2019 AUDI Q5 tow

Trailertowing

@)Note
Appliesto:vehicleswithairsuspension
—Changesintemperatureorloadcanaffect
the heightofthevehicle.
—Ifthestandardvehicleheightisnotused,
thetongueweightspecificationisnolonger
applicable.
®Note
Attachmentsretrofittedonthevehiclemay
causedamage,especiallyonthetrailerhitch
ballhead.Incasesofdamage,havethefunc-
tioncheckedby anauthorizedAudidealeror
authorizedAudiServiceFacility.
G)Tips
—Blockthewheelswithchockswhenparking
oninclinesifthetrailerisloaded.
—Havingthevehicleinspectedbetweenthe
inspectionintervalsisrecommendedifyou
towatrailerfrequently.
—Avoiddrivingwithatrailerduringthevehi-
clebreak-inperiod.
Drivingwithatrailer
Drivingwithatrailerrequiresextracaution.
Speed
Adheretothelegalspeedlimits.Followthelegal
regulationsspecifictothecountry.
Asthespeedincreases,thedrivingstabilityof
thetrailerdecreases.Thereforeyoushouldnot
exceedthemaximumlegalspeedlimitwhen
thereareunfavorableroad,weather,and/orwind
conditions.Thisespeciallyapplieswhendriving
downhill.
Hill
Whenyoustartdrivinguphillordownhill,trailers
maytiltorswaysoonerthanwhendrivingona
levelsurface.Ifsmallswayingmovementshave
alreadyoccurred,youcanstabilizethetrailerby
firmlybrakingimmediately.Nevertryto
“straightenout”thetrailerbyaccelerating.
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Downshiftbeforedrivingonhillstoutilizetheen-
ginebrakingeffect>A\.
Brakes
Whenusingatrailerwithoverrunbrakes,first
brakegentlythenquickly.Thisreducestheriskof
jerkingwhilebrakingifthetrailerwheelslockup.
Enginecoolanttemperature
Payattentionspecificallytothecoolanttempera-
ture display whentherearehighoutsidetemper-
atures,andwhendrivingonlonginclines
=>page14.Shifttoahighergearinatimelyman-
ner.

ZAWARNING
Constantbrakingcausesthebrakestoover-
heatandcansubstantiallyreducebrakingper-
formance,increasebrakingdistance,orcause
completefailureofthebrakesystem.

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>Toswitchthesystemon,pullthelevertoward
youtoposition().
TheGgor88]indicatorlightandthecorre-
spondingmessagewillappearintheinstrument
cluster.
ZXWARNING
Ifthebrakesaremalfunctioning(forexample,
overheating)whilethecruisecontrolsystem
isswitchedon,itmayshutoffautomatically.
Preselectingoractivatingacruisecontrol
Cytst-t)
Appliesto:vehicleswithcruisecontrolsystem


Whenthevehicleisstationary,youcanpreselect
thecruisecontrolspeedoractivatethespeed
whiledriving.
Requirement:thesystemmustbe switchedon.
>Topreselectacruisecontrolspeedwhentheve-
hicleisstationary,tapthelevertoward@)/G)
=>page93,fig.94.
>Toactivatethecruisecontrolspeed,pullthe
levertowardposition@whiledriving,or
>
Tosetthecurrentdrivingspeedasthecruise
controlspeed,pressthebutton(@)onthelever.
Theactivecruisecontrolspeedisindicatedwith
theCRUISE]orklindicatorlightintheinstrument
cluster.
Anadditionalindicatorappearsinthehead-up
display”.
Changingthecruisecontrolspeed
Appliesto:vehicleswithcruisecontrolsystem
>Toincrease ordecreasethecruisecontrolspeed
insmallincrements,tap theleveruptothe
firstleveltoward@/@)>page93,fig.94.
>Toincrease ordecreasethecruisecontrolspeed
inlargerincrements,taptheleveruptothe
secondleveltoward@)/G).
>Toincrease ordecreasethecruisecontrolspeed
continuously,tapandholdtheleveratthefirst
orsecondleveltoward(#)/C).
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Overridingordeactivatingthecruise
controlspeed
Appliesto:vehicleswithcruisecontrolsystem
Youcanoverride ordeactivatethecruisecontrol
system.Whenyoudeactivatethesystem,your
cruisecontrolspeedwillbestoredand youcan
resumethatspeed.
Requirement:thesystemmustbe switchedon
andactivated.
Overriding
>Totemporarilyoverridethecruisecontrol
speed,presstheacceleratorpedal.
>Onceyoureleasetheacceleratorpedal,thesys-
temwilladjustbacktothestoredcruisecontrol
speed.
Ifyouoverridethecruisecontrolsystemfora
longperiodoftime,thecruisecontrolsystem
willbedeactivated.Thesystemindicatorlight
willturnoffandthecruisecontrolspeedwillbe
stored.
Deactivating
>Todeactivatethecruisecontrolspeed,press
thelevertoward(2)(notlockedintoplace)
=>page93,fig.94.
>Pressthebrakepedal.

