2013 AUDI A7 steering

2 Table of contents Vehicle literature .. .. .. .. .. ... .
5
About this Owner's Manual . . . 6
Controls and equipment .. ... .
Instruments and controls .. . .
General illustration ......... .. ... .
Instruments and warning/
indicator lights ........ .. .. .. . .
Instruments ............ ... .. ... .
Warning/indicator lights .......... .
Driver information display .. .. .. ... .
On-Board Diagnostic system (OBD) . . .
Opening and closing .. .. .... . .
Keys .. ...... ........... .. .. ... .
Power locking system ..... .. .. .. . .
Rear lid .. .. ........ ..... .. ..... .
Child safety lock for the rear doors .. .
Power windows . .......... ... .. . .
Valet park ing . ........... .. .. ... .
Sliding/tilting sun roof ... .. .. .. .. . .
Clear vision .. ....... ... .. .. ... .
Lights . .. .. .. . .......... .. .. .. . .
I nter ior lights ............ .. .. .. . .
V1s 1on .......... ......... ... ... .
Wiper and washer system ... .... .. . 8
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8
11
11
12
23
29
32
32
34
38
40
40
41
42
43
43
46
47
47
Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Seats and storage ......... ... .
General recommendations ... .... . .
Front seats .............. .. .. ... .
Head restraints .............. ... .
Seat memory . ........... .... ... .
Ashtray .. .. ... .... ...... .. .. .. . .
C igarette lighter .............. .. . .
12-vo lt sockets ... ..... ... .. .. .. . .
Storage ................. .. .. ... .
Roof rack ............... .. .. .. . .
L uggage compartment ........... .
Pass-through with ski sack ... .. ... . 52
52
53
55
56
58
58
58
59
61
63
66
Warm and cold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Climate controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Three-zone climate control . . . . . . . . . 69 Four-zone
automatic climate control
Steering wheel heating ........... . 71
73
On the road
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Starting and stopping the engine . . . . 75
E lectromechanical parking brake . . . . 78
Start-Stop-System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Speed warning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Audi adaptive cruise control
and braking guard . . . . . . . . . . . .
86
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Genera l information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Audi adaptive cruise control . . . . . . . . 88
Audi braking gua rd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Audi active lane assist . . . . . . . . 95
Active lane assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Audi side assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Lane Change Assistant. . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Audi drive select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Driving settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Raising/lowering the vehicle . . . . . . . . 104
Driver messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Night vision assistant . . . . . . . . . 105
Night vision assistant with detected
pedestrian marking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Automatic Transmission . . . . . . 109
S tronic ®, tiptronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Parking systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
General information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Parking system plus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Rear view camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Peripheral cameras . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Adjusting the d isplay and the warning
tones. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

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Door handle
Audi side assist display
Power locking sw itches
Memory function buttons .. .. .
Aud i side assist button ...... .
A ir vents with thumbwheel
Control lever for:
- T urn signal and high beam
- Audi act ive lane assist . .. .. .
@ Mu ltifunction steering wheel
with:
- Horn
- Driver's airbag
- Driver information system but-
tons ... ..... ....... ... .. .
- Audio/video , telephone, navi­
gation and voice recognition
buttons
- Steering wheel heating . ... .
- Shift padd les (automatic
transmission) ..... ... ... . .
® Instrument cluster ......... .
@ Head-up Display ........... .
@ Windshield washer system
lever ..................... .
@ Buttons for:
- MMI display
- Reset bu tton for tr ip odome-
te r .. .. ... .. ..... ... .. .. .
@ Starting the engine if there is a
malfunction ............... .
~ Knee airbag ........... .. .. .
@ Steer ing whee l adjustment, de­
pending on equipment:
- mechan ical .......... .. .. .
- electrical .... .. ..... ... .. .
@ Leve r for:
- Cru ise control system ... .. .
- Adaptive cruise contro l .. .. .
@ Button for sw itch ing the Head­
up Disp lay on/off, adjusting the
h eight .. ............. .. .. .
@ Instrument illumination ... .. .
