2019 AUDI Q7 coolant level

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AboutthisOwner'sManual......
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Trailertowing....................
Drivingwithatrailer.................
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Assistsystems...................
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Instrumentcluster

@Brakesoverheating.PleaseshifttoD
Therewasaheavyloadonthebrakes.Placethe
selectorleverinthe"D/S"positioninordertouse
theenginebrakingeffectandreduce theloadon
thebrakes.
Brakebooster:limitedfunctionality.Youcan
continuedriving.PleasecontactService
Thereisamalfunctioninthebrakebooster.The
brakeboosterisavailable,butitseffectivenessis
reduced.Brakingbehaviormaybedifferentfrom
howitnormallyfunctionsandthebrake pedal
mayvibrate.DrivetoanauthorizedAudidealeror
authorizedAudiServiceFacilityimmediatelyto
havethemalfunctioncorrected.

ZAWARNING
—Readandfollowthewarningsin
=>page313,Workingintheenginecom-
partmentbeforeopeningthehood and
checkingthebrakefluidlevel.
—Ifthebrakesystemindicatorlightdoesnot
turnofforitturnsonwhiledriving,the
brakefluidlevelinthereservoiristoolow,
andthisincreasestheriskofanaccident.
Stopthevehicleand donotcontinuedriv-
ing.SeeanauthorizedAudidealerorau-
thorizedAudiServiceFacilityforassistance.
—Ifthebrakesystemindicatorlightturnson
togetherwiththeABSandESCindicator
lights,theABS/ESCregulatingfunctionmay
bemalfunctioning.Functionsthatstabilize
thevehiclearenolongeravailable.This
couldcausethevehicletoswerve,whichin-
creasestheriskthatthevehiclewillslide.
Donotcontinuedriving.Seeanauthorized
AudidealerorauthorizedAudiServiceFacili-

tyforassistance.
PARK/(@)/$@)Electromechanicalparking
brake
Ifthe[JNM(USAmodels)/JJ(Canadamodels)
indicatorlightturnson,theparkingbrakewas
set.
IftheZi(USAmodels)/[@(Canadamodels)in-
dicatorlightisblinking,thebrakingforcehasnot
builtupenoughorithasdecreased.Selectthe

"P"selectorleverpositiontosecurethevehicle.
Makesuretheindicatorlightisoffbeforeyou
startdriving.
wwParkingbrake:malfunction!Pleasecontact
Service
Thereisamalfunctionintheparkingbrake.Drive
toanauthorizedAudidealerorauthorizedAudi
ServiceFacilityimmediatelytohavethemalfunc-
tioncorrected.Donotparkthevehicleonhills,
becauseitcouldroll.
|(USAmodels)/{@](Canadamodels)Parking
brake:warning!Vehicleparkedtoosteep
Thereisnotenoughbrakingforce toholdtheve-
hicleinplace.Thebrakeshaveoverheated.The
vehiclecouldrollaway,evenonasmallincline.
Ea(USAmodels)/{@](Canadamodels)Parking
brake:applied
Ifthismessageappears,pressthebrakepedal
firstandthenreleasetheparkingbrakeifneces-
sary.
Fa(USAmodels)/[@)(Canadamodels)Parking
brake:emergencybraking
Theemergencybrakingfunctionwastriggered.
G)Tips
Foradditionalinformationontheparking
brake,see>page81.
meRET
_E|Turnoffengineandcheckcoolantlevel.See
owner'smanual
Thecoolantlevelistoolow.
Stopdrivingandswitchtheengineoff.Checkthe
coolantlevel>page319.
—Ifthecoolantlevelistoolow,addcoolant
=page320.Onlycontinuedrivingoncethein-
dicatorlightturnsoff.
||Coolanttemperature:toohigh.Letengine
runwhilevehicleisstationary
Lettheenginerunatidleforafewminutesto
cooloff,untiltheindicatorlightturnsoff.
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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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Trailertowing

Trailertowing
Drivingwithatrailer
eTreeeleurltela}
Yourvehicleisprimarilyintendedfortransport-
ingpeopleandluggage.However,ifyoudrive
withatrailer,followthetechnicalrequirements,
the operationanddrivingtips,andthelegalreg-
ulations.
Drivingwithatraileraffectsthevehicle'sfuel
consumption,performanceandwear.Italsore-
quireshigherconcentrationfromthedriver.

