2018 AUDI A3 SEDAN load capacity

u. a, ... N
" N ... 0 N > a:,
including the weight of a trail­
er hitch and the tongue
weight of a loaded trailer -
does not make the vehicle
heavier than the vehicle's
Gross Vehicle Weight Rating.
Determining correct load
limit
Use the example below to calcu­
late the total weight of the pas­
sengers and luggage or other
things that you plan to transport
so that you can make sure that
your vehicle will not be overload­ ed.
Steps for Determining Correct Load Limit
1. Loc ate the statement "THE
COMBINED WEIGHT OF OCCU­
PANTS AND CARGO SHOULD
NEVER EXCEED XXX KG OR XXX
LBS " on your vehicle's placard
(tire inflation pressure label)
¢ page 341, fig. 2 77.
2. Determine the combined
weight of the driver and pas­
sengers that will be riding in
your vehicle.
3. Subtract the combined weight of the driver and passengers
from "XXX" kilograms or "XXX"
Wheels
pounds shown on the sticker
¢ page 341, fig. 2 77.
4. The resulting figure equals the
available amount of cargo and
luggage load capacity. For ex­
ample, if the
"XXX" amount
equals
1400 lbs. and there will
be five
150 lbs . passengers in
your vehicle, the amount of
available cargo and luggage
load capacity is
650 lbs.
(1400-750 (5 X 150) =
650 lbs.)
5. Determine the combined
weight of luggage and cargo
being loaded on the vehicle.
That weight may not safely ex­
ceed the available cargo and
luggage load capacity calculat­
ed in Step 4.
6. If your vehicle will be towing a trailer, load from your trailer
will be transferred to your ve­ hicle. Consult this manual to
determine how this reduces
the available cargo and lug­
gage load capacity of your vehi­
cle.
.,.Check the tire sidewall
(¢ page 331, fig . 275) to deter­
mine the designated load rating
for a specific tire.
345

Index
Compass in the mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Compl iance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386
connect e-tron services ......... .... .. .
Connection manager
Connections 199
244
refer to Med ia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223, 232
Consumer I nformat ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258, 383
Consumpt ion (f uel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 , 18
Contact ing NHT5A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Additional directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Impo rt ing/exporting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Memory capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Storing as dest ination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Control buttons (operating the M MI) . . . . . 156
Contro l knob with joystick f unction (MMI op­
e ration) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Convenience key Emergency operat ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Starting/stopping the engine . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Unlock ing/ lock ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Convenience opening/closing . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Conve rtible ch ild safety sea ts . . . . . . . . . . . 302
Convert ible locking retractor
Activating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
D eactivating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308
Using to secure a child safety seat . . . . . . 307
Cooling down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Cooling mode Automatic climate control system . . . . . . . 69
Cooling system Add ing coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325
Coolan t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324
Coolant leve l checking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325
Coolant temperature indicator . . . . . . . . . . 11
C ru ise contro l system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Cup holders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Curre nt cons umption . .. ..... ... .. .. . 17 , 18
D
Data co nnect ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Data pro tec tio n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
D ata recorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
D ate ..... ... .. .. ................ ... . 24 3
Date display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Daytime runni ng lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
390
Decla ration of compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386
Defrosting (windows) Automat ic cl imate cont ro l system . . . . . . . 70
DEF (instrument cluster) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
De luxe automa tic climate contro l
refer to Climate control system
(automatic) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68, 69
De mo mode
refer to Pr esen ta ti on mode . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Determ ining correct load lim it . . . . . . . . . . 345
Digital compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
D igital R ights Ma nagement . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
D imensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381
D imm ing t he exterior mi rro rs . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 4
D imm ing t he rearv iew m irror . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
D irecto ry
refer to Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
D isplay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357
Infotainment system disp lay . . . . . . 155, 244
Instrument cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Mult ifunct ion steer ing whee l . . . . . . . . . . . 13
D ista nce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 , 18
Doors Child safety lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Door con tact sw itch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
E mergency release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
also refer to Unl ocking/locking .... 3 1, 33 , 34
Driver informat ion system
Chang ing v iews . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
E conomy tips (analog instrument cluster) . 19
E ffic iency program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
E ne rgy cons ume rs (Aud i v ir tu al co ckpit) . . 18
Ou tside temperat ure display. . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Service interva l display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328
T rip computer (analog instrument cl uster . 18
Tr ip comp uter (A udi v irtual cockpit) . . . . . . 17
V iew . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Drive r seating position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Drives
refer to M edia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223, 232
D rive select
refer to Aud i drive select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Drivi ng econom ica lly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
D rivi ng safely . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Driving thro ugh water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Index
Floor mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Foldi ng the rea r seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65, 66
Foot pedals .. .. .. ............. .... .. . 254
For the sake of the enviro nment
E nvi ronme nta lly -fr iendly driv ing . . . . . . . .
73
Leaks. ... ...... ... .. ..... ... .. .. ... 3 19
Roof rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Fr ee tex t sea rc h . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 2
Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 1
Radio ... ...... ... .. ..... ... .. .. ... 2 19
Telephone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Fr ee ze protection
Coolan t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
324
Frequency band . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 18 , 221
Front airbags
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
273
How t hey wo rk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
Fr on ta l co llisions and the laws of p hys ics . . 261
Front center armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Front passenger 's door emergency release . . 36
Front seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
A dju sting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 51
Ch ild restraints in the front seat . . . . . . . . 270
Fue l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 14
Add it ives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 14
B lended gasoline 3 14
Curre nt cons umption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 , 18
Fue l g auge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10, 12
Fue l tank capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382
Gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 14
Gasoline additives ............ .... .. . 315
Saving fue l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Fue lin g
F ue l fi ller door emergency release . . . . . .
3 17
Fue l gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2
Fue l tank capac ity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382
Opening the fuel fille r door . . . . . . . . . . . . 315
Fue l shu t-off d uring dece lera tion . . . . . . . . . 73
Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371
G
Garment hooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Gas discharge lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373
392
Gasoline 314
Octane rating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314
Recommendat ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314
GAWR
refer to Gross Axle Weig ht Ra ting (GAWR) 3 .82
G lossary of t ire and loading term inology . . 333
Glove compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
G mete r
refer to Sport displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Gross Axle We ight Rati ng (GAWR) . . . . . . . 382
Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR)
GVWR
refer to Gross Vehicle Weight
382
Rat ing (GVWR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 82
H
Handsfree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 7
Head light range control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Head lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355
Head light range contro l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
He ad rest rain ts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Adjus ting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
61, 252
Removing a nd insta lling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Heated
Exte rior m irro rs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
53
Rear w indow (au toma tic climate con trol sys -
tem) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
70
Seats (automatic climate contro l system) . 70
Washer fluid nozz les . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Heating/ven tilation system
Adjus ting the air ven ts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
71
Heavy cloth ing and safety be lts . . . . . . . . . . 263
Hex socket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360
Hig h-voltage batte ry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Charg ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Hig h beams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SO
H. h b . 1g earn ass istant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SO
Hill descent control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
87
Hill ho ld assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
also refer to Hill hold assis t . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Hold ass ist (hill) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Home address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203, 207
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

