2019 AUDI Q5 ignition

Openingandclosing

Openingandclosing
Centrallocking
Youcanlockandunlockthevehiclecentrally.You
havethefollowingoptions:
—Vehiclekey>page31
—Sensorsinthedoorhandles*>page31
—Lockcylinderonthedriver'sdoor>page33,
or
—Interiorcentral lockingswitch>page32
Vehiclekey
Theterm“vehiclekey”referstotheremotecon-
trolkeyorconveniencekey*.Theconvenience
key*isaremotecontrolkeywithspecialfunc-
tions>page31and>page75.
Turnsignals
Theturnsignalsflashtwicewhenyouunlock the
vehicleandflashoncewhenyoulockthevehicle.
Iftheydonotflash,thenoneofthedoors,the
luggagecompartmentlidorthehoodisnot
closedcompletely.
Automaticlocking(AutoLock)
TheAutoLockfunctionlocksalldoorsandthe
luggagecompartmentlidoncethespeedhasex-
ceededapproximately9mph(15km/h).
Thevehiclecan beunlockediftheopeningfunc-
tioninthecentral lockingsystemswitchisused
oroneofthedoorhandlesispulled.
Inthe eventofacrashwithairbagdeployment,
thedoorswillalsoautomaticallyunlocktoallow
accesstothevehicle.
Selectivedoorunlocking
Thedoorsandluggagecompartmentlidwilllock
whentheyclose.YoucansetintheInfotainment
systemwhetheronlythedriver'sdoorortheen-
tirevehicleshould beunlockedwhenunlocking
=>page33.
Unintentionallylockingyourselfout
Onlylockyourvehiclewhenallofthedoorsand
theluggagecompartmentlidareclosedandthe
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vehiclekeyisnotinthevehicle.Thisreducesthe
riskoflockingyourselfoutaccidentally.
Thefollowingfeatureshelptoreducetheriskof
lockingyourvehiclekeyinthevehicle:
—Ifthedriver's doorisopen,thevehiclecannot
belockedbypressingthe@buttononthevehi-
clekeyorbytouchingthelockingsensor*ona
door.
—Ifthemostrecentlyusedconveniencekey*is
insidetheluggagecompartment,theluggage
compartmentlidwillautomaticallyopenagain
afterclosingit.
—Ifthelastconveniencekey*thatwasusedisde-
tectedinsidethevehicle,thevehiclecannotbe
lockedfromtheoutsideforabrieftime>©.

ZAWARNING
—Ifyouleavethevehicle,switchtheignition
offandtakethevehiclekeywithyou.This
appliesparticularlywhenchildrenremainin
thevehicle.Otherwise,childrencouldstart
theengineoroperateelectricalequipment
(suchaspowerwindows),whichincreases
theriskofanaccident.
—Noone,especiallychildren,shouldstayin
thevehiclewhenitislockedfromtheout-
side,becausethewindowscannolongerbe
openedfromtheinside>page34.Locked
doorsmakeitmoredifficultforemergency
workerstoenterthevehicle,whichputs
livesatrisk.

()Note
Appliesto:Vehicleswithconveniencekey
—Iftheconveniencekeythatwaslastusedis
detectedinthepassengercompartment,
thenthevehiclecannotbelockedfromthe
outside.Theturnsignalswillflashseveral
timestoindicatethis.Ifyoudonotopen
thevehiclewithinashorttimetoremove
thevehiclekey,thenthevehiclewilllockau-
tomatically.Thispreventsthevehiclefrom
beingleftunlockedforlongperiodsoftime.
Thekeywillthenbelockedinsidethevehi-
cle.
—Iftheconveniencekey*thatwasusedlastis
detectedinsidetheluggagecompartment,>

