2018 AUDI Q7 360

Emergency assistance
placing the Automatic Transmission in P
(Park) will
not prevent the vehicle from
moving.
- Before you change a wheel, be sure the
ground is level and firm. If necessary, use a
sturdy board under the jack*.
-Always store the vehicle tool kit, the jack* and the replaced tire in the luggage com­partment <=>
page 257.
@ Tips
-Obey all laws.
- Before changing the wheel, you must acti- vate the jacking mode*, so that the auto­matic controls for the air suspension* do
not make it more difficult to lift the vehicle
with the jack*<=>
page 360 .
Removing the caps
Fig .. 276 Wheel: wheel bo lts wi th caps
.,. Slide the plastic clip (from the vehicle tool kit)
onto the cap until it engages
<=> fig. 276 .
.,. Remove the cap with the plastic clip .
Loosening the wheel bolts
Fig. 277 Whee l: loosen ing the w heel bo lt
360
.,. Slide the wheel wrench (from the vehicle tool
kit) all the way onto the wheel bolt .
.,. Turn the wheel bolt approximately one turn to
the left -arrow- . To reach the required torque,
hold the end of the wheel wrench. lfthe wheel
bolt will not loosen, press carefully on the
wheel wrench with your foot . H old onto the ve­
hicle securely whi le during this and make sure
your stance is stable.
_&. WARNING
To reduce the risk of an accident, only loosen
the wheel bolts gently (one turn) before rais ­
ing the vehicle with the vehicle jack*.
Raising the vehicle
Fig. 278 S ill panels: markings
Fig. 279 Sill: positi on ing the vehicle jack
.,. Place the veh icle jack* (vehicle tool kit) on a
firm s urface. Use a flat, stable support if neces ­
sary . On a slippery surface such as ti le, you
should use a non-slip pad (such as a rubber
mat)
c> .&_ .
.,. Find the marking on the sill that is closest to
the tire that wi ll be changed<=>
fig. 278. Behind
the mark ing, there is a lifting point o n the side
sill for the vehicle jack* . ..,.

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:E " (D Tips
Check carefu lly to make sure the hoo k-up is
secure befo re moving the car up the f latbe d
truck ramp.
Raising the vehicle
Lifting with workshop hoist and with floor
jack
The vehicle may only be li~ed at the lifting
point s illus tra ted .
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c!i
Fig . 294 F ro nt lift ing poin t
Fig . 295 Re ar lift ing poin t
.,. Read and heed WARNING c::> &_ .
.,. Locate lift ing po ints c:> fig . 294 and c:> fig . 295 .
.,. Adjust lifting arms of wo rkshop ho ist or floo r
jac k to matc h ve hicle lifting points .
.,. In se rt a r ubber pa d be tween t he floor jack/
wor kshop hois t and the li fting poin ts.
If you must lift your vehicle with a floor jack to
work underneath , be sure the vehicle is safely
supported on stands intended for thi s purpose .
Front lifting point
The lift ing po int is located on the floor pan re in­
forcement about at the same level as the jack
Emergency situations
mounting point c::> fig . 294 . Do not lift the vehi­
cle at the vertical sill reinforcement .
Rear lifting point
The lifting poi nt is lo cate d on the ve rtic al rein­
f orceme nt of the lowe r si ll for the on board j ack
c:> fig. 295 .
Lifting with vehicle jack
Refer to c::> page 360.
_&, WARNING
-- T o reduc e th e ris k of se rious injury and veh i­
cle da mage.
- Al ways lift the vehicle on ly a t the special
workshop hoist and f loor jack lift points i l­
lustrated
c::> fig . 294 and c::> fig. 295.
-Failure to lift the ve hicle at these points
could cause the veh icle to t ilt or fall from
a lift if t he re is a cha nge in vehicle we ight
dist ribution and balance . This might hap ­
pen, fo r exampl e, when he avy compo­
nen ts such as the engin e block o r trans­
mission a re removed .
- Wh en remov ing h eavy components like
t he se, ancho r ve hicle to hoist or add co rre­
spon ding weig hts to m aint ain t he cen ter o f
g ra vity. Ot he rw ise, the vehicle mig ht tilt or
sli p off the hoist, c ausing se rio us pe rson al
in jur y.
Ci) Note
- B e aware of the follow ing poi nt s bef or e lift ­
ing the vehicle:
-The vehicle should never be lifted or
jacked up from underneath the engine oil pan, the transmission housing, the front
or rear axle or the body side members .
This could lead to serious damage.
- To avoid damage to the underbody or
chassis frame, a rubber pad must be in­
serted between the floor jack and the lift
points .
- Before driving over a workshop hoist,
check that the vehicle weight does not
exceed the permissible lifting capacity of
the hoist. ..,.
373