@ Eng ine hood release ........ . 98
37
56
98
45 95
153 23
73
113 11
29
47
2 7
78
166
74
74
83
86
29
46
230
In strument s and control s 9
@ Data Link Connector for On
Board Diagnostics (OBD II)
@ Light switch ... .. . .. .... ... .
@ Buttons for :
- All-weather lights
- Night vision assistant .... .. .
- Rear fog lights .. .. .. ..... .
@ Power exterior m irror adjust-
ment ...... .. .. ..... ..... . 29
43
43
105 43
49
@ Rea r lid switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
@ Power w indows . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
@ MMI display
@ Emergency flashe rs . . . . . . . . . . 44
@ Glove compartment . . . . . . . . . 60
@) Front passenger's airbag . . . . . 153
@ Valet parking feature . . . . . . . . 41
@ Drives (MMI)
@ Buttons/Indicator lights fo r
- Start-Stop-System . . . . . . . . . 80
- Parking system . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
- PASSENG ER AIR BAG OF F . . . . 162
- Rear spoiler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
- Electron ic Stabilization Con-
t rol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
@ Climate controls, depending on
vehicle equipment:
- Three-zone cl imate control . . 69
- F our-zone automatic climate
cont rol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
@ Storage compartment or ash-
t ray wit h cigarette lighter . . . . . S8, 58
@ I S T ART ENGINE STOPI button 75
@ MM I controls
@ 12-volt socket, (upho lder 58, 59
@ E lectromechanical parking
brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
@ Selector lever (a utomatic trans-
mission) 109
(D Tips
-Some of the equipment or fea tures
show n in the genera l ill ustration may be
standard equipment on your vehicle or
may be opt ional eq uipment depending
on your model. Always ask your
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12 Instrum ent s and w arn ing /indic ato r light s
-Never open the engine hood if you see or
hear steam, or if you see engine coolant
dripping from the engine compartment.
You could burn yourself . Let the engine
cool off first until you can no longer see
o r hear steam or coo lant escaping.
@ Note
- Mounting additional lights or accessories
i n front of the a ir inlets reduces the cool­
i ng effect of the rad iator . At h igh outside
temperatures or high eng ine load, the
engine could overheat.
- The front spo iler has been designed to
proper ly distribute the cooling air when
t h e ve hicle is moving.
If the spoiler is
dam aged, th is co uld red uce the cooling
effect and the engine co uld then over­
heat . Ask your authorized Audi dea ler for
assistance .
Tachometer (engine rev counter)
The tachometer indicates the engine RPM
(revolutions per minutes).
If engine RP M drops be low 1,500, yo u should
downshift to the next lower gear. The red a rea
at the end of the sca le indicates maximum
perm iss ib le engine RPM after the break-in pe­
riod. Before reaching this area, move these­
lector lever to position D/S (Drive) or ease
your foot off the accelerator pedal.
(D Note
The tachometer needle should on ly br iefly
be in the red zone: you could damage your
engine! The beginn ing of the red zone var­
ies depending on the engine .
@ For the sake of the environment
Upshifting early saves fuel and reduces en­
gine noise.
Fuel gauge
The fuel gauge only works when the ignition is
on .
If the fuel level d rops below 2 . 6 ga llons (10 liters), the bottom LED turns red and the
indicator light
Em turns on
¢ page 22. The
bottom LED blinks red when the fuel level is
very low.
T he possible range based on the current fuel
level is shown in tab@<=>
fig. 4.
(D Note
Never run the tank completely dry. An ir ­
r egular supply of f uel can cause engine
misfiring and fuel could enter the ex haust
system . The catalytic converter could then
overheat and be damaged.
Warning/indicator lights
Description
The ind icator lights in the instrument cluster
blink or turn on. They indicate funct ions or
malfunc tions <=>,& .
Messages may appear with some indicato r
lights. A warning signal will sound at the
same t ime. The indicator lights and messages
in the center of the displays may be rep laced
by other d isplays . To show them again, select
the tab for ind icator lights and messages us­
i ng the multifunction steering wheel
Q page 23. If t here are several malfunc­
t ions, you can display them one at a time us­
ing the thumbwheel.
