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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
Table of contents
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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Gasoline engines
Q3 2.0, 4 cylinder
Maximum output SAE net
Maximum torque SAE net
Displacement
Engine oil with filter change
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Fuel
ll For specific engine oil capacities, please see
the most current information for the USA at http:/ /www.audiusa.com/help/maintenance or
for Canada at http:/ /www.audi.ca/ca/brand/ en/
your _aud i/ aud i_services_a nd/Care_and_M a i nte
na nce/ schedule.html or call 800-822-2834.
Technical data
hp@ rpm 200@ 5100 -6000
l b-ft@ rpm 207
@ 1700 - 5000
CID (cm
3 ) 121 (1984)
Premium unleaded (91 AKI) c::> page 152, Fuel
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Average speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
B
Bag/securing hooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Bag hooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Battery Jump starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
also refer to Vehicle battery . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Before driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Belt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Blended gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Blower Automatic climate control system . . . . . . . 55
Heating/ventilation system and manual cli
mate control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Booster seats ...................... .. 142
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Brake assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Brake booster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Electromechanical parking brake . . . . . . . . 63
Emergency braking function . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
New brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Worn brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Breaking in
New brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
New engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
New tires .. .. ................. .. .. . 173
Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
C
California Proposition 65 Warning . . . . . . . 156
Battery specific . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Capacities Fuel tank ... .. ................ ..... . 210
Washer fluid reservoir ............... . 210
Caps for wheel bolts, removing . . . . . . . . . . 193
Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Cargo area
refer to Loading th e luggag e compart -
ment .. ..... ..................... .. 102
Cargo bag
Cargo floor
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49
Cargo mat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Index
Cen ter armrest
Central locking
Certification . . .. .................. .. 43
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Changing engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Child restraints
Danger of using child restraints in the front
seat ......... ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Where can I get additional information
about child restraints and their use? . . . . 151
Child restraints system anchors .......... 147
Child safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Impo rtant safety instru ctions for using child
safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 7
Important th ings to know when driving with
c hi ldre n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
I nstalling a child restraint using the LATCH
system .......... ................. .
Mounting and releas ing the anchorage
hook ..... .. .. .. .. ............... . .
Tether anchors ... .. ................ .
T eth er straps . ... .. ................ .
Child safety lock ... .. ................. .
Child safety seats .. .. ................ .
Booster seats
149
149
149
149
30
140
142
Co nver tible child seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Convertible locking retractor . . . . . . . . . . 146
Danger of using child restraints in the front
seat...... .. .. .. .. ................. 115
How do I properly instal l a child safety seat
in my vehicle? .. .. .. ................ .
Infant seats ... .. .. ................ .
LATCH system ... .. ................ .
Low er anchorages 137
140
149
148
Safety instr uctions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Securing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Unu sed safety belts on the rear seat . . . . 139
Cl eaning ....... .... ................ .
185
Cleaning/removing ice from windows . . . . . 187
Cleaning Alcantara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Clean ing art ificial leather . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Cleaning carbon parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187 , 188
Cleaning controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Cleaning decorative parts and trim . . . 186 , 187
Cleaning exhaust tail pipes . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Cl eaning plastic parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Cleaning rims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Cleaning textiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
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