2014 AUDI Q7 jump cable

4 Table of contents
Fuses and bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
302
Elect rical fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
Bulbs .. .. .. ... ... .... ... .. .. .... 305
Emergency situations . . . . . . . . . 30 7
General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
Starting by push ing or tow ing . . . . . . . 307
Starting with jumper cables . . . . . . . . 307
Use of jumper cab les . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308
Eme rgency towing with commercial
tow truck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
Lift ing vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 11
Technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 13
Technical Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 13
Vehicle ident ifica tion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 13
Weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 13
D imensions .... .. ..... ... .. .. ... . 314
Capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315
Gasoline engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315
Diese l eng ine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315
Consumer Information . . . . . . . 3 16
Warranty coverages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316
Operating your vehicle outside the U.S.A. or Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316
Audi Service Repair Manuals and Literature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 16
M aintenance.. ... .... .... .. .. .. .. 316
Addit ional accesso ries, modifications
and parts replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 318
D eclaration o f Compliance,
Te lecommunications and E lectronic
Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319
Inde x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 1

Always read and heed all WARNING S below
¢ A. and
¢A. in Working on the battery on
page 269.
.,. Turn off the ignit ion and a ll electrical con­
s u mers .
.,. Make sure the area is well vent ilated when
you charge the battery.
.,. Open the hood¢
page 257.
.,. Open the red cover on the posit ive pole
¢ fig . 247.
.,. Connect the charger connectors accord ing to
the instructions to the
jump start bolt s.
(Bolts unde r the red cover= "positive", Bolts
with hex head= "negative") .
.,. Only now pl ug the mains lead for the charg­
ing equipment into the wall outlet and turn
it on ¢
A_.
.,. Make su re the charging rate i s not o ver
30 arnp s/14.8 Volt.
.,. When the battery is fully charged: Turn the
charging equ ipment
off and remove the
mai ns lead from the wa ll outlet.
.,. Now remove the clamps for the charging
equipment.
.,. Close the red cove r on the pos it ive po le.
.,. Close the hood¢
page 257.
A discharged batte ry can fr eez e at tempera­
t ures of only O
0C. Allow a frozen batte ry to
thaw comp letely before a ttempting to charge
it ¢& . However, we recommend not using a
thawed battery again because the battery cas­
ing can be cracked due to ice formation and
can leak battery acid.
Battery charging (Ma ximum charging rate
o f 30 amp s/14 .8 Volt)
When charging at low voltages (e.g . w ith a
tric kle charger ), the battery cables do not
h ave to be disconnected first. The battery
caps should
not be opened when charging a
battery .
It is not necessary to remove the battery from
the luggage compartment.
Checkin g and fillin g 2 71
Fast charging the battery (cha rging rate
ab ove 14 .8 V olt s)
For technical reasons do not use a battery
charger that uses voltage greater than 14.8
Volts to charge your vehicle's battery.
A WARNING
~ -
Charging a battery can be dangerous .
-Always follow the operating instructions
provided by the battery charger manu­
facturer when charg ing your battery .
- Never charge a frozen battery.
It may ex­
plode because of gas trapped in the ice.
Allow a frozen batte ry to thaw out f irst.
- Do not reuse batteries wh ic h were fro­
zen. The battery hous ing may have
cracked and weakened when t he battery
froze.
- Charge the battery in a well ventilated area. Keep away from open flame or elec­
tr ica l spar k. Do not smoke. Hyd rogen gas
genera ted by the battery is explos ive .
- To reduce the danger of explosion, never
connect or d isconnect c harger cab les
while the charger i s ope rat ing .
- Fast cha rging a batte ry is dange rous and
should only be a ttempted by a compe­
tent techn ic ian wi th the p rope r equip­
men t.
- Battery acid tha t may spi ll dur ing cha rg­
ing should be washe d
off with a solu tion
of wa rm water and baking soda to neu ­
tralize the acid.
