2019 AUDI Q7 warning light

Openingandclosing

Openingandclosing
Centrallocking
Youcanlockandunlockthevehiclecentrally.You
havethefollowingoptions:
—Vehiclekey>page31
—Sensorsinthedoorhandles*>page31
—Lockcylinderonthedriver'sdoor>page33
—
Interiorcentral lockingswitch>page32
Vehiclekey
Theterm“vehiclekey”referstotheremotecon-
trolkeyorconveniencekey*.Theconvenience
key*isaremotecontrolkeywithspecialfunc-
tionsSpage31and>page77.
Turnsignals
Theturnsignalsflashtwicewhenyouunlockthe
vehicleandflashoncewhenyoulockthevehicle.
Iftheydonotflash,thenoneofthedoors,the
luggagecompartmentlidorthehoodisnot
closedcompletely.
Automaticlocking(AutoLock)
The AutoLockfunctionlocksalldoorsandthe
luggagecompartmentlidoncethespeedhasex-
ceededapproximately9mph(15km/h).
Thevehiclecan beunlockediftheopeningfunc-
tioninthecentrallockingsystemswitchisused
oroneofthedoorhandlesispulled.
Intheeventofacrashwithairbagdeployment,
thedoorswillalsoautomaticallyunlocktoallow
accesstothevehicle.
Selectivedoorunlocking
Thedoorsandluggagecompartmentlidwilllock
whentheyclose.YoucansetintheInfotainment
systemwhetheronlythedriver'sdoorortheen-
tirevehicleshould beunlockedwhenunlocking
>page33.
Unintentionallylockingyourselfout
Onlylockyourvehiclewhenallofthedoorsand
theluggagecompartmentlidareclosedandthe
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vehiclekeyisnotinthevehicle.Thisreducesthe
riskoflockingyourselfoutaccidentally.
Thefollowingfeatures helptoreducetheriskof
lockingyourvehiclekeyinthevehicle:
—Ifthedriver's doorisopen,thevehiclecannot
belockedbypressingthe@buttononthevehi-
clekeyorby touchingthelockingsensor*ona
door.
—Ifthelastconveniencekey*thatwasusedisde-
tectedinsidethevehicle,thevehiclecannotbe
lockedfromtheoutsideforabrieftime.
Closingaidonthe doors*
Thevehicledoorsareequippedwithclosingaids.
Whenclosingadoor,youonlyhavetoletitfall
lightlyintothelatch.Itthenclosesautomatically
oA.

ZA\WARNING
—Ifyouleavethevehicle,switchtheignition
offandtakethevehiclekeywithyou. This
applies
particularlywhenchildrenremainin
thevehicle.Otherwise,childrencouldstart
theengineoroperateelectricalequipment
(suchaspowerwindows),whichincreases
theriskofanaccident.
—Noone,especiallychildren,shouldstayin
thevehiclewhenitislockedfromtheout-
side,becausethewindowscannolongerbe
openedfromtheinside>page34.Locked
doorsmakeitmoredifficultforemergency
workerstoenterthevehicle,whichputs
livesatrisk.

ZA\WARNING
Appliesto:vehicleswithclosingaidsonthedoors
—Toreducetheriskofinjury,makesurethat
thearea wherethedoorisclosingisclear
during theclosingprocess.
—Theclosingprocesscanbestoppedatany
timebypullingontheouterorinnerdoor
handle.

C)Note
Appliesto:Vehicleswithconveniencekey
Iftheconveniencekeythatwaslastusedis
detectedinsidethevehicle,thenthevehicle>

Openingandclosing

—Parkingaid*
—Adaptivecruisecontrol*
—Active laneassist*
—Sideassist*
—Trafficjamassist*
—Distancewarning*
—Nightvisionassist*
—Audipresense*
—Speedwarning*
Thestoredsettings areautomaticallyrecalled
whenyouunlockthevehicle,openthedoorsor
turnontheignition.
®)Note
Protectthe keyagainsthightemperatures
anddirectsunlight.
@Tips
—Thevehiclekeyfunctioncanbetemporarily
disruptedbyinterferencefromtransmitters
nearthevehicleworkinginthesamefre-
quencyrange(suchasamobiledeviceorra-
dioequipment).Alwayscheckifyourvehicle
islocked.
—Foranexplanationonconformitywiththe
FCCregulationsinthe UnitedStatesandthe
IndustryCanadaregulations,see
>page373.
Removingthemechanicalkey



