2019 AUDI Q7 Owner´s Manual

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Childsafety


ZA\WARNING
Rearward-facingchild restraints:
—Achildinarearward-facingchildsafetyseat
installedonthefrontpassengerseatwillbe
seriouslyinjuredandcanbekilledifthe
frontairbaginflates-evenwithanAd-
vancedAirbagSystem.
—Theinflatingairbagwillhitthechildsafety
seatorinfantcarrierwithgreatforceand
willsmashthe childsafetyseatandchild
againstthebackrest,centerarmrest,door
orroof.
—Alwaysbeespeciallycarefulifyoumustin-
stallarearwardfacingchildsafetyseaton
thefrontpassengerseatinexceptionalcir-
cumstances.
—MakesurethatthePASSENGERAIRBAG
OFF7;lightcomesonandstaysonallthe
timewhenevertheignitionisswitchedon.
—IfthePASSENGERAIRBAGOFF3%,light
doesnotcomeonandstayon,immediately
installtherear-facingchildsafetyseatina
rearseatingpositionandhavetheairbag
systeminspectedbyyourAudidealer.

NeeLeeMakolemaes
Usetheconvertiblelockingretractortosecurea
childrestraint.
Alwaysheedthechildsafetyseatmanufacturer's
instructionswheninstallingachildrestraintin
yourvehicle. Toactivatetheconvertiblelocking
retractor:
>Placethechildrestraintonaseat,preferablyon
therearseat.
>Slowlypullthebeltallthewayout.
>Routeitaroundorthroughthechildrestraint
beltpath>A\.
>Pushthechildsafetyseatdownwithyourfull
weighttoget thesafetybeltreallytight.
>Insertthebelttongueintothe buckleforthat
seatingposition.
>Guidethesafetybeltbackintotheretractorun-
tilthebeltliesflatandsnugonthechildsafety
seat.
>Youshouldheara“clicking”noiseasthebelt
windsbackintotheinertiareel.Testthecon-
vertiblelockingretractorbypullingonthebelt.
Youshouldnolongerbeabletopullthebelt
outoftheretractor.Theconvertiblelockingre-
tractorisnowactivated.
>Makesurethattheredreleasebuttonisfacing
awayfromthechildrestraintsothatitcan be
unbuckledquickly.
> Pull
onthebelt tomakesurethesafetybeltis
properlytightandfastenedsothattheseat
cannotmoveforwardorsidewaysmorethan
oneinch(2.5cm).

ZAWARNING
Usingthewrongchildrestraintoranimprop-
erlyinstalledchildrestraintcancauseserious
personalinjuryordeathinacrash.
—Alwaysmakesurethatthesafetybeltretrac-
torislockedwheninstallinga childsafety
seat.Anunlockedsafetybeltretractorcan-
notholdthechildsafetyseatinplaceduring
normaldrivingorinacrash.
—Alwaysbuckle thechildsafetyseatfirmlyin
placeevenifachildisnotsittinginit.A
loosechildsafetyseatcanflyaroundduring
asuddenstoporinacrash.
—Alwaysmakesuretheseat backresttowhich
thechildrestraintisinstalledisinanup-
rightpositionandsecurelylatchedinto
placeandcannotfoldforward.Otherwise,
theseatbackwiththechildsafetyseatat-
tachedtoitcouldflyforwardinthe eventof
anaccidentorotheremergencysituation.
—AlwaysreadandheedallWARNINGSwhen-
everusinga childrestrainedinavehicleis
beingused>page290.Specialprecautions
applywheninstallingachildsafetyseaton
thefrontpassengerseat>page269,Child
restraintsonthefrontseat-someimpor-
tantthingstoknow.


