2019 AUDI Q7 warning light

Stowingandusing

Stowingandusing
Ashtray
Appliesto:vehicleswithashtray
= + 3 s
=zao

Fig.63Front centerconsole:ashtray
Openingandclosing
>Toopentheashtray,slidethecoverup.
>Toclosetheashtray,pressdownonthecover.
Emptying
>Toemptytheashtray,pullitupwardandout.

ofinjuries,neverleavechildrenunattendedin

thevehiclewiththevehiclekey.


ZAWARNING
Neverusetheashtraytoholdpaper,because
thisincreasestheriskofafire.

Cigarettelighter
Appliesto:vehicleswithacigarettelighter


Fig.64Frontcenterconsole:cigarettelighter
>
Pressthecigarettelighterin.
>Removethecigarettelighterwhenitpopsout.

ZA\WARNING
Thecigarettelighteronlyworkswhentheig-
nitionisswitchedon.Incorrectusagecanlead
to serious
injuriesorburns.To reducetherisk

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Powersources
Whentheignitionisswitchedon,youmaybe
abletouse theelectricpowersourcesforexter-
naldevices,dependingonthevehicleequipment.
12voltsockets
Youcanconnectelectricalaccessoriestothe12
voltsockets.Thepowerusagemustnotexceed
120watts.
The12voltsocketsarelabeledwiththe&or
12Vsymbol.Theyarelocatedinthefrontcenter
console*,intherear*andonthesidetrimpanel
intheluggagecompartment*.
USBports
Appliesto:VehicleswithUSBport
Youcan chargemobiledevicesusingtheUSB
ports.TheUSBportsarelabeledwiththe+or
[4symbolorCHARGEONLY.


ZA\WARNING
Incorrectusagecanleadtoseriousinjuriesor
burns.Toreducetheriskofinjuries,never
leavechildrenunattendedinthevehiclewith
thevehiclekey.

@)Note
—Disconnecttheconnectorsfromthepower
sourcescarefullytoreduce theriskofdam-
agingthem.
—Toreducetheriskofdamagetothevehicle
electricalsystem,neverattempttocharge
the
vehiclebatterybyconnectingaccesso-
riesthatprovidepower,suchassolarpanels
orbatterychargers, tothepowersources.
—Toreducetheriskofdamagetothepower
sources,onlyuseplugsandconnectorsthat
fitcorrectly.

Stowingandusing


—Onlyuse thestoragecompartmentsinthe
doortrimpanelstostoresmallobjectsthat
willnotstickoutofthecompartmentand
impair thefunction ofthesideairbags.
—Makesurethattheviewtotherearisnot
obstructedbyhanginggarments.
—Hangonlylightweightclothingandbesure
that
therearenoheavyorsharp-edgedob-
jectsinthepockets.
—Donotusecoathangerstohanggarments
becausethiscouldreducetheeffectiveness
ofthesidecurtainairbags*.

Luggagecompartment
ereieleuriela)
Allluggageandotherobjectsmustbeproperly
stowedandsecuredintheluggagecompart-
ment.

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Fig.67Safeloadpositioning:placeheavyobjectsaslow
andasfarforwardaspossible.
Looseitemsintheluggagecompartmentcan
shiftsuddenly,changingvehiclehandlingcharac-
teristics.Looseitems canalsoincreasetheriskof
seriouspersonalinjuryinasuddenvehiclema-
neuverorinacollision.
>Distributetheloadevenlyintheluggagecom-
partment.
>Alwaysplaceandproperlysecureheavyitemsin
theluggagecompartmentaslowandasfarfor-
ward
aspossible>fig.67.
>Secureluggageusingthetie-downsprovided
=>page65.
>Makesurethattherearseatbackissecurely
latchedinplace.
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ANWARNING
Improperlystoredluggageorotheritemscan
flythroughthevehiclecausingseriousper-
sonalinjuryinthe eventofhardbrakingoran
accident.Tohelpreducetheriskofserious
personalinjury:
—Alwaysputobjects,forexample,luggageor
otherheavyitemsintheluggagecompart-
ment.
—Alwayssecureobjectsintheluggagecom-
partmentusingthetie-downeyeletsand
suitablestraps.