Z\WARNING
Restingyourfootontheacceleratorpedal
couldoverridethecruisecontrol.Thiswillpre-
ventbrakinginterventionsby the system.
Seema
Appliesto:vehicleswithcruisecontrolsystem

Whenyouswitchthesystemoffcompletely,the
cruisecontrolspeedwillbedeleted.
Requirement:thesystemmustbe switchedon.
>Toswitchthesystemoff,pressthelevertoward
@(lockedintoplace)>page93,fig.94,or
>Switchtheignitionoff.

Assistsystems

Youcansetanyspeedbetween20mphand95
mph(30km/hand150km/h).
Indicatorlightsandmessagesintheinstrument
clusterdisplayinformyouaboutthecurrentsit-
uationandsetting.
Anadditionalindicatorappearsinthehead-up
display”.
Switchingadaptivecruisecontrolon
>Pullthelevertowardyouintoposition@
>fig.104.
Storingthespeedandactivatingregulation

>Tostorethecurrentspeed,pressthe[SET]but-
ton>fig.104.Thestoredspeedisshowninthe
speedometerintheLEDline(@)andappears
brieflyinthestatusline©)>fig.105.
>Toactivatecontrolwhenstationary,thebrake
pedalmustalsobepressed.

Switchingadaptivecruisecontroloff
>Pushtheleverawayfromyouintoposition©)
untilitclicksintoplace.ThemessageACC:off
appears.
Indicatorlights
B-Adaptivecruisecontrolisswitchedon.No
vehiclesaredetectedahead.Thestoredspeedis
maintained.
B-Avehicledrivingaheadwasdetected.The
adaptivecruisecontrolsystemregulatesthe
speedanddistancetothevehicledrivingahead
andaccelerates/brakesautomatically.
A-Adaptivecruisecontrolisswitchedon.Ave-
hiclewasdetectedahead.Yourvehicleisstation-
aryandwillnotstartdrivingautomatically.
EB-Adaptivecruisecontrolisswitchedon.No
vehiclesweredetectedahead.Yourvehicleissta-
tionaryandwillnotstartdrivingautomatically.
B-Theautomaticbrakingisnotenoughto
maintainasufficientdistancetoavehicledriving
ahead.Youmustintervene>page107,Driverin-
terventionrequest.
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©Instrumentclusterdisplay
IftheDriverassistancedisplayisnotshownin
theinstrumentclusterdisplay,youcanopenit
usingthemultifunctionsteeringwheelbuttons
>page15.
Basedonthegraphicdisplay,youcandetermine
ifthesystemismaintainingadistancetotheve-
hicledrivingaheadandwhatthatdistanceis.
Novehicle-novehiclewasdetecteddriving
ahead.
Silvervehicle-avehiclewasdetecteddriving
ahead.
Redvehicle-requestfordriverintervention
=>page107.
Thefivedistance barsonthegauge(©represent
the
setdistance(referto>page105forinfor-
mationonhowtochangethedistance).Ifyou
fallbelowtheselecteddistance,thedistance
barsbecomeredfromthebottomupward.