([) Note
Never use a fast charger as a booster to
star t the engine. This w ill seriously dam­
age sens it ive e lectronic com ponen ts, s uch
as contro l units, re lays, radio, etc., as well
as the batte ry charger. •
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Emergency situations
General
This chapter is intended for trained emer­
gency crews and working personnel who have the necessary tools and equipment to
perform these operations.
Starting by pushing or
towing
(D Note
Your v ehicl e is e quipped w ith an automatic
tra nsm iss io n. Cons eque ntly, the e ngine
cann ot be started by pus hing o r tow ing.
Starting with jumper
cables
If necessary, the engine can be started by
connecting it to the battery of another vehi­
cle.
If th e engine shou ld fail to start because of a
d ischarged o r weak battery, the battery can be
connected to the battery of
another veh icle,
usi ng a
pair of jumper cables to start the en­
gine .
Jumper c ables
Use only jumper cab les of sufficiently large
cross section to carry the starter cur rent safe­
l y. Refer to the man ufacturer's specifications.
Use only jumper cables with
insulated te rm i­
na l clamps w hich are d istinctly mar ked:
plus(+ ) cable in mos t ca ses co lore d red
minus(-) cable
i n most cases colored black .
A WARNING
Batteries con tai n elec trici ty, a cid, and gas.
Any o f these c an caus e ve ry ser ious or f atal
injury . Follow the instruc tions below fo r
safe han dling of your veh icle's battery .
- Alw ays s hield y our eyes and a void le an­
ing over the batte ry w henever possib le .
Emergency situations 307
- A discharged battery can freeze at tem­
pe rat ures just below 32 °F (0 °C). Before
connecting a jumpe r cable, you must
thaw the frozen battery c omp lete ly, ot h­
e rwise it could explode.
- Do not allow battery acid to co ntact eyes
or skin . Fl ush any con tacted area wi th
wat er immediately .
- Imp roper use of a booster battery to
s tart a vehicle may cause an ex plosion.
- Vehicle batter ies generate expl osive gas­
es. Keep sparks, flame and lighted c iga­
rettes away from ba tte ries.
- Do not t ry to jump start a ny ve hicle w it h
a low ac id leve l in the battery.
- The voltage of the booste r battery m ust
also have a 12-Vo lt rat ing. T he capac ity
(Ah) of the booste r batt ery sho uld not b e
lowe r than that of th e discharged bat­
t ery. Use o f batt eries of d iffe ren t vol tage
or su bstan tia lly differen t "Ah" rat ing
may cause an exp losion and pers onal in­
jury .
- N ever ch arge a fr ozen batt ery. Gas t ra p­
pe d in the ice may c ause an ex plosion .
- N ev e r ch arge o r use a batt ery th at h as
been fro zen . Th e batte ry case may have
be weake ned.
- U se o f batter ies of di ffere nt vol tage or
substantially differen t ca pa city (Ah) rat ­
i ng may cause an exp losion and injury .
T he ca pa c ity (Ah) of the booster battery
should not be lower than that of the dis­
charged battery.
- Before you check anything in the engine
compa rtment, always read an d heed a ll
WARNINGS
c::;,page 257.
(D Note
-App lyi ng a hi gher vo ltage booste r ba t­
t ery wi ll cause expens ive damage to sen ­
sit ive e lectronic components, such as
cont ro l units, relays, rad io , etc.
- There must be no electrical c ontact be ­
tween the vehicles as otherw ise current
co uld already start to f low as soon as t he
posi tive(+) terminals a re con nect ed. ..,. •
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308 Emergen cy si tuation s
@ Tips
- The discharged battery must be properly
connected to the vehicle's electrical sys­
tem. When jump starting or charging the
battery, never connect the negative
ground cable to the battery negative post because the battery manager sys­
tem must be ab le to detect the battery 's
state of cha rge. A lways connect the neg­
at ive g round c able to the neg ative
ground post o f the battery manager co n­
trol uni t.
