2012 AUDI Q7 key

40 Opening and clo sing
@ Tips
Please note that the current state of the
veh icle door locks can only be recalled with
the master key that was last used to lock
the vehicle . It is possible that a different
state is shown for the door locks on the
other master key wh ich is not the same as
that of the vehicle .
Master key battery replacement
Each master key contains a battery housed
under the cover .
Fig. 30 Master ke y: opening the cove r
We recommend having the battery changed
by an author ized Audi dealer. However, if you
wish to replace the dead battery yourself, pro­
ceed as follows:
.. Pry apart the base
c::> fig. 30@and the cov-
er @
carefully with a coin.
.. Remove the cover (arrow).
.. Remove the dead battery from the cover .
.. Install the new battery . Please make certain
that the" +" sign on the battery faces down
in the cover . Correct polarity is shown on the
cover .
.. Place the cover with the new battery on the
key base and press both parts together.
@ For the sake of the environment
Dispose of dead batteries properly so as
not to po llute the environment.
(!) Tips
The replacement battery must be the
same specification as the or iginal.
Electronic immobilizer
T he immobilizer helps to prevent unauthor­
ized use of your vehicle .
A computer chip ins ide your key automatically
deac tivates the elec tronic immobilizer when
you insert the key in the ignition lock , or on
vehicles with Convenience key*, when the key
is ins ide the veh icle. When you remove the key
from the ignition lock, or on vehicles with
Convenience key, when you remove the key
from the vehicle, the electronic immobilizer is
automatica lly activated once again.
WARNING
Always take the key with you when you
l eave the vehicle. The key can disarm the
electronic engine immobilizer and permit
an unauthorized person to start the engine
and enable operation of the vehicle sys­
tems such as power w indow or Panoramic
slid ing sunroof* leading to serious person­
al injury.
u) Tips
-The vehicle cannot be started if an unau­
thorized key is used . The vehicle may not
start if another radio device such as a key
for another vehicle or a transponder is
located on the key ring.
- For Declaration of Compliance to United
States FCC and Industry Canada regula­
tions
c::> page 322 .

Valet key function
The valet key function prevents unauthorized
persons from opening the glove compart­
ment.
Fig. 31 Center conso le: button for va let key funct ion
Activating and deactivating the function
.,. Insert the master key into the ignit io n lock
and switch on the ignition .
.,. Press the
!VALET I button c:::;, fig. 31 to acti ­
vate/ deactivate the function as desired .
The indicator light in the button i lluminates
when the function is active.
.,. Remove the master key from the ignition
lock .
.,. Hand over only the
valet key c:::;, page 38,
fig .
27 to the person who will take charge of
the vehicle.
When the function is switched on, the buttons for opening the rear lid and glove compart­
ment have no function. The vehicle can be
d riven and locked and unloc ked w ith the mas­
ter key.
(j) Tips
Be sure to activate the funct ion befo re
handing over the valet key to someone
else . The va let key only fits the lock in the
driver's door and the ignition lock.
Power locking system
General description
The power locking system locks or unlocks all
doors and the rear lid simultaneously.
The power locking system in your vehicle in­
corporates the fo llowing functions:
Opening and closing 41
- Central locking function
- Select ive un lock feature ¢
page 44
-Remote control feature ¢ page 38
-Convenience key*¢ page 49
-Anti-theft alarm system ¢ page 50
All the doors and the rear lid are locked by the
central locking system when you lock the vehi­
cle. You can set whether generally only the
driver 's door or all doors and the rear lid
should be unlocked when you open the vehicle
in the MMI menu
Central locking to suit your
individual desires
c:::;, page 44.
Unlocking the vehicle
You can unlock the vehicle from outside either
by using the remote control
or by inserting
and turning the key in the driver's door lock .
When you
unlock your vehicle :
- The anti-theft alarm system is deactivated
briefly .
- The vehicle interior lights illuminate for ap­
proximately 30 seconds .
- All turn signal lights will flash twice when
the car is unlocked .
