2018 AUDI Q7 open hood

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::r - Engine compartment
Working in the engine compartment
Special care is required if you are working in the engine compartment
F or wo rk in th e en gine co mpartm en t, suc h as
ch eck ing and filli ng flu id s, th ere is a r isk o f in­
jur y, sca lding, ac cident s, a nd b urn s. Fo r this
re aso n, follow all the warning s and gener al
s af ety pr ecau tions pr ovided in the f ollowin g in­
f o rm ation . The engine comp artm en t is a d an­
g ero us ar ea .
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A WARNING
- T urn the engine off.
- Swit ch the ign ition off.
- Set the parking brake .
- Select the "P" selector lever posit ion .
- Let the engine cool down.
- Never open the hood when there is steam or coolant escaping from the eng ine compart­
ment, because there is a risk that you could
be burned . Wait until no steam or coolant is
escaping.
- Keep children away from the engine com­
partment .
- Never spill flu ids on a hot engine. These flu­
ids (such as the anti -freezing agent con­
tained in the coolant) can ignite .
- Avoid short circu its in the electrical system .
- When working in the engine compartment,
remember that the radiator fan can sw itch
on even if the ign ition is switched off, which
increases the risk of injury .
- Never open the cap on the coolant expan­
sion tank when the eng ine is warm. The
cooling system is under pressure .
- To protect your face, hands, and arms from hot steam or coolant, cover the cap with a
large cloth when opening.
- Do not remove the engine cover under any circumstances . This increases the risk of
burns.
- If tests need to be performed w ith the en­
gine running, there is additional danger due
to moving components (such as the ribbed
Ch eck ing and F illing
be lt, alternator and radiator fan) and from
the high-voltage ignition system.
- Do not under any circumstances activate the
throttle inadvertently (for example, by hand
from the engine compartment) if the veh i­
cle is stat ionary but the eng ine is running
and a gear is engaged . Otherwise, the veh i­
cle will start to move immed iately and this
could result in an acc ident.
- Pay attent ion to the following warnings
when work on the fue l system is required :
- Do not smoke .
- Never wor k nea r open flames .
- Always have a working fi re extingu isher
nearby.
- All work on the battery or electrical system
in your veh icle can result in inju ries, chemi­
cal burns, acc iden ts or bu rns . Because of
this, all work m ust be performed
onl y by an
authorized Audi dealer or authorized Audi
Service Facility.
- To reduce the risk o f electric shock and in ­
jury, never touch the following components
when the engine is running or is being start­
ed:
- Ign it ion cable
- Other components in the electronic high -
voltage ign ition system
- If you must check or perform work on the
engine wh ile it is running:
- Set the parking brake first and then se lect
the "P" selector lever position .
- Always proceed w ith extreme caution so
that clothing, jewelry or long hair do not
become caught in the radiator fan, fan
belt or other moving components or do
not come into contact with hot compo­
nents. Tie back long hair before beginning
work and do not wear clothing that can hang down into the engine .
- lim it your exposure to exhaust and chemi­
cals to as short a time as possible
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A WARNING
California Proposition 65 Warning:
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Checking and Filling
- Engine exhaust, some of its constituents,
and certain vehicle components contain or
emit chemicals known to the State of Cali­
forn ia to cause cancer and birth defects and
reproduct ive harm . In addition, certain flu­
ids contained in veh icles and certain prod­
ucts of compo nent wear contain or emit
chemicals known to the State of California
to cause cancer and birth defects or other reproductive harm .
- Battery posts, termina ls and related acces­
sories contain lead and lead compounds, chemicals known to the State of California
to cause cancer and reproductive harms.
Wash hands after handling .
(D Note
When filling flu ids, be sure not to mix the flu ­
ids up . Otherwise severe ma lfunctions and en­
gine damage w ill occur .
@ For the sake of the environment
You shou ld regularly check the ground under
your vehicle in order to detect leaks quickly. If
there are visible spots from oil or other fluids,
bring your vehicle to an authorized Audi deal­
er or author ized Audi Service Facility to be
checked .
Opening/closing the hood
The hood is released from inside the vehicle.
Fig . 261 D river footwell : release leve r
320
Fig. 262 Unlocked hood : lev er
Make sure the wiper arms are not raised up from
the windshie ld. Otherw ise the paint could be
damaged .
Opening the hood
"'With the driver's door open, pull the lever be ­
low the instrument panel in the direction of the
arrow ~
fig. 261 .
"' Raise the hood slightly~ &-
"' Press the lever~ fig. 262 in the direction of the
arrow. This releases the hooks .
"' Open the hood.
Closing the hood
"' Push the hood down until you over ride the
force of the struts .
"' Let the hood fall lightly into the latch .
Do not
press it in.
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A WARNING
-Never open the hood when there is steam or
coo lant escaping from the engine compart­
ment, because there is a risk that you could
be burned. Wait until no steam or coolant is
escaping.
- For safety reasons, the hood must always be
closed securely while driving . Because of
this, always check the hood after closing it
to make sure it is latched correctly . The
hood is latched if the front corners canno t
be lifted .
