2019 AUDI Q5 Owners Manual

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Instrumentcluster

Fuellevel
Thedisplay>page13,fig.3orpage13,
fig.4onlyfunctionswhentheignitionisswitch-
edon.Whenthedisplayhasreached thereserve
mark,aredLEDturnsonandthe EN}indicator
lightturnson>page24.
Forthetankcapacityinyourvehicle,refertothe
TechnicalData>page372.
(@)Note
Neverdriveuntilthetankiscompletelyemp-
ty.Theirregularsupplyoffuelthatresults
fromthatcancauseenginemisfires.Uncom-
bustedfuelwillthenentertheexhaustsys-
tem.Thiscancauseoverheatinganddamage
tothecatalyticconverter.
Odometer

Fig.5Instrumentcluster: odometerandresetbutton
Tripodometerandodometer
Thetripodometershowsthedistancedriven
sinceitwaslastreset.Itcanbeusedtomeasure
shortdistances.
Thetripodometercanberesettozerobypress-
ingthe|]resetbutton.


Theodometershowsthetotaldistancethatthe
vehiclehasbeendriven.
Malfunctionindicator
Ifthereisamalfunctionintheinstrumentclus-
ter,DEFwillappearinthetripodometerdisplay.
Havethemalfunctioncorrectedassoonaspossi-
ble.
@Tips
Distancesaredisplayedinmi(miles)orkm
(kilometers).
Multifunctionsteering
wheelplus
Appliesto:vehicleswithmultifunctionsteeringwheelplus


Fig.7Leftsideofmultifunctionsteeringwheel
Requirement:theignitionmustbeswitchedon.
Thedriverinformationsystemcontains multiple
tabs@°fig.6thatdisplayvariousinformation
©.
Thefollowingtabsmaybeavailable,depending
onvehicleequipment:




FirsttabVehiclefunctions>page19
SecondMessages
tab?)
ThirdtabRadio>page163
Media>page 163>
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Fourthtab|Telephone*>page164

FifthtabNavigation*>page165
Map*>page166

a)Thistabisonlyvisiblewhenthereisat leastoneindicator
lightormessagedisplayed.
@|k2]button



—Switchingtabs:pressthe[<>]buttonrepeated-
lyuntilthedesiredtabisshown(forexample,
Radio).


@[VIEW]button
Switchingviewsorreducingthedisplay
=>page17.

@®[]button
Returntofunctionsathigherlevels.
©[and[c|controlbuttons
Open/closetheselectionmenuoroptionsmenu
=>page16.
@Leftthumbwheel
—Selectingafunctioninamenu/list:turnthe
leftthumbwheeltothedesiredfunction(forex-
ample,selectingafrequency).
—Confirmingaselection:presstheleftthumb-
wheel()>fig.7.
—Zoomingin/outonthemap:whenamapis
displayed,turntheleftthumbwheeltozoomin
andoutonthemap.
Controlbuttons
Appliesto:vehicleswith multifunctionsteeringwheelplus



cued
ETaeesanaso)
Peasealas







Fig.8Selectionmenuandoptionsmenuview
Leftcontrolbutton
—Openingandclosingtheselectionmenu:press
therespectiveleftcontrolbuttononthesteer-
ing
wheel>fig.8.Youcanselectandconfirma
functionintheselectionmenuusingtheleft
thumbwheel(forexample,selectingafrequen-
cyband).
Rightcontrolbutton
—Openingandclosingtheoptionsmenu:press
therespectiverightcontrolbuttononthesteer-
16
ingwheel>fig.8.Youcanchangeanycontext-
dependentfunctionsandsettingsusingtheleft
thumbwheel(forexample,additionalstation
information).
(i)Tips
Theavailabilityofaselectionmenuoroptions
menudependsonthefunctionthatisselect-
ed.

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Appliesto:vehicleswithAudivirtualcockpit
Fig.9Defaultview:classic/sport*

Appliesto:vehicleswithAudivirtualcockpit
Fig.10Enhancedview
Changeview
Appliesto:vehicleswithAudivirtualcockpit
>Pressthe[VIEW]button @

t)>page15,fig.7to
switchfromthedefaultview>fig.9totheen-
hancedview>fig.10.Toreturntothedefault
view,pressthe[VIEW]buttonagain.


