2010 AUDI Q7 tow

Table of contents
Table of contents
Vehicle literature ..... .
About this Owner's Manual .......... ......... .
Controls and
equipment .............. .
Instruments an d contr ols ... .
Gene ral illus tration ........... .
Instruments and
wa rni ng/indi cator Ligh ts ..... .
Instrumen ts ... ... .......... .
Warning/ indicator ligh ts ..... . .
Driver inform atio n dis pla y ... .
Introduction ...... ...... ... . .
On-Board D iagno stic sy ste m
(OBD) . ..... ....... .......... .
Auto Ch eck Control ........... .
Speed warning system ........ .
Tr ip compu ter ....... ........ .
Opening and closing ......... .
Keys ............ ............ .
Power locki ng sys tem .... .... .
Rear lid .... ..... ............ .
Child safety Lock ............. .
Convenience key ............. .
An ti-thef t alarm sys tem .... .. .
Power w indows .............. .
Panoram ic sliding sunroof ..... .
C lea r vision .. .... ............ .
L igh ts ... .. ........ ......... .
Interior ligh ts ... ... .. ....... .
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sion .................... .. .
W iper and washer system
Mi rrors ... ............ ...... .
Digi tal compass ............ .
Sea ts a nd storage ..... ...... .
General recommendations .... .
Power front seat adjus tmen t .. .
A dj usting fron t pa sse nger's se at
ma nually .... ............... .
Seat m emory ......... ....... .
Rear sea ts .... .. .. .......... .
Head res tra in ts ........ ...... .
A rmrest .. .... .............. .
Long ce nter conso le ... ....... .
L uggag e com par tm en t ....... .
Roof rack . .... .... .......... .
Cupho lder .... .............. .
Rear ashtray . ... .. .......... .
Outl et ....... ............. .. .
S torage .................... .
Warm and cold .............. .
Climat e contro l .......... .... .
Rear A ir Condi tioning ......... .
Basi c se tting s ............ ... .
Heated Seats ................ .
On the road ................. .
Steering .. ... ..... ...... .... .
I gn ition lock a nd ign it ion sw itch
S ta rti ng and stopp ing th e e ngin e
S tar ting and s to pping the engine
w ith Conv eni ence key .. ..... .. .
Parking brake ............... .
Starting on h ills .. ... ...... . .
C ruise contro l ............... . 7
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A dap tive C ruise Contro l ... .... 1 34
Speed and d istance contro l
system .... .................. . 134
Dr iver info rma tion . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 2
Sy ste m Limitation s ............ 147
Au di braking guard . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Audi side assist ............ ... 152
L an e Chang e Ass ist ant .. .. ..... 152
No tes .................... .... 159
Automatic transmiss io n 161
tiptroni c® (6-sp ee d au toma tic
t ra nsmiss ion) ........... ... ... 161
Par king system ............. .. 1 68
Ge nera l information . . . . . . . . . . . 168
R ear pa rk assis t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Parking sy stem advan ced .... ... 169
Ad justing the display and warn ing
tone s ................ ..... ... 174
Traile r hitch ...... ........ .... 175
E rror messages .............. . 175
Adaptive A ir Suspension ... ... 176
A ir suspens ion and damp ing . . . . 17 6
Homelink ® ............. ... ... 183
Un ive rsal remote control 183
Safety first ............... 188
D riving Safely .............. ... 188
Ge nera l note s ...... ......... .. 188
Proper occupant seati ng
pos itions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Pedal area ................ .... 194
Stowing Luggag e .............. 195
R ep o rting Saf ety D efects . . . . . . . 197

Safety belts ................... 199
General notes ................. 199
Why safety belts? . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Safe ty be lts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Safety belt pretensioners . . . . . . . 207
Airbag system ................ 209
I mpor tant things to know . . . . . . 209
Front airbags ............ ..... 213
Monitoring the Advanced Airbag
System ................... ... 220
Side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Side curtain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Child Safety ................... 231
Important things to know ...... 231
Child safety sea ts . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Installing a child safety sea t . . . . 241
LATCH Lower anchorages and
t ethers for children . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Additional Information ......... 251
Vehicle operation ...... 2s2
Intelligent technology ........ 252
Notice about data recorded by
vehicle control modules . . . . . . . . 252
Electronic Stabilization Program
( E SP) ........................ 252
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Servotronic® -advanced power
steering system ............... 257
Dr iving with your quattro® . . . . . . 258
Energy management . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Driving and environment ...... 261
The first 1,000 miles (1,500 km)
and afterwards ........... .... 261
Catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Diesel pa rt ic u late filter . . . . . . . . . 263
Controls and equip­
ment Safety first
Avoid damaging
the veh icle 263
Ope rate your vehicle economically
and m inimize pollution . . . . . . . . 263
Driving off road ............... 266
Dr iving in difficult road cond itions
and offroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Trailer towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Driving with a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Trailer towing tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Vehicle care .............. 274
Cleaning and protection ...... 274
General informa tion . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Care of ex terior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Care of interior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Fuel supply and filling your fuel
tank ..........................
