2012 AUDI A7 door lock

34 Openin g and clo sing
It is not possible to re-open the door for a
brief period direct ly after closing it. This al­
l ows you to ensure that the doors are properly
locked.
I t depends on the settings in the MMI wheth­
er the entire vehicle is unlocked or one of the
doors
c:::> page 32.
A WARNING
Read and follow a ll WARNINGS c:> & in
General description on page
31.
(D Tips -
If your vehicle has been stand
ing fo r an ex­
tended period, please note the follow ing:
- The proximity sensors are deactivated af-
ter a few days to save power. Yo u then
have to pull on the door handle once to
unlock the ve hicle and a second time to
open the veh icle.
- To prevent the battery from being dis­
charged and to preserve your veh icle's
ability to start for as long as possible,
the energy manageme nt system gradu­
a lly switches off unnecessary co nven­
i en ce f unct ions.
It is po ssible t hat you
will not be able to unlock yo ur vehicle us­
i ng these conven ience f unctions.
- Fo r De clarat ion of Compliance to Uni ted
St ates FCC an d Indus try C anad a regu la­
tions
c::> page 2 76.
Operating locks with the key
In the event of a failure of the power locking
system, the driver's door con be locked and
unlocked at the lock cylinder.
F ig . 21 Key tu rns for opening and clos ing .
.,. Remove the mechanica l key c::> page 30 .
.,. Tu rn th e mechanical key to position @
c:::> fig. 21 to unlock the driver's door .
.,. Turn the key to posit ion @ to lock the driv­
er's door
c:> ,& .
A WARNING
Read and follow all WARNINGS c::> & in
General description on page
31 .
Locking and unlocking the vehicle from
inside
Fig. 22 Dr ive r's door: power lock ing swi tch
Fig . 2 3 Rear power locking switch
.,. Press th e button Im to lock the vehicle c:> ,& .
.,. Press th e button @J to un lock the vehicle.
If you lock the vehicle using the power locking
switch, please note the following:
- Yo u cannot open the doors or the rear lid
from the
outside ( increased sec urity, for ex­
ample when you are stopped at a red light).
- The diodes in the powe r locking switches i l-
luminate when all the doors are closed and
locked.
- Front doors: you can unlock and open the
doors from the inside by pulling on the door
handle. .,.

- Rear doors: pull the door handle once to re­
lease the lock. Pull the hand le
again to open
the door .
- If you have a crash and the airbag is activat­
ed, the doors automatically un lock .
.&_ WARNING
- The power locking switch works with the
ignition off and automatically locks the
entire vehicle when it is actuated.
- On a vehicle locked from the outside the
power locking system switch is inopera­
tive.
- locking doors from the inside can help
prevent inadvertent door opening during
an acc ident and can also prevent unwant­
ed entry from the outside. locked doors
can, however, delay assistance to veh icle
occupants and hold up rescue efforts
from the outside in an acc ident or other
eme rgency .
@ Tips
Your vehicle is locked automatically at a
speed of9 mph (15 km/h)
qpoge 31. You
can unlock the vehicle again usin g the
opening funct ion in the power locking sys­
tem switch.
Emergency locking
Each door must be locked separately if the
power locking system foils .
Fig. 24 Doo r: Em ergency lock ing
An emergency lock is located on the front end
of the passenger's door and the rear doors (only visible when door is open) .
.,. Remove the mechanical key
q page 30 .
Opening and closing 35
.,. Pull the cover cap out of the opening
r=> fig. 24.
.. Insert the key in the ins ide s lot and turn it
all the way to the right (right door) or left
(left door) .
Once the door has been closed, it can no lon­
ger be opened from the outside. The door can
be opened from the inside by pulling the door
handle .
If the child safety lock in a rear door is
activated, you must first pull the door handle
on the inside . Then you can open the door
from the outside.
Rear lid
Power opening/closing rear lid
The rear lid con be opened and closed auto­
matically.
Fig. 25 Drive r's doo r: Unlocki ng the rear lid
-
Fig. 26 Lock ing switch in t he rear lid
Opening the rear lid
.. To open the rear lid, press and hold the~
button on the remote control master key for
at least one second. Or
.,. Pull the button~ in the driver 's door
r=> fig. 25 br iefly. Or
.,. Press the handle in the rear lid. ..,.