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Childsafety

Deactivatingtheconvertiblelocking
retractor
Theconvertiblelockingretractorforchildre-
straintswillbedeactivatedautomaticallywhen
thebeltiswoundallthewaybackintothere-
tractor.
>Presstheredbuttononthesafetybeltbuckle.
Thebelttonguewillpopoutofthebuckle.
>Guidethesafetybeltallthewaybackintoits
stowedposition.
Alwaysletthesafetybeltretractcompletelyinto
itsstowedposition.Thesafetybeltcannowbe
usedasanordinarysafetybeltwithoutthecon-
vertiblelockingretractorforchildrestraints.
Iftheconvertiblelockingretractorshould beac-
tivated inadvertently,thesafetybeltmustbeun-
fastenedandguidedcompletelybackintoits
stowedpositiontodeactivatethisfeature.Ifthe
convertiblelockingretractorisnotdeactivated,
thesafetybeltwillgraduallybecometighterand
uncomfortabletowear.

Z\WARNING
Improperlyinstalledchildsafetyseatsin-
creasetheriskofseriouspersonalinjuryand
deathinacollision.
—Neverunfastenthesafetybelttodeactivate
theconvertiblelockingretractorforchildre-
straintswhilethevehicleismoving.You
wouldnot berestrainedandcouldbeseri-
ouslyinjuredinanaccident.
—AlwaysreadandheedallWARNINGSwhen-
everusingachildrestrainedinavehicleis
beingused=page290.Specialprecautions
applywheninstallinga childsafetyseaton
thefrontpassengerseat>page269,Child
restraintsonthefrontseat-someimpor-
tantthingstoknow.

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LATCHsystem(Lower
anchoragesandtethers
forchildren)
ChildRestraintSystemanchorsandhow
aretheyrelatedtochildsafety
Toprovideasimplerandmorepracticablewayto
attachthechildrestraintonthevehicleseat,Fed-
eralregulationsrequire specialloweranchorages
invehiclesanddevicesonnewchildrestraintsto
attachtothevehicleanchorages.
Inthe UnitedStates,thecombinationofthe
tetheranchoragesandtheloweranchoragesis
nowgenerallycalledtheLATCHsystemfor
“LowerAnchoragesandTethersforChildren”.In
Canada,theterms“toptether”with“loweruni-
versalanchorages”(or“Loweruniversalanchor-
agebars”)areusedtodescribethesystem.
Inothercountriestheterm“ISOFIX”isusedto
describetheloweranchorages.
Forward-facingchildrestraintsmanufacturedaf-
terSeptember1,1999,arerequiredbyU.S.fed-
eralregulationstocomplywithnewchildhead
movementperformancerequirements.These
newperformancerequirementsmakeatether
necessaryonmostnewchildseats.
Installingachildrestraintthatrequiresatop
tetherwithoutonecanseriouslyimpairtheper-
formanceofthechildrestraintanditsabilityto
protectthechildinacollision.Installinga child
restraintthatrequiresatoptetherwithoutthe
toptethermaybeaviolationof statelaw.
ChildrestraintmanufacturersofferLATCHlower
anchoragesontheirchildseatswithhook-onor
push-onconnectorsattachedtoadjustable
straps.
InadditiontotheLATCHlower anchorages, these
childrestraintsystemsusually requiretheuseof
tetherstrapstohelpkeepthechildrestraint
firmlyinplace.

ZAWARNING
Improperinstallationofchildrestraintswill
increasetheriskofinjuryanddeathinacrash.|>

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—Alwaysfollowtheinstructionsprovidedby
themanufacturerofthechildrestraintyou
intendtoinstallinyourvehicle.
—Neverinstallachildrestraintwithouta
properlyattachedtoptetherstrapifthe
childrestraintmanufacturer'sinstructions
requirethetoptetherstrap tobeused.
—ImproperuseofchildrestraintLATCHlower
anchoragepointscanleadtoinjuryinacolli-
sion.TheLATCHloweranchoragepointsare
designedtowithstandonlythoseloadsim-
posedbycorrectlyfitted childrestraints.
—Never mounttwochildrestraintsystemson
one
LATCHloweranchoragepoint.
—Neversecureorattachanyluggageorother
itemtotheLATCHloweranchorages.

