2013 AUDI Q7 air conditioning

2 Table of contents Vehicle literature .. .. .. .. .. ... .
About this Owner's Manual ...
Controls and equipment .. ... .
Ins truments and controls .. . .
General illus tration .... ... .. .. ... .
Instruments and warning /
indicator lights ........ .. .. .. . .
Ins truments . .. .. ..... ... .. .. ... .
War ning/ indi cator lights ... .. ... .. .
Driver information d isplay .. . .
Introduct ion . .. .. ..... ... .. .. ... .
Trip computer .. .. ..... ... .. .. ... .
Efficiency program ........ .. .. ... .
On-Board Diagnostic system (OBD) . . .
Elect ronic speed limiter .. .. .. .. .. . .
Speed war ning system ...... ..... . .
Auto Check Control ........ ... .. . .
Opening and closing .. .. .. .. . .
Keys .. .. .. ................ ... . .
P owe r locking system . .. .. .. .. .. . .
R ear lid .. .. .. . .......... .. .. .. . .
C hild sa fety lo ck .......... .. .. .. . .
Conven ien ce key .. ..... ... .. .. ... .
Anti-theft alarm system ... .. ... .. .
Power win dows .. ..... ... .. .. ... .
Panoramic slid ing sun roof .. .. .. ... .
Clear vision .. .. ..... ... .. .. ... .
Lights . .. .. .. . .......... .. .. ... .
Inter ior lights ............. ... ... .
V 1s 1on . ...... ........... .... ... .
W iper and washer system . ... .. .. . .
M ir rors .. .. ................ ... . .
D ig ita l compass . ...... ... .. .. .. . .
Seats and storage ......... .. . .
G en eral recomme ndat ions ... .. .. . .
P owe r fron t seat adjus tment .. .. .. . .
Se at mem ory ............ .. .. ... .
Rear seats . ... . .. ..... ..... .. ... .
Head res traints .. ..... ... .. .. ... .
A rmrest .... .. .. ..... ... .. .. ... .
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Long center conso le . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 L
ugga ge compartment . ..... .... . .
Roof rack ..... .. .. ... ..... ... .. .
( upholder ... .. .. .. ... .. .. .. .. .. .
Rear asht ray ..... ............. .. .
Out let .... .... .. ............. .. .
Storage ...... ... .. ............. . 79
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Warm and cold
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Climate control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Rea r Air Conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Bas ic sett ings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Heated Sea ts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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On the road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Stee ring .. .. ... . .. ... .. ... ... .. . 103
Ig nition lo ck and ig nition sw itch . . . . . 105
St arti ng and sto pp ing t he engine . . . . 10 6
Star ting and stopping the engine with
Co nvenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Pa rking bra ke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Starting on h ills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Cru ise contro l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Adaptive cruise control . . . . . . . 113
Speed and distance control system . . 113
Driver informat io n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
System limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Audi braking gua rd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Audi side assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Lane Change Assistant. . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Not es . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Automatic transmission ... .. .
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t . ® 1p ro ni c ..... .. .......... ... .. .
Parking systems
General information
Rea r park assist .. ... ... .... ... .. .
Audi par king syste m plus with
re arview c amer a .. ............... .
A udi par kin g sys tem p lus with fron t-
and rearview camera . .. ..... ... .. .
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Adjusting the display and warn ing
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Err or messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Traile r hitc h . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

48 Openin g and clo sing
- As soon as the electrical connec tion to
the trailer socket is completed on
vehicles with a factory installed towing
hitch, or a trailer hitch that was installed
later according to factory specifications,
the automatic rear lid function can only be operated v ia the handle in the rear lid.
Rear lid emergency unlocking
If the rear lid cannot be opened, an emergen­
cy release is provided .
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Fig . 4 1 Section of the luggage compar tment : Access to
emerge ncy re lease
Fig . 42 Sect ion of the luggage compartment: Emer­
gency release
,.. Tilt the seatback forward .
,.. Move into the t runk.
,.. Take the sc rewd river from the veh icle tool
kit . As an alternat ive, you can a lso use the
vehicle key.
• Put the flat side of the screw driver into the
recess and pry the cover up
o fig. 41 -Arrow-.
• Press the lever in the direction of the arrow
ofig . 42 to unlock the rear lid .
Child safety lock
Power child safety lock for the rear
doors
The power child safety lock t prevents the
rear doors from being opened from the in ­
side .
Fig . 43 Sect ion fro m driver's door: controls
The rear doors are equipped with a power
child safety lock.
It is operated with the two
safety buttons
III in the dr iver's door o fig. 43.