ZXWARNING
Ifyoupressthe[SET]buttonwhendrivingat
speedsbelow20mph(30km/h),thevehicle
acceleratesautomaticallyupto20mph(30
km/h),whichistheminimumspeedthatcan
beset.



(i)Tips
—Ifyouswitchtheignitionortheadaptive
cruisecontrolsystemoff,thesetspeedis
erasedforsafetyreasons.
— TheElectronicStabilizationControl(ESC)
andtheAnti-Slip-Regulation(ASR)areauto-
maticallyswitchedonwhentheadaptive
cruisecontrolisswitchedon.

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Changingthespeed
Appliesto:vehicleswithAudiadaptivecruisecontrol

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Fig.106Operatinglever:changingthespeed
>Toincrease ordecrease thespeedinsmallerin-
crements,tap thelevertoward(4)or©)
=>fig.106tothefirst level.
>Toincrease ordecrease thespeedinlargerin-
crements,briefly tapthelevertoward@)or©)
tothesecondlevel.
>Toincrease ordecrease thespeedcontinuously,
holdthelevertoward@)/G)tothefirstorsec-
ondleveluntilthemarking(@)reachesthede-
siredspeed>page103,fig.105.
Preselectingaspeed
Youcanalsopreselectthespeedwhenadaptive
cruisecontrolisnotactivebymovingtheleverin
thedesireddirection@)/©).Activatetheprevi-
ouslyselectedspeedbypullingtheleverintopo-
sition@)>page106,fig.109.
Settingthedistance
Appliesto:vehicleswithAudiadaptivecruisecontrol

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Fig.107Operatinglever:settingthedistance
>Taptherockerswitchtodisplaythedistance
thatiscurrentlyset.
>Toincrease ordecreasethedistanceinincre-
ments,tap theswitchagaintoward@)or ©).
Thedistancebetweenthetwovehicleswill
changeintheinstrumentclusterdisplay.
Whenapproachingavehicledrivingahead,the
adaptivecruisecontrolsystembrakestomatch
thatvehicle'sspeedandthenadjuststotheset
distance.Ifthevehicledrivingaheadaccelerates,
thentheadaptivecruisecontrolwillalsoacceler-
ateuptothespeedthatyouhaveset.
Thehigherthespeed, thegreaterthedistance
=>A\.TheDistance3settingisrecommended.
Thatisequaltothegeneralrecommendationof
“halfthespeedshownonthespeedometer”.
Thedistancesprovidedare specifiedvalues.De-
pendingonthedrivingsituationandhowtheve-
hicleaheadisdriving,theactualdistancemaybe
moreorlessthanthesetargetdistances.
Ifyouchangethetimegaps,thevalueyouhave
justsetappearsbrieflyintheinstrumentcluster
display,forexample[egforDistance3.Thisonly
occursiftheDriverassistancedisplayisnotcur-
rentlyshowninthedisplay>page103,fig.105.
Distance1:thissettingcorrespondstoadistance
of92ft(28m)whentravelingat62mph(100
km/h),oratimedistanceof1second.
Distance2:thissettingcorrespondstoadistance
of118ft(36m)whentravelingat62mph(100
km/h),oratimedistanceof1.3seconds.
Distance3: thissettingcorrespondstoadistance
of164ft(SOm)whentravelingat62mph(100
km/h),oratimedistanceof1.8seconds.
Distance4:thissettingcorrespondstoadistance
of219ft(67m)whentravelingat62mph(100
km/h),oratimedistanceof2.4seconds.
Distance5: thissettingcorrespondstoadistance
of328ft(100m)whentravelingat62mph(100
km/h),oratimedistanceof3.6seconds.