- After un locking the vehicle, you have 60 sec­
onds to open a door or the rear lid. After 60
seconds, the vehicle automatically locks and
the anti-theft alarm system act ivates aga in .
The rear lid can be locked or unlocked either
by using the remote control
or by inserting
and turning the key in the driver's door lock.
Unlocking the vehicle with the remote control
will on ly
unlock the rear lid, to open it, the lid
handle needs to be pressed .
Locking the vehicle
You can lock the vehicle from outside either by
using the remote control
or by inserting and
turning the key in the drivers's door lock .
When you
lock the veh icle:
- All doors and the rear lid are locked.
- All turn signal lights will flash once when
the car is locked.
- The ant i-theft alarm system is activated.
The horn of the anti-theft alarm system wi ll
sound and the anti-theft alarm system
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42 Openin g and clo sing
readiness light, located in the upper part of
the driver's door panel, will start to blink.
- T he vehicle interior lights turn off.
Unlocking and l ocking with Conven ience
k ey*
On vehicles which a re equipped w ith the C o n­
ve nience k ey*
authorization system, the
doors are unlocked without a key by means of
a proximity sensor in the door handle. The
doors are simi larly locked without a key using
the locking button. Each door has a proximity
sensor and a locking button .
Automatic l ock ing
The automatic locking feature locks all the ve­
hicle doors and the rear lid when you drive
faster than 9 mph (15 km/h). This function can be turned on and off in the MMI
C entr al
lo cking
Menu c:> page 44.
You can un lock the vehicle from the inside by :
- removing the key from the ign it ion sw itch
(the vehicle will automat ica lly unlock itself)
or
- pressing the unlock part of the power lock
switch @or
- pull ing the door handle (twice to open the
rear doors).
Unintent ionall y locking yourself out
In the following cases there safeguards to
prevent you locking your remote master key in
the vehicle :
- The veh icle does not lock with the power
locking sw itch
c:> page 44 if the driver's
door is open.
- On vehicles with Convenience key* , if the
most recently used master key is in the lug­
gage compartment, the rear lid is automati­
cal ly unloc ked aga in after it is closed.
Do not lock your vehicle with the
r e mot e m as ­
t e r k ey or Convenienc e key*
until all doors
and the rea r lid are closed. In t his way you
avoid locking yourse lf out accidenta lly.
A WARNING
- When you lock your vehicle from outside,
nobody- espec ially children -should re ­
main inside the vehicle . Remember,
when you lock the vehicle from the out­
side the windows cannot be opened from
the inside.
- When you leave the veh icle, always re­
move the ignition key and take it with
you . This will prevent passengers (chil­
dren, for example) from accidentally be ­
ing locked in the vehicle should they acci­
dentally press the power locking switch
in the front doors.
- Do not leave children inside the vehicle
unsupervised. In an emergency it would
be imposs ible to open the doors from
the outside without the key.
(D Tips
- In the event of a crash with airbag de­
ployment all locked doors will be auto­
matically unlocked to give access to the
vehicle occupants from the outside.
- If the power locking system sho uld mal­
function, you can lock each door individ­
ually using the vehicle key
c:> page 45 .
-If the power locking system shou ld fa il,
you can still open the fuel tank flap in an
emergency
c:> page 2 55 .
-You are well advised not to keep va lua­
bles inside an unattended vehicle, v is ible
or not. Even a properly locked vehicle
cannot p rov ide the secur ity of a safe .

Unlocking and locking the vehicle with
the remote control
How the remote control works.
Fig. 32 Remot e contr ol: fun ctio n but ton s
Either the driver 's door only or the entire vehi­
cle will unlock when the unlock button @ is
pressed once, depending on the settings in
the MMI
Central locking menu ¢ page 44 .
To unlock the vehicle ffi
.. Press button @.
.. Press button @two
times within two sec­
onds
to unlock all doors and the rear lid .
To lock the vehicle 5'.l
.. Press button @¢.&. in General description
on page 42 .
.. Watch that all turn signal lights flash once.
To unlock rear lid only~
.. Press button © for app roximately one sec­
ond .
