2018 AUDI Q5 wipers

Care and cleaning
Care and cleaning
General information
Regular, proper care helps to maintain your vehi­
cle's value. It can also be a requirement when
submitting warranty claims for corrosion damage
and paint defects on the body.
The required cleaning and care products can be
obtained from an authorized Audi dealer or au­
thorized Service Facility . Read and follow the in­
structions for use on the packaging .
A WARNING
-Using cleaning and care products incorrectly
can be dangerous to your health.
- Always store clean ing and care products out
of reach of children to reduce the r isk of poi­
son ing.
@ For the sake of the environment
- Preferab ly purchase environmenta lly-friend­
l y cleaning products.
- Do not dispose of leftover cleaning and care
products with household trash.
Car washes
The longer that deposits such as insects, bird
droppings, tree sap or road salt remain on the ve­
h icle, the more the surface can be damaged. High
temperatures such as those caused by sunlight
increase the damaging effect.
Before washing, r inse
off heavy deposits with
p lenty of water.
Stubborn deposits such as bird droppings or tree
sap are best removed with plenty of water and a microfiber cloth.
A lso, wash the underside of yo ur vehicle once
road sa lt stops being used for the season .
Pressure washers
When washing your veh icle w ith a pressure wash­
er , al ways fo llow the operating instructions pro­
vided with the press ure washer. This is especially
important in regard to the pressure and spraying
distance. Do not aim the spray directly at the
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seals on the side windows, doors, lids or the sun­
roof* or at tires, rubber hoses, insulating materi ­
a l, sensors* or camera lenses* . Keep a distance of
at least 16 in (40 cm).
Do not remove snow and ice with a pressure
washer.
Never use cone nozz les or high pressure nozzles.
The water temperature must not be above 140 °F
(60 °() .
Automatic car washes
Spray off the vehicle before washing.
Make sure that the windows and roof* are closed
and the windshie ld wipers are
off . Follow instruc ­
tions from the car wash operator, especially if
there are accessories attached to your vehicle.
If possible, use car washes that do not have
brushes.
Washing by hand
Clean the vehicl e starting from the top and work­
in g down using a soft sponge or cl eaning br ush.
Use solvent-free cleaning products.
Washing vehicles with matte finish paint by
hand
To avoid damaging the paint when washing, first
remove dust and large part icles from you r vehi ­
cle. Insects, grease spots and fingerprints are
best removed with a special cleaner for matte
finish paint .
Apply t he product using a microfiber cloth. To
avoid damaging th e paint surface, do not use too
much pressure.
R inse the vehicl e thoroughly with wate r. Then
clean using a neutra l shampoo and a soft micro­
f iber cloth .
Rinse the vehicl e thoroughly again and let it air
dry. Remove any water residue using a chamois.
A WARNING
-Only wash the vehicle when the ignition is
off and follow the instructions from the car
-

Fuses and bulb s
Fuse panel@ (brown ) Fuse panel© (blac k)
N o. E quip ment No. Equipmen t
2
Mass airflow sensor, camshaft adjust-
ment, charge air cooler pump 1 Fr ont seat heating
2 Windshie ld wipers
3 Exhaust doors, fuel injectors, radiator inlet 3 Left head light elect ronics
4 Vacuum pump , hot water p ump, particu-
late sensor, biodiesel sensor 4 Panorama glass roof
s L eft front doo r contro l modu le
5 Brake light sensor 6 Sockets
6 Engine valves, camshaft adjustment 7 Right rear door cont rol mod ule
7
Heated oxygen sensor, mass airflow sen-8 All wheel drive
sor
8
Water pump, high pressure pump, high
pressure regulator va lve
9 Hot water pump
9 R ight headlight electronics
10
Windshield washer system/headlight
washer system
1 1 Left rear door contro l module
10
Oil pressure sensor, oil temperature sen-
sor
Fu se p anel @ (blac k)
11 Clutch pedal position sensor No. Equipment
12 Engine valves
Seat ventilation, rearv iew mirror, cl imate
13 Radiator fan 1 control system, rear cl imate control sys-
14 Fuel injectors tern controls
, windsh ie ld defogger
15 Ignition coils 2 Gateway, climate control system
16 Fuel pump 3 Sound act uator/exhaust sound tuning
Fuse panel @ (red )
4 Clutch pedal posit ion sensor
5 Engine start
N o. Equipment 7 Rear USB charging port
1 Anti-theft a larm system 8 Homelink
2 Engine control module 9 Adaptive cruise control
3 Lumbar support 11 Video camera
4 Automatic transm ission selector mecha-
nism 12 Matrix LED headlight/right LED headlight
5 Horn
13 Matrix LED headlight/ left LED headlight
6 Electromechan ica l park ing brake
14 Rear window wiper
7 Gateway control module Fu se panel © (red )
8 Interior headliner lights No . Equipmen t
10 Airbag control module 1 Ignition coils
11 Electronic Stabilization Control (ESC) 5 E ng ine mount
12 Diagnostic connector, light/rain sensor 6 Automatic transmiss ion
13 Climate control system 7 I nstrument panel
1 4 Right front door control module 8 C limate control system (blower)
lS A/C compressor
10 Dynamic stee ring
11 Eng ine start
36 0