Z\WARNING
Whensettingthedistance,thedriverisre-
sponsibleforadheringtoanyapplicablelegal
regulations.>

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@Tips
Dependingontheselecteddrivingprogram
anddistance,drivingbehaviorwhenacceler-
atingwillvaryfromdynamictocomfortable
=page107.
Drivinginstop-and-gotraffic
Appliesto:vehicleswithAudiadaptivecruisecontrol

Fig.108Instrumentcluster:safestartmonitor
Theadaptivecruisecontrolsystemalsoassists
youinstop-and-gotraffic.If avehicledriving
aheadstops,yourvehiclewillbrakeandstayata
stopwithinthelimitsofthesystem.
Startingtodrivewithadaptivecruise
control!)
AslongasthemessageACC:automaticgoisdis-
played,yourvehiclewillbegindrivingwhenthe
vehicledrivingaheadstartstomove>A\.
Ifyouarestoppedforseveralseconds,yourvehi-
clewillnolongerdriveautonomouslyforsafety
reasons,andthemessagewillturnoff.
>ToreactivateACC: automaticgotemporarily,
pullthelevertoposition(2)>page106,
fig.109.
>Toresumemanualcontrolofthevehicle,tap
theacceleratorpedal.
Safestartmonitor
Ifanobstacleisdetectedwhenyoustartdriving,
youwillbealerted tothedangerbytheAindi-
catorlightandtheimageintheinstrumentclus-
terdisplay>fig.108>A\.Anaudiosignalwill
alsosound.Yourvehiclewilldrivemoreslowly

D_Thisisnotavailableinsomecountries.
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whenstarting.Thismayalsooccurinsomesitua-
tionswhenthereisnoapparentobstacle.
—Pressthebrakepedaltoslowyourvehicle
down.

AWARNING
IfthemessageACC: automaticgoappears,
yourvehiclewillstartdrivingevenifthereis
anobstaclebetweenyourvehicleandtheve-
hicledrivingahead.Thisincreasestheriskof
anaccident.
@)Tips
—Forsafetyreasons,yourvehiclewillonly
starttodriveautomaticallyif:
—Thedriver'ssafetybeltisfastened
—Alldoorsandthehoodareclosed

—Yourvehicleisnotstoppedforalongperi-
odoftime
Interruptingcruisecontrol
Appliesto:vehicleswithAudi adaptivecruisecontrol

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Fig.109Selectorlever
Requirement:adaptivecruisecontrolmustbe
switched
on.
Overridingcruisecontrol
>Toacceleratemanually,pullthelevertoward
youintoposition@)andholditthereorpress
theacceleratorpedal.ThemessageACC:over-
rideappears.
>Toresumecruisecontrol,releasetheleveror
takeyourfootofftheacceleratorpedal.>

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Cancelingcruisecontrolwhiledriving
>Movetheleverintoposition@).Themessage
ACC:standbyappears.Or
>Pressthebrakepedal.
>Toresumethestoredspeed,movetheleverto-
wardyouintoposition(2).
Cancelingcruisecontrolwhenstopped
>Pushtheleverawayfromyouintoposition@).
ThemessageACC:standbyappears.
>Toresumecruisecontrol,pressthebrakepedal
andpulltheLevertowardyouintoposition(2).

Z\WARNING
—Itisdangeroustoactivatecruisecontroland
resumethestoredspeedwhenthecurrent
road,trafficorweatherconditionsdonot
permitthis.Thisincreasestheriskofanac-
cident.
—Restingyourfootontheacceleratorpedal
couldoverridethecruisecontrol.Brakingin-
terventionsandcorrectiveactionsbythe
systemmaynotoccur.

SettingAudiadaptivecruisecontrol
Appliesto:vehicleswithAudiadaptivecruisecontrol

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

Storingthelastdistance!)
Thelastdistancethatwassetwillbestoredafter
theignitionisswitchedoff.Ifthedistanceisnot
stored,Distance3isautomaticallyseteverytime
theignitionisswitchedon.
Drivingprogram
Appliesto:vehicleswithoutAudidriveselect
Dependingontheselecteddrivingprogramand
distance,drivingbehaviorwhenacceleratingwill
varyfromdynamictocomfortable.

