2017 AUDI A3 SEDAN parking sensors

Ass is tance sy stems
Rear cross-traffic assist
Applies to: ve hicles w ith rear cross -traff ic ass ist
F ig. 148 D isp lay example
F ig. 149 Infotainment system: rear cross-traffic assist dis­
play
The rear cross-traffic assist can warn the driver of
a potential collis ion with approaching cross-traf­
fic when driving in reverse. Within its limits, the
system mon itors the areas beh ind and next to
the vehicle using the radar sensors when leaving
a park ing spa cer::!.>
page 140, fig. 147. Moving ob­
jects that are approaching, such as cars, are de­
tected
r::!.>fig. 148.
If the system detects cr itical c ross traffic when
backing ou t of a par king space, it will rea ct as fol­
lows:
- Vi sual indicator : an indicator appea rs in the In­
fota inment system display wi th a red arrow
symbol. The ar row po ints in the direction from
which the object is approach ing
r::!.> fig . 149.
- Audible warning signal : a continuous tone may
sound as an addition al indicator when driving in
reve rse.
- Automatic brak e activation : a brief act ivat io n
of the brakes may a lso warn you of a potential
collision with an approaching object.
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Requir ements for using the r ear cross -traffic
as sist :
-The parking aid m ust be switched on
c>page 146.
-Reverse gear must be engaged.
- The speed must not be higher than approxi -
mate ly 7 mph (12 km/h) .
A WARNING
-The rear cross-t raffic assist is an assist sys­
tem and cannot prevent a collision by itself.
The driver must always intervene. The driver is always responsib le for braking at the cor­
rect t ime.
- Please note that the rear cross-traff ic assist
may activate the brakes unexpected ly. Se­
cure any cargo that you are transpo rting to
reduce the r isk of damage or injury.
- An add itiona l brake activation may be trig­
ge red w ithi n
10 seconds after an automatic
brake activation.
- If there is an acoust ic warning signal from
the rea r cross-traffic assist, t hen the park­
ing sys tem may not warn you of detected
obs ta cl es u nde r certain circumstances.
- The v iew of the radar sensors may be im­
pa ired by leaves, sn ow, heavy sp ray or dirt.
Clea n the area in fron t of t he sensors
r::!.> page 140, fig . 147.
A WARNING
T he rear cross- traffic assist is subject to limi­
tations and cannot warn yo u before every im­
pending co llision:
- If the veh icle is too wide for the park ing
space and covered by the neighboring
veh icles.
- People, such as cyclists, joggers, in line skat ­
ers a nd pedest rians, may not be detected
under certain circumstances.
- If you are in a paralle l parking s pace or d iag­
onal park ing space .
(D Note
Also read the information in r::!.> 0 in General
information on page 1 41.

@ Tips
-You can cance l the automatic brake activa­
tion w ith increasing bra king fo rce if you ap­
ply the brakes y ourse lf or accelerate cons id­
erab ly.
- In some sit uations, rea r cross-traffic assist
may warn yo u even if there is no cross traffic
i n a cr itical a rea , for examp le w hen back ing
i nto a parki ng space or ma neuver ing.
- The rea r cross-traffic ass ist also switches off
whe n you switch off the ESC.
- The rea r cross traffic assist switches on and
off thro ugh the pa rking aid
qpage 146.
- The system is not available when towin g a
trailer.
Messages
A ppl ies to: ve hicles with Audi side assist
If t he side assist switches off automatically, a
message appea rs in the ins trumen t clus ter dis ­
pl ay.
@j Aud i side assist: System fault!
The system can not guarantee that it wi ll detect
ve hicles co rrectly and it has switched off. The
sensors have been moved o r are faulty. Have t he
system checked by an authorized Audi dea ler or
author ized Audi Service Facility soon .
@j Audi side assist: currently unavailable. No
sensor vision
@j Audi side assist: currently unavailable. Sen­
sor vision restricted due to surroundings . See
owner 's manual
The radar senso r vis io n i s im paire d. Do not cove r
the area i n front of t he senso rs with bike wheels,
stickers, dirt o r othe r objects. C lean the area in
fron t of t he senso rs, if necessary
q page 140,
fig. 147.
