2016 AUDI Q5 Owners Manual

Owner's Manual
2016 Audi QS I SQS
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Foreword
Thank you for choosing an Audi - we value your trust in us.
Your new Audi will allow you to experience the best in groundbreaking technolo­
gy and premium quality equipment a vehicle has to offer. We recommend that
you read your Owner's Manual thoroughly so that you quickly become acquaint ­
ed with your Audi and make use of all of its features .
In addition to explaining how the different features work, we provide many use­
ful tips and information concerning your safety, how to care for your vehicle and how to mainta in your veh icle's value. We also g ive you useful tips and informa­
tion on how to drive your veh icle more efficiently and in an environmentally
friendly manner.
In the Owner 's Manual, you will also find the Operat ing Manual for your Info­
tainment system and the veh icle ma intenance schedule .
We hope you enjoy driving your Audi and we wish you safe and pleasant motor­
i ng .
AUDIAG

Table of contents
Owner's Literature
5
About this Owner's Manual . . . . . . 6
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Cockpit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
General illustration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Instruments and indicator lights 10
Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Driver information system . . . . . . 20
I n tr oduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
On -board computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Efficiency program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
On Board Diagnostic System (OBD) . . . . . 26
Electronic speed limiter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Auto Check Contro l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Open ing and closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Central locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Opening and clos ing rear lid . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Automatic rear lid/trunk lid operation 44
Em ergency unlo cking of the luggage
compa rtment lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Ch ild safety lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Power windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Panorama roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Garage door opener (Home link) . . . . . . . . 48
Lights and Vision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Exterior lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Interior lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
V1s1on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Windshield wipers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Digital compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
61
Seats and storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Gene ral information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Front seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Memory function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Rear seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Cente r armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
68
Luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
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Roof rack ... .. .. .. .. ... .......... . .
Beverage holders ... .. .. ........... . .
Climatized cupholders ... . .......... . .
(upholders in the door pockets ...... . .
Ashtray ....... .. .. .. ............. . .
Cigarette lighter/socket ............. .
Stor ing ... .. .. .. .. .. ........ ..... . .
Warm and cold .. .. ... .. ..... ... . .
Climate control system ........ ..... . .
Dnv1ng ....... .. .. .. ............. . .
Steering ........ ... ............. .. .
Ig niti on lock ...... ... .............. .
Convenience key .. .. .. ... .. ... ... .. . .
Driver messages .. .. .. .. ........... . .
Electromechanical parking brak e ..... . .
Start/Stop system .... .. . .......... . .
Speed warning system .. .. .......... . .
Cruise control system
Hybrid ..... .. .. .. .. ... .......... . .
Hybrid dr ive ... .. .. .. .. ........... . . 72
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Audi adaptive cruise control and
braking guard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
106
Introd uction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Genera l information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Audi adaptive cruise contro l . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Audi braking guard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Audi side assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . llS
S ide assist .. .. .. .. .. ........ ..... .. 115
Audi drive select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Drive sett ings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Automatic transmiss ion . . . . . . . . . 122
tiptronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Parking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Parking system plus with rearview camera 128
Adjusting the display and warn ing tones 133
Trailer hitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Er ror messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