ZAWARNING
Donottransportanypeopleinatrailerdueto
theriskoffatalinjury.
Technicalrequirements
Certainrequirementsmustbemetwhentowing
atrailer.

Trailerhitch
Onlyuseatrailerhitchwitharemovableball
hitchmountandballhitch.Thetrailerhitchmust
bepermittedforthevehicle,thetrailerandthe
permittedtotalweightofthetrailerbeing
pulled.Aboveall,itmustbesecurelyandsafely
attachedtothevehicletrailer.
Nevermountatrailerhitchonthebumper.The
trailerhitchmustbemountedinawaythatdoes
notimpair thefunctionofthebumper.Donot
makeanychangestotheexhaustsystemandthe
brakesystem.
Checkregularlyifthetrailerhitchissecurely
mounted.Alwaysfollowtheinstructionsgivenby
thetrailerhitchmanufacturer.
Trailerbrakes
Ifthetrailerhasitsownbrakesystem,thenfol-
lowthemanufacturerspecifications.However,
thebrakesystemonthetrailermustneverbe
connectedtothevehiclebrakesystem.
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Enginecoolingsystem
Drivingwithatrailermeansahigherloadonthe
engineandthecoolingsystem.Thecoolingsys-
temmustbedesignedforadditionalloadand
containenoughcoolant>©.

ZAWARNING
—Nevermounta"weight-distributing"or
"load-balancing"trailercouplerasthetrailer
hitch.Thevehiclewasnotdesignedfor
thesetypesoftrailerhitches.Thetrailer
hitchcanmalfunctionandthetrailercan
breakofffromthevehicle.
—Ifthetrailerisequippedwithelectronic
brakes,thesebrakescannotbeactivatedby
afactory-installedcontrolsystem,whichin-
creasestheriskofanaccident.
—Toreducetheriskofinjury,alwaysremove
theballhitchmountifnotrailerismount-
ed
@)Note
Longerinclinescannotbedrivenwithouta
suitablecoolingsystem,especiallyiftheout-
sidetemperaturesarehigh.Otherwise,this
increasestheriskofenginedamage.
Operatinginstructions
Severalthingsmustbe notedwhentowinga
trailer.

Towingcapacity
Thepermittedtowingcapacitymustnot beex-
ceededunderanycircumstances>page376.
Youcandriveuplargerinclinesifyouarenotus-
ingthemaximumtowingcapacity.
Thetowingcapacitiesgivenonlyapplytoeleva-
tionsupto3,200ft(1,000m)abovesealevel.As
theelevationincreases,theenginepowerde-
creasesduetothedecreasingairpressure.This
reducesthehillclimbingabilityandtowingca-
pacity.Foreveryadditional3,200ft(1,000m),
themaximumpermittedtowingweightmustbe
reducedbyapproximately10%.Thepermitted
towingweightisthecombinedweightofthe
(loaded)vehicleandthe(loaded)trailer.

Trailertowing

Ifyouhavetodrivethroughdifficultroadcondi-
tions,youcanraisethevehicleagainafterhitch-
ingthetrailerorafteradjustingthetongue
weight.
@)Note
Appliesto:vehicleswithairsuspension
—Changesintemperatureorloadcanaffect
the heightofthevehicle.
—Ifthestandardvehicleheightisnotused,
thetongueweightspecificationisnolonger
applicable.
@)Note
Attachmentsretrofittedonthevehiclemay
causedamage,especiallyonthetrailerhitch
ballhead.Incasesofdamage,havethefunc-
tioncheckedby anauthorizedAudidealeror
authorizedAudiServiceFacility.
G)Tips
—Blockthewheelswithchockswhenparking
oninclinesifthetrailerisloaded.
—Havingthevehicleinspectedbetweenthe
inspectionintervalsisrecommendedifyou
towatrailerfrequently.
—Avoiddrivingwithatrailerduringthevehi-
clebreak-inperiod.
Drivingwithatrailer
Drivingwithatrailerrequiresextracaution.
Speed
Adheretothelegalspeedlimits.Followthelegal
regulationsspecifictothecountry.
Asthespeedincreases,thedrivingstabilityof
thetrailerdecreases.Thereforeyoushouldnot
exceedthemaximumlegalspeedlimitwhen
thereareunfavorableroad,weather,and/orwind
conditions.Thisespeciallyapplieswhendriving
downhill.
Hill
Whenyoustartdrivinguphillordownhill,trailers
maytiltorswaysoonerthanwhendrivingona
levelsurface.Ifsmallswayingmovementshave
alreadyoccurred,youcanstabilizethetrailerby
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firmlybrakingimmediately.Nevertryto
“straightenout”thetrailerbyaccelerating.
Downshiftbeforedrivingonhillstoutilizetheen-
ginebrakingeffect>A\.
Brakes
Whenusingatrailerwithoverrunbrakes,first
brakegentlythenquickly.Thisreducestheriskof
jerkingwhilebrakingifthetrailerwheelslockup.
Enginecoolanttemperature
Payattentionspecificallytothecoolanttempera-
ture displaywhentherearehighoutsidetemper-
atures,andwhendrivingonlonginclines
=>page15.Shifttoahighergearinatimelyman-
ner.

