Vehicle
Audi Q3
The compact SUV on the Golf's platform, which makes it the most transferable diagnosis in the Audi range: an A3, a Golf, an Octavia and a Leon of the same year are the same car underneath and produce the same codes for the same reasons.
Generations
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8U 2011–2018
PQ35; EA888 petrol and the 2.0 TDI.
- 2.5 TFSI (five-cylinder) 2.5 L
- EA189
- EA211
- EA888
- TDI (badge, not an engine)
- TFSI / TSI (badge, not an engine)
- Body styles
- SUV
- Platform
- PQ35
- Engines
-
- 1.4 TFSI — petrol · 92–110 kW (123–148 hp)
- 2.0 TFSI — petrol · 125–169 kW (168–227 hp)
- 2.5 TFSI RS Q3 — petrol · five cylinders
- 2.0 TDI — diesel · 88–135 kW (118–181 hp)
- Transmissions
- 6-speed manual · 6-speed S tronic · 7-speed S tronic · 6-speed automatic
- Drivetrain
- Front-wheel drive · quattro four-wheel drive
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F3 2018–present
MQB, including a plug-in hybrid variant.
- 2.5 TFSI (five-cylinder) 2.5 L
- EA211
- EA288
- EA888
- TDI (badge, not an engine)
- TFSI / TSI (badge, not an engine)
- Body styles
- SUV
- Platform
- MQB
- Engines
-
- 1.5 TFSI — petrol · 110 kW (148 hp) · 250 Nm (184 lb-ft)
- 2.0 TFSI — petrol · 132–180 kW (177–241 hp)
- 2.5 TFSI RS Q3 — petrol · five cylinders
- 2.0 TDI — diesel · 88–147 kW (118–197 hp)
- 1.4 TFSI e — plug-in hybrid
- Transmissions
- 6-speed manual · 6-speed S tronic · 7-speed S tronic · 6-speed dual-clutch S-tronic · 7-speed dual-clutch S-tronic · 8-speed Tiptronic automatic
- Drivetrain
- Front-wheel drive · quattro four-wheel drive
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