2019 AUDI Q5 center console

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Assistsystems

Selectingthedrivingmode
Appliesto:vehicleswithAudidriveselect
MONGaESd
Fig.127Centerconsole:controlsfordriveselect
coy

footfromtheacceleratorpedalso thatthere-
centlyselectedmodeisalsoactivatedfortheen-
oO3 35
saoo
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>Presstheleftorrightarrowkey>fig.127until
thedesiredmodeappearsintheinstrument
cluster/Infotainmentsystemdisplay.Or
>SelectintheInfotainmentsystem:[MENU]but-
ton>Vehicle>Audidriveselect.


> Selectandconfirmthedesiredsetting.
Youcanchangethedrivingmodewhenthevehi-
gine.
Offroad”orLift/Offroad*-activatesoffroad
functionstosupportdrivingonroughterrain.The
engine,transmissionandsteeringadjustandthe
Start/Stopsystem*switchesoff.Appliestoair
suspension”:thevehiclealsoliftsforpassing
overobstaclestomaintainmaximumground
clearance.
Allroad*-onlyforairsuspension”:thevehicle
liftstomaintainhighergroundclearancefordif-
ficultstretchesofroad.
Comfort-providesacomfort-orientedvehicle
setupandissuitedforlongdrivesonhighways.
Auto-providesanoverallcomfortableyetdy-
namicdrivingfeelandissuitedforeverydayuse.
Dynamic-givesthedriverasportydrivingfeel
cleisstationaryorwhiledriving.Iftrafficper-
mits,afterchangingmodes, brieflyremoveyour
Individual->page127.
andissuited toasportydrivingstyle.
AdjustingtheIndividualmode
Appliesto:vehicleswithAudidriveselect
Youcanadjustthevehiclesettingstoyourpersonalpreferences.
>SelectintheInfotainmentsystem:[MENU]but-
ton>Vehicle>Audidriveselect>Individual>
rightcontrolbutton.

Theequipmentinyourvehiclewilldetermine
whichsettingsyoucanadjust.Thefollowingta-
blegivesanoverviewofthecharacteristics.
Afteryouhaveclosedthesettings,youwillauto-
maticallydriveintheIndividualmode.





Systemscomfortautodynamic
Engine/transmissionbalanced balancedsporty
Airsuspension*comfortablebalancedsporty
Steeringcomfortablebalancedsporty
Dynamicsteering*comfortable/indirect|balanced/directsporty/direct
Suspensioncontrol*comfortablebalancedsporty
Sportdifferential*offbalancedsporty
Enginesound*subtlesubtle/sporty®sporty
ACC*comfortablebalancedsporty

@)Subtleintheselectorleverposition"D"andsportyin"S".
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Parkingaid

