2016 AUDI A7 Owners Manual

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Fastening . ... .............. ... .... .
H eight adjustment .............. .. .. .
Improperly worn ............ ... .. .. .
Not worn .. ...... ........... .. .... .
Safety belt posi tion ....... .. .. .. .. .. .
Safety instructions ................. . .
Securing child safety seats . .. .. .. .. .. .
Special considerations for pregnant wom-
en .. .. .. .. .......... · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 138
140
141
136
139
13 7
177
140
Unfasten ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Warning/indicator light.......... .. .. . 135
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Worn properly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Safety belt tensioner
drive select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Safety belt warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Safety compliance sticker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 71
Safety equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Safety features for occupan t restraint and
protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Safety guidelines Seat adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Safety instructions
Engine compartment ...... .. .. .. .. .. .
for side curtain airbags .... .. .. .. .. .. .
for using child safety seats ......... .. .
for using safety be lts ......... ... .. .. .
Monitoring the Advanced Airbag System .
Safety systems
218
166
170
137
157
Warn ing/ indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Saving fuel Cylinder on demand System . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
E fficiency program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Recuperation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Se at adjus tmen t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Driver's seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Front passenger's seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
H ead restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Safety guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Se at heating (four-zone au tom atic climate
control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Seat heating (thr ee-zone climate control) . . 70
Seating position
Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Fr ont passenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
How to adjust the front seats . . . . . . . . . . 128
Incorrect seat position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Index
Occupants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Rear pass engers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Seats Cleaning .. .. .. .. ....... ..... ... .. . . 208
Convenience side view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Correct seating position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Seat symmetry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Seats (number) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Seat ventilation (four- zone automa tic cl imate
con trol) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Se lective catalytic reduction
ref er to Ad Blue ... ................ ... 214
Selector lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Selector lever (autom atic transmission)
Emergency release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Service and disposa l
Saf ety belt pr ete nsioner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Serv ice interval display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Shift paddles .. .. .. ... .. .... .... .. .. ..
111
Ship (transporting your vehicle) . . . . . . . . . . 268
Side a irbags
Description .. .. .. ...... ....... .... . .
How they work . .. ....... ..... ... .. . .
side assist 161
163
Sensor range
.. ....... ........... .... 98
Sid e assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Adjusting the brightness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Cleaning the sensors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
switching on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
also refer to Side assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Sid e curtain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
How they work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Ski sack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
also r efer to Trunk pass-through . . . . . . . . 66
Snow cha ins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Socket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Sources of information about child restraints
and their use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Space-saving spare tire ..... ..... ..... . .
Spare tire ... .. .. .. ........ .... ..... . . 254
254
Speed limiter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Speed warning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Spoi ler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
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Index
Sport differentia l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Star button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Start-Stop-System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Eng ine does not switched off . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Eng ine starts automatically . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Indicato r lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
M essages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 2
Starti ng/stopping the engine . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Sw itchi ng off/on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
START E NGINE STOP button . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Starting from a stop Hill start assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
S tarti ng to d rive
W ith a t ra iler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Starti ng (engine) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 , 80
Steering Electrically ad justab le steering whee l . . . . 74
Electromechan ical stee ring ..... .. .. . 192, 0
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17, 192
Manually adjustable steer ing whee l . . . . . . 74
also refer to Elect romechan ica l stee ring . 192
Steer ing whee l
Buttons.... .. .. ............. .. .. .. .. 24
Easy seat entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Steer ing whee l heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Steering whee l co lumn
Ad justing e lectr ically. ......... .. .. .. .. 74
Ad justing manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
S teer ing whee l with tip troni c... .. .. .... . 11 1
Steps fo r determ ining correct load lim it . . . 24 7
Stopping the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
S topping (e ngine) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Sto rage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Storage compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Sto rage hooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
S tron ic (aut omatic transmission) . . . . . . . . 107
Launch control program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 0
Conven ience opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Eme rgency closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Sun shade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Sun visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Symbo ls
refer to Warn ing/indicator lights . . . . . . . . 11
288
T
Tachometer ... .... .. .. ... . .. .... 1 0, 11, 23
Tail lights Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
TOI clean diesel
refer to Ad Blue... .. ............... .. 214
Technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Technical modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
T emperature display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Te ther anchors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 3
Tether strap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Three-zone climate cont ro l
Air vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Auxiliary heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Bas ic settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Operati ng . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Tie-downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65, 133
Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Tips for the environment Sav ing fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
tiptronic (automatic transmission) ... 1 07,
111
Tires. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
A ll wheel d rive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Low aspect ra tio tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 49
Rep lacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Service life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Tire pressure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243, 252
Tire pressure mo nitoring system . . . . . . . 251
Tire pressure table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Treadwear indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Uni directional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Uni form tire quality g radi ng . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Tires and wheels Glossary of tire and loading terminology . 235
Tires and veh icle load limits . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Too ls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
To rn o r frayed safety belts 137
Towing Tow trucks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Towing loop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
TPMS (tire pressu re mon itoring system) . . . 251
Trai ler mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Notes .... .. .... .. .. .. ........... .. 203

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Trailer towing Operating instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
201
Park ing system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Tec hnical requirements . . . . . . . . . . . 201, 202
Train (tr anspo rting your veh icle) . . . . . . . . . 268
Transm iss ion ma lfunct ion (ind icator light) .