Use of jumper cables
Make sure to connect the jumper coble
clomps in exactly the order described below!
Fig. 271 Eng ine compartme nt: Co nnecto rs fo r jumper
cab les and c harger
®
Fi g. 272 Jump starting with the battery of another ve­
hicle: A - booste r battery, B - discha rged vehicle battery
The procedure described below for connecting
jumper cables is intended to provide a jump
start for your veh icle.
Vehicle with discharged b attery :
.. Turn
off lights and accessories, move lever
of automatic transmission to N (Neutral) or
P (Park) and set parking brake. Connect POSITIVE(+) to POSITIVE(+
)
(red )
.. Open the red cover on the positive pole
¢fig. 271.
1. Connect one end of the red positive cable
on the
jump start bolt c::;, fig. 2 72 @
(Bolts under red cover = "positive") of the
vehicle to be started @.
2. Connect th e othe r end to the positive ter-
mi na l@ of the booster batte ry @ .
Connect NEGATIVE (-) to NEGATIVE (-)
(black )
3. Connect one end of the b lack negative ca­
ble to the negat ive termi na l@ of the
booster ba ttery @.
4 . Connect the othe r end of the black nega­
tive cab le to the
jump start bolt@ (Bolts
with hex head= "negative") of the vehicle
to be started @.
Sta rting the engine
.. Start t he engine o f the veh icle w ith the
booste r ba ttery @. Run the engine at a
moderate speed .
.. Start engine with discharged vehicle battery
@ in the usual manner.
.. If the engine fails to start: do not keep the
starter crank ing for lo nger than 10 seconds.
Wait for about 30 seconds an d the n try
again.
"" With engine running, remove j umpe r cab les
from both vehicles in the exact
reverse o r·
de r .
.. Close the red cover on the positive pole .
T he battery is vente d to the outside to p reven t
gases from entering the veh icle inter ior. M ake
s u re that the j umper clamps are well connec t­
ed with their
metal ports in full contact with
the battery term inals.
A WARNING
-
To avoid serious persona l injury and dam-
age to the veh icle, h eed all warnings and
i nstructions of the jumper cable ma nufac-
turer. If in doubt , call for road service. ,..

-Jumper cables must be long enough so
that the vehicles do not t ouch.
- W hen connecting jumper ca bles, make
sure that they cannot get caught in any
moving parts in the eng ine compart­
ment.
- Before you check anything in the engine
compartment, always read and heed all
WARNINGS
Q page 257.
(D Note
Improper hook-up of jumper cables can ru­
in the generator.
- Always connect POSITIVE( +) to POSI ­
TIVE(+), and NEGATIVE(-) to NEGATIVE
( - ) ground post of the battery manager
control unit.
- Check that all screw plugs on the battery
cells are screwed in firmly. If not, tighten plugs prior to connecting clamp on nega­
tive battery terminal.
- Please note that the procedure for con­
nect ing a jumper cable as described
above applies spec ifically to the case of
your vehicle be ing jump started . When
you are giving a jump start to another ve­
hi cle, do
not connec t the negat ive (-) ca­
ble to the negat ive( -) term inal on the
discharged battery ©¢
fig. 2 72. In ­
stead, securely connect the negative( -)
cable to e ither a solid metal component
that is firmly bolted to the engine block
or to the engine block itse lf. If the bat­
tery that is being charged does not vent
to the outside, escaping battery gas
could ignite and exp lode!
Em erg en cy si tuation s 309
Emergency towing
with commercial tow
truck
General hints
Your Audi requires special handling for tow­
ing.
T he following information is to be used by
commercial tow t ruck operators who know
how to operate their equipment safely.
- Never tow your Audi , towing will cause
damage to the engine a nd transmi ssion.
- Never wrap th e safet y chain s or winch c a­
ble s around th e brak e lin es.
- To prevent unne ce ss ary dam age, your Aud i
mu st be t ransp orted with a flat bed truck .