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Openingandclosing

itwillnotbepossibletolocktheluggage
compartmentandtheluggagecompart-
mentlidwillopen.Theturnsignalswill
flashseveraltimestoindicatethis.The
doorswilllock.Alwaystaketheconvenience
keywithyou,orunauthorizedpeoplemay
beabletoenterthevehicle.
G)Tips
—Donotleavevaluablesunattendedintheve-
hicle.Alockedvehicleisnota safe!
— TheLEDinthedriver's doorrailblinkswhen
youlockthevehicle.IftheLEDlightsupfor
approximately30secondsafterlocking,
thereisamalfunctioninthecentral locking
system.Havetheproblemcorrectedby an
authorizedAudidealerorauthorizedAudi
ServiceFacility.
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Fig.17Yourvehiclekeyset
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@Vehiclekey
Thevehiclekeyisaremotecontrolkeyorconven-
iencekey*.Theconveniencekey*isaremotecon-
trolkeywithspecialfunctions>page31 and
=page75.Youcanunlockorlockyourvehicle
withthevehiclekey.Amechanicalkeyisintegrat-
edinthevehiclekey>page30.
@Keytagwithvehiclecode
Appliesto:vehicleswithAudiconnectvehiclecontrol
Openthekey tagandscratch torevealthevehicle
code.YoucanunlocktheAudiconnectvehicle
controlservices*foryourvehiclewiththisvehicle
code.Foradditionalinformation,see
=>page195.Ifakeyfobislost,contactanau-
thorizedAudidealerorauthorizedAudiService
Facility.
Vehiclekeyreplacement
If akeyislost,seeanauthorizedAudidealeror
authorizedAudiServiceFacility.Havethisvehicle
keydeactivated.Itisimportanttobringallkeys
withyou.Ifakeyislost,youshouldreportitto
yourinsurancecompany.
Numberofkeys
Youcancheckthenumberofkeysprogrammed
toyourvehicleintheInfotainmentsystem.Todo
this,selectthe[MENU]button>Vehicle>left
controlbutton>Service&checks>Vehiclein-
formation.Thisway,youcanmakesurethatyou
haveallthekeyswhenpurchasingausedvehicle.


Electronicimmobilizer
Theimmobilizerpreventsunauthorizeduseof
thevehicle.
Insomecases,itmaynot bepossible tostartthe
vehicleifthereisavehiclekeyfromadifferent
vehiclemanufactureronthekeychain.
Datainthevehiclekey
Whendriving,serviceandmaintenance-relevant
dataiscontinuouslystoredinyourvehiclekey.
YourAudiserviceadvisorcanreadoutthisdata
andtellyouabouttheworkyourvehicleneeds.
This appliesalsotovehicleswithaconvenience
key”.
Personalconveniencesettings
Iftwopeopleuseonevehicle,itisrecommended
thateachpersonalwaysusestheirownvehicle
key.Whentheignitionisturnedofforwhenthe
vehicleislocked,personalconveniencesettings
forthefollowingsystemsarestoredandas-
signedtothevehiclekey:
—Climatecontrolsystem
—Steeringwheelheating*
—Centrallockingsystem
—Interiorlighting”
—Exteriorlighting
—Rainsensor
—Memoryfunction*
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Openingandclosing

—Parkingaid*
—Adaptivecruisecontrol*
—Active laneassist*
—Sideassist*
—Trafficjamassist*
—Distancewarning*
—Audipresense*
—Speedwarning*
Thestoredsettings areautomaticallyrecalled
whenyouunlock thevehicle,openthedoorsor
turnontheignition.
@)Note
Protectthe keyagainsthightemperatures
anddirectsunlight.
@Forthesakeoftheenvironment
‘©Donotdisposeofvehiclekeysinhousehold
trash.Theycontainmaterialsthatcanbere-
cycled.ContactanauthorizedAudidealeror
authorizedAudiServiceFacilityformorein-
formation.
@)Tips
—Thevehiclekeyfunctioncanbetemporarily
disruptedbyinterferencefromtransmitters
nearthevehicleworkinginthesamefre-
quencyrange(suchasamobiledeviceorra-
dioequipment).Alwayscheckifyourvehicle
islocked.
—Foranexplanationonconformitywiththe
FCCregulationsintheUnitedStatesandthe
IndustryCanadaregulations,see
=>page370.
Removingthemechanicalkey
: 2

