2019 AUDI Q5 wheel

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Driving

Thetransmissiononlyallowsmanualshifting
whentheenginespeediswithinthepermitted
range.
G)Tips
—Ifyoushifttothenextlowestgear,the
transmissionwillonlyshiftiftheenginewill
notbeover-revwved.
—Withkick-down,thetransmissionshiftstoa
lowergear,dependingonvehiclespeedand
enginespeed.
—tiptronicdoesnotworkifthetransmission
isrunninginemergencymode.
Kick-downenablesmaximumacceleration.
Whenyoupresstheacceleratorpedaldownbe-
yondtheresistancepoint,theautomatictrans-
missiondownshiftsintoalower gearandtheen-
gineutilizesitsfullpower,ifthevehiclespeed
andengineRPMpermit.Itshiftsupintothenext
highergearoncethemaximumpermittedengine
RPMisreached.

ZA\WARNING
Pleasenotethatthewheelscouldspinon
slickorslipperyroadswhenkick-downisac-
tive.
Launchcontrolprogram
Appliesto:vehicleswithStronictransmission

The launchcontrolprogramprovidesthebest
possibleaccelerationwhenstartingfromastop.
Requirement:theenginemustbeatoperating
temperatureandthesteeringwheelmustnot be
turned.
>DeactivatetheStart/Stopsystem*>page78.
TheLEDinthe[®«]buttonturnson.
>Withtheenginerunning,pressthe|&OFF]but-
tonbriefly>page145.TheBindicatorlight
turnsonandthemessageStabilizationcontrol
(ESC):offroad.Warning!Reducedstabilityap-
pearsintheinstrumentclusterdisplay.
> Pull
theselectorleverbackoutofthe"D/S"po-
sitionbrieflytoselectthe"S"positionorselect



theDynamicdrivingmodeindrivese-
lect*>page127.
>Pressthebrakepedalfirmlywithyourleftfoot
andholditallthewaydownforatleastone
second.
>Atthesametime,pressthegaspedalallthe
waydownwithyourrightfootuntiltheengine
reachesandstaysatahighRPMlevel.
>Removeyourfootfromthebrakepedalwithin
fiveseconds>/\.

ZA\WARNING
—Alwaysadaptyourdrivingtothetrafficflow.
—OnlyusetheLaunchcontrolprogramwhen
roadandtrafficconditionsallowitandother
driverswillnot beendangeredorbothered
byyourdrivingandthevehicle'saccelera-
tion.
—Pleasenotethatthedrivewheelscanspin
andthevehiclecanbreakawaywhenoffroad
modeisswitchedon,especiallywhenthe
roadisslippery.
—Oncethevehiclehasstartedmoving,press
the[&OFF]buttonbrieflytoturntheoffroad
modeoff.



CG)Note
WhenacceleratingusingLaunchControl,all
vehiclecomponentsaresubjecttoheavy
loads.Thiscanresultinincreasedwear.
G@)Tips
AfteracceleratingusingtheLaunchControl,
thetemperatureof somevehiclecomponents
mayincreasegreatly.Ifthathappens,the
functionwillnot beavailable forafewmi-
nutestoreduce theriskofdamage.Aftera
cool-downperiod,LaunchControlwillbe
availableagain.
Messages
[BiTransmission:toohot.Pleasestopvehicle
Donotcontinuedriving.Selectthe"P"selector
leverpositionandcontactanauthorizedAudi
dealerorauthorizedAudiServiceFacilityforas-
sistance.
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Driving

—Theparkinglockwasreleasedusingtheemer-
gencyrelease>page89.Or
—Theparkinglockcannolongerbeengaged.
DrivetoanauthorizedAudidealerorauthor-
izedAudiServiceFacilityimmediatelytohave
themalfunctioncorrected.
Moveselectorlevertoautomaticposition
Thereisamalfunctioninthetiptronicmode.End
tiptronicmodebypushingtheselectorleverto
theleftintothe"D/S"position.
Parkinglockemergencyrelease
>Keepthebrakepedalpressedandengagethe
followingselectorleverpositionsoneafterthe
other:"N","D"andbackto"N".
>Turn theengineoffagain.
>Graspthe socketwrenchwithbothhandsand
carefullypullitupwardtoremove.
>Installthecover.
Iftheparkinglockisreleasedwiththeemergen-
cyrelease,thefs]indicatorlightturnsoninthe
instrumentclusterand“N”isengaged.The mes-
sageDangerofrollingaway!Pnotpossible.
Pleaseapplyparkingbrakealsoappears.


