2019 AUDI Q7 Service

Parkingaid

Adjustingtheparkingaid
Appliesto:vehicleswitharearparkingsystem/parkingsys-
templus/rearviewcamera/peripheralcameras/parkassist.
ThefunctionsareadjustedintheInfotainment
system.

> SelectintheInfotainmentsystem:[MENU]but-
ton>Vehicle> leftcontrolbutton>Driveras-
sistance>Parkingaid.Or
>Whentheparkingaidisactive,selectintheIn-
fotainmentsystem:rightcontrolbutton*.

Endsystem*-stoptheparkingaid
Activateautomatically*-switchautomaticacti-
vationon/off
Frontvolume*-volumeforthefrontandside*
area
Rearvolume-volumeforthereararea
Entertainmentfader-thevolumeoftheaudio/
videosourceisLoweredwhentheparkingsystem
isturnedon.
Thenewvalueisgivenbrieflyduringtheadjust-
ment.
View*-switchbetweenanopticaldisplay
(Graphic)andcameraimage(Camera)onthe
sideofthedisplay.
Trailerview*-showtrailerview
*Auto.front/rearcamerachange*-theviewbe-
hindthevehicle(Rearmode)isdisplayedauto-
maticallywhenyoushiftintoreversegear.The
viewinfront ofthevehicle(Frontmode)isdis-
playedautomaticallywhenyoushiftintothefor-
wardgears.Whenfirstactivatinginaforward
gearwiththeP”button,thefrontsideviewis
displayed(Cornerview(front)mode).
IfyoudonotsettheV,theviewbehindthevehi-
cle(Rearmode)isalwaysdisplayedanditdoes
notswitchtothe Frontmodewhenaforward
gearisselected.
@)Tips
—Severalmenuscanbeaccessedwiththe
rightcontrolbuttononlywhentheparking
aidisactive.
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— Thesettingsforvolumeandautomaticacti-
vation*areautomaticallystoredandas-
signedtothevehiclekeybeingused.
Errormessages
Appliesto:vehicleswitharearparkingsystem/parkingsys-
templus/rearviewcamera/peripheralcameras/parkassist.
wwRearparkingaid:malfunction!Obstacles
cannotbedetected
wwFront parkingaid:malfunction!Obstacles
cannotbedetected
wmParkingaid:malfunction!Obstaclescannot
bedetected
Whenoneofthesemessagesappears,thereisa
systemmalfunction.The LEDintheP”buttonal-
soblinkswhenswitchingiton.Therelevantmes-
sageonlyappearsagainwhenyoumanuallyacti-
vatetheparkingaidwiththebutton.
Rearparkingaid:obstacledetectionrestrict-
ed
Therearcross-trafficassist*>page123,Rear
cross-trafficassistisnotavailable.EithertheESC
isswitchedoff,ortheradarsensorsmaybecov-
ered byabikerack,stickers,leaves,snoworother
objects.SwitchtheESCon,orcleantheareain
frontofthesensorsifnecessary>page120,
fig.116.Ifthismessagecontinuestobedis-
played,driveimmediatelytoanauthorizedAudi
dealerorauthorizedAudiServiceFacilitytohave
themalfunctionrepaired.
Parkingsystemplus*/Parkassist*
If asensororspeakerisfaulty,theP4symbol
willappearinfrontof/behindthevehicleinthe
Infotainmentsystemdisplay.If arearsensoris
faulty,onlyobstaclesthatareinareas(@)and
areshown>page132,fig. 128.Ifafrontsensor
isfaulty,onlyobstaclesthatareinareas©and
©areshown.
Peripheralcameras*
Thereisasystemmalfunctionifthe#«symbol
appearsandthecorrespondingareaofthedis-
playisshowninblack.Thecameraisnotworking
inthisarea.

