2019 AUDI Q7 ESP

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ServiceFacilityworkonthebrakesystem.
Incorrectrepairscouldimpair thefunction.
—Neverletthevehiclerollwhiletheengineis
stoppedbecausethisincreasestheriskofan
accident.

C)Note
—Neverletthebrakes“rub”bypressingthe
pedallightlywhenbrakingisnotactually
necessary.Thiscausesthebrakestoover-
heatandincreasesbrakingdistanceand
causeswear.
—Beforedrivingdownhillalongdistanceona
steephill, decreaseyourspeedandselecta
lowergear.Thismakesuseoftheengine
brakingeffectandreducestheloadplaced
onthebrakes.Ifyouneedtobrakeaddition-
ally,brakeinintervalsandnotcontinuously.
G)Tips
—Ifthebrakeboosterisnotworking,you
mustpressthebrake pedalwithmuchmore
forcethannormal.
—Ifyouretrofityourvehiclewithafrontspoil-
er,wheelcoversorsimilaritems,makesure
thattheairflowtothefrontwheelsisnot
obstructed.Otherwisethebrakesystemcan
overheat.
Electromechanical
steering,all-wheel
steering
Theelectromechanicalsteeringsupportsthe
driver'ssteeringmovements.
Powersteeringadaptselectronicallybasedon
thevehiclespeed.
Indicatorlightsandmessages
aSteering:malfunction!Pleasestopvehicle
Ifthisindicatorlightturnsonandstaysonand
thismessageappears,thepowersteeringmay
havefailed.
Stopthevehicleinasafelocationassoonaspos-
sible.Donotcontinuedriving.Seeanauthorized
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AudidealerorauthorizedAudiServiceFacilityfor
assistance.
aSteering:malfunction!Pleasestopvehicle.
Payattentiontodistanceatside
Ifthisindicatorlightturnson andstaysonand
thismessageappears,theall-wheel steering*
mayhavefailed.Morespaceontheroadmaybe
neededatthesideofthevehicle.
Reduceyourspeedandstopthevehicleinasafe
locationwithenoughspaceonthesidesassoon
aspossible.Donotcontinuedriving.Seeanau-
thorizedAudidealerorauthorizedAudiService
Facilityforassistance.
aSteering:malfunction!Youcancontinue
driving
Iftheindicatorlightturnsonandthismessage
appears,thesteeringwheelmaybemoredifficult
tomoveormoresensitivethanusual.Thesteer-
ingwheelmayalsobeturnedtothesidewhen
drivingstraight.
DriveslowlytoanauthorizedAudidealerorau-
thorizedAudiServiceFacilitytohavethe mal-
functioncorrected.
aSteering:malfunction!Adaptdrivingstyle.
Largerturningradius
Iftheindicatorlightturnsonandthismessage
appears,theall-wheelsteering*mayhavefailed.
Pleasenotethatthevehiclewillhavealarger
turningradiusandthestabilitywhenturninga
cornerwillbelikethat ofavehiclewithoutall-
wheelsteering.Thesteeringwheelmayalsobe
turnedtothesidewhendrivingstraight.
DriveslowlytoanauthorizedAudidealerorau-
thorizedAudiServiceFacilitytohavethe mal-
functioncorrected.
G)Tips
—IftheaorElindicatorlightonlystayson
forashorttime,youmaycontinuedriving.
—Foradditionalinformationonall-wheel
steering*,see>page127.

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Allwheeldrive(quattro)
Theall-wheeldrivesystemdistributesthedriving
powervariablytothefrontandrearaxletoim-
provethedrivingcharacteristics.Itworkstogeth-
erwithselectivewheeltorquecontrol,whichcan
activatewhendrivingthroughcurves
=>page146.
Theallwheeldriveconceptisdesignedforhigh
enginepower.Yourvehicleisexceptionallypow-
erfulandhasexcellentdrivingcharacteristics
bothundernormaldrivingconditionsandon
snowandice.Alwaysreadandfollowsafetypre-
cautions>A\.

