Audi A3 Sportback g-tron Owner's Manual page 21

Instruments and warning/indicator lamps 19
Electro-mechanical parking
brake
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Camera-based traffic sign recog-
nition•
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Rest recommendation•
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Child-proof catches (electric)*
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Auxiliary heating/ventilation*
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Rear seat belt./
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Rear seat belt./
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< CD> Brake system
If the warning lamp lights up, there is a fault
in the brake system.
• Stop vehicle and check brake fluid level
Stop the vehicle and check the brake fluid lev-
el. Obtain professional assistance if necessary.
• Warning! Brake servo inoperative!
You need to apply much more force to operate
the brakes if the brake servo fails . You should
obtain professional assistance.
• Warning! Fault in brake system. Contact
workshop
If the ABS indicat or lamp
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and ESC indica-
tor lamp
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light up together with the brake
warn ing lamp . andl this driver message ap-
pears, the ABS, ESC and brake force d istribu-
tion systems have failed
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Drive to a qualified workshop without delay
and have the fault corrected
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• Parking brake system fault! See owner's
manual
- If the warning lamp and the message ap-
pear after you switch on the ignition when
the vehicle Is stationary, please check
whether you can release the parking brake.
If the parking brake cannot be released you
should obtain professional assistance. If the
parking brake can be released but the warn-
ing lamp/message still appears, drive to a
qualified workshop without delay and have
the fault rectified .
- If the warning lamp and the message ap-
pear while driving, there may be a ma [func-
tion in the parking brake auto release or the
emergency brake functions. You may not be
able to apply or release the parking brake.
Do not park the car on a gradient. Obtain
professional assistance.
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WARNING
- B .efore opening the bonnet and checking
the brake fluid level, observe the warn-
ing information on
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page 212, Work-
ing on components in the engine com-
partment.
- If the brake warning lamp does not go
out, or if it lights up when driving, the
brake fluid level in the reservoir is too
low - this may cause an increased acci-
dent risk. Stop the vehicle and do not
drive on. You should obtain professional
assistance .
- If
the brake warning lamp lights up to-
gether with the ABS indicator lamp and
the ESC indicator lamp, this can mean
that the control function of the ESC/ABS
is not working. Input from the functions
that stabilise the vehicle is no longer
available. This could cause the tail of t he
vehicle to skid s ideways. Drive carefully
to the nearest qualified workshop and
have the fault rectified.
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Electro-mechan ical parking brake
The warning lamp . lights up when the
parking brake is applied . The warning lamp
will light up for about 20 seconds if the park-
ing brake is applied with the ignition switched
off.
• Caution: Vehicle parked too steep