2019 AUDI Q5 warning light

Instrumentcluster

mReAels
aAutomaticheadlights:malfunction!See
owner'smanual
BSAutomaticwipers:malfunction!Seeowner's
manual
Thelight/rainsensorismalfunctioning.
Thelowbeamsremainswitchedonatalltimes
forsafetyreasonswhenthelightswitchisinthe
AUTOposition.However,youcancontinueto
turnthelightsonandoffusingthelightswitch.
Youcanstillcontrolallfunctionsthatareinde-
pendentoftherainsensorthroughthewind-
shieldwiperlever.
DriveimmediatelytoanauthorizedAudidealer
orauthorizedAudiServiceFacilitytohavethe
malfunctionrepaired.
teyeerare)
Appliesto:vehicleswithsuspensioncontrol
|¢|Suspension:malfunction!Youmaycontinue
driving
Thereisamalfunction.SeeanauthorizedAudi
dealerorauthorizedAudiServiceFacilityforas-
sistance.
TeteleYedSolemlaced
Appliesto:vehicleswithallwheeldrive/sportdifferential
t3]All-wheeldrive:malfunction!Youmaycon-
tinuedriving.PleasecontactService
T-3|Sportdifferential:malfunction!Pleasecon-
tactService
DriveimmediatelytoanauthorizedAudidealer
orauthorizedAudiServiceFacilitytohavethe
malfunctionrepaired.
3]All-wheeldriveoverheating. Pleaseadapt
drivingstyle.Seeowner'smanual
3]Sportdifferential:temperaturetoohigh.
Pleaseadaptdrivingstyle
Thetransmissiontemperaturehasincreasedsig-
nificantlyduetothesportydrivingmanner.Drive
inalesssportymanneruntilthetemperaturere-
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turnstothenormalrangeandtheindicatorlight
switchesof.

ZXWARNING
ContactanauthorizedAudidealerorauthor-
izedAudiServiceFacilityiftheallwheeldrive/
sportdifferentialisfaultyormalfunctioning.
Therepairmustbeperformedbytrainedper-
sonnelusingthecorrectoilinordertoensure
safety.
eraeel
IftheaorBindicatorlightblinks,aturnsig-
nalisturnedon.Ifbothindicatorlightsareblink-
ing,theemergencyflashersareon.

Ifanindicatorlightblinkstwiceasfast asusual,
aturnsignalbulbhasfailed.Carefullydrivetoan
authorizedAudidealerorauthorizedAudiService
Facilityimmediatelytohave the malfunctioncor-
rected.
eCCmesel
Appliesto:vehicleswithtrailerhitch
Theturnsignalsareactivatedintrailermodeif
the&indicatorlightblinks.
If aturnsignalonthetraileroronthevehicle
failswhileintrailermode,theindicatorlightwill
notblinktwiceasfasttoindicatethis.

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Head-updisplay

Head-updisplay
Description
Appliesto:vehicleswithhead-updisplay
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Fig.16Instrumentpanel:knobforthehead-updisplay
Thehead-updisplayprojectscertainwarningsor
selectedinformationfromtheassistsystems*or
navigationsystem*onthewindshield.Thedis-
playappearswithinthedriver'sfieldofvision.
Switchingonandoff
>Toswitchthehead-updisplayon,pressthe67
knob.
>Toswitchthehead-updisplayoff,presstheS7
knob.
Adjustingtheheight
Theheightofthedisplaycan beadjustedtothe
individualdriver.
>Makesureyouareseatedcorrectly>page253.
>Turn theknobS?toadjustthedisplay.
SettingsintheInfotainmentsystem

>SelectintheInfotainmentsystem:[MENU]but-
ton>Vehicle> leftcontrolbutton>Driveras-
sistance>Head-updisplay.

