2018 AUDI A3 SEDAN spare wheel

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Spare tire
General information
Applies to: vehicles with space-saving spare tire (compact
spare tire)
Fig. 292 Luggage co mpa rtment: cargo floo r fo lded up
(versio ns 1 and 2 )
F ig. 293 Spare tire (exa mple)
The spare tire ~ fig. 293 is intended for short­
term use only . Have the damaged tire checked
and replaced if necessary by an authorized Audi
dealer or authori zed 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.
Emergency assistance
" Lift the cargo floor by the p lastic handle.
" Hang the p lastic hook on the luggage compart ­
ment sea l
(D ~ fig. 292 .
"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 wi th snow chains and a front
tire fails, mount the spare tire in place of a rear
tire. Install the snow chains on the rear tire that
you removed, and install that in place of the
front t ire th at failed.
A WARNING
--
- After installing a spare tire, the t ire pres­
sure must be checked as soon as possible.
The tire pressure is available on
~ page 341,
fig . 278
- Do not drive faste r than SO mph (80 km/h)
with a compact spare t ire. Driving faster
than that increases the risk of an accident.
- To reduce the r isk of an accident, avoid full­
throttle accelerat ion, heavy braking, and
fast cornering with the compact spare tire.
- To reduce the r isk of an accident, neve r drive
with more than one compact spare tire.
- Normal summer or winter 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 wheel well
The subwoofer mus t be removed before the
spare wheel* can be removed .
Fig. 294 Spare tire well: subwoofe r
369

Emergency assistance
Removing the subwoofer
• Lift up the cargo floor ¢ page 369, fig. 292 .
• Press the connector tabs @¢ fig. 294 togeth ­
er.
• Remove the connector @and set the discon-
nected cab le aside.
• Remove the bo lt @ .
• Carefu lly remove t he subwoofer .
Installing the subwoofe r
• Carefully place the subwoofer in the rim we ll.
The word
"FRONT" on the subwoofer must face
f orward.
• Inse rt the connector that was removed .
• Secure the subwoofer with the bolt .
• Fold the cargo floo r cover bac k into p lace.
(D Tips
The subwoofer can also be mounted w hen t he
spare tire is not in the spare wheel well.
Removing the subwoofer (version 2)
Applies to: vehicles w ith s ubwoofer in the spare wheel well
The subwoofer must be removed before the
spare wheel* can be removed .
Fig . 295 Spare t ire well : su bwoofer
Remov ing the subwoofer
• Lift up the cargo floor ¢ page 369 , fig . 292 .
• Pull the lock (D ¢ fig. 295 toward the cab le.
• Press t he lock ing tab @down.
• Remove the connector @and set the removed
cable aside .
• Remove the bolt @.
• Caref ull y remove t he subwoofer.
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Installing the subwoofer
• C arefully p lace the s ubwoofer i n the r im well.
The word "F RONT" on the s ubwoofer m ust face
forward .
• Insert the connecto r that was removed .
• Slide the lock (D back in the direction of the
subwoofe r.
• Secure the subwoo fer wit h the bolt.
• Fold the cargo floor cover back into place .
(D Tips
The subwoofer can also be mounted when the
spare t ire is not in the spa re whee l wel l.

Index
Selector lever (automatic transmission)
Emergency release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
90
Positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Self -lear ning navigation
refer to Persona l rou te ass ista nce . . . . . . 206
Serv ice and d isposa l
Safety belt p retensioner . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
267
Serv ice interval d isplay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328
Serv ice position
refer to Replacing w iper blades . . . . . . . . . 56
Sett ings
D ' t irec ory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
M ap. .. .. .. .. .. ............. .. .. .. . 2 12
M edia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Navigat ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
R adio ... ...... ... .. ..... ... .. .. ... 22 1
System (MMI) ...... .. ..... ... .. .. ... 243
Telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Voice recognition system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Se tt ing t he lang uage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Sett ing t he temperature
Automatic cl imate control system . . . . . . .
69
Shift light indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Shift padd les (au tom atic transmission) . . . . 88
Shuffle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Side airbags
Descr ipt ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
287
How they wo rk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Side assis t
refer to Audi side assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 6
Side cur tain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
D ..
escnpt 1o n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
H ow t hey wo rk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 2
s f t . t t' a e yins rue ions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 2
Sir iusXM alert notif icat ions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Sliding/tilting sunroof
refer to Panorama glass roof . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 6
Socket
refer to Power sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
So ftware updat e
refer to Map update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
refer to System update (MMI) . . . . . . . . . . 246
So ftware ( MMI)
Licensing agreements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
248
Update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
398
Sources o f information abo ut child restraints
and their use
. . .. .... .. ... .. ..... ... ..
Space-sav ing spa re t ire (compact spa re t ire)
Spare t ire .. .. .. .. .. .. ............. . .
Spare w heel . ... .... .. ... .. ..... ... . .
313
3 .69
369
369
Speed dependen t volume con trol . . . . . . . . 24 7
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
10
Speed warning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Spel ler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Sport disp lays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Sport view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Start/Stop system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
STAR T ENG IN E ST OP (conven ience key) . 76 , 7 7
Station scanning (rad io)
refer to Refresh stat io n list (radio) . . . . . . 221
Steering 151
Locking steering (ignit ion lock) . . . . . . . . . . 75
Locking the steering (button) . . . . . . . . . . . 77
also refer to E lectromechanical steering 151
Steering w heel
Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
74
S hi ft paddles (automatic transm iss ion) . . . 88
Steering wheel heat ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
also refer to Mult ifunct io n
stee ring wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
13 , 15, 16
Steps for determining correct load limit . . . 345
Stopover (nav iga tion) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 05
Storage options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Streaming
refer to On line media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
S tr onic (automat ic t ra nsmiss ion) . . . . . . . . . 83
Subtitles (DVD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Subwoo fer . ... .. .... .. ... .. .. 247, 3 69, 370
Sun visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Surround . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Suspension con trol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Swap ca ll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Switc hing tabs
refer to M ultifunction
steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
13, 15, 16
Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Naviga tion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
T raffic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
also refer to Ind icator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
System set tings (MMI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 43
System update (MMI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246