Location

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Fig.247Schematicoverview:LATCHanchoragepointloca-
tions
Theillustrationshowstheseatinglocationsin
yourvehiclewhichareequippedwiththelower
anchoragessystem.
Theloweranchoragepositionsaremarkedfor
quicklocating.

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Fig.248Secondrowofseats:locatorbuttonsforloweran-
chorages


Fig.249Thirdrowofseats:loweranchoragecovers
Attachmentlocatormarkersforlower
anchorages
Circularlocatorbuttonsonthepaddingbetween
theseatcushionandbackrestinthesecondrow
ofseatsindicatethe loweranchoragelocations
=>fig.248.Theloweranchoragelocationsinthe
thirdrowofseatsareindicatedbytheattach-
mentlocatormarkersoftheloweranchorage
brackets>fig.249.Removethepaddingorthe
coverstoaccessthe loweranchoragebrackets.
Loweranchorages
Theloweranchorageattachmentpointsarelo-
catedbetweentherearseatbackandrearseat
cushion&fig.248,>fig.249.
Loweranchoragessecurethechildrestraintin
theseatwithoutusingthevehicle'ssafetybelts.
Anchoragesprovideasecureandeasy-to-useat-
tachmentandminimizethepossibilityofimprop-
erchildrestraintinstallation.
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AllchildrestraintsmanufacturedafterSeptem-
ber1,2002,musthaveloweranchorageattach-
mentsfortheLATCHsystem.
Rememberthattheloweranchoragepointsare
onlyintendedforinstallationandattachmentof
childrestraintsspecificallycertifiedforusewith
LATCHloweranchorages.Childrestraintsthatare
notequippedwiththeloweranchorageattach-
mentscanstillbeinstalledincompliancewith
thechildrestraintmanufacturer'sinstructionson
usingvehiclesafetybelts.

ZA\WARNING
ImproperuseofLATCHloweranchoragescan
causeseriouspersonalinjuryinanaccident.
—Alwayscarefullyfollowthechildrestraints
manufacturer'sinstructionsforproperin-
stallationofthechildrestraintandproper
use
oftheloweranchoragesorsafetybelts
inyourvehicle.
—Neversecureorattachanyluggageorother
itemstotheLATCHlower anchorages.
—Alwaysreadandheedtheimportantinfor-
mationaboutchildrestraintsinthischapter
andWARNINGS>page290,Childsafety.
eeRealmeeeel
loweranchorages
Wheneveryouinstallachildrestraintalwaysfol-
lowthechildrestraintmanufacturer'sinstruc-
tions.


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Fig.250Loweranchorages:propermounting
Mounting
>Makesuretheseatbackoftherearseatbenchis
intheuprightpositionandsecurelylatchedin
place.
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>Removethepaddingorthecoverstoaccessthe
lower
anchoragebrackets.
>Attachbothhook-onconnectorswiththespring
catchreleaseonthechildsafetyseatontothe
LATCHloweranchoragesothattheconnectors
lockintoplace>fig.250.
» Pullontheconnectorattachmentstomake
suretheyareproperlyattachedtotheLATCH
loweranchorage.
> Pullstrapstightfollowingthechildrestraint
manufacturer'sinstructions.
Releasing
>Loosenthetensiononthestrapsfollowingthe
childrestraintmanufacturer'sinstructions.
>Depressthespringcatchestoreleasethean-
choragehooksfromthe Loweranchorages.
Remember:Usetetherstrapstohelpkeepthe
childrestraintfirmlyinplace.

ZA\WARNING
ImproperuseoftheLATCHsystemcanin-
creasetheriskofseriouspersonalinjuryand
deathinanaccident.
—Theseanchorsweredevelopedonlyforchild
safetyseatsusingthe“LATCH”system.
—Neverattachotherchildsafetyseats,belts
orotherobjectstotheseanchors.
—Alwaysmakesurethatyouhearaclickwhen
latchingtheseatinplace.Ifyoudonothear
aclicktheseatisnotsecureandcouldfly
forwardandhittheinteriorofthevehicle,or
beejectedfromthevehicle.