Audiosignals
Thecloseryourvehiclegetstoadetectedobsta-
cle,theshorterthetimebetweentheaudiblesig-
nals.Acontinuoustonesoundswhenanobstacle
islessthanapproximately1foot(0.30m) away
fromthefrontorrearofthevehicle.Acontinu-
oustonesoundswhenanobstacleislessthan
approximately0.7feet(0.20m)awayfromthe
sides*ofthevehicle.Donotcontinuedrivingfor-
wardorinreverse>A\inGeneralinformationon
page129,>@inGeneralinformationon
page129.
Visualwarnings
ThevisualwarningsintheInfotainmentsystem
displayhelpyoutodetectthecriticalvehiclearea
andtoestimatethedistancetoanobstacle
>fig.129.
Redsegmentsshowidentifiedobstaclesthatare
inyourvehicle'spath.Theredlinesmarktheex-
pecteddirectionoftravelaccordingtothesteer-
ing
angle.Awhitesegmentindicatesanidenti-
fiedobstaclethatisoutsideofthevehicle'spath.
Asyourvehiclecomesclosertotheobstacle,the
segmentsmoveclosertothevehicle.Thecolli-
sionareahasbeenreachedwhenthenexttolast
segmentisdisplayed.Obstaclesinthecollision
area,includingthoseoutsideofthevehicle's
path,areshowninred.Donotcontinuedriving
forwardorinreverse>A\inGeneralinformation
onpage129,>@inGeneralinformationon
page129!
@Tips
— Thesegmentsinthesidearea*aredetected
andanalyzedwhenpassing.Ifyouswitch
theignitionoffandonagainoropenthe
door,orifthevehicleisstationaryforaperi-
odoftime,thesurroundingareamayhave
changedinthemeantime.In thisscenario,
thesidearea*willappearblackuntilthe
areahasbeendetectedandevaluated.
—Ifthedistancetoanobstacleremainscon-
stant,thevolumeofthedistancewarning
graduallylowersafterafewsecondsuntilit
ismuted(thisdoesnotapplytothecontinu-
oustone).Iftheobstaclecomescloserthan
itwasbeforethesoundwasmuted,the
tonewillsoundagain.Iftheobstaclebe-
comesfartherawaythanitwasbeforethe
soundwasmuted,notonewillsound. Pay
attentiontothevehicle'ssurroundings
whenyoustarttodrive.
—Thereisnodistancewarningfortherear
andthesides*whentrailertowingmodeis
detected.Thefrontsensorsremainactivat-
ed.Thevisualdisplayswitchestotrailer
mode.Thereisnoguaranteethefunctions
willswitchoffwhenusingaretrofittedtrail-
erhitch.
SYieaiaremilieKeli
Appliesto:vehicleswithparkingsystemplus/parkassist
2)3 35
x a a

Fig.130Centerconsole:parkingaidbutton
Switchingonandoff
Requirement:thevehiclespeedmustbeunder
approximately6mph(10km/h).
>PressthePtbuttoninthecenterconsole.A
shortconfirmationtonesoundsandtheLEDin
thebuttonturnson.
Switchingonautomatically
The
systemswitchesonautomaticallywhenre-
versegearisengagedwhiletheengineisrun-
ning.Abrieftonewillsound.
IfActivateautomaticallyisswitchedoninthe
Infotainmentsystemandifthevehicleap-
proachesanobstacleatspeedsunderapproxi-
mately6mph(10km/h),theparkingaidwill
switchonautomatically.Audiblesignalswill
soundoncetheobstacleiswithinthesensorde-
tectionarea.
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—Onlyuse therearviewcameratoassistyouif
itshowsagood,clearpicture.Forexample,
theimagemaybeaffectedbythesunshin-
ingintothelens,dirtonthelens,orifthere
isamalfunction.
—Usetherearviewcameraonlyiftheluggage
compartmentlidiscompletelyclosed.Make
sureanyobjectsyoumayhavemountedon
theluggagecompartmentliddonotblock
therearviewcamera.
— Thecameralensenlargesanddistortsthe
fieldofvision.Theobjectappearsbothal-
teredandinaccurateonthescreen.
—Incertainsituations,peopleorobjectsin
thedisplayappearcloserorfartheraway:
—Forobjectsthatdonottouchtheground,
suchasthebumperofaparkedvehicle,a
trailerhitchortherearofatruck.Donot
use the
orientationlinesinthiscase.
—Ifdrivenfromalevelsurfaceontoanin-
cline,oradownwardslope.
—Ifdriventowardprotrudingobjects.
—Ifthevehicleiscarryingtoomuchloadin
therear.
—Appliesto:vehicleswithairsuspension:the
accuracyoftheorientationlinesandblue
surfacesdecreaseswhenthevehicleis
raised/lowered>page125.