• Press the left and/or right safety button to
disab le the rear power window(s) and pre­
vent the respective rear door from being
opened from the inside. The LED in the but­
ton will light up when the child safety lock is
turned
on .
,.. Press the illum inated button aga in to turn
the child safety featu res
off .
When the c hild safety lock is activated, the in­
te rior door opening lever is inoperative; the
doo r can only be opened from th e outside. In
addition, the window reg ulator for that doo r
is also inoperative when the child safety lock
is activa ted.
If the child safety lock has been ac tivated on
one or both sides, the butto ns in the rear for
the Panoramic slid ing su nroof* are disabled .
If the child safety lock has been act ivated on
the left
and on the right side, the rear con­
tro ls are locked on veh icles with rear a ir-condi­
tion ing *. Dashes" ••• " are show n in t he dis­
plays for the rear climate contro ls, and the
rear air-conditioning can on ly be operated
from the climate controls in the cabin
opage 97.

92 Warm and cold
A WARNING
Reduced visibility is dangerous and can
cause acci dents.
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- For safe dr iv ing it is very important that
all windows be free of ice, snow and con­
densation.
- Completely fami liarize yourself with the
proper use and function of the heating
and ventilation system and especia lly
how to defog and defrost the windows.
- Never use the windshie ld wiper/washer
system in freezing weather until you
have warmed the windshield first, us ing
the heat ing and ventilat ion system. The
washe r solution may freeze on the wind­
shield and reduce visibility.
(D Note
- If you suspect that the climate control
system has been damaged, switch the
system off to avo id further damages,
and have it inspected by a q ualified deal­
ership.
Controls -
Repairs to the Audi air conditioner re­
quire special technical know ledge and
special tools . Contact an authorized Aud i
dealer for ass istance.
@ Tips
- Keep the air intake s lots (in front of the
w indshield) free from ice, snow and de ­
br is in order to maintain the proper func­
tion of the climate control system.
-Air inside the vehicle escapes through air vents located in t he side trim panels be­
neath the rear side windows. Make sure
that the outlet slots are not cove red by
clothing, etc.
- Climate control works most effectively if
the windows and the Panoram ic sliding
sunroof* are closed. However, if the inte­
r ior of a par ked vehicle is ext reme ly hot
from the s un's rays, briefly opening the
w indows can speed up the cooling p roc­
ess .
This overview will help you to familiarize yourself with the air conditioning controls .
Fig. 111 Air cond it ion ing co ntro l elements
Th e left display indicates the temperatu re se­
l ected for the driver's side, the right display
i n dicates the temperatu re se lected for the
passenger's s ide. T
he sett ings you make are shown in the MMI
display for a few seconds when MM I is turned
o n.

@ Tips
If the climate control system is operating
in cooling mode, a ir flows primarily from
the outlets in the center conso le and in the
door pillars. To achieve adequate cooling,
you should never close the outlets com­
pletely .
Using climate control economically
Using the climate controls prudently can help
save fuel.
When you use the air conditioner, engine pow­
er is reduced and fuel consumption increases.
To save fuel, you should use the air condition ­
e r only when necessary. Also please note the
following points :
.,. To save fuel, turn off cooling mode by press­
ing the
I AC ! button (indicator light goes
out) .
.,. In add ition, if you open the window or the
Panoramic sliding sunroof* while driving,
turn off cooling mode by p ress ing the
IACI
button (indicator light goes out).
.,. If the vehicle is extremely hot due to the
heat of the sun, briefly open doors and win­
dows.
@ For the sake of the environment
By reducing the amount of fue l you use,
you also reduce the amount of poll utants
emitted into the air. W
arm and cold 9 7
Rear Air Conditioning
Rear air conditioning - controls
Applies to vehicles: with four-zone automatic comfort air
conditio nin g
This overview is to assist you in familiarizing
yourself with the rear air conditioning con­
trols.
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Fig . 113 Rea r air conditioning controls
The left display indicates the temperature se­
lected for the rear left passenger, the right
display indicates the temperature selected for
the rear right passenger . If the settings for
seat heating *, air distribution or the air condi­
tioning fan are changed, the relevant indica­
tor will appear br iefly on the display .
Funct io ns are set by ro tating the control or
are switched on and off by tapping the but­
tons. The indicator light in the button illumi­
nates when the function is active.
Button (s) Function
ION/OFFI Climate control on/off
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IAUTOI Automatic mode
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Regulatoral El Temperature selection
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Qi Seat heating *
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Fan
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Air distribution
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a) The regu lator is also u sed to set the fan sp ee d, air dis-
tribut ion and seat heating .
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Rear air distribution ~
Applies to vehicles: with four-zone automatic comfort air
conditioning
The automatically controlled air distribution
con be changed manually.