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Parkingaid

DrivetoanauthorizedAudidealerorauthorized
AudiServiceFacilityimmediatelytohavethe
malfunctioncorrected.
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—thevehiclespeedislowerthan19mph(30
km/h)
—thehillangleisatleastapproximately6%

Z\WARNING
—Bereadytoapply thebrakesatalltimes
whenusingthehillholdassist.
—Alwaysadjustthespeedtothevisibility,
weather,road,andtrafficconditions.The
systemcannotreplacethedriver'satten-
tion.
— Thesystemcannotmaintainaconstantvehi-
clespeedinallsituations,forexamplewhen
onsmoothorslipperyground.Thiscanin-
creasetheriskofanaccident.

Brakes
Newbrakepads
Newbrakepadsdonotachievetheirfullbraking
effectduringthefirst250mi(400km).They
mustbe“brokenin”first.However,youcancom-
pensatefortheslightlyreducedbrakingforceby
pressingfirmlyonthebrakepedal.Avoidheavy
brakingduringthebreak-inperiod.
Brakepadweardependslargelyonthewaythe
vehicleisdrivenandonoperatingconditions.
Brakepadwearincreaseswhendrivingfrequently
inthecityorshortdistancesorwhenusingavery
sportydrivingstyle.
Operatingnoise
Noisesmayoccurwhenbrakingdependingonthe
speed,brakingforce,andoutsideconditionssuch
astemperatureandhumidity.
Wetconditionsorroadsalt
Incertainsituations,forexampleafterdriving
throughwater,inheavyrain,orafterwashing
yourcar,thebrakingeffectmaybereduceddue
tomoistureoriceonthebrakerotorsandbrake
pads.Thebrakesmustbe“dried”firstwithafew
carefulbrakeapplications.
Whendrivingathigherspeedswhilethewind-
shieldwipersareswitchedon,thebrakepadsare
brieflypressedagainstthebrakerotors.Thisac-
tion,whichisnotfeltby thedriver,happensat
regularintervalsandensuresabetterreaction
timeforthe brakesinwetweather.
Thebrakingeffectcanalsobereducedifyouare
drivingonsaltedroadsandyoudonotapplythe
brakesforlongperiodsoftime.Thelayerofsalt
onthebrakerotorsandpadsmustbewornoff
firstwhenthebrakesareapplied.
Corrosion
Leavingthevehicleparkedforlongperiodsof
time,lowmileageonthevehicle,andavoiding
heavybrakingcancontributetocorrosiononthe
brakerotorsandtodirtybrakepads.
Ifyouusuallyavoidheavybrakingorifthereis
corrosionpresent,occasionalheavybrakingat
highspeedsisrecommendedtocleanthebrake
rotorsandpads>A.
Brakesystemmalfunction
Ifyounoticethatthebrakepedalsuddenlygoes
downfarthertowardthefloorwhenyoupressit,
thenabrakecircuitinthedual-circuitbrakesys-
temmayhavemalfunctioned.Drivetoanauthor-
izedAudidealerorauthorizedAudiServiceFacili-
tyimmediatelytohavetheproblemcorrected.
Onthewaythere,drivewithreducedspeedand
keepinmindthatyouwillneedalongerdistance
tostopandyouwillneedtopressthebrake pedal
harder.
Lowbrakefluidlevel
Whenthebrakefluidlevelislow,malfunctionsin
thebrakesystemmayoccur.Thebrakefluidlevel
iselectronicallymonitored.
Brakebooster
Thebrakeboosteramplifiesthepressureyouap-
plytothebrakepedal.

Z\WARNING
—Onlyapplythe brakesforthepurposeof
cleaningthebrakesystemwhenroadand
trafficconditionspermit.Youmustnoten-
dangerotherroadusersandincreasethe
riskofanaccident.
—Duetotheriskofinjury,onlyhaveanau-
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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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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.