Z\WARNING
—Eveninvehicleswithallwheeldrive,you
shouldadaptyourdrivingstyletothecur-
rentroadandtrafficconditionstoreduce
theriskofanaccident.
— Thebrakingabilityofyourvehicleislimited
tothetractionofthewheels.In thisway,it
isnotdifferentfromatwowheeldrivevehi-
cle.Donotdrivetoofastbecausethisin-
creasestheriskofanaccident.
—Notethatonwetstreets,thefrontwheels
can“hydroplane’”ifdrivingatspeedsthat
aretoohigh.Unlikefrontwheeldrivevehi-
cles,theengineRPMdoesnotincreasesud-
denlywhenthevehiclebeginshydroplaning.
Adaptyourspeedtotheroadconditionsto
reducetheriskofanaccident.
Sykemetals
Appliesto:Vehicleswith sportdifferential

Thesportdifferentialdistributesthedrivepower
totherearaxlebasedonthesituation.Thegoal
isahighlevelofagilityandabilitytoaccelerate
oncurves.Thevehicleisvery responsivetosteer-
ing.ThesettingsdependontheselectedAudi
driveselect*mode.
Energymanagement
Yourvehicleisequippedwithanintelligentener-
gymanagementsystemfordistributingelectrici-
ty.Thissignificantlyimprovesthestartingability
andincreasesthevehiclebatterylife.
@)Tips
—Ifyoudriveshortdistancesfrequently,the
vehiclebatterymaynotchargeenough
whiledriving.Asaresult,conveniencefunc-
tionsforelectricalequipmentmaybetem-
porarilyunavailable.
—Thevehiclebatterywillgraduallydrainif
thevehicleisnotdrivenforlongperiodsof
time,orifelectricalequipmentisused
whentheengineisnotrunning.Toensure
thatthevehiclecanstillbestarted,the
electricalequipmentwillbelimitedor
switchedoff.
Noticeaboutdata
recordedbytheEvent
DataRecorderand
vehiclecontrolmodules
EventDataRecorder
Thisvehicleisequippedwithan Event DataRe-
corder(EDR).ThemainpurposeofanEDRisto
record,incertaincrashornearcrash-likesitua-
tions,
suchasanairbagdeploymentorhittinga
roadobstacle,datathatwillassistinunderstand-
inghowavehicle'ssystemsperformed.TheEDR
isdesignedto recorddatarelatedtovehicledy-
namics andsafetysystemsforashortperiodof
time,typically30secondsorless.TheEDRinthis
vehicleisdesignedtorecordsuchdataas:
—Howvarioussystemsinyourvehiclewereoper-
ating;
—Whetherornot thedriverandpassengersafety
beltswerebuckled/fastened;
—Howfar(ifatall)thedriverwasdepressingthe
acceleratorand/orbrakepedal;and,
—Howfastthevehiclewastraveling.
Thesedatacanhelpprovideabetterunderstand-
ingofthecircumstancesinwhichcrashesandin-
juriesoccur.NOTE:EDRdataarerecordedbyyour
vehicleonlyifanon-trivialcrashsituationoccurs;
nodataarerecordedbytheEDRundernormal
drivingconditionsandnopersonaldata(e.g.,
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name,gender,age,andcrashlocation)arere-
corded.However,otherparties,suchaslawen-
forcement,couldcombinetheEDRdatawiththe
typeofpersonallyidentifyingdataroutinelyac-
quiredduringacrashinvestigation.
Toreaddata recordedbyanEDR,specialequip-
mentisrequired,andaccesstothevehicleorthe
EDRisneeded.Inadditiontothevehiclemanu-
facturer,otherparties,suchaslawenforcement,
thathavethespecialequipment,canreadthein-
formationifthey haveaccesstothevehicleorthe
EDR.
Somestatelawsrestricttheretrievalordown-
loadingofdatastoredbyEDRsinstalledinavehi-
clefortheexpresspurposeofretrievingdataaf-
teranaccidentorcrasheventwithouttheown-
er'sconsent.
AudiwillnotaccesstheEDRand/orsimilardata
or giveittoothers-
—unlessthevehicleowner(orlesseeifthevehi-
clehasbeenleased)agrees; or
—upontheofficialrequestbythepolice;or
—upontheorderofacourtoflaworagovern-
mentagency;or
—forthedefenseofalawsuitthroughthejudicial
discoveryprocess.
—Audimayalsouse thedataforresearchabout
vehicleoperationandsafetyperformanceor
providethedatatoathirdpartyforresearch
purposeswithoutidentifyingthespecificvehi-
cleorinformationabouttheidentityofitsown-
er orlesseeandonlyaftertherecordedvehicle
datahasbeenaccessed.
Vehicle controlmodules
Yourvehicleisalsoequippedwithanumberof
electroniccontrolmodulesforvariousvehicle
systems,suchasenginemanagement,emission
control,airbags,andsafetybelts.
Theseelectroniccontrolmodulesrecorddata
during normalvehicleoperationthatmaybe
neededbytrainedtechniciansfordiagnosticand
repairpurposes.Therecordingcapabilityofthese
modulesislimitedtodata(nosoundisrecorded).
Onlyasmallamountofdataisactuallyrecorded
overaverylimitedperiodoftime,orstoredwhen
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asystemfaultisdetectedbyacontrolmodule.
Someofthedatastoredmayrelatetovehicle
speed,direction,orbraking,aswellasrestraint
systemuseandperformanceintheeventofa
crash.Storeddatacanalsoonlybereadand
downloadedwithspecialequipmentthatisdi-
rectlyconnectedtothevehicle.
@)Tips
YourvehiclemaybeequippedwithAudicon-
nect.YouruseofcertainAudiconnectfea-
turesrequireswirelessservicesthatarepro-
videdbyathirdpartywirelesstelecommuni-
cationsprovider.Fordetailsregardinghowin-
formationobtainedthroughAudiconnectis
collected,processed,transmitted,used,and
shared,pleaseseeyourcontractwiththe
wirelesstelecommunicationsprovider.

