2018 AUDI Q7 Owner´s Manual

Owner's Manual
2018 07
Audi Vorsprung durch Technik

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::r ' Foreword
Thank you for choosing an Audi -we va lue 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.
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Table of contents
About this Owner's Manual. . . . . .
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Cockpit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Cockpit overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Controls at a glance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Instrument cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 0
M ultif unction steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . 12
Veh icle functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
H ead-up display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Indicator l ights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Starting and driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Opening and closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Cent ral lock ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
L uggage compartment lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
C hil d safety loc k . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
P owe r w indows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
P ano rama g lass roo f . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 0
Garage door opener (Homelink) . . . . . . . . 41
Lights and Vision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
E xterio r lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 3
Interior lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
V1s1on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
W indshield wipers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Dig ita l compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Seats and storage ............. .. .
General information .......... .... .. . 54
54
Front seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Rea r seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
H ead restra ints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
M emory fu nction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Ashtray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Ciga ret te lighte r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
P ower so urces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Roof rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Warm and cold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Climate control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
3 zone deluxe automatic clim ate control . 67
4-zone deluxe automatic climate control . 70
Steer ing whee l heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
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Driving ... .. .. .... .. ... .. ..... ... . .
Genera l information . .... .. ..... ... . .
Steering . ... .. .... .. ... .. ..... ... . .
Start ing and stopping the eng ine ..... . .
Start/Stop system .. .. ............. . .
E lectromechanical parking brake ...... .
Start ing to drive .. .. .. .............. .
Offroad d riving ... .. .. .............. .
T ilt angle d isp lay . .. .. ............. . .
A utomat ic tra nsmission
Trailer towing ... .. ............. . .
D rivi ng with a tra ile r 74
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Driver assi stance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9S
Assistance systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Speed warning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Cruise cont ro l sys tem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Camera -based traffic sign recognition . . . 97
Lap timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Pred ictive eff ic iency assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Audi adaptive c ruise contro l . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Audi pre sense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Audi active lane assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Audi s ide ass ist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
N ight vision assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 25
A udi drive selec t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Parking systems 132
Genera l infor mation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Rear p arking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Parking sys tem plus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Rearview camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Periphera l cameras . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Adjusting the parking aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Error messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Trailer hitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Intelligent Technology . . . . . . . . . . 142
E lec tronic stabili zation con trol (ESC) . . . . 142
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
E lectromechanical steering, all-whee l
stee ring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
A ll-wheel d rive (quattro) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
E ne rgy managemen t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 7
Notice abo ut data recorded by the Event
Data Recorder and vehicle contro l
modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