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Fuel supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
Diesel fuel
Fuel tank ............. ....... .
TOI clean diesel .... ....... ... . 288
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Checking and filling . . . . . . . .
. . . 296
Engine hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
Engine cooling system . . . . . . . . . 304
Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308
W indshield/headl igh t washer
container .................... 312
Tires and wheels ......... ..... 314
T ires
Tire pressure monitoring system 314
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Do-it-yourself service
What do I do now? ..........
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Jack, tools and infla table spare
tire ........................ .
Changing a wheel .... ........ .
Fuses and bulbs ............. .
Fuses ...................... .
Bulbs ......... .......... ... .
Emergency situations ....... .
General ..................... .
Starting by pushing or towing ..
Starting with jumper cables ... .
Use of jumper cables ......... .
Emergency towing with
commercial tow truck ........ .
Lifting vehicle ............... .
Technical data
General information
Explana tion of technical data .. .
Vehicle iden tification ......... .
We ights .................... .
Dimensions ................. .
Data ........... ........ .... .. .
280 hp, 6-cylinder engine, with all
whee l dr ive ................. .
350 hp, a-cylinder engine, with all
whee l dr ive ................. .
225 hp, 6-cylinder engine, with all
wheel dr ive .............. ... .
Consumer Information ...... .
War ranty cove rages ......... . .
Operating your vehicle ou ts ide the
U.S .A. or Canada ......... .... .
Aud i Service Repair Ma nuals and
Li terature . .................. . 336
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Ma intenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366
Vehicle operation Vehicle care Do-it-yourself service Technical data

For more informat io n about the ESP~ page 252. •
Airbag system
~ (USA models) J !,'q· (Canada models)
This warning/indicator light monitors the airbag and the
tensioner systems.
T he I (USA models) /Jl (Canada models) warning light illuminates
for a few seconds each time you switch on the ignition .
If the
I (USA models)/ Jl (Canada mode ls) warning light does not go
o ut , or if it illum ina tes while you are d riving, o r if it starts to blink,
then there is a malfunct io n somewhere i n the system. If the light
does no t illum inate whe n you sw itch on t he igni tion, this also me ans
there is a malfunction.
& WARNING
If you have a malfunction in the ai rbag system , cont act your
authorized Audi dealer immediately . Otherwise the airbag or th e
belt tensioner may not work properly in an accident. •
Turn signals ¢ ¢
The indicator light blinks when you use either tur n signal .
Whenever you use the left ¢ or the right ¢ turn signal, the indicator
ligh t bl inks. W he n you use the eme rgency flashers, both indicator
lights flash .
If one of the turn signa l light bu lbs burn out, the tu rn s ignal will blink
t wice as fast as no rmal.
Th is does not app ly, however, in towing mode. The indicator light
does not fl ash i f a turn s ignal is o ut on t he tra ile r or the tow ing
vehicle . Addi tional informat ion on the turn signals~
page 69. •
Controls and equip ­
ment Safety first
Instruments and warning
/indicator lights
Applies to vehicles : with towing hitch
Trailer turn signal assembly ~,1<>
The indicator light also blinks if the turn signal is oper ­
ated when towin g a trailer.
Th e ind icator light ¢ 1¢ blinks when t
he turn signa l is used, if a trail er
has been prope rly connected to the vehicle.
