2017 AUDI S3 SEDAN tire pressure

Emergency assistance
Spare tire
General information
Applies to: vehicles with space-saving spare tire (compact
spare tire)
Fig. 295 L uggage compartment: cargo floor folded up
(versions 1 and 2)
Fig. 296 Spare tire (example)
The spare tire ~ fig. 296 is intended for short­
term use only. Have the damaged tire checked
and replaced if necessary by an authorized Audi
dealer or authorized Audi Service Facility as soon
as possible.
There are some restrictions on the use of the
compact spare tire . The compact spare tire has
been designed specifically for your type of vehi­
cle. Do not replace it with the spare tire from an­
other type of vehicle.
362
.,. Lift the cargo floor by the plastic handle .
.,. Hang the p lastic hook on the luggage compart­
ment
sea l© ~ fig. 295.
.,. Turn the handwheel counter-clockwise and re-
move it .
.,. Remove the spare tire.
Snow chains
For technical reasons, the use of snow chains on
the compact spare tire is not permitted .
If you have to drive with snow chains and a front
tire fails, mount the spare wheel in p lace of a
rear tire. Install the snow chains on the rear tire
that you removed, and install that in place of the
front tire that failed.
A WARNING
-
-After installing a spare tire, the tire pres­
sure must be checked as soon as possible.
The tire pressure is available on
~ page 336,
fig.
281
- Do not dr ive faster than SO mph (80 km/h)
w ith a compact spare tire. Driving faster
than that increases the risk of an accident.
- To reduce the r isk of an accident, avoid full­
throttle acceleration, heavy braking, and
fast cornering with the compact spare tire.
- To reduce the r isk of an accident, never drive
w ith more than one compact spare tire.
- Normal summer or w inter t ires must not be
mounted on the compact spare wheel rim.
Removing the subwoofer (version 1)
Applies to: vehicles with subwoofer in the spare whee l well
The subwoofer must be removed before the
spare wheel* can be removed.
Fig. 297 Spare whee l we ll: subwoofer

Index
A
A/C (automatic climate control system) . . . . 71
Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64, 380
Active lane assist
refer to Audi active lane assist . . . . . . . . . 136
Active rollover protection system . . . . . . . . 256
Retracting rollover protection.......... 257
Adaptive cruise control
refer to Audi adaptive cruise control . . . . 126
Adaptive light
refer to Audi adaptive light . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Adjusting the air distribution Automatic climate control system . . . . . . . 72
Adjusting the air vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Automatic climate control system . . . . . . . 72
Adjusting the sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Advanced key
refer to Convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Airbag .... .. .. ............... .... ... 267
Airbag system .. .... .............. 267,287
Advanced Airbag System components . . . 274
Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
Ch ildren . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
Ch ild restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Components (front airbags) . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Danger of fitting a child safety seat on the
front passenger seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
Front airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
How do the front airbags work? . . . . . . . . 277
How many airbags does my vehicle have? 274
How the Advanced Airbag System compo -
nents work together . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Important safety instructions on the knee
airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Knee airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light . . . . . . . . . 279
Repairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Warning/Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
When must the system be inspected? . . . 279
Air pressure (tires) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336, 345
A lignment pin (tire change) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353
All-weather lights..... ......... .... .. .. 51
382
All season tires
All wheel drive 342
refer to quattro (all wheel drive) . . . . .
. . 154
AMI
refer to Audi music interface . . . . . . . 228, 229
Android Auto
refer to Audi smartphone interface . . . . . 239
Ant i-freeze
Windshield washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
Anti -Lock Braking System (ABS) . . . . . . . . . 151
Anti-Slip Regulation (ASR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Apple CarP lay
refer to Aud i smartphone interface . . . . . 239
Audi active lane assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Cleaning the camera area . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348
Messages . .. .. .. ... .... ....... .... .
Audi adaptive cruise control ........... . .
Cleaning the sensor . .. .. ........... . . 138
126
348
Distance display, distance warning ..... . 132
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Audi adaptive light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51, 143
Audi connect e-tron services . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Doors and lights .. .. .. .. ........... .. 198
Audi connect (Infotainment) ........ 190,195
Data protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Services overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Start ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Audi drive select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Audi magnetic ride
refer to Suspension control . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Audi music interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Audi music stream
refer to Wi-Fi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Audio files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Audio player Bluetooth audio player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Wi-Fi audio player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Audio track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Audi pre sense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133, 136
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Audi Service Repair Manuals and Literature 378
Audi side assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Cleaning the sensors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348
Messages . ....... ... ..... .........
.
Rear cross-traffic assist ... ........... . 143
142

CXl CXl .... N ,.__
N .... 0 N > 00
Audi smartphone interface . . . . . . . . . 239, 243
Audi virtual cockpit
refer to Instrument cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
AUTO Automatic climate control system . . . . . . . 71
Automatic headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Auto Lock (central locking system) . . . . . . . . 34
Automatic belt retractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Automatic climate control system
refer to Climate control system
(automatic) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70, 71
Automatic power top
refer to Power top . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Automatic transm iss ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Driving tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Emergency mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Hill descent control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Kick-down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Launch control program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Manual shifting (tiptronic mode) . . . . . . . . 90
Selector lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Selector lever emergency release . . . . . . . . 92
Selector lever lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Selector lever posit ions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Shift padd les . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Automatic wipe/wash system . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Auto Safety Hotline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Auxiliary climate control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
AUX input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Average consumption ............ .... 17, 18
Average speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17, 18
B
BACK button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Bag hooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65, 67
Balance (sound) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Bass (sound) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Battery In the key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Jump starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368
also refer to High-voltage battery . . . . . . . 94
also refer to Vehicle battery . . . . . . . . . . . 325
Before driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Belt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Blended gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
Index
Blower
Automatic climate control system . . . . . . . 72
Bluetooth Audio player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Connecting a ce ll phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Boost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Booster seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
Boost pressure ind icator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325
Electromechanical parking brake . . . . . . . . 83
New brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Braking Brake assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Emergency braking function . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Breaking in New brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
New engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
New tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335
Browser
refer to Media center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366
Buttons Control panel (MMI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Multifunct ion steer ing wheel . . . . . . . . 13, 16
Programming (multifunction steering
wheel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
C
Cable (USB adapter/AUX connector cable) 228
California Proposition 65 Warning ... .. .. 317
Battery specifi c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326
Call list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Call options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Capacities Fuel tank. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375
Washer fluid reservoir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375
Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347
also refer to Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347
Car Finder Audi connect e -tron services . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Cargo area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Caring for and cleaning leather . . . . . . . . . . 350
Catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316
CD drive (media drives) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
383

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