a:,
a:,
...... N r--. N .... 0 0 ::, a:,
(D Note
Protect the vehicle battery against freezing if
the vehicle will be parked for long periods of time so that it is not destroyed by "freezing"
c;,page 169. Make sure that the vehicle bat
tery is charged.
@) For the sake of the environment
¥ Batteries contain polluting substances such
as sulfuric acid and lead. Contact an author
ized Audi dealer or authorized Audi Service
Facility for more information .
Charging the vehicle battery
Applies to: Q3
Fig. 145 Engine compartment: connections for a charg er
and jump start cables
Requirement : only use chargers with a maximum
charging current of 30 amps/14.8 Volts .
The ve
hicle battery cables remain connected.
The battery is located in the engine compart
ment. The ground point
0 is always located on
the vehicle body .
.,. Read the warnings
c;, .&. in General warnings
about batteries on page 168
and c;, .&, .
.,. Switch off the ignition and all electrical equip-
ment .
.,. Open the hood
c;, page 161 .
.,. Fold the battery cover upward c;, fig. 145 .
.,. Clamp the terminal clamps on the charger cor
rectly onto the ground point
0 and the positive
terminal
0 .
.,. Now insert the power cable for the charging de
vice into the socket and switch the device on.
.,. Switch the charger off and pull the power cable
out of the socket .
Checking and Filling
.,. Now remove the charging device terminal
clamps.
.,. Close the battery cover.
.,. Close the hood
c;, page 161.
A WARNING
-- A highly explosive mixture of gases can form
when charging batteries. Only charge the
veh icle battery in well-ventilated areas.
- A drained battery can freeze at tempera
tures around 32 °F (0 °C) . A frozen or
thawed vehicle battery must not be charged
and must not be used anymore . The battery
housing can crack and battery acid can leak
out if ice forms, which increases the risk of
an explosion and chemical burns. Contact an
authorized Audi dealer or authorized Audi
Service Facility for more information.
- Do not connect or disconnect the charging
cable while charging because this increases
the risk of an explosion.
@ Tips
- Only charge the vehicle battery through the
connections in the engine compartment.
- Read all of the manufacturer's instructions
for the charger before charging the vehicle
battery.
Windshield washer system
Fig. 146 Engine compar tmen t: win ds hiel d washer flu id
re servoir
M N
-N ~ (D a,
The windshield washer fluid reservoir W contains
the cleaning solution for the windshield and the rear window
c;, page 162, fig . 140, . The reservoir
capacity can be found in
c;,page 216. .,.
169
Fuses and bulbs
Electrical fuses
Replacing fuses
A fuse that has blown will have metal strips that
have burned through .
Fig. 162 Dr iver's side of th e cockpit: fold ing the storage
co mpartme nt down
Fig . 16 3 Engine compar tmen t: removing the fuse pane l
cover
The fuses are located in the driver 's side foo twell
be hind the storage compartment and in the en
g ine compartment .
Preparations
.. Switch the ign ition and all e lectr ica l equi pment
off.
.. Check the following table to see which fuse be -
l ongs to the equipment .
Fuses behind the storage compartment
.. Open the storage compartmen t.
.. Press t he left and r igh t re tainers inward and
fold the compartment all the way dow n
oo ¢fig. 162. a:, ...... N ~ Fuses in the engine compartment
'"' 0 g .. Open the hood ¢ page 159.
a:,
Fuses and bulbs
.. To re lease the fuse panel cove r, slide both s lid
ing retainers at the left and right forward
¢fig . 163 .
.. Remove the fuse panel cover.
Replacing fuses
T he clamp is loca ted below the f uses beh ind the
storage compartment (d river's side) .
.. Fold t his compa rtme nt all the way down a nd
remove t he cl amp from the ho lder .
.. Remove the co lored plas tic clip from the fuse
pane l, if necessary . You can d ispose o f the p las
tic clip .
.. Remove the fuse using the clamp .
.. Rep lace the blown fuse only with an identical
new one .
.. Insta ll the cover.
Fuse color identifi cation
Color Current rating
in amps
Black 1
P urple 3
Light brown 5
Brown 7.5
Red 10
Blue 15
Ye llow 20
W hite or transpa rent 25
Green 30
O range 40
A WARNING
Do not repair fuses and never rep lace a blown
f u se wit h one that has a hig her amp rat ing .
This can cause damage to the e lectr ica l sys
tem and a fir e.
(D Note
If a new fuse burns out again shortly after you
have insta lled it, have the electrical system
checked as soon as poss ible by an author ized
A udi dealer or au tho rized Aud i Service Fac ili
ty.