Index
Current consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
F ue l gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 12
,
Fuel tank capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369
Gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310
Gasoline additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311
Saving fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 , 125
F ueling
Fuel filler door emergency rel eas e . . . . . . 313
Fuel gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Fuel tank capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369
Opening the fuel filler door . . . . . . . . . . . . 311
F uses
Assignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359
Replacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358
G
Garage door opener
refer to Homelink . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Garment hooks ... ............. .. .. .. . .
Gas discharge lamps .. .. ..... ... .. .. .. .
Gasoline Octane rating ................... ... .
Recommendation ............. .... .. .
GAWR 61
362
310
310
310
refer to Gross Axle Weight Rating (GAWR) 3.70
Glossary of tire and loading terminology . . 328
Glov e compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Gross Axle Weight Rating (GAWR) . . . . . . . 370
Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR) . . . . . 370
Ground clearance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
GVWR
refer to Gross Vehicle Weight
Rating (GVWR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370
H
Handsfree .......... .... ...... ....... 174
Head-up display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
H eadlight range control system . . . . . . . . . . 45
Headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345
H eadlight range control system . . . . . . . . . 45
Washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58, 255
Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
H eavy clothing and safety belts . . . . . . . . . . 263
380
High beams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Hill descent assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Hill descent control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Hill hold assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
also refer to Hill hold assist . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Home address ..... .. .. ........... 205,210
Homelink . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
8
How are child restraint system anchors relat -
ed to child safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
How many airbags does my vehicle have? . . 276
How safety belt pretensioners work 267
I
Imbalance (wheels) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334
Immobili zer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Important things to do before driving . . . . 252
Importing and exporting (contacts) . . . . . . 184
Improperly worn safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
PASSENGER AIR BAG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Infant seats
Input 297
Using the MMI touch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Using the speller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Input level (media) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 7
Inspection interval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324
Installing the upper tether strap on the an­
chorage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308
Instrument cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Instrument illumination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Interior lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Interior monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Internet
refer to Aud i connect ( Infotainment) . . . . 187
Internet radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Interval mode (wipers) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
iPhone
refer to Audi music interface ....... 231, 232