If o ne of the turn sign al b u lbs o n th e trail er is burned out o r defe ct ive,
t he indicato r light will not bli nk when you use the turn signa ls.
(I) Tips
For vehicles w ith a factory installed towi ng hitch or a trailer hitch that
was insta lled later according to factory s pec ifications, the trailer tu rn
signa l assembly is act uated. •
Malfunction Indicator Lamp (MIL) 1:1
The Ma lf u nct io n Indicato r Lamp (MIL) is part of the On-Board D iag ­
nostic (OBD II) system. The symbol -.. lights up when the ignition is
t ur ned on and w ill tur n off after the eng ine has sta rted a nd has
sett le d at a constant idle speed . This indicates that the MIL is wo rking
prope rly.
T he warning lig ht illuminates whe n there is a malfunction in the
engine e lec tron ic system . Contact your author ize d Audi dealer and
have the malfunction corrected.
An improperly closed fuel filler cap may also cause the MIL light to
illuminate (only vehicles with gasoline engine )
~ page 290.
For more informat ion~ page 26. •
Vehicle care Technical data

-Stop the vehicle.
- Turn off the engine .
-Check the engine oil level with the dipstick~ page 301.
Dipstick readings checks too Low
-Top off oil to the proper level~ page 302.
- Make sure that the oil pressure warning symbol "e:7':
appears no longer in the display before you start driving
again.
Dipstick reading checks OK
If the oil pressure warning symbol "e:7': starts flashing
again even though the engine oil level checks
OK on the
dipstick ,
do not continue driving and do not let the
engine run in idle.
Instead , contact your authorized Audi
dealer for assistance.
W Tips
• The engine oil pressure symbol~ is not an indicator for a low
engine oil level. Do not rely on it. Instead, check the oil level in your
engine at regular intervals, preferably each time you refuel, and
always before going on a long trip.
• The yellow oil level warning indication requires oil refill or
workshop service without delay. Do not wait until the red oil pres­
sure warning ~ starts to flash before you respond to the low oil
level warning
:!:':! • By then, your engine may already have suffered
serious damage. •
Controls and equip ­
ment Safety first
Driver information display
Steering malfunction
i
If there is a malfunction in the electronic steering column lock, the steering cannot be unlocked.
If the i symbol in the display blinks, there is a malfunction
in the electronic steering column lock . An additional driver
message can also be displayed by pressing the[CHECK]
button :
Do not drive vehicle: steering defective
-Contact your nearest authorized Audi dealer or qualified
workshop .
- Do
not tow your vehicle.
& WARNING
Your vehicle must not be towed in the event of a malfunction in
the electronic steering column lock because it cannot be steered
due to the locked steering. If it is towed with the steering locked,
there is the risk of an accident. •
Ignition lock malfunction .Pe
A malfunction in the ignition lock must be repaired imme­
diately.
If the .Pe symbol in the display blinks, there is a malfunction
in the electronic ignition lock. An additional driver message
can also be displayed by pressing the [ CHECK] button:
Ignition lock defective. Contact workshop !
- Do not turn the engine off.
- Drive immediately to an authorized Audi dealer to have
the malfunction corrected . ..,
Vehicle care Technical data

- Press the button in the rear lid => page 50, fig. 36 for at
least fo ur seconds in o rder to save the desired opening
pos it ion . T he posi tio n ca n on ly be saved s tarting at a
certai n level.
& WARNING
• Never clo se the rear lid inattentively or without che cking fi rst.
Although the closing forc e of the r ear lid is limited, you can still
seriously injure you rself or others .
• Always ensure that no one i s within range of the rear l id when
it i s moving, in particular clo se to the hinge s and the upper and
lower edge s -finger s or hands can be pinched .
• To help prevent poisonous exhaust ga s from being drawn into
the vehicl e, always keep the rear lid closed while driving. Never
transport objects larger than tho se which fit completely into the
luggage ar ea, b eca use then the rear lid cannot be fully clo sed.
• Never leave your vehicle unattended e specially with the rear lid
l e ft open . A child could crawl into the car through the luggage
c ompartment and pull the lid shut , be coming trapped and unable
to get out. To reduce the r isk of per sonal injury, never let children
play in o r around your vehicle. Always keep the rear lid as well a s
the v ehicle doors closed when not in u se.