Z\WARNING
Heavyloadswillinfluencethewayyourvehi-
clehandles.TohelpreducetheriskofaLossof
controlleadingto seriouspersonalinjury:
—Alwayskeepinmindwhentransporting
heavyobjects,thatachangeinthecenter of
gravitycanalsocausechangesinvehicle
handling:
—Alwaysdistributetheload asevenlyas
possible.
—Placeheavyobjects asfarforwardinthe
luggagecompartmentaspossible.
—Neverexceedthe GrossAxleWeightRating
ortheGrossVehicleWeightRatingspecified
onthesafetycompliancestickeronthedriv-
er'ssideB-pillar.Exceedingpermissible
weightstandardscancausethevehicleto
slideandhandledifferently.
—Pleaseobserveinformationonsafedriving
=>page254.


ZNWARNING
Tohelppreventpoisonousexhaustgasfrom
beingdrawnintothevehicle,alwayskeepthe
rearlidclosedwhiledriving.
—Nevertransportobjectslargerthanthose
fittingcompletelyintotheluggageareabe-
causetherearlidcannotbefullyclosed.
—Ifyouabsolutelymustdrivewiththerearlid
open,observethefollowingnotestoreduce
the
riskofpoisoning:
—Closeallwindows,
—Closethesunroof*,

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Stowingandusing

Foldingthebackrestupright
>Pulltheleverup>page54,fig.53andfoldthe
backrestuprightuntilitlocksintoplace>A\.
Foldingthecenterbackrestdown*
>Toreleasethebackrest,pullthereleasestrap
atthefrontorrearsideoftheseat>fig.71or
>fig.72.
> Foldthebackrestforward.
Foldingthecenterbackrest upright*
>Foldthebackrestupwarduntilitlocksinto
place>A\.
Thecenter backrestmaybefoldeddownsepa-
rately*.Thisallowsyoutotransportlongobjects
(suchasskis)insidethevehicle.

ZAWARNING
—Becarefulwhenreleasingthebackrestand
foldingitforward.Toreducetheriskofbe-
ingpinched,payattentionandcheckwhen
foldingbackrestsforward.
— Thebackrestmustbelatchedsecurelyto en-
surethatthesafetybeltisprotectingthe
centerseatingposition.
— Thebackrestmustbesecurelylatchedso
objectscannotslideforwardoutofthelug-
gagecompartmentduringsuddenbraking.
—Alwayspullforwardonthebackresttomake
sureitischeckifit iscorrectlylockedin
place.
—Toreducetheriskofinjuryinvehicleswith
thirdrowseats*,the centerbackrestmust
beintheuprightpositionandlockedinto
placeiftherearepassengersridinginthe

thirdrow*.

@)Note
Makesuretheoutersafetybeltsarenot
pinchedordamagedwhenfoldingtheseat
back.
—Readandfollowthewarnings>A\inEntry/
exitassistance(secondrowseats)on
page55and>@inFoldingthebackrest
down/up(thirdrowseats)onpage56.
—Toreducetheriskofdamage,movetherear
headrestraintsdownbeforefoldingtherear
backrestsforward>page57.
Luggagecompartmentnet
Appliesto:vehicleswithluggagecompartmentnet
Thecargonetpreventssmallobjectsfromslid-
ing.


»Attachthehooksfortheluggagecompartment
netinthetie-downs>fig.73.

AWARNING
—Neversecurea childsafetyseattothetie-
downs.
— Theluggagecompartmentnetisonlystrong
enoughtosecurelightobjects.Heavyob-
jectsarenotadequatelysecured.Attempt-
ingtosecureheavyobjectsincreasestherisk
ofinjury.
Cargofloor




Fig.74Luggagecompartment:installingthecargofloor
Removingandinstallingthecargofloor
>Toremovethecargofloor,pulltheentirecargo
floortowardthebackofthevehicle.>
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Driving

Invehicleswithmemoryfunction*,thesteering
columnsettingsarestoredtogetherwiththe
seatposition.
VA
Appliesto:vehicleswithpowersteeringwheeladjustment
Easyseatentrymakesiteasiertoenterandexit
thevehiclebyadjustingthesteeringcolumnau-
tomatically.