D_Thisisnotavailableinsomecountriesand onsomeequip-
mentversions.
Selectingthedrivingmode
Appliesto:vehicleswith Audidriveselect
Depending ontheselectedAudidriveselect
modeandthedistancethatisset,thedrivingbe-
haviorwillvaryfromdynamictocomfortable
whenaccelerating>page127.
(i)Tips
Yoursettings areautomaticallystoredandas-
signedtothevehiclekeybeingused.
Driverinterventionrequest
Appliesto:vehicleswithAudi adaptivecruisecontrol


Fig.110Instrumentcluster:requestfordriverinterven-
tion
Therequestfordriverinterventioninstructsyou
totakeoveriftheadaptivecruisecontrolbraking
functionisnotabletomaintainasufficientdis-
tancetothevehicledrivingahead>fig.110.
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Assistsystems

underbody.Presenserearcan be impaired by
this.HaveanauthorizedAudidealeror au-
thorizedAudiServiceFacilitychecktheirfunc-
tion.
@)Tips
—Thepresenserearfunctionsswitchoff
whentowingatrailer.
—Thepresenserearfunctionsmayalso
switchoffifthereisamalfunctioninthe
sideassist*system.
NUeeeial
Appliesto:vehicleswithAudipresensecity
Description
Withinthelimitsofthesystem,presensecity
canwarnyouofimpendingcollisionswithvehi-
clesandpedestriansandinitiatetheapplicable
brakingmaneuverifneeded.Presensecityisac-
tiveatspeedsofapproximately6mph(10km/h)
andhigher.
Apedestrianwarningcanoccuratspeeds upto
50mph(85km/h),andvehiclewarningscanoc-
curatspeedsupto155mph(250km/h).Apre
sensecitybrakingmaneuverispossibleatspeeds
upto50mph(85km/h).
Warnings
Thesystemrecognizesvariousdangeroussitua-
tions.Theearlywarningoccursif:
—Avebhicledrivingaheadbrakessuddenly
—Yourownvehicleapproachesavehicleinfront
ofyouthatistravelingatasignificantlyslower
speedorthatisstationary
—Apedestrianisstandinginthelaneorismov-
ingintothelane
Whenthiswarningoccurs,itmayonlybepossi-
bleto avoidacollisionbyswervingorbraking
strongly.ThemessageAudipresenseA
=>page112,fig.114andawarningtonewill
warnyouaboutthedanger.
Thebrakesmayalsobeappliedasanacutewarn-
ing whenthereisanimpendingcollision.Ifyou
donotreacttotheacutewarning,presensecity
canbraketothepointofcompletedeceleration
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withinthelimitsofthesystem.Thisreducesthe
vehiclespeedintheeventofacollision.Themes-
sageAudipresenseANalsoappears.
Thefollowingfunctionsaretriggeredinconjunc-
tionwithpresensebasic/rear:
—Reversibletensioning ofthefront safetybelts
—Closingthewindowsandsunroof*
Audidriveselect*:thefunctionisnotactivede-
pendingonthemodeselected.

AXWARNING
—Presensecitycannotovercomethelawsof
physics.Itisasystemdesignedtoassistand
itcannotpreventacollisionineverycircum-
stance.Thedrivermustalwaysintervene.
Thedriverisalwaysresponsibleforbraking
atthecorrecttime.Donotlettheincreased
safetyprovidedtemptyouintotakingrisks.
Thiscouldincreaseyourriskofacollision.
— The systemcandeployincorrectlydueto
system-specificlimits.
—Toreducetheriskofanaccident,please
notethatthecameradoesnotalwaysdetect
everyobject.
—Presensecitydoesnotreacttoanimals,
crossing oroncomingvehicles,objectssuch
asbars,railingsorrailcars,andobjectsthat
aredifficulttodetect>A\inGeneralinfor-
mationonpage102.
—Intrailermode,thebrakingbehaviorofthe
trailercanbedifferentthanusualduringau-
tomaticbraking.