PANIC Button
.. Push the red button@) to act ivate the panic
function. The horn sounds and the turn sig­ nals flash .
.. Push the button @again to deactivate the
panic function.
On vehicles w ith Convenience key*, the selec­
tor lever must be in the P posit ion, otherwise
the vehicle cannot be locked.
_& WARNING
Read and follow all WARNINGS ¢&. in
General description on page 42.
-
Opening and closing 43
@ Tips
-In order to make sure the locking func­
tion is working, you should a lways keep
your eye on the vehicle to make s ure it is
properly locked.
- Do not use the remote control if you are
inside the car, otherwise you may unin­
tentionally lock the vehicle, and then you
would set off the anti-theft alarm when
you try to start the eng ine or open a
door . In case this happens anyhow, push
the unlock button@.
- Use the pan ic function on ly if you are in
an emergency s ituation.
Operating locks with the key
To lock and unlock the vehicle from the out­
side, turn the key in the lock of the driver's door .
Fig. 33 Key turns fo r open in g and clos ing .
To unlock the vehicle
.. Insert the key into the lock of the driver's
door .
N N N :;
~
.. Turn the key one time to position @to un­
lock the driver's door.
.. Turn the key
two times to position @
¢
fig . 33 to unlock all doors and the rear lid .
To lock the vehicle
.. Close all windows and doors properly.
.. Turn the key in the lock of the driver's door
to the lock pos ition @ ¢
A in General de-
scription on page 42. ..,.

44 Opening and clo sing
& WARNING
Read and follow all WARNINGS c> .&. in
General description on page 42.
Settings in the MMI
The driver can determine the functions for
power locking in the MMI.
• Se lect : Function button ICARI > Contro l but ­
ton
Sy stems *> Central loc king . Or
• Se lect : Funct ion button
ICARI > Contro l but­
ton
C a r system s* > Vehicle settings > Cen­
tr al lo cking .
Passenger 's d oor *, Left rea r door *, Right re ar
door *, Trunk lid /tailgate *
-You can specify
which doors should unlock when you unlock
the vehicle .
- If you se lect
On and then press the[@) but­
ton on the remote control key, the corre­
sponding door will unlock .
- If you select
Off and then press the[@] but­
ton on the remote control key, the corre­
sponding door will not unlock. If you press
the
Im button twice, all doors and the lug­
gage compartment will unlock. When lock­
ing the ve hicle, all of the doors and the lug­
gage comp artme nt lock automa tica lly.
Unlock doors * -You can spec ify if all doors o r
only the d river's doo r shou ld un lock wh en un­
l ock ing t he ve hicl e.
- If you select
All and press the l@J button on
the remote control key, a ll of the doors and
the luggag e compartment will un lock .
- If you select
Driver and then press the Im
button on the remote control key, only the
dr ive r's door w ill unlock. If you press the
l@J
button twice, all doors and the luggage
compartment will u nlock. When lo cking the
vehicle, a ll of the doors and the luggage
compartment lock a utomatically. In vehicles
with a convenience key*, on ly t he door
whose hand le you pu ll w ill unlock.
Auto locking /Lock when d riv ing -If you se­
lect
On , the doors and the luggage compart­
ment will lock automatically.
(D Tips
The central locking settings are stored in
the remote control key .
locking and unlocking the vehicle from
inside
The vehicle can be locked or unlocked from
the inside using the power locking switches .
Fig. 34 Front doors: power lock ing switc h
Fig. 35 Rear doors : powe r locking switch
• Press the b utton CD to unlock the veh icle .
• Press the b utton
tfJ to lock the veh icle c> & -
You w ill find a power locking switch in eac h
doo r. You can
lock and unlock the vehicle us­
i ng the switches in the drive r's or passenger's
doo r¢
fig. 3 4. You can o nly lock the vehicle
u sing the sw itches in the rear doors
c>fig . 35.
If you lock the veh icle using the power locking
switch, p lease note the following:
- Yo u ca nnot open the doors or the rear lid
from the
outside ( in cr eased se cur it y, for ex­
ample when you are stopped at a red light).