@j Audi side assist: currently unavailable
S ide assis t cann ot be swi tched o n at thi s time be­
c a use t here is a mal func tion (fo r ex amp le, the
~ ba ttery ch arge level may be too low) .
....
~ @j Audi side assist: unavailable in towing mode
....
~ @j Audi side assist: unavailable in towing mode
00
Assistance systems
Sid e ass ist swi tches off automatically a fter a
s h ort time when a factory -insta lled tra ile r h itch
i s connected to the e lectrica l connecto r on the
t railer . T here is no gua rantee the system will
switch off when using a retrofitted trailer h itch.
Do not use side assist when tow ing a trailer .
Ill Rear parking aid : obstacle detection restrict­
ed
T he rea r cross -tra ffic ass is t is not available. Ei­
t h er th e ESC is sw itched off, or the rada r senso rs
may be cove red by a bike rack, st icke rs, leaves,
snow o r other objects. Switch the ESC on, or
clean the area in front of the senso rs if necessa ry
q page 140, fig . 147. If t his message continues
to be displayed , dr ive immed ia tely to a n author­
iz ed Audi dea ler or author ized Audi S ervic e Facili­
ty to ha ve the m alfunc tion re paire d.
Audi drive select
Introduction
Applies to : vehicles wit h Audi drive se lec t
Audi dr ive select makes it poss ible to experience
diffe rent types of vehicle settings in one vehicle.
T he dr iver can select from three modes,
Comfort ,
Auto
and Dynamic , using t he r:;~, bu tton in the
c en te r c onsole o r by usin g the Info ta in m ent sys­
te m. T hi s a llow s yo u t o swi tch between a sporty
and a com fo rt ab le driv ing mode, fo r ex am ple. In
t h e
Individual* mode , the settin gs ca n be adjus t­
ed to yo ur persona l preferences . T his makes it
p oss ible to com bine settings such as a spo rty en­
gine setting with light steer ing.
Description
App lies to : vehicles wi th Audi drive se lect
The veh icle set up i n eac h mode depends on the
vehicle's features. However, the eng ine a nd
stee ring are always affec ted .
Engine and automatic transmission
Depend ing on the mode, the engine an d auto­
matic transm ission* respond more q uickly o r in a
more ba la nced manner to acce lerato r pedal
movements . In the sporty dynam ic mode, th e
t ransm iss io n shifts at higher spe ed ranges .
..,.
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Parking systems
Parking systems
General information
A ppl ies to: ve hicles w ith parking system plus/rearview cam ­
era
Depending on your vehicle's equipment , various
parking aids will help you when parking and ma­
neuvering.
The
parking system plus assists you when park­
ing by audibly and visually indicating objects de­
tected
in front of and behind the vehicle
¢page 147.
The rearview camera shows the area behind the
vehicle in the Infotainment system display. This display assists you when you are cross or parallel parking. The parking system plus functions are
also available ¢
page 148.
A WARNING
-
-Always look for traffic and check the area
around your vehicle by looking at it directly
as well. The parking system cannot replace
the driver's attention. The driver is always
responsible when entering or leaving a park­
ing space and during similar maneuvers .
-Please note that some surfaces, such as
clothing, are not detected by the system .
-Sensors and cameras have blind spots in
which people and objects cannot be detect­
ed . Be especially cautious of small children
and animals .
-Always pay attention to the area around the
vehicle -us ing the rearview mirror, too.
-The sensors can be displaced by impacts or
damage to the radiator grille, bumper,
wheel housing and the underbody . The park­
ing system may be impaired as a result.
Have an authorized Audi dealer or author­
ized Audi Service Facility check their func­
tion .
(D Note
-Some objects are not detected or displayed
by the system under certain circumstances:
-objects such as barrier chains, trailer draw
bars, vertical poles or fences
146
-objects above the sensors such as wall ex­
tensions
-objects with certain surfaces or structures
such as chain link fences or powder snow
-If you continue driving closer to a low ob­
ject, it may disappear from the sensor range. Note that you will no longer be
warned about this obstacle.
