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Component Situation Solution
T ex til es
Deposits adhering to Vacuum cleaner
art ifici al leat her, the surface
A lcan tara Water-based deposits Absorbent
cloth and mild soap solutiona>
such as coffee, tea,
b lood, etc.
Oil -based deposits Apply a m ild soap solution
a), blot away the dissolved o il or
such as oil, make-up, dye, treat afterward with water, if necessary
etc.
Special deposits such Special stain
remover, blot with absorbent material, treat
as ink, nail polish, la- afterward with mild soap solution, if necessary
a)
tex paint, shoe pol-
ish, etc.
Natu ral le ath er Fresh stains Wool cloth with a mild soap solution a)
Water-based deposits Fresh stains: absorbent cloth
such as coffee, tea, dried stains: stain
remover suitable for leather
b lood , etc.
Oi [-based deposits Fresh stains: absorbent cloth and stain
remover suitable
such as oil, make-up, for leather
etc. dried stains: oil cleaning spray
Special deposits such Spot remove r suitab le for leather
as ink, nail polish, la-
tex paint, shoe pol-
ish, etc.
Care Regularly apply condit ion ing c ream that protects from
lig ht and penet rates into the material. Use specia lly-co l-
ored conditioning cream, if necessary .
Carbon part s Deposits clean the same way as plast ic parts
a) Mi ld soap solution: maximum two tablespoons of neutral soap in 1 q uart (1 liter) of water
.8, WARNING
The windshield may not be trea ted with wa
ter-repelling windshield coating agents. Un
favorable cond itions such as wetness, dark
ness, or low sun can result in increased glare.
Wiper blade chatter is also possible.
@ Note
- Headlight s/tail li ght s
-Never clean headlights or tail lights with a
dry cloth or sponge.
- Do not use any cleaning product that con
tains alcohol, because they could cause
cracks to form.
- Whe els
-
- Never use any pa int polish or other abra
sive materials .
- Damage to the protect ive layer on the
rims such as stone chips or scratches must
be repaired immediately .
-Sen sor s/cam era l enses
- Neve r use warm or hot water to remove
snow or ice from the camera lens . This
could cause the lens to crack .
- Neve r use ab rasive cleaning materials or
a lcohol to clean the camera lens. This
could cause scratches and cracks .
-Doo r window s
-Remove snow and ice on windows and ex-
terior mirrors w ith a plast ic scraper . To
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No . Equipment
2
Mass airflow sensor, camshaft adjust-
ment, charge air cooler pump
3 Exhaust doors, fuel injectors, radiator inlet
4 Vacuum pump, hot water pump, particu-
late sensor, biodiesel sensor
5 Brake light sensor
6 Engine va lves, camshaft adjustment
7
Heated oxygen sensor, mass airflow sen-
sor
8
Water pump, high pressure pump, high
pressure regulator va lve
9 Hot water pump
10
Oil pressure sensor, oil temperature sen-
sor
11 Clutch pedal position sensor
12 Engine valves
13 Radiator fan
14 Fuel injectors
15 Ignition coils
16 Fuel pump
Fuse panel @ (red)
No . Equipment
1 Ignition coils
2 Eng ine va lves
5 Engine mount
7 I nstrument pane l
8 Climate control system (blower)
Fuse panel © (black)
No. Equipment
1 Front seat heating
2 Windshield wipers
3 Left headlight electronics
4 Panorama glass roof
5 Left front door control module
6 Sockets
7 Right rear door contro l module
9 Right headlight electronics
Fuses and bulbs
Fuse panel© (black)
10
Windshie ld washer system/headlight
washer system
11 Left rear doo r contro l module
Fuse panel @ (brown)
No . Equipment
Seat ventilation, seat heating, rearview
1 mirror, cl imate control system, rear cli-
mate control system controls
2 Gateway, climate control system
3 Sound actuator/exhaust sound tuning
4 Transmission heating valve
s Engine start
8 Night vision assist, HomeLink
9 Adaptive cruise contro l
11 Video camera
12 Matrix LED headlight/right LED headlight
13 Matrix LED headlight/left LED headlight
14 Rear window wipe r
Fuse panel© (red)
No. Equipment
1 Anti-theft alarm system
2 Engine control module
3 Lumbar support
Automatic transmission selector mecha-
4
nism
s Horn
6 Electromechanical parking brake
7 Gateway control module
8 Inter ior headliner lights
10 A irbag control module
11 Electronic Stabilization Control (ESC)
12 Diagnostic connector, light/ra in sensor
13 Climate control system
14 Right front door control module
15 A/C compressor
369
Emergency situations
@ Tips
Check carefully to make sure the hook-up is
secure before moving the car up the flatbed
truck ramp.