ZA\WARNING
Improperinstallationofchildrestraintswill
increasetheriskofinjuryinanaccident.
—Alwaysfollowthechildrestraintsystem
manufacturer'sinstructionsforproperin-
stallationofthechildrestraintsystem and
properuseoftetherstraps aswellasthe
loweranchoragesorsafetybeltsinyourve-
hicle.
—Alwaysreadandheedtheimportantinfor-
mation
andWARNINGSaboutchildsafety
andtheinstallationofchildrestraintsys-
tems>page290,Childsafety.

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Fig.251Tetheranchorsforsecondrowofseats:attach-
menthooklocations
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Fig.252Tetheranchorsforthirdrowofseats:attachment
hooklocations
Thetetheranchorsfortherearseatingpositions
arelocatedonthebacksideoftherearseatbacks.
AtetherisastraightorV-shapedstrapthatat-
tachesthe toppartofachildrestrainttospecial
anchoragepointsinthevehicle.
Thepurposeofthetetheristoreducethefor-
wardmovementofthechildrestraintinacrash,
inordertohelpreducetheriskofheadinjurythat
couldbecausedbystrikingthevehicleinterior.
Forwardfacingchildrestraintsmanufacturedaf-
terSeptember1,1999,arerequiredbyU.S.fed-
eralregulationstocomplywithnewchildhead
movementperformancerequirements.These
newperformancerequirementsmakeatether
necessaryonmostnewchildsafetyseats.

A\warnine
Improperinstallationofchildrestraintswill
increasetheriskofinjuryanddeathinacrash.
—Alwaysfollowtheinstructionsprovidedby
themanufacturerofthechildrestraintyou
intendtoinstallinyourAudi.

—Improperuseofchildrestraintanchors(in-
cludingtetheranchors)canleadtoinjuryin
acollision.Theanchorsaredesignedto
withstandonlythoseloadsimposedbycor-
rectlyfitted childrestraints.
—Nevermounttwochildrestraintsystemson
oneLATCHloweranchorpoint.
—Neverattachtwochildrestraintsystemsto
onetetherstraportetheranchorage.
—Neverattachatetherstrap toatie-down
hookintheluggagecompartment.
—Neverusechildrestrainttetheranchorages
tosecuresafetybeltsorotherkindsofoccu-
pantrestraints.
—Neversecureorattachanyluggageorother
itemstotheLATCHloweranchoragesorto
thetetheranchors.
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Fig.254Tetherstrap:properroutingandmounting
Installingthetetherstrap
>Releaseordeploythetetherstraponthechild
restraintaccordingtothechildrestraintmanu-
facturer'sinstructions.
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Childsafety

>Guidetheuppertetherstrap undertherear
headrestraintandintotherearcargoarea
(raisetheheadrestraintifnecessary).Forchild
restraintswithV-tetherstraps,alwaysmake
sure thattheheadrestraintguiderodsdonot
interferewithanypartofthetoptetherstrap.
>»Slidethetetherstraphookovertheanchor
bracket.
>Pullonthetetherstraphookso thatthespring
catchofthehookengages.
>Tightenthetetherstrapfirmlyfollowingthe
childrestraintmanufacturer'sinstructions.
Releasingthetetherstrap
>Loosenthetensionfollowingthechildrestraint
manufacturer’sinstructions.
>Depressthespringcatchonthehookandre-
leaseitfromtheanchorage.
@)Note
Ifyouleavethechildrestraintwiththetether
strap firmlyinstalledforseveraldays,this
couldleaveamarkontheupholsteryonthe
seatcushionandbackrestintheareawhere
thetetherstrapwasinstalled.Theupholstery
wouldalsobepermanentlystretchedaround
thetetherstrap.This appliesespeciallyto
leatherseats.
Usingtetherstrapsonrearward-facing
Cemetary
Currently,fewrear-facingchildrestraintsystems
comewithatether.Pleasereadandheedthe
childrestraintsystemmanufacturer'sinstruc-
tionscarefullytodeterminehowtoproperlyin-
stallthetether.

