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S afe ty belt s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
General information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Why use safety belts? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Safety belts ........................ 112
Belt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Airb ag sy stem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 7
Important information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Front a irbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
M on itor ing the Advanced Airbag System . 127
Side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
S ide curtai n airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Ch ild safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
I mpor tant info rmation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
C hi ld se ats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 3
Secur ing c hild seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 7
L ATCH system ( lowe r anchorages and
tethers for chi ldren) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Additional information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Maintenance and Care . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Checking and Filling . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Refueling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Cata lytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Eng ine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
E ng ine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Cooling system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
B ra ke flu id . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
B at tery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
W indshield was her system . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Service inte rval display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Wheel s ... .. .. ... ..... ... .. .. .... . 171
Wheels and Tires . .. ..... ... .. .. .... . 171
Tire press ure monitoring system 188
Care and cle aning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
General information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 1
Ca r washes ... .. ... . .... ... .. .. .. .. . 191
C leaning and care information . . . . . . . . . 192
Placing your veh icle out of service . . . . . . 196
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Emergency assistance . . . . . . . . . . . 197
General information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Table of contents
Replacing wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Spare tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Fuses and bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
E lectrica l fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
B ul bs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Eme rgency s ituation s . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Genera l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Start ing by p ush ing or tow ing . . . . . . . . . . 209
Start ing with jumper cables . . . . . . . . . . . 209
U se of jumper cables .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . 210
Tow ingwithatowt ruck . .......... ... 211
Raising the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Accessories and Technical Data . 215
Technic al d ata . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Vehicle spec ificat ions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Weig hts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Notes abo ut te chnical da ta . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
D imens ions. ... .. .. .... .. .... ... .. .. 2 16
Capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Gasoli ne engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Consumer informat ion . . . . . . . . . . 218
War ranty coverages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Operating you r vehicle outside the U.S.A.
or Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Audi Service Repair Manuals and
Literat ure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Maintenance ...... .... ........... ... 218
Accessor ies and techn ica l changes . . . . . . 220
De claration of Comp liance,
T elecomm unica tions and Ele ctr onic
Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Index ............................. 222
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Gasoline engines
Q3 2.0, 4 cylinder
Maximum output SAE net
Maximum torque SAE net
Displacement
Engine oil with filter change
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Fuel
ll For specific engine oil capacities, please see
the most current information for the USA at http:/ /www.audiusa.com/help/maintenance or
for Canada at http:/ /www.audi.ca/ca/brand/ en/
your _aud i/ aud i_services_a nd/Care_and_M a i nte
na nce/ schedule.html or call 800-822-2834.
Technical data
hp@ rpm 200@ 5100-6000
l b-ft@ rpm 207 @ 1700-5000
CID (cm
3 ) 121 (1984)
Premium unleaded (91 AKI) c::> page 155, Gasoline
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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 ...... .... .. .. ............... ..
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How do I properly install a child safety seat
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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
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