Raising the vehicle
Lifting with workshop hoist and with floor
jack
The vehicle may only be li~ed at the lifting
poin ts illus trated .
Fig . 298 Front lift ing point
Fig . 299 Rear lifti ng po int
• Read and heed WARNING c::> .&_ .
• Locate lifting po ints c::> fig . 298 and ¢ fig. 299.
• Adjus t lifting arms of workshop ho ist o r floo r
ja ck to match veh icle lif ting poin ts.
• Inse rt a rubber pa d between t he f loor jack/
w ork shop hoist and the lifting poin ts.
If you must lift your vehicle with a floor jack to
work underneath , be sure the vehicle is safely
s upported on stands intended for this purpo se.
Front lifting point
The lift ing po int is located on the floor pan re in
forcement about at the same level as the jack
376
moun ting poin t c::> fig. 298 . Do not lift the vehi
cle at the ve rtical sill reinfo rcement.
Rear lifting point
The lifting poin t is lo cated on t he ve rti cal rein
fo rcemen t of t he lower s ill for the onboard j ack
¢fig. 2 99 .
Lifting with vehicle jack
Refer to c::> page 363.
A WARNING
-To r educe th e risk of s erious inju ry an d vehi
cle damage.
- Always lift the vehicle o nly at the special
workshop hoist and f loor jack lift points i l
l ustrated
c::> fig. 298 and c::> fig. 299.
- Failure to lift the ve hicle a t these points
could ca use the vehicle to tilt o r fall from
a lift if there is a change in ve hicle weight
dist ribution and balance . This might hap
pen, fo r example, whe n heavy compo
nen ts su ch as the eng in e b lock o r trans
mi ssion are removed.
- Whe n removing heavy co mponen ts lik e
these, anchor vehicle to hois t or ad d c orre
s p ondin g weights to maintai n the ce nt er of
g ra vity. Oth erw ise, the vehicle mig ht tilt or
slip off the hoist, ca using serio us persona l
in jur y.
(D Note
-Be aw are of the fo ll ow ing poi nts bef ore lift
ing the vehicle:
- The vehicle should never be lifted or
jacked up from underneath the engine oil pan, the transmission hous ing, the front
or rear axle or the body side members.
This could lead to serious damage .
- To avoid damage to the underbody or
chassis frame, a rubber pad must be in
serted between the floor jack and the lift
points.
- Before driving over a workshop hoist,
check that the vehicle weight does not
exceed the permissible lifting capacity of
the hoist. ..,.
Tech nical data
Gasoline engines
Q7 2.0, 6 cylinder
Maximum output SAE net
M ax im um torq ue SAE net
Displacement
Engine oil with filter change
1>
Fuel
Q7 3.0, 6 cylinder
Maximum output SAE net
Maximum torque SAE net
Displacement
Engine oil with fi lter change
1
)
Fuel
Diesel engines
Q7 3 .0 TOI, 6 cylinder
Maximum output SA E net
Maximum torq ue SAE net
Displacement
Engine oil with filter change
1
)
Fuel
l ) For specific engine oil capac ities, please see
the mos t cur rent informa tion fo r the USA at
http ://www. audi usa.com/he lp/ma in tenance o r
for Canada a t ht tp://www.aud i.ca/ca/brand/ en/
your _aud i/ aud i_ services _a nd/Ca re _and _M a i nte
na nce/ schedule.htm l or call 800-822 -2834.