u. 00 .-< N l'­ N .-< 0 N > 00
Retractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Reverse (automatic transmission) . . . . . . . . . 84
Rewinding (audio/video file) . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Right control button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Rims ..... .. .. ................ ... .. . 346
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356
Ringtone settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Roaming
refer to Data connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Rollbar
refer to Active rollover protection system 257
Roof load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66, 382
Roof rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
also refer to Roof rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Route criteria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Route guidance
refer to Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168, 201
s
Safe driving habits
Safety 249
A irbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Cargo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
255
Correct seating position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Pedal area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Telephone .. .. ............... .. .. .. . 177
Safety belt position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Safety belt height adjustment . . . . . . . . . 266
Safety belts worn by pregnant women . . . 265
Safety belt pretensioner
Service and disposal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
267
Safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260, 264
Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357
Danger to passengers who do not wear a
safety belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
261
Fastening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
H eight adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Improperly worn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Not worn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Safety belt position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Securing child safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
Special considerations for pregnant wom-
en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
265
Index
Unfastening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Warning/indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Worn properly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Safety belt warning light 260
Safety instructions
for side curtain airbags .............. .
292
for using child safety seats ........... . 298
for using safety belts ............. .. . . 263
Monitoring the Advanced Airbag System 283
Saving fuel
Attentive driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
73
Economy tips (analog instrument cluster) . 19
Efficiency program (ana log instrument clus-
ter) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
19
Energy consumers (Audi virtual cockp it) . . 18
Recuperation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Scan (radio) ..... .. .. ................ . 219
Screen
refer to Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13, 16
Screwdriver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360
SD card reader (MMI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Search area (point of interest) . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Search function
refer to Fr ee text search
Seat adjustment 162,234
Head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
252
Seating capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Seating position
Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
250
Front passenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
How to adjust the front seats . . . . . . . . . . 251
Incorrect seat position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Occupants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Rear passengers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Seats
Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
59
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357
Correct seating position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Easy sea t entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Folding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65, 66
Number of seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Seat heating (automatic climate control sys-
tem) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
70
Second ary phone .. .. ............. 179,245
Se lecting a source (media) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Selection menu .. .. .. .......... 14, 156, 160
397

Index Out of service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
359
Ra1s1ng . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381
Transporting (plug-in hybrid drive) . . . . . . 102
Veh icle battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326
Charge level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
Vehicle care.. .. .. ............. .. .. .. . 354
Vehicle control modules. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Vehicle jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360, 366
Vehicle sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Vehicle tool kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360
Version information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
VIEW but ton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
V IN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381
Voice guidance
refer to Multifunction
steer ing wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
13, 15, 16
Voicemail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Voice recognition system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
External . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 5
Multifunction steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . .
15
Operating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
vv
Warming up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Warning/Indicator lights
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
281
Warning lights
refer to Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Warranty coverages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383
Wash ing matte finish paint . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354
Weights. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382
What happens if you wear your safety belt too
loose? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
265
What happens to unbelted occupants? . . . . 261
What impairs driving safety? . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346
Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356
Glossary of tire and load ing terminology . 333
Replacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363
400
T ire pressure monitoring system . . . . . . . 350
Tires and vehicle load limits . . . . . . . . . . . 343
Wheel wrench . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360
When must a safety belt be replaced? . . . . 263
When must the airbag system be inspected? 281
Where are lower anchorages located? . . . . 309
Wi-Fi
Audi music stream . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
227
Audio player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Online media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
also refer to Wi-Fi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Wind deflector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356
Window regulators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Windows
Cleaning/removing ice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
356
Windshield washer system . . . . . . . . . . 55, 328
Reservoir capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382
Windshield wipers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Replacing wiper blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Winter operation
Car washes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
354
Cooling system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324
Defrosting windows (automatic climate con­
trol system) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
70
Removing ice from windows . . . . . . . . . . . 356
Seat heating (automatic climate control sys-
tem) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
70
Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346
Steering wheel heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Windshield washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . 328
Winter tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346
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Xenon headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49, 373
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Zoom (map) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210