2017 AUDI A3 SEDAN technical data

CXl CXl .... N ,.__
N .... 0 N > 00
Fuses and bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364
F uses .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .... ... .. .. .... . 364
Bulbs .. .. .. .. .. ... . .... ... .. .. .. .. . 366
Emergency situations . . . . . . . . . . . . 368
G ene ral . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368
St art ing by pu shing o r tow ing . . . . . . . . . . 368
S tar ting w it h jumpe r cables . . . . . . . . . . . 368
Using jump start cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369
Towing w ith a tow tr uck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370
Ra is ing the veh icle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372
Technical data and accessories . . 374
Technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374
Ve hicl e data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374
N otes about tec hnica l data . . . . . . . . . . . . 374
We igh ts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374
Di mensions ... .. ... . .... ... .. .. .... . 375
Capac it ies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375
Gasoline engin es . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375
Consumer information ... .. .... . 378
Warran ty cov erag es . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378
Operat ing you r veh icle outs ide the U .S.A.
o r Can ada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378
Aud i Se rv ic e Repa ir Ma nu als and
Literature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 8
M aintenance .................... ... . 378
Acc esso ries and technical changes . . . . . . 380
D eclarat io n of Complia nce,
T elecommun ic a tion and Elect ronic
Sys tems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 1
Index ... .. .. .... ...... ..... .. .. .. . 38 2
Table of contents
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Cockpit overv iew
driving conditions. The engine oil temperature
may be higher if there is heavy engine load and
h igh temperatures outside . Th is is not a ca use for
concern as long as
the .¢ page 29 or El
¢ page 32 indicator lights do not turn on.
Boost ind icator
Ap plies to: ve hicles w ith Audi virtual cockpit
The boost indicator is only shown in the expand­
ed view or in the sport view*
c:::> page 15 .
The current engine load (meaning the current
boost pressure) is indicated by a bar .
Tachometer
The tachometer displays the engine speed in rev­
olutions per minute (RPM) .
The beginning of the red zone in the tachometer
indicates the maximum pe rm iss ible engine speed
for all gears once the engine has been broken in and when it is wa rmed up to ope rating tempera­
ture. Before reaching the red zone, yo u should
shift in to the next higher gear, choose the Do r S
selector leve r posit ion, or remove your foot from
the accelerator peda l.
Applies to: vehicles with plug- in hybrid drive
D epending on t he vehi cle eq uipment, there are
d ifferent disp lay formats
a vai lable¢ page 97.
CD Note
The needle in the tachometer @
¢ page 10,
fig. 4
o r c:::> page 10, fig. 3 may only be in the
red area of the ga uge fo r a short time o r there
is a risk of engi ne damage . The location where
the red zone beg ins varies depending on the
eng ine.
@ For the sake of the environment
Upshifting early helps you to save fuel and re ­
duces operating noise.
Fuel level
The
display ®¢ page 10, fig. 4 or¢ page 10,
fig. 3
only functions when the ign ition is switch­
ed on . When the display has reached the reserve
12
mark, a red LED appears and the t'D ind icator
li ght turns on
c:::> page 32. The LED blinks red
when the fuel level is very low.
Fo r the tank capacity i n your veh icle, refer to the
Technical Data
c:::> page 375.
CD Note
Neve r drive until the tank is comp letely emp­
ty. The irreg ular supply of fuel t hat res ults
from that can cause engine misfires . Un com ­
b usted fue l wi ll then enter the exhaust sys­
tem . This can cause overheating and damage
to the catalyt ic converter.
Odometer
F ig . 5 Instrument cluster: odometer
Trip odometer and odometer
The trip odometer shows the dis tance driven
since it was last reset. It can be used to measure
sho rt d ista nces.
The trip odometer ca n be reset to zero by p ress­
ing the reset b utton ©
c:::> page 10, fig . 4 or
c:::> page 10, fig. 3.
The odometer shows the total distance that the
vehicle has been driven.
Malfunction indicator
If there is a malfunction in the instrument clus­
ter,
DEF will appear in the trip odome ter disp lay.
Have the malfu nction corrected as soon as possi­
ble.
Outside temperature display
If your vehicle is stationary or if you are driv ing at
very low speeds, t he temperature d isplayed may
.,.

Techni cal data
Technical data
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Fig. 312 Veh icl e ident if ic ation labe l
Vehicle Identification Number (VIN )
The VIN numbe r is lo cated i n the following pla­
ces :
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0
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- In the Infotainment system: selec t*: select
IM ENU I button > Vehicle > left control b utton>
Ser vice & che cks > Vehicl e information .
-on the vehicle identification label
- u nder the windshield on the driver's side*
Vehicle identification label
The vehicle identification label ¢ fig. 312 is locat­
ed in the luggage compartment under the cargo
floor cover.
The information of the vehicle identification label
can also be found in your Warranty
& Mainte·
nance booklet.
The sticker contains the following vehicle data :
(D Vehicle Iden tifica tion Number (VIN)
@ Vehicle type, engine output, transmission
@ Eng ine and transm ission codes
@ Pa int and interior codes
374
@ Optional equipment numbers
Safety compliance sticker
The safety compliance sticker is your assurance
that your new vehicle complies with all applicable Federal Motor Veh icle Safety S tandards which
were in ef fect at the time the vehicle was manu­
factu red. You can find this sticker on the door
jamb on the driver's side. It shows the month and year of production and the veh icle identification
number of your veh icle (perforation) as well as
the Gross Vehicle Weight Ra ting (GVWR) and the
Gross Axle We ight Rating (GAWR).
H igh volt age warning label
The hig h voltage warn ing label is located in the
engine compartment next to the engine hood
re­
lease. The spark ignition system complies w ith
the Canadian s tandard ICES-002.
Notes about technical
data
The values may diffe r for som e markets depend­
i ng o n eq uipment installed in certa in mar kets
and the me asur ing me thods .
Please note that the specifica tions listed in the
vehicle documentat ion a lways take precedence .
(D Tips
Missing technical data was not ava ilable at
the time of pr int ing .
Weights
Gross Vehicle Weight Rating
The Gross Vehicle We ight Rating (GVWR), and
the Gross Axle Weig ht Rating (GAWR) for front
and rea r are listed on a sticker on the door jamb
o n the dr iver's side .
The Gross Vehicle We ight Rating includes the
weight of the bas ic vehicle plus full fuel tank, oil
and coolant , plus maximum load, which includes
passenger weight ( 150 lbs/68 kg per des ignated
seat ing pos ition) and luggage
weight ¢& . ..,_

