2017 AUDI Q3 parking brake

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Emergency assistance
General information
.. Park the vehicle as far as poss ible from moving
traffic in the event of a breakdown. In the event
of a flat tire, park the vehicle on a leve l surface .
It you are on a steep h ill, be especially careful.
.. Set the parking brake .
.. Switch the emergency flashe rs on .
.. Put on a reflective vest .
.. Set up the warn ing triang le, if available .
.. Have the passengers exi t the veh icle. They
sho uld move to a safe place, for example be­
hind a guard rail.
_& WARNING
Follow the steps given above. This is for your
protection and the for the safety of other d riv ­
ers.
_& WARNING
Improper use of the vehicle jack can cause se ­
rious personal injuries .
- Never use the screw driver hex head to
t ighten whee l bolts, since the bolts cannot
attain the necessary tighten ing torque if you
use the hex head, potentially causing an ac­
c ident .
- The factory-supplied jack is intended only
for your vehicle model. Under no circum­
stances should it be used to lift heavy
vehicles o r other loads; yo u ris k inju ring
yo urself.
- Never start the engine when the vehicle is
ra ised, which could cause a n accident.
- Support the veh icle secure ly with app ropr i­
a te s tan ds if wor k is to be performed under­
neath t he vehicle; otherwise, the re is a po­
tent ial ris k for i njur y.
- Never use the jack s upplied with yo ur Audi
on another vehicle, pa rtic ularly o n a heav ie r
one. The jack is only suitable for u se on the
vehicle it came wit h.
Emergen cy a ssis tanc e
Equipment
Vehicle tool kit
Fig. 151 Lu gg age compartmen t: cargo floo r cove r fo lded
u pwa rd
T he veh icle tool k it is located in the luggage com­
partment under the cargo floor cover.
.. Push on the p lastic handle and lift up the cargo
floor .
.. Open the cargo floor.
Completely retract the veh icle jack a rm before
stor ing the ve hicle jack*.
_& WARNING
- Never use the screw driver hex head to
tighten wheel bo lts, since the bolts cannot
attain the necessary tightening torque if yo u
use the hex head, potentially causing an ac­
cident.
- The factory-supp lied jack is intended only
for your ve hicle model. Under no circum­
stances shou ld it be used to lift heavy
veh icles or other loads; you risk injuring
yourse lf.
- Never start the engine when the ve hicle is
raised, which could cause an accident.
- Support the vehicle securely with appropri­
ate stands if wo rk is to be performed under­
neath the vehicle; otherwise, there is a po­
tential risk fo r injury .
@ Tips
The vehicle jack * in your vehicle is mainte­
nance-free.
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Emergency assistance
Loosening and tightening the wheel bolts
The wheel bolts must be loosened before raising
the vehicle.
Fig. 1 55 Changing a w heel : loosening the w hee l bo lts
Loosening
• Inst all the wheel bolt wrench ove r th e whee l
bolt and push it down as far as i t will go.
• Take tight hold of the
end of the wrench handle
and turn t he whee l bolts
counter-clockwise
about one single turn in the d irection of arrow
q fig . 155.
Tightening
• Install the wheel bolt wrench over the whee l
bolt and push it down as far as it will go.
• Take tight hold of the
end of the wrench handle
and turn each whee l bolt
clockw ise until it is
seated.
A WARNING
- Do not use force or hurry when changing a
wheel· you can ca use the vehicle to sl ip off
t h e jack and cause s erious pe rsonal injur ies.
- Do not loosen the whee l bolts mo re than
one turn
before you ra ise th e vehicle with
t h e ja ck .· You risk an i njur y.
(O} Tips
-Neve r use the he xagonal socket i n the han­
dle of the screwd river to loosen or tighten
th e w heel bo lts.
- If a wh ee l bolt is very t ight, you may fi nd it
eas ier to loosen by carefully push ing down
on th e end of th e wh eel bo lt wren ch wi th
one
fo ot on ly. As you do so, hold on to t he
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car to keep yo ur ba lance and ta ke c are not
to slip.
Raising the vehicle
T he vehicle must be lifted wit h the jack first be ­
fore the wheel can be removed .
Fig. 156 S ill pa nels: mark in gs
Fig . 157 S ill : pos it io nin g the ve hicle jack
The location of the jack po int is indicated by an
i ndenta tion o n the underside of the veh icle
q fig . 15 6.
• Activate the parking brake to prevent the vehi­
cle from rolling uninte ntionally .
• Mov e the se lector lever to the P pos it ion .
• Find the
marking (imp rint) on the s ill that is
nea res t the w heel th at will be ch anged
¢ fig. 156 . Beh ind t he marking, there is a lift­
ing point on t he sill fo r the ve hicle jack .
• Tur n the
vehicle jack located un der the liftin g
point o n the sill to raise the jack until the jaw
¢ fig . 157 @covers the notch on the veh icle
¢ ,& , ¢(D .
• Align the vehicle jack so the jaw@ cove rs the
no tch and the base pla te ® is fla t on t he f loor .
Th e base p late @ must be
vertical unde r the
lif ting poin t@ . ..,_