Settingthedefaultview
Appliesto:vehicleswithsportview
Depending
onthevehicleequipment,youcan
choosebetweentheclassicandthesportview.
>Openthefirstvehiclefunctionstabusingthe

aD buttononthemultifunctionsteering
wheel.
>Selectonthemultifunctionsteeringwheel:left
controlbutton>Layout>SportlayoutorClas-
siclayout.
Reducingthedisplay
Appliesto:vehicleswithanaloginstrumentcluster

>Pressthe[VIEW|buttontoswitchfromthe
classictothereduceddisplay.Toreturn tothe

classicview,pressthe|VIEW]buttonagain.
Adjustingtheadditionaldisplay
Appliesto:vehicleswithAudivirtualcockpit
Dependingonthevehicleequipment,theaddi-
tionaldisplaysthatcan beselectedmayvary.
>Openthefirstvehiclefunctionstabusingthe

<>]buttononthemultifunctionsteering
wheel.
>Selectonthemultifunctionsteeringwheel:
rightcontrolbutton>Additionaldisplay.
>Selectthedesiredadditionaldisplay.
G)Tips
Appliesto:vehicleswithsportview

Alwayssetthedesireddefaultviewbefore
driving,becausethedisplayfunctionswillnot
beavailableforseveralseconds.
Appliesto:vehicleswithmultifunctionsteeringwheelplus
Fig.11Rightsideofthe multifunctionsteeringwheel

@[eé]button

—Acceptingacall:pressthe|@]buttonwhen
thereisanincomingcall.
—Endingacall:pressthe|<]buttonduringa
phonecalltoendthecall.


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—Openingthecalllist:ifnophonecallisinprog-
ressandtherearenoincomingcalls,pressthe
[4]button.
@lx
—Switchingthevoicerecognitionsystemon:
brieflypressthe[2]button.Saythedesired
commandaftertheBeep.


button


—Switchingthevoicerecognitionsystemoff:
pressandholdthe|%]button.Or:saythecom-
mandCancel.


Formoreinformationaboutthevoicerecognition
system,see>page170,Voicerecognitionsys-
temor>page246.
@Rightthumbwheel
Youcanadjustthevolumeofan audiosourceora
systemmessage(forexample,fromthevoice
recognitionsystem)whenthesoundisplaying.
—Increasingordecreasingthevolume:turnthe
rightthumbwheelupordown.
—Mutingorpausing:turntherightthumbwheel
down.Or:presstherightthumbwheel.
—Unmutingorresuming:turntherightthumb-
wheelup.Or:presstherightthumbwheel.
@®Ka][pot
—Selectingtheprevious/nexttrackorstation:
pressthebutton.
—Fastforwarding/rewindingaudiofiles:press
andholdthebuttonuntilthedesired
locationinthefileisreached.
®lk
—Steeringwheelheating”:youcanfindaddition-
alinformationin>page72.
—Programmablesteeringwheelbutton-open-
ing afunction:pressthe[+]buttononthemul-
tifunctionsteeringwheel.
—Programmablesteeringwheelbutton-re-
questingafunction:pressandholdthe[+]but-
ton.
—Programmablesteeringwheelbutton-chang-
ing afunction:pressandholdthe[+]button.
Selectandconfirmanentry.Or

button

I<]or[DDI

il]or[DDI

button/steeringwheelheating@






18

—SelectintheInfotainmentsystem:[MENU]but-
ton>Vehicle>leftcontrolbutton>Vehicle
settings>Steeringwheelbuttonassignment.
©nav
—Repeatingthelastnavigationprompt:press
the[s]buttonwhenrouteguidanceisactive.
—Changingthevoiceguidancevolume:when
routeguidanceisactive,turntherightthumb-
wheelupwardordownwardduringanavigation
prompt.


button


Multifunctionsteering
wheel
Appliesto:vehicleswithmultifunctionsteeringwheel
Withthemultifunctionsteeringwheel,youcan
operatethedriverinformationsystemaswellas
theMMIfunctionsandyoucanalsoadjust the
volume.
44,COE

N
Fig.13Rightsideofthemultifunctionsteeringwheel
Requirement:theignitionmustbeswitchedon.>

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@Operatingthedriverinformationsystem
Thedriverinformationsystemcontainsmultiple
tabs@>page15,fig.6thatdisplayvariousin-
formation2)>page15,fig.6.
Thefollowingtabsmaybeavailable,depending
onvehicleequipment:




FirsttabOn-boardcomputer>page19
SecondMessages
tab?)
ThirdtabRadio>page163
Media>page163
Fourthtab|Telephone>page164

a)Thistabisonlyvisiblewhenthereisat leastoneindicator
lightormessagedisplayed.