@)Note
—Alwaysreadandfollowtheapplicablewarn-
ings>@inGeneralinformationon
page129.
— Theorange-coloredorientationlinesinthe
Infotainmentdisplayshowthevehiclepath
basedonthesteeringwheelangle.The
front ofthevehicleswingsoutmorethan
therearofthevehicle.Maintainplentyof
distanceso thatanexteriormirrororacor-
nerofthevehicledoesnotcollidewithany
obstacles.
@)Tips
Thereisnodistancewarningfortherearand
thesides*whentrailertowingmodeisdetect-
ed.Thefrontsensorsremainactivated.The
visualdisplayswitchestotrailermode.The
rearviewcameraimagewillnotshowtheori-
entationlinesandthebluesurfaces.Thereis
noguaranteethefunctionswillswitchoff
whenusingaretrofittedtrailerhitch.
SicaReRol
Appliesto:vehicleswithrearviewcamera
Switchingonandoff
Requirement:thevehiclespeedmustbeunder
approximately6mph(10km/h).
>PressthePvbuttoninthecenterconsole
=>page131,fig.130.Ashortconfirmation
tonesoundsandtheLEDinthebuttonturns
on.
Switchingonautomatically
Thesystemswitchesonautomaticallywhenre-
versegearisengagedwhiletheengineisrun-
ning.Abrieftonewillsound.
Switchingoffautomatically
Thesystemswitchesoffautomaticallywhendriv-
ingforwardfasterthan6mph(10km/h).
Perpendicularparking
Applies
to:vehicleswithrearviewcamera
Thisviewmaybeusedwhenparkinginagarage
orinaparkingspace.

Fig.135Infotainmentsystem:aligningthevehicle
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—Keepinmindthattheimageinthedisplayis
incorrectiftheexteriormirrorhousinghas
beenmovedoutofplace.
—Onlyuse theimagesprovidedby thecamera
ontherearofthevehiclewhentheluggage
compartmentlidiscompletelyclosed.Make
sureanyobjectsyoumayhavemountedon
theluggagecompartmentliddonotblock
therearviewcamera.
— Theareaaroundthevehicleisshownusing
thecameraimages.Thevehicleimageis
shownbythesystem.Objectsandobstacles
abovethecameraarenotdisplayed.
—Cameralensesenlargeanddistortthefield
ofvision.Theobjectsappearbothaltered
andinaccurateonthescreen.
—Appliesto:vehicleswithairsuspension:the
accuracyoftheorientationlinesandblue
surfacesdecreaseswhenthevehicleis
raised/lowered>page125.

@)Note
—Alwaysreadandfollowtheapplicablewarn-
ings>@inGeneralinformationon
page129.
— TheInfotainmentdisplayshowsthedirec-
tioninwhichtherearofthevehicleistravel-
ingbasedonthesteeringwheelangle.The
frontofthevehicleswings outmorethan
therearofthevehicle.Maintainplentyof
distanceso thatanexteriormirrororacor-
nerofthevehicledoesnotcollidewithany
obstacles.
G)Tips
—Ifthe2/&8/ playandtherespectivedisplayareais
grayedout,thenthepowerexteriormirrors
werefoldedinorthedriver'sdoor/front
passenger'sdoor/luggagecompartmentlid
wasopened.
—Thereisnodistancewarningfortherear
andthesides*whentrailertowingmodeis
detected.Thefrontsensorsremainactivat-
ed.Thevisualdisplayswitchestotrailer
mode.Therearviewcameraimagewillnot
showtheorientationlinesandthebluesur-
faces.Thereisnoguaranteethefunctions
willswitchoffwhenusingaretrofittedtrail-
erhitch.
ice
Appliesto:vehicleswithperipheralcameras

Fig.138Infotainmentsystem:selectthemode
Switchingonandoff
Requirement:thevehiclespeedmustbeunder
approximately6mph(10km/h).
>PressthePsbuttoninthecenterconsole
=>page131,fig.130.Ashortconfirmation
tonesoundsandtheLEDinthebuttonturns
on.
Switchingonautomatically
Thesystemswitchesonautomaticallywhenre-
versegearisengagedwhiletheengineisrun-
ning.Abrieftonewillsound.
Switchingoffautomatically
Thesystemswitchesoffautomaticallywhendriv-
ingforwardfasterthan6mph(10km/h).
Selectingthemode
>Turn thecontrolknobtothesymbolforthede-
siredmode(A)through©)>fig.138andpress
thecontrolknob.
Youmayselectfromthefollowingmodes:
@-Cornerview(front)>page136
-Front>page136
©-Area>page136
©-Rear>page136
@®-Cornerview(rear)>page136
Youcanalsoswitchtotrailerview>page134.
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Parkingaid

system.Forinformationoncleaning,see
=>page343.
Whenparkingspacesaresmall,theparkingsys-
temsignalsacontinuoustonewhenanobstacle
islessthanapproximately0.7feet(0.20m)
away.Donotcontinuedrivingfarther.