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MMItouch
MMItouchcontrolpad
Appliesto:vehicleswithMMItouch
Youcanenterdatausinghandwritingrecogni-
tionontheMMItouchcontrolpad.

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Fig.162Example:enteringanavigationdestinationusing
theMMItouch
TheMMItouchcontrolpadislocatedbetween
thecontrolbuttons>fig.162.
Enteringnumbers,letters,andsymbols
Appliesto:vehicleswithMMItouch
TheMMItouchallowsyoutoenterdataonthe
MMItouchcontrolpadusinghandwritingrecog-
nition.

Fig.163DisplaywhenMMItouchisactive
Requirement:itmustbepossible toentertext or
numbersandthesymbol(@>fig.163 mustap-
pearintheInfotainmentsystemdisplay.
—Initialentry:writeanindividualuppercaseor
lowercaseletterornumber/symbolonthe
MMItouchcontrolpadusingyourfinger.A
symbolthatisrecognizedclearlyby thesystem
isdisplayedintheInfotainmentsystemdisplay
@°page157,fig.162,confirmedwithanau-
diblesignalifnecessary,andtransferredtothe
inputfield.
—Enteringspaces:moveyourfingeracrossthe
MMItouchcontrolpadfromlefttoright.
—Deletingcharacters:moveyourfingeracross
theMMItouchcontrolpadfromrighttoleft.
—Selectingtheinputsuggestion:pressthecon-
trolknob.
—Switchingdirectlytotheresultslist:turnthe
controlknobtotheright
—Openingthespeller:selecttherightcontrol
button>Openspeller.Textornumbersare en-
tered usingthespeller>page161.
—MMItouchvolume:presstherightcontrolbut-
ton.See>page253.
Movingthecrosshairs
Appliesto:vehicleswithMMItouch

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UsingtheDVDmainmenu
Appliesto:vehicleswithMMItouch
Requirement:aDVDmustbeplaying
=>page235.TheDVDmainmenuisshown.
—Selectingamenuitem:moveyourfingerup/
downorleft/rightontheMMItouchcontrol
pad.
—Confirmingaselection:pressthecontrolknob.
Or:pressontheMMItouchcontrolpad.
Gi)Tips
Thevolumeofthevoiceguidancepromptsfor
theMMItouch*canbeadjustedseparately
=>page253.
Controlknobwith
joystickfunction
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Fig.167Operatingconceptforthecontrolknobwithjoy-
stickfunction
Youcanpushthecontrolknobupordown(@)
>fig.167ortotherightorleft2).
Openingtheentertainmentslidingmenu
Appliesto:vehicleswithMMItouch
Openingtheentertainmentslidingmenu:push
thecontrolknobdowntoopentheentertain-
mentslidingmenu@)>page163,fig.171.Then
youcanselectandconfirmafunction.
Closingtheentertainmentslidingmenu:push
thecontrolknobuptoclosetheentertainment
slidingmenu.Or:pressthe[BACK]button(7)
=>page153,fig.153.


