2015 AUDI Q5 key battery

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@ Tips
-Side assist is not active wh ile you are mak­
i ng the ad justment .
- Your settings are automatically stored and
ass igned to the remote control key being
u sed.
Driver messages
App lies to vehicles: with Audi side assist
If s ide ass ist switches off by itse lf, the LED in the
button turns off and a message wi ll appea r in the
in str ument cluster d is pl ay:
Audi side assist unavailable: Sensors blocked
The radar sensors' vision is affected. Do not cover
the area in front of the senso rs with bike wheels,
sticke rs, dirt or other objects. Clean the area in
fro nt of t he sensors, if necessary
c:> page 117,
fig . 130 .
Audi side assist: Currently unavailable
Side assist cannot be switched o n tempo rari ly be­
cause there i s a ma lf u nctio n (for examp le, the
battery c harge level may be too l ow) .
Audi side assist: System fault!
The system cannot guara ntee that it wi ll dete ct
ve hicles co rrectly an d it is switc hed off. The sen­
sors have been disp laced or are fau lty. Have t he
system checked by an auth orized A udi dealer or
author ized Audi Serv ice Facility so on .
Audi side ass ist: Unavailable when towing
Side assist sw itches off automatically when a fac­
tory- insta lled trailer hitch is connected to the
e lectrica l connector on the tra ile r. The re is n o
g ua rantee the system w ill switch off w hen using
a retr ofitted tra ile r hitch. Do not use s ide assist
wh en towing a tra ile r.
Aud i side assist
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Index
Automatic driv ing light contro l . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Automatic Sh ift Lock (ASL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Automatic transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Automatic Shift Lock (ASL) . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Driving ...... .................. ... . 125
Emergency mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Emergency release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
H ill descent control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Kick -down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Manual sh ift program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Remova l lock (ignition key) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Selector lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Shift paddles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Automatic wipe/wash system . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Auto Safety Hotline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
AUTO (climate control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Average speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Avoid damaging the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
B
Bass box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Battery locat ion inside the luggage compa rt-
ment .............................. 231
Charge level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105, 232
Energy management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Important warnings when working on the
battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Jump starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Replacing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Voltage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
W inte r operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Working on the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Before driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Belt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
B io-ethanol (Fue l) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Blended gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Blower (climate control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Booster seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Brake fl uid
Changing the brake flu id . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Checking the brake fluid level . . . . . . . . . . 229
Brake system Anti-lock brake system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Brake booster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
286
Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Brake fluid specifications for refill and re­
placement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Brake light defective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
E lectromechanical parking brake . . . . . . . . 89
Fluid reservo ir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Wa rning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Worn b ra ke pads symbo l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Brak ing
Brake assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Braking guard ..... .. .. ... . .... ... 107, 113
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Switching on and
off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Break-in period Brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
B reak ing in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
New tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
B reakover angle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Bul bs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
C
Californ ia Proposition 65 Warning . . . . . . . 222
Battery specific . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
AdBlue ... .. .... .. .. .. ........... .. 218
Engine oi l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Cargo area
refer to Loading the l uggage compart-
ment..... .. .... .. .. .. ........... .. 140
Cargo floor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Center armrest
Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Storage compar tment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Central locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Certification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
Chang ing
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Checking Engine coolant level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227