ZAWARNING
—Alwaysreadandfollowtheapplicablewarn-
ings>AinGeneralinformationon
page129.
—Pleasenotethat parkassistonlycontrols
thesteering.Thedriverisalwaysresponsi-
bleforbrakingandaccelerating.
— Thedrivermustdecideiftheparkingspace
displayedissuitableforthevehicle.
—Thevehiclewillchangepositionwhenpark-
ing.Makesureyoudonotendangeranyoth-
erdrivers.
—Whenusingparkassisttodriveintoorout
ofaparkingspace,thesteeringwheelturns
quicklyonitsown.Reachingintothesteer-
ing
wheelspokeswhilethisishappeningcan
resultininjury.

@)Note
—Alwaysreadandfollowtheapplicablewarn-
ings>@inGeneralinformationon
page129.
—Parkassistguidesthevehicleeitheraway
fromcurbsorontothemifothervehicles
areparkedonthecurb.Makesurethatyour
vehicle'stiresandrimsarenotdamaged.
Takeoversteeringattherighttime.
—Certainconditionsaroundtheparkingspace
mayresultinthevehiclenotbeingparked
asexpected.
—Objectssuchaspillarsorposts.
—Groundcoveringsuchasgravel,snowor
ice
G)Tips
— TheElectronicStabilizationControl(ESC)
mustnotbe switchedoffduringtheparking
process>page145.
—Parkingintightcurveswith parkassistis
notpossible.
138
—Youcannotparkwith parkassistwhenyou
aretowingatrailerorhavetheconnectorin-
sertedinthetrailersocket.
Sleemela
Appliesto:vehicleswithparkassist

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Fig.147Centerconsole:Parkassistbutton

Fig.148Infotainment:Searchingforparkingspaces
>Toswitchtheparkassiston,pressthePebut-
ton>fig.147.The LEDinthebuttonwillturn
onandthedisplayforfindingaparkingspace
willappearintheInfotainmentsystem
>fig.148.
>Toswitchparkassistoff,pressthePebutton.
TheLEDinthebuttonturnsoff.
G)Tips
Thesystempreselectsaspacefromtheavail-
ableparkingoptionsassoonasaspaceisde-
tected.Youcanchangethesuggestedloca-
tion.

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—Acceleratecarefullywhendrivingon
smooth,slipperysurfacessuchasiceand
snow.Thedrivewheelscanspinevenwhen
thesecontrolsystemsareinstalledandthis
canaffectdrivingstabilityandincreasethe
riskofacollision.
—Appliesto:Vehicleswithroofrackssupplied
by
thefactoryWheninstallingafactory-
suppliedroofracksystemontheroofrail,
theESCwillusesensorstoadaptitselfto
thedifferentcenterofgravityif itchanges


becauseofcarryingaload.Thisdoesnotoc-
cur whenusingotherroofracksystems,so
theriskofanaccidentwillincrease.
iG)Tips
—TheABSandASRonlyfunctioncorrectly
whenallfourwheelshaveasimilarwear
condition.Differenttiresizescanleadtoa
reductioninenginepower.
—Youmayhearnoiseswhenthesystemsde-
scribedareworking.