36 Openin g and clo sing
Cl os ing th e rea r lid
.. Press the lc:::, 1 button in the rear lid ¢ fig. 26.
T he rear lid moves to the closed position by
itse lf and soft close locks it automatically
¢ _& .Or
.. Switch the ignition on and pull and hold the
button
!c:::, I in the driver 's door until the rear
lid is closed ¢
_A.
Setting th e rear lid op en po siti on
.. Bring the rear lid into the desired open posi­
tion ¢(D. The position can be stored at only
one specif ic height.
.. Press and hold the button
!c:::, I for at least
four seconds to store the new open pos ition.
A v isual and aud io signal will follow .
The settings in the MMI determine if the rear lid can be opened using the handle ¢
page 32.
Opening will be stopped immediately when :
- You press the b utton
lc:::, I on the remote con -
tro l master key, or
- You press the button
la l in the rear lid, or
- You push the handle in the rear lid , or
- You pull the button
l a! in the driver's door,
or
- When something blocks the rear lid or
makes it difficult for the lid to move.
If you press one of the buttons ~now, the
rear lid will either open or close, depending on
its angle .
Closing will be stopped immediate ly when:
- You press the button
lc:::, I in the rear lid, or
- You push the handle in the rear lid , or
- You release the button
la l on the driver's
door , or
- When something blocks the rear lid or
makes it difficult for the lid to move .
If you press one of the buttons ~now, the
rear lid will either close or open, depending on
its angle .
You can manually stop the automatic open­ ing/closing of the rear lid. The automatic clos­
ing process begins if you push down on the
rear lid .
A WARNING
-After closing the rear lid, always pull up
on it to make sure that it is properly
closed . Otherwise it could ope n suddenly
when the vehicle is moving .
- To help prevent poisonous exhaust gas from being drawn into the vehicle, al­
ways keep the rear lid closed wh ile driv­
ing. Never transpo rt objects la rger than
those which fit complete ly into the lug ­
gage area, beca use then the rear lid can ­
not be fu lly closed .
- Never leave your veh icle unattended es­
pecia lly with the rear lid left open. A
child cou ld craw l into the car through the
luggage compartment and pu ll the lid
shut, becoming trapped and unable to
get out. To reduce the risk of personal in­
jury, never let c hildren play in or around
your ve hicle. Always keep the rear lid as
well as the vehicle doors closed when not i n use .
- Never close the rear lid inattentively o r
without check ing first . Although the
clos ing force of the rear lid is limited,
you can still serious ly injure yourself or
others.
- Always ensure that no one is within
range of the rear lid when it is moving, in
particular close to the hinges and the up­
per and lower edges -fingers or hands
can be pinched.
- Never try to interfere with the rear lid or
he lp it when it is be ing opened or closed
automatically.
(D Note
The rear lid can bump into ob jects such as
the garage ceiling when opening and be­
come damaged .
(D Tips
-Audio signals a re given when you close
the rear lid using the
l a! button in the
driver's door .
- If there is a mechanica l problem with au ­
tomatic closing for the rear lid or there is .,..

an obstruction, it opens again immedi­
ate ly. Check to see why the rear lid cou ld
not be closed before attempting to close
it again.
- The following applies to vehicles equip­
ped with the Convenience key* feature: if
the remote control key is left in the lug­
gage compartment, luggage compart­
ment will automat ically unlock itself af ­
ter you lock the vehicle. This prevents
you from un intent ionally locking your
key in the luggage compartment.
- When the vehicle is locked, the rear lid
can be unlocked separately by pressing
the button
l=I on the master key. When
the rear lid is closed again, it locks auto­
matically .
Rear lid emergency release
The rear lid can be released in an emergency
from the inside .
Fig. 27 Rear lid inte rio r
.,. Remove the mechanical key¢ page 30.
.,. Remove the cover with the mechanical key
from the rear lid ¢
fig. 2 7 .
.,. Press the lever in the direction of the arrow
until the rear lid releases.
Opening and closing 3 7
Child safety lock for
the rear doors
The power child safety lock disable the rear
windows and prevent the rear doors from be­
ing opened from the inside.
Fig. 28 Section fro m drive r's door: c hild safet y lock
buttons
.,. To activate the ch ild safety lock for the left/
r ight rear door, p ress the left/right button[!]
in the driver's door¢
fig. 28. The light in the
button will turn on.
.,. To deactivate the child safety lock for the
left/right rear door, press the left/ right but­
ton[!] in the driver's door. The light in the
button turns off .
The following features are switched
off:
-The interior door handles in the rear doors,
- The power windows in the rear doors,
- The interior lighting buttons.
In order to activate the chi ld safety lock on
the left and the r ight side, press the two safe­
ty buttons [!] in succession .