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Fig.16Vehiclekey:Removingthemechanicalkey
>Pressthereleasebuttons@)©fig.16andre-
movethemechanicalkeyfromthevehiclekey.
Usingthemechanicalkey,youcan:
—Lock/unlocktheglovecompartment.
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—Manuallylock orunlockthevehicle>page33.
—Mechanicallylockthedoors>page33.
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Fig.17Vehiclekey:Removingthebatteryholder

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Fig.18Vehiclekey(rearside):Removingthebatteryhold-
er
LEDinthevehiclekey
TheLED@)indicatesthevehiclekeyfunction.
>Ifyoupressabuttonbriefly,theLEDblinks
once.
>Ifyoupressandholdabutton(convenience
opening/closing),theLEDblinksseveraltimes.
>IftheLEDdoesnotblink,thevehiclekeybat-
teryisdrained.Replacethebatteryinthevehi-
clekey.
Replacingthevehiclekeybattery
>Pressthereleasebuttons(@©fig.17andre-
movethemechanicalkey.
>Pressthereleasebuttons(3)>fig.18while
pullingthebatteryholderoutofthevehiclekey
inthedirectionofthearrow.
> Insertthenewbatterywiththe“+” facing
down.
>Slidethebatteryholdercarefullyintothevehi-
clekey.
>Insertthemechanicalkey.

Openingandclosing

Lockingthevehicle
> Selectthe"P"position.Thevehiclecannotbe
lockedif"P"isnotselected.
>Tolockthevehicle,closethedoorandtouch
the sensorinthedoorhandleonce>fig.20.Do
notholdthedoorhandlewhiledoingthis.
Youcanunlock/lockthevehicleateverydoor.The
vehiclekeycannotbemorethanapproximately
4feet(1.5m) awayfromthedoorhandle.The
functionshouldnotbeimpairedifthevehiclekey
isinyourjacketpocketorinyourbriefcase,for
example.
Ifyouholdthedoorhandlewhilelocking,this
canimpairthelockingfunction.
Thedoor cannotbeopenedforabriefperioddi-
rectlyafterlockingit.Thiswayyouhavethe op-
portunitytocheckifthedoorslockedcorrectly.
ThesettingsintheInfotainmentsystemdeter-
mineiftheentirevehicleoronlyoneofthedoors
isunlockedwhenunlockingthevehicle
=>page33.

ZAWARNING
ReadandfollowingallWARNINGS>A\inDe-
scriptiononpage28.

(i)Tips
Ifyourvehicleisleftstandingforalongperi-
odoftime,notethefollowing:
— Theenergymanagementsystemgradually
turnsoffunnecessaryconveniencefunctions
topreventthevehiclebatteryfromdraining
andtomaintainthevehicle'sabilitytostart
foraslongaspossible.Youthenmayno
longerbeabletounlockyourvehiclewith
thesensors.
@Tips
Unlockingwiththeconveniencekey(keyless
access)canbedeactivatedintheInfotain-
mentsystem>page33.
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Centrallockingswitch
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Fig.21Driver'sdoor:centrallockingswitch
>Tolockthevehicle,pressthe(@button>/\.
>Tounlockthevehicle,pressthe@button.
Whenlockingthevehiclewiththecentrallocking
switch,
thefollowingapplies:
—Thedoorsandtheluggagecompartmentlid
cannotbeopenedfromtheoutsideforsecurity
reasons,suchastopreventunauthorizedopen-
ingwhilestoppedatalight.
—TheLEDinthecentral lockingswitchturnson
whenalldoorsareclosedandlocked.
—Youcanopenthedoorsindividuallyfromthein-
sidebypullingthedoorhandle.
—Intheeventofacrashwithairbagdeployment,
thedoorsunlockautomaticallytoallowaccess
tothevehicle.

ZAWARNING
—Thecentral lockingswitchalsoworkswhen
theignitionisswitchedoffandautomatical-
lylockstheentirevehiclewhenthe&button
ispressed.
— Thecentral lockingswitchisinoperative
when
thevehicleislockedfromtheoutside.
—Lockeddoorsmakeitmoredifficultfor
emergencyworkerstoenterthevehicle,
whichputslivesatrisk.Donotleaveanyone
behindinthevehicle,especiallychildren.
—ReadandfollowingallWARNINGS>A\in
Descriptiononpage28.

