2014 AUDI A7 remote control

Error messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Trailer hitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Homelink 128
Universal remote control . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Safety fir st . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Dri ving Safely . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Gene ral notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Proper occupant seating posit ions . . . 131
Driver and passenger side footwell . . . 135
Pedal area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Stowing luggage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Report ing Safety Defects . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Ge neral notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 40
Why safety be lts? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 43
Safety bel t pre tens io ners . . . . . . . . . . 147
Airbag system ........... .. .. . .
Impo rtan t th ings to know .. .. .. .. . .
Fr ont airbags . ........... .. .. .. . .
M on itoring the Advanced Airbag
System .... .. .. ... . .... ... .. .. . .
K nee airbags . .. .. ..... ... .. .. .. . .
Side airbags .. ........... .. .. .. . .
Side curta in a irbags ....... .... .. . .
Child Safety ............... .. . .
Important things to know .. .. .. .. . .
C hi ld safety seats ... ...... .... .. . .
Install ing a child safety seat .. .. .. . .
L ATC H Lower ancho rages and tethe rs
for ch ild ren . ............. .... .. . .
Addit ional Information
Audi pre sense ..... ... .. .. .. . .
P reven tat ive passenger p rotection 149
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175
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189
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Vehicle operat ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Intelligent technology . . . . . . . . 196
N ot ice about da ta re cor ded by veh icle
control mod ules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Elec tronic Stabilization Control (ESC) . 196
Rear spoiler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Table of contents 3
El ectro -mechan ica l powe r ass ist . . . . . 201
Driving with your q uattro . . . . . . . . . . 201
Energy management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Driving and environment . . . . . 20 4
The first 1,000 miles (1,500 km) and
afterwards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Diesel pa rticulate f ilter . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Avoid damaging the vehicle . . . . . . . . . 206
Driving through water on roads . . . . . 206
S hu tting down veh icle . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Operate yo ur vehicle economi cally and
min imi ze poll ution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Trailer towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
D rivi ng with a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
T rai le r tow ing tips .. . .. .. ..... ... . 211
Vehicle care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 13
Vehicle care and cleaning . . . . . 213
Genera l information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Car was hes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Cleaning and care information . . . . . . 214
Fuel supply and filling your
fuel tank ... .. .... .. .. ...... ... .
218
Gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Diesel fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Fuel tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Se lective catalytic reduc tion . . . . . . . . 223
Checking and filling . . . . . . . . . . . 227
E n gine hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
En gine o il . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
E ngine cooling system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Br ake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 7
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Windshie ld/headlight washer
container . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Tires and wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Tire pressure monitoring system . . . . 261
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14 Instruments and warning/indicator lights
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USA models : Safety systems
¢page 19
Canada mod els: Safety systems
¢page 19
Electronic Stabilization Control
(ESC) ./
¢page 19
Electronic Stabilization Control
(ESC) ./
¢page 19
USA models :
Anti-lock braking system (ABS)
defective ./
¢page20
Canada models:
Anti-loc k braking system (ABS)
defective ./
¢page20
Worn brake pads
¢page 21
Electromechanical parking brake
¢page 79
Tire pressure monitoring system
./
¢page261
mffl Tire pressure monitoring system
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Electronic power control./ (alter­
native
to mJ )
¢page21
Glow plug system
(alternative to
[3i )
¢page 21
Malfunction indicator Lamp (MIL)
./
¢page21
Diesel particu late fi lter* clogged
¢ page22
Engine speed limitation
¢page22
Engine oil level
¢page 18
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Engine oil sensor
¢ page 22
Battery
¢page 17
Tank system
¢page 22
Windshie ld washer fluid level
¢page 22
Windshield wipers
¢page 22
Remote control key
¢ page 76
Remote control key
¢page 78
Battery in remote control key
¢page 33
Defective light bulb warni ng
¢page 23
Rear fog light(s)
¢ page 23
Headlight range control
¢page 23
adaptive light*
¢page 23
Light-/rain sensor faulty
¢page 23
Audi active lane assist*
¢page 96
Transmission (tiptronic)
¢page 114
Transmission
- 5 tronic
¢ page 114
Electronic steering column lock
¢page 18
Engine start system
¢page 18