38 Opening and closing
Power windows
Controls
The driver can con trol all power windows.
"' N 0 0 6
Fig . 29 Sect io n of the drive r's d oor : Contro ls
"' m
All power window sw itches are provided with
a two -pos ition function:
Opening the windows
.. Press the switch to the first stop and ho ld it
until the window reaches the desired posi­
tion .
.. Press the switch briefly to the
second stop
to automatically open the window .
Closing the windows
.. Pull the switch to the first stop and hold it
until the window reaches the desired pos i­
t ion.
.. Pull the switch briefly to the
second stop to
automa tically close the window .
Power window switches
@ Driver's door
@ Passenger's door
© Left r ear door
@ Right rear door
_& WARNING
- When you leave your veh icle -even if on­
ly brief ly -always take the ignition key
with you. This applies particu larly when
children remain in the veh icle. Otherwise
the chi ldren could start the engine or op ­
erate electrical equipment (e.g . power
windows). The power windows are func- tional
until the driver's door or passeng­
er's door has been opened.
- Be careful when closing the windows.
Check to see that no one is in the way, or
serious injury could result!
- When locking the vehicle from outside,
the vehicle must be unoccupied since the
windows can no longer be opened in an
emergency.
@ Tips
- When you open the doors, the windows
automatically lower about 10 mm .
- When the window in the driver's or pas­
senger's door is complete ly open, it wi ll
raise approximately 25 mm when the
door is opened . The window will lower
again when you close the door .
- After the ignition has been switched off,
the windows can still be opened or closed for about 10 minutes . The power
w indows are not switched off until the
dr iver's door or passenger's door has
been opened.
What to do after a malfunction
The one-touch open and close function must
be reactivated if the battery has been discon­
nected .
.. Pull and hold the power window switch un­
til the w indow is fully closed .
.. Release the switch and then pull it again for
at least one second.

Valet parking
The valet parking feature protects the lug­
gage comportment from unauthorized ac­
cess.
Fig. 30 Luggage compartment: valet parking button
With "valet parking" activated, the rear lid
cannot be opened.
~ Remove the mechanical key¢ page 30 .
~ Open the glove compartment and activate
¢
fig. 30 the "valet parking" feature by
pressing the
I VALET I button. The indicator
light in the switch illuminates.
~ Close the glove compartment and lock it
with the mechanical key.
~ Leave the master key with the service per­
sonnel for parking and keep the mechanical
key with you .
When the "valet parking" feature is activated:
- the un locking button for the rear lid
c:s in
the driver's door is inactive
- the button
c:s on the master key is inact ive
- the opening hand le in the rear lid is inactive .
The vehicle can be driven and locked and un­ locked with the master key. Access to the lug­
gage compartment is blocked.
When the valet parking function is switched
on, the message Valet parking activated ap­
pears in the instrument cluster display when
you switch the ignition on .
Opening and closing 39
Sliding/tilting sunroof
Operation
@
Fig. 31 Section of the headliner: Sliding/ti lting sunroof
button
@ Tilting and sliding
~ To tilt the sunroof completely, press the
sw itch br iefly to the second level¢
fig. 31
briefly .
~ To close the sunroof completely, pull the
switch br iefly to the second level¢.&_ .
~ To select an intermediate position, press/
pull the switch to the first level until the de­
sired position is reached.
@ Opening and closing
~ To open the sunroof completely, slide the
button back briefly to the second level.
~ To close the sunroof completely, slide the
button forward briefly to the second level
¢ .&_ .
~ To select a partially open position, slide the
button forward/back to the first level until
the roof reaches the desired position .
A wind deflector integrated into the sliding/
tilting sunroof adapts automatically to the
speed and sunroof pos ition . This reduces wind
noise to a minimum in all sunroof positions.
You can still close or open the sunroof for up
to ten minutes after you have switched the ig­
nition
off . The switch is deactivated once the
driver's or front passenger's door is opened .
Solar protection
The solar protection opens automatically
when the sunroof opens.