- To load th e vehi cle on to the fl at bed, us e
the t owing loop found in the vehicle t ool s
and atta ch to the front or rear anch o rage
¢ page 310 and Qpage 310 .
A WARNING
A vehicle being towed is not safe for pas­
sengers. Never allow anyone to ride in a
vehicle be ing towed, for any reason.
-
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Doors
Power child saf ety lock . ... .. .. .. .. ..
48
Dr iver information system ... .. .. .. .. .. 2 1
Di gita l speedomete r ...... .. .. .. .. .. 22
D river info rmation messages . . . . . . . . . 30
Open door or rear lid warning . . . . . . . . . 22
Outside temperature display . ... .. .. .. 22
Sound system display .. ... .. .. .. .. .. 2 1
D river seat
refer to Seat ing pos it ion ... .. .. .. .. . 165
Driver's seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Driver's seat memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 4
Activating remote control key . .. .. .. ..
75
Recall ing a seat posit ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 4
Sto ring a seat position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 4
D riving messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Driving mode
refer to Adaptive Air Suspe nsion . 155, 1 57
Driving offroad
Driving through water ......... ... .. 238
Driving tips .... ........... ... ... ..
237
Rule s of behav io r ............ .. .... 23 7
S and and m ud ........... .... .. .. . 238
Snow-covered groun d ..... .. .. .. .. .
238
Unpaved roads ........... .... .. ... 238
Dr iving safe ly .......... ...... .... ..
164
Driving through water ... ... .. .. .. .. . 238
D riving t ime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
24
Duplicate key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
D ust filter
Climate controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
92
E
E asy en try featu re .. ..... ... .. .. .. .. . 104
Efficiency program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Fue l economy messages . ...... ... ... 27
M emory levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Othe r equipmen t ......... .. .. .. .. .. 2 7
Electric seat adjustment
refer to Power seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Electro nic differential lock (EDL) . ... .. . 224
Warn ing/ indicator lights . . . . . . . . . 16, 18
Ele ctr onic immobili ze r ...... .. .. .. .. .. 40
Electronic power co ntrol
( E PC) wa rn ing/indicator light ... ... ...
15
Electronic speed limiter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Inde x 325
Electronic Stabilization Cont ro l (E SC) ... 224
Hill descent contro l ..... .... ... .. .. 225 •
Offroad mode .. .. .. . .. ... .... ... .. 225 •
Warning/ind icator lights .......... .. . 16
Emerge ncy flashe r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Wa rning/ind icator lights ..... ... .. .. . 16
Emergency locking of doors ............ 45
Emergency operation
Rear lid . .. .. .. .. .. ............... .
48
Emergency starting . .. .. ..... ... .. .. 3 0 7
Emerge ncy towing ... . .. .. .. ... ... .. 309
Energy management ... .. .... ... .. .. 229
Battery power . .. .... ........... .. 230
Driver notification ................. 230
Engine
Compartment .... .. . .. .. ..... ... ..
259
Coolant ... .. .... .. . .. .. ..... ... .. 264
Data ..... .. .. .. ... ............ .. 315
Hood ..... .. .. .. ................. 257
Start ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105, 106
Starting with jumpe r cables ........ . 307
Stopping ........ .. ............... 106
Engine compartment
Safety instr uctions .. ........... .... 257
Work ing the eng ine compartment .. ..
257
Engine coolant system . .. ..... ... .. .. 264
Adding coo lant ..... . .. .. ..... ... .. 266
Checking coolant level .............. 265
Checking the engine coolant level ... .. 265
Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Radiator fan ..... .. ............... 267
Engine coolant temperature
Temperat ure gauge ............ .... .
10
Engine hood
Closing ... .. .... .. . .. .. ..... ... ..
2 57
How to re lease the hood ..... ... .. .. 257
Engine o il ..... ... .. ............... 259
Adding ... .. .. .. ............... .. 263
Addi tives .... .. ...... ........... ..
2 63
Changi ng ... .. .... .. ... ..... ... .. 263
Checking the engine oil leve l .. ... .. ..
