2017 AUDI Q5 steering wheel

Wheels
vibration in the steering wheel. For
unidirectional tires, make
If you do not, the tires and other sure the tires are installed accord-
vehicle components could wear ing to the running direction indi -
more quickly. cated on the tire sidewall
Treadwear indicator 9page 259.
Original equipment tires contain Hidden damage
treadwear indicators in the tread Damage to tires and rims can of-
pattern, which are bars that are ten occur in locations that are
1/16 inch (1.6 mm) high and are hidden. Unusual vibrations in the
spaced evenly around the tire per- vehicle or pulling to one side may
pendicular to the running di rec- indicate that there is tire damage.
tion
9 fig. 203. The letters "TWI" Reduce your speed immediately .
or triangles on the tire sidewall Check the tires for damage. If no
indicate the location of the tread- damage is visible from the out-
wear indicators. side, drive slowly and carefully to
The tires have reached the mini- the nearest authorized Audi deal-
mum tread depth
l ) when they er or authorized Audi Service
Fa-
cility to have the vehicle inspect -
have worn down to the treadwear
indicators. Replace the tires with ed.
new ones
9 .1:,.. A WARNING
Tire rotation Tread that has worn too low or
Rotating the tires regularly is rec- different tread depths on the
tires can reduce driving safety.
ommended to ensure the tires
wear evenly. To rotate the tires, This can especially have a nega-
tive effect on handling, on the
install the tires from the rear axle
on the front axle and vice versa. risk aquaplaning when driving
This will allow the tires to have through water, when driving
...
approximately the same
length of
service life.
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Index
A
A/C (climate control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Active lane assist
Cleaning the camera area . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Adaptive cruise control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Cleaning the sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Indicator lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
M essages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Request for driver intervention . . . . . . . . . 114
Setting the distance............... ... 113
Setting the driving program . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Adaptive dampers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Adaptive light .. .. ............. .... .. .. 51
Defective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
AdBlue .... .. .. .... ........... ....... 214
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Opening the tank door ............... . 215
Refilling . .. .. .... ........... .... ... 215
Adding Engine oil .......................... 221
Windshield washer fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Additional accessories
Additives 278
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Adjusting Air distribution (climate control) . . . . . . . . 78
Instrument illumination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Steering column manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Temperature (climate control) . . . . . . . . . . 78
Airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Advanced Airbag-System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Advanced Airbag System components . . . 154
Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Child restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Components (front airbags) . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Danger of fitting a child safety seat on the
front passenger seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Front airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152, 153
How do the front airbags work? . . . . . . . . 156
How many airbags does my vehicle have? 154
How the Advanced Airbag System compo-
nents work together . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
280
Important information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light . . . . . . . . . 159
Repairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Side curtain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Warning/Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Weight-sensing mat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
When must the system be inspected? . . . 158
Air transport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
All-wheel drive ....................... 192
Selective wheel torque control . . . . . . . . . 186
All season tires
Alternator 245
Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Anti-lock brake system Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . 13, 14
Anti-Lock Braking System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Anti-slip regulation Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Anti-Slip Regulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Anti-theft alarm warning system . . . . . . . . . 35
Electronic immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Approach/departure angle....... ..... .. 198
Ashtray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Audi braking guard
refer to Braking guard 115
Audi drive select Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
also refer to Drive select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Audi parking system plus with rearview cam-
era . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Adjusting the display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Adjusting the warning tones . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Rearview camera -parking mode 1 . . . . . . 128
Rearview camera -parking mode 2 . . . . . . 129
Safety precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Switching on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Trailer hitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Audi Service Repair Manuals and Literature 276
Auto-Check Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Auto locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Automatic belt retractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Automatic driving light control . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Automatic Shift Lock (ASL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Index
Parking system
refer to Audi parking system plus with rear­
view camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Particle filter
refer to Diesel particulate filter . . . . . . . . . 31
Parts replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light . . . . . . . . . . 159
Pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Physical principles of a frontal collision . . . 141
Polishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Pollen filter
refer to Pollutant filter (climate control) . . 77
Pollutant filter (climate control) . . . . . . . . . . 77
Power Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Power locking system
E mergency locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
L ocking and unlocking the vehicle from in-
side . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Rear lid/trunk lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Selective unlock feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Unlocking and locking vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Power locks Windows open and closed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Power meter (hybrid drive) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Power seat adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Power steering
refer to Electromechanical power assist .. 191
Power window regulators
Convenience opening/closing . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Malfunct ions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Pregnant women Special considerations when wearing a safe-
ty belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Pressure (tires) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Proper safety belt position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Proper seating position Front passenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Occupants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Rear passengers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Protecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Protective tray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
288
Q
quattro
refer to All-wheel drive
Question What happens to unbelted occupants?
R
192
141
Rain sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S4
Defect ive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Raising the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Reading lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Rear fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SO
Rear lid Automatic operation
Opening and closing
Rear light .
. ............. ... 41
40
Defective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Rear seats Adjusting seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Rearview camera Parking mode 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Parking mode 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Rear view mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Rear w indow heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Recirculation mode (climate control) . . . . . . 78
Red symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Refill engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 7
Refilling AdBlue With bottle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
With canister . ... .. .. ........ ..... .. 216
Refuelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Gasoline inhibitor flap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Release lever for hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Remote control key Unlocking and locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Remote control operation Garage door opener (Homelink) . . . . . . . . . 45
Remote rear lid release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Repair manuals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Repairs Airbag system 161
Replacing Light bu lbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Replacing wiper blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Reporting Safety Defects . . . . . . . . . . . 138, 139

Index
Side airbags Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
How they work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Side assist Activating and deactivating . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Adjusting the brightness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Cleaning the sensors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Sensor range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Side curtain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
How they work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Side marker lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Socket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Sound system display Driver information display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Sources of information about child restraints
and their use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Speed warning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Start-Stop-System Engine does not switched off . . . . . . . . . . .
89
Engine starts automatically . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Starting/stopping the engine . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Sw itching off/on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Start/Stop system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
START ENGINE STOP button (Convenience key) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84, 85
Starting from rest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Starting off with a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Starting the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81, 84
Starting (engine) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Steering Electromechanical power assist ..... . 191, 0
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Locking the steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 1
Malfunction .. .. ................ .. 27, 3 1
Manually adjusting the steering wheel . . . . 81
also refer to Electromechanical power as-
sist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Steering wheel column Adjusting manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Steps for determining correct load limit . . . 244
290
Stopping the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83, 8S
Stopping (engine) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
(upholder door pockets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Glove compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Sun shade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Sun visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Supplementary (climate control) 80
Switches Emergency flashers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Symbols Red . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Yellow.... .. .. .. .. .. .. ........... .. . 28
T
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Tail lights
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
TOI clean diesel
refer to Ad Blue ... .. .. ............... 214
Technica l data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Technical modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Tether anchors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Tether strap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Tie-down rings . ... .. .. ............ 67, 137
tiptronic Automat ic Shift Lock (ASL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Emergency mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Hill descent control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Kick-down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Manual shift program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Selector lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
tiptronic (automatic transmission) . . . . . . . . 94
Tire Mobility System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Tire Mobility System (tire repair set) . . . . . . 253
Tire pressure mon itoring system
Loss of air pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Tires .... ... .. .. .. .. .. ........ ..... .. 230
Low aspect ratio tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Repair set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107, 253
Replacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Service life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Tire pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Tire pressure monitoring system ... 247, 248
Tire pressure table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241