(i)Tips
Yourvehiclelocksautomaticallywhenit
reachesaspeedof9mph(15km/h)(Auto
Lock)>page28.Youcanunlockthevehicle>

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Openingandclosing

»Appliesto:vehicleswithconveniencekey:Press
andholdthe theluggagecompartmentlidisclosed>A\.
Makesurethereisenoughdistancebetween
youandtheluggagecompartmentlid.There
should beamaximum9feet(3m)ofdistance.
Or
>Appliesto:vehicleswithconveniencekey:Press
the&@buttonintheluggagecompartmentlid
=>fig.25.Thevehiclekeymustnotbemore
thanapproximately4feet(1.5m) awayfrom
theluggagecompartmentanditmustnot be
insidethevehicle.Theluggagecompartment
lidwillautomaticallylowerandclose.Thevehi-
clelocks>A\.Or
>Lightlypulltheluggagecompartmentlidusing
theinnergrip.Theluggagecompartmentlid
willautomaticallylowerandclose>A\.Or
>Pressthehandleintheluggagecompartment
lid.Theluggagecompartmentlidwillautomat-
icallylowerandclose>A\.
Storingtheluggagecompartmentlid
openingposition
>Bringtheluggagecompartmentlidintothede-
siredopenposition.Thepositionmustbeata
certainheightorhighertostore.
>Pressandholdthe<3buttonintheluggage
compartmentlidforatleastfoursecondsto
storethenewopenposition.Avisualandaudio
signalwillfollow.
>Tosetahigheropenposition,waitatleastfive
secondsandthencarefullypresstheluggage
compartmentlidupward.
>Pressandholdthe foursecondstostorethedesiredopeningposi-
tion.
Theopeningorclosingprocesswillstopimmedi-
atelyif:
—Youpullorreleasethe<3switchinthedriver's
door,or
—Appliesto:vehicleswithconveniencekey:You
pressthe<3buttononthevehiclekey,or
—Appliesto:vehicleswithconveniencekey:You
pressthe partmentlid,or
—Youpushthehandleintheluggagecompart-
mentlid,or
—Ifsomethingblockstheluggagecompartment
lidormakesitdifficultforthelidtomove.
Ifyoupressthehandleoroneofthe tons(vehicleswithconveniencekey*)now,the
luggagecompartmentlidwilleitheropenor
close,dependingonitsangle.

Z\WARNING
—Afterclosingtheluggagecompartmentlid,
makesure thatitislatched.Otherwise,the
luggagecompartmentlidcouldopensud-
denlywhendriving,whichincreasestherisk
ofanaccident.
—Paycarefulattentionwhenclosingthelug-
gagecompartmentlid.Otherwise,youcould
causeseriousinjurytoyourselforothersde-
spitethepinchprotection.
—Toreducetheriskofinjuriesbypinching,al-
waysmakesurethatnooneisintheoperat-
ingareaoftheluggagecompartmentlid,in-
cludingthe hingeareasandtheupperand
loweredgeoftheluggagecompartmentlid.
—Neverdrivewiththeluggagecompartment
lidajaroropen,becausepoisonousgases
canenterthevehicleinteriorandcreatethe
riskofasphyxiation.
—Ifthereisaluggagerack(suchasabicycle
rack)ontheluggagecompartmentlid,the
luggagecompartmentlidmaynotopen
completelyundercertaincircumstancesorit
couldclosebyitselfifopenduetotheextra
weight.Therefore,theopenluggagecom-
partmentlid mustbegivenadditionalsup-
portorthecargomustfirstberemoved
fromtheluggagerack.

()Note
Theluggagecompartmentlidcanbumpinto
objectssuchasthegarageceilingwhenopen-
ingandbecomedamaged.
(i)Tips
—ThesettingsintheInfotainmentsystemde-
termineiftheluggagecompartmentlidcan
beopenedusingthehandle>page33.
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Openingandclosing


—Toreducetheriskofinjuriesbypinching,al-
waysmakesurethatnooneisintheoperat-
ingareaoftheluggagecompartmentlid,in-
cludingthehingeareasandtheupperand
loweredgeoftheluggagecompartmentlid.
—Neverdrivewiththeluggagecompartment
lidajaroropen,becausepoisonousgases
canenterthevehicleinteriorandcreatethe
riskofasphyxiation.
—Ifthereisaluggagerack(suchasabicycle
rack)ontheluggagecompartmentlid,the
luggagecompartmentlidmaynotopen
completelyundercertaincircumstancesorit
couldclosebyitselfifopenduetotheextra
weight.Therefore,theopenluggagecom-
partmentlid mustbegivenadditionalsup-
port
orthecargomustfirstberemoved
fromtheluggagerack.