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Fig.93Driver'ssidefootwell:releasingtheparkinglock
usingtheemergencyrelease
Theemergencyreleaseislocatedunderthefloor
matonthedriver'sside.Readandfollowtheim-
portantinstructionsabouttowing>page364.
Releasingtheparkinglockusingthe
emergencyrelease
>Set theparkingbraketosecureyourvehicle
fromrollingaway.Ifthisisnotpossible,secure
yourvehiclefromrollingusinganothermeth-
od.
>Prythecoveroffatoneoftheopeningsusing
thescrewdriverfromthevehicletoolkit.
>Insertthe socketwrenchfromthevehicletool
kitintotheopening>fig.93.
>Turn thesocketwrenchclockwise(4)untilit
stopsandpressitdownward(2)untilitlocksin-
toplace.
>Leavethe socketwrenchinserted.
Resettingtheparkinglock
>»Pressthebrake pedalandstarttheengine.
ZA\WARNING
—Theparkinglockmustbereleasedusingthe
emergencyreleasebeforetowingthevehi-
cley
— Theparkinglockmayonlybereleasedusing
the emergencyreleaseiftheparkingbrake
isset.Ifit isnotworking,securethevehicle
fromrollingusingthebrakepedalorother
suitablemeans,suchasblockingafrontand
arearwheel.Anunsecuredvehiclemayroll
away,whichincreasestheriskofanacci-
dent.
—Onlyactivatetheemergencyreleasewhile
onalevelsurfaceoraslightslope.
—Toreducetheriskofanaccident,youmust
notdrivewhentheemergencyreleaseisac-
tivated.

©Note
Duetotheriskofdamage,carefullyremove
the socketwrenchwhenyouresettheparking
lock.
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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.
92
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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Trafficlightinformation
Appliesto:vehicleswithtrafficlightinformation

Fig.98Instrumentcluster:trafficlightinformationdis-
play(diagram)
Thetrafficlightinformation)givesyouaspeed
recommendationinordertoreachthenexttraffic
lightwhenitisgreen@,oritinformsyouofthe
waittimeatthenextredlight@).Thetraffic
lightinformationcanbedisplayedinthedriver
informationsystem,inthestatuslineoftheAudi
virtualcockpit*orinthehead-updisplay*.
Generalinformation
Thetrafficlightinformationissubjecttocertain
systemlimitationsandmaybeunavailableoron-
lypartiallyavailableinthefollowingsituations:
—Ifthepermittedspeedlimitisexceeded
—Ifdrivingbelowacertainspeedlimit
—Ifthenexttrafficlightislessthan100feet(30
m)away
—Iftheestimatedwaittimeataredlightisless
thanfourseconds
—Ifthereisnotrafficlightdataavailable
—Ifthedataconnectionhasbeeninterrupted
—Ifthecamera-basedtrafficsignrecognition*is
malfunctioning
—Iftherearewarningsfromthecamera-based
trafficsignrecognition*
Switchingtrafficlightinformationonand
off
—Select:[MENU]button>Audiconnect>Traffic
lightinformation.



)Serviceinpreparationatthetimeofprinting.Can addlat-
erorisonlyavailableincertainregions.

ZAWARNING
—Whentrafficlightinformationisshown,al-
soalways payattentiontothetrafficsitua-
tion,thedistancetoothervehiclesandthe
areaaroundthevehicle.Thedriverisalways
responsibleforassessingthetrafficsitua-
tion.
—Alwaysadaptyourspeedtothecurrent
weather,roadandtrafficconditions.Thedis-
playedinformationmustnevercauseyouto
ignorelegaltrafficregulationsandposea
safetyrisk.
—Regardlessofthetrafficlightinformation,
youshould alwaysmonitoryourspeedusing
thespeedometerandmakesureyouaread-
hering
tothelegalspeedlimit.
—Thetrafficlightinformationdoesnotadjust
yourvehicle'sspeedtothespeedrecom-
mendationshowninthedisplay.
@)Tips
—Trafficlightinformationisnotyetavailable
inallcitiesandisnotnationwide.

