2018 AUDI Q3 Owners Manual

owner's tv1anual
2018 Q3

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Foreword
Thank you for choosing an Audi -we value your trust in us.
Your new Audi will allow you to experience the best in groundbreaking technolo­
gy and premium quality equipment a vehicle has to offer. We recommend that
you read your Owner's Manual thorough ly so that you quickly become acquaint­
ed with your Audi and make use of all of its features.
In addition to explaining how the different features work, we provide many use ­
ful tips and information concerning your safety, how to care for your vehicle and
how to maintain your vehicle's va lue . We also give you useful tips and informa­
tion on how to drive your vehicle more efficiently and in an environmentally
friendly manner.
We hope you enjoy driving your Audi and we wish you safe and pleasant motor­
ing.
AUDIAG

Table of contents
About this Owner's Manual ... .. .
Cockpit ... .. ............... .... .. .
Cockpit overview ................ .
Controls at a glance ... .......... .. .. .
Instruments and indicator lights
Instruments .... ... .......... .. .. .. .
Indicator lights .. .. .......... .. .. .. .
On-Board Diagnostic System (OBD) .. .. . 4
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Drive r information system . . . . . . 18
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
On-board computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Efficiency program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Starting and driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Op en ing and clo sing . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Central locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Luggage compartment lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Ch ild safety lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Po wer wi ndows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Panorama gla ss roof .......... .... ...
31
Lights and Vi sion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
E xterio r lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
I n terior lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
V1s1on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Windshield wipers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Dig ital compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Seats and storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
General information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Front seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
H ead restra ints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Sockets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
L uggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Roof rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Warm and cold .. .. .. ... ..... .. .. . 51
Climate control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Driving .. .. .. .. ... .. .. ..... ... .. .. . 57
General information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
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Starting and stopping the eng ine
(vehicles with an ignition lock) . . . . . . . . . 60
Starting and stopping the eng ine
(vehicles with a convenience key) ..... . .
Messages ..... .. .. .. ............. . .
E le ctromechanical parking brake ...... .
Start ing from a stop .. ........ ..... . .
D rivi ng offroad . .. ... ...... ....... .. .
Automatic transmission
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Trailer towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Driving with a trailer
Driver assistance .. ..... ......... .
A ss istance sy stem s .. .. ... ... .. . .
Speed warning system . .. ........... . .
Cruise control system .... .......... . .
Audi side assist .. .. .. .. . .......... . .
Audi drive select .... ... .. .......... . .
Park ing system s
General information
Rear parking system
Parking system plus ... ............. . .
Rearv iew camera ... .. .. ........... . .
Adjusting the display and the warning
tones ........ ... ... ...... ....... .. .
Error messages .. ... ...... ....... .. .
T ra ile r hitch . .. .. .. .. ... ... .... ... . .
Intelligent Technology ....... .. .
Electronic stabilization control (ESC) .. . .
Brakes ...... .. .. .. .. ... .......... . .
El ectrome chanical steering ........... .
A ll wheel drive (quattro) .. .......... . .
Energy management .. ... .......... . .
Notice about data recorded by the Event
Data Recorder and vehicle contro l
modules .. .... .. .. .. .. ........... . . 73
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Safety first . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Driving safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Bas ics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Correct passenger seat ing positions . . . . . 98
Pedal area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
101
Stor ing cargo correctly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Reporting Safety Defects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

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Safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
General information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Why use safety belts? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Belt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Important information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Front a irbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
M on itor ing the Advanced Airbag System . 124
Side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
S ide curtai n airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Child safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
I mpor tant info rmation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
C hi ld safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 0
Secur ing c hild safety sea ts . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 4
L ATCH system ( lowe r anchorages and
tethers for chi ldren) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 7
Additional information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Maintenance and Care . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Checking and Filling . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
F ue l ... .. .... ............... .. ..... 152
Refueling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Cata lytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Eng ine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
E ng ine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Cooling system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
B ra ke flu id . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
B at tery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
W indshield was her system . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Service inte rval display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Wheels ..... .. ... ..... ... .. .. .... . 166
Wheels and Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Tire press ure monitoring system 183
Care and cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
General information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Ca r washes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
C leaning and care information . . . . . . . . . 186
Placing your veh icle out of service . . . . . . 190
Do It Yourself . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Emergency assistance . . . . . . . . . . . 191
General information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
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Replacing wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Spare tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Fuses and bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
E lectrica l fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
B ul bs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Emergency situations . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Genera l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Start ing by p ush ing or tow ing . . . . . . . . . . 203
Start ing with jumper cables . . . . . . . . . . . 203
U se of jumper cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Tow ing with a tow t ruck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20S
Raising the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Accessories and Technical Data . 209
Technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Vehicle spec ificat ions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Notes about technical da ta . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
D imens ions. ... .. .. .... .. .... ... .. .. 2 10
Capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Gasoli ne engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Consumer Information . . . . . . . . . . 2 12
War ranty coverages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Operating you r vehicle outside the U.S.A.
or Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Audi Service Repair Manuals and
Literat ure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Maintenance ...... .... ........... ... 212
Accessor ies and techn ica l changes . . . . . . 214
De claration of comp liance for
te lecommunications equipmen t and
ele ctroni c sys tems . ... ... ..... ... .. .. 21S
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 16
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About this Owner's Manual
This Owne r's Man ual applies to a ll versions of
this mode l.
It contains important information,
tips, suggestions and warn ings for using your ve­
h icle.
Keep this manual in your vehicle at all times . This
is especially important if you loan your vehicle to
others or sell it.
This owner's manua l describes the
equipment
range
specified for this mode l at the time of
printing. Individual equipment options described
may on ly be available at a later date or may only
be offered in certain countries .
Some sections in this manual do not apply to all
vehicles. When this is the case, the beginning of
the sect ion ind icates the
validity, for example
"Applies to vehicles : with cruise contro l system".
Optional or vehicle-specific equipment is also
ident ified with an asterisk
"*" .
The illustrations in this manual are a guide, and
some of the details in your vehicle may differ
from the illustration .
All
directions , such as "left", "right", "front" and
"rear", are based on the vehicle's direct ion of
travel.
* Optional or vehicle
-specific equipment
.,._ The section continues on the next page.
c::> & Cross reference to a "WARNING" within a
section. If a page number is indicated, the
WARNING is located outs ide of the section.
&, WARNING
Text with this symbol contains information
about safety and how to reduce the risk of se­
rious personal injury or death.
(D Note
Text with this symbol contains informat ion
about reducing the risk of damage to your ve­
hicle.
@ For the sake of the environment
Text with this symbol contains informat ion on
protecting the environment.
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Text with this symbol contains additional use­
fu l information.

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Cockpit overview
Cockpit overview
Controls at a glance
Fig. 1 Cockpit : left section
F ig. 2 Cockpit: rig ht sect ion
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