> SelectintheInfotainmentsystem:[MENU]but-
ton>Vehicle> leftcontrolbutton>Vehicle
settings>Seats>Driver'sseat>Easyentry
function.

Wheneasyseatentryisswitchedon,thesteering
columngoesbackupintotheparkpositionwhen
theignitionisswitchedoff.Afterenteringtheve-
hicle,thesteeringcolumnreturnstothestored
positiononcetheignitionisswitchedon.
Startingandstopping
theengine
Startingtheengine
The[STARTENGINESTOP]buttonswitchesthe
ignitiononandstartstheengine.



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Fig.82Cockpit:STARTENGINESTOPbutton
Requirement:Thekeymustbeinthevehicle.
Startingtheengine
>Pressthebrake pedal
>Pressthe[STARTENGINESTOP]button
>fig.82.Theenginewillstart.



Switching theignitiononoroff
Ifyouwouldliketoswitchtheignitiononwith-
outstartingtheengine,followthesesteps:

>Pressthe[STARTENGINESTOP]buttonwithout
pressingthebrakepedal.Vehicleswithoutthe
Start/Stopsystem*:theneedleinthetachome-
termovesintotheREADYposition.
>Toswitchtheignitionoff,pressthe button
again.Theneedleinthetachometermovesinto
theOFFposition.

Equipmentthatusesalotofelectricityisswitch-
edofftemporarilywhenyoustarttheengine.
Iftheenginedoesnotstartimmediately,the
startingprocedurestopsautomaticallyaftera
shorttime.Repeatthestartingprocedure.
Start/Stopsystem*
Seetheinformationin>page79,Start/Stop
system.

ZXWARNING
To reducetheriskofasphyxiation,never allow
theenginetoruninconfinedspaces.
@)Note
Avoidhighenginespeed,fullthrottle,and
heavyengineloadiftheenginehasnot
reached
operatingtemperatureyet.Youcould
damagetheengine.


@)Forthesakeoftheenvironment
Donotlettheenginerunwhileparkedto
warmup.Begindrivingimmediately.Thisre-
ducesunnecessaryemissions.
@)Tips
—Somenoiseafterstartingtheengineisnor-
malandisnocauseforconcern.
—Ifyouleavethevehiclewiththeignition
switchedon,theignitionwillswitchoffaf-
teracertainamountoftime.Makesurethat
electricalequipmentsuchastheexterior
lightsareswitchedoff.
Startingtheengine
>Bringthevehicletoafullstop.
>Pressthe[STARTENGINESTOP]button
=>page77,fig.82.



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Driving

Emergencyofffunction*
Ifitisabsolutelynecessary,theenginecanalso
beturnedoffwhiledrivingatspeedsstartingat
4mph(7km/h).Toswitchtheengineoff,press
the [STARTENGINESTOP]buttontwiceinarow
brieflyorpressandholdthebuttonforlonger
thanonesecond.



Z\WARNING
—Neverturnofftheenginebeforethevehicle
hascometoacompletestop.Switchingit
offbeforethevehiclehasstoppedmayim-
pairthefunctionofthebrakeboosterand
powersteering.Youwouldthenneedtouse
moreforceto steerandbrakethevehicle.
Thefactthatyoucannotsteerandbrakeas
usualmayincreasetheriskofaccidentsand
seriousinjuries.
—Ifyouleavethevehicle,switchtheignition
offandtakethevehiclekeywithyou.Ifyou
donotdothis,theenginecouldbestarted
andelectricalequipmentsuchasthepower
windowscouldbeactivated.Thiscanleadto
seriousinjuries.
—For safetyreasons,alwaysparkthevehicle
withtheselectorleverinthe"P"position.
Otherwise,thereistheriskthatthevehicle
couldrollunintentionally.

