2017 AUDI S3 SEDAN fold seats

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A WARNING
To reduce the risk of injury when an airbag in­
flates, always wear safety belts properly.
- If you are unrestrained, lean ing forward, sit­
t ing s ideways or out of pos ition in anyway,
your risk of injury is much h igher.
- You will also receive serious injur ies and
could even be killed if you are up aga inst the
airbag or too close to it when it inflates -
even with an Advanced
Airbag¢ page 267.
More important things to know about front
a irbags
F ig. 2 43 Inflated front a irbags
Safety belts are important to help keep front
seat occupants in the p roper seated position so
that a irbags can unfold properly and provide sup­
p lemental protection in a frontal collision.
The front airbags are designed to provide addi­
tional protection for the chest a nd face of the
d river and the front seat passenger when:
- safety belts are worn properly,
- the seats have been positioned so that the oc-
cupant is properly seated as far as possible
from the airbag,
- and for adjustable head restraints: the head re-
straints have been properly adjusted.
Because airbags inflate in the blink of an eye with
great force, things you have on your lap or have placed on the seat could become dangerous pro­
jectiles, and be pushed into you if the airbag in­
flates .
When an a irbag deploys, fine dust is released .
This is normal and is not caused by a fire in the
veh icle. Th is dust is made up mostly of a powder
Airb ag sys tem
used to lubricate the airbags as they deploy. It
could irritate skin.
It i s important to remember that wh ile the sup­
plementa l airbag system is designed to red uce
the likelihood of serious injuries, other injur ies,
for example swelling, bruising and minor abra­ s ions, can also happen when airbags inflate. Air­
bags do not protect the arms or the lower parts
of the body. Front airbags supplement the three­
point safety belts on ly in some frontal collisions
in which the vehicle deceleration is high e nough
to deploy the airbags .
Fron t airb ags will not depl oy:
- if the ignition is switched off when a crash oc-
curs,
- in side collisions,
- in rear-end collisions,
- in rollovers,
- when t he crash deceleration measured by the
airbag system is less than the m in imum thresh­
old needed for airbag dep loyment as registe red
by the electronic control unit.
Th e front passenger airbag also will not
deplo y:
- when the front passenger seat is not occupied,
- when the e lectr ica l ca pacitance measured by
the capacitive passenger detection system for
the front passenger seat indicates that the pas­ senger s ide frontal a irbag must be switched off
by the electronic control unit (the
PAS SENGER
AIR BAG OFF
light¢ page 279 and how they
work comes on and stays on).
A WARNING
-Sitt ing in the wrong position can increase the
risk of ser ious injury in crashes.
- To reduce the risk of injury when the airbags
inflate, the drive r and passengers must al­
ways sit in an up right posit ion, must not
lea n aga inst or place any part of their body
too close to the area where the airbags are located .
- Occupants who are unbelted, out of position
or too close to the airbag can be serio usly
injured by an airbag as it unfolds with great
force in the blink of an
eye¢ page 268. ~
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Airbag system
A WARNING
A child in a rearward-facing child safety seat
installed on the front passenger seat will be
seriously injured and can be killed if the front
airbag inflates - even with an Advanced Airbag
System.
- The inflating airbag will hit the child safety
seat or infant carrier with great force and
will smash the child safety seat and child against the backrest, center armrest, door
or roof.
-Always install rear-facing child safety seats on the rear seat.
- If you must install a rearward facing child
safety seat on the front passenger seat be­ cause of exceptional circumstances and the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light does not
come on and stay on, immediately install
the rear -facing child safety seat in a rear
seating position and have the airbag system inspected by your Audi dealer.
A WARNING
Objects between you and the airbag will in­
crease the risk of injury in a crash by interfer ­
ing with the way the airbag unfolds or by be­
ing pushed into you as the airbag inflates.
- Never hold things in your hands or on your
lap when the vehicle is in use .
- Never transport items on or in the area of
the front passenger seat . Objects could
move into the area of the front airbags dur­
ing braking or other sudden maneuvers and
become dangerous projectiles that can
cause serious personal injury if the airbags
inflate.
- Never place or attach accessories or other
objects (such as cup holders, telephone
brackets, large, heavy or bulky objects) on
the doors, over or near the area marked
"AIRBAG" on the steering wheel, instru­
ment panel, seat backrests or between
those areas and yourself . These objects
could cause injury in a crash, especially
when the airbags inflate .