ScareRiemola
TheESCisautomaticallyswitchedonwhentheignitionisswitchedon.
2i) 3S
gpaaoo

Fig.151CenterconsolewiththeoFbutton
The ESCisdesignedtofunctioninlevels.Depend-
ingonthelevelthatisselected,thestabilization
functionoftheESCwillbelimitedorswitched
off.Theamountofstabilizationcontrolwilldiffer
dependingonthelevel.
Thefollowingexamplesareunusualsituations
whereitmaymakesensetoswitchoffroadmode
ontoallowthewheelstospin:
—Rocking thevehicletofreeitwhenitisstuck
—Drivingindeepsnoworonlooseground
—Drivingwithsnowchains
—Drivingonroughterrainwhenmuchofthecar's
weightisliftedoffthewheels(axle articula-
tion)
—Drivingdownhillwhilebrakingonlooseground
Foryoursafety,switchtheoffroadmodeoffin
advance.






ESClevels
OffroadmodeonESC/ASRoffOffroadmodeoffor
ESC/ASRon
BehaviorThe ESC andASRstabiliza-|Thestabilizationfunctionis|Thefullstabilizationfunc-
tionfunctionsarelimitednotavailable>A\.ESCand__|tionoftheESCandASRis
SA.ASRareswitchedoff.available again.
Operating|Pressthe|#°*|buttonbriefly.|Pressandholdthe|#|but-|Pressthe|#"|buttonagain.
ton longerthanthreesec-
onds.
IndicatorBiturnson.EganFRAturnon.BaiturnsofforEgand
lightsEaturnoff.
Messages__|Stabilizationcontrol(ESC):|Stabilizationcontrol(ESC):|Stabilizationcontrol(ESC):
offroad.Warning!Limited|off.Warning!Restrictedon
stabilitystability

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ZXWARNING
Youshouldonlyswitchoffroadmodeonor
switchESC/ASRoffifyourdrivingabilitiesand
thetrafficconditionspermit.Thereisariskof
sliding.
—Thestabilizationfunctionislimitedwhen
offroadmodeisswitchedon.Thedriving
wheelscouldspinandthevehiclecould
swerve,especiallyonslickorslipperyroad
surfaces.
—Thereisnovehiclestabilizationwhen
ESC/ASRareswitchedoff.
Hilldescentassist
Hilldescentassistmakesitpossibletodrive
downahillataconstantspeed.


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g
= ©a
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Fig.152Centerconsole:hilldescentassistbutton

>Toswitchhilldescentassiston,pressthe|@
button.TheLEDinthebuttonwillturnon.
>»Pressthebuttonagaintoswitchitoff.The LED
inthe buttonturnsoff.

Hilldescentassistbrakesallfourwheelsauto-
maticallyinordertolimitspeedwhendrivingei-
therforwardorreverseonhillswithagradefrom
approximately6to60%.Thewheelswillnotlock
upbecausetheABSremainsactivated.
Whenhilldescentassistison,thespeedyourve-
hiclewastravelingwhenitenteredthehillis
maintained.Itisonlypossibletoswitchonthe
assistwhendrivingslowerthan37mph(60
km/h).
Theassistbeginsshortlyafteryoustart
drivingandcontinuesuptoapproximately
19mph(30km/h).Thedrivercanincrease or de-
creasethevehiclespeedwithintheselimitsby
pressingtheacceleratororbrakepedal.
146
However,theremustbeenoughtraction.Hillde-
scentassistcannotfunctionasexpected,iffor
examplethehillisicyorifthesurfaceisloose
SA.
Activeregulationofaspeeduptoapproximately
19mph(30km/h)issignaledintheinstrument
clusterby anindicatorlightZB.Thegaindicator
lightturnsoninthereadymode.
Thesystemdoesnotworkatspeedsbetweenap-
proximately19 and 37mph(30and60km/h).
Thesystemistheninready-mode.Thisisindicat-
edbytheLEDinthebuttonturningon.Thesys-
temautomaticallyswitchedoffwhenyoudrive
fasterthan37mph(60 km/h).TheLEDwillalso
turnoffinthisscenario.
Hilldescentassistisautomaticallyactivatedun-
der thefollowingconditions:
—theLEDinthebuttonturnson
—thevehiclespeedislowerthan19mph(30
km/h)
—thehillangleisatleastapproximately6%

ZXWARNING
—Bereadytoapplythebrakesatalltimes
whenusingthehillholdassist.
—Alwaysadjustthespeedtothevisibility,
weather,road,andtrafficconditions.The
systemcannotreplacethedriver'satten-
tion.
—The systemcannotmaintainaconstantvehi-
clespeedinallsituations,forexamplewhen
onsmoothorslipperyground.Thiscanin-
creasetheriskofanaccident.