@)Note
Iftheenginehasbeenunderheavyloadfor
anextendedperiodoftime,heatbuildsupin
theenginecompartmentaftertheengineis
switchedoffandthereisariskofdamaging
theengine.Forthisreason,lettheenginerun
atidleforapproximatelytwominutesbefore
shuttingitoff.
G)Tips
Forupto10minutesafterstoppingtheen-
gine,theradiatorfanmayturnonagainauto-
maticallyoritmaycontinuetorun,evenifthe
ignitionisswitchedoff.
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Messages
Enginerunning.Warning!Turnoffignitionbe-
foreleavingvehicle
Thismessageappearsandawarningtonesounds
ifyouopenthedriver'sdoorwhentheengineis
running.
Pleasepressthebrake pedal
Thismessageappearsifyoudonotpressthe
brakepedalwhenstartingtheengine.
BRemotecontrolkey:key notdetected.Isthe
keystillinthevehicle?
Thisindicatorlightturnsonandthismessageap-
pearsifthevehiclekeyisremovedfromthevehi-
clewhentheengineisrunning.Ifthevehiclekey
isnoLongerinthevehicle,youcannotswitchthe
ignitiononorstarttheengineonceyoustopit.
Youalsocannotlockthevehiclefromtheoutside.
ShifttoP,otherwisevehiclecanrollaway.
DoorsdonotlockifgearshiftisnotinP
The
ignitionhasbeenswitchedoffandthetrans-
missionisinthe“N”position.Select“P”,other-
wisethevehiclemayrollanditcannotbelocked.
Remotecontrolkey:holdbackofkey
againstthedesignatedarea.Seeowner'sman-
ual
Iftheindicatorlightturnsonandthismessage
appears,thereisamalfunction>page79.
Shift to
Pbeforeleavingvehicle,otherwisevehi-
clecanrollaway
Thedriver'sdoorisopenand“P”isengaged.Se-
lect
“P”beforeleavingthevehicle,otherwisethe
vehiclecanrollaway=page80.

Driving

—Theignitionwillturnoffifyoupressthe
STARTENGINESTOP]buttonduringastop


phase.
—Youcancontroliftheenginewillstopornot
byreducingorincreasingtheamountof
forceyouusetopressthebrakepedal.For
example,ifyouonlylightlypressonthe
brakepedalinstop-and-gotrafficorwhen
turning,theenginewillnotswitchoffwhen
thevehicleisstationary.Ifyoupressthe
brakepedalharder,theenginewillswitch
off.
Startingandstoppingtheengineautomat-
relay
Appliesto:vehicleswithStart/Stopsystem
Thesystemchecksifcertainconditionsaremet
beforeandduringthe"stop"phase,anddeter-
minesiftheenginestopsandhowlongitre-
mainsstopped.Forexample,ifpowerusageis
high,theenginewillnotbestopped.Alongwith
otherconditions,thefollowingfactors influence
theautomaticenginestartorstop:
—Environmentalconditions(slopes,inclines,ele-
vation,temperature)
—Battery(chargestatus,temperature,powerus-
age)
—Enginetemperature
—Assistsystems
—Drivingbehavior
Dependingontheengine,theGyindicatorlight
mayappeariftheengineisnotstopped.

SearsMUMMLMLluiace]00
Appliesto:vehicleswith Start/Stopsystem
Ifyouleavethevehicleduringa"stop"phase,the
enginecanberestartedwithinapproximately30
secondsifthedoorsareclosed,thedriver'ssafe-
tybeltisfastened,andthebrakepedalispress-
ed.
Ifyouleavethevehiclelongerthan30seconds,
theignitionwillswitchoffautomaticallytopre-
vent thevehiclebatteryfromdraining.Ifthisis
thecase,themessageStart/stopsystem:igni-
tionwillbeswitchedoffin30swillappearinthe
instrumentclusterand,ifthelowbeamhead-
80
lightsareswitchedon,theparkinglightswill
switchoninstead.Theparkinglightswillswitch
offafterapproximately30minutesorwhenyou
lockthevehicle.
Theignitionalsoswitchesoffwhenyoulockthe
vehiclefromtheoutsideduringastop phase.
IftheStart/Stopsystemhasnot turnedoffthe
engineorifyouhave switchedtheStart/Stopsys-
temoffmanually, theenginewillcontinuetorun
andtheignitionwillnotswitchoffautomatically.