• If there i s a luggage rack or bicycle rack mounted on the rear
lid, it may not be able to open completely or an opened rear lid
may close by itself because of the added weight. So the open rear
lid must be supported or the we ight must be removed from the
luggage rack fir st.
[I) Tips
• If the rea r lid is open or not properly loc ked when the ig nit ion is
tur ned on, t he doo r and rear lid warning=>
page 24 appears in t he
instrument cluster display.
Controls and equip ­
ment Safety first
Opening and closing
•
The a utomat ic rear lid ope ning/closing process can be stopped by
holdi ng the re ar l id w it h your h and. The lid can the n be f urther
opened/closed by hand.
• If the re is a mech anic al prob lem wi th the au tomatic re ar lid
opening process or there is a n obstruction, the process is stopped
immedia tely.
• If there is a mechanical problem with
automati c closing for the
re ar lid or there is an o bst ru ct io n, i t opens ag ain slightly righ t aw ay .
Check to see why the rea r lid could not be closed before attempting
t o close it again .
• If the rea r lid on a locked vehicle is unlocked w ith the midd le
bu tton .::::so n the remo te key, the rear l id is au tom atically loc ke d
again immediately after closing. T his is indicated by the tur n signa ls
blinking.
• The following app lies to veh icles equipped with the Convenience
key * fea ture: if t he re mote cont rol key is left in the l ugg age compart­
me nt, luggage compartment will automatically un lock itself after
you lock the vehicle. This prevents yo u from unin tentionally lock ing
your key in the luggage compartment .
• If the veh icle ba tte ry c ha rge drops be low a cer tain level, you c an
st ill open or close the rear lid manually, however, you will need to
apply more fo rce to close it.
• As soon as the elect rical connec tion to the t railer socket is
c omple ted o n veh icles with a fa cto ry ins talled towing hi tch , or a
trai ler hitch that was installed later accord ing to factory spec ifica ­
ti ons, the a utoma tic rear li d fu nct io n can only be opera ted v ia the
hand le in the rear lid .•
Vehicle care Technical data

Clear vision
Lights
Switching the headlights on and off -'t!-
In the "AUTO" position, a light sensor* automatically
swit ches the head- and tai llights on and off in response
to light condition s.
F ig . 5 3 Inst rum ent
pan el: li ght swit ch
The light switch must not be overturned past the stops in
either direction.
Switching on automatic headlight control
-Turn the light swi tch to AUTO ::::, fig. 53.
Switching on the side marker lights
-Tur n the light sw itch to 300~.
Switching on the headlights and high beam
- Turn the light swi tch to ~D.
- Push the high beam lever forward towards the instrume nt
panel=>
page 69.
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OP-eration
Switching off the lights
-Turn the lig ht swit ch to 0.
Clear vision
The headligh ts only work when the ignition is switched on. Whi le
sta rting the engine or when switchi ng off the ignition, the headlights
will go off and o nly the s ide marker lights will be on.
After start ing th e engine, the headlights are automatically adjusted*
to the load and a ng le of the vehicle (fo r example, during acceleration,
braking) . This prevents oncoming traffic from experiencing unneces­
sary head light glare from your head lig hts.
If the system is not operati ng p roperly, a warning symbol in t he Auto­
Check Control is displayed =>
page 34.
With the side marker lights o r headlights switched on, the symbol
next to the light switch illuminates
coo:.
Daytime running lights
• USA models: The daytime running lights w ill come on automati­
ca lly when the ign ition is turned on and the light switch => fig. 53 is
in the
O position or the AUTO position (only in daylight conditions).
Th e
Daytime running light s function can be tu rned on and off in the
MMI menu
Exterior lighting=> page 66.
• Canada model s: The d ay time r unning ligh ts w ill come on a uto­
matically when the ig nitio n is turned on and the light switch=> fig. 53
is in the
O pos itio n or the AUTO position (on ly in daylight conditions)
=> & .