Mechanicallyunlockingtheluggage
compartmentlid



Fig.27Innerluggagecompartmentlid:accesstothe
emergencyrelease
>Removethemechanicalkey>page30.
> Pryoutthecover usingthemechanicalkey
>fig.27.
>Presstheleverwiththemechanicalkeyinthe
directionofthearrowtoreleasetheluggage
compartmentlid.
Childsafetylock
Thechildsafetylockpreventsthereardoors
frombeingopenedfromtheinsideandtherear
powerwindowsfrombeingoperated.
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Fig.28Sectionofthedriver'sdoor:Controls
>Toactivateordeactivatethechildsafetylock
(rearpowerwindowsandinteriordoorhandle)
forthereardoors,presstheleftand/orright#
buttoninthedriver'sdoor>fig.28.Theindica-
torlightinthebuttonturnson/blinks.
>Makesurethechildsafetylockisworkingby
checkingthefunctionontherearpowerwin-
dowswitchanddoorhandle.
Itisnotpossible tooperate therearclimatecon-
trolsystem*whenthechildsafetylockisswitch-
edon.TheSETREARfunctionallowsyoutoapply
allsettingstotherearusingtheclimatecontrol
systemcontrolsinthecockpit>page73.
Messageintheinstrumentclusterdisplay
Childproofcatch:malfunction!Pleasecon-
tactService
Thereisamalfunctioninthechildsafetylock.
Pressthe#buttonagain.
Ifthemessagestayson,driveimmediatelytoan
authorizedAudidealerorauthorizedAudiService
Facilitytohavethemalfunctionrepaired.

ZXWARNING
—Ifyouleavethevehicle,switchtheignition
offandtakethevehiclekeywithyou.This
applies
particularlywhenchildrenremainin
thevehicle.Otherwisechildrencouldstart
theengineoroperateelectricalequipment[>


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Openingandclosing

—Youcanstilloperatethepanoramicglass
roofforabout10minutesaftertheignition
isswitchedoff.Theswitchisdeactivated
oncethedriver'sor frontpassenger'sdooris
opened.
— Thepanoramicglassroofwillonlyopenat
temperaturesdownto-4°F(-20°).
ECCeCems(aaals)
Appliesto:vehicleswithpanoramicglassroof
Ifanobjectisdetectedwhenclosing,theroof
willopenagainautomatically.Inthiscase,you
canthencloseitwiththepoweremergencyclos-
ingfunction.
>Withinfivesecondsafterthesunroofopensau-
tomatically,pulltheapplicablebuttonuntilthe
roofisclosed.
Garagedooropener
eltyeatolaCe)
Appliesto:vehicleswithgaragedooropener
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Fig.31Garagedooropener:examplesofusagefordiffer-
entsystems
Withthegaragedooropener,youcanactivate
systemssuchasthegaragedoors,securitysys-
temsorhouselightsfrominsideyourvehicle.
Threebuttonsareintegratedintheheadliner
thatcan beprogrammedtouptothreeremote
controls.
To beabletooperatesystemsusingthegarage
dooropener,thebuttonsintheheadlinermust
firstbeprogrammed.
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ZXWARNING
Whenoperatingorprogrammingthegarage
dooropener,makesure thatnopeopleorob-
jectsareintheareaimmediatelysurrounding
theequipment.Peoplecanbeinjuredorprop-
ertycanbedamagedifstruckwhenclosing.
@Tips
—Forsecurityreasons,werecommendthat
youcleartheprogrammedbuttonsbefore
sellingthevehicle.

—ForadditionalinformationaboutHomeLink,
visitwww.homelink.com.
—Foranexplanationonconformitywiththe
FCCregulationsinthe UnitedStatesandthe
IndustryCanadaregulations,see
>page373.
Appliesto:vehicleswithgaragedooropener
Requirements:thebuttonintheheadlinermust
beprogrammed=page41andthevehicle
mustbewithinrangeofthe system, suchasthe
garagedoor.
>Pressthebuttontoopenthegaragedoor.The
LED@)°page41,fig.32blinksorturnson.
>Pressthebuttonagaintoopenthegaragedoor.
G@)Tips
Whenopeningorclosingthegaragedoor,do
notpressandholdthebuttonlongertensec-
ondsorthegaragedooropenerwillswitchto
programmingmode.