—Switchingtabs:pressthe[MODE]button
>fig.12onthemultifunctionsteeringwheel
repeatedlyuntilthedesiredtabisdisplayed.
—Selectingafunctioninthemenu/list:turnthe
leftthumbwheelonthemultifunctionsteering
wheeltothedesiredfunction.
—Confirmingaselection:presstheleftthumb-
wheelonthemultifunctionsteeringwheelto
confirmyourselection.
—Scrollingwithinthelists:turntheleftthumb-
wheelonthemultifunctionsteeringwheel
quicklytoscrollwithinthelists.


@[2Jbutton
—Switchingthevoicerecognitionsystemon:
brieflypressthe[2]button>fig.13.Saythe
desiredcommandaftertheBeep.
—Switchingthevoicerecognitionsystemoff:
pressandholdthe|]button.Or:saythecom-
mandCancel.




Formoreinformationaboutthevoicerecognition
system,see>page170,Voicerecognitionsys-
temor=page246.
@®Rightthumbwheel
The
volumeofanaudiosourceorasystemmes-
sage(suchastrafficannouncements)canbedi-
rectlyadjustedduringtheaudiooutput.
—Increasingordecreasingthevolume:turnthe
rightthumbwheel>fig.13upordown.
—Mutingorpausing:turntherightthumbwheel
down.Or:presstherightthumbwheel.
—Unmutingorresuming:turntherightthumb-
wheelupward.Or:presstherightthumbwheel.
Vehiclefunctions
LOTati
Thetripcomputerisdisplayedinthefirsttabof
thedriverinformationsystem.Additionalvehicle
functionscan beaccesseddependingonthevehi-
cleequipment.
>Presstheleftcontrolbutton.
—On-boardcomputer>page 19
—Laptimes>page97
—Statistics>page98
—Layout>page17
Mit)meeyuayLele

Fig.14Instrumentcluster:fuelconsumptiondisplay
Resettingvaluesto zero
Requirement:theFuelconsumption,Short-term
memory,orLong-termmemorydisplaymustbe
selected.
>Toresetthevaluesintherespectivememoryto
zero,pressandholdtheleftthumbwheelon
themultifunctionsteeringwheelforonesec-
ond.Or
>Onthemultifunctionsteeringwheel,select:
therightcontrolbutton>Resetvalues*.
Inthetripcomputer,youcancallupthefollow-
ingdisplaysoneaftertheotherbyturningthe
leftthumbwheelonthemultifunctionsteering
wheel:
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—Timeanddate>page245
—Digitalspeedometer*
—Averageconsumption
—Remainingrange*
—Short-termmemoryoverview
—Long-termmemoryoverview
—Energyconsumers*=page20
—Driverassistance*>page101
—Trafficsignrecognition*>page95
Theshort-termmemorycollectsdrivinginforma-
tionfromthetimetheignitionisswitchedonun-
tilitisswitchedoff.Ifyoucontinuedrivingwithin
twohoursafterswitchingtheignitionoff,the
newvaluesareincludedwhencalculatingthecur-
renttripinformation.
Unliketheshort-termmemory,thelong-term
memoryisnoterasedautomatically.Youcanse-
lectthetimeperiodforevaluatingtripinforma-
tionyourself.
Fuelconsumption
Thecurrentfuelconsumptioncan beshownusing
abargraph&fig.14.Theaverageconsumption
storedintheshort-termmemoryisalsodis-
played.Ifthebarsaregreenorthegraytone on
thebarschanges(dependingontheequipment),
yourvehicleissavingfuelbythefollowingfunc-
tion:
—Recuperation:electricalenergycanbestoredin
thebatterywhenthevehicleiscoastingordriv-
ingdownhill.Thebarwillmovetoward(7/4.
@)Tips
Thedate,timeofday,andtimeanddatefor-
matcanbesetintheInfotainmentsystem
=>page245.
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Energyconsumers
Appliesto:vehicleswithenergyconsumers
aN}®ao
Energyconsumers
taeri
0)2
Airconditioning
Auxiliaryheating
Rearwindowheating