32 Opening and clo sing
Opening and closing
Keys
Key set
Fig . 17 Key set
@ Remot e control k ey w ith m echan ical
ke y
You can centrally lock and unlock your vehicle
and start the engine with the master key with
remote control. A mechanical key is integrat­
ed in the remote control key
r:::;, page 33 .
@ Eme rgenc y ke y
The emergency key is not intended for con­
stant use.
It should only be used in an emer­
gency. Keep it in a safe place and do not carry it on your key ring .
Key replac em ent
If you lose a key, contact your authorized Audi
dealer immediately to have the
lost key disa­
bled. Be sure to bring all your keys with you.
P er sonal c omfo rt se ttin gs
If two peop le use one vehicle, it is recom­
mended that each person always uses "their
own" master key . When the ignition is switch­
ed off or when the vehicle is locked, personal
convenience settings for the follow ing sys­
tems are stored and assigned to the remote master key .
- Automatic climate control
- Central locking system
- Amb ience light ing*
- Seat memory*
- Parking system*
- Adaptive cruise control* - Audi active
lane assist *
- Aud i side assist*
- Aud i drive select
- Night vision assistant*
- Heated steering wheel*
The stored settings are automatically recalled
when you unlock the vehicle, when you open
the doors or when you switch the ignition on.
A WARNING
-- Do not leave your vehicle unattended . Al-
ways take your ignit ion key with you and
lock your vehicle . Entry by unauthorized
persons could endanger yo u or resu lt in
theft or damage the vehicle.
- Do not leave ch ildren unattended in the
veh icle, especially with access to vehicle
keys. Unguarded access to the keys pro­
vides children the opportunity to start the engine and/or activate vehicle sys­
tems such as the power windows, etc .
Unsupervised operation of any vehicle
system by children can result in serious
injury.
(1) Tips
- The operation of the remote control key
can be temporar ily disrupted by interfer­
ence from transm itters in the vic inity of
the vehicle working in the same frequen­
cy range (e.g. a cell phone, radio equip­
ment).
- For security reasons, rep lacement keys
are only ava ilable from Audi dealers.
- For Declaration of Compliance to United
States FCC and Industry Canada regula­
tions
r:::;, page 288.

-Do not leave children inside the vehicle
unsupervised. In an emergency it would
be impossible to open the doors from
the outside without the key.
- Applies to vehicles with power side door
closer*:
- When closing a door, make sure noth­
ing can interfere w ith the door. This
could cause serious personal injury.
- You can stop the door from clos ing at
any time by pulling on the inside or
outside door handle.
(D Tips
- In the event of a crash with airbag de­
ployment all locked doors will be auto­
ma tically unlocked to give access to the
vehicle occupants from the outside.
- If the power locking system should mal­
function, you can lock the driver's door
using the mechanical key¢
page 38.
-If the power locking system should fail,
you can still open the fuel tank flap in an
emergency
¢pa ge 223.
-You are we ll advised not to keep valua­
bles inside an unattended vehicle, visib le
or not . Even a properly locked vehicle
cannot provide the security of a safe.
- If the LED in the upper edge of the driv­
er's door pane l comes on for abo ut 30
seconds after the vehicle is locked, there i s a malfunction in the power locking or
the anti-theft warning system. Have the malfunction corrected by an author ized
Audi dealership or qua lified repair facili­
ty.
Setting power locking
The driver can determine the functions for
power locking in the MMI.
.,. Select: ICARI funct ion button > (Car)* sys­
tems
control button > Vehicle settings >
(Central locking)* .
Lock when driving -
If you selec t On , the vehi­
cle locks automatically when driving. All of
the doors and rear lid lock .
Opening and closing 35
Central locking
Unlock doors -
You can decide if All doors or
on ly the
Driver shou ld unlock. The rear lid al­
so unlocks when
All is selected . If you select
Driver in a vehicle with a convenience key*,
only the door whose hand le you pull will un­
lock.
If you se lect
Driver , all the doors and rear lid
will unlock if you press the
CD button on the re­
mote control master key twice .
Lock exterior trunk handle -If you select On ,
the rear lid handle is lock ed. In this case the
rear lid can be opened with the b utton
c:s on
the master key or with the
c:s button in the
driver's door. In vehicles with a convenience
key*, you can still open the rear lid using the
handle if an authorized master key is near the
proxim ity sensor .
Fold mirrors * -If you select On , the exterior
rearview mirrors fold in automat ically when
you press the
cfJ button on the remote control
master key or touch the sensor* in the handle.
Tone when locking -When you select On , a
confirmation tone sounds when you lock the
vehicle .
Locking and unlocking the vehicle with
the remote control
Fig. 20 Remote cont rol: fun ction butto ns
Eithe r the driver's door only or the entire vehi­
cle w ill unlock when the unlock button
0 (@ )
is pressed once, depending on the sett ings in
the MMI
¢ page 35 .
.,. Press button ffi (@ ) to un lock the vehicle
¢fig. 20.