MultiMediaInterface

Requirement:amapmustbedisplayed—Movingthestandardmap/satellitemap):
>page214.movethecrosshairsshowninthedesireddirec-
tionusingtwofingersontheMMItouchcon-
trolpad©fig.165.
—Movingthemapquickly:whenthecrosshairs
arevisible,pulltwofingersacrosstheMMI
touchcontrolpadquicklyinthedesireddirec-
tion.Themapwill cometoastopafterseveral
seconds.
—Showing/hidingthecrosshairs:pressthecon-
trolknobtoshowthecrosshairs@)>fig.164.
Or:pressontheMMItouchcontrolpad.Tohide
thecrosshairsagain,pressthe[BACK]button@
=>page153,fig.153or>page153,fig.154.
—Movingthecrosshairsonamap:movethe
crosshairsshowninthedesireddirectionusing
yourfingerontheMMItouchcontrolpad
>fig.164.Zoomingin/outonthemap
Appliesto:vehicleswithMMItouch
Movingthemap
Appliesto:vehicleswithMMItouch



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Fig.166Zoominginandoutonthemap

Requirement:amapmustbedisplayed
=>page214.
—Zoomingin/outonthemap:pressthecontrol
knobtoshowthecrosshairs.TouchtheMMI
touchcontrolpadwithtwofingersandpull
yourfingersapartortogether>fig.166.

Pressthe[BACK]button(%)tohidethecrosshairs
=>page153,fig.153.
Fig.165MovingthemapPNTema eelLaemcolder
Appliesto:vehicleswithMMItouch



Requirement:amapmustbedisplayed
=>page214.
Requirement:theBalance/faderfunctionmust
beselected>page251.
—Showing/hidingthecrosshairs:pressthecon-
trolknobtoshowthecrosshairs@)©fig.165.
Or:pressontheMMItouchcontrolpad.Tohide
thecrosshairsagain,pressthe[BACK]button@)
=>page153,fig.153or>page153,fig.154.
—Movingthecrosshairsforsoundfocus:move
yourfingerinthedesireddirectionontheMMI
touchcontrolpad.
—Storingthecrosshairslocation:pressthecon-
trolknobtwice.Or:pressthe[BACK]button
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DAUDIAGprovidesaccesstoservicesfromthirdpartypro-
viders.Permanentavailabilitycannotbeguaranteed,be-
causethatdependsonthethirdpartyprovider.
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Multifunctionsteeringwheel