Fig.15Instrumentcluster:energyconsumers
IntheEnergyconsumersview,theotherequip-
mentthatiscurrentlyaffectingfuelconsumption
islistedinthefirsttab(on-boardcomputer).The
displayshowsuptothreeenergyconsumers
>fig.15.Theequipmentusingthemostpoweris
listedfirst.Ifmorethanthreeitemsusingpower
areswitchedon,theequipmentthatiscurrently
usingthemostpowerisdisplayed.
Agauge(@)alsoshowsthecurrenttotalcon-
sumptionofallotherconsumers.
Engineoiltemperaturedisplayandboost
atelte-hels
Appliesto:vehicleswithengineoiltemperaturedisplay/boost
indicator
Appliesto:vehicleswithanaloginstrumentcluster
Theengineoiltemperatureandboostindicator
areonlyshowninthelaptimerdisplay
=>page97.
Engineoiltemperatureindicator=
Appliesto:vehicleswith Audivirtualcockpit
Theengineoiltemperatureisonlyshowninthe
enhancedvieworinthesportview>page17.
Whenengineoiltemperaturesarelow,thedis-
play---°F(---°C)appearsintheinstrumentclus-
ter.
Theenginehasreacheditsoperatingtempera-
turewhentheengineoiltemperatureisbetween
176°F(80°C)and248°F(120°C)undernormal
drivingconditions.Theengineoiltemperature>

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maybehigherifthereisheavyengineloadand
hightemperaturesoutside.Thisisnotacausefor
concernaslongasthe|=>page314or=
=page315indicatorlightsdonotturnon.
Boostindicator
Appliesto:vehicleswithAudivirtualcockpit
Theboostindicatorisonlydisplayedinthesport
view>page17.
Thecurrentengineload(meaningthecurrent
boostpressure)isindicatedbyabar.
Messages
BRAKE/@)/‘C:/®Brakesystem
Ifthisindicatorlightturnson,thereisamalfunc-
tioninthebrakesystem.
HiT)Brakes:stopvehicleandcheckbrake
fluid level
Stopthevehicleandcheckthebrakefluidlevel.
SeeanauthorizedAudidealerorauthorizedAudi
ServiceFacilityforassistance.
GGit@Brakes:malfunction!Stopvehicle
safely
Iftheindicatorlightturnsonandthismessage
appears,thereisamalfunctioninthebrakesys-
tem.
1fBES/GJandBialsoturnon,thereisamal-
functionintheABS,ESC,andbrakingdistribu-
tion.
Donotcontinuedriving.SeeanauthorizedAudi
dealerorauthorizedAudiServiceFacilityforas-
sistance>A\.
EG/@Parkingbrake:malfunction!Safely
stopvehicle.Seeowner'smanual
—Iftheindicatorlightandthemessageappear
whenthevehicleisstationary orafterswitch-
ingtheignitionon,checkifyoucanreleasethe
parkingbrake.Ifyoucannotreleasetheparking
brake,seeanauthorizedAudidealerorauthor-
izedAudiServiceFacility.Ifyoucanreleasethe
parkingbrakeandthemessagestillappears,
seeanauthorizedAudidealerorauthorizedAu-
diServiceFacilityimmediatelytohavethe mal-
functioncorrected.
—Iftheindicatorlightandmessageappearwhile
driving,thehillstartassistoremergencybrak-
ingfunctionmaybemalfunctioning.Itmaynot
bepossibletosettheparkingbrakeorrelease
itonceithasbeenset.Donotparkyourvehicle
onhills.SeeanauthorizedAudidealerorau-
thorizedAudiServiceFacilityforassistance.
fieifeBrakepads:wearlimitreached.You
cancontinuedriving.PleasecontactService
Thebrakepadsareworn.Drivetoanauthorized
AudidealerorauthorizedAudiServiceFacilityas
soonas possible tohavethemalfunctioncorrect-
ed.
©Brakesoverheating.PleaseshifttoD
Therewasaheavyloadonthebrakes.Placethe
selectorleverinthe"D/S"positioninordertouse
theenginebrakingeffectandreducetheloadon
thebrakes.
Brakebooster:limitedfunctionality.Youcan
continuedriving.PleasecontactService
Thereisamalfunctioninthebrakebooster.The
brakeboosterisavailable,butitseffectivenessis
reduced.Brakingbehaviormaybedifferentfrom
howitnormallyfunctionsandthebrakepedal
mayvibrate.DrivetoanauthorizedAudidealeror
authorizedAudiServiceFacilityimmediatelyto
havethemalfunctioncorrected.