Some indicato rs lights in the d isplay can tu rn
o n in severa l co lors.
A WARNING
- F ailure to heed w arning l igh ts and other
important vehicle in forma tion may res ult
in ser io us personal inj ury or vehicle dam­
age .
- Whenever stalled or stopped for repair, move the vehicle a safe d istance off the
road, stop the engine, and turn on the
emergency flasher<=>
page 44.
-The engine compartment of any motor
veh icle is a potentially hazardous area.
Before you chec k anything in the engine

Instrument s and warnin g/indic ator ligh ts 13
compartment, stop the engine and let it
cool down. Always exercise extreme cau­
t ion when working under the hood
<=> page 224, Engine compartment
@ Tips
Ma lf u nctions or faults wi ll be identified ei­
ther with a red symbo l (pr iority 1 -Dan­
ger!) or with a yellow symbol (pr iority
2 -
Warn ing).
Overview
Some ind icator lights turn on briefly to check
the function of that system when you switch
the ignition on. These systems are ma rked
with a ,/ in the following tables. If one of
these indicator lights does not turn on, there
is a malfunction in that system.
Red indicator lights
Red symbols indicate a prio rity malfunction -
D anger!
- Pull off the road.
- Stop the vehicle.
-Turn off the engine.
- Check the ma lf u nctioning system . Contact
your authorized Audi dea ler or a qualified
workshop for assistance.
USA mode ls:
Brake ma lf u nction,/
c::>page 15
Canada models:
Brake malfunction,/
c::>page 15
USA models:
- Electromechanical parking brake
____ ,
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<=> page 16
Canada models:
Electromechanical parking brake
<=>page 16
Engine cooling system
c::> page 16
Engine oil pressure
c::> page 18
Engine oil level
Q page 18
Battery
<=>page 17
Safety belt
<=>page 17
Electromechanical steering ,/
<=> page 201
Electronic steering column lock
<=>page 18
Engine start system
<=>page 18
Speed warning system
<=>page 83
Adaptive cruise control*,/
<=>page88
Air suspe nsion*
Qpage 19
Pedestrian warning*
Qpage 105
Rear spoiler
c::>page 198
Yellow indicator lights
Yellow symbo ls indicate a prior ity 2 malfunc­
tion - Wa rning!
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USA models: Safety systems
<=> page 19
Canada models: Safety systems
c::> page 19
Electronic Stabilization Control
(ESC) ,/
<=>page 19
Electronic Stabilization Control
( E SC) ,/
c::> page 19

14 Instrum ent s and w arn ing /indic ato r light s
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USA models:
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Battery in remote control key
Ant i- lock b raking system (ABS)
¢ page 3 3
defective ,/
¢ page20
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Defective light b ulb warn ing
¢page 22
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Canada model s:
Anti-lock b raking system (ABS)
II
Rear fog light(s)
defective ,/
¢page22
I ¢page20
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Worn brake pads
II
Headlight range control
¢page22
¢ page 21
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Electromechanical parking brake
rll
adaptive light *
¢page22
¢page 78
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Tire pressure monitoring system
m
Light-/rain sensor faulty
¢page 22
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¢page264
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Audi active lane assist*
lliii~1 Tire pressure monitoring system ¢page96
¢page264 Transmission (tiptronic ®)
Electronic power contro l ,/
rm
Im
¢page 114
¢ page 21
R1
Transmission
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Malfunction indicator Lamp (MIL)
- S tronic® ¢page 114
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¢page21
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Electronic steering column lock
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Engine speed limitation ¢page
18
¢ page 21
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Engine start system
•
Engine oil level ¢page
18
¢page 18
£1,ij
Electromechanical steering ./
•
Engine oil sensor ¢
page 201
¢ page 21
•
Air suspension*
-1
Battery ¢page
19
¢page 17
•
Sport differentia l*
Ill
Tank system ¢page
23
¢page22
11
Rear spoiler
•
Windshield washer fluid level ¢page
198
¢page22
m
Windshie ld wipers
¢ page22
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Remote control key
¢page 75
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Remote contro l key
¢ page 78

18 Instruments and warning/indicator lights
9:::r. Engine oil pressure malfunction
The re d engin e oil pr essure warning symbol
require s immediat e ser vice or repair . Driving
with a low-oil- pre ssure indicat ion is lik ely to
inflic t seve re damage to the engine .