Coming home , Leav ing home
The coming home function il luminates the
area outside the vehicle when you switch the
ignition off and open the driver 's door . To turn
the function on, select
Light s when le aving
c a r > On .
The leav ing home function illuminates the
area outside the vehicle when yo u un lock the
veh icle . To turn the function on, select
Li gh ts
when unloc kin g ca r> On.
The coming home and leaving home functions
only operate when it is dark and the light
switch is in the
AUTO pos ition.
Turn signals and high beam lever
The lever on the le~ side of the steering col­
umn is used to operate the turn signals and
the high beam as well as the headlight flash­
er .
Fig. 3 4 Tu rn signal a nd h igh beam lever
The turn s ignal and high beam lever has the
followi ng functions:
Tu rn sign als ¢ ¢ @@
.. Push the lever up as far as it can go to turn
on the r ight turn signal or down to turn on
the left turn sig nal
c:::;, fig . 34 .
.. Move the lever b riefly until you meet resist­
ance and release it to flash three times .
.. Move the lever (up or down) unti l you mee t
resistance and ho ld it there to dete rmine
the f las hing t ime for the turn signals.
High beam [D @
.. Push the lever forward to switch on the high
beam.
Clear vi sion 43
.. Pull the lever back towards you to switch off
the high beam.
Headlight fla sher [D ©
.. Pull the lever towa rd the stee ring wheel to
use the headlight flasher.
Note s on these features
- The turn signals on ly work with the ignition
sw itched on . The indicator lights
f,j or II in
the inst rument cluste r
~page 11 also blink.
- After you have turned a corner, the turn s ig -
nal switches off automatically .
- The
high beam works only when the head ­
lights are on . The indicator light
Ill in the
instrument cluster illuminates when the
h igh beams are on.
- The
headlight flasher works only as long as
you hold the lever -even if the re a re no
lights turned on. The indicator light
Ill in
the inst rument cluster i lluminates whe n you
use the headlight flasher.
(D Note
Do no t use the high beam or headligh t
flasher if yo u know that these could blind
oncoming traffic.

44 Clear vis ion
Interior lights
Front and rear interior lighting
Fig. 35 Head liner: Fron t int eri or ligh ts
Fig. 36 Rear headlin er: R ead in g light
Press the appropriate b utton ~ fig. 35:
El -Interior lighting on/off
[j) -Door contact switch . The inter io r l ight ing
turns on automatically when you unlock the
vehi cle, open a doo r or switch the ignition off .
The interior lighting turns off several seconds
after you close the doors , when you lock the
vehicle or when you switch the ignition on.
When a door is open, the light t urns off after
a few minutes.
51 -Reading lights o n/off
~ -Sw itch ing the rear readi ng lights on/off
from the co ckpit.
I .,.. REAR !* -Switch ing the rear reading lights
on/off from the cockp it .
Ambience lighting
Appl ies to vehicles: wit h ambience lighting
You can adj ust the brightness for the amb i­
ence lighting. .,.
Select in the MM I: ICARlfunction button>
C ar sys tem s control button > Vehicle set­
ting s
> Interio r light ing > Brightne ss .
.,. To increase or reduce the brightness, turn
the knob and press it .
T he ambience lighting turns on when you turn
the headlights on while the ignition is switch­ ed on.
@ Tips
The setting is automatically stored and as­
signed to the remote control key that is in
use.
Instrument illumination
You can adjust the brightness of the instru ­
ment and display illumination as well as the
Head-up Display *.
F ig. 37 In strume nt ill umin ation
.,. Press the knob to re lease it .
~ 0 "'
.,. Tur n the knob toward "-" or"+" to redu ce or
increase the br ightness.
.,. Press the knob aga in to retu rn it to its origi ­
na l position .
(I} Tips
The instrumen t illum ina tion (for dials and
needles) lights on when the ignition is
switc hed o n and the vehicle lights are
turned off . As the daylight fades, the illu ­
mination of the dia ls likewise d ims auto­
matically and will g o out completely when
the outs ide light is very low. This feature is
meant to rem ind yo u to sw itch on the
headlights when outsid e light conditions
be come poo r.