ZAWARNING
—Readandfollowthewarningsin
=>page311,Generalinformationbefore
openingthehoodandcheckingthebrake
fluidlevel.
—Ifthebrakesystemindicatorlightdoesnot
turnofforitturnsonwhiledriving,the
brakefluidlevelinthereservoiristoolow,
andthisincreasestheriskofanaccident.
Stopthevehicleanddonotcontinuedriv-
ing.SeeanauthorizedAudidealerorau-
thorizedAudiServiceFacilityforassistance.
—Ifthebrakesystemindicatorlightturnson
togetherwiththeABSandESCindicator
lights,theABS/ESCregulatingfunctionmay


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bemalfunctioning.Functionsthatstabilize
thevehiclearenolongeravailable.This
couldcausethevehicletoswerve,whichin-
creasestheriskthatthevehiclewillslide.
Donotcontinuedriving.Seeanauthorized
AudidealerorauthorizedAudiServiceFacili-
tyforassistance.
PARK/(@)/$@)Electromechanicalparking
brake
IftheZiii©indicatorlightturnson,the
parkingbrakewasset.
IftheZii©indicatorlightflashes,thebrak-
ingforcehasnotbuiltupenoughorithasde-
creased. Select
the"P"selectorleverpositionto
helpsecure thevehicle.Makesuretheindicator
lightisoffbeforeyoustartdriving.

weParkingbrake:malfunction!Pleasecontact
Service
Thereisamalfunctionintheparkingbrake.Drive
toanauthorizedAudidealerorauthorizedAudi
ServiceFacilityimmediatelytohavethemalfunc-
tioncorrected.Donotparkthevehicleonhills,
becauseitcouldroll.
a/{Q)Parkingbrake:warning!Vehicleparked
toosteep
Thereisnotenoughbrakingforce toholdtheve-
hicleinplace.Thebrakeshaveoverheated.The
vehiclecouldrollaway,evenonasmallincline.
fa/Parkingbrake:applied
Ifthismessageappears,pressthebrakepedal
firstandthenreleasetheparkingbrakeifneces-
sary.
&/Parkingbrake:emergencybraking
Theemergencybrakingfunctionwastriggered.
@)Tips
Foradditionalinformationontheparking
brake,see>page78.
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makeree
|_|Turnoffengineandcheckcoolantlevel.See
owner'smanual
Thecoolantlevelistoolow.
Stopdrivingandswitchtheengineoff.Checkthe
coolantlevel>page318.
—Ifthecoolantlevelistoolow,addcoolant
=>page318.Onlycontinuedrivingoncethein-
dicatorlightturnsoff.
||Coolanttemperature:toohigh.Letengine
runwhilevehicleisstationary
Lettheenginerunatidleforafewminutesto
cooloff,untiltheindicatorlightturnsoff.
—Iftheindicatorlightdoesnotturnoff,donot
continuedrivingthevehicle.Seeanauthorized
AudidealerorauthorizedAudiServiceFacility
forassistance.

ZA\WARNING
—Neveropenthehoodifyoucanseeorhear
steamorcoolantescapingfromtheengine
compartment.Thisincreasestheriskof
burns.Whenyounolongerseeorhear
steamorcoolantescaping,youmayopen
theenginecompartmentwithcaution.
— Theenginecompartmentinanyvehiclecan
beadangerousarea.Stoptheengineandal-
lowitto coolbeforeworkingintheengine
compartment.Alwaysfollowtheinforma-
tionfoundin>page311,Generalinforma-
tion.
@)Note
Donotcontinuedrivingifthe|indicator
lightturnsonasthisincreasestheriskofen-
ginedamage.
BFstNES
The2]indicatorlightmonitorsthesafetysys-
tems.

Ifthe2]indicatorlightturnsonorblinks,there
isamalfunctioninasafetysystem.