2018 AUDI Q5 trailer

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.
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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 .

Technical data
Weights
= 111 11 I~ I III I I II Ill llllll 1 111 111111 111 111111 11111111
F ig . 294 Safety cert ificate
Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR )
The maximum pe rm itted total we ight (D of the
ve hicl e is listed on t he safety certificate on the
side area of the doo r or o n t he dr ive r's door p illar.
Trailer load Gross Axle Weight Rating
(GAWR)
The m axim um permi tte d l oad on the front ax le
@ or the rea r axle @ is listed on t he safety cer ­
tificate on t he side area of the doo r or on the
drive r's door pillar .
Load
The maxim um per mit te d loa d is lis ted on the tire
p ressure labe l on t he drive r's doo r pilla r.
Roof load
The maxim um permiss ible roof load is 165 lbs
(75 kg).
Trailer without brake Trailer with brakes up to 12% Tongue weight on trailer ball
incline hitch
1650 lbs (750 kg) 4,400 lbs ( 2,0 00 kg) 440 lbs (20 0 kg)
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Consumer Information
Warranty coverages
Your Audi i s co vered by the following warran­
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 regarding your warranties
can be found in your
Warranty & Maintenance
booklet .
Operating your vehicle
outside the U.S.A. or
Canada
Government regulati ons in the United States and
Canada require that automobiles meet specific
emission regulations and safety standards.
Therefore, vehicles built for the U.S.A. and Cana­
da differ from vehicles sold in other countries.
If you p lan to take you r vehicle outside the conti­
nenta l limits of the United States or Canada,
there is the possibility that:
- un leaded fue ls for vehicles with catalytic con­
verter may not be available;
- fuel may have a conside rably lower octane rat­
ing . Improper fuel may cause engine damage;
- service may be inadequate due to lack of proper
service facilities, tools or testing eq uipment;
- r eplacement parts may not be readily available.
- Navigation systems for veh icles built for the
U.S .A . and Canada w ill not necessarily work in
Eur ope, and may not wo rk in other countries
outside of North America.
Consumer Information
@ Note
Audi cannot be responsib le 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 Litera ­
ture are published as soon as poss ible after mod­
el introduction. Se rvice Ma nuals and literature
are available to order from the Audi Tec hni cal Lit ­
erature Orde ring Center at :
www.audi.techliterature.com
Maintenance
General
Your vehicle has been designed to help keep
maintenance requirements to a minimum. How­
ever, a certain amount of regular maintenance is
still necessary to assure your vehicle's safety,
economy and reliab ility . For detailed vehicle
maintenance consult your Warranty & Mainte­
nance booklet .
Under difficult operating conditions, for exam­
ple at extremely low outside temperatures, in
very dusty regions, when tow ing a trailer very fre­
quently, etc., some service wo rk shou ld be per­
formed between the intervals 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 io n standards are
maintained, thus min imiz ing 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 increasing technica l complexity of
.,.
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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
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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
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Warning lights
refer to Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Warranty coverages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371
Washing matte finish pa int . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344
Web radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Weights..... ..... .. ................ . 370
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