ZXWARNING
To reducetheriskofasphyxiation,never allow
theenginetoruninconfinedspaces.
G)Tips
Ifyouleavethevehiclewiththe"D/S"or"R"
selectorleverpositionengaged,theparking
brakeisautomaticallyset.
ManuallyswitchingtheStart/Stopsystem
amiemela)
Appliesto:vehicleswithStart/Stopsystem

The@)o*buttonislocatedabovetheselectorlev-
erinthecenterconsole.
>Press(A)toswitchonoroff.TheLEDinthe
buttonturnsonwhenthefunctionisswitched
off.
@)Tips
Ifyouswitchthesystemoffduringastop
phase, theenginewillstartagainautomati-
cally.
Messages
Appliesto:vehicleswithStart/Stopsystem
Start/stopsystem:deactivated.Pleasestart
enginemanually
Thismessageappearswhenspecificconditions
arenotmetduringastopphase.TheStart/Stop
systemwillnot beabletorestarttheengine.The
enginemustbestartedwiththe
STARTENGINESTOP]button.

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Driving

Start/stopsystem:malfunction!Function
unavailable.PleasecontactService
ThereisamalfunctionintheStart/Stopsystem.
DrivethevehicletoanauthorizedAudidealeror
authorizedServiceFacilityassoonaspossibleto
havethemalfunctioncorrected.
Electromechanical
parkingbrake
nR
& = & a

Fig.84Centerconsole:parkingbrake
Yourvehicleisequippedwithanelectromechani-
calparkingbrake@©fig.84.Theparkingbrake
isdesignedtopreventthevehiclefromrolling
unintentionallyandreplacesthehandbrake.
Setting/manuallyreleasingtheparking
brake
>Pullthe©switchto settheparkingbrake.The
LEDintheswitchturnson.TheZin(USAmod-
els)/[@(Canadamodels)indicatorlightalso
turnsonintheinstrumentclusterdisplay.
>Toreleasetheparkingbrakemanually,press
thebrakeoracceleratorpedalwhiletheigni-
tionisswitchedonandpressthe©)switchat
thesametime.TheLEDinthebuttonandthe
indicatorlightinthedisplayturnoff.
Releasingtheparking brake automatically
Requirement:
thedoorsmustbeclosedandthe
driver'ssafetybeltmustbefastened.
>Tostartdrivingandreleasetheparkingbrake
automatically,presstheacceleratorpedalas
usual.
Inadditiontoreleasingtheparkingbrakeauto-
matically,otherconvenienceandsafetyfunctions

are availablewhenyoustartdriving>page82,
Startingtodrive.
Preventingtheautomaticparkingbrake
release
Thevehiclecouldbeginrollingunintentionally
whentheparkingbrakeisreleasedifthevehicle
isonahillortowingatrailer.
>Topreventtheparkingbrakefromreleasingau-
tomatically,pullandholdthe©)switchand
presstheacceleratorpedal.Theparkingbrake
remainssetandpreventsthevehiclefromroll-
ingbackward.
>Youcanreleasethe©)switchagainonceyou
aresurethatyouaregivingenoughdriving
force tothewheelsbypressingtheaccelerator
pedal.
Emergencybrakingfunction
Youcan usetheemergencybrakingfunctioninan
emergency
situation,orifthestandardbrakes
aremalfunctioningorthepedalisobstructed.
> Pullandholdthe©)switch.
>»Assoonasyoureleasethe©)switchoracceler-
ate,thebrakingstops.
Pullingandholdingthe©)switchwhiledriving
thevehicleactivatestheemergencybrakingfunc-
tion.Thehydraulicbrakesystemwillbrakeall
fourwheels.Thebrakingeffectissimilartoheavy
braking>A\.
Toreducetheriskofactivatingtheemergency
brakingby mistake,awarningtone(buzzer)
soundswhenthe©)switchispulled.Emergency
brakingstopsassoonasthe©)switchisreleased
ortheacceleratorpedalispressed.
Parking
>Pressthebrakepedaltostopthevehicle.
> Pullthe©)switchto settheparkingbrake.
>Selectthe"P"selectorleverposition.
>Turn theengineoff>/\.
>Turnthesteeringwheelwhenparkingonin-
clinesso thatthewheelswillrollintothecurb
ifthevehiclestartsmoving.
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Driving