262
Consumption . ..... . .. .. ..... ... .. 261
Ind ications and conditions requir ing ex-
tra checking . .. .. ............... ..
262
Oil grades . .. .. .. ................. 259
Recommended oil check intervals . .. .. 262
Spec ificat io n and viscosity .......... . 259

328 Index
Imp roperly worn safety be lts ... .. .... . 181
Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
A irbag system ........... .... .... . 194
PASSENG ER A IR BAG OFF .. .. .. .. .. . 194
Infant seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
I nflatable spare tire ..... ... .. .. .... . 295
Inflating ... ... . ...... ... ... ..... . 296
I ns tal ling ch ild safety seats
Safety belts ........... .. .. .. .. .. . 214
Installing the upper tether strap on the
ancho rage ... ... .... .... .. .. .. .. .. . 222
Instrument cluster ill umination . ... .. . . 13
I ns truments and controls ... .. .. .... .. 10
General illustra tion ..... .. .. .. .. .. ... 8
Inter ior lights
Front .. .. .. ..... ........... ... .. .. 61
Rear .. .. .. .. . .......... .. .. .... .. 61
Intermittent w iping
Ra in sensor .............. .. .. .. .. .. 63
l
Jack .. .. .. .. ................. .... . 294
J ump-s tart ing .. ........... .. .. .. .. . 307
Jumper cables ................ ... .. . 308
K
Key . .. .. .. .. .. . .......... .. .. .... .. 38
Ba ttery replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Coded sett ings .............. ... .. .. 92
Conven ience opening and closing of w in-
dows .... ... .. .... .... .. .. .. .. .. .. 53
E mergency key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Key replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Master key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Valet key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Key coded sett ings
C lima te controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 2
Keyless entry remote control . .. .. .. .. . . 38
Kick -down
tiptronic ... .. . .. ..... ... .. .. .... . 14 1
L
LA T C H
D escription .. .. .. ..... ... .. .. .... .
Guidance fixt ures fo r lower anchorages 21
7
218
219 Installing a child restra
int .. ... ... . .. 220
Location . ..... .. ... .. ..... ... .. .. 218
Mounting and releasing the anchorage
hook . .... .... .. ............. .... 220
Latera l ang le .... .. ............. .... 237
Leather cleaning/protect ion ....... ... 24 7
Level adj ustment
refer to Adaptive Air Suspension . 155, 157
Lifting jack . .. .. .. ... .......... .. .. 299
Lifting vehicle ..... ................ . 311
Light Exterior lighting in the mirror housing .. 59
leav ing home .. .. ... .......... .. .. . 59
also refer to Amb ience light ing .. .. .. . 62
Lighting
refer to Ambience lighting . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Light ing in the m irror housing ..... .. .. . 59
Lights . .. .. .... .. ............. ..... 57
Coming home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Daytime runn ing lights ............ .. 58
Emergency flashe rs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Exterior lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Front fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Headl ights .. .. .. ... .......... .... . 57
High beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57, 60
High beam warning/indicator light . ... . 18
Leaving home .... .. ... ..... ... .. .. . 58
Rear fog lights ... ............... .. . 59
S ide marker lights ............. ..... 57
Turn signals . ... . ... ... .... ... .. .. . 60
Xenon headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 7
Light sensor defective . .. ..... ... .. .. . 35
Load ing the luggage compartmen t ..... 170
Load ing the roof rack ............ .... . 85
Locking Power locking switc h ... ..... ... .. .. . 44
Rear lid/trunk lid ... .... .... ... .. .. . 45
Remote control key ............ .... . 43
U sing the key .. .. ............. .. .. . 43
Lower universal anchorage bars (Canada) 217
Lower unive rsal ancho rages (Canada) 217
Luggage Stow ing .. .... .. ... .......... .... 170
l uggage compa rtment
Tie-down rings ... .. ... ..... ... .. .. . 81