LightsandVision

LightsandVision
Exteriorlighting
Switchingthelightsonandoff
oO Ss
2
2+a

Fig.33Instrumentpanel:lightswitchwithbuttons
Lightswitch©
Turnthelightswitchtothecorrespondingposi-
tionwhentheignitionisswitchedon.2andthe
selectedpositionturnon(exceptposition0).
Insomemarkets,thedaytimerunninglights,tail
lights,andlicenseplatelightarealwayson.
O-Thedaytimerunninglightsautomaticallyturn
on.Invehiclesforcertainmarkets,youcan
switchtheautomaticdaytimerunninglightson
andoffintheInfotainment*system.
AUTO-Theheadlightsautomaticallyadapttothe
surroundingbrightness.
300-Parkinglights
2D-Lowbeamheadlights
Buttons
WhenyouturnthelightswitchtotheAUTOor
lowbeamheadlightpositionZO,youcanactivate
thefollowingfunctions:
%o-All-weatherlights.Theheadlightsautomati-
callyadjustsothattherewillbelessglare,forex-
amplewhentheroadsurfaceiswet.
Q#-Rearfoglights*
Automaticheadlightrangecontrolsystem
Yourvehicleisequippedwithanautomatichead-
lightrangecontrolsystemthatreducesglarefor
oncomingtrafficifthevehicleloadchanges.The
headlightrangeadjustsautomatically.
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Audiadaptivelight
Appliesto:vehicleswithadaptivelight
Adaptivelightprovidesbettervisibilitywhenitis
darkbyadaptingthelightstotheroadconditions
basedonspeed,suchasonexpressways,rural
roads,at intersections,andincurves.Theadap-
tivelightonlyfunctionswhenthelightswitchis
intheAUTOposition.

ZAWARNING
—Automaticheadlights*areonlyintendedto
assistthedriver.They donotrelievethe
driverofresponsibilitytocheckthe head-
lightsandtoturnthemonmanuallybased
onthecurrentlightandvisibilityconditions.
Forexample,fogcannot bedetectedby the
lightsensors.Soalwaysswitchonthelow
beamsundertheseweatherconditionsand
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-Beheeels
ing.Appliesto:vehicleswithhighbeamassistant

Thehighbeamassistantautomaticallyturnsthe
Turnsignalandhighbeamleverhighbeamsonoroffdepending onthesurround-
Theleveroperatestheturnsignals,thehighingconditions.
bearsandtheheadlightflasher.Acameraontherearview mirrormountcande-
tectlightsourcesfromotherroadusers.Thehigh
beamsswitchonoroffautomaticallydepending
onthepositionofvehiclesdrivingaheadandon-
comingvehicles,thevehiclespeed,andotheren-
vironmentalandtrafficconditions.

©
&
©
Activatinghighbeamassistant
Requirement:thelightswitchmustbesettothe
AUTOpositionandthehighbeamassistantmust
be switchedonintheInfotainmentsystem


Fig.34Turnsignalandhighbeamlever
=>page44.
Turnsignals5>Toactivatethehighbeamassistant,tapthe
Theturnsignalsactivatewhenyoumovethelev-leverforward@)>page43,fig.34.Thefgin-
erintoaturnsignalpositionwhentheignitionisdicatorlightappearsintheinstrumentcluster
switchedon.displayandthehighbeamsareswitchedon/off
automatically.Ifthehighbeamswerecom-
pletelyorpartiallyswitchedon,theEaindica-
@- Leftturnsignaltorlightwillturnon.
@-Rightturnsignal
TheturnsignalwillblinkthreetimesifyoujustSwitchingthe high beamsonoroffmanually
helever.
‘epeeIfthehighbeamsdidnotswitchonoroffauto-
Highbeamsandheadlightflasher2Dmaticallyasexpected,youmayswitchthemonor
ffllyinstead:
Movethelevertothecorrespondingposition:SULINSREe)WIBRES
>Toswitchthehighbeamsonmanually, tap the
leverforward(8)>page43,fig.34.TheEJin-
dicatorlightturnson.
@-Highbeamsofforheadlightflasher>Toswitchthehighbeamsoffmanually,pullthe
leverback@)>page43,fig.34.Thehighbeam
assistantisdeactivated.
@-Highbeamson(vehicleswith highbeamas-
sistant*>page43)
The=0}indicatorlightintheinstrumentcluster
willturnon.
Operatingtheheadlightflasher
ZAWARNING
Highbeamscancauseglareforotherdrivers,
whichincreasestheriskofanaccident.For
this reason,onlyuse thehighbeamsorthe
headlight
flasher whentheywillnotcreate
glareforotherdrivers.
>To operatethe headlightflasher whenthehigh
beamassistantisactivatedandhighbeamsare
switchedoff,pulltheleverback@)>page43,
fig.34.Thehighbeamassistantremainsac-
tive.

Messagesintheinstrumentclusterdisplay
ByAudiadaptivelight:malfunction!Seeown-
er'smanual>
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