Z\WARNING
Presensecitymayberestrictedorunavailable
inthefollowingtypesofsituations:
—Inheavyfog,rain,spray,orsnow
—Whentherearevisualobstructions,suchas
glare,reflectionsorvariationsinlight
—Whenitisdark
—Ifthecamerawindoworthewindshieldis
dirty,iced over,damagedorcovered
—Whendrivingonsnow,iceorlooseground
—Incurves
—IftheESCwasrestrictedorswitchedoff
—Whentowingatrailer

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—Whenthedriver'sseatbeltisunfastened
—
Forseveralsecondsaftertheignitionis
switchedon

()Note
Impactsordamagetothecameramounton
thewindshieldcandisplacethesensor.Pre
sensecitycanbeimpairedbythis.Haveanau-
thorizedAudidealerorauthorizedAudiServ-
iceFacilitychecktheirfunction.
@Tips
—Youcancancelthesystembrakinginterven-
tionifyouaccelerateconsiderablyorswerve
away.
— Keepinmindthatpresensecitycanbrake
unexpectedly.Alwayssecureanycargoor
objects
thatyouaretransportingtoreduce
theriskofdamageorinjury.
—Specificpresensecityfunctionsswitchoff
whentheESCislimitedorswitchedoff
=page145orthehilldescentassistis
switchedon>page146.
—Whenthereisamalfunctioninthecamera,
thepresensecityfunctionsalsoswitchoff.
SettingsintheInfotainmentsystem
Appliesto:vehicleswithAudipresense

MENU >SelectintheInfotainmentsystem:but-
ton>Vehicle> leftcontrolbutton>Driveras-
sistance>Audipre sense.

TurnAudipresenseon/off-thepresensefunc-
tionscanbe turnedonandoff.
Ifthesystemisswitchedoff,itswitchesonagain
automaticallyoncetheignitionisswitchedon
again.
Prewarning-theearlywarningcan be switched
offorthepresensecity/frontwarningpointcan
beset(Early/Medium/Late).
Setthewarningtimefortheearlywarningto
Earlyatfirst.Ifthiscausesundesiredearlywarn-
ingstoappear,thensetthewarningtimetoMe-
dium. TheLatewarningtimeshouldonlybeset
inspecialcircumstances.

@Tips
Yoursettings areautomaticallystoredandas-
signedtothevehiclekeybeingused.
Messages
Appliesto:vehicleswithAudipresense
8Audipresense:malfunction!Pleasecontact
Service
Thismessageappearswhenthepresensefunc-
tionisaffected.Forexample,thiscouldbe
causedbyafaultysensor.Driveimmediatelyto
anauthorizedAudidealerorauthorizedAudi
ServiceFacilitytohavethe malfunctionrepaired.
Audipresense:currentlylimited.Sensor
viewlimitedduetosurroundings.Seeowner's
manual
Thismessageappearsiftheradarsensorand
cameraviewisobstructed,forexamplebyleaves,
snow,heavysprayordirt.Ifnecessary, cleanthe
sensorsandtheareaaroundthecamera
=>page102,fig.101or>page121,fig.122.
Audipresense:currentlylimited.Trailer
towingmode
Forvehicleswithatrailerhitchinstalledatthe
factory,thepresenserearfunctionsswitchoff
whentheelectricalconnectoratthesocketis
pluggedin.Thereisnoguaranteethefunctions
willswitchoffwhenusingaretrofittedtrailer
hitch.
Audipresense:currentlylimited
ThismessageappearsiftheESCisrestrictedor
switchedoff,forexample.
Audipresense:currentlylimited.Seeown-
er'smanual
Thismessageappearswhenthereisatemporary
failureinasubsystem,suchastheESC.Ifthis
messageappearsrepeatedly,drivetoanauthor-
izedAudidealerorauthorizedAudiServiceFacili-
tytohave themalfunctioncorrected.
Audipresense:emergencybrakingsystem
off
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