2018 AUDI A3 SEDAN ABS

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.
370
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.

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A
A/C (automatic climate control system)
Accessories
. . .. ................ ...
Active lane assist ..
.. 69
62 ,385
refer to Audi active lane assist . . . . . . . . . 133
Active rollover protection system . . . . . . . . 257
Retracting rollover protection . . . . . . . . . . 257
Adapt ive cruise control
refer to Audi adaptive cruise control . . . . 123
Adaptive light
refer to Audi adaptive light . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Adjusting the additiona l display . . . . . . . . . . 15
Adjusting the air d istr ibut ion
Automatic climate control system . . . . . . . 70
Adjusting the air vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Automatic climate control system . . . . . . . 70
Adjusting the sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Advanced key
refer to Convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Airbag .. .. .. .. ............... .. .. .. . 269
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269, 289
Advanced Airbag System components . . . 276
Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
Children
Child restraints 296
297
Components (front airbags) . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Danger of fitting a child seat on the front
passenger seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2 70
Disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
Fr ont airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
How do the front airbags work? . . . . . . . . 279
How many airbags does my vehicle have? 276
How the Advanc ed Airbag System compo-
nents wo rk together . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Important safety instructions on the knee
airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
Knee airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light . . . . . . . . . 281
Repairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
Warning/Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Wh en must the system be inspected? . . . 281
Air pressure
Tire Pressure Monitoring System indicator 348
Index
Alarm system
refer to Anti-theft alarm system . . . . . . . . . 36
Al ignment pin (tire change) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360
All-weather lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
All season tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346
All wheel drive
refer to quattro (all wheel drive) . . . . . . . 152
AMI
refer to Audi music interface . . . . . . . 229, 230
Android Auto
refer to Audi smartphone interface 241
Anti-freeze Windshield washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . 328
Anti-Lock Braking Sys tem (ABS) . . . . . . . . . 148
Anti-Slip Regu lation (ASR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Anti-theft alarm system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Apple CarP lay
refer to Audi sm artphone interface . . . . . 241
ASR
refer to Anti-Slip Regulation (ASR) . . . . . . 148
Audi active lane assist Cleaning the camera area
Messages ... .. .. .. ............... . .
Audi adaptive cruise control ............ .
Cleaning the sensor ................. .
Distance display, distance warning .. .. . .
Messages ... .. .. .. ............. .. . .
Audi adap tive light ... ............... . .
Audi connect e-tron services
............
Doors and lights .... ................ . 133
355
135
123
355 129
130
140
199
199
Audi connect (Infotainment) ........ 190, 196
Data protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Services overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Audi drive select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Audi magnetic ride
refer to Suspension control . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Audi music interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Audi music stream
refer to Wi-Fi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Audio files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Audio player
Bluetooth audio player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Wi-Fi audio p lay er . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Audio track 235
387

Index
Lowering the cargo floor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
L uggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
63
Cover .... .. .. .. ............. .... .. .. 64
L uggage compartment lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
37
P ower sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Storing cargo correctly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Stowing luggage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Luggage compa rtment net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Lumbar support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
M
Magnetic ride
refer to Suspension control . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383
Maintenance interval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328
Making an emergency call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Malfunction Indicator Lamp (MIL)
Map 318
Operating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Sett ings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Map update .. .. .. ............. .... .. . 213
Massage fu nct ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223 , 232
Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Supported formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Media center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Memory capacity
Directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
187
Jukebox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Memory card
SD card reader (MMI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
224
Supported types/formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
MENU button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Menu language
refer to Setting the language . . . . . . . . . . 243
Menu paths (Owner's Manual) . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Menus/symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Compass. .. .. .. ............. .... .. .. 57
Dimming ... .. .. ............. .. .. .. .. 54
MMI
refer to Multi Media Interface . . . . . . . . . . 154
MMI search
refer to Free text search . . . . . . . . . . 162, 234
394
MMI touch..... ..... .. ............... 157
MODE button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Monitoring the Advanced Airbag System . . 281
MP3
refer to Jukebox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Multifunction steering wheel
Changing views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
13
Operat ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 , 16
Switching tabs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 , 16
Voice recognition system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Multi Media Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Music collection
refer to Jukebox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Mute
refer to Muting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Muting ........ ... .. .. ............... 247
myAudi .... .... .. .. .. ........... 190,205
Logging in in the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
PIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
N
NAV/MAP button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Nav igating (instrument cluster) . . . . . . . . . 168
Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Announcements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Plug-in hybrid drive . .. ... .. ..... ... .. 217
also refer to
Map . .. .. ............. .. 210
Navigation (instrument cluster) . . . . . . . . . 167
Network connection (Wi-Fi) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
N HT SA
Contacting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
258
Number of seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
0
Occupant protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Occupant seating positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Octane rating (gasoline). ............. .. 314
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Oil
refer to Engine oil .. .. ............. .. 321
On-Board Diagnostic System (OBD) . . . . . . . 318
On/Off knob (MMI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Online destinations
refer to Point of interest search . . . . . . . . 204
Online map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213

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