Additionalfunctions
Appliesto:vehicleswithjoystickfunction
Displayingtheinputfield/switchingto
spellerinput
Pushthecontrolknobup=page159,fig.167to
reachthe beginningofalistinthecentralareaor
theinputfield.Iftheinputfieldisalreadyopen,
switchdirectlytothespellerintheinputfieldby
pushingthecontrolknob upagain>page161,
Letter/numberspeller.
Onthemap
Requirement:amapmustbedisplayed
=>page214.
—Displayingtheinputfield:pushthecontrol
knobup.
—Displayingrouteguidance:whenrouteguid-
anceisactive,youcanalsodisplaytheroute
guidancebypushingthecontrolknob up
=>page209,fig.191.
—Zoomingin/outonthemap(zoom):turnthe
controlknobtotheright/lefttozoomin/outon
themap.
—Additionaloptionsonthemap:see
=>page216
UsingtheDVDmainmenu
Requirement:aDVDmustbeplaying
=>page235.TheDVDmainmenuisshown.
—Selectingamenuitem:movethecontrolknob
withjoystickfunctionupordownortotheleft
orright.
—Confirmingaselection:pressthecontrolknob.
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Fig.169Diagram:letter/numberspeller
Youcanenterletters,numbersandsymbolsin
theMMIusingtheletter/numberspeller.Thisop-
tionisavailablewhentheinputfield@)isactive
>fig.169.
—Openingandclosingtheletter/numberspell-
er:movethecontrolknobup/downwhenthe
inputfieldisactive.Or:selecttherightcontrol
button>Openspeller/Closespeller.
—Enteringcharacters:turnthecontrolknobwith
thecharacterselection@0>fig.169tothede-
siredsymbol.Pressthecontrolknobtoconfirm
the
character.Yourinputisdisplayedinthein-
putfield@).Whenyouhaveenteredallofthe
characters,selectandconfirmthe[LIST]button
@©fig.169.Or:pushthecontrolknobdown.
—Enteringaccentedcharacters(suchas4,¢,fi,
6)*:turnthecontrolknobwiththecharacter
selection@0>fig.169toacharacter.Toopen
theselectedaccentedcharacters,pressand
holdthecontrolknob.Turnthecontrolknob
withthecharacterselection@9>fig.169toan
accentedcharacter.Pressthecontrolknobto
inserttheaccentedcharacter.Toclosetheac-
centedcharacterswithoutselectingacharacter,
pressandholdthecontrolknobagain.Or:se-
lectandconfirm[a6](7%)>fig.169.Selectand
confirm anaccentedcharacter.




—Deletingcharacters:selectandconfirma]@
>fig.169.Todeleteallcharactersintheinput
field,pressandholdthecontrolknobon tilallcharactersintheinputfieldare deleted.
—Enteringspecial characters:selectandcon-
firmL8&2]©©fig.169or[123]@). Selectand
confirmthedesiredspecialcharacter(forex-
ample,ahyphenorperiod)withthenumber
speller.
—Inputassistance:insomecasessuchasinnavi-
gation*,thereisawordsuggestion*@)
=>fig.169basedonavailableentrieswhileyou
areenteringdata.Youcanselectthissugges-
tionbypushingthecontrolknobupward.
—Resultslist:insomecases,suchasinthedirec-
tory,thesystemswitchesautomaticallytothe
resultslistbasedonavailableentries@)
>fig.169.Selectandconfirmasuggestion
fromthelist.


Requirement:theinputfield@)>fig.169must
beactive.
—SwitchingbetweenspellerandMMItouch*:
thehandwritingrecognitionfortheMMItouch
controlpad*isactivatedautomatically.Simply
startwriting.
Overviewofsymbolsinthespeller
Thesymbolsintheletter/numberspellerareex-
plainedinthefollowingtable:
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Symbol/DescriptionDescription
@LIST]or[xSwitchestotheresultslist.
@InputfieldDisplaysthecurrentinput.
Displistwithihl-®Resultslistisplaysalistwithsuggestionsbasedonthelettersalreadyen
tered.
@Switchesfromlowercasetouppercaselettersorfromuppercaseto
tlowercaseletters.
©Opensadditionalspelleroptions,forexampleClosespellerand
GClearinputfield
©18?Charactersetsandspecialcharacters
@aotDisplaysaccentedcharacters(suchas4,¢,ff,6).
TSS)ABESwitchesfromlettertonumberinputorfromnumbertoletterin-
put.
Addsaspaceintheinputfield.
—

CharacterselectionHighlightstheselectedcharacter.