Z\WARNING
Constantbrakingcausesthebrakestoover-
heatandcansubstantiallyreducebrakingper-
formance,increasebrakingdistance,orcause
completefailureofthebrakesystem.

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CheckingandFilling

WARNING
—Neveropenthehoodwhenthereissteamor
coolantescapingfromtheenginecompart-
ment,becausethereisariskthatyoucould
beburned.Waituntilnosteamorcoolantis
escaping.
—Forsafetyreasons,thehoodmustalwaysbe
latchedsecurelywhiledriving.Becauseof
this,alwayscheckthehoodafterclosingit


Enginecompartmentoverview
Themostimportantcheckpoints.

tomakesureitislatchedcorrectly.Thehood
islatchedifthefrontcornerscannotbelift-
ed.
—Ifyounoticethatthehoodisnotlatched
whileyouaredriving,stopimmediatelyand
closeit,becausedrivingwhenthehoodis
notlatchedincreasestheriskofanaccident.
—Ifthehoodisnotlatchedcompletely,it
couldflyupwhileyouaredrivingandob-
structyourvision.


Fig.262Typicallocationof thereservoirandtheengineoilfilleropening
Followthesafetyprecautions>page313.
@)Jumpstartpoints:(+)underacover,(-)with
hexheadscrew>page323>page364
2)Coolantexpansiontank(E)>page320
)Engineoillabel*withVWstandard
=>page315
Engineoilfilleropening(%27)>page317
Brakefluidreservoir((O8)>page320
5)Washerfluidreservoir(7)>page324
Thecoolantexpansiontankandtheengineoil
fillingopeningmaybelocatedindifferentplaces
withintheenginecompartment,dependingon
theengineversion.
Engineoil
Iftheengineoillevelistoolow
Ifyouneedtoaddengineoil,useanoilthatis
listedonthesticker.Thestickerislocatedatthe>
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CheckingandFilling


keep yourforearmparalleltothegroundto
reducetheriskofhotoildrippingdownyour
arm.
—Draintheoilintoacontainerdesignedfor
thispurposethatislargeenoughtoholdthe
fullamountofoilinyourengine.
—Engineoilispoisonous.Alwaysstoreoutof
reachofchildren.
—
Prolongedcontactofusedengineoilwith
theskinmaycauseskindamage.Always
washoiloffimmediatelywithsoapandwa-
tertoprotectyourskin.
@)Note
Donotmixanyadditiveswiththeengineoil.
Additivesmaycauseengine damagethatis
notcoveredbyyourNewVehicleLimitedWar-
ranty.

@Forthesakeoftheenvironment
—Beforechangingtheengineoil,makesure
youcandisposeoftheusedengineoilcor-
rectly.
—Engineoilmustalways bedisposedofcor-
rectly.Donot dumpitintheyard,inthefor-
est,orinopenwater,riverchannels,orsew-
ers.
—Haveyour usedengineoilrecycledbybring-
ingittoausedoilcollectionsiteorcontact
agasstation.
Coolingsystem
Theenginecoolingsystemisfilledwithamixture
ofpurifiedwaterandcoolantadditiveatthefac-
tory.Thiscoolantmustnotbe notchanged.
ThecoolantlevelismonitoredthroughtheBin-
dicatorlight>page21.However,occasionally
checkingthecoolantlevelmanuallyisrecom-
mended.
Ifyoumustaddcoolant,useamixtureofwater
andcoolantadditive.Mixing thecoolantadditive
withdistilledwaterisrecommended.
Coolantadditive
Thecoolantadditiveismadeofanti-freezingand
corrosionprotectionagents.Onlyuse thefollow-
ingcoolantadditives.Theseadditivesmaybe
mixedwitheachother.