-Keep enough distance from the curb to re­
duce the risk of damage to the rims.
(D Tips
-T he system may provide a warning even
though there are no obstacles in the cover­ age area in some situations, such as:
-certain road surfaces or when there is tall
grass .
-external ultrasonic sources such as from
cleaning vehicles.
-in heavy rain, snow, or thick vehicle ex­
haust.
-We recommend that you practice parking in
a traffic-free location or parking lot to be­
come familiar with the system . When doing
this, there shou ld be good light and weath­
er conditions.
-You can change the volume and pitch of the
signals as well as the display¢
page 150.
-What appears in the infotainment display is
somewhat time-delayed .
-The sensors must be kept clean and free of
snow and ice for the parking aid to operate .

Parking system plus
Description
Applies to: vehicles with parking system plus
Parking system plus provides audio and visual
signals when parking.
Fig. 151 Illustrat ion:
Sensors are located in the front and rear bump­
e rs. If these detect an obstacle, audible and visu­
al signa ls warn you.
Make sure the sensors are not covered by stick­
ers, deposits or any other obstructions as it may
impair the function of the system. For informa­
tion on cleaning, see
¢ page 347.
The display field begins approximately at:
® 4 ft (1.20 m)
® 3 ft (0.90 m)
© 5.2 ft (1.60 m)
® 3 ft (0.90 m)
The closer you get to the obstacle, the shorter
the interval between the audible signals. A con­
tinuous tone sounds when the obstacle is less
than approximately 1 foot (0.30 meters) away.
Do not continue driving forward or in reverse
¢ & in General information on page 146, ¢0 in
General information on page 146!
If the distance to an obstacle remains constant,
the volume of the distance warning gradually
lo wers after a few seconds until it is muted (this
is not apply in the continuous tone range).
If the
obstacle becomes closer than it was before the
gi sound was muted, the tone will sound again. If
~ the obstacle is father away than it was before the
~ sound was muted, no tone will sound . Pay atten-o N > 00
Parking systems
tion to the vehicle's surroundings when you start
to drive.
Switching on/off
Applies to: vehicles with parking system plus
Fig. 152 Ce nter console: park ing aid b utton
Fig. 153 Infota inmen t system: visual distance display
Switching on
.,. Shift into reverse, or
.,. Press the P•1A button in the center console
¢ fig. 152 . A short confirmation tone sounds
and the LED in the button turns on.
Switching off
.,. Drive faster than 6 mph (10 km/h), or
.,. Press the Pwi button, or
.,. Switch the ignit ion off.
Activating automatically
The parking aid is activated automatically at
speeds less than 6 mph (10 km/h) and when ap­
proaching an obstacle from approximately
3.1 feet (95 cm) away. There are audib le signa ls
when approximately 1.6 feet (50 cm) away from
the obstacle. If you press the
P wA button to switch
the parking aid off, it can only be react ivated
au­
tomat ica lly when one of the following conditions
is met:
-The vehicle speed exceeds 6 mph (10 km/h).
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Parking sy stem s
extension of the vehicle's outline by approxi ­
mately 16 ft (5 meters) to the rear.
~ While driv ing in reverse gear, adjust the steer­
ing wheel ang le to fit the parking space using
the orange orientation lines for ass istance
c> .&. in General information on page 148, c> (D
in General information on page 149. ® repre­
sents the rear bumper . Stop the veh icle, at the
latest, when the red or ientat ion line
@ bo rders
an object.
Adjusting the parking aid
Applies to: vehicles with parking system plus/rearview cam­
era
The functions are adjusted in the Infotainment
system.
~ Select in the Infotainment system: IM ENU I but­
ton
> Vehicle > left contro l button > Driv er a s­
sistan ce > Parking aid . Or
~ When the parki ng aid is act ive, se lect in the I n-
fot ainment system : rig ht cont ro l bu tton* .
