2018 AUDI Q7 Owner´s Manual

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::r ' Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Securing chi ld safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
Special considerations for pregnant wom-
en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
266
Unfastening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Warning/indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Worn properly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Safety belt warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Safety instructions
for side curta in airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
290
for using chi ld safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
for using safety be lts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Monitoring the Advanced Airbag System 283
Saving fuel
Energy consumers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
16
Recuperation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Scan (radio) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Screen
refer to Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Screwdriver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357
SD card reader (MMI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
sos
refer to Speech dialog system . . . . . . . . . . 166
Search area (point of interest) . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Search function
refer to Free text search
Seat adjustment 158 ,236
Head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Seat belts
refer to Safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Seat heating/ventilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68, 71
Seating capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Seating position
Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
253
Front passenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
How to adjust the front seats . . . . . . . . . . 254
Incorrect seat position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Occupants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Rear passengers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Seats
Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
54
Adjusting the rear seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354
Correct seating position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Number of seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Secondary phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176, 247
Selecting a source (media) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Index
Selection menu ...... .......... 13, 152, 156
Selective catalytic reduction
refer to Ad Blue. .. .. ............... .. 314
Selective wheel torque control . . . . . . . . . . 142
Selector lever
Selector lever positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
86
Self-learning navigation
refer to Personal route assistance . . . . . . 209
Service and disposal
Safety belt pretensioner . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
268
Service interval display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328
Service pos ition
refer to Replacing wiper blades . . . . . . . . . 51
SET REAR (button) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Settings
Directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
185
Map...... .. .. .. .. ............... .. 214
Media 237
Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
System (MMI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Telephone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Vo ice recognit ion system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Setting the language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Shade Rear window/rear doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
49
Sh ift paddles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Ship carrier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374
Shortcut keys ..... .. ............. 149, 156
Shuffle ........ .. .. ................ . 237
Side airbags 285
How they work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
Side assist
Cleaning the sensors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
352
also refer to
Audi side assist . . . . . . . . . . . 120
S id e curta in airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
How they work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
SiriusXM alert notifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Snow chains
Socket 346
refer to
Power sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Software update
refer to Map update. ................ . 191
refer to
System update (MMI) . . . . . . . . . . 248
391

Index
So ftware (MMI)
Licensing agreements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
25 1
Update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
So urces of informat ion abou t chil d rest rain ts
and their use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
309
Speech dialog system
Mul tifunction stee rin g wheel . . . . . . . . . . .
1 5
Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 5
Speed dependent volume contro l
Speed limit info 249
refer to T raffic sign recognition . . . . . . . . . 97
Speed lim its
refer to T raff ic s ign recognition . . . . . . . . . 9 7
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Speed warning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Speller .... .. .. .. ............. .... .. . 157
Sport diffe rential . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Sport view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 4
Stabilization program
refer to E SC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142, 143
Start/Stop system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Sw itchi ng off/on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 1
ST ART ENGINE STOP button . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
S tarting to d rive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
83
Starting (eng ine) . ............. .. 77, 78, 80
Steering
All -whee l steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
146
E lectromechanica l steer ing . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
also refer to Electromechanical steer ing . 146
Steer ing whee l
E asy seat entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
M anual adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
76
Power adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Shift padd les . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
89
Steer ing whee l heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
also refer to Multifunction
steer ing wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1 2, 15
Steps fo r determining correct load limit . . . 344
Stopove r (navigation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Stopping (eng ine) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Storage compa rtments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
St reaming
refer to Online media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
392
Subtitles ( DV D) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 3 7
Subwoofer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
249
Sunshade
Rear w indow/rear doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
49
Su n visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Swap call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Switc hing tabs
refer to Mu ltifunction steering wheel. . 12, 15
Swi tc hi ng t he ignit ion on/o ff. . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 7
Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
159
Nav igat ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
T raffic .... .. .. .. .. .. ........... 2 17,218
also refer to In dic ator lig hts . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Sync hronization (cl imate control system) . . . 68
SYNC (button) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
System sett ings (MMI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
System update (MMI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
System volume 2 50
T
Tachomete r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 , 11
Tail lights
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352
TOI clean diese l
refer to Ad Blue ..... .. ... .. ..... ... .. 314
Techn ica l da ta. .. .. .. .. ............. .. 375
Technica l modif ications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380
Telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 4
Connecting .. .................. .....
174
Dialing a n umber . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 7 7
Options d uring a phone call . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Playing music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Temperature display
Coo lant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
10
Outs ide temperat ure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Te ther ancho rs .. .. .. .. ............. .. 3 08
Tether strap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308
Text messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
also refer to Text messages . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Tie -downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64, 258
Tighten ing spec ification
Wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
362
Tighten ing spec ification (wheel bo lts) . . . . 362
Til t angle d isp lay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

