2016 AUDI Q3 oil additives

Check ing and F illing
CJ) Note
- Check the oil level us ing the radio or MMI*.
If the message Please reduce oil l evel a p­
pears, contact your authorized Audi dealer
or qual ified workshop to have excess oil ex­
tracted if necessary.
- Audi does not recommend the use o f oil
add itives. Th ey may dam age the eng ine
and ad ve rse ly aff ect your N ew Vehicl e
Warranty .
@ For the sake of the environment
-Under no circumstances can the o il come in
contact with the sewage network or the soil.
- Observe and follow legal regulations when
dispos ing of empty oil containers .
Changing the engine oil
We recommend that have your oil changed by an
authorized Audi dealer or a qualified service sta­ tion .
Before you check anyth ing in the eng ine compart­
ment,
a lways r ead and heed all WARNINGS ¢&.
in Working in the engine compartment on
page 177 .
The engine oil must be changed accord ing to the
intervals specif ied in your Warranty
& Mainte­
nance booklet. This is very important because the
lubricat ing propert ies of oil d iminish gradually
du ring normal vehicle use.
Under some circumstances the eng ine o il should
be changed more frequently . Change oil more of­
ten if you drive mostly short distances, ope rate
the vehicle in dusty areas or under predominantly
stop-and-go traffic cond it ions, o r have your vehi­
cle where temperatu res remain below freezing
for extended periods.
Detergent additives in the oil will make fresh oil
look dark afte r the engine has been ru nning fo r a
short t ime. This is no rmal and is not a reason to
change the oil more often than recommended.
Because of the prob lem of proper disposa l, along
with the special tools and necessa ry expe rt ise re­
qu ired, we s trong ly recommend that you have
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you r oi l changed by an authorized Audi d ealer or
a qua lified service station.
If you choo se to chang e your oil your self, please
note the follow ing important information:
& WARNING
To reduce the risk of persona l injury if you
must change the eng ine oil in yo ur vehicle
yourself:
- Wear eye protection .
-
-To reduce the r isk of b urns from hot engine
oil, let the engine cool down to the touch.
- When removing the oil d rain plug with yo ur
fingers, stay as far away as possible. Always
keep your forearm parallel to the gro und to
he lp prevent hot oil from running down your
arm.
- Drain the oil into a container designed for
this purpose, one la rge enough to hold at
least the tota l amount of oil in your engine.
- Engine oil is poisonous. Keep it well out of
the reach of children.
- Continuous contact with used engine o il is
harmf ul to your skin. Always protect your
skin by washing oil off thoroughly with soap
and water .
(D Note
Never mix oil additives with your engine oil.
These additives can damage your engine and adverse ly affect your Audi Limited New Vehi­
cle Warranty.
@I For the sake of the environment
- Before chang ing you r oi l, first make sure
you know where you can properly dispose of
the used oil.
- Always dispose of used engine o il properly.
Do not dump it on garden soi l, wooded
areas, into open streams or down sewage
drains.
- Recycle used engine o il by tak ing it to a used
eng ine oil collect ion fac ility in your area, or
contact a service station .

Cooling system
Coolant
The engine coolant performs two functions: it
keeps the engine from overheating and it pro ­
tects the engine from freezing in the winter .
The cooling system is sealed and generally re­
quires little attention.
T he cooling system has been filled at the factory
with a permanent coolant which does not need to
be changed . The coolant consists of a mixture of
specially condit ioned water and the manufactur ­
er's glycol-basedcoolant add itive G 13 antifreeze
with anticorrosion additives (SO% for USA mod­
e ls; 60% for Canada models) . This mixt ure bot h
assures the necessary frost protec tion and pro­
tects meta l components in the engine's cooling
system from corrosion and scaling . It also raises
the boiling point of the coolant.
D o not red uce the concent ration of the coolant in
the summer by add ing p la in water.
The propor­
tion of coolant addit ive mu st be at least 50 %
but not more than 60 %
to mainta in antifreeze
protection and cooling efficiency. If the coolant
frost protection is too low, the coolant could
freeze and damage the vehicle heating and en­
g ine cooling system .
For year-round driving, antifree ze is added at the
factory for temperatures down to :
- -31° F(- 3S°C)USA
- -4 0 ° F ( - 40 °C) Can ada.
If you must add coolant, use a m ixture of water
and coolant addit ive. M ixing the coolant additive
with d istilled water is recommended .
_& WARNING
Before you check anythi ng i n t he engine com­
partment, a lways read and heed a ll WARN ­
INGS
¢ .&. in Working in the engine compart­
ment on page 177 .
(D Note
-Befo re winter se ts in, have the coo lant
checked to see if the coolant additive in you r
vehicle is sufficient to meet the cl imate con -
Check ing and Filling
ditions. This is especially important if you
live in a region where the winter is extreme­
ly cold. If necessary, increase the proportion
of coolant additive to 60%.
- When adding coolant additive to your cool­
ing system, remember :
- We recommend us ing only coolant add i­
tive G12+ + or G13 fo r yo ur vehicle. This
coolant addit ive is avai lab le a t aut horized
A udi dealers . O ther types of antifree ze can
significantly reduce corrosion pro tect ion .
The resulting corrosion can cause a loss of
coolant and serious engine damage.
- Do not add any type of radiator leak sealant
to your vehicle's engine coolant. Adding ra ­
diator repair fluid may adversely affect the
function and performance of your cooling system and cou ld resu lt in damage not cov­
ered by your New Veh icle Limited Warra nty .
Checking the engine coolant level
The engine coolant level can be checked with a
quick glance.
Fi g. 1 52 Engin e compar tmen t: Cover o n the coo la n t ex ­
pans ion tank
.. Before you check anything in the eng ine com­
partment,
always r ead and h eed all WARN­
INGS ¢ ,A in Working in the engine compart ­
ment on page 177 .
.. Par k your veh icle on a leve l sur face.
.. Tur n off t he ignit io n .
.. Read the eng ine coolan t leve l from the coo lant
expansion tank
¢ fig . 15 2, ¢ page 179,
fig. 149 .
With a cold engine, the coo lant level
should be b etween the "MIN" and "MAX" mark­
ings. When the eng ine is warm, the level may
be slightly above the "MAX" marking. .,..
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Index
A
A/C (a utomat ic cl imate contro l system) . . . . 65
A/C (manua l cl imate contro l system) . . . . . . 63
Accessories .. .. .. .... .. ....... .... 53,234
Adap tive dampe rs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Adapt ive dampers ( indicator light) . . . . . . . . 18
Adapt ive Light (defective) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 8
Adding Eng ine coolant .. ............. .... .. .
E ng ine oi l .. .. .. .. . ... ... .... .. .. .. .
Addit ional accessories
Additives 184
18
1
234
Eng ine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Ad justab le s teer ing colum n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Ad justi ng
Steer ing colum n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Adj usting the center conso le lighting . . . . . . 43
A irbag .... .. .. .... .... · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 1
12
W arning/indi cator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Airbag system .... .. ........ ...... ... .
Advanced Airbag-System .......... ... .
Advanced Airbag System components .. .
Ca re .... .. .. ............... .... .. .
Ch ildren . .. .. .. .. . .......... .. .. .. . 1
27
116
1 18
125
133
Ch ild rest raints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Components (front airbags) . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Danger of fitting a child safety seat on the
front passenger seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Front airbags . .................. 116, 117
H ow do the front airbags work? . . . . . . . . 120
H ow many airbags does my vehicle have? 118
H ow the Advanced A irbag System compo-
nents work together . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
I mportant inform ation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
I ndicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light . . . . . . . . . 122
Repairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Side curtain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
We ight-sens ing mat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
When must the system be inspected? . . . 122
All season tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
All weathe r lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
236
All wheel drive
Alte rna to r
refer to Gene rato r .. .. ............. .. .
Ant i-free ze
Windshie ld washer system . .. .... ... . .
also refer to Engine coolant system .... .
Anti- lock b raking system 156
15
190
1 83
Warn ing/ indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Ant i-Lock Br aking Sys tem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Ant i- slip regulat io n
War ning/ indicato r ligh ts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Anti-Slip Regulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Ant i-theft systems
E lec tron ic immobilizer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Asht ray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Audi Se rvice Repair Manuals and Literatu re 232
A UTO
Automat ic climate control system . . . . . . . 65
Automat ic headl igh ts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Automatic be lt retractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
A utomat ic key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Automat ic post-collis ion braking system . . 152
Automatic transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Dr iving tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Hill descent control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
K ick-down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Se lector lever emergency release . . . . . . . . 86
Se lector lever positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
S hi ft ing manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Steering wheel with sh ift padd les . . . . . . . . 85
t ipt roni c mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Automat ic w ipe/wash system . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Auto Sa fe ty Hotline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Average consumpt ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Average speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Avo id dam ag ing t he ve hicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
B
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15, 187
Battery lo cat ion insi de the luggage compa rt-
ment..... .. .. .. .. .. ... .... ........ 18 7
Charge leve l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Energy managem ent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

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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