- If you notice that the hood is not latched
while you are driving, stop immed iate ly and
close it, because driving when the hood is
not latched increases the r isk of an accident . ..,.

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:E ' -If the hood is not latched completely, it
could fly up while you are driv ing and ob­
struct your vision.
Engine compartment overview
The most important check points.
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Fig . 2 63 Typ ical location of the reservoir a nd t he eng ine o il filler ope ning
@ Jump start point(+) under a cover,(-) with
hex head screw
c::> page 32 7 c::> page 369
@ Coolant expans ion tank ( - L) c::> page 325
@ Engine oi l label * with VW standard
<=:> page 321
© Engine oil filler opening ('t=:r.) c::> page 322
® Brake f luid reservoir ((0)) c::> page 326
® Washer fluid reservoir (~) c::> page 328
The coolant expansion tank @and the engine oil
fi ller opening ©
c::> fig. 263 may be located in dif­
ferent places depending on the engine version.
A WARNING
Read and follow all WARNINGS before check­
ing anything in the eng ine compartment
c::> page 319.
Engine oil
If the engine oil level is too low
If you need to add engine oil, us e an oil that i s
li sted on the st icker.
The sticker is located at the
front of the engine compartment
c::> page 321 ,
fig. 263.
If the recommen ded engine o il is not avai lab le,
in an emergency you may add a maximum of 1
quart
( l liter) of ACEA C3 or API SN eng ine oi l
one time until the next oil change.
F or more i nformation on the correct eng ine oil
for yo ur vehicle, contact an author ized A udi deal­
er or authorized Aud i Service Facility . Have the o il
c h anged by an authorized Audi dealer or author-
i z ed Service Facility.
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::r - Adding engine oil
Fig. 264 Engine compa rtment : en gin e oil fille r opening
cover
Observe the safety p recautions r=:> .&. in Working
in the engine compartment on page
319 .
"'Turn the eng ine off.
"' Open the hood
r=:> page 320.
"'Unscrew the cap~ for the eng ine oi l filler
opening
r=;, fig. 264.
"' Carefully add 0.5 quart (0.5 liter) of the correct
oi l
r=;, page 321.
"'Close the engine oil filler opening cap.
"' Close the hood.
"' Restart the ignition after two mi nutes and read
the current o il level in the Infotainment system
r=:> page 322 , Checking the engine oil level.
"' Add more oil if necessa ry .
.8, WARNING
- Whe n add ing o il, do not let oil d rip on to hot
engine components . This increases the risk
of a fire.
- Yo u m ust seal the cap on the oil fi lle r open ­
ing correctly so that oil does not leak out
onto the hot engine and exhaust system
when the eng ine is running, because this is
a fire hazard.
- Always clean skin thoroug hly if it comes into
contact with engine oil.
- Engine oil is poisonous and must be kept
out of reach of c hil d ren .
- Store the engine oi l securely in the original
container.
(Q) Note
- If the message Ill Plea se redu ce oil level
appea rs, there is too much oil in the engine
Ch eck ing and F illing
and there is a risk of catalyt ic converter and
engine damage . Do not start the engine.
Contact an authorized A udi dealer or au ­
thori zed Audi Service Fac ility to have excess
eng ine oi l extracted if necessary.
- Your Limited New Vehicle Warranty does not cover damage or malfunctions due to
failure to fo llow recommended mainte­
nance and use requ irements as set fort h in
the Audi Ow ne r's Manua l and War ranty
&
Ma intenance booklet.
- Use only a h igh quality engine o il that ex­
press ly complies with the Audi o il quality
s tandard spec if ied for yo ur vehicle's eng ine.
Us ing any othe r oi l can c ause ser io us eng ine
damage.
- Do not mix a ny addit ional lubr ican ts into
t he engine oil. Damage caused by such add i­
t ives is no t covered by the warranty .
@ For the sake of the environment
-Oil sho uld neve r en ter the sewer system or
c ome in to con tact w ith the ground.
- Pay attent ion to lega l requirements when
disposing of empty o il conta iners.
Changing the engine oil
We recommend that have your oil changed by an
authorized Audi dealer or a qualified service sta­ tion.
Befo re you check anything in the engine compart­
ment,
a lwa ys read and heed all WARNINGS r=;, &.
in Working in the engine compartment on
page
319.
T he eng ine o il must be changed according to the
i nterva ls spec ified in your War ranty
& Ma inte­
nance booklet . This is ve ry importa nt because the
l u brica ting proper ties of oil dim inish g radua lly
during norma l vehicle use .
U nder some c ircumstances the engine oil s hou ld
be c hanged more freq uent ly. Cha nge o il more of­
ten if you dr ive mostly s hort d istances, operate
the vehicle in dusty areas or under p redominantly
stop-and -go traffic conditions, or have your ve hi­
cle where temperatures remain be low free zing
for extended periods.
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-If the vehicle will be p arked for long periods
of time, protect it against t he cold so that it
will not be destroyed by "freezing"
¢ page 327.