Fuses and bulbs
(D Tips
- The following table does not list fuse loca­
tions that are not used.
- Some of the equipment listed in the follow­
ing tables applies only to certain model ver­
sions or certain optional equipment.
Cockpit fuse assignment
The fuse number is stamped into the plastic be­
low or above each fuse.
No. Equipment
1 LED headlight (left)
2 LED headlight ( right)
5 LED headlight (left)
6 LED headlight (right)
7 Steering lock
8 Convenience access contro l module
9
Airbag control module, AIRBAG OFF indi-
cator light
12
Transmission control module, selector
mechanism
Air quality sensor for cl imate control sys-
tern, heated w indow washer nozzles ,
lj]
button, reverse light button<®>, oi l level
13 sensor, climate contro l system, seat occu-
pant detection system, seat heating, but-
tons in the center console, automatic dim-
ming mirror
Engine control module, quattro control
modu le, transmission control module,
14
brake lights, electromechanica l steering,
Gateway control module, trai ler hitch con-
trol module, ESC contro l module, light
switch, damping control module
Headlight range control module , instru-
ment illumination, headlights (left, right),
15 diagnostic connector, crankcase housing
heater, a ir flow sensor, socket relay, DC/
DC converter
16 Park ing aid
17 Parking system rearview camera
18 TV tuner
19 Engine starter control, DC/DC converter
206
No . Equipment
20
ESC contro l module, climate/heating con-
trol, special functions interface
21 Selector mechanism power supply
22 Interior monitoring
© button, front interior lighting buttons,
23 diagnostic connector, light switch, light/
rain sensor, humidity sensor
25 Headlight power supply
26 Rear window wiper
27 Starter system
28 Infotainment system
29
Supply for the parking system rearv iew
camera and TV tuner
30 Infotainment system
31 Infotainment system
32 Instrument cluster
33 A utomat ic dimming rearview mirror
36
Cigarette lighter, cockpit/luggage com-
partment socket
37 Cockpit/rear socket
38 Transmission control module
40 Trailer hitch control module
41 Tra iler hitch control module
42 Trailer hitch control module
44 Rear window defogger
45
Electromechanical parking brake control
module
46 Trailer hitch control module
47 quattro control module
48 Aut omat ic lu ggage compartment lid con-
tro l module
so Blower
51
Electromechanical parking brake control
module
52 BCM
53 Fr ont seat heating
54 Panorama roof
SS Sun shade on the panorama
roof
56 Adaptive dampers control module