Automatic headlight control *
In the switch pos ition AUTO t h e automatic headlight control is
tu rned on. The low beams and tail lights a re turned on au tomatically
throug h a light sensor as soon as ambient br ightness (e .g . when
driving into a tunnel) falls below a va lue preset at the factory . When
amb ient b rightness increases again, the low beams are turned off
again automatically =>& . ..,_
Vehicle care Do-it-yourselt service iTechnical data

(]] Tips
You shou ld turn on t he emergency flashers when :
• you are the last vehicle stand ing in a traffic jam so that any other
vehicles com ing can see you , or w hen
• your vehicle has broken down o r yo u are in an eme rgency s itua ­
tion, or when
• your vehicle is be ing towed by a tow tr uck o r if you are tow ing
another vehicle behind you .•
Turn signal ¢¢ and high beam ~D Lever
The lever on the le~ side of the s teering column is used to
operate the turn signals and the high beam as well a s the
headlight flasher .
-"' M
-w ... m
Fig. 5 8 Tu rn sig nal
and hi gh bea m l ever
The tu rn s ignal and high beam lever has the follow ing func­
tions:
Turn signals ¢ ¢
- Lift the lever up all the way~ fig. 58 (D to use the right
turn signals, or push the lever down all the way@ to use
the left turn signals.
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OP-eration
Clear vision
Auto -blink
- Move the lever (up or down) just to the point of resistance
to use the turn signa ls for as long as you need them, for
examp le when chang ing lanes.
- M ove the lever (up or down) just to the poi nt of res istance
and t hen re lease it right away to make the turn signa ls
blink
three times . You can use this feature for examp le
w hen changing lanes on highways.
High beam ~D
- Push the lever forward @ to switch on the high beam .
- Pull the lever back towa rds you to switc h off the high
beam .
Headlight flasher ~D
Pull the lever toward the steering wheel© to use the
head light flasher .
Notes on these features
• The turn signals only work with the ignition t urned on. The indi­
cato r lights ¢ or¢ in the instrument cluster=>
page 14 a lso blink.
• After you have t urned a co rner, the tu rn signal switches off auto ­
matically .
• Th e
high beam works only when the hea dlights are o n. Th e ind i­
ca tor light
aD in the instrument cluster illuminates when the high
beams are on.
• The
headligh t flasher works only as long as you ho ld the lever -
even if there are no l igh ts turned o n. Th e indic ator lig ht
aD in the
instrument clus ter illuminates when you use the headlight flasher. .,,_
Vehicle care Do-it-yourselt service iTechnical data

r ,:le,
Fig. 61 Headliner :
Third row reading light
-Press one of the switches ~ to turn the right or left
reading light on or off~
page 70, fig . 60.
For vehicles with third row seating*, the l uggage compartmen t light
can be switched on and off with the button~ and used as a reading
light => fig. 61. The rear lid has to be closed.
The lights in the luggage compartment and in the rear lid switch on
and off automatically when the lid is opened and closed.
[ i ) Tips
If the rear lid remain s open longer than 10 minutes, the luggage
compartment lights turn off automatically to prevent the vehicle
battery from discharging. •
Applies to veh icles: with ambience light ing
Ambience Lighting
The ambience lighting can be adjusted in the MMI.
-Select: Function button I CAR]> Systems *> Ambience
lighting .
When the vehicle is unlocked, the standard lighting turns on auto­
matically and dims after approx. 2 minutes, and when the ignition is
turned on it switches off immediately.
Con tro ls a nd e quip ­
m en t Vehicle
OP-eration
Clear vision
The following interior lighting is controlled through
Ambience lighting:
• Front footwell
• Rear footwe ll
• Front door panel
• Rear door pane l•
Vision
Sun visors
Using the sun visors makes driving safer.
Sun visors
Fig. 62 Passenge r
side: Sun v isor
The forward visor of the dua l sun v isor can be pulled out of its bracket
in the center of the vehicle and swung towards the door. The sun visor
can be extended after it is swung towards the door => fig. 62.
Vanity mirror
The vanity mirrors on the sun visors are covered. When the cover is
ra ised, the mirror lighting switches on automatically . It turns off
when the lid is closed or the visor is fo lded up aga in.•
Vehicle care Do-it-yourselt service iTechnical data