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::r ' Infotainment syst em . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Multi Media Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 9
Traffic safety information . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
MMI On/Off knob w ith joyst ick function . . 149
Infotainment system display . . . . . . . . . . 150
MMI operat ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
MMI touch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Contro l knob with joystick funct ion . . . . . 155
Shortcut keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
L ette r/number speller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
F ree text search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Menus and Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Multifunction steering wheel . . . 16 1
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 1
Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 1
Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Voice recognition system . . . . . . . . 167
Operating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Command overv iew information . . . . . . . . 167
Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
E xternal vo ice operat ion 172
Telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
I ntroduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 4
Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Using the te lephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
F avorites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
M essages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Listening to voicemai l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Addit ional settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Troubleshoot ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Audi connect (Infotainment) . . . . 187
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Conf iguration through myAudi . . . . . . . . . 187
Opening Aud i connect ( Infotainment) . . . 188
Aud i connect Infotainment se rvices . . . . . 188
W i-Fi hotspot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Conf igur ing the data connect ion . . . . . . . . 194
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Audi connect (Infota inment) gene ral
information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Troub les hooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Audi connect vehicle control . . . . 19 7
Introduction ..... .. ... .. ..... ... .. .. 197
Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Additional options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Remote locking and un lock ing . . . . . . . . . 198
Vehicle status report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Parking locat io n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Geofencing Alert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 99
Speed Ale rt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Valet Alert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Stolen Vehicle Lo cator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Online Audi service request ..... ... .. .. 199
Emergency call .. ... .. ..... ... .. .. 20 1
Introd uction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Emergency call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Online roads ide assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 03
Open ing navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Entering a destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Persona l route ass istance . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Alternative routes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Additional settings ................. . 210
Map .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ... .. ..... ... .. .. 213
Sate llite map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Map upd ate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
T raffic information .... .. ..... ... .. .. 21 7
T roub leshooting .... ... .. ..... ... .. .. 219
Radio .. .. .. .... .. ... .. ..... ... .. .. 220
Opening the radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 20
Radio functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Radio menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Additional settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Media ...... .. .. ................. .. 225
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Med ia drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
B luetooth aud io p laye r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Wi-Fi a udio p laye r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
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On line media and In ternet radio . . . . . . . . 230
Mul timedia connections .... ... .. .. ... 231
P lay ing media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Addit ional se ttings ........... .... .. . 237
Supported media and fi le formats . . . . . . 240
Troubleshoot ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Audi smartphone interface . . . . . . 243
Setup . .. .. .. .. ... .. ..... ... .. .. .. . 243
Operating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
T roubleshoot ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 4
System settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Sett ing t he date and time . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
M MI sett ings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Con nection ma nager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Sys tem update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
So und setti ngs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 9
Volume settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Restarting the M MI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Software license information 251
Safety first . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Driving safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Correct passenger seating positions . . . . . 253
Pedal area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Storing cargo co rrectly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Repo rt ing Safety Defects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 1
Gene ral information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 1
W hy use safety belts? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Safety bel ts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
B el t tensione rs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
I mpo rtant info rm ation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Fr ont airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
M onitoring the Advanced Airbag System . 28 1
Side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Side curtain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
Child safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 1
Important information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
Ch ild safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
Secur ing ch ild safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
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LATCH sys tem (lower anchorages and
tethers for c hild ren) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
Additional in format ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
Maintenance and Care . . . . . . . . . . . 310
Checking and Filling . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310
Fuel...... .. .. .. .. .. ............. .. 310
Refueling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
Se lective catalytic reduction (AdBlue/
DEF) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314
Emiss ions control systems . . . . . . . . . . . . 317
On Boa rd D iagnost ic System (OBD) . . . . . 318
En gine compartment .. ............. .. 319
En gine o il . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 1
Cooli ng system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 24
Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326
Windshie ld washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . 328
Service interva l display
328
Wheels .... .. .. .. .. ............. .. 330
Wheels and Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330
Tire pressure mo nitor ing system . . . . . . . 347
Run -flat tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
Care and cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351
General information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351
Car washes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351
Cleaning and care info rmation . . . . . . . . . 352
P lac ing you r vehicle ou t of serv ice 356
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357
Emergency assistance . . . . . . . . . . . 3 57
Gener al info rmation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357
Eq uipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 57
T ire mobility kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 57
Replacing a whee l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359
Fuses and bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 64
Fuses.. ... .. .. .... .. ... .. ..... ... .. 364
Bu lbs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368
Emergency situations . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 69
Genera l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369
Start ing by push ing or tow ing . . . . . . . . . . 369
Start ing with jumper cables . . . . . . . . . . . 369
Usingthejumpstartcable . ...... ... .. 370

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Raising the vehicle .......... .. .. .... . 373
Accessories and Technical Data . 375
Technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375
Ve hicl e specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375
Notes about technica l data ..... .. .. .. . 375
Dimensions. .. ............... .. .. .. . 375
Capac it ies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375
Weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376
Consumer Information . . . . . . . . . . 377
Warranty coverages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377
Operating your veh icle outs ide the U .S .A .
or Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377
Aud i Service Repair Manuals and
Literature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377
M aintenance. .... .......... .. .. .... . 377
Accessories and technical changes . . . . . . 379
Declaration of compliance for
telecommunicat ions equ ipment and
e lectronic systems
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Index ... .. .. ............... .. .. .. . 381
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About this Owner's Manual
This Owne r's Manual applies to a ll versions of
this mode l.
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 on ly
be offered in certain countries .
Some sections in this manua l do not apply to all
ve hicl es. 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".
Optional or vehicle-specific equipment is also
ident ified with an asterisk"*" .
The
illustrations in this manual are a guide .
Some of the detai ls in your vehicle may differ
from the illustration .
A ll
directions , such as "left", "right", "front" and
"rear", are based on the vehicle's direction of
travel.
* Optiona
l or vehicle -specific equipment
.., The section continues on the next page.
~ & Cross refe rence to a "WARNING" w it hi n a
section . If a page number is indicated , the
WARNING is located o utsid e 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.
(LlJ) Note
Text with this symbol contains informat ion
about reducing the risk of damage to your ve­
hicle.
@ For the sake of the environment
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Text with this symbol contains informat ion on
protecting the enviro nment .
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(D Tips
Text with this symbo l contains additional use­
f ul info rmation.