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Fig.18Vehiclekey:Removingthemechanicalkey
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>Pressthereleasebuttons(@©fig.18andre-
movethemechanicalkeyfromthevehiclekey.
Usingthemechanicalkey,youcan:
—Lockorunlocktheglovecompartment.
—Manuallylock orunlockthevehicle>page33.
—Mechanicallylockthedoors>page33.
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Fig.20Vehiclekey(rearside):Removingthebatteryhold-
er
LEDinthevehiclekey
TheLED@)indicatesthevehiclekeyfunction.
>Ifyoupressabuttonbriefly,theLEDblinks
once.
>Ifyoupressandholdabutton(convenience
opening/closing),theLEDblinksseveraltimes.
>IftheLEDdoesnotblink,thevehiclekeybat-
teryisdrained.Replacethebatteryinthevehi-
clekey.
Replacingthevehiclekeybattery
>Pressthereleasebuttons(@)>fig.19andre-
movethemechanicalkey.

Openingandclosing

Unlockingthevehicle
> Gripthedoorhandle.Thedoorunlocksauto-
matically.
>Pullonthedoorhandletoopenthedoor.
Lockingthevehicle
> Selectthe"P"position.Thevehiclecannotbe
lockedif"P"isnotselected.
>Tolockthevehicle,closethedoorandtouch
the sensorinthedoorhandleonce>fig.22.Do
notholdthedoorhandlewhiledoingthis.
Youcanunlock/Llockthevehicleateverydoor.The
conveniencekeycannotbemorethanapproxi-
mately4feet(1.5m)awayfromthedoorhandle.
Thefunctionshouldnotbe impairedifthecon-
veniencekeyisinyourjacketpocketorinyour
briefcase,forexample.
Ifyouholdthedoorhandlewhilelocking,this
canimpairthelockingfunction.
Thedoor cannotbeopenedforabriefperioddi-
rectlyafterlockingit.Thiswayyouhavethe op-
portunitytocheckifthedoorslockedcorrectly.
ThesettingsintheInfotainmentsystemdeter-
mineiftheentirevehicleoronlyoneofthedoors
isunlockedwhenunlockingthevehicle
>page33.


ZA\WARNING
ReadandfollowingallWARNINGS>A\inDe-
scriptiononpage28.

G)Tips
Ifyourvehicleisleftstandingforalongperi-
odoftime,notethefollowing:
—Topreventthevehiclebatteryfromdis-
charging,theenergymanagementgradual-
lyswitchesoffconveniencefunctionsthat
arenotneeded.Youthenmaynolongerbe
abletounlockyourvehiclewiththesensors.
—Foranexplanationonconformitywiththe
FCCregulationsintheUnitedStatesandthe
IndustryCanadaregulations,see
=>page370.
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G)Tips
Unlockingwiththeconveniencekey(keyless
access)canbedeactivatedintheInfotain-
mentsystem>page33.
Centrallockingswitch


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Fig.23Driver'sdoor:centrallockingswitch
>Tolockthevehicle,pressthe(button>/\.
>Tounlockthevehicle,presstheGbutton.
Whenlockingthevehiclewiththecentral locking
switch,
thefollowingapplies:
—Thedoorsandtheluggagecompartmentlid
cannotbeopenedfromtheoutsideforsecurity
reasons,suchastopreventunauthorizedopen-
ingwhilestoppedatalight.
—TheLEDinthecentral lockingswitchturnson
whenalldoorsareclosedandlocked.
—Youcanopenthedoorsindividuallyfromthein-
sidebypullingthedoorhandle.
—Intheeventofacrashwithairbagdeployment,
thedoorsunlockautomaticallytoallowaccess
tothevehicle.