• Switch off engine and check oil level
If the indicator light turns on and the mes­
sage appears , the oil pressure is too low.
,,. Pull
off the road.
"' Stop t he ve hicl e.
,,. Turn
off the engine.
"' Check the engine oil level¢ page 235 .
• If the engi ne oil leve l is to o low, add engine
o il ¢
page 235 . Make sure that the oil p res ­
s ur e warning symbol. appea rs no longe r
i n t he d is pl ay before y ou sta rt driving again .
• If the engi ne oil leve l is c orre ct and t he ind i­
cat or lig ht still t urn s on, tur n t he eng ine
off
and do not conti nue d riving . Seek p ro fessio ­
nal assistance .
(D Tips
- The engine oil pressure symbol. is
not an indicator for a low engine oil lev­
el. Do not rely on it. Instead, check the
oil level in your engine at regular inter­
vals, preferably each time you refuel,
and always before going on a long trip.
- The yellow oil level warning indication
II requires oil refill or workshop serv ­
ice without delay . Do not wait until the
red oil pressure warning. starts to
flash before you respond to the low oil level warning
11-By then, your engine
may already have suffered serious dam­
age.
~ . Engine oil level
• WARNING: Please add oil immediately
When the sy mbo l and t he dr ive r message a p­
pear, the oil has to be reple nis he d rig ht no w
¢page 232.
If t he in dicator light and the message appear,
a dd engine oil imme diate ly
¢ page 235 .
II Add oil, max. x qt (l). You may continue
driving
W hen the sy mb ol an d the d river message a p­
pear, add the amoun t of oil appe aring in the
display at the nex t op port unity ¢
page 232.
® -e Steering column lock
• Do not drive veh icle: Steering defective
If t he indic ato r ligh t turns on an d the mes ­
sage a ppears, there is an e lec tronic stee ring
co lumn lock malfunct io n. You cannot switc h
t h e i gnit io n on.
Do
not tow yo ur vehicle becau se it c annot b e
stee red. See k professiona l assistance .
!Ill Steering lock: system fault. Please con­
tact dealer
If th e indicato r light turns on and the mes­
sage appears, there is an e lectronic steering
co lu mn l ock malfunct io n.
Drive to y our auth orized A udi dealer immedi­
ately to hav e th e malfunction corr ecte d.
A WARNING
-~
Yo ur v ehicl e m ust no t be tow ed in t he
event of a malfu nction in the elec tronic
stee ring colum n lock be cau se it ca nno t be
s teere d due to th e l ock ed steeri ng. If it is
towe d wit h the s teeri ng locke d, there is
the r isk o f an accide nt.
© -e Engine start system
• Engine start system fault . Please con­
tact dealer
If the indica to r ligh t turns on and the mes­
sage appears, do
not switch the ig nition off
because you may not be a ble to sw itch it on
again.
Dr ive to your au thor ized A udi dea ler immed i­
ate ly to have the ma lfunction corrected.
Ill Engine start system fault . Please con­
tact dealer

Instrument s and warning /indicator lights 25
Operation
The driver information system is operated us­
ing the buttons on the multifunction steering
wheel.
Fi g. 6 Mu ltifunction stee ring wheel: operating the driv ­
er info rmatio n system
Fig . 7 Driver informat ion system: open ing the ve hicle
functio ns m en u
Operating concept
• Switch the ign ition on.
• To sw itch betwee n the tabs, p ress the ro ck­
er switch (!) to the le ft or r ight ¢
fig. 6.
• To access additional i nfo rmatio n be low or
above, rotate the thumbwheel @down or
u p.
• To confirm a se lection, press the thumb­
wheel @.
• Press the
Ii] button ® to ope n a submenu
for an act ive tab .
• Press the butto n
© to access a func tion fo r
t h e prog ram mable stee ring w heel button*.