—Alwaysreadtheinstructionsinthe chapter
=>page192.
Laptimer
Introduction
Appliesto:vehicleswithlaptimer
Youcanmeasureandanalyzelaptimeswiththe
laptimerinthedisplay.
Openingthelaptimer
>OpenthefirstVehicletab(tripcomputer)using
the[<>]buttononthemultifunctionsteering
wheel.
>Selectonthemultifunctionsteeringwheel:left
controlbutton>Laptimes.


Operatingthelaptimer
>Onthemultifunctionsteeringwheel,turnthe
leftthumbwheel()>page15untilthedesired>
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menuitemisdisplayedintheinstrumentclus-
ter.
>Presstheleftthumbwheeltoconfirmtheselec-
tion.

Z\WARNING
Yourfocusshouldalways beondrivingyour
vehiclesafely.Asthedriver,youhavecom-
pleteresponsibilityforsafetyintraffic.Only
use thefunctionssuchasthelaptimerinsuch
awaythatyoualwaysmaintaincompletecon-

troloveryourvehicleinalltrafficsituations.
@Tips
Youcanretrieveinformationfromthetrip
computerwhilethelaptimerstopwatchis
running.
eyoReamial)
Appliesto:vehicleswithlaptimer

Requirement:thelaptimermustbeopen
=>page97.
Timinglaps
>Tostarttimingmanually,selectStartlap 1in
themenu.
>Tostarttimingautomaticallyassoonasyoube-
gintodrive,selectDriveofftostartlap1or
Startbydrivingoffinthemenu.
>Tomeasurethelaptime,selectNewlapinthe
menu.Thisstartstimingthenextlapatthe
sametime.
Aftercompletinga lap,thedifferencebetween
thelastlapandthepreviousbestlaptimewillbe
indicatedwitha“—”or“+”.
Pausingtiminganddisplayingasplittime
>ToinsertapauseflselectPauseinthemenu.
>Toresumetiming,selectResumeinthemenu.
>Todisplayasplittime,selectSplittimeinthe
menu.Thesplittimeappearsforapproxi-
mately10secondsintheinstrumentcluster.
Thetimingofthecurrentlapcontinues.
Resettingtiming
>Usingthemultifunctionsteeringwheel,select
Resettimesinthemenu.
98
G)Tips
—Amaximumof99laptimescanbemeas-
ured.
—Iftimingispaused,youcancontinueitlater
evenifyouswitchtheignitionoff.
—Savedlaptimescannotbeindividuallyde-
letedfromthetotalresults.
— Thesavedlaptimervalueswillremainafter
switchingtheignitionoff.
Lapstatistics
Appliesto:vehicleswithlaptimer
Displayinglapstatistics
Youcandisplaythenumberoflapsdriven,the
fastestlap“+”,theslowestlap“—”,andtheaver-
agetime“Q”intheinstrumentcluster.
>Onthemultifunctionsteeringwheel,selectthe
leftcontrolbutton>LapstatisticsorStatis-
tics.
>Turn thethumbwheeldownoruptodisplaythe
individuallaptimes.
>Toreturn tothelaptimingthatwasbegun,
presstheleftthumbwheel.
Resettinglapstatistics
>Onthemultifunctionsteeringwheel,select:
therightcontrolbutton>Resetstatistics.
(i)Tips
Thelapstatisticslistthelaptimesforthelast
30laps.Thefastestandslowestlaptimeout
ofupto99measuredlapsarealsodisplayed.
Predictiveefficiency
assist
Introduction
Thepredictiveefficiencyassisthelpsthedriverto
drivewithanticipationandthereforehelpsto
savefuel.Thesystemaccessespredictivetripda-
ta(includingspeedlimits,hills,andtheangleof
curves)fromthenavigationsystem*.Informa-
tionfromthe camera-basedtrafficsignrecogni-
tion*isalsoappliedtorecognizetrafficsigns
=>page95.

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—Adaptivecruisecontroldoesnotrespondto
people,animals,orcrossingoroncoming
objects.
— Thefunction oftheradarsensorscanbeaf-
fectedbyreflectiveobjectssuchasguard
rails,theentrancetoatunnel,heavyrainor
ice
C)Note
Thesensorscanbedisplacedbyimpactsor
damagetothebumper,wheelhousingand
underbody.Thiscanimpair theadaptive
cruise control.HaveanauthorizedAudidealer
orauthorizedAudiServiceFacilitychecktheir
function.
@Tips
Foranexplanationonconformitywiththe
FCCregulationsintheUnitedStatesandthe
IndustryCanadaregulations,see>page370.