ZAWARNING
Achildinarearward-facingchildsafetyseat
installedonthefrontpassengerseatwillbe
seriouslyinjuredandcanbekilledifthefront
airbaginflates-evenwithanAdvancedAir-
bagSystem.
—Theinflatingairbagwillhitthechildsafety
seatorinfantcarrierwithgreatforceand
willsmashthe childsafetyseatandchild

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againstthebackrest,center armrest,or
door.
—Ifyoumustinstallarearwardfacingchild
safetyseatonthefrontpassengerseatbe-
causeofexceptionalcircumstancesandthe
PASSENGERAIRBAGOFF3;lightdoesnot
comeonandstayon,immediatelyinstall
therear-facingchildsafetyseatinarear
seatingpositionandhavetheairbagsystem
inspectedbyyourAudidealer.

Additionalinformation
Sourcesofinformationaboutchild
restraintsandtheiruse
Thereareanumberofsourcesofadditionalinfor-
mationaboutchildrestraintselection,installa-
tionanduse:
NHTSAadvisesthatthebestchildsafetyseatis
theonethatfitsyourchildandfitsinyourvehi-
cle,andthatyouwillusecorrectlyandconsis-
tently.
Trybeforeyoubuy!
U.S.
National HighwayTrafficSafetyAdminis-
tration
Tel.:1-888-327-4236(TTY:1-800-424-9153)
http://www.nhtsa.gov
http://www.safercar.gov
NationalSAFEKIDSCampaign
Tel.:(202)662-0600
http://www.safekids.org
SafetyBeltSafeU.S.A.
Tel.:(800)745-SAFE(English)
Tel.:(800)747-SANO(Spanish)
http://www.carseat.org
TransportCanadaInformationCentre
Tel.:1-800-333-0371orcall1-613-998-8616if
youareintheOttawaarea
http://www.tc.gc.ca/eng/roadsafety/menu.htm
AudiCustomerExperienceCenter
Tel.:(800)822-2834

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CheckingandFilling

CheckingandFilling
Fuel
ahemelt)
Thecorrectgasolinegradeisstatedontheinside
ofthefuelfillerdoor.
Thevehicleisequippedwithacatalyticconverter
andmustonlybedrivenwithunleadedgasoline.
AudirecommendsusingTOPTIERDetergentGas-
oline.ForadditionalinformationonTOPTIERDe-
tergentGasoline,visitwww.toptiergas.com.
Theindividualgasolinegradesaredifferentiated
byoctaneratings.Thisvalueisgivenwith(R
+M)/2equatingtoAKIorinRON.
Theheadingsbelowmatchthestickerinthefuel
fillerdoor.
UNLEADEDFUELONLYMIN.(R+M)/287
Regular/MIN.RON91Regular
Useregulargasolinewithminimum87AKI/
91RON>©.
Themaximumenginepowerisonlyreachedif
premiumgasoline91AKI/95RONisused.
UNLEADEDFUELONLYPREMIUMMIN.(R
+M)/291/SUPERMIN.RON95
Usingpremiumgasolinewithminimum91AKI/
95RONisrecommended.
Ifpremiumgasolineisnotavailable,youcanalso
useregulargasoline87AKI/91RON.However
thisdoesreduce theenginepowerslightly.
@)Note
—Fillingthetankjustonetimewithleaded
fuel orothermetallicadditiveswillcause
permanentdeteriorationtothecatalytic
converterfunction.
—Whengasolinewithanoctaneratingthatis
toolowisused,highspeedsorheavyengine
loadcanleadtoenginedamage.
@Tips
Thevehiclemaybefilledwithfuelthathasa
higheroctaneratingthanwhatisrequiredby
theengine.
Gasolinemixture
GasolinewithalcoholorMTBE(Methyl-Tert-
Butyl-Ether)
Youcan useunleadedgasolinemixedwithalco-
holorMTBE(generallylabeledasoxygenated
compounds)aslongasthefuelmeetsthefollow-
ingconditions:
Gasolinewithmethanolcontent(methylalco-
holormethanol)
—Anti-KnockIndexisatleast87AKI
—Nomorethan3%methanol
—Morethan2%solvent
Gasolinewithethanolcontent(ethylalcoholor
ethanol)
—Anti-KnockIndexisatleast87AKI
—Nomorethan15%ethanol
GasolinewithMTBEcontent
—Anti-KnockIndexisatleast87AKI
—Nomorethan15%MTBE
Gasolineadaptedtotheseason
Manygasolinefuelsareadaptedtotheseasons.
Whentheseasonchanges,werecommendrefu-
elingathigh-trafficgasstations.Itismorelikely
thatthegasolinewillbesuitablefortheseason
there.
()Note
—Gasolinewithmethanolcontentthatdoes
notmeetthespecifiedconditionsmaycause
corrosiondamageanddamagetoplasticor
rubbercomponentsinthefuelsystem.
—Donotusegasoline thatdoesnotmeetthe
specifications.
—Ifyouareunabletofindoutifaspecificgas-
olinemixturemeetsthespecifications,ask
the gasstationoperatorortheirfuelsuppli-
er.
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CheckingandFilling