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AInsertsthesuggestedword*whenyoupushthecontrolknobup.
G@)TipsOpeningfreetextsearch

>Select:[MENU]button>desiredmenuitem
(suchasTelephone).
>Keepturningthecontrolknobtotheleftuntil
thefreetextsearchinputfield@>fig.170
appears.Or:pushthecontrolknob uptoopen
theinputfield@.
Accentedcharactersarenotavailableforev-
eryletter.
Freetextsearch
Appliesto:vehicleswithfree textsearch
Usingthefreetextsearch,youcanselecttheor-
derthatthesearchtermsareenteredinthein-
putfield.
ThehandwritingrecognitionfortheMMItouch
controlpad*isautomaticallyactivated.Simply
startwriting.
aFreetextsearchforanentry
Na
;>Enteroneormoresearchtermsinanyorderin-Laat)eels);; ._.
PREMVEtGtotheinputfield.Theindividualsearchterms
PMMAmustbeseparatedby spaceswhenentering.
SeeT)
Aninputsuggestiontocompletetheentry*@)
=>fig.170isshowndependingontheinput.Ad-
ditionalentriesthatcontaintheenteredsearch
termsarelistedIntheresultslist@)>fig.170.
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Fig.170Example:freetextsearchontelephone
FreetextsearchisavailableintheVehicle*,Ra-
dio*,Media*,Telephone*,Navigation*andAudi
connect*menus.
Ifthedesiredtermisstillnotdisplayed,enter
additionallettersuntilitisdisplayed.
Itisoftenenoughjusttoenterthefirstlettersof
thesearchterminorderforittodisplayinthe>
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Multifunctionsteeringwheel

Multifunctionsteering
wheel
Introduction
Appliesto:vehicleswith multifunctionsteeringwheel
Inthedriverinformationsystemdisplay,youcan
controlnumerousInfotainmentsystemfunctions
usingthemultifunctionsteeringwheel*
=>page16.
Youcancontrol additionalInfotainmentfunc-
tionsusingtheMMIcontrolpanel>page153in
theInfotainmentsystemdisplay.

Z\WARNING
Directyourfullattentiontodriving.Asthe
driver,youhavecompleteresponsibilityfor
safetyintraffic.Only usethefunctionsinsuch
awaythatyoualwaysmaintaincompletecon-
troloveryourvehicleinalltrafficsituations.


Radio
Appliesto:vehicleswith multifunctionsteeringwheelandra-
dio


>Pressthe[<>]buttononthemultifunction
steeringwheelrepeatedlyuntiltheRadio/
Mediatabisdisplayed.
>Presstheleftcontrolbutton>page17.

Dependingonvehicleequipment,thefollowing
functions
maybeavailableinthedriverinforma-
tionsystem.
—Selectingthefrequencyband:selectandcon-
firmafrequencyband.
—Selectingastationfromthestationlist:select
andconfirmaradiostation.
—Selectingastationfromthepresetslist:select
andconfirmPresetsandthenaradiostation.
—Openingamediasource:selectandconfirmTo
media.
Additionalsettings
—Select:rightcontrolbutton>desiredentry.
See>page225.
@Tips
PayattentiontotheInfotainmentsystemdis-
playifnecessary.Dependingontheselected
function,itmaybenecessarytouse theMMI
controlpanel.
Media
Appliesto:vehicleswithmultifunctionsteeringwheeland
media
Requirement:amediadrivemustcontainaudio/
videofiles>page228andtheradio/mediatab
mustbedisplayed.
>Presstheleftcontrolbuttononthemultifunc-
tionsteeringwheel>page17.
Depending onvehicleequipment,thefollowing
functionsmaybeavailableinthedriverinforma-
tionsystem.
—Selectingamediasource:selectandconfirma
sourcesuchastheSDcard.
—Switchingtotheradio:selectandconfirm
Switchtoradio.
—Playinganaudio/videofile:selectandconfirm
afile.
—Pausing/resumingplayback:presstheright
thumbwheel@)>page18,fig.11.Toresume
playback,presstherightthumbwheelagain.
—Openingadditionaltrackinformation:select:
rightcontrolbutton>Show"NowPlaying"
screen.
Foradditionalinformation,see>page239.
@Tips
—Alwaysfollowtheinformationfoundin
>page227.
—Pleasenotethatwithinamediasourcein
thedriverinformationsystem,onlyplaylists
thatwereselectedthroughtheMMIcontrol
panelcanbeplayed=page236.
—PayattentiontotheInfotainmentsystem
displayifnecessary.Dependingonthese-
lectedfunction,itmaybenecessarytouse
the
MMIcontrolpanel.
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