2018 AUDI Q7 wheel bolts

Wheels
differently even if they are the
same size
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.,,. If you would like to equip your
vehicle with a tire/rim combina­
tion that is different from what
was installed at the factory, con­
sult with an authorized Audi
dealer or authorized Audi Service
Facility before making a pur­
chase
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Because the spare tire* is differ­
ent from the regular tires instal­
led on the vehicle (such as winter
tires or wide tires), only use the
spare tire* temporarily in case of
emergency and drive carefully
while it is in use . It should be re­
placed with a regular tire as soon
as possible.
All four wheels must be equipped
with tires that are the same brand
and have the same construction
and tread pattern so that the
drive system is not damaged by
different tire speeds . For this rea­
son, in case of emergency, only
use a spare tire* that is the same
circumference as the regular
tires.
A WAR NING ~ -
-Do not use steel rims that are
17 inches or larger. Other-
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wise, damage to the vehicle
and an accident could result .
-Only use tire/rim combina­
tions and su itable wheel bolts
that have been approved by
Audi . Otherwise, damage to
the vehicle and an accident could result.
-For technical reasons, it is not
possible to use tires from oth­
er vehicles -in some cases,
you cannot even use ti res from
the same vehicle model.
-Make sure that the tires you
select have enough clearance
to the vehicle . Replacement
tires should not be c hosen
simply based on the nominal
size, because tires with a dif ­
ferent construction can differ
greatly even if they are the
same size. If there is not
enough clearance, the tires or
the vehicle can be damaged and this can reduce driving
safety and increase the risk of
an accident .
-Only use tires that are more
than six years old when abso ­
lutely necessary and drive
carefully when doing so.
- Run-flat tires* may only be
used on vehicles that were
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::r ' be five 150 lb s. pa ssenge rs in
y o ur vehi cle, th e am ount of
ava ilable cargo a nd lu ggage
l oa d cap acity is 650 lb s.
(1400-750 (5
X 150) = 650
lb s.)
5 . Determine th e combined
w eight of lu gga ge and cargo
bein g load ed on the vehicle .
Th at w eight m ay not sa fel y
ex ­
ceed th e av ail able car go and
lu ggage l oad capa city ca lc ul at­
e d in St ep 4 .
6 . If your vehicle will b e to wing a
tr ail e r, load from your tr ailer
will b e tran sferr ed to your
v e­
hi cle . C on sul t thi s manual t o
dete rmin e how this re du ces
th e av ailabl e c argo and lug­
ga ge load cap acity o f your vehi­
c le.
.,. Che ck th e tir e s idewall
(c:::> p ag e 33 1, fig. 269) to det er­
min e the de signated load r ating
for a specific tire.
Wheel bolts and rims
Wheel bolts
Wheel bolts must be clean and loosen/t ighten
eas ily .
Rims
Rims w ith a bolted rim ring* o r with bolted wheel
cove rs* consis t of multip le pieces. These compo­
nents were bolted together using specia l bolts
Wheels
and a spec ia l proced ure. Yo u must not repair or
disass emb le them <::>
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A WARNING
--
Wheel bo lts that are tightened or repaired in­
correct ly can become loose and resu lt in loss
of vehicle contro l, wh ich increases the risk of
an accident . For the cor rect tighten ing specifi­
cation, see <::>
page 362, Finishing .
-Always keep the wheel bolts and the
threads in the wheel h ub clean and free of
g rease .
- Only use wheel bolts that fit the rim .
- Always have damaged rims repaired by an
author ized Audi dealer or author ized Audi
Serv ice Facility . Never repair or disassemb le
rims yo urself, because th is increases the r isk
of an acc ident.
Winter tires
Winter tires sign ifican tly imp rove the vehi cle's
handling when dr iv ing in winter conditions . B e­
ca use of their const ruct ion (w idth, compou nd,
tread pattern), summer tires provide less trac ­
tion on ice and snow .
.,. Use winter tires on all four wheels.
.,. On ly use winter tires that a re app roved fo r yo ur
ve hicle.
.,. Please not e that th e maximum permitted
speed may be lower with winter ti res
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General information on page 330 .
An author­
ized Aud i dealer or authori zed Aud i Serv ice Fa­
cility can inform you about t he maximum per ­
m itted speed for your tires .
.,. Check the tire p ressure afte r insta lling wheels
<::> page 340 .
The effectiveness of w inter tires is reduced great­
ly when t he tread is wo rn down to a depth of
0.16 in (4 mm). The cha racter istics of w inte r
t ir es also decrease g reatly as the t ire ages, re ­
gard less o f th e rem aining t read.
@ For the sake of the environment
Reinstall summer tires at the app ropr iate
time , beca use they prov ide bette r handling
when roa ds are free o f snow and ice. Summer ..,.
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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)
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.,. 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* . ..,.