380
hp@ rpm 252 @ 5000 -6000
lb-ft@ rpm 272@
1600 - 4500
CID (cm
3
) 121 (1984)
¢ page 314, Gasoline
hp@ rpm 333@ 5500 -6500
lb -ft@ rpm 325@ 2900 - 5300
CID (cm
3 ) 183 (2995)
¢ page 314, Gasoline
hp@ rpm 258@ 3250 -4250
lb -ft@ rpm 443@ 1500 -3000
C ID (cm
3
) 181.1 ( 296 7)
ULSD No . 2 ¢ page 315, Diesel fuel
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Warranty coverages
Y our Audi is co vered b y the following war ran
tie s:
- New Vehicle Limited Warranty
- Limited Warranty Against Corrosion Perfora-
tion
- Emissions Control System Warranty
- Emissions Performance Warranty
- California Emissions Control Warranty (USA
vehicles only)
- California Emissions Performance Warranty
(USA vehicles only)
Detailed information regard ing your warranties
can be found in yo ur
W arranty & M ainten ance
bookl et.
Operating your vehicle
outside the U.S.A. or
Canada
Government reg ulations in the Un ited States and
Canada require that automobiles meet specific
emission regulations and safety standards.
Therefore, vehicles built for the U .S.A. and Cana
da d iffer from vehicles sold in other countries.
I f you p lan to take your vehicle outside the conti
nenta l limits of the United States or Canada,
there is the poss ibility that:
- u nleaded fue ls for vehicles with cata lytic con
verter may not be available;
- fuel may have a considerably lower octane rat
i ng . Imprope r fuel may ca use engine damage;
- service may be inadequate due to lack of p roper
service facilities, tools or testing eq uipment;
- r eplacement parts may not be readily ava ilable.
- Navigat ion systems for veh icles built for the
U .S .A . and Canada will not necessa rily work in
Eur ope, and may not wo rk in other countries
o utside of North Amer ica.
Consumer Inf ormation
(D Note
Audi cannot be respons ible for mechanical
damage that could resu lt from inadequate
fuel, service or parts ava ilability.
Audi Service Repair
Manuals and Literature
Audi Official Factory Service Manuals and L itera
ture are published as soon as poss ible after mod
el i ntroduction. Service Ma nua ls and literature
are avai lab le to order from the Audi Tec hni cal Lit
erature Orde ring Center at :
www.audi.t e chlit eratur e.com
Maintenance
General
Your vehicle has been designed to he lp keep
maintenance requirements to a min imum. How
ever, a certain amount of regular maintenance is
still necessary to assure your veh icle's safety,
economy and reliab ility . For detailed vehicle
maintenance consult your Wa rranty
& Mainte
nance boo klet .
Und er diff icult op erating condition s, for exam
ple at extremely low outside temperatures, in
very dusty regions, when towing a trai le r very fre
quently, etc., some se rvice work shou ld be pe r
fo rmed between the in terv als specified. This ap
plies particularly to:
- oil changes , and
- cleaning or replac ing the a ir filter .
(® For the sake of the environment
By regularly maintain ing your vehicle, you
help make sure that emiss ion standards are
maintai ned, thus min imizing adverse effects
on the environment .