Displaycontent
IntheInfotainmentsystem,youcanspecify
whichinformationshould bedisplayed:Forex-
ample,thiscanincludenavigationinformation”,
adaptivecruisecontrol*orcamera-basedtraffic
signrecognition*.
Thedisplay ofcertaininformationandsomeof
thered indicatorlightscannotbehiddeninthe
Infotainmentsystem.
Brightness
YoucanadjustthedisplaybrightnessintheInfo-
tainmentsystem.Thedisplaybrightnessdecreas-
esautomaticallyastheamountoflightdecreas-
es.Thebackgroundbrightnessisadjusted with
theinstrumentillumination>page48.
Picturerotation
YoucanrotatethepictureintheInfotainment
systemclockwiseorcounterclockwise.
CG)Note
Topreventscratchesontheglasscoveringthe
head-updisplay,donotplaceanyobjectsin
theprojectionopening.
@)Tips
—Sunglasseswithpolarizationfiltersandun-
favorable
lightingconditionscanimpairvisi-
bilityofthedisplay.
— Anoptimumdisplaydependsontheseat
positionandthe heightadjustmentofthe
head-updisplay.
—Aspecialwindshieldisneededforthe head-
updisplayfunction.
—Forinformationoncleaning,see>tableIn-
teriorcleaningonpage345.
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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
30
>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.>

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Openingandclosing

Childsafetylock
Thechildsafetylockpreventsthereardoors
frombeingopenedfromtheinsideandtherear
powerwindowsfrombeingoperated.
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Fig.32Applies@@:)vehicleswithmanualchildsafetylocks:
Reardoor:manualchildsafetylock
Vehicleswithbutton#
Appliesto:vehicleswithpowerchildsafetylocks
>Toactivateanddeactivatethechildsafetylock
(doorhandleandpowerwindowswitch)forthe
areardoor,presstheleftorright#buttonin
thedriver'sdoor(@)thatcorrespondstothat
reardoor>fig.31.Theindicatorlightinthe
buttonturnson/blinks.
>Makesurethechildsafetylockisworkingby
checkingthefunctionontherearpowerwin-
dowswitchanddoorhandle.
Vehicleswithbutton
Appliesto:vehicleswithmanualchildsafetylocks
>Toactivateordeactivatethechildsafetylock
forthepowerwindowswitchinthereardoors,
pressthe&buttoninthedriver's door(2)
>fig.31.Theindicatorlightinthe buttonturns
on/blinks.
>Toactivateordeactivatethemanualchildsafe-
tylockforthereardoorhandle,openthere-
spectivereardoorandturnthekeyswitchwith
themechanicalkeyinthedirectionofthearrow
oroppositethedirectionofthearrow>fig.32.
Thiswilldisablethefunctionofthereardoor
handle.
>Makesurethechildsafetylockisworkingby
checkingthefunctionontherearpowerwin-
dowswitchanddoorhandle.
Itisnotpossibletooperatetherearclimatecon-
trolsystem*whenthechildsafetylockisswitch-
edon.TheSETREARfunctionallowsyoutoapply
allsettingstotherearusingtheclimatecontrol
systemcontrolsinthecockpit>page71.
Messageintheinstrumentclusterdisplay
Childproofcatch:malfunction!Pleasecon-
tactService
Thereisamalfunctioninthechildsafetylock.
Pressthe#/Gbuttonagain.
Ifthemessagestayson,driveimmediatelytoan
authorizedAudidealerorauthorizedAudiService
Facilitytohavethemalfunctionrepaired.

ZXWARNING
—Ifyouleavethevehicle,switchtheignition
offandtakethevehiclekeywithyou.This
appliesparticularlywhenchildrenremainin
thevehicle.Otherwisechildrencouldstart
theengineoroperateelectricalequipment
(suchaspowerwindows),whichincreases
theriskofanaccident.
—Amalfunctioninthechildsafetylockcould
allow
thereardoorstobeopenedfromthe
inside,whichincreasestheriskofanacci-
dent.