Emergency assistance
vehicle tool kit) ¢ fig. 280 and place it on a
clean surface.
• Then install the alignment pin (from the vehicle
tool kit) by hand into the empty wheel bolt hole
¢fig. 2a11>.
• Remove the rest of the wheel bolts .
• Remove the wheel ¢@ . The al ignment pi n re-
mains in the hole while doing this .
Install a wheel
Read the direct ions on c> page 362 when instal­
ling unid irectional tires.
• Slide the wheel on over the alignment pin¢@ .
• Install the wheel bolts and tighten gently using
the hex socket.
• Remove the alignment pin and also tighten the
remaining wheel bolt.
• Carefully lower the vehicle using the vehicle
jack* .
• Tighte n the wheel bolts in a diagona l pattern
u sin g the wheel wrench.
The whee l bolts must be clean and loosen/tight­
en easi ly. Check the contact su rfaces for the
wheel and hub . Contaminants on these surfaces
m ust be removed before installing the wheel.
A WARNING
Never use the hex socket in the screwdriver
hand le or the hex socket wrench with the
ratchet to loosen or tighten the wheel bolts.
You will not attain the required tightening
specification, which wi ll increase the risk of an
accident .
@ Note
When removing or installing the whee l, the
r im could hit the brake rotor and damage the
rotor. Work carefu lly and have a second per­
son help you.
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> A pp lies to vehicles with cer amic br ake rot ors*: use a sec ­
on d alignment pin * (fro m th e ve hicle t ool kit) for th e low ­
e st hole ac co rding t o the steps de scribed for the first
al ig nm ent pin.
362
(D Tips
-When mounting tires with unidirectional
tread design
make sure the tread pattern is
pointed the right way
c> page 362.
-Th e wheel bolts should be clean and easy to
turn. Check for dirt and corrosion on the
mating surfaces of both the wheel and the
hub. Remove all dirt from these surfaces be­
fore remounting the wheel.
Unidirectional tires
A un idirectional tire profi le is identified by arrows
that point in the running direct ion on the tire
s idewa ll. You must always adhere to the speci­
fied running direction. This is necessary ensure
t h e tire's optimum performance in regard to ad­
hesion, running noise, friction and hydroplaning .
To benefit fully from the advantages of the uni­
directional tire design, you should rep lace fau lty
tires as soon as possible and restore the correct
running direction on all of the tires.
Finishing
• Reinstall the caps on the wheel bolts if neces­
sary.
• Store the veh icle tool k it in its designated
place .
• Store the replaced tire securely in the luggage
compa rtment
¢page 257.
• Check the tire pressure on the insta lled wheel
as soon as possible.
• Cor rect the tire pressure and store it in the In­
fotainment system ¢
page 349.
• The wheel bolt tightening specification must be
120 ft lbs (160 Nm). Check it as soon as possi­
ble with a torque wrench. Drive carefully until
then .
• Have the faulty wheel replaced as quickly as
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::r ' (D Tips
-If you notice t hat the wheel bolts are cor­
r oded and diffic ult to turn w hile chan gin g a
tire, they should be rep laced befo re yo u
chec k th e ti ghtening torque.
- D rive a t reduced speed until you have the
ti ghtening torques c hecked.
Notes on wheel changing
P lease read the i nfo rmation r=> page 33 7 if you
a re go ing to use a replaceme nt tire which i s dif­
fe rent from the tires on you r ve hicl e.
Afte r you change a t ire:
- Check the tire pressure on the replacement
tire immediately after installation.
- Have the wheel bolt tightening torque
checked with a torque wrench as soon as pos­
sible by your authorized Audi dealer or quali­
fied workshop.
- With steel and alloy wheel rims , the wheel
bolts a re correctly tightened at a torque of
120 ft lbs (160 Nm) .
- If you notice that the wheel bolts are corroded
and difficult to turn while changing a tire,
they should be replaced before you check the
tightening torque.
- Replace the flat tire with a new one and have
it installed on your vehicle as soon as possi­
ble. Remount the wheel cover.
Until then, drive with extra care and at reduced
speeds.
A WARNING
- If you ar e going to equip your ve hicle w it h
t ir es o r rims w hich differ fr om thos e which
w ere factory ins talled , th en b e sur e to read
t h e info rm at ion
<=> page 337 .
-Always ma ke sur e the damaged wh eel or
e ven a flat tir e an d th e jack* and tool kit ar e
p ro pe rly se cured i n the luggage com part ­
me nt a nd are n ot lo ose in the p assenger
c omp artmen t.
- I n an a ccide nt or sud den mane uve r they
co uld fly forwar d, injuring anyone in t he ve­
hicle .
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Emergency assistance
-Always s tore damaged wheel, jac k* and
too ls sec urely in the lug gage com partment .
Oth erwise, in an acc ident or sud den maneu ­
v e r th ey could fly forward, causing in jury to
pass engers in t he v ehicle .
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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

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