2018 AUDI Q5 towing
[x] Cancel search: towingPage 367 of 392
-When connecting jumper cables, make sure
that they cannot get ca ught in any mov ing
parts in the engine compartment.
- Do not bend over the batteries - danger of
chem ica l burns!
- The battery cell lock ing screws must be
t ightened sec ure ly.
- Be fore you check anything in the e ngine
compartment, a lways read and hee d all
WAR NINGS
q page 314 .
(D Note
Impro per hook -up of jum pe r cables can r uin
the gene rato r.
- Always connect POSITI VE (+ ) to POS ITIV E
( + ), and NEGATIVE( -) to NEGAT IVE( -)
g roun d post of t he battery mana ger contro l
u nit.
- Check that a ll sc rew p lugs on t he battery
cells are screwed in firmly. I f not, t ighten
plugs prior to connecting clamp on negative
batte ry terminal.
- P lease note that the procedure fo r con nect
i ng a jumper cab le as desc ribed above ap
p lies specifica lly to the case of yo ur vehicle
being jump starte d. When you are giv ing a
ju mp s ta rt to anothe r vehicle , d o
not con
n ect the neg ative (-) cab le to the neg ative
(-) t ermin al on the di sch arged b attery @
q fig. 287 . In ste ad , securely connec t the
nega tive ( -) cab le to either a solid me tal
com ponent that is f irm ly bolted to the e n
gine block o r to the engine bloc k itself. If
the battery that is be ing cha rge d does not
vent to the outs ide, escap ing battery gas
could ignite and exp lode!
Towing with a tow truck
General hints
Your Audi requires special handling for towi ng .
The fo llow ing information is to be used by com
mercia l tow tr uck operators who know how to op-
u e rate the ir equip ment safe ly. co .....
~ - Never tow your Audi, towing will cause dam-N
~ age to the engine and transmission .
0 co
Emergency situations
-Never wrap the safety chains or winch cables
around the brake lines .
- To prevent unnecessa ry damage , your Audi
must be transported with a flatbed truck.
- To load the vehicle on to the flatbed, use the
towing loop found in the vehicle tools and at
tach to the front or rear anchorage
¢ page 365 and ¢ page 366 .
A WARNING
-A veh icle being towed is not safe for passen-
ge rs . Neve r allow anyone to ride in a vehicle
b eing towed, fo r any r eason.
Front towing loop
Only install the front towing loop when it is
needed.
Fig . 288 Front bu mpe r: in sta lling the tow ing loop
T he threaded opening for the towing loo p is lo
cate d on t he righ t side of the front bum per.
.. Remove the towing loop from the vehicle too l
ki t
¢ pag e 350 .
.. Pull s harp ly o n the trim in the dire ct ion o f the
a rrow to remove
¢ fig . 288.
.,. T ig hten t he towi ng loop in the threade d open
in g until it stops and then tighten it with a
wheel wrenc h .
.,. After using, p lace the tow ing loop back in the
veh icle tool k it.
A WARNING
-If the tow ing loop is not tightened until it
stops whe n installing, t he threads may be
pull ed ou t wh en towing the vehicle and th at
could ca use a n accident.
365
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Emergency situations
(D Note
The trim is attached to the bumper with sev
eral hooks . To reduce the risk of damage, do
not use any force when removing and instal
ling.
Rear towing loop
F ig . 289 Rear bumper: installing the towing loop
Vehicles with a towing loop
On vehicles without a factory-installed trailer
h itch*, the towing loop threads are located on
the right rear side of the bumper.
... Remove the towing loop from the vehicle tool
kit ¢
page 350.
... Press the cap inward with brief, forcefu l pres
sure ¢ fig. 289. The cap will loosen from the
bumper.
... Tighten the towing loop in the threaded open
ing until it stops and then t ighten it w ith a
wheel wrench.
... After using, place the towing loop back in the
vehicle tool kit.
Vehicles with a trailer hitch*
... Attach the towing bar or the towing cable to
the tra iler hitch.
Vehicles with a factory-installed trailer hitch* are
not equipped with towing loop threads at the
rear.
A WARNING
If the towing loop is not tightened until it
stops when insta lling, the threads may be
pulled out when towing the vehicle and that
could cause an accident.
366
A WARNING
,-
Applies to: vehicles with trailer hitch
- Only use a special towing bar to prevent
damaging the ball hitch. These towing bars
have been spec ially designed for trailer tow
ing hitches.
- Only use special towing cables.
Loading the vehicle onto a flatbed truck
Fig. 290 Veh icle on flatbed t ruck
Front hook up
.,. Align the vehicle with the centerline of the car
carrier ramp .
.,. Attach the winch hook to the front towline eye
previously installed .
Rear hook up
... Align the vehicle with the centerline of the car
carrier ramp.
.,. Attach the w inch hook to the rear towline eye
previously installed .