ZA\WARNING
— Thecentral lockingswitchalsoworkswhen
theignitionisswitchedoffandautomatical-
lylockstheentirevehiclewhenthe&button
ispressed.
—Thecentral lockingswitchisinoperative
when
thevehicleislockedfromtheoutside.
—Lockeddoorsmakeitmoredifficultfor
emergencyworkerstoenterthevehicle,
whichputslivesatrisk.Donotleaveanyone
behindinthevehicle,especiallychildren.>

Openingandclosing

>Tolockthedriver'sdoor,selectthe"P"position
andturnthekeyoncetotheclosingposition
>.
Lockingthefrontpassenger'sdoororrear
doorswiththemechanicalkey
Themechanicallockislocatedontheedgeofthe
frontpassenger'sdoorandthereardoors.Itis
onlyvisiblewhenthedoorisopen.
>Removethemechanicalkey>page30.
>Removethecapfromtheopening>fig.25.
> Insertthekeyintheinsideslotandturnitall
thewaytotheright(rightdoor)orleft(left
door).

Z\WARNING
ReadandfollowingallWARNINGS>A\inDe-
scriptiononpage28.
aea]
Appliesto:vehicleswithanti-theftalarmsystem

Iftheanti-theftalarmsystemdetectsavehicle
break-in,audioandvisualwarningsignalsare
triggered.Theanti-theftalarmsystemisswitch-
edonoroffwhenlockingorunlockingyourvehi-
cle.Ifthealarmistriggered,itwillshutoffauto-
maticallyafteracertainamountoftime.
Switchingthealarmoffmanually
>Toswitchthealarmoff,pressthe@buttonon
thevehiclekeyorswitchtheignitionon.
Dependingonthevehicleequipment,theanti-
theftalarmsystemmayhavethefollowingfea-
tures:
Break-insecurityfeature
Thealarmwillsoundifthereisabreak-inatthe
doors,hood,and/orluggagecompartmentlid.
Interior/towingprotectionmonitoring
button*
Thealarmwillbetriggerediftherearemove-
mentsdetectedinthevehicleinterior(forexam-
ple,byanimals)orifthereisachangeinthevehi-
cleangle(forexample,whenthevehicleisbeing
towed).
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Youcanpreventthealarmfrombeingtriggered
bydeactivatingtheinterior/towingprotection
monitor.
Deactivatingtheinterior/towing protection
monitor
Therearethefollowingoptionsfordeactivating
theinterior/towingprotectionmonitor:
>Pressthe@buttononthevehiclekeyasecond
timewithintwoseconds.Or
>Appliesto:vehicleswithconveniencekey:
Touchthesensoronthedoorhandleasecond
time
withintwoseconds.Or
>Turn themechanicalkeyinthedoorlocktothe
closepositionasecondtimewithin2seconds.
Ifyoulockthevehicle,thentheinterior/towing
protectionmonitorwillstayoffuntilthenext
timethevehicleisunlocked.

Z\WARNING
Noone,especiallychildren,shouldstayinthe
vehiclewhenitislockedfromtheoutside,be-
causethewindowscannolongerbeopened
fromtheinside.Lockeddoorsmakeitmore
difficultforemergencyworkerstoenterthe
vehicle,whichputslivesatrisk.

G)Tips
Theinterior/towingprotectionmonitoring*
onlyfunctionscorrectlywhenthewindows
andtheroof*areclosed.

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Openingandclosing

Luggagecompartment
lid
Openingandclosingtheluggage
compartmentlid
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Fig.26Driver'sdoor:openingtheluggagecompartment
lid
Openingtheluggagecompartmentlid
>Whentheignitionisswitchedoff,pressand
holdthe4sbuttononthevehiclekeytwice.Or
>Movetheselectorlevertothe"P"positionand
pullthe »Appliesto:Vehicleswithoutconveniencekeys:
Unlockthevehicleusingthe@buttononthe
vehiclekeyandpressthehandleintheluggage
compartmentlid.Or
»Appliesto:vehicleswithconveniencekey:Press
thehandleintheluggagecompartmentlid.
Thevehiclekeycannotbemorethanapproxi-
mately4feet(1.5m)awayfromtheluggage
compartment.
Closingtheluggagecompartmentlid
>Appliesto:Vehicleswithoutautomaticluggage
compartmentlid:Usetheinsidegriptopullthe
luggagecompartmentliddownandallowitto
closeusingagentlepush>A\.Or
>Appliesto:Vehicleswithautomaticluggage
compartmentlid:See>page36.