CoolantadditiveSpecification

G12++TL774G

G13TL774]


Theamountofcoolantadditivethatneedstobe
mixedwithwaterdependsontheclimatewhere
thevehiclewillbeoperated.Ifthecoolantaddi-
tivepercentageistoolow,thecoolantcanfreeze
anddamagetheengine.





CoolantFreezeprotec-
additivetion
Warmmin.40%min.-13°F
regionsmax.45%(-25°C)
Cold min.50%max.-40°F
regionsmax.55%(-40°C)

C@)Note
—Beforethestartofwinter,haveanauthor-
izedAudidealerorauthorizedAudiService
Facilitycheckifthecoolantadditiveinyour
vehiclematchesthepercentageappropriate
fortheclimate.Thisisespeciallyimportant
whendrivingincolderclimates.
—Iftheappropriatecoolantadditiveisnot
availableinanemergency,donotadd any
otheradditive.Youcoulddamagetheen-
gine.Ifthishappens,onlyusewaterandre-
storethecorrectmixtureratiowiththe
specifiedcoolantadditiveassoonaspossi-
ble.
—Onlyrefillwithnewcoolant.
—Radiatorsealantmustnotbemixedwith
thecoolant.
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CheckingandFilling

Addingcoolant

Fig.264Enginecompartment:releasebuttononcoolant
expansiontank
Observethesafetyprecautions>page313,
Workingintheenginecompartment.
Checkingtheenginecoolantlevel
>Parkthevehicleonalevelsurface.
>Switchtheignitionoff.
>Readthecoolantlevelonthecoolantexpansion
tank>fig.264.
>ThecoolantlevelmustbebetweentheMINand
MAXmarkingswhentheengineincold.When
theengineiswarm,thecoolantlevelcan be
slightlyabovetheMAXmarking.
Addingcoolant
Requirement:
theremustbearesidualamountof
coolantintheexpansiontank>@).
>Allowtheenginetocool.
> Placealarge,thicktowelonthecoolantexpan-
siontankcover.
>Pushthereleasebutton>fig.264andcareful-
lyunscrewthecaptotheleftuntilyoufeelre-
sistance>A\.
>Pushthereleasebuttonagainandremovethe
capcompletely.
»Addcoolantmixedinthecorrectratio
=>page319uptotheMAXmarking.
>Makesurethatthefluidlevelremainsstable.
Add morecoolantifnecessary.
>
Turn thecaptotherighttotightenituntilyou
feelresistanceasecondtime.
Coolantlossusuallyindicatesthatthereisaleak.
Immediatelydriveyourvehicletoanauthorized
AudidealerorauthorizedAudiServiceFacility
andhavethecoolingsysteminspected.Ifthe
320
coolingsystemisnotleaking,coolantlosscanre-
sultfromthecoolantboilingdueoverheating
andthenbeingforcedoutofthecoolingsystem.

Z\WARNING
— Theenginecompartmentinanyvehiclecan
beadangerousarea.Stoptheengineandal-
lowittocoolbeforeworkingintheengine
compartment.Alwaysfollowtheinforma-
tionfoundin>page313,Workinginthe
enginecompartment.
—Neveropenthehoodifyoucan seeorhear
steamorcoolantescapingfromtheengine
compartment.Thisincreasestheriskof
burns.
Thecoolingsystemisunderpressure.
Whenyounolongerseeorhearsteamor
coolantescaping,youmayopentheengine
compartmentwithcaution.
—Whenworkingintheenginecompartment,
rememberthattheradiatorfancanswitch
oneveniftheignitionisswitchedoff,which
increasestheriskofinjury.
—Coolantadditiveandcoolantcan bedanger-
oustoyourhealth.Forthisreason, storethe
coolantintheoriginalcontainerandaway
fromchildren.Thereisariskofpoisoning.
@)Note
Donotaddcoolantiftheexpansiontankis
empty.Theremaybe airinthecoolingsys-
tem,whichincreasestheriskofenginedam-
age.Ifthisisthecase,donotcontinuedriv-
ing.SeeanauthorizedAudidealerorauthor-
izedAudiServiceFacilityforassistance.

Brakefluid
B8K-2122

Fig.265Enginecompartment:caponbrakefluidreservoir>