Audi Q7 2018 User manual

Owner's Manual
2018 07
Audi Vorsprung durch Technik

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Foreword
Thank you for choosing an Audi - we value your trust in us.
Your new Audi wi ll allow you to experience the best in groundbreaking techno lo-
gy and premium quality equipment a vehicle has to offer . We recommend that
you read your Owner's Manual thoroug hly so that you quickly become acquaint-
ed with your Audi and make use of all of its features.
In addition to explaining how the different f eat ures work, we provide many use-
f ul tips and information concerning your safety, how to care for your vehicle and
how to maintai n your vehicle's value. We also give you useful tips and informa-
tion on how to drive your veh icle more efficiently and in an environmentally
friendly manner.
We hope you enjoy driving your Audi and we wish you safe and pleasant motor -
ing.
AUDIAG

Tabl e of contents
About this Owner's Manual. . . . . . 6
Cockpit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Cockpit overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Controls at a glance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Instrument cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Multif unction steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . 12
Vehicle functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Head-up display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Starting and driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Opening and closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Central locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Luggage compartment lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Chil d safety loc k . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Power w indows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Panorama glass roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 0
Garage door opener (Homelink) . . . . . . . . 4 1
Lights and Vision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Exterio r li ghting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 3
Interior lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
V1s1on. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
W indshield wipers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Digita l compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Seats and storage ......... . ... . . .
General information .......... . ... . . .
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Front seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Rear seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Head restra ints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Memory fu nction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Ashtray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Cigaret t e lighte r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Power sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 1
Luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Roof rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Warm and cold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Climate control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
3 zone deluxe automatic clim ate control . 67
4-zone deluxe automatic climate control . 70
Steer ing whee l heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
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Driving . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . .... . . . . .
General information . . . . . . . . .... . . . . .
Steering . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . .... . . . . .
Start ing and stopping the eng ine ..... . .
Start/Stop system . . . . . ............ . .
Electromechanical parking brake ...... .
Start ing to drive . . . . . . .............. .
Offroad driving . . . . . . . .............. .
Tilt angle display . . . . . . ............ . .
Automat ic t ransmission
Trailer towing . . . . . . ............ . .
Drivi ng with a t railer
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Driver assi stance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9S
Assistance systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Speed warning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Cruise cont rol syst em . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Camera-based traffic sign recognition . . . 97
Lap timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Predictive eff iciency assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Audi adaptive cruise contro l . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Audi pre sense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Audi active lane assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Audi side assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Night vision assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Audi drive select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Parking systems 132
General infor mation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Rear parking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Parking syst em plus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Rearview camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Periphera l cameras . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Adjusting the parking aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Error messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Trailer hitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Intelligent Technology . . . . . . . . . . 142
Elect ronic stabili zation cont rol (ESC) . . . . 142
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Electromechanical steering, all-whee l
steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
All -wheel drive (quattro) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Energy managemen t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 7
Notice about data recorded by the Event
Data Recorder and vehicle contro l
modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

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Infotainment sy st e m . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Multi Media Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 9
Traffic safety information . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
MMI On/Off knob w ith joyst ick function . . 149
Infotainment system display . . . . . . . . . . 150
MMI operat ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 1
MMI touch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Contro l knob with joystick funct ion . . . . . 155
Shortcut keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Lette r/number speller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Free text search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Menus and Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Multifunction steering wheel . . . 16 1
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 1
Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 1
Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Voice recognition system . . . . . . . . 167
Operating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Command overview information . . . . . . . . 167
Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
External voice operat ion 172
Telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Using the te lephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Favorites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Listening to voicemai l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Addit ional settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Troubleshoot ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Audi connect (Infotainment) . . . . 187
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Configuration through myAudi . . . . . . . . . 187
Opening Audi connect (I nfotainment) . . . 188
Audi connect Infotainment services . . . . . 188
W i-Fi hot spot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Configur ing the data connect ion . . . . . . . . 194
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Audi connect (In f ota inment) general
information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Troub leshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Audi connect vehicle control . . . . 19 7
Introduction . . ... . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . 197
Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Additional options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Remote locking and un locking . . . . . . . . . 198
Vehicle status report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Parking locat ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Geofencing Alert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Speed Ale rt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Valet Alert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Stolen Vehicle Locator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Online Audi service request . .... . . . . . . . 199
Emergency call . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . 20 1
Introd uction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Emergency call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Online roads ide assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Opening navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Entering a destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Personal route assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Alternative routes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Additional settings . ................ . 210
Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . 213
Satellite map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 15
Map update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 16
Traffic information . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . 21 7
Troub leshooting .. . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . 219
Radio . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . 220
Opening the radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Radio functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Radio menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Additional settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Media .... . . . . . . . ................ . . 225
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Media drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Bluetooth audio player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Wi-Fi audio player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
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Onli ne media and I nt ernet radio . . . . . . . . 230
Multim edia connections .... . . . . . . . . .. 23 1
Playing media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Addit ional set t ings ........... . ... . . . 237
Supported media and fi le formats . . . . . . 240
Troubleshoot ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Audi smartphone interface . . . . . . 243
Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . 243
Operating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Troubleshoot ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
System settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Sett ing t he date and time . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
MMI sett ings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Connection manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Syst em update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Sound setti ngs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 9
Volume settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Restarting the MMI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Software license information 251
Safety first . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Driving safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Correct passenger seating positions . . . . . 253
Pedal area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Storing cargo correctly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Report ing Safety Defects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 1
General information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 1
W hy use safety belts? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 2
Safety belt s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Belt tensione rs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 7
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
I mpo rtant info rmation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Front airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Monitoring the Advanced Airbag System . 28 1
Side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Side curtain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
Child safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 1
Important information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
Child safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
Securing child safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
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LATCHsyst em (lower anchorages and
tethers for child ren) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
Additional inf ormat ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
Maintenance and Care . . . . . . . . . . . 310
Checking and Filling . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310
Fuel...... . . . . . . . . . . . ............ . . 310
Refueling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
Selective catalytic reduction (AdBlue/
DEF) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314
Emissions control systems . . . . . . . . . . . . 317
On Board Diagnost ic System (OBD) . . . . . 318
Engine compartment . . . ............ . . 319
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 1
Cooling system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324
Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326
Windshie ld washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . 328
Service interva l display 328
Wheels .. . . . . . . . . . . . ............ . . 330
Wheels and Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330
Tire pressure monitor ing system . . . . . . . 347
Run-flat tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
Care and cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351
General information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351
Carwashes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351
Cleaning and care info rmation . . . . . . . . . 352
Placing you r vehicle out of service 356
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357
Emergency assistance . . . . . . . . . . . 357
General info rmation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357
Tire mobility kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357
Replacing a whee l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359
Fuses and bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364
Fuses.. . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . 364
Bulbs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368
Emergency situations . . . . . . . . . . . . 369
General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369
Start ing by pushing or tow ing . . . . . . . . . . 369
Start ing