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Openingandclosing

Panoramicglassroofemergencyclosing
Appliesto:vehicleswithpanoramicglassroof
Ifanobjectisdetectedwhenclosing,theroof
willopenagainautomatically.Inthiscase,you
canthencloseitwiththepoweremergencyclos-
ingfunction.
>Withinfivesecondsafterthesunroofopensau-
tomatically,pulltheapplicablebuttonuntilthe
roofisclosed.
Garagedooropener
pledtlCela)
Appliesto:vehicleswithgaragedooropener


Fig.35Garagedooropener:examplesofusagefordiffer-
entsystems
Withthegarage dooropener,youcanactivate
systemssuchasthegaragedoors,securitysys-
temsorhouselightsfrominsideyourvehicle.
Threebuttonsareintegratedintheheadliner
thatcanbeprogrammedtouptothreeremote
controls.
To beabletooperatesystemsusingthegarage
dooropener,thebuttonsintheheadlinermust
firstbeprogrammed.
ZXWARNING
Whenoperatingorprogrammingthegarage
dooropener,makesurethatnopeopleorob-
jectsareintheareaimmediatelysurrounding
theequipment.Peoplecanbeinjuredorprop-
ertycanbedamagedifstruckwhenclosing.


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—Forsecurityreasons,werecommendthat
youcleartheprogrammedbuttonsbefore
sellingthevehicle.
—ForadditionalinformationaboutHomeLink,
visitwww.homelink.com.
—Foranexplanationonconformitywiththe
FCCregulationsinthe UnitedStatesandthe
IndustryCanadaregulations,see
=>page370.
Appliesto:vehicleswithgaragedooropener
Requirements:thebuttonintheheadlinermust
beprogrammed>page42andthevehicle
mustbewithinrangeofthesystem,suchasthe
garagedoor.
>Pressthebuttontoopenthegaragedoor.The
LED@)°page42,fig.36blinksorturnson.
>Pressthebuttonagaintoopenthegaragedoor.
G@)Tips
Whenopeningorclosingthegaragedoor,do
notpressandholdthebuttonlongertensec-
ondsorthegarage dooropenerwillswitchto
programmingmode.
Programmingbuttons
Appliesto:vehicleswithgaragedooropener
a©S$
2
=oa
Fig.36Headliner:controls
Youcanprogrambothfixedcodeandrollingcode
systemsusingthisprocedure.

LightsandVision

LightsandVision
Exteriorlighting
Switchingthelightsonandoff

Fig.37Instrumentpanel:lightswitchwithbuttons
Lightswitch©
Turnthelightswitchtothecorrespondingposi-
tionwhentheignitionisswitchedon.2andthe
selectedpositionturnon(exceptposition0).
O-Thedaytimerunninglightsautomaticallyturn
on.Invehiclesforcertainmarkets,youcan
switchtheautomaticdaytimerunninglightson
andoffintheInfotainment*system.
AUTO-Theheadlightsautomaticallyadapttothe
surroundingbrightness.
300-Parkinglights
2D-Lowbeamheadlights
Buttons
WhenyouturnthelightswitchtotheAUTOor
lowbeamheadlightpositionZO,youcanactivate
thefollowingfunctions:
So-All-weatherlights.Theheadlightsautomati-
callyadjustsothattherewillbelessglare,forex-
amplewhentheroadsurfaceiswet.
Q#-Rearfoglights*
Automaticheadlightrangecontrolsystem
Yourvehicleisequippedwithanautomatichead-
lightrangecontrolsystemthatreducesglarefor
oncomingtrafficifthevehicleloadchanges.The
headlightrangeadjustsautomatically.
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Audiadaptivelight
Appliesto:vehicleswith Audiadaptivelight
Adaptivelightprovidesbettervisibilitywhenitis
darkbyadaptingthelightstotheroadconditions
basedonspeed,suchasonexpressways,rural
roads,at intersections,andincurves.Theadap-
tivelightonlyfunctionswhenthelightswitchis
intheAUTOposition.

ZAWARNING
—Automaticheadlights*areonlyintendedto
assistthedriver.They donotrelievethe
driverofresponsibilitytocheckthe head-
lightsandtoturnthemonmanuallybased
onthecurrentlightandvisibilityconditions.
Forexample,fogcannot bedetectedbythe
lightsensors.Soalwaysswitchonthelow
beamsundertheseweatherconditions and
whendrivinginthe dark20.
—Topreventglarefortrafficbehindyourvehi-
cle,therearfoglightsshouldonlybeturned

oninaccordancewithtrafficregulations.