36 Openin g and clo sing
• Press button rfl (@ ) to lock the vehicle¢ &
in General description on page 34.
• Press button c:s (@ ) briefly to un lock the
rear lid.
• Push the red
IPANICI button( @) to activate
the panic function . The horn sounds and the
turn s ignals flash. Push the red
I PANIC I but­
ton aga in to deact ivate the panic function.
If the vehicle is unlocked and no door, the rear lid or the hood is opened with in 60 seconds,
the vehicle locks itself again automatically .
This feature prevents the ve hicle from be ing
accidenta lly left unlocked ove r a long period
of time.
It depends on the sett ings in the MMI wheth­
e r the enti re veh icle is un locked or on ly cer­
tain doors ¢
page 35.
.&_ WARNING
Read and follow a ll WARNINGS¢ &. in
General description on page 34.
{D Tips
- In order to make sure the locking func­
tion is working, you shou ld always keep
you r eye on the vehicle to make su re i t is
properly locked.
-
- Do not use the remote control if you are
i nside the car, o therwise you may unin­
tentiona lly lock the vehicle, and then you
would set off the anti-theft alarm when
you try to start the engine or open a
door. In case this happens anyhow, push
the un lock button @.
- The vehicle can on ly be locked when the
se lector lever is in the P posit ion.
- Use the panic funct ion only i f you are in
an emergency situation.
Locking and unlocking with convenience
key
Appl ies to vehicles : wi th convenience key
The doors and the rear lid can be unlocked
and locked without operating the master key.
Fi g. 2 1 Co nve nienc e key: Lock ing the vehicle
Unlocking vehicle
• Take ho ld of the door handle . T he door is un-
locked automatically .
• Pull the handle to open the door.
Locking vehicle
• Select the P se lec to r lever posit ion. Othe r­
w ise the vehicle cannot be loc ked.
• To lock the veh icle, close the door and touch
the sensor in the door handle
once ¢ fig . 21 .
Do not reach inside the door handle.
T he vehicle can be locked and un locked at any
door . The master key must be within a range
of about 1.5 m from the appropriate door or
the rear lid. It makes no difference whether
the master key is in your jacket pocket or in
your brief case.
It is not possib le to re-open the door for a
brief period directly after closing it. This a l­
l ows you to ensure that the doors are properly
locked.
It depends on the settings in t he MMI wheth ­
er the ent ire vehicle is unlocked or one of the
doors ¢
page 35 .
.&_ WARNING ~ -
Read and follow all WARNINGS ¢.&. in
General description on page 34 .

38 Openin g and clo sing
- On a vehicle locked from the outsid e the
power locking system switch is inopera­
t ive.
- locked doors make it more difficult for
emergency workers to get into the vehi­
cle, which puts lives at risk. Do not leave
anyone beh ind in the vehicle, especially
children.
(D Tips
Your vehicle is locked automatically at a
speed of 9 mph (15 km/h)
c> page 34 . You
can unlock the vehicle again us ing the
open ing function in the power lock ing sys­
t e m sw itch .
Emergency locking
Each door must be locked separately if the
power locking system fails .
Fig. 2 5 Door: Emer gen cy lock ing
"' 0 0 0 .., (D
An emergency loc k is located on the front end
of the passenger's doo r and the rear doors
(on ly visible when doo r is open) .
.,. Remove the mechanical key
c> pag e 33 .
... Pu ll the cover cap out of the opening
i=> fig. 25.
... Insert the key in the inside slot and turn it
all the way to the r ight (right door) or left
(left door).
Once the door has been closed, it can no lon­
ger be opened from the outside . T he door can
be opened from the ins ide by pu lling the door
handle. If the ch ild sa fe ty lock in a re ar door i s
act ivated, you must first pull the door hand le
on the inside . Then you can open the door
from the outs ide .
Rear lid
Power opening/closing rear lid
The rea r lid can be opened and closed auto­
matically .
Fig. 26 Dr ive r's doo r: Unlock ing th e rea r lid
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Fi g. 27 Lock ing sw it ch in t he r ear lid
Opening the rear lid
.,. To open t he rea r lid, p ress and hold the lal
button on the remote control master key for
at least one se cond. Or
.,. Pull the but ton
l=I i n the d river's doo r
c> fig. 26 brie fly . Or
... Press th e handle in the rear lid .
Closing the rear lid
"" Press the l=I butto n in the rear lid c> fig . 2 7 .
The rear lid m oves to t he closed pos ition by
itself and soft close locks it a utomat ically
¢ A .or
... Switch t he ignit ion on and pull and ho ld the
button
l a ! in the driver's door unt il the rear
lid is closed
c> A .
Setting the rear lid open position
... Bring the rea r lid into the des ired open pos i­
tion
c> Q). The pos ition can be stored at o nly
one specific height . .,.