Telephone
Appliesto:vehicleswith multifunctionsteeringwheeland
telephone
Calllist
re
eMysetey
Fig.172Example:telephonefunctionsinthedriverinfor-
mationsystem
Requirement:acellphonemustbeconnectedto
theMMI>page178andthetelephonetabmust
bedisplayed.
>Presstheleftcontrolbuttononthemultifunc-
tionsteeringwheel.
Dependingonvehicleequipment,thefollowing
functionsmaybeavailableinthedriverinforma-
tionsystem.
—Accessingacontact:selectandconfirmCall
list/Favorites/Directory.Selectandconfirma
contact.
Directorycontacts:thedriverinformationsys-
temonlydisplaysdirectorycontactsthathavea
phonenumberstored.Ifseveralphonenumbers
arestoredwitha contact,thelistofstorednum-
bersisdisplayedfirstwhentheentryisselected.
Formoreinformationaboutthedisplayedsym-
bols,referto>page188.
Recentcalls:therecentcallslistcontainsallin-
coming,outgoingandmissedcalls.
Callerinformation:thename, phonenumberor
Unknownappearsinthedriverinformationsys-
temdisplaydependingonifthecallerhasbeen
storedinthedirectoryandifthephonenumber
hasbeentransmitted.
Functionsduringan incomingcall
—Answeringacall:presstheleftthumbwheel
whenthereisanincomingcall.
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—Decliningacall:selectandconfirmDecline
whenthereisanincomingcall.
—Endinga phonecall:selectandconfirmEnd
call.
Functionsduringa phonecall:
—Makinganadditionalcall:selectandconfirm
Holdcall.Presstheleftcontrolbutton>Direc-
toryorCalllist>anentry.
—Answeringacallwhileinacallandwhile
thereisanothercall onhold:selectandcon-
firmAnswer.Theactivecallisreplacedwiththe
incomingcall.
Additionalfunctionsinclude:
Mute:ifyouselectandconfirmthisfunction,the
otherpersononthephonecannothearyou.You
willstillbeabletoheartheotherperson.
Holding/resumingacall:youcanplacetheexist-
ingcallonholdandresumeitagain.
Swapcall:youcanalternatebetweentwophone
callsatthesametime.Oneofthecallswillbeon
hold.SelectingEndcallwillendtheactivephone
call.Acallthatwasplacedonholdstaysonhold
andcan betakenoffholdwithResumeheldcall.
Conferencecall:acallonholdanduptofiveac-
tiveparties(dependingonthecellphoneservice
provider)canbeaddedtoaconferencecall.To
makeanadditionalcall,putallparticipantsin
thecurrentconferencecallonholdusingHold
conference.Bypressingtheleftcontrolbutton,
youcanmakeadditionalcallsfromthedirectory
orthecalllist.Resumeconferencetakesallpar-
ticipantsoffhold.
G)Tips
— Thephonefunctionscanonlybecontrolled
withthemultifunctionsteeringwheelifthe
phoneequipmentwasinstalledatthefac-
tory.
—Thetelephonefunctionsdependonthecell
phoneandwhethertheyaresupportedby
yourcellphoneserviceproviderornot.
— TheCallwaitingfunctionmustbeactivated
inyourcellphoneandintheMMIinorderto
bealerted whenthereisanincomingcall
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dependonthecellphoneandservicepro-
vider.Youcanobtainmoreinformationfrom
yourcellphoneserviceprovider.
Navigation
(oyetaeMMMelmceleaarteetT)
Appliesto:vehicleswith multifunctionsteeringwheeland
navigationsystem
Requirement:adestinationmustbeentered
=page205,routeguidancemustbestartedand
thenavigationtabmustbedisplayed.
>Presstheleftcontrolbuttononthemultifunc-
tionsteeringwheel>page17.
Dependingonvehicleequipment,thefollowing
functionsmaybeavailableinthedriverinforma-
tionsystem.
—Displayingnavigationduringactiveroute
guidance:selectandconfirmMaporStreet
view*(analoginstrumentcluster).
— Showingthemapwhenrouteguidanceisnot
active:selectandconfirmMap.
—Accessinglastdestinations:selectandconfirm
Lastdestinations>thedesireddestination.
—Accessingfavorites:selectandconfirmFavor-
ites>thedesireddestination.
—Startingrouteguidancetothestoredhome
address:selectandconfirmCancelrouteguid-
anceifnecessaryandthenHomeaddress.
Ifyouhave notstartedrouteguidance,acom-
pass(intheanaloginstrumentcluster)oramap
(Audivirtualcockpit)*willbedisplayed.
—Cancelingactiverouteguidance:onthemulti-
functionsteeringwheel,select:rightcontrol
button>Cancelrouteguidance.
Additionalsettings
—Select:rightcontrolbutton>desiredentry.
Dependingonthefunctionselected,thefollow-
ingadditionalsettingsmaybepossible:
—Mapdisplay>page216
—Mapcolors>page216
—Maporientation>page216
—Automaticzoom>page217
Navigationviewwithrouteguidance
started
Appliesto:vehicleswithnavigationsystem andAudivirtual
cockpit

Fig.173Standardmapwhenrouteguidanceisactive(Audi
virtualcockpit)
Requirement:adestinationmustbeentered
=page205,routeguidancemustbestartedand
thenavigationtabmustbedisplayed.
Depending onthevehicleequipmentandthese-
lectedview>page18,thefollowinginformation
willbedisplayedinthedriverinformationsys-
tem:
@Mapcontent(suchaspointsofinterest)
@Currentvehicleposition
@Abargraphappearswhenthereisanupcom-
ingturn.Thefewerthebarsthatareshown,the
shorterthedistanceisuntiltheturn.Ifthereis
notanupcomingturn,thedistancetothedesti-
nation/stopoverandthecalculatedarrivaltimeis
displayedintherightspeedometer.
@Nameofthestreetwhereyouarecurrently
driving
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