CXl CXl .... N ,.__
N .... 0 N > 00
Telephone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Voice recognition system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Setting the language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Setting the temperature
Automatic climate control system . . . . . . . 71
Shift paddles (automatic transmission) . . . . 90
Shuffle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Side airbags Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
How they work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
Side assist
refer to Audi side assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Side curtain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
H ow they work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
Sir iusXM alert notifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Sliding/tilting sunroof
refer to Panorama glass roof . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342
Socket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Software update
refer to Map update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
refer to System update (MMI) . . . . . . . . . . 244
Software (MMI) License agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Update .. .... ...................... 244
Version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Sources of information about child rest raints
and their use ... ................ ..... . 311
Space-saving spare tire (compact spare tire) 3 .62
Spare tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362
Spare whee l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362
Speed dependent volume control . . . . . . . . 245
Index
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Locking steering (ignition lock) . . . . . . . . . . 77
Locking the steering (button) . . . . . . . . . . . 79
also refer to Electromechanical steering 154
Steering wheel
Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Shift paddles (automatic transmission) . . . 90
Steering wheel heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
also refer to Multifunction
steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13, 15, 16
Steps for determining correct load limit . . . 341
Stopover (navigat ion) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Storage options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Streaming
refer to Onl ine media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Street View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
S tronic (automatic transmission) . . . . . . . . . 85
Subtitles (DVD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Subwoofer .. .... .. .. ......... 245,362,363
Sun visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Surround . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Suspension control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Swap call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Switching tabs
refer to Multifunction
steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 , 15, 16
Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Traffic ....... ... .. ................. 214
also refer to Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
System settings (MMI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
System update (MMI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
System volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Speed limiter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
T
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Speed warning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Speller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Sport view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Start/Stop system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
START ENGINE STOP (convenience key) . 78, 79
Station scanning (radio)
refer to Refresh station list (rad io) . . . . . . 221 Tachometer.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10, 12
T echn ica l data... .. .. ............... .. 374
Technical modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380
Telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Connecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Dialing a number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Options during a phone call . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Playing music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
393

Index
Temperature display Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
10
Outside temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Tether anchors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
Tether strap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
Text messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Tie-downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66, 254
Time . .... .. .. ............... .... ... 241
tiptron ic (automatic transmission) . . . . . . . . 90
Tire Mobility System (tire mobility kit) . . . . 354
Tires. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328
Low aspect ratio tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343
Mobility kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354
quattro (all wheel drive) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Repair set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353
Replacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356
Service life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335
Tire pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336
Tire pressure monitoring system . . . . . . . 344
Tire Pressure Monitoring System ( TPMS) . 345
Tire pressure table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338
Treadwear indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335
Unidirectional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330
Uniform tire quality grading . . . . . . . . . . . 344
Tires and wheels Transmission malfunction (indicator light)
. .
91
Transport Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Travel guide
refer to Travel (travel guide) . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Travel (travel guide) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Treble (sound) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Tr ip computer (analog instrument cluster) . . 18
Tr ip computer (Audi v irtual cockpit) . . . . . . . 17
Trunk lid
Trunk escape latch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
353
Turn signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
u
Unfastening safety belts
Uniform tire quality grading ......... .. .
Unlocking/locking 264
344
At the lock cylinder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
With remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
With the central locking switch . . . . . . . . . 37
With the convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Updating stations (radio) .. ........... .. 217
USB stick
refer to Audi m usic interface . . . . . . . 228, 229
Glossary of tire and loading terminology . 330 V
Tires and vehicle load limits . . . . . . . . . . . 339
TMC
refer to T raff ic information . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Tone (sound)
refer to Adjusting the sound . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353
Torn or frayed safety be lts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Touch
refer to MMI touch 161
Towing
Front towing loop ................ ...
371
Rear towing loop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371
Tow trucks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370
TPMS
refer to Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345
Traffic information ............. ... 214, 215
Trailer mode (navigation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Trailer towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Operating instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Technical requirements ........... 120, 121
394
Vanity mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Vehicle
Care/cleaning .. .. .. .. ........ ..... ..
347
Out of service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352
Raising . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372
T ransporting (plug-in hybrid drive) . . . . . . 104
Vehicle battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325
Charge level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326
Vehicle control modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Vehicle data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374
Vehicle jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353, 359
Vehicle sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Vehicle tool kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353
Version information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
VIEW button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
13
VIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374
Voice guidance
refer to Multifunction
steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
13, 15, 16