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Belt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Blended gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Blower
automatic Climate control system . . . . . . .
57
Manual climate control system . . . . . . . . . . 54
Booster seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Brake fluid
Checking the brake fluid level . . . . . . . . . .
168
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Brake booster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Electromechanical parking brake . . . . . . . . 64
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
New brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Braking
Brake assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
92
Emergency braking function . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Worn brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Breaking in
New engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
58
New tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
C
California Proposition 65 Warning . . . . . . . 160
Battery specific . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Capacities
Fueltank . .. .. ............... .. .. .. .
216
Washer fluid reservoir ............... . 216
Caps for wheel bolts, removing . . . . . . . . . . 199
Ca re . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Cargo area
refer to Loading the luggage compart-
ment. ... .. .. ................ ..... .
105
Cargo floor ......... ....... ...... ... .. 51
Catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Center armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Central locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Central locking switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Em ergency locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Luggage compartment lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Panorama roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Power windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Index
Remote control key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Certification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Changing engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Child restraints
Danger of using child restraints in the front
seat....... ... .. .. .................
118
Where can I get additional information
about child restraints and their use? . . . .
154
Child restraints system anchors......... . 150
Child safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Important safety instructions for using child
safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
140
Important things to know when driving with
children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
137
Installing a child restraint using the LATCH
system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
151
Mounting and releasing the anchorage
hook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
151
Tether anchors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Tether straps .. .. .. ................. 152
Child safety lock
Power windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
31, 32
Rear doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Child safety seats
Booster seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
145
Convertible child seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Convertible locking retractor . . . . . . . . . . 149
Danger of using child restraints in the front
seat ...... .... .. .. ............... ..
118
How do I properly install a child safety seat
. h. l 7 140 rn my ve 1c e ..... .. ... ........... .. .
Infant seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
143
LATCHsystem . .. .. ............... .. 151
Lower anchorages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Unused safety be lts on the rear seat . . . . 142
Child seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Securing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Cleaning ... .... .. .. ............... .. 191
Cleaning/removing ice from windows . . . . . 193
Cleaning Alcantara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Cleaning artificial leather . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Cleaning carbon parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193, 194
Cleaning controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Cleaning decorative parts and trim . . . 192, 193
Cleaning exhaust tail pipes . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
223

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
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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
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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

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Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Parking system plus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Trai ler hitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
also refer to Parking systems . . . . . . . . 86, 87
Parking systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Rear parking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Rearview camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Parking (automatic transmission) . . . . . . . . . 69
Parts replaceme nt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Pass-through . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light . . . . . . . . . . 128
Pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Physical principles of a frontal collision . . . 110
Polishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Poll en filter
refer to Pollutant filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Pollutant filter .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 53
Power seat adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Windows .. .. .... ........ .... ... .. .. 32
Power windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Child safety lock.............. .. .. .. .. 31
Convenience opening/closing . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Pr egnant women
Special considerations when wearing a safe-
ty belt . .. .. .. ............... .. ..... 114
Pressure (tires) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Proper safety belt position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Proper seating position Front passenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Occupants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Rear passengers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Prot ecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Protective liner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Q
quattro (all wheel drive) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Question What happens to unbelt ed occupants? . . 110
R
Radiator fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Index
Rain/light sensor
Headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Intermittent (windshield wipers) . . . . . . . . 40
Raising the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Range (fuel level) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Reading lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 7
Rear fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Rear lid
refer to Luggage compartment lid . . . . . . . 28
Rearview camera
refer to Parking systems . . . . . . . . . . . . 86, 87
Rearv iew mirror dimm ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Rear window defogger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55, 57
Recirculation mode automatic control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
manual climate control system . . . . . . . . . . 54
Refueling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Remote control
refer to Remote control key . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Remote control key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Personalization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Replacing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Synchronization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Unlocking/locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Repair manuals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Repairs Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Replacement key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Replacing Light bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Replacing windshield wiper blades . . . . . . . . 41
Replacing wiper blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Reporting Safety Defects ........... 107, 108
Reset button (trip odometer) . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Resetting the trip odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Retract New brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Retractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Reversible mat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Rims ....... ... . ... ................. 185
Roof load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Roof rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
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