- Never recline the front passenger's seat to
transport objects. Items can also move into
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the area of the side airbag or the front air­
bag during braking or in a sudden maneu­
ver. Objects near the airbags can become projectiles and cause injury, particularly
when the seat is reclined .
- Never place or transport objects on the
front passenger seat. Objects on the front
passenger seat could cause the capacitive
sensor in the seat to signal to airbag system
that the seat is occupied by a person when it
in fact is not, or that the person on the seat
is heavier than he or she actually is. The
change in electric capacitance because of
such objects can cause the passenger front
airbag to be turned on when it should be
off, or can cause the airbag to work in a way
that is different from the way it would have
worked without objects on the seat .
- Always make sure that there is nothing on
the front passenger seat that will cause the
capacitive passenger detection system in
the seat to signal to the Airbag System that the seat is occupied by a person when it is
not , or to signal that it is occupied by some ­
one who is heavier than the person actually
sitting on the seat. The presence of an ob­
ject could cause the passenger front airbag
to be turned on when it should be off, or
could cause the airbag to work in a way that
is different from the way it would have
worked without the object on the seat .
A WARNING
The fine dust created when airbags deploy can
cause breathing problems for people with a
history of asthma or other breathing condi­
tions .
- To reduce the risk of breathing problems,
those with asthma or other respiratory con­
ditions should get fresh air right away by
getting out of the vehicle or opening win­
dows or doors.
- If you are in a collision in which airbags de­
ploy , wash your hands and face with mild
soap and water before eating.
- Be careful not to get the dust into your eyes,
or into any cuts or scratches.
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Child safety
-Always make sure the seat backrest to which
the child restraint is installed is in an up­
right position and securely latched into
place and cannot fold forward. Otherwise,
the seatback with the child safety seat at­
tached to it could fly forward in the event of
an accident or other emergency situation.
- Always read and heed all WARNINGS when­
ever using a child restrained in a vehicle is
being used
c> page 292 . Special precautions
apply when installing a child safety seat on
the front passenger
seat ¢ page 268, Child
restraints on the front seat -some impor­
tant things to know.
Deactivating the convertible locking
retractor
The convertible Locking retractor for child re­
straints will be deactivated automatically when
the belt is wound all the way bock into the re­
tractor .
~ Press the red button on the safety belt buckle .
Th@ belt tongue will pop out of the buckle.
~ Guide the safety belt all the way back into its
stowed position .
Always let the safety belt retract completely into
its stowed position . The safety belt can now be
used as an ordinary safety belt without the con­
vertible locking retractor for child restraints .
If the convertible locking retractor should be ac­
tivated inadvertently, the safety belt must be un­
fastened and guided completely back into its
stowed position to deactivate this feature. If the
convertible lock ing retractor is not deactivated,
the safety belt will gradually become tighter and
uncomfortable to wear.
A WARNING
-
Improperly installed child safety seats in­
crease the risk of serious personal injury and
death in a collision.
- Never unfasten the safety belt to deactivate
the convertible locking retractor for child re­ straints while the vehicle is moving . You
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would not be restrained and could be seri­
ously injured in an accident.
- Always read and heed all WARNINGS when­
ever using a child restrained in a vehicle is being used
c> page 292. Special precautions
apply when installing a child safety seat on
the front passenger seat
c> page 268, Child
restraints on the front seat -some impor­
tant things to know.
LATCH system (lower
anchorages and tethers
for children)
' Child Restraint System anchors and how
are they related to child safety
To provide a simpler and more practicable way to
attach the child restraint on the vehicle seat, Federal regulations require special lower ancho­
rages in vehicles and devices on new child re­
straints to attach to the vehicle anchorages .
In the United States, the combination of the
tether anchorages and the lower anchorages is
now generally called the LATCH system for
"Lower Anchorages and Tethers for Children" . In
Canada, the terms "top tether" with "lower uni­
versal anchorages" (or "lower universal anchor­
age bars") are used to describe the system .
In other countries the term "ISOFIX" is used to
describe the lower anchorages .
Forward-facing child restraints manufactured af­
ter September 1, 1999, are required by U.S. fed­
eral regulations to comply with new child head
movement performance requirements . These
new performance requirements make a tether
necessary on most new child safety seats.
Installing a child restraint that requires a top
tether without one can seriously impair the per­
formance of the child restraint and its ab ility to
protect the child in a collision. Installing a child
restraint that requires a top tether without the
top tether may be a violation of state law.