(D Tips
Check carefully to make sure the hook-up is
secure before moving the car up the flatbed
truck ramp .
Page 388 of 392
Index
Speed warn ing syst em . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Speller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Sport diffe rentia l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Sport view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 4
Stabilization program
refer to E5C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140, 14 1
Start/Stop system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Mess ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Sw itchi ng off/on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
S T ART ENGINE STOP button . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Starting to d rive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 2
Starting (eng ine) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76, 77, 79
S teer ing
Electromecha nica l steering . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 4
also refer to Elect romechanica l steering . 144
Steer ing whee l
E asy sea t entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 6
M anual a djustmen t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
P ower adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Shift padd les . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Steer ing whee l heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
also refer to Mu ltifunction
steer ing whee l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12, 14, 15
Steps for determining correct load limit . . . 339
Stopove r (navigation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Stopping (eng ine) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
S to ra ge comp artments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 1
Streaming
refer to Online media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
S tronic (automatic transm ission) . . . . . . . . . 84
Subti tles (DVD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 7
Subwoofer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Sunshade Rea r window/rear doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Sun viso rs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 1
Swap call .. .. .. .. ............. .... .. . 178
Switching tabs
refer to Multifunction
steer ing whee l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12, 14, 15
Sw itchi ng the ign ition on/off. . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 6
Symbo ls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
T raff ic .. ... .. .. ................ 217,218
also refer to Indicato r lights . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
SYNC (b utton) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
386
System settings (MMI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 45
System update (M MI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
System volume 250
T
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10, 11
Tail lights
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345
Technica l data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369
Technica l modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 74
Telephone ........ .. .. ............... 174
Connect ing ......................... 174
D ialing a numbe r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 7
Options d uring a phone call . . . . . . . . . . . 178
P laying music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Temperatu re d isplay
Coo la nt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Ou tside temperat ure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Tether anchors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308
Tether strap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308
Text messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
also refer to T ext mess ages . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Tie -downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65, 258
Tig htening specification
Wheel bo lts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356
Tig hte ning spe cifica tion (wheel bo lts) . . . . 356
Tilt angle d isplay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Time ... ... .. .. .... .. ... .. ..... ... .. 245
Tire Mob il ity System (t ire repa ir set) . . . . . . 350
Tires....... .. .. .. .. .. ............. .. 325
Low-profile t ires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341
quattro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Repair set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350
Replacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352
Se rvice life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 4
T ire p ressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33S
T ire pressure mo nitoring system . . . . . . . 3 42
Tire pressure table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336
T ire pressure (trai ler towing) . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Treadwear indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334
U nidirectional .. .. .. .. ........... 327,355
Uni form tire qua lity grading . . . . . . . . . . . 341
Tires and wheels Glossary of tire and loading te rminology . 328
Tires and vehicle load limits . . . . . . . . . . . 337
Page 389 of 392
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TMC
refer to Traffic information . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Tone (sound)
refer to Adjusting the sound . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Too l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350
Torn or frayed safety be lts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Touch
refer to MMI touch 151
Towing Tow trucks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365
Towing loop ... ................ .. 365,366
Towing protection monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
TPMS Tire pressure monitoring system . . . . . . . 342
Traffic information ............ 217,218,219
Traffic jam assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Traffic messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Traffic sign recognit ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Trailer load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370
Trailer mode (navigation) ......... ..... . 211
Trailer tow ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Parking systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Trailer load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Turn signa ls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Transport Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Trave l guide
refer to Travel (travel guide) . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Trave l (travel guide) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Treble (sound) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Trip computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Turnassist . .... ............... .... ... 113
T urn signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
u
Unfastening safety be lts
Uniform tire quality grad ing
Unlocking/locking 266
341
By remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
W it h the central locking switch . . . . . . . . . 34
W ith the convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
W ith the lock cylinder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 5
Updating stations (radio) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
USB charging port ............. 60 , 232, 233
U5B stick
refer to Audi music interface ....... 231, 232
Index
V
Vanity mirror. ..... .. ................ .. 51
Vehicle Care/cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344
Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369
Out of serv ice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
Raising . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369
Transport ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368
Vehicle battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321
Charge level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323
Winter operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322
Vehicle care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344
Vehicle control modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Vehicle jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350
Lifting points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354
Whee l change mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352
Vehicle key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Vehicle status report Audi connect vehicle control . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Vehicle tool kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350
Ventilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Version information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
VIEW button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
VIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369
Voice guidance
refer to Multifunction
steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12, 14, 15
Voicemail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Voice recognition system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
External ........................... 172
Operating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Vo lume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Vo lume ..... ... .. .. ................ . 249
w
Warning lights
refer to Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Warranty coverages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371
Washing matte finish pa int . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344
Web radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Weights..... ..... .. ................ . 370
387