- There are electrical components under the
cargo floor behind a trim pane l that warm
up du ring operat ion. To reduce the r isk of
the components overheat ing, do not store
ob jects s uch as blankets u nder the ca rgo
floor. If they overheat, the components will
swi tch off tempo rar ily. Thi s wi ll be indicated
by a message in the ins trumen t clus ter, un­
ti l the temperature returns to normal.
@,l For the sake of the environment
'8' B atteries cont ain poll uti ng substa nces s uch
a s s ulfu ric a cid and le ad. Contact an aut hor­
ize d Au di dealer or a uthorized Aud i Service
Facility for more info rmation.
Vehicle battery
The term "vehicle battery" refers to the 12 Volt
battery in your vehicle.
Not running the vehicle for long periods of
time
If yo u do not dr ive you r vehicle for seve ral days or
weeks, e lectrical equipment is gradually sca led
back or switched off. This reduces ene rgy use and
ensu res the veh icle w ill be able to start after long
pe riods of time¢
page 147. Some convenience
functions, suc h as inter ior light ing or power seat
adjustment, may not be available under certa in
circumstances. These convenience funct ions w ill
be ava ilable again once you switc h the ign ition on
and start the engine.
Even when electrical equ ipment is switched off,
the equ ipment can still d rain the vehicle battery
if the vehicle is not drive n for long per iods of
time. Deep d rain ing results in a chemical reaction
that des troys the inside of the vehicle b attery.
The vehicle batte ry must be charged every mont h
to reduce the risk of this happening ¢
page 327.
Contact an author ized Audi dealer or authorized
Aud i Service Facility for more information.
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Winter operation
Co ld wea ther places higher dem ands on the vehi­
cl e battery . This res ults in reduced s tarting ab ili­
ty. Have the vehicle battery checked by an au ­
t h orized Audi dea le r or authorized Audi Service
Facility before the cold time of year.
Charging the vehicle battery
Fi g. 2 67 En g in e compar tmen t: co nnecto rs fo r a c harger
and j ump start cab les
Requireme nt: only use chargers with a ma ximum
charging voltage of 30 amp s/14 .8 Volts .
The
vehicle battery cab les remain connec ted .
.,. Read the warnings ¢
A in General warnings
about batteries on page 326
and ¢ &_ .
.,. Switch off the ignit ion and all electrical equ ip­
ment .
.,. Open the hood ¢
page 320.
.,. Open the red cover on the pos itive termina l
¢fig . 267.
.,. Clamp the charger terminal clamps to the jump
start pins
accord ing to the instructions. (pin
under the red cove r= "positive", pin with he x­
agona l head= "negat ive").
.,. Insert t he power cable for t he charging dev ice
into the socket and switch the device on .
.,. At the end of the charg ing p rocess, sw itch the
charger off and pull the power cable out of the
so cket.
.,. Remove the ch arger termin al cl amps.
.,. Close the red cover on the positive termina l.
.,. Close the hood
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::r ' Easy seat entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Economical route . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
E DS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
E lectromechanical parking brake . . . . . . . . . 81
Electromechanical steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Electronic immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
E lectronic stab ilization control
refer to ESC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142 , 143
Emergency assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357
Emergency braking function . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Emergency call function
Aud i connect emergency cal l and serv ice . 201
Emergency flashers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Emergency operation
Fu el fi ller door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314
E mergency starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369
Emissions control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317
Energy management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Engine Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324
Start/Stop system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Starting/stopping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Starting with jumper cab les . . . . . . . . . . . 369
Engine compartment
Opening/closing the hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320
Overview. .. .. ............. .. .. .. .. . 321
Safety precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319
Engine oil Adding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323
Checking oi l level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321
Consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321
Temperature display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Engine sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Engine Start/Stop mode
refer to Start/Stop system . . . . . . . . . . 79, 81
E ng ine stop
refer to Sta rt/Stop system 79,81
Enhanced view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Entering characters/numbers (speller) . . . . 157
E nter ing letters (speller) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Entertainment sliding menu . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Entry/exit lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Entry assistance
Rear seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Index
Environment
Proper disposa l of drained engine oil 323
Unleaded gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310
ESC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Hi ll descent assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Offroad mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Evasive steering support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Event Data Recorder ( EDR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 7
Exterior lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 7
Externa l voice operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
F
Factory default settings
Multi Media Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Fader (sound) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Fastening Booster seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Convertible child safety seats . . . . . . . . . . 299
Infant seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
Fast forwarding/rewinding (audio/video
file) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Fast forwarding (audio/video file) . . . . . . . . 234
Fast route 210
Favorites Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Telephone. .. .. .. ................. .. 179
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) 380
File formats (media drives) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Floor mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Folding the backrest down/up . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Foot pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
For the sake of the environment Environmentally-friendly driving . . . . . . . . 74
Fueling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
Leaks. .... .. .. .. ................. .. 320
Warming up the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Free text search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Freeze protection Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324
Frequency band . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220, 223
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