Incurves
Appliesto:vehicleswithAudiadaptivecruisecontrol
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Fig.102Example:drivinginto acurve
Whendrivingintoacurve>fig.102andoutofa
curve,theadaptivecruisecontrolmayreacttoa
vehicleinthe neighboringlaneandapplythe
brakes.Youcanpreventthatbypressingtheac-
celeratorpedalbriefly.

Stationaryvehicles
Appliesto:vehicleswith Audiadaptivecruisecontrol
22. S| g|
=ooa

Fig.103Example:vehiclechanginglanesandstationary
vehicle
Withinthelimitsofthesystem,adaptivecruise
controlcanreacttostationaryvehicles
=>fig.103,aslongasyouaredrivingslowerthan
30mph(50km/h)andthesystemclassifiesthe
possiblepassingmaneuveraslow.Forexample,
ifavehiclethatwasalreadydetected@turnsor
changeslanes,theadaptivecruisecontrolreacts
tothestationaryvehicleaheadofit2).
SyieemeieRela
Appliesto:vehicleswithAudiadaptivecruisecontrol

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Fig.105Instrumentcluster:adaptivecruisecontrol
103

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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.
104
©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.

Assistsystems

Trafficjamassist
Appliesto:vehicleswithtrafficjamassist
Trafficjamassistsupportsthedriverwhendriv-
ingintrafficjamsorinheavytraffic.

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Fig.111Turnsignallever:trafficjamassistbutton
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Fig.112Instrumentcluster:trafficjamassist
In aspeedrangeunder40mph(65km/h),traffic
jamassistcanhelptokeepthevehiclewithina
lanecalculatedbythesystem.Withinthelimits
ofthe system, thesystemcontrolsthesteering
automaticallywhenadaptivecruisecontrolis
switchedon.Sincetrafficjamassistisonlyanas-
sistsystem,thedrivermustalwayskeephisor
herhandsonthesteeringwheelandbereadyto
steer.Thedrivercanoverridethecontrolatany
timebyactivelysteering.
Thesystemisdesignedfordrivingonexpress-
waysandhighways.
Switchingtrafficjamassistonandoff
>Pressthebuttontoswitchthesystemonand
off>fig.111.
>Toturnthesystemoffcompletely,selectinthe
Infotainmentsystem:[MENU]button>Vehicle
>leftcontrolbutton>Driverassistance> Traf-
ficjamassist.


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Iftrafficjamassistwasdeactivatedthroughthe
Infotainmentsystem,youcancontinueoperating
theactivelaneassistusingthe>fig.111button
=>page117.Thetrafficjamassistfunctionsare
nolongeravailable.
Requirementsforusingtrafficjamassist:
—TrafficjamassistmustbeswitchedonintheIn-
fotainmentsystem.
—Adaptivecruisecontrolmustbeswitchedon
andactive>page103.
Alwaysswitchofftrafficjamassistinthe
followingsituations:
—Whenincreasedattentionisneededfromthe
driver
—Inpoorweatherconditionssuchassnowor
heavyrain
—Whendrivingonroadsinpoorcondition
—Inconstructionzones
—Incitydriving
Trafficjamassistavailability:
IfyouareintheDriverassistancedisplayinthe
instrumentcluster,theindicatorlightandthe
messageTrafficjamassistavailableappearsif
trafficcongestionisdetected.Youcanopenthe
Driverassistancedisplayusingthemultifunction
steeringwheelbuttons>page15.Toactivate
trafficjamassist,youmustpressthe>fig.111
buttonandswitchontheadaptivecruisecontrol
=>page103.
Indicatorlights
BandB-Trafficjamassistisswitchedon.Ve-
hiclesdrivingahead weredetected.Yourvehicle
adaptswhiledriving>fig.112.
B-Trafficjamassistswitchesoffifthedriver
doesnottakeoversteeringaftermultipledriver
intervention requests.Thesystembrakes theve-
hicleuntilit isstationary.

ZAWARNING
Alwayskeepyourhandsonthesteeringwheel
soyoucanbereadytosteeratanytime.The
driverisalwaysresponsibleforstayingina
laneandforassessingtrafficsituations.Read
andfollowthewarningson>A\inGeneral>