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::r ' Time ............................... 245
Tire Mobility System (tire repair set) . . . . . . 357
T ires. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330
Low-profile tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346
quattro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Repair set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357
Replacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359
Run-flat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
Service life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339
Tire pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340
Tire pressure monitoring system . .. 347, 348
Tire pressure table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341
Tire pressure (trailer towing) . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Treadwear indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339
Unidirectional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332, 362
Uniform tire quality grading . . . . . . . . . . . 346
Tires and wheels Glossary of tire and loading terminology . 333
Tires and vehicle load limits . . . . . . . . . . . 343
TMC refer
to Tr affic information . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Tone (sound)
refer to Adjusting the sound . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357
Torn or frayed safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Touch
refer to MMI touch
T owing
Tow trucks
Towing loop
TPMS 153
371
371,372
Tire pressure monitoring system . . . . . . . 348
Traffic information ............ 217,218,219
Traffic jam assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Traffic messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Traffic sign recognition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Trailer load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376
Trailer mode (navigation) ........ .. .. .. . 211
Trai ler towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Parking systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Trailer load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Turn signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Transport Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Travel guide
refer to Travel (travel guide) . . . . . . . . . . . 191
T ravel (travel guide) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Index
Treble (sound) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Turn assist ...... .. .. ................ . 113
Turn signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
u
ULSD No. 2 (Diesel fuel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311
Unfastening safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Uniform tire quality grading . . . . . . . . . . . . 346
Unlocking/locking By remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
With the central locking switch . . . . . . . . . 33
With the convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
With the lock cylinder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Updating stations (radio) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
USB charging port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60, 232
USB stick
refer to Audi music interface ....... 231, 232
V
Vanity mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Vehicle Care/cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351
Dimensions .. .. .. ................. .. 375
Out of service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356
Raising . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360
Specifications ...... ................ . 37S
Transporting .. .. ................. . .
Vehicle battery .. .. ............... .. . .
Charge level ..... .. ................ .
Charging ... ....... ................ . 374
326
147
327
Winter operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
Vehicle care. .. .. .. ............... .. .. 351
Vehicle control modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Vehicle jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357
Lifting points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360
Wheel change mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359
Vehicle key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Vehicle status report Audi connect vehicle control . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Vehicle tool kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357
Ventilat ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Version informa tion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
VIEW button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
VIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375
393

Index
Voice guidance
refer to Multifunction steering wheel . . 12, 15
Voicema il . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Voice recognition system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
External . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Operating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Sett ings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Volume ... .. .. .. ............. .... .. . 249
w
Warning lights
refer to Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Warranty coverages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 7
Was hing matte f inish paint . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 1
Web radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
We igh ts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376
What happens if you wear your safety belt too
loose? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
265
W hat happens to unbelted occupants? . . . . 262
W hat impairs dr iv ing safety? . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 2
Wheel bo lts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345
Wheel replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359
Wheels ... ...... ... .. ..... ... .. .. ... 330
C lean ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352
Glossary of tire and load ing terminology . 333
Replacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359
Tire pressure monitoring system . . . . . . . 348
Tires and veh icle load lim its . . . . . . . . . . . 343
Whe el wrench . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357
W hen must a safety belt be replaced? . . . . 264
When must the airbag system be inspected? 281
Where are lower anchorages located?
30 6
Wi-F i
Aud i mus ic st ream . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
229
Aud io player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
On line media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
also refer to Wi -Fi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
W ild an imal recognition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
W indows
C hi ld safety lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
38
Clean ing/remov ing ice ............ ... . 353
Defrost ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68, 7 1
Powe r w indows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
394
Windshie ld
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SO
Defrosting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
68, 71
also refer to Windshie ld . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SO
Windsh ie ld washer system . . . . . . . . . .
5 0 , 3 28
Reservoir capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375
Windsh ield w ipers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SO
Winter operat ion
Car washes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
351
Cooling system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324
Defrosting the windows . . . . . . . . . . . . 68, 71
Removing ice from windows . . . . . . . . . . . 353
Seat heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 , 71
S now cha ins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346
Stee ring w heel heat ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
T ires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345
Vehicle battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 7
Windshie ld washer syst em . . . . . . . . . . . .
328
Winter t ires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345
X
Xenon headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368
z
Zooming on the map
Mult ifunct ion steer ing wheel . . . . . . . . . . .
13
Zoom (map) . ... .... .. ... .. ..... . 205,213

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