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Driving safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Correct passenger seating positions . . . . . 135
Pedal area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Storing cargo correct ly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Repo rt ing Safety Defects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 1
Safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Ge ne ral information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Why use safety belts? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
S afety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 6
Bel t tensione rs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 9
Airbag system .......... .... ... .. . 15 1
I mportant info rm ation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Fr on t air bags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
M oni toring the A dvanced Airbag Sys tem . 16 1
Side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Side curtain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Child safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Important information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 1
Ch ild seats . .. ............... .. .... . 17 6
Secur ing child seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
LATCH system (Lower anchorages and
tethers for children) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Addit ional information 188
Driver messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Intelligent Technology . . . . . . . . . . 189
Not ice about data reco rded by the Event
D ata Recorde r and vehicle control
mod ules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
E lectronic Stabilization Con trol ( ESC) . . . . 190
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Elect romechanica l power assist, Dynam ic
steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Driving w ith your quattro . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Energy management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Driving and the environment . . . . 197
Breaking in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Cata lytic converte r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
D iese l part icu late filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Avoid damagi ng the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . 198
E conomical and environmentally-fr iendly
driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
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Offroad driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
201
Driving under diffic ult con ditions and off -
road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Trailer mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Driving with a trai ler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Trailer mode notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Operating instructions . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Care and cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Genera l information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Car washes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Cleaning and care informat ion . . . . . . . . . 208
Plac ing your vehicle out of serv ice . . . . . . 211
Fuel and Refueling ............... 212
Fuel ......... ...................... 212
Refue ling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Se lective cata lytic red uction (AdBlue) 217
Checking and Filling . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
En gine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 2
En gine oi l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 22
Cooling sys tem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 26
Brake fl uid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Windsh ield/headlight washer container 233
Wheels .. .. .. .. .. ... .. ..... ... .. .. 234
Wheels and Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Tire p ressure mon itoring system
251
Do It Yourself . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Emergency assistance . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Vehicle jack, vehicle tool kit and
collapsib le spare tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
T ire mobility kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Replacing w heels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Fuses and bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
B ulbs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Emergency situations . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Genera l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Start ing by p ushi ng o r tow ing . . . . . . . . . . 270
Sta rt ing wi th ju mpe r cab les . . . . . . . . . . . 270
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Use of jumper cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Towing with a tow tr uck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Ra is ing the veh icle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Technical Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Veh icle identif ication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
We ights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Dimensions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Capac it ies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Gasoline engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Diese l eng ine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
Consumer information . . . . . . . . . . 280
Wa rranty coverages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Operating your ve hicle outside the U.S.A.
or Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Aud i Service Repair Man ua ls and
Literature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Accessories and techn ical changes . . . . . . 282
Declarat ion of Compliance,
Telecommun ications and Electro nic
Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Inde x ... .. .. .. .. . ... ... .... .. .. .. . 284
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comes w ith a War ranty
& M aintenance boo klet.
Mor eover , de pe ndi ng on th e mo del and th e
e quip ment, there may be add itional i nstru ctio n
b o oklets delive red with yo ur vehicle ( fo r ex am ­
p le, Ope rating I nstructions for your Sound Sys­
tem, Navigation System etc.).
If yo u a re mi ssing one of these public ations, or if
you believe t hat the informa tio n is not com plete,
contact your authorized A udi dealer for assis­
tance.
The Warranty & Maintenance booklet
e x pl ain s how yo u ca n keep yo ur Audi in top driv ­
ing cond itio n by having i t se rvi ced reg ularly and
con tains de tailed i nforma tion a bout t he war ran ­
ties cove ring your Audi. Always have the boo klet
wit h you when you take your veh icle to an author­
ized A udi dealer for serv ice. Your Audi Serv ice Ad ­
visor w ill record each sched uled service and ca n
a nswer a ny questions yo u may have rega rding
h ow to maintain your ve hicle .
In Canada,
the vehicle lite rature is also available in French.
To obtain a copy, co ntact you r dealer or write t o:
Au Cana da, on peut se p roc urer un exemp lai re en
fran~ais de ce docume nt au pres du concessio n­
na ire o u de :
Au di Canad a
C lient Assistance
Assistance a la Clientele
777 Bayly Street, West,
Ajax, Ontario LlS 7G7
If you sell your Audi
al l lite ra tur e should be left in t he ve hicl e to make
the Warranty terms as well as a ll operating, safe ­
ty a nd ma inte nance informat ion ava ila bl e to the
next owner.
If you change your address or if you bought
this Audi used
be sure to se nd in a "Notice of A ddress Change" I
"N otice of Used Car Pu rchase" post card. This
card can be found in the Warranty
& Ma inte-
Owner 's Literature
nance boo klet o r o bta ined from your au thori zed
A udi dealer.
It is in your own interest that we are able to
contact you should the need arise.
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About this Ow ne r's Manual
This manua l contains important information,
tips, suggestions and warnings for using your ve­ h icle.
Keep this manua l in yo ur vehicle at all times. This
is especially important if yo u loan your vehicle to
others or sell it.
This owner's manua l describes the
equipment
rang e
specified for this mode l at the time of
printing. Individual equipment options described
may on ly be available at a later date or may on ly
be offered in certain countries.
Some se ct ions in this manua l do not apply to all
vehicles. When this is the case, the beginning o f
the section indicates the
va lidity , for example
"Applies to veh icles: with Audi s ide ass ist" . Op ­
tional or vehicle-spec ific equ ipment is a lso identi ­
fied with an asterisk"*".
The
illu st ration s are designed as a general guide
and on your vehicle may look s light ly different
than what is illustrated.
There is a
Table of Content s at the beginning of
this owner's manua l that lists a ll of the topics
covered in this book in the order that they ap­ pear. There is also an alphabetical
Inde x at the
end of this owner's manual.
All
direct ion s, such as "left", "right", "front" and
"rear", are based on the vehicle's direct ion of
travel.
* Optiona l or vehicle -specific equipment
.,._ The section conti nues on the next page.
~ .&. Cross reference to a "WARNING" with in a
section. If a page number is indicated, the
WARN ING is located o uts ide of the section.
&, WARNING
T ex t with this sy mbol con tains info rmation
about safety and how to reduce the risk of se ­
rious persona l injury or death .
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Text with th is symbol contains info rmation
about reducing the risk of damage to your ve­
hicle.
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® For the sake of the environment
Text with this symbol contains information on protecting the envi ronment .
@ Tips
Text with this symbol contains additional use ­
ful information.