2018 AUDI A7 Owners Manual

Owner's Manual
2018 A7
Audi Vorsprung durch Technik

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" N .... 0 00 \.J ' Foreword
Thank you for choosing an Audi -we value your trust in us.
Your new Audi wi ll allow you to experience the bes t in groundbreaking techno lo­
gy and premium quality equipment a vehicle has to offer . We recommend that
you read your Owner's Manua l thoroug hly so that you quickly become acquaint­
ed with your A udi and make use of all of its features.
In addition to exp laining how the different fea tures work, we p rovide many use ­
f ul tips and information concerning yo ur safety, how to care for yo ur vehicle and
how to maintai n your ve hicle's va lue . We also give you useful tips and informa­
tion on how to drive your veh icle more efficiently and in an environmentally
friendly manner.
We hope you enjoy driving your Audi and we wish you safe and pleasant motor ­
ing.
AUDIAG

Table of contents
About this Owner's Manual. . . . . .
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Cockpit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Cockpit overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Controls at a glance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Instruments and indicator lights 9
Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Indicato r lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1 0
Driver information system . . . . . . 20
Ove rview ....... ... .. ..... ... .. .. .. .
Operation . ........ .. ..... ... .. .. .. . 20
2 1
On-board computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Eff iciency program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
T ime/date display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
B oost, shifting and eng ine o il
temperature indicato rs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
H ead -up displ ay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
24
Starting and driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Opening and closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Cent ral lock ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
L uggage compartment lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Chi ld safety loc k . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Power windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Sunroof. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Garage door opener (Homelink) . . . . . . . . 3 7
Lights and Vision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Exterior lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Interior lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
42
V1s1on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
W indshield w ipe rs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Seats and storage ............... . 47
Gene ral information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Fr ont seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
H ead restra ints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
M emory fu nction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
49
Ashtray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Cigarette lighter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 1
12
Volt sockets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
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Warm and cold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Climate contro l system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Steering w heel heat ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Driving ... .. .. .... .. ... .. ..... ... .. 6 4
Genera l information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Start ing and stopping the eng ine . . . . . . . 68
Start/Stop system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
E lectromechanical parking brake . . . . . . . 72
Start ing to drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
A utomat ic transmission 74
Trailer towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
D riving with a tra ile r 81
Driver assi stance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Assistance systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Speed warning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Cru ise cont ro l sys tem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 4
Lap timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Audi adaptive cruise contro l . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Audi pre sense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Audi active lane assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Audi s ide ass ist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
N ight vision assist w ith pedestrian and
wild animal detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
102
Audi drive select (d rive setti ngs) . . . . . . . . 105
Parking systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Genera l information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Parking system plus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Rearv iew camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Per ipher al came ras . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Adjus ting the d isp lay an d the warn ing
tones.. ... .. .. .... .. ... .. ..... ... ..
118
Error messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Trailer hitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Intelligent Technology . . . . . . . . . . 12 0
Electronic stabilization control (ESC) . . . . 120
Brakes .... .. .. .. .. .. ............. .. 122
E lectromechanical steering, dynamic
steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
124
All wheel drive (quatt ro) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Rear spoiler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

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Notice about data recorded by the Event
Data Recorder and vehicle control
modules 127
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Driving safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Correct passenger seating positions . . . . . 130
Driver's and front passenger 's footwell . . 133
Pedal area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
S to ring cargo co rrect ly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
R epo rting Safety Defe cts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Gene ral informa tion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Why use safety belts? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Safety bel ts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 1
Belt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
I mportant information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 6
F ront airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Mon itoring the Advanced Airbag System . 158
Knee airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Side curtain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Child safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Important information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Ch ild safety seats .............. ... .. . 176
Secur ing ch ild safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
L ATCH system ( lowe r anchorages a nd
te thers for chi ld ren) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Ad dit ional informat ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Maintenance and Care . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Checking and Filling . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Fu el. .. .... .. ... .. ..... ... .. .. .... . 189
R efueling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Em iss ions cont rol system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
On Board Diagnostic System (OBD) . . . . . 193
Eng ine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Eng ine oi l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Cooling system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Brake flu id . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 1
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 1
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Windshie ld washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 03
Service interva l display 203
Wheels .. .. .... .. ... .. ..... ... .. .. 205
Whee ls and Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
T ire pressure mon itoring system
Tire pressure monitoring system 222
224
Care and cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Genera l information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Car washes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Cleaning and care i nformat ion . . . . . . . . . 229
Plac ing your vehicle out of serv ice . . . . . . 232
Do It Yourself . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Emergency assistance . . . . . . . . . . . 233
General information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
E q ui pment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
T ire mobility kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Replacing w heels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Spa re tire 241
Fuses .... .. .. .. ............... .. .. 243
Replacing fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Drive r side cockpit fuse assignment
Front passenger side cockpit fuse 2
44
ass ignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Luggage compartment fuse assignment . 245
Emergency situations . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Genera l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Start ing by pus hing or tow ing . . . . . . . . . . 247
Start ing with jumper cables . . . . . . . . . . . 247
U se of jumper cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
T ow ing with a tow t ruck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Raising the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Accessories and Technical Data . 253
Technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Vehicle s pec if ic at io ns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Notes abo ut technic al data . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Dimens ions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
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Capac ities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Consumer Information . . . . . . . . . . 255
Warranty coverages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Operating your vehicle outside the U .S .A .
or Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Aud i Service Repair Manuals and
Literature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Ma intenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Accesso ries and technical changes . . . . . . 257
D eclarat ion of compliance fo r
telecomm unica tions equ ipme nt and
e lec tron ic systems 258
Inde x ... .. .. .. ............. .... .. . 259
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" N .... 0 00 \.J ' This Owner's Manual applies to all versions of
this model.
It contains important information,
tips, suggestions and warn ings for using your ve­
h icle.
Keep this manual in your vehicle at all times . This
is especially important if you loan your vehicle to
others or sell it.
This owner's manua l descr ibes the
equipment
range
specified for this mode l at the time of
printing . Individua l equipment options described
may on ly be availab le at a later date or may only
be offered in certain countries .
Some sections in this manua l do not apply to all
ve hicles. When this is the case, the beginning of
the sect ion ind icates the
validity, for example
"Applies to vehicles : with cruise contro l system".
Opt ional or vehicle-specific equipment is also
identified with an asterisk"*" .
T he
illustrations in this manual are a guide .
Some of the deta ils in your vehicle may differ
from the illustration.
All
directions , such as "left" , "right", "front" and
"rear", are based on the vehicle's direction of
travel.
* Optiona l or vehicle -specific equipment
liJ,,, The section continues on the next page.
ca:> & Cross reference to a "WARNING" w ith in a
section . If a page number is indicated , the
WARN ING is located outs ide of the section.
_& WARNING
Text with this symbol contains informat ion
about safety and how to reduce the risk of se­
rious personal injury or death.
(Ll) Note
Text with this symbol contains informat ion
about reduci ng the risk of damage to your ve­
hicle.
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Text with this symbol contains informat ion on
p rot ecting the enviro nment .
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About thi s Owner 's Manual
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Cockpit overview
Cockpit overview
Controls at a glance
Fig. 1 Cockpit : left section
Fig. 2 Cockpit: right section
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