Audi A3 2016 Owner's Manual page 131

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Before you actually tow your trailer, practice
turning, stopping and backing up in an area away
from traff ic. Keep practicing until you have be-
come completely familiar with the way your vehi-
cle-trailer combination behaves and responds.
Backing up is difficult and requires practice.
Backing up with a trailer generally requires steer-
ing action opposite to that when backing up your
vehicle without a trailer.
Maintain a greater distance between your vehicle
and the one in front of you. You will need more
room to stop. To compensate for the trailer, you
will need a larger than normal turning radius.
When passing, remember that you cannot accel-
erate as fast as you norma lly would because of
the added load. Make sure you have enough room
to pass. After passing, allow plenty of room for
your trailer before changing lanes again .
Avoid jerky starts, sharp turns or rap id lane
changes.
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Tips
- Do not tow a trailer during the break-in peri-
od of your vehicle.
- If you tow a trailer, your Audi may require
more frequent maintenance due to the ex-
tra load
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Parking on a slope
Do not pork on a slope with a trailer. If it cannot
be avoided, do so only ofter doing the following:
When parking:
.. Apply the foot brake .
.. Have someone p lace chocks under both the ve-
hicle and the trailer whee ls .
.. With chocks in place, slowly release the brakes
until the wheel chocks absorb the load .
.. Turn the wheels towards the curb .
.. Apply the parking brake .
.. Select the P selector lever position.
When restarting after parking :
.. Apply the foot brake.
.. Start the engine.
.. Select the D/S selector lever position.
Trailer mode
.. Release the parking brake and slowly pull out
and away from the wheel chocks.
.. Stop and have someone retrieve the whee l
chocks.
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Tips
If you move the selector lever of the automat-
ic transmission to P before applying the park-
ing brake and before blocking the wheels, you
may have to use more force later to move the
lever out of the P posit ion.
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