@)Tips
—Ifthevehiclebatteryhasbeendischarging
forawhile,theparkinglightmayswitchoff
automatically.Avoidusingtheparking
lightsforseveralhours.
—Follow theregulationsapplicabletothe
countrywhereyouareoperatingthevehicle
whenstoppingthevehicleandwhenusing
thelightingsystems.
—Thelightsensorfortheautomatichead-
lights*isintherearview mirrormount.Do
notplaceanystickersinthisareaonthe
windshield.
—Awarningtonewillsoundifyouopenthe
doorwhentheexteriorlightsareswitched
on.
—Onlythefrontheadlightsturnonwhenthe
daytimerunninglightsareswitchedon*.In
vehiclesincertainmarkets,thetaillights
willalsoturnon.
—Incoolordampweather,theinsideofthe
headlights,turnsignals,andtaillightscan
fog
overduetothetemperaturedifference
betweenthe insideandoutside.Theywill
clearshortlyafterswitchingthemon.This>

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LightsandVision

doesnotaffecttheservicelifeofthelight-
ing.
Turnsignalandhighbeamlever

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Fig.38Turnsignalandhighbeamlever
Theleveroperatestheturnsignals,thehigh
beamsandtheheadlightflasher.
Turnsignals@>>
Theturnsignalsactivatewhenyoumovethelev-
erintoaturnsignalpositionwhentheignitionis
switchedon.TherespectiveaorBindicator
lightflashes.
@-Rightturnsignal
@- Leftturnsignal
Theturnsignalblinksthreetimesifyoujusttap
the
lever.
HighbeamsZOandheadlightflasher
Movethelevertothecorrespondingposition:
@®)-Highbeamson(vehicleswith highbeamas-
sistant*>page45)
@-Highbeamsofforheadlightflasher
TheEqjindicatorlightintheinstrumentcluster
willturnon.

ZAWARNING
Highbeamscancauseglareforotherdrivers,
whichincreasestheriskofanaccident.For
this reason,onlyuse thehighbeamsorthe
headlight
flasher whentheywillnotcreate
glareforotherdrivers.

thmeee
Appliesto:vehicleswithhighbeamassistant
Thehighbeamassistantautomaticallyturnsthe
highbeamsonoroffdependingonthesurround-
ingconditions.
Acameraontherearview mirrormountcande-
tectlightsourcesfromotherroadusers.Thehigh
beamsswitchonoroffautomaticallydepending
onthepositionofvehiclesdrivingaheadandon-
comingvehicles,thevehiclespeed,andotheren-
vironmentalandtrafficconditions.
Activatinghighbeamassistant
Requirement:thelightswitchmustbesettothe
AUTOpositionandthehighbeamassistantmust
be switchedonintheInfotainmentsystem
=>page46.
>Toactivatethehighbeamassistant,tap the
leverforward@)>page45,fig.38.TheBYin-
dicatorlightappearsintheinstrumentcluster
displayandthehighbeamsareswitchedon/off
automatically.Ifthehighbeamswerecom-
pletelyorpartiallyswitchedon,theEaindica-
torlightwillturnon.
Switchingthe high beamsonoroffmanually
Ifthehighbeamsdidnotswitchonoroffauto-
maticallyasexpected,youmayswitchthemonor
offmanuallyinstead:
>Toswitchthehighbeamsonmanually, tapthe
leverforward@)>page45,fig.38.The=0}in-
dicatorlightturnson.
>Toswitchthehighbeamsoffmanually,pullthe
leverback@)>page45,fig.38.Thehighbeam
assistantisdeactivated.
Operatingthe headlightflasher
>Tooperatethe headlightflasherwhenthehigh
beamassistantisactivatedandhighbeamsare
switchedoff,pulltheleverback@)>page45,
fig.38.Thehighbeamassistantremainsac-
tive.
Messagesintheinstrumentclusterdisplay
BaAudiadaptivelight:malfunction!Seeown-
er'smanual
4s