Requirement:thedriver'sdoormustbeclosed
andtheenginemustberunning.
>Toactivatehillholdassist,pressandholdthe
brakepedalforseveralseconds.Thevehicle
mustbefacinguphill.
Afterreleasingthebrakepedal,thebrakingpow-
erismaintainedbriefly>A\topreventthevehi-
clefromrollingbackwhenstarting.Thisallows
youtobegindrivingmoreeasily.

Z\WARNING
—Ifyoudonotbegindrivingimmediatelyor
theenginestallsafterreleasingthebrake
pedal,yourvehiclemaybegintorollback-
ward.Pressthebrakepedalorsetthepark-
ingbrakeimmediately.
— Theintelligenttechnologyofhillholdassist
cannotovercomethelimitationsimposedby
naturalphysicallaws.Theincreasedcomfort
offeredbyhillholdassistshouldnotcause
youtotakesafetyrisks.
—Hillholdassistcannotholdthevehiclein
placeonallhills(forexample,iftheground
isslipperyoricy).
—Toreducetheriskofanaccident,always
makesurethevehicleissituatedsafely
whilestationary.


Offroaddriving
TheElectronicStabilizationControl(ESC)func-
tionsareenhancedfordrivingoffroad.Offroad
modecanbeactivated whendrivinginsituations
where
slippageoradifferentiallockfunctionis
necessary>page147.Thehilldescentassistis
alsoavailable,whichautomaticallybrakestheve-
hicletomaintainaconstantspeed>page148.
Inaddition,yourAudiprovidescontinuousall
wheeldrive.
However,yourAudiisnotapurelyoffroadvehi-
cle.Yourvehiclewasnotdesignedtodriveunder
extremeoperatingconditionssuchasdrivingin
anexpeditionstyle.
Onlydriveinterrainthatissuitableforthevehi-
cleandyourdrivingability.Nevertakeanyun-
necessaryrisks!
Beforedrivingoffroad
—Checktheengineoillevel,thetirepressure,the
coolantlevelandthefluidlevelinthewasher
fluidreservoir.
—Storepiecesofluggageandotherobjectsinthe
luggagecompartmentandsecurethemfrom
slidingoutofplace.
Afterdrivingoffroad
—Afterdrivingoffroad,removebranchesandoth-
erdebrisfromtheradiatorgrille,underbody,
andwheels.Lookespeciallyforforeignobjects
(suchasstones)thatmaybestuckinthetire
tread.
—Cleanthevehiclebody andunderbodyandin-
spectthevehicleforpossibledamage.
—Cleanthe windows,headlights,taillightsand
thelicenseplateiftheyaredirty.
—Performabraketest(especiallyafterdriving
throughwater).

ZAWARNING
—Beespeciallycautiousandawarewhendriv-
ingunderdifficultconditionsandwhenoff-
road.Vehicledamageandinjuriesmayoccur
whendrivingatexcessivelyhighspeedsor
withincorrectdrivingmaneuvers.
—Alwaysadjustyourspeedanddrivingstyle
totheroads,terrain,trafficandweather
conditions.Driveespeciallyslowlyifthereis
lowvisibilitywhenoffroad.
—Pleasenotethatthewheelscanspinmore
andthevehiclecanswervewheninoffroad
mode,especiallywhentheroadisslippery
orhasloosesurfacematerial.
—Drivingstabilityisreducedwheninoffroad
mode.


(@)Forthesakeoftheenvironment
Avoidharmingtheenvironmentandshow
considerationfornature.
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