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::r ' Instrument cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
C leaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Inst rument illum inat io n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Inter ior lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46, 47
Internet
refer to Audi connect (Infotainment) . . . . 187
In ter net radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Interva l mode (w ipers) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SO
iPhone
refer to Audi music interface . . . . . . . 23 1, 232
J
Jukebox 227
369
370
J ump-starting .. ................ ... .. .
Jump start cab le . .. .. ..... ... .. .. .... .
K
Key ... .. .... .. ... .. ..... ... .. .. ...... 30
Key not recogni zed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Key rep lacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Mechanical key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30, 31
Replac ing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Unlock ing/ locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32, 34
Veh icle code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Kick -down (automatic transmission) . . . . . . . 89
L
Lane assist
refer to Audi active lane assist . . . . . . . . . 117
Lap t ime r. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Evaluating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
S tarting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
LATCH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
Descr ipt ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
Install ing a chi ld restra int . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
Lo cat ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
M ounti ng and releasing the anchorage
h ook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
307
Leather care/clean ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354
Left contro l button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Licensing ag reemen ts (M MI) . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 1
Lifting points (vehicle jack) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360
Ind ex
Light/rain sensor
Head lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
43
Interval mode (wipers) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SO
L ight fu nctions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
43
High beam assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
In str ument illumination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 7
Interior lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Light ing
E xterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
43
Inte rior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Lights
Headl ight range cont rol system . . . . . . . . .
43
Listening to music
refer to Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225, 234
Load.. ... .. .. .... .. ... .. ..... ... .. .. 3 76
Load ing the luggage compartment ....... 257
Locking/unlocking
By remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
32
With the convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
With the lock cylinder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Low beam headlig hts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Lowering the rear of the veh icle . . . . . . . . . 131
Luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Cover (ma nual) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Power sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
60
Stor ing cargo cor rectly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
T ie-downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
also refer to Load ing t he luggage compart-
ment... .. .. .. .. ............... .. ..
2 57
Luggage compartment lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Emergency release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Lumbar support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
M
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377
Maintenance i ntervals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328
Making an emergency call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Malfunction Ind ic a tor Lamp (M IL) . . . . . . . 3 18
Map
Chang ing t he scale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
205
D isplay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 18
Operat ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 13
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 14
Setting the destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
U pdate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Map update . .. .. .. .. ... .. ..... ... .. .. 216
387

Index
Radio Standards Specification (RSS) 380
Rail carrier ... .. .. ................ ... . 374
Rain/light sensor
Headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
43
Interval mode (w ipers) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Raising the ve hicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373
Random
refer to Sh uffle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 7
Range (fuel level) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
16
Reading lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Rea r axle steering
refer to All-wheel stee ring . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Rear fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Rear lid
refer to Luggage compartment lid . . . . . . . 35
Rea r lower ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 1
Rear Seat Entertainment preparation
refer to Audi Entertainment mobile
Rearview camera 233
refer to
Parking systems . . . . . . . . . . 133, 134
Rea r window defogger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68, 7 1
Rear window washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
R EAR (button) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Recirculation mode (automatic climate con-
trol) ..... ... .. .. ................ ..
68, 7 1
Recuperation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Ref ueling .. .. .. .. ............. .. .. .. . 312
Remote control
refer to Remote control key . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Remote control key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Remote con trol ope ra tion
Garage door opener (Home link) . . . . . . . . .
4 1
Remote lock ing and unlocking
Aud i connect vehicle control . . . . . . . . . . .
198
Removing the caps (wheel bolts) . . . . . . . . . 360
Repa ir m anuals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 7
Repairs
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
284
Rep lacement key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Replac ing
L ight bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
368
Replac ing wiper blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 1, 52
Reporting Safety Defects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Reset
refer to Restart ( MMI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Reset button (trip odometer) . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
390
Resetting the trip odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Res idual heat (automatic climate control) 69, 72
Restart (MMI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Ret rac to r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Reverse gear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Rewinding (audio/video file) . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
R ight contro l button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Rims ...... .. .. .. .. .. ............. .. 345
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352
Ringtone settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Road carrie r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374
Road no ise compensat ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Roaming
refer to Data connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Roof load ......... .. .. ............ 64, 376
Roof rack ... .. .. .. .. .. ............. ... 64
also refer to
Roof rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Ro ute criteria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Route guidance
refer to Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Run-flat (tires) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
R unning d irect io n (t ires)
s
Safe d riving habits
Safety
3 62
252
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Cargo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Co rrect seat ing pos it ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Pedal a rea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 56
Telep hone . .. .. .. .. .. ............. .. 174
Safety be lt height adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Safety belt position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Safety be lt height adjustment . . . . . . . . . 267
Safety be lts worn by pregnant women . . . 266
Safety be lt pretensioner
Service and disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
268
Safety be lts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261, 264
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 53
Danger to passengers who do not wear a
safety be lt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
262
Fastening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Improperly worn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Not worn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Safety be lt pos ition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265

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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