended to perform es­
pecially well for winter or summer dr iving . Dur­
ing seasonal change-ove r, we suggest that you
fill up at busy gas stations where the seasonal
adjustment is more likely to be made in time. ..,.
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Consumer information
Consumer information
Warranty coverages
Your Audi is covered by the following warran­
ties:
- New Vehicle Limited Warranty
- Limited Warranty Against Corrosion Perfora-
tion
- Emissions Control System Warranty
- Emissions Performance Warranty
- California Emissions Control Warranty (USA
vehicles only)
- California Emissions Performance Warranty
(USA vehicles only)
Detailed information regarding your warranties
can be found in your
Warranty & Maintenance
booklet .
Operating your vehicle
outside the U.S.A. or
Canada
Government regulati ons in the United States and
Canada require that automobi les meet specific
emission regulations and safety standards.
Therefore, vehicles built for the U.S.A. and Cana ­
da differ from vehicles sold in other countries.
If you plan to take your vehicle outside the conti­
nenta l limits of the United States or Canada,
there is the poss ibility that:
- un leaded fue ls for vehicles with catalytic con­
verter may not be available;
- fuel may have a considerably lower octane rat­
ing . Improper fuel may cause engine damage;
- service may be inadequate due to lack of proper
service facilities, tools or testing equipment;
- r eplacement parts may not be readily available.
- Nav igation systems for veh icles built for the
U.S .A . and Canada will not necessarily work in
Europe, and may not work in other countries
outside of North America.
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(D Note
Audi cannot be responsib le for mechanical
damage that could result from inadequate
f u el, service or parts ava ilability.
Audi Service Repair
Manuals and Literature
Audi Official Factory Service Manuals and Litera ­
ture are published as soon as poss ible after mod­
el introd uction . Service Manuals and literature
are available to order from the Audi Technical Lit ­
erature Ordering Center at :
www.audi.techliterature .com
Maintenance
General '
Your vehicle has been designed to help keep
maintenance requirements to a min imum. How­
ever, a certain amount of regular maintenance is
still necessary to assure your vehicle's safety,
economy and reliability . For detailed vehicle
maintena nce consult your Warranty & Mainte­
nance booklet .
Under difficult operating conditions, for exam ­
ple at extremely low outside temperatures, in
very dusty regions, whe n towing a trailer very fre­
quently, etc., some service work should be per­
formed between the intervals specified. This ap­
plies particularly to:
- oil changes, and
- cleaning or replac ing the a ir filter .
'
@) For the sake of the environment
By regularly maintain ing your vehicle, you
help make sure that em iss ion standards are
maintained, thus minimizing adverse effects
on the environment .
Important considerations for you and your
vehicle
The increasing use of electronics, sophisticated
fuel injection and emission control systems, and
the genera lly increas ing technica l complexity of ..,_

Index
Engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Opening the hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Working the engine compartment . . . . . . 177
Engine coolant system ................ .
Adding coolant .................. ... .
Checking coolant level ............ ... .
Checking the engine coolant level .. .. .. .
Radiator fan .. .. ................... .
Engine hood 183
184
183
183 18S
Closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Adding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Addit ives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Checking the oil level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Dipstick. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Oil consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Oil grades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Pressure malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Sensor defective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Specif ication and viscos ity . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Engine speed limitation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Environment Catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Disposing of your vehicle battery . . . . . . . 190
Driving at high speeds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Fuel . .. .. .. .. .. ... .. ..... ..... .. .. . 175
Leaks under your vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Letting the vehicle stand and warm up . . . 161
Proper disposal of drained brake flu id . . . 186
Proper disposal of drained engine coolant 184
Proper disposal of drained engine o il 181, 182
Recycling used engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Roof rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 7
Unleaded fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
What should I do with an old battery? 190
EPC
refer to Electronic power control . . . . . . . . 17
ESC Automatic post-collision braking system . 152
ESC offroad mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Event Data Recorder (EDR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Expansion tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
240
Exterior lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Exterior mirrors Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
F
Fan
Radiator 185
Fastening Booster seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Convertible child safety seats . . . . . . . . . . 138
Infant seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Floor mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Fold ing chocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Folding the rear seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Foot pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
For the sake of the env ironment
Environmentally-friendly driving . . . . . . . 160
Gasoline fumes and the env ironment . . . . 175
Rear window defogger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Refueling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Front airbags Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
How they work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Frontal collisions and the laws of physics . . 105
Front seats Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Child restraints in the front seat . . . . . . . . 113
also refer to Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Fuel Additives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Blended gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Current consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Filler neck..... .. .. ............... .. 174
Fuel gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10, 11
Gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Gasoline add it ives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Low fuel level symbol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Octane rating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Recommendation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Refueling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Saving fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Tank capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Tank system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Fuel economy messages (efficiency program)
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Index
L
LA TCH
144
Descript ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Insta lling a child restraint . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Mounting and releasing the anchorage
hook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
L eather care/cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
L eaving home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Light Adjusting exterior lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Com ing/Leav ing home .............. ... 41
Daytime runni ng lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Eme rgency flashers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
H eadlig ht assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
I n ter ior/reading lig hts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
L ow beams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Parking lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Rear fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Light/ rain sensor
H eadlig hts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
I n termittent (windshield wipe rs) . . . . . . . . 4 5
Sensor defective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 8
Lighting Exterio r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
I n ter ior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Lights Headlig ht range control system . . . . . . . . . 39
Hi gh beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
T ur n signa ls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Loading the luggage compartment . . . . . . . 100
L oc king/un locking
by remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
with the centra l locking switch . . . . . . . . . . 31
with the convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
L ow beams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Lower uni versal anchorages (Canada) . . . . . 144
L uggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Ca rgo floor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Ca rgo net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Increas ing the size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Reversible mat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Ski bag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
S to ring cargo co rrec tly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
242
Tie -downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
also refer to Loading the luggage compart -
ment.. ... .. .. .. .. .. .. . ... .... ... .. 100
Luggage compartmen t lid
Clos ing b utton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Emer gency release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Opening/closing . ... .. ... . .. .... ... 33, 34
Lumbar suppo rt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SO
M
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Maintenance intervals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Malfunc tion Ind icator Lamp (M IL) . . . . . 1 7, 25
Mirror Dimming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Vanity mir ror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Mirror compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Mir rors
Exte rior m irro rs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Monitoring the Advanced Airbag System . . 122
Multifunct io n steering whee l... .... ... .. . 21
N
Natural leather care/clean ing . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
NHTSA Contacting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Number of seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
0
Occupan t sea ting positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Octanerat ing . .. .. .. .. .. ........... .. 173
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Oil
refer to E ng ine oi l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Oil change interval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
On -board computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
On-Board Diagnost ic System (080)
Data Link Connector (D LC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
El ectron ic speed lim iter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Malfunc tio n Ind ic a tor Lamp (MIL) . . . . . . . 25
Open ing .. ..... ... .. .. ... ..... ..... ... 27
Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Luggage compartment lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Panorama roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37