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Electronic Stabilization Control . . . . . . . . . . 191
Electronic Stabilization Control (ESC)
H ill descent assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
193
Offroad mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Warn ing/ indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Emergency braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Emergency flasher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
E mergency key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Starting engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Emergency locking of the doors . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Emergency operation
Luggage compartment lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
45
Emergency release
Selector lever ...................... .
E t . mergency s artmg ........... .... ... .
Emergency unlocking
128
271
Ignition key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Energy management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Engine
Compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
223
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
H ood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Jump starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84, 87, 99
Startingwithjumpercab les . ... .. .. ... 271
Stopping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86, 88, 99
E . ngine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Working the engine compartment ... .. . 221
E . l ngine coo ant system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Adding coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Checking coolant leve l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Radiator fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Engine coolant temperature
Temperature gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
10
Engine hood
Closing .. .. .. .... ...... ... .. .. .. .. .
How to release the hood ...... .. .... . .
Engine oil Adding
Additives . .. ................. .. .... .
Changing .. ................. .. .... .
Check oil level .............. .... ... .
221
221
223
225 225
226 225
Consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Index
Oil consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Pressure malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Sensor defective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Specification and viscosity . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Engine speed limitation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Environment
Catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
198
Diesel particulate filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Disposing of your vehicle battery . . . . . . . 233
Driving at high speeds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Fuel...... .... .. .. .............. ... 216
Leaks under your vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Letting the vehicle stand and warm up . . . 200
Proper disposal of drained brake fluid . . . 230
Proper disposal of drained engine coolant 228
Proper disposal of drained engine oil 225, 226
Recycling used engine oil. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Roof rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 4
Unleaded fuel.. .. ... .......... .. .. ..
213
What shou ld I do with an old battery? . . . 233
EPC
refer to Electronic power control . . . . . . . . 15
ESC
refer to Electronic Stabilization
Control (ESC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
15
Ethyl alcohol (Fuel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Event Data Recorder (EDR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Expansion tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Explanation of some technical terms . . . . . 202
Exterior lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Exterior mirrors
Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
59
D . . ,mmmg ...... .. ............. .... .. . 60
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Eyeglasses compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
F
Fall line
Fan Radiator
Fastening 202
229
Booster seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Convertible child safety seats . . . . . . . . . . 178
Infant seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Flexib le fue l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Floor mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
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Hill descent control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Homelink (garage door opener) . . . . . . . . . . 48
Hood Opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Release lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
H ow are child restraint system anchors relat-
ed to chi ld safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
How many airbags does my vehicle have? . . 158
How safety belt pretensioners work . . . . . . 150
H ybrid drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
12 volt batter ies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Consumption display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Efficient drive mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Energy flow display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
EV mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
High voltage battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98, 105
High voltage system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Operating modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Power meter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Starting the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Transport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
I
Ignition
Sw itch ing on/off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Ignition key Emergency unlocking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
I gnition lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30, 34
Imbalance (wheels) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Important things to do before driving . . . . 135
I mp roperly worn safety be lts. . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14, 100
A irbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Infant seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Inflatable spare tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Inflating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Inflation pressure (tires) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Install ing the upper tether strap on the an­
chorage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
I nstrument cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
I nstrument illum inat ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Index
Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Instruments and controls General illustration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Interior lights
Front. .. .. .. .. .. .... .... .... ... .. .. . 55
Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Interval wiping .... ................ ... . 57
Rain sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
J
Jump-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Jumper cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Jump starting 105
K
Key.............. .. ................ .. 36
Battery replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Check light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 7
Emergency key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Ignition/eng ine on/off. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Key replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Master key with remote control . . . . . . . . . 36
Mechan ical key.................. .. . .. 37
Removing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Kick-down tiptron ic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
L
Lane Change Assistant
refer to Side assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
LATCH ......... .. .. .............. ... 184
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Installing a child restraint . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Mounting and releasing the anchorage
hook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Latera l ang le . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Leather care/cleaning................ .. 211
Left hand drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Lifting jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Light Coming home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Daytime running lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Driving light contro l. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Emergency flashers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
291

Index
Exterior lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
High beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
High beam warn ing/ indicator light. . . . . . . 17
Interior/reading lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Leaving home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Sensor ....... .. ................ ... .. 52
Sensor defective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Switching on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Travel mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Turn signa ls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Lighting
Exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
52
Interior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Loading the luggage compartment . . . . . . . 140
Locking
Power locking switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
42
Rear lid/trunk lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Remote control key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Using the mechanical key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Low beams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Defective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Luggage compartment
Cargo net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
72
Cover...... ......................... 71
Expanding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69, 70
Storage hooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Storing cargo correct ly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Tie-down rings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
70
also refer to Loading the luggage compart -
ment .. .. .. .. ............... .. .. ... 140
L uggage compartment lid
Emergency unlocking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
45
Lumbar support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
M
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Malfunction Indicator Lamp (MIL)
Master key 17,26
Battery replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 7
Check light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 7
Mechanical key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
37
Memory for driver's seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Recall ing settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Storing settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Memory function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
292
Mileage
Average...... ... .. .. ................ 22
Instantaneous ... .. .. .............. .. 22
Mirrors Activating the digital compass . . . . . . . . . .
61
Adjusting the exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . 59
dimming ... ..... .. .. .............. .. 60
Monitoring the Advanced Airbag System . . 162
N
Natural leather care/cleaning
NHTSA 211
Contacting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
N itrogen oxide (NOx) catalyt ic converter
refer to Ad Blue. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Number of seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
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Occupant seating posi tions 136
Octane rating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Offroad mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
OFF (climate control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Oil
refer to Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223, 225
Oil consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
On-Board Diagnostic System (OBD)
Data Link Connector (DLC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
26
Electronic speed limiter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Malfunction Indicator Lamp (MIL) . . . . . . . 26
Onboard tool kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Open door or rear lid warning . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Opening..... ..... .. .................. 36
Panoramic sliding sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Other equipment (efficiency program) . . . . . 25
Outside mirrors
refer to Exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Outside temperature display . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Owner's Literature 5
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Paint damage 210
Paint No. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
277