Audi A3 Sportback g-tron Owner's Manual page 15

Instruments and warning/indicator lamps 13
Vehicles with manual gearbox
Meaning of the symbols in the display
QFig. 7:
-
~Shifting
up a gear: The suggested gear
appears to the right of the current gear
when a higher gea r is recommended.
-
~S h ifting
down a gear: The suggested gear
appears to the left of the current gear when
a lower gea r is recommended.
Gears may occasionally be skipped when a
gear change is recommended (2 ... 4).
Vehicles with automatic gearbox
The display is only visible in tiptronic mode
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Meaning of the symbol on the display <::) Fig. 8:
- f
Shift up
CD
CAUTION
The gear-change indicator is intended to
help save fuel. It
is not intended to recom-
mend the right gear for all driving situa-
tions. In certain situations, only the driver
can choose the correct gear (for instance
when overtaking, driving up a steep gradi-
ent or towing a trailer) .
i
Note
The gear-change ind icator in the instru-
ment
cluster ~
Fig. 7 goes out when you
press the clutch ped al.
Service interval display
The service interval display detects when the
next service is due for your vehicle.
Fig. 9 Instrument cluster: Service interval display (ex-
ample)
Fig. 1 0 MM!" system display on dashboard: Service in-
terval display (example)
There are two service interval display levels:
- Inspection or o il change reminder: After a
certain mileage, a service reminder will ap-
pear in the instrument cluster display each
time the ignition is switched on/off <::) Fig. 9.
The distance or time remaining will be
shown briefly.
- Inspection or oil change due: When your
veh icle is d ue for an inspection, oil cha nge
or both, the correspond ing rem inder Inspec-
tion due!, Oil change due! or Oil change
and inspection duel wi ll appear briefly after
you switch the ignition on/off.
The following description distinguishes be-
tween vehicles with sound system* or M MI*.
Checking the service intervals*
In the MMI*, you can look up the distance and
time remaining until the next oil change or
next service inspection. To do so, select
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