205
Index
Cleaning plastic parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Cleaning rims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Cleaning textiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Climate control system Driv e select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Climate control system (automatic) Adjusting the temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Air distribution .... ........... .... .... 57
Air vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
AUTO (automatic mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Blower . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Changing the temperature unit . . . . . . . . . 57
Defrosting the windshield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Rear window defogger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55, 57
Recirculation mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Synchronizing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Climate control system (manual)
Adjusting the temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Air distribution, air vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Blower . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Defrosting the windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Rear window defogger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Recircula tion mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Closing Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Panorama glass roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Closing/opening By remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
W ith the central locking switch . . . . . . . . . 27
W ith the convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
With the door lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Cockpit (overview) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Color number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Com ing home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47, 48
Compass in the mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Compl iance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Consumer information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Consumer Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Consumption (fuel) ................ 20, 215
Contacting NH TSA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
224
Convenience key
Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Start ing the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Stopping the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Switching the ignition on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Unlocking /locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Convenience opening/closing
Convertible child safety seats
Convertible locking retractor ............ 32
144
Activating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Deactivating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Using to secure a child safety seat . . . . . . 149
Cooling mode (automatic climate control sys-
tem) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Cooling mode (manual climate control sys-
tem) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Cooling system Adding coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Coolant level checking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Coolant temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Crossing water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 , 67
Cruise control system
Chang ing speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Overriding the cruise control system . . . . . 79
Preselecting speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Switching off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
switching on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Cup holders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Current consumption 20
D
Data recorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Date .......... .................... .... 9
Daytime running lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Declaration of compliance Audi s ide ass ist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Cell phone package . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Conv enience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
E le ctronic immobilizer................ 221
Remote control key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Defect ive light bulb
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
00
00
......
"' ,....
"' ...... 0 0 :::,
00
Defrosting (windows)
Manual climate control system . . . . . . . . . . 55
Defrosting (windshield)
Automatic climate control system . . . . . . . 57
DEF (instrument cluster) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Det ermin ing correct load limit . . . . . . . . . . 185
Digital compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Dimming the rearview mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Display Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Doors Child safety lock............... ..... .. 31
Emergency locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Driver information system
Driver messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Efficiency program............ .. .... .. 21
Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
On-board computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Operating using the multifunction steering
wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Operating using windshie ld wiper lever . . . 19
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Service interval display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
D river seat
refer to Seating position
101
Drive select
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
also refer to Audi drive select . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Driving economically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Driving offroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Driving safely . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Driving through water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58, 67
Dr iving time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Dust filter
refer to Pollutant filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
E
EDL
refer to Electronic Differentia l Lock . . . . . . 92
Eff iciency program
Fuel economy messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Other equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Elect rome chanica l park ing brake . . . . . . . . . 64
Index
El ectromechanical steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
I ndica tor light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
El ectron ic differentia l lock
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Electron ic Differential Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Electronic immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Electronic stabilization control
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Electronic Stabilization Control . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Hill descent assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Offroad mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Emergency assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Emergency braking function . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Emergency flashers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Emergency locking front passenger's door . . 28
Emergency operation
Front passenger's door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Fuel filler door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Luggag e compartment lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Panorama roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Sun shade (roof) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Emergency release Selector lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Emergency starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Emissions data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Energy management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Engine Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Engine data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Start ing with jumper cables ........... 209
Start ing (convenience key) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Starting (ignition lock) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Stopping (convenience key) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Stopping (ignition lock) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Engine compartment Open ing/closing the hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Ove rview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Safety precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Engine control (indicator light) . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Engine coolant Radiator fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Eng ine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Adding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Checking the engine oil level . . . . . . . . . . . 164
225
Index
With the central locking switch . . . . . . . . . 27
With the convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Low beam
I ndicator l ight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Low beams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Lower universal anchorages (Canada) . . . . . 150
Luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Cargo floor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Cargo net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Cover... ..... .................. ..... 48
Increasing the size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Reversible mat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Ski bag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Storing cargo correctly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Tie-downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
also refer to Loading the luggage compart-
ment .. .. .. .... .......... ...... ... . 105
Luggage compartment lid Closing button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Emergency release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Opening/closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28, 29
Luggage rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Lumbar support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
M
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Maintenance intervals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Malfunct ion indicator lamp (MIL) . . . . . . . . . 17
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Mirror Dimming ... .. .. .. . .. .. ... ... .. .. .. .. 38
Van ity m irror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Mirror compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Mirrors Adjusting the exterior mirrors. . . . . . . . . . . 38
Model plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Monitoring the Advanced Airbag System . . 127
Multifunction steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
N
Natura l leather care/cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
NHTSA Contacting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Number of seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
228
0
Occupant seating positions
Octane rating ... .. .. .. ........ ..... . .
Odometer .... .. . ... .. .. ........... .. .
Oil 101
1S5
10
Ind icator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . lS
also refer to Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . 162, 164
Oil change interval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
On -Board-Diagnostic System (OBD)
Malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) . . . . . . . . 17
On-board computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
On-Board Diagnostic System (OBD) Data Link Connector (D LC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Electronic speed limiter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Opening.... .. .. .. .. .. ............. ... 23
Fuel filler door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Luggage compartment lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Panorama glass roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Windows . .... .. .. .. .. ........... .. . 32
Opening/closing On the door lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
With the central locking switch . . . . . . . . . 27
With the convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Other equipment (efficiency program) . . . . . 21
Outside temperature display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Overview (Cockpit) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
p
Paint damage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Paint number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Panorama glass roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Panorama roof
Convenience opening/closing . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Emergency closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Parking aid Cleaning sensors/camera lenses . . . . . . . . 192
Parking brake Ind icator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
also refer to Electromechanical
parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Parking lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Parking system Adjusting the display/warning tone . . . . . . 90
Cleaning the rearview camera . . . . . . . . . . . 87