ZA\WARNING
—Afterclosingtheluggagecompartmentlid,
makesurethatitislatched.Otherwise,the
luggagecompartmentlidcouldopensud-
denlywhendriving,whichincreasestherisk

ofanaccident.


—Neverdrivewiththeluggagecompartment
lidajaroropen,becausepoisonousgases
canenterthevehicleinteriorandcreatethe
riskofasphyxiation.
—Neverleaveyourvehicleunattendedwhen
theluggagecompartmentlidisopen.A
childcouldclimbintothevehiclethrough
theluggagecompartment.Iftheluggage
compartmentlid wasthenclosed,thechild
wouldbetrappedinthevehicleandunable
toescape.Toreducetheriskofinjury,donot
allowchildrentoplayinoraroundthevehi-
cle.Alwayskeeptheluggagecompartment
lidandthedoorsclosedwhenthevehicleis
notinuse.
—Alwaysmakesurenooneisintheluggage
compartmentlid'srangeofmotionwhenit
isclosing,especiallynearthehinges.Fin-
gersorhandscouldbepinched.

(i)Tips
ThesettingsintheInfotainmentsystemde-
termineiftheluggagecompartmentlidcan
be
openedusingthehandle>page33.
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Openingandclosing

Automaticluggagecompartmentlid
Appliesto:vehicleswithautomaticluggagecompartmentlid
Theluggagecompartmentlidcanbeopenedand
closedelectrically.

Fig.27Driver'sdoor:openingtheluggagecompartment
lid


Fig.28Luggagecompartmentlid:@closingbutton,
lockbutton(vehicleswithconveniencekey*)
Openingtheluggagecompartmentlid
>PresstheAsbuttononthevehiclekeytwice.Or
>Pressthehandleintheluggagecompartment
lid.Thevehiclekeycannotbemorethanap-
proximately4feet(1.5m)awayfromthelug-
gagecompartment.Or
> Movetheselectorlevertothe"P"positionand
pullthe Closingtheluggagecompartmentlid
>Whentheignitionisswitchedon,pullthe<
switchinthedriver'sdooruntiltheluggage
compartmentlidisclosed>A\.Or
>Pressthe<3buttonintheluggagecompart-
mentlid>fig.28.Theluggagecompartment
lidwillautomaticallylowerandclose>A\.Or
>Appliesto:vehicleswithconveniencekey:Press
andholdthe4sbuttononthevehiclekeyuntil
theluggagecompartmentlidisclosed>A\.
Makesurethereisenoughdistancebetween
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youandtheluggagecompartmentlid.There
shouldbeamaximum9feet(3m)ofdistance.
Or
>Appliesto:vehicleswithconveniencekey:Press
thefbuttonintheluggagecompartmentlid
>fig.28.Thevehiclekeymustnot bemore
thanapproximately4feet(1.5m)awayfrom
theluggagecompartmentanditmustnot be
insidethevehicle.Theluggagecompartment
lidwillautomaticallylowerandclose.Thevehi-
clelocks>A\.Or
>Lightlypulltheluggagecompartmentlidusing
theinnergrip.Theluggagecompartmentlid
willautomaticallylowerandclose>A\.Or
>Pressthehandleintheluggagecompartment
lid.Theluggagecompartmentlidwillautomat-
icallylowerandclose>A\.
Storingtheluggagecompartmentlid
openingposition
>Bringtheluggagecompartmentlidintothede-
siredopenposition.Thepositionmustbeata
certainheightorhighertostore.
>Pressandholdthe<3buttonintheluggage
compartmentlidforatleastfoursecondsto
store
thenewopenposition.Avisualandaudio
signalwillfollow.
>Tosetahigheropenposition,waitatleastfive
secondsandthencarefullypresstheluggage
compartmentlidupward.
>Pressandholdthe<3buttonagainforatleast
foursecondstostorethedesiredopeningposi-
tion.
Theopening/closingprocesswillstopimmedi-
atelyif:
—Youpullorreleasethe<3switchinthedriver's
door,or
—Appliesto:vehicleswithconveniencekey:You
pressthe4sbuttononthevehiclekey,or
—Appliesto:vehicleswithconveniencekey:You
pressthe<¥orfbuttonintheluggagecom-
partmentlid,or
—Youpushthehandleintheluggagecompart-
mentlid,or
—Ifsomethingblockstheluggagecompartment
lidormakesitdifficultforthelidtomove.