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J
Jukebox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Jump-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363
Jump start cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364
K
Key.................................. 31
Key not recogni zed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Key replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Mechanical key ............... .. .. . 31, 32
Replacing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Unlocking/locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33, 35
Vehicle code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Kick-down (automatic transmission) . . . . . . . 88
L
Lane assist
refer to Audi active lane assist . . . . . . . . . 117
La p timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Evaluating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
L ATCH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
Installing a child restraint . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
L ocat ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
Mounting and releasing the anchorage
hook .. .... .. ................ ..... . 307
Launch control program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Leather care/cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347
L eft control button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Licensing agreements (MMI) . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Lifting points (vehicle jack) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354
L ight/rain sensor
H eadlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Interval mode (wipers) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
L ight functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
High beam assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Instrument illumination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
I nter ior lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Lighting Exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Interior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Lights Headlight range control system . . . . . . . . . 45
Index
Listening to music
refer to Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225, 234
Load....... .. .. .. .. ............... .. 370
Loading the luggage compartment . . . . . . . 257
Locking/unlocking By remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
With the convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
With the lock cylinder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Low beam headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Lowering the rear of the vehicle . . . . . . . . . 128
Luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Cover (manual) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Power sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Storing cargo correctly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Tie-downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
also refer to Loading the luggage compart-
ment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Luggage compartment lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Emergency release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Lumbar support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
M
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371
Maintenance intervals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324
Making an emergency call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Malfunction Indicator Lamp (MIL) . . . . . . . 313
Map Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Operating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Map update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Mechan ical key .. .. .. ............... 31, 32
Mechanically locking the front passenger's
door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225, 234
Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Supported formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Media center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Memory buttons
refer to Shortcut keys ............ 147, 155
Memory capacity Directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Jukebox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
381

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Overview (Cockpit) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
p
Pai nt damage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346
Paint number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369
Panorama g lass roof. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Emergency operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Parental control
DVD... .. .. ................. .. .. .. . 237
Park assist
Cleaning the sensors/camera . . . . . . . . . .
345
Parking aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Parking brake
refer to Electromechanica l parking brake . 80
Parking lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Parking location
Audi connect vehicle control
Parking system
refer to Parking systems
Parking systems
198
131,133
Peripheral cameras . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Rearview camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Sett ings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Trailer h itch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Partition net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Parts replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373
PASSENGER AIR BAG light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Pause (audio/video file) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Personal route assistance
Phonebook 209
refer to
Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Physical principles of a frontal collision . . . 262
Picture format (video) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Pitch angle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Playback (media) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Playlist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 7
Point of interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Point of interest search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
also refer to
Point of interest . . . . . . . . . . 206
Polishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346
Pollutant filter (automatic A/C system) . . . . 69
Power sources .. ............... 60, 232 , 233
Predictive efficiency assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Index
Pregnant women
Special considerations when wearing a safe-
ty belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
266
pre sense
refer to Aud i pre sense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Presentation mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Presets (radio) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Pressure
Tire pressure monitoring system . . . . . . .
342
T ires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335
Program guide
Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
221
Programming buttons (multifunction steering
wheel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
14
Proper occupant seating positions . . . . . . . 253
Proper safety belt position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Proper seating position
Front passenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
254
Occupants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Rear passengers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Prot ecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346
Q
quattro 144
Se lective wheel torque control . . . . . . . . . 140
Question
What happens to unbelted occupants?
262
R
Radio ....... ... .. .. ................ . 220
Additional station information . . . . . . . . . 222
Presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Radio text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Station list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Radio Standards Specification (RSS) . . . . . . 374
Rail carrier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368
Rain/l ight sensor
Headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
45
Interval mode (wipers) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Raising the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367
Random
refer to Shuffle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 7
Range (fuel level) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
16
Reading lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Rear fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
383

Index
What happens if you wear your safety belt too
loose? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
265
What happens to unbelted occupants? . . . . 262
What impairs driving safety? . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Wheel bo lts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340
Wheel replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352
Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325
Clean ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345
Glossary of tire and loading terminology . 328
Replacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352
Tire pressure monitoring system . . . . . . . 342
Tires and vehicle load limits ....... .... 337
Wheel wrench . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350
When must a safety belt be replaced? . . . . 263
When must the airbag system be inspected? 281
Where are lower anchorages located?
306
Wi-Fi
Audi music stream . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
229
Audio player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Online media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
also refer to W i-F i . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Windows
Child safety lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
40
Cleaning/removing ice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346
Defrosting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
71
Power windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Windshield
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
51
Defrosting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
also refer to Windshield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Windshield washer system ......... . 51, 323
Reservoir capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369
W indshield wipers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
W inter operation
Car washes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
344
Cooling system .. ................ ... . 319
Defrosting the windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 1
Removing ice from windows . . . . . . . . . . . 346
Seat heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340
Steering whee l heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340
Vehicle battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322
Windshield washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . 323
Winter tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340
388
X
Xenon headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362
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