Accessing Vehicle functions
• Se lect th e first tab with the rocker switch
@.
• Press the bu tton Ii! @. The Vehicle func­
tion s
menu appears Q fig . 7.
• To select a menu item, turn a nd press the
t hu mbwheel @.
Resetting values to zero
• Sele ct th e on-board computer / Efficiency
program
menu item in the Vehicle func·
tions
men u.
• Yo u can now select between the long-term
memory and short-term memory.
• To reset the values in a memory, press and
hold the thumbwheel @for one second.
Assigning a function to the
programmable steering wheel button*
• Select: I CAR ! function butt on > (Car) * sys­
tems
control button > Vehicle settings >
Steering wheel button .
The last function selected disp lays when you
switc h the ignition on.
On-board computer
You can ca ll up the fo llowi ng i nfo rmation in
the on -board computer :
- Date
- Dr iv ing t ime (h) from the short-te rm memo-
ry
- Average consumption in MPG ( l/100 km)
from the shor t-te rm memory
- Average speed i n mph (km/h) from the
short-te rm memory
- Distance driven in miles (km) from the
short-te rm memory
- Cur rent fuel consumption in MPG (l/100
km)
- Short-term memory overview
- Long-term memory overview
The short -te rm memory collects driv ing infor ­
mation from th e time the ig nition is switc hed
on until it is switched off. If you continue driv­
i ng within two ho urs after switch ing the igni­
tion off, the new values are incl uded when cal­
cu lating the current trip information .
U nlik e the short -term memory, the long-term
memory is not erased automatically. You can
select the time period for evaluating trip in­
fo rmat ion yourse lf.
Fo r some vehicle f unct ions, you can access the
trip information from t he temporary memory
in the line
(D ¢ fig. 5. ..,_

26 Instruments and warning/indicator lights
The current fuel consumption can be dis­
p layed using a bar ¢
fig. 10. The average con­
sumpt ion (mpg) stored in the short-term
memory is also displayed. Electrical energy
can be stored in the battery when the vehicle is coasting or driving downhill (recuperation) .
The bar w ill move toward Cl.
Efficiency program
The efficiency program can help you to use
less fuel. It evaluates driving information in
reference to fuel consumption and shows oth­
er equipment influencing consumption as well
as shift recommendations. ¢
page 26. Fuel
economy messages ¢
page 26 provide tips
for eff icient driving . The efficiency program
uses distance and consumption data from tr ip
computer
1.
To display the efficiency program, call up Ve­
hicl e functions and select the menu option
Efficiency program . If the data a re deleted in
the efficiency program, those values are also
reset in tr ip computer.
(D} Tips
- All stored values w ill be lost if the veh i­
cle battery is disconnected.
- Fuel consumpt ions (average and cur­
rent), range and speed are displayed in
metric units on Canadian models.
Other equipment
Fig. 8 Tri p comp uter: other equ ipment
Requirement : The eff iciency program must be
displayed
~ page 26 .
.,. Turn the thumbwheel until the other equip ­
ment appears in the display . Other equipment that is currently affecting
fuel consumption is listed in the efficiency
program. The display shows up to three other
items of equ ipment @. The equ ipment using
the most fuel is listed first . If more than three
items using fuel are switched on, the equip ­
ment that is currently using the most fuel is
displayed .
A scale @also shows the current total con­
sumption of all other equipment .
Fuel economy messages
Fig. 9 Display : example o f a fuel econo my m essa ge
Fuel economy messages are displayed when
fuel consumption is increased by certain con­
ditions. If you follow these fuel economy mes­
sages, you can reduce your veh icle's consump­
tion of fuel. The messages appear automat i­
cally and are only displayed in the efficiency
program. The fuel economy messages turn off
automat ically after a certain per iod of t ime .
.,. To turn an economy message off immed i-
ately after it appears, press any button on
the mult ifunction steering wheel.
@ Tips
- Once you have turned a fuel economy
message off, it will only appear again af­
ter you turn the ign ition on again .
- The fuel economy messages are not dis­
played in every instance, but rather in in­
tervals over a period of time.