Important considerations for you and your
vehicle
The increasing use of electronics, sophisticated
fuel injection and emission control systems, and
the genera lly increas ing techn ica l complexity of ""'
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Emergency starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372
Emissions control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321
E nergy management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Engine Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328
Engine data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380
Start/Stop system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Starting/stopping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Starting with jumper cab les . . . . . . . . . . . 3 72
Engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322
Opening and closing the hood . . . . . . . . . . 323
Safety precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324
Adding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
Checking the oil level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326
Consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326
Dipstick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326
Oi l consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325
Specification and viscosity . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324
Engine sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
E ngine Start/Stop mode
refer to Start/Stop system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Entering characters/numbers (speller) . . . . 164
Entering letters (speller) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Entertainment sliding menu . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
E ntry/ex it lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Entry assistance Rear seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Environment Proper disposal of drained engine oil . . . . 327
Unleaded fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314
ESC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Hill descent assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Offroad mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
E vasive steering support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Event Data Recorder (EDR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Expanded view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Exterior lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
E xternal voice operat ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 4
F
Factory default settings
Multi Media Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Index
Fader (sound) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Fastening Booster seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
Convertib le child safety seats . . . . . . . . . . 303
Infant seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Fast forwarding/rewinding (audio/video
file) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 7
Fast forwarding (audio/video file) . . . . . . . . 237
Fast route 212
Favorites Media ...... .. .. .. ....... ...... .. .. 240
Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
T elephone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
File formats (media drives) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Floor mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Folding the backrest down/up . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Foot pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
For the sake of the env ironment
Environmentally-friendly driving . . . . . . . . 79
Fueling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316
Leaks...... ... .. .. ................. 323
Warming up the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Free text search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Telephone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Freeze protection
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328
Frequency band . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223, 226
Front airbags
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
How they work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Frontal collisions and the laws of physics . . 266
Front passenger's door emergency locking . . 39
Front seats Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Child restraints in the front seat . . . . . . . . 274
also refer to Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Fuel Additives... ... .. .. ................ . 314
Blended gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314
Current consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314
Fuel filler neck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316
Fuel gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10, 12
Fuel tank capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379
389
Index
MMI search
refer to Free text search . . . . . . . . . . 165, 239
MMI touch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Monitoring the Advanced Airbag System 285
MP3
refer to Jukebox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Multifunction steering wheel
Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Map zoom .. .. ... ............ .... .. .. 13
Operating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Speech dialog system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Switching tabs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Multi Media Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Music collection
refer to Jukebox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Mute . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
also refer to Muting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Mute (muting) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Muting .... .. .. ... ............ .... .. . 253
Muting (mute) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
myAudi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189, 209
L ogging in in the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
PIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
N
Natura l leather care/cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . 357
NAV/MAP button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Navigating ( instrument cluster) . . . . . . . . . . 19
Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Announcements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Better route . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
also refer to Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Navigation (instrument cluster) . . . . . . . . . . 18
Net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Network connection (Wi-Fi) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
NHTSA Contacting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Night vision assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Cleaning the camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355
Nitrogen ox ide (NOx) catalytic converter
refer to Ad Blue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318
Number of seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
0
Occupant protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
392
Occupant seating positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Octane rating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Offroad driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Offroad mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
OFF (button) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72, 75
Oil
refer to Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324, 326
On-board computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
On-Board Diagnostic System (OBD) Data Link Connector (DLC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Electronic speed limiter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) . . . . . . . . 21
On/Off knob (MMI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Online destinations
refer to Point of interest search . . . . . . . . 209
Online map . .. .. .. .. .. ............. .. 217
Online map update . .. .. ... .......... .. 219
Online media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Online roadside assistance Audi connect emergency call and service 204
Online serv ices
refer to Aud i connect (Infotainment) . . . . 189
Open ing.... .. .. .. .. .. ... ..... ... .. ... 34
Fuel filler door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316
Operating Multifunction steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Multi Media Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Voice recognition system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Options menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159, 163
Other consumers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Outside temperature display . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Overview (Cockpit) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
p
Paint damage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356
Paint number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378
Panorama glass roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Emergency operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Parenta l control
DVD .......... .. .. .. ... ............ 240
Parking aid Cleaning sensors/camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355
Parking brake
refer to Electromechanical parking brake . 87