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Ifyoupressthehandleoroneofthe<3or&but-
tons(vehicleswithconveniencekey*)now,the
luggagecompartmentlidwilleitheropenor
close,dependingonitsangle.

ZAWARNING
—Afterclosingtheluggagecompartmentlid,
makesurethatitislatched.Otherwise,the
luggagecompartmentlidcouldopensud-
denlywhendriving,whichincreasestherisk
ofanaccident.
—Paycarefulattentionwhenclosingthelug-
gage compartmentlid.Otherwise,youcould
causeseriousinjurytoyourselforothersde-
spitethepinchprotection.
—Toreducetheriskofinjuriesbypinching,al-
waysmakesurethatnooneisintheoperat-
ingareaoftheluggagecompartmentlid,in-
cludingthehingeareasandtheupperand
loweredgeoftheluggagecompartmentlid.
—Neverdrivewiththeluggagecompartment
lidajaroropen,becausepoisonousgases
canenterthevehicleinteriorandcreatethe
riskofasphyxiation.
—Ifthereisaluggagerack(suchasabicycle
rack)ontheluggagecompartmentlid,the
luggagecompartmentlidmaynotopen
completelyundercertaincircumstancesorit
couldclosebyitselfifopenduetotheextra
weight.Therefore,theopenluggagecom-
partmentlid mustbegivenadditionalsup-
portorthecargomustfirstberemoved

fromtheluggagerack.

@Note
Theluggagecompartmentlidcanbumpinto
objectssuchasthegarageceilingwhenopen-
ingandbecomedamaged.
G)Tips
— ThesettingsintheInfotainmentsystemde-
termineiftheluggagecompartmentlidcan
beopenedusingthehandle>page33.

D_Theclosingfunctionappliestovehiclesthatalsohaveau-
tomaticluggagecompartmentlidoperation.
—Thereareaudiblesignalswhenclosingthe
luggagecompartmentlidwiththevehicle
key(vehicleswithconveniencekey*)orwith
the<¥buttoninthedriver'sdoor.
—Appliesto:vehicleswithconveniencekey:
Youcanclosetheluggagecompartmentlid
usingthevehiclekeyfromuptoapproxi-
mately9feet(3m)away.
—Theluggagecompartmentlidcanbeoper-
atedmanuallyifthevehiclebatteryislow.
Itisnecessarytousemoreforcewhendoing
this.Movethelidslowlytoreducethe
amountofforceneeded.
—Whenthetrailersocketisbeingused(for
example,forabicyclerack),theluggage
compartmentlidcanbeopenedandclosed
usingthehandleorthefootmotionactiva-
tion(vehicleswithconveniencekey*).
Openingandclosingtheluggage
YuleeaeLeeMNCLmcellmuleCdedie)
movement)
Appliesto:Vehicleswithsensor-controlledluggagecompart-
mentlid

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Fig.29Rearofthevehicle:footmovement
Youcanopenandclosetheluggagecompart-
mentlidwithfootmotionactivation),
Requirements:youmustbecarryingyourconven-
iencekey*withyou.Youmustbestandingatthe
centerbehindtheluggagecompartmentlid.The
ignitionmustbe switchedoff.Makesureyou
havefirmfooting.
—Moveyourfootbackandforthunderthebump-
eronetime©fig.29.Donottouchthebumper.>
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