- The diodes in the powe r locking switches il-
lum ina te when all the doors and the rear lid
are close d and locked .

-Front doors: you can un lock and open the
doors from the inside by pulling on the door
handle.
- Rear doors: pu ll the door handle
once to re­
lease the lock. Pull the hand le
again to open
the door.
- If the driver's door is opened (after you have
locked the vehicle from the inside using the
power locking switch), the door will remain
unlocked to prevent you from locking your­
self out of your vehicle. After you close the door, you have to lock the driver's door
again.
- If you have a crash and the airbag is act ivat­
ed, the doors automatically unlock.
A WARNING
- If you use the powe r locking switch with
the doors closed, remember that all the
vehicle doors will lock.
- Locking doors from the inside can help
prevent inadvertent door opening during
an accident and can also prevent unwant­
ed entry from the outside. Locked doors
can, however, delay assistance to vehicle
occupants and hold up rescue efforts
from the outside in an acc ident or other
emergency.
Emergency locking
If the central locking system fails (power sup­
ply), each door has to be locked separately.
F ig. 36 Emergency locking of the front passenger's
door
An emergency locking mechanism is integrat­
ed in the edge of the passenger's door and in
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the rear doors (only visib le when the door is
open).
1-Open the door .
.,. Pull the protective cover ou t of the hole
~fig. 36.
.,. Insert the key into the inner slot and turn it
to the right (right-s ide doors) or the left
(left-s ide door) as far as it can go.
After you close the door, you w ill no longer be
able to open it from the outside .
T he door can be opened from the inside by
pulling once respectively twice (rear doors) on
the door handle .
If the child safety lock is en­
gaged in one of the rear doors, the door has to
be opened from the outside after pulling on
the handle once from the inside.
Rear lid
Opening and closing rear lid
You can open the rear lid from inside the vehi­
cle using a switch in the driver's door.
Fig. 37 Driver's door: remote rear lid release
Fig. 38 Position of handle in the rear lid
Opening the rear lid
1-Press the middle button cs on the remote
control master key, o r

46 Opening and clo sing
• Press the unlock button ,c::j in the driver 's
door ¢
fig. 3 7, or
• Press the handle on the rear lid¢
fig. 38.
• The rear lid un locks automatically and
opens slight ly.
• Lift the rear lid .
Cl os ing th e rear lid
• Pu ll the rear lid down and allow it to drop
gently . The lid is then closed automatica lly
c:> ,&. .
A WARNING ,.
- After clos ing the rear lid, always pull up
on it to ma ke s ure that it is properly
closed . Otherw ise it cou ld open sudde nly
when the veh icle is moving.
- T o help p revent po isonous exha ust gas
from being drawn into the veh icl e, al­
ways keep the rear lid cl osed while driv­
ing. Never transport objec ts larger t han
those whi ch fit completely into the lug ­
gage area, because then the rear Lid can ­
not be fully closed.
- Never leave yo ur vehicle u nattended es ­
pecially with the rea r lid left ope n. A
child could crawl into the car through the
luggage compartment and pull the Lid
shut, becom ing trapped and unab le to
get out . To reduce the risk of persona l in­
jury, never let ch ildren play in or around
yo ur vehicl e. A lways ke ep th e rear Lid as
we ll as the vehicle doo rs closed when not
in use.
- Always ensure t hat no one is w it hi n
range of the rear lid whe n it is mov ing, in
p artic ula r clo se to t he h inges - fingers or
hands can be pinched .
(D Tips
-If the rear lid is ope n or not properly
closed when the ig nition is tu rned on,
the d oor an d rea r lid war ning<>
page 22
appears in the instrumen t cluster dis ­
p lay .
- Shou ld yo u not be able to open the rear
lid as described, make sure the valet key
funct ion is not activated ¢
page 41.
Automatic rear lid/trunk lid operation
Applies to vehicles: with automatic rear lid/trunk lid oper­
ation
The trunk lid can be opened and closed auto­
matically.