Brakes
Youcanapplythevehicle'sbrakesusingthebrake
pedal.
Operatingnoise
Noisesmayoccurwhenbrakingdependingonthe
speed,brakingforce,andoutsideconditionssuch
astemperatureandhumidity.

Telephone

UsingtheAudiphone
box
Appliesto:vehicleswithAudiphonebox
Youcanchargeyourmobiledevicebatteryusing
theAudiphonebox.Youcanmakecallsthrough
theexteriorantenna*onthevehicle.Usingthe
externalantenna*helpswhenthereisalowsig-
nalandalsoprovidesbetterreceptionquality.



Fig.178Centerconsole:diagram:Audiphoneboxwith
connections
Youcanslidethe Audiphoneboxforwardand
back(abovethecupholderorbelowthecenter
armrest)>fig.178.
Requirement:acellphonemustbeconnectedvia
Bluetooth>page177.
Theoptionsbelowareavailable:
—Connectingtotheexternalvehicleantenna*:
Laythecellphonewiththedisplayfacingupon
thecellphonesymbolintheAudiphonebox
>fig.178.Makesuretherearenoobjectsbe-
tweenthe Audiphoneboxandthemobilede-
vice.
—Chargeacellphonewirelessly:PlaceaQi-capa-
ble»cellphonecenteredonthe@symbolin
the Audiphoneboxwiththedisplayfacingup
=>fig.178.Thecellphonewillcharge.
—ChargeacellphoneusingtheUSBadapter:
Connectyourcellphonetothe Audimusicin-
terfaceusingaUSBadapter@)>fig.178.
Youcanchargeyourmobiledeviceusingspecific
USBadapters>page231,fig.209.

D_TheQistandardmakesitpossibletocharge yourmobile
devicewirelessly.
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ANWARNING
—Looseobjectscanbethrownaroundtheve-
hicleinteriorduringsuddendrivingorbrak-
ingmaneuvers, whichincreasestheriskof
anaccident.Storeobjectssecurelywhile
driving.
— Themobiledevicemaybecomehotduring
wirelesscharging.Payattentiontothetem-
perature ofyourmobiledeviceandbecare-
fulwhenremovingitfromthe Audiphone
box.
—Analternatingmagneticfieldisusedfor
wirelesscharging.Maintainaminimumdis-
tanceofapproximately2.4in(6cm)tothe
Audi
phoneboxchargingplate.Thethresh-
oldsforprolongedexposureatthisdistance
complywithICNIRP1998.Therefore,inter-
actionssuchasirritationofsensoryorgans,
malfunctionsofactiveimplants(suchas
pacemakers,infusionpumps,orneurosti-
mulators)oreffectsonpassiveimplants
(such as prostheticlimbs)ishighlyunlikely.
Ifyouhaveanimplant,consultamedical
specialistifyouhaveanyquestions.

()Note
ApplicabletoU.S.A.
Operationofthe Audiphoneboxissubjectto
thefollowingrequirementsoftheFederal
CommunicationsCommission:
—ThisisaCONSUMERdevice.
—BEFOREUSE,youMUSTREGISTERTHISDE-
VICEwithyourwirelessproviderandhave
yourprovider’sconsent.Mostwirelesspro-
vidersconsenttotheuseofsignalboosters.
Someprovidersmaynotconsenttothe use
ofthisdeviceontheirnetwork.Ifyouare
unsure,contactyourserviceprovider.
—YouMUSToperatethisdevicewithapproved
antennas
andcablesasspecifiedby the
manufacturer.AntennasMUSTbeinstalled
atleast20cm(8inches)fromanyperson.