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Index
e-tron Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
also refer to Plug-in hybrid drive . . . . . . . . 94
eco mode (automatic climate control system) .7.1
Economical route . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Efficiency program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Electrical accessories
refer to Socket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Electric drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Electric range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Electromechanical parking brake . . . . . . . . . 83
E lectromechanica l steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Electronic Differential Lock (EDL) . . . . . . . . 151
El ectronic immobili zer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Electronic speed limiter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Electronic Stabilization Control ( ESC) . . . . . 151
Emergency assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353
Emergency braking function . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Emergency flashers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Eme rgency starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368
Emissions control system
Cata lytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316
Energy consumers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Energy management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Engine Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Start/Stop system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Starting/stopping (button) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Starting/stopping (key) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Starting with jumper cables . . . . . . . . . . . 368
Engine compartment
Opening and closing the hood...... ... . 318
Overview ..... .................. .... 319
Safety precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316
Engine coolant
Radiator fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319
Adding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322
Checking the oil level................. 321
Consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321
D ipstick .. .. .... ................ 319,321
Oil change interval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
O il consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320
386
Specification and viscosity............. 319
Temperature display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
11
Ent ering characters/numbers (speller) . . . . 165
Entering lette rs (speller) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Ente rtainment sliding menu . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Entry/exit lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Entry assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Environment Proper disposal of drained engine oil . . . . 322
Unlead ed gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
ESC
refer to Electronic Stabilization
Control (ESC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Event Data Recorder (EDR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Expanded view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Exterior lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S 1
Exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Fo lding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Folding settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Externa l voice operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
F
Factory default settings
Multi Media Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Fader (sound) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Fastening Booster seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
Convertible child safety seats . . . . . . . . . . 300
Infant seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Fast forwarding/rewindi ng (audio/video
file) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Fast forwarding (audio/video file) . . . . . . . . 230
Fast route . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Favorites Media ....... ..... .. ............... 232
Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Telephone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
File formats (media drives) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Floor mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Fo lding the rear seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67, 68
Foot pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Fo r the sake of the environment
Environmentally-friendly driving . . . . . . . . 74
Leaks ........ ... ... .............. .. 317
Roof rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Index
s
Safe driving habits
Safety 247
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Cargo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Correct seating position .......... ... .
Pedal area . ....... .............. ... .
Telephone . ..... .. .............. ... . 248
252
177
Safety belt position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Safety belt height adjustment . . . . . . . . . 264
Safety belts worn by pregnant women . . . 263
Safety belt pretensioner Service and disposa l. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2S8, 262
Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350
Danger to passengers who do not wear a
safety belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Fastening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Height adjustment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
I mproperly worn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Not worn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Safety belt position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Securing chi ld safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
Special considerations for pregnant wom-
en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Unfastening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Warning/indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Worn properly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Safety belt warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Safety equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Safety features for occupant restraint and
protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Safety instructions for side curtain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
for using child safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
for using safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Monitoring the Advanced Airbag System 281
Saving fuel Attentive driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Economy tips (analog instrument cluster) . 19
Efficiency program (analog instrument clus-
ter) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Energy consumers (Audi virtual cockpit) . . 18
Recuperation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
392
Scan (radio) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Screen
refer to Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 , 16
Screwdriver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353
SD card reader (MMI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Search area (point of interest) . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Search function
refer to Free text search
166,232
Seat adjustment Head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Seating capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Seating position Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Front passenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
How to adjust the front seats . . . . . . . . . . 249
Incorrect seat position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Occupants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Rear passengers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Seats Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350
Correct seating position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Fold ing ... .. .. .. .. .. ............. 67 , 68
Number of seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Seat heating (automatic climate control sys-
tem) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Secondary phone .. .. .. ... .. ..... . 179,243
Selecting a source (media) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Selection menu .. .. .. .. ........ 14, 160, 164
Selector lever (automatic transmission) Emergency release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Self-learning navigation
refer to Personal route assistance . . . . . . 206
Service and disposal Safety belt pretensioner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Service interval display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
Service position
refer to Replacing wiper blades . . . . . . . . . 58
Settings Directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Map...... .... .. .. .. ............. .. 211
Media .... .. .. . ... .. .. ........... .. 233
Nav igation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
System (MMI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241