Fig. 39 D rive r's door: Unlock ing t he rea r lid
Fi g. 4 0 Lock ing sw itc h in t he rear l id
Opening rear lid
• Press t he middle button ,c::j on the remote
key for at least one second, or
• Press the u nlock button
,c::j in the drive r's
door
c:> fig . 39, or
• Press the handle o n the rear lid
c:> page 45 ,
fig. 38 .
• Th e open ing pro cess is stopped immediate­
ly if the middle button ,c::j on the remo te
key is pressed again for at least one second
or the unlock button
,c::j in the dr iver's door
is pressed again or the hand le in the rear lid
is pressed aga in.
• Middle button in the remote key and unlock
button in the driver's door:
T he open ing
p roc ess is cont inued by pressing on e of the
buttons aga in.
• Handle in the rear lid: the rear l id is closed
a g ai n by p ress ing the handle again<>,&.. ..,.

Clos ing re ar lid /trunk lid
"' Press the close button in the open rear lid
~ fig. 40. T he trunk lid moves to the closed
posit ion by itself and soft close locks it auto­
matically ~&_ .
"' The closing process
is stopped immedi atel y
if the clo se button in the rear lid is pressed
again.
"' By pushing the button again, the rear lid is
opened again .
Saving the open ing a ngle of the rear lid
"' Bring the rear lid manua lly or automatic ally
to the desired opening posi tion and leave it
i n th is position .
"' Press the button in the rear lid
~ fig . 40 for
at least four seconds in order to save the de­
s ired opening position. The position ca n only
be saved start ing at a certain level.
A WARNING
- Never close the rear lid inattentively or
without checking fi rst . Altho ugh the
closing force of the rear lid is lim ited,
yo u can st ill ser iously injure yourself or
others.
- Always ensure that no one is w ith in
range of the rear lid when it is moving, in
part icu lar close to the hinges and the up­
per and lower edges -fingers or hands
can be p inched .
- To help prevent po isonous exhaust gas
from being d rawn into the vehicle, al ­
ways keep the rear lid closed while driv­ ing. Never transport objects larger than
those which fit completely into the lug­
gage area, because then the rear lid can­
not be fully closed.
- Never leave you r vehicle unattended es­
pecially with the rea r lid left open . A
child could crawl into the car through the
l u ggage compa rtment and pull the lid
shut, becom ing trapped and unab le to
get out. To reduce the risk of persona l in­
jury , never let children p lay in or around
your vehicle . A lways keep the rear lid as
-
Opening and clo sin g 47
well as the vehicle doors closed when not
in use .
- If there is a l uggage rack or bicycle rack
mounted on the rear lid, it may not be
ab le 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 weight must be re­
moved from the luggage rac k first.
@ Tips
- If the rear lid is open or not properly
locked when the ign ition is turned on,
the door and rear lid warning ~
page 22
appears in the instrument cluster dis-
play .
- T he automatic rear lid opening/clos ing
process can be stopped by ho ld in g the
re ar lid w ith your hand. The lid can then
be f urther opened/closed by h and.
- I f there is a mechan ica l problem wit h the
automatic rear lid
opening proces s or
there is an obstruction, the process is
stop ped immediately.
- I f there is a mechan ica l problem wit h au­
tomatic closing for the rea r lid or there
is an obstr uction, it opens again slightly
r ight away . Chec k to see why the rear lid
cou ld not be closed before attempting to
close it again .
- If the rear lid on a locked vehicle is un­
locked with the midd le button~ on the
remote key, the rear lid is automat ically
locked again immed iate ly after closing .
T his is indicated by the turn signals
blinking.
- The followi ng applies to vehicles equ ip­
ped w ith the Convenience key* feature: if
the remote control key is left in the lug­
gage compa rtment, l uggage compa rt­
ment w ill autom atic ally unlo ck itsel f af­
ter yo u lock the vehicle. This preven ts
you from unintentionally locking you r
key in the luggage compartment.
- If the vehicle battery charge drops be low
a certain level, yo u can sti ll open o r close
the rear lid manually, however, you w ill
need to apply more force to close it. ..,.