112
Transport Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Transport ing you r vehi cle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
T runk
refer to Luggage compartme nt . . . . . . . . . . 63
Trun k pass-th ro ugh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Tu rn signa ls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
4 4
War ning/ indica to r li ghts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2
u
ULSD No . 2 (Diesel fuel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 11
Unfasten ing safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Uniform t ire q ual ity g rading
Unlock ing 2 50
Powe r locking sw itch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Remot e control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Using the key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
V
Vanity m ir ror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 9
Vehicle Care/clean ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Out of serv ice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
198
Vehicle contro l mo dul es . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 7
Vehicle e lectr ica l system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Vehicle identificat ion labe l... .. .. .. .. ... 271
Ve hicle Identi fica tion N umber (VI N) . . . . . . 27 1
Vehicle jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253, 257
Vehicle transport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Ven tilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
68
w
Warn ing/ indicato r lights
A irbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
18
Anti-lo ck bra kin g sys tem (A BS) . . . . . . . . . . 1 9
B ra ke system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
C ruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2
Elect romechanica l par king brake . . . . . . . . 15
Elect ronic power co ntro l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Gene rator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
16
Index
G low p lug sys tem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Malfunction Indicator Lamp (MIL) . . . . . . . 20
Safety be lt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Turn signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Wa rning/Indi cato r lights
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1 54, 155
PASSENGER AIR BAG OF F . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Warning triangle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 53
Warranty coverages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Washer fl uid leve l (ind icator light) . . . . . . . . 2 1
Washe r reservo ir .. .. ... ....... ... .. .. 231
Wash ing matte f inish paint . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
We igh ts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 71
Wha t happens if you wear your safety belt too
loose? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
139
What happens to unbelted occupants? . . . . 136
W ha t impa irs d riving safety? . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Whee ls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 33
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
G lossary of tire and loading terminology .
235
Replac ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Tires and vehicle load limits . . . . . . . . . . . 245
When must a safety be lt be replaced? . . . . 13 7
When must t he a irbag system be inspected? 1.54
Where are lower anchorages located? . . . . .
181
Wild anim al recognition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Window regulators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Windows
Cleaning/removing ice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
207
Defrost ing (fo ur-zone automatic climate
control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
72
Defrost ing (three-zone climate contro l) . . . 69
Windshie ld
cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Defrost ing (fo ur-zone automatic climate
control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
72
Defrost ing (three-zone climate contro l) . . . 69
also refer to Windsh ield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Windshie ld washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
49
Washe r reservo ir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Windsh ie ld wipers
Cleaning w iper b lades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
F olding up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SO
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
21
Rep lac ing windsh ield wiper blades . . . . . . . SO
Switching on and
off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
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Index
Winter driving
Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Tires ... ... .. .. ................ .... 248
W inter operation
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Cooling system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Defrosting windows (four-zone automatic
climate control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Defrosting windows (three-zone climate
control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Seat heating (four-zone automatic climate
control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Seat heating (three-zone climate control) . 70
Steer ing whee l heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Winter tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Winter use
Car washes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Removing ice from windows . . . . . . . . . . . 207
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