—Donotuseanygasolinemixturewhose
compositioncannotbeidentified.
—Audidoesnotassumeanyresponsibilityfor
damagetothefuelsystemorforperform-
ance
problemscausedbyusinggasoline
mixturesdifferentfromthosespecified.
Thistypeofdamagealsodoesnotfallunder
theNewVehicleLimitedWarrantyorunder
the emissionscontrolsystemwarranty.
—Ifyounoticeahigherfuelconsumptionor
poorhandlingorperformanceproblemsdue
tosuchgasolinemixtures,werecommend
fuelingwithunblendedgasoline.
Gasolineadditives
Animportantissueformanyautomobilemanu-
facturersiscombustionresidueintheengine
thatresultsfromtheuseofcertainfuels.
Althoughtypesofgasolinedifferdependingon
themanufacturer,therearesimilarities.Certain
substancesinthegasolinemaycausedepositsin
theengine.Additivesinthegasolinethatshould
keeptheengineandfuelsystemcleandonotall
functionequally.
AudirecommendsusingTOPTIERDetergentGas-
oline.ForadditionalinformationonTOPTIERDe-
tergentGasoline,visitwww.toptiergas.com.
Ifyouuseincorrectfuelsoveralongperiodof
time,themaximumengineperformancemaybe
impaired
bycombustionresidue.
©Note
Damageormalfunctionscausedbytheuseof
incorrecttypesofgasolinearenotcoveredby
theNewVehicleLimitedWarranty.
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Refueling
Fuelingprocedure


Fig.255Rightrearsideofthevehicle:openingthefuel
fillerdoor




Fig.256Fuelfillerdoorwithattachedfuelcap
Thefuelfillerdoorisunlockedorlockedbythe
central lockingsystem.
>Pressontheleftsideofthefuelfillerdoorto
openit>fig.255.
>Unscrewthetankcapcounterclockwise.
» Placethecapfromaboveontheopenfuelfiller
door&fig.256.
> Insertthefuelpumpnozzleallthewayintothe
fuelfillerneck.
>Beginfueling.Oncethefuelpumpnozzleturns
offthefirsttime,thefueltankisfull.Donot
continuefueling, or elsetheexpansionspacein
thetankwillbefilledwithfuel.
> Afterthefuelpumphasswitchedoff,waitfive
secondsbeforeremovingthenozzletoallow
therestofthefueltofinishdrippingintothe
fueltank.
>Turn thefuelcapclockwiseuntilitclicksinto
place.
>Closethefuelfillerdoorandthenpressonthe
leftsideuntilitlatches.>