~ Press and hold the button l"" I for at least
four seconds to store the new open position.
A visual and audio signal will follow.
The settings in the MMI determine if the rear lid can be opened using the handle ¢
page 35.
Opening will be stopped immediately when:
- You press the button
l"" I on the remote con-
trol master key, or
- You press the button
l"" I in the rear lid, or
- You push the handle in the rear lid, or
- You pull the button
l.:::s ! 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 immediately when:
- You press the button
l"" I in the rear lid, or
- You push the handle in the rear lid, or
- You release the button
l""I 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 open 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 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.
Opening and closing 39
- Never leave your vehicle unattended es­
pecially with the rear lid left open. A
child could crawl into the car through the luggage compartment and pull the lid
shut, becoming trapped and unable to
get out . To reduce the risk of personal in­
jury, never let children play in or around
your vehicle. Always keep the rear lid as
well as the vehicle doors closed when not
in use.
- Never close the rear lid inattentively or
without checking first. Although the
closing force of the rear lid is limited,
you can still seriously 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
help it when it is being opened or closed
automatically .
(D Note
The rear lid can bump into objects such as
the garage ceiling when opening and be­
come damaged.
(D Tips
-Audio signals are given when you close
the rear lid using the
l a! button in the
driver's door.
- If there is a mechanical problem with au­
tomatic closing for the rear lid or there is
an obstruction, it opens again immedi­
ately . Check to see why the rear lid could
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 automatically unlock itself af­
ter you lock the vehicle. This prevents
you from unintentionally locking your
key in the luggage compartment. .,.

instrument cluster illuminates when the
high beams are on.
- The
headlight flasher works only as long as
yo u hold the lever -even if there are no
l ights turned on . The indicator light
El in
the instrument cluster illuminates when you
use the headlight flasher.
A WARNING
Do not use the hig h beam or headlight
flasher if you know that these could blind
oncoming traffic .
Interior lights
Front and rear interior lighting
Fig. 37 Headliner: Front interior l ights
F ig . 38 Rear headl iner: Read ing light
Press the appropriate button ¢ fig. 3 7:
§1 -Interior lighting on/off
1!1-Door contact switch . The interior lighting
turns on automatica lly when you unlock the
vehicle, open a door 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 tu rns off afte r
a few minutes .
Clear vision 4 7
~ -Reading lights on/off
@ill-Switching the rear reading lights on/off
from the cockpit.
I ',; REARI* -Switching the rear read ing lights
on/off from the cockpit.
Ambience lighting
Applies to veh icles: w ith amb ience lighting
You can adjust the br ightness for the ambi­
ence lighting .
.,. Select in the MMI:
ICARI function button >
(Car)* systems control button > Vehicle set­
ting s
> Interior lighting > Brightnes s.
.,. To increase o r reduce the b rightness , turn
the knob and press it .
The ambience lighting turns on when yo u turn
the headlights on while the ign ition is swi tch­
ed on.
(0 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*.
Fig. 39 Ins trument illumina tion
.,. Press the knob to re lease it .
.,. Turn the knob toward"-" or"+" to reduce or
increase the br ightness.
.,. Press the knob aga in to return it to its origi-
na l posit ion .
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