.. Press the Gil button.
.. Rotate the regu lator to the desired setting .
You can adj ust the air circulation so that air
flows from specific vents .
- In position
:J, all air flows from the vents in
the center console and the outlets to the
door pilla rs.
- In position
:0, air flows from the outlets in
the door p illars.
- In position
!,8, air flows from the outlets un-
der the front seats.
There are additional combinations available to
adjust air d istr ibut io n as needed.
To regulate air distribution automatically,
sw itch to
IAU TO I.
Basic settings
General
The basic climate control settings con be ad­
justed in the MMI.
.,. Select: I CARI funct ion button > AC control
button . Or
.,. Se lect:
I CARI funct io n button > Car sys-
tem s*
control bu tton > A C.
The follow ing funct ions can be selected :
- Auto recirculation
c> page 99
- Synchronization c> page 99
-Supplementary heater * ¢page 100
-Rear oper ation* c> page 100
Warm and c old 99
Automatic recirculation mode
An air quality sensor detects increased con­
centrations of pollutants in the outside air
and automatically switches to recirculation
mode .
We recommend that you always keep auto ­
matic a ir recirculation ON to p revent polluted
outside air from enteri ng the veh icle inter ior.
If the
a ir qu ality sensor l ocated in the air con­
ditioning system detects polluted outs ide a ir,
the sensor dec ides whether the air pollut ion
can be reduced by the facto ry-installed pollu­
ta nt fi lter or whethe r it is necessary to switc h
to air recirc ulation. With heavy conce ntra ti ons
of pollu tants, the a ir condit ion ing system is
switched automatica lly to recirc ulation mode
and the supp ly of outside air is blocked . As
soon as the concentration of pollutants in the
outside air drops, fresh air is supplied to the
vehicle interior aga in.
In the event that the windows fog up during
automat ic air rec irculat ion, you must press
the® button immediately.
Under certa in ope rating cond itions, a utomatic
air recirculation is switched off automatica lly.
With outside temperatures be low about 50 °F
(+10
°(), automatic air rec irculat ion is limited
to 30 seconds. W it h outside temperatures be­
low about 30 °F ( -1 °C) a nd with the air condi­
tione r switched off, the a utomatic air recircu­
l ation is limited to 15 seconds.
Synchronization
One climate control setting for the driver and
front passenger seats .
With synchro nization active, the driver's set­
tings a re adopted for the passenger o r vice
versa . All the othe r setti ngs that were made
are t ransferred to t he other seat . This in­
cl udes all the cl ima te co ntro l settings, excep t
for the se at heating/ven tilat ion* .
If a different setting is selected at a
"synchron ized seat ", synchronization is can­
c e lled.

100 Warm and cold
Synchronization
Applies to vehicles: with four -zone automat ic comfort a ir
co ndit io ning
One climate control setting for all seats .
With synchronizat ion active, the driver's set­
tings are adopted for the front passenger and
the rear left and right seats. A ll the other set­
tings that were made are transferred to the
other seats. This includes all the climate con­
trol settings, except for the seat heat ing/ven­
tilation* .
If a different setting is se lected at a
"synchroni zed seat", synchron iz ation is can­
celled.
Supplementary heater
App lies to vehicles: with d iesel eng ine
" Select : ICARI function button > AC control
button
> Suppl.heater . Or
" Select :
I C ARI funct ion button > Car sys-
tems*
contro l button > AC > Suppl. heater .
Vehicles with d iesel eng ines are equipped
with a supp lementary heater to warm the in­
ter io r of the vehicle more quickly. The supp le ­
men tary heater switches itself on and off au­
tomatically when the outside temperature is
be low SO °F (10 °C) and the engine is running,
depending on the coolant temperature, interi­
or temperature and the se lected temperature.
Rear operation
Applies to vehicles: with four -zone automat ic comfo rt a ir
co nd it io nin g
The air conditioning in the rear of the vehicle
con be controlled from the cockpit .
" Se lect: I CAR I funct ion button > AC control
button
> Rear operation. Or
" Select :
I C ARI funct ion button > Car sys­
tems *
control button > AC > Rear cabin set­
tings.
The drive r or front passenger can control the
air conditioning in the rea r of the vehicle us­
ing
his/her own controls.
Heated Seats
Heated front seats~
Applies to veh icles: w it h electrically heated fro nt seats
The seat cushion and the seotbock of the
front seats con be heated electrically.
" Press the Ill button.
" Rotate the regulator to the des ired setting.
In position O the heating for the seats is
turned off. The range of adjustment is be­
tween 1 and 6 .
The heater for the front seats can be turned on when the weight of the particular seat's oc­
cup ant is detected . However, the front seats
can be pre-heated for about 10 m inutes using
the activated seat heater. After th is time has
elapsed, the seat heater automatically turns
off if it does not detect an occupant's we ight
for the particular seat.
_&. WARNING
Individuals with reduced sensitiv ity to pain
or temperature could develop burns when
using the seat heating function . To reduce
the r isk of injury , these ind ividuals should
not use seat heating .
(D Note
To avoid damage to the heating elements
i n the seats, do not kneel on the seats or
place heavy loads on a small area of the
seat.
(D Tips
Please note that the weight of objects
placed on the seat wi ll also be detected.
This weight may be enough to cause the
seat heater to turn on.
Front seat ventilation [it)
Applies to veh icles: w it h front seat ve ntil at ion
The seat cushion and the seatback on the
front seats con be ventilated .
" Press the~ button.
" Rotate the regulator to the desired setting .
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When the regulator is in the O position, the
seat ventilation is switched off. The range of
adjustment is between 1 and 6.
Heated rear seats~
Applies to vehicles: with heated rear seats
The seat cushions and seatbacks of the two
outer rear seats can be heated electrically.
F ig. 114 Ce nter console rea r: Heated sea ts
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F ig. 1 15 Ce nter console rear : Se at heat ing with four­
zone automat ic comfort a ir cond it ion ing•
Rear seat he ating
• Rotate the thumb wheel ~fig. 114 @to
turn on and adjust the heating for the left
rear seat .
• Rotate the thumb wheel @ to turn on and
adjust the heating for the right rear seat.
Rear seat heating w ith four-zone
automatic comfo rt air conditioning *
• Press the Q] button . ~ fig. 115.
• Rotate the regu lator to the desired setting .
I n pos ition O the heating for the seats is
turned off . T he range of ad justment is be­
tween 1 and 6 .
The heater for the outer rear seats can be
turned on when the weight of the parti cular
seat's occ upant is detected. Howeve r, the rea r
Warm and cold 101
seats can be pre-heated for about 10 minutes
using the activated seat heater. After this
time has e lapsed, the seat heater automati­
ca lly turns off if it does not detect an occu­
pant's weight for the particular seat.
A WARNING
Individuals wit h reduced se ns itiv ity to pa in
or temperature could develop burns when
usi ng the seat heat ing funct ion . To reduce
the r isk of injury, these ind ividuals shou ld
not use se at hea ting.
(D Note
To avoid damage to the heat ing e lements
i n the seats, do not kneel on the seats or
place heavy loads o n a sma ll a rea of the
seat.
© Tips
P lease not e that the weight of objects
placed on the seat wi ll also be detected .
This weight may be enough to cause the
seat heater to turn on .
Steering wheel heating~
Applies to vehicles: with steering wheel heating
The steering wheel can be heated electrically.
Fig . 1 16 Steer ing wheel: button for steering whee l
heat ing
• Press the [j] button to turn the steer ing
whe el heat ing on and
off <=>fig . 116. The
message
Steering wheel h eating on! or
Steering wheel heating off! appears in the
instrument cluster disp lay. ..,.

Fuse s and bulb s 311
Right cockpit fuse assignment
Fig . 27 1 Righ t cockp it: f use pane l w ith pla stic clip
No. Con sumer Amps No. Consumer Amps
Fu se pa nel@ (bla ck )
6 Automatic transmission
5/20
1 Heated rear seats
7
Electronic Stabilization Control 5
2 Telephone, cell phone package (ESC)
--Shift gate automatic transmis-
Front seat hating/seat ventila-
8 s 3 30/15
tion (right) sion
Electron ic Stab ilizat ion Control
9 Parking system 5
4 (ESC) 20
10 Airbag s
s
Door control module (right side 15 Heated rear seats
5
of vehicle) 12 Ai r·conditioning 5
6 Rear electrical outlets 25 Fuse panel © (red )
7
Lumbar support passenger's
10 1
Instrument cluste r 10
seat 2 Rearview camera 5
9 Front electrical outlets 25
3 CD player, DVD drive s
10 A/C controls 10
MMI Display 5
11 Coo ler 15
5 Automatic transmission 15
I 12 Intelligent power module pas-
15 Panoramic sliding sunroof seg-
senger 7 ment 1 20
Fu
se p anel@ (b rown ) Panoramic sliding sunroof seg-
Headlight electronic system
8 ment 2 20
1 10
(right side of vehicle) Panoramic sliding sunroof sun-
2 Ride height adjustment 5
9 blind 20
5 Window regulators (right side
1 1 35
4 Audi side assist
5 of vehicle)
5 Electronic Stabili
zation Control
5 12 Rear air-conditioning controls
(ESC)