End system * -stop the parking aid
Acti vate automatically -switch automatic act iva­
tion on/off
Front volume * -vo lume for the front area
Rear volume -volume for the rear area
Entertainment f ader -the volume of the aud io/
video source is lowe red w hen t he pa rking system
is tu rned on .
The newly selected level is demonstrated br iefly
by the sound generator.
(D Tips
- Seve ral menus can be accessed w ith the
right contro l button only when the park ing
a id is act ive.
- The settings for volume and automatic act i­
vation are automatically stored and as­
signed to the remote co ntrol key being
used.
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Error messages
Applies to: vehicles with parking system plus/rea rv iew cam­
era
Ill Rear park assi st : malfun ction! Ob stacles
cannot be detect ed
Ill Front park a ssist : malfunct ion! Ob st a cles
cannot be detected
Ill Park assist: mal function! Obstacles cannot
b e detect ed
When one of these messages appears, there is a
system malfunction. The LED in the
P'#! button al­
so blinks when sw itching it on. The relevant mes­
sage on ly appea rs again when you manually acti­
vate the park ing aid with the button .
[ill Rear parking aid : obstacle detection restr ict­
ed
The rear c ross-traffic assist* c> page 142, Rear
cross-traffic assist
is not available. Either the ESC
i s sw itched off, or the radar sensors may be cov­
ered by a bike rack, stickers, leaves, snow or oth­
er objects. Switch the ESC on, or clean the area in
front of the sensors if necessary c> page 140,
fig . 147 . If this message cont inues to be d is­
played, drive immed iate ly to an authori zed A udi
dealer or au thor ized A udi Servi ce Fac il ity to have
t h e mal funct ion repaired .
Parking system plus*
If a senso r or speaker is faulty, the J¼ symbo l
will appear i n front of/behind the vehicle in the
I nfotai nment system d isplay. If a rear sensor is
faulty, only obs tacles th at are in areas @and @
a re shown
c> page 147, fig . 151. If a front sensor
is fa ulty, only obstacles that are in areas © and
@ are shown.

Index
Opening/closing
re fer to Unlocking/locking
36,37
Operating Multifunction steering wheel . . . . . . . . 13, 16
Multi Media Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Voice recognition system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Options menu .. .. ............. 14, 160, 164
Outside temperatu re display . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Overview (Cockpit) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
p
Paint damage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
Paint number .. ...... .... ..... .... ... 374
Panorama glass roof. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
also refer to Convenience opening/closing 42
Parental control
DVD ... .. .. .. ... ..... ....... .... .. . 233
Parking aid Cleaning sensors/camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348
Parking brake
r e fer to Electromechanical parking brake . 83
Parking lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
p k" ar ing systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Malfunct ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Rearview camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Sett ings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Parking (automatic transmission) . . . . . . . . . 88
Parts replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380
Pass -through . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light . . . . . . . . . . 279
Paths (Owner's Manual) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Pause (audio/video file) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Personal route assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Phonebook
refer to Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Physical principles of a frontal collision . . . 259
Picture format (v ideo) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Playback (media) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Playlist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Plug-in hybrid drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
12 Volt battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Auxiliary climate control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Boost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 1
Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Charging clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
390
Charging dock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Charging system PIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Charging the high-voltage battery . . . . . . 108
Charging time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Cleaning the charging system . . . . . . . . . . 119
Climate control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Coasting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
E-max (power availability) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Efficient driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Ending drive ready mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Energy flow disp lay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
E stablishing drive ready mode . . . . . . . . . . 96
EV mode .... .. .. .. .. ............. .. 100
High-voltage battery .. ......... 94 , 95, 117
High -voltage system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Jump starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Power meter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Range and statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Range display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Recuperation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Refueling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Setting the modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Starting the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Sta tus dis plays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Switching the ignition on/off . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
T ire mobility kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Vehicle sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Vehicle tool kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Vehicle transport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Point of interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Point of interest search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
also refer to Point of interest . . . . . . . . . . 203
Polishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
Pollen filter
refer to Pollutant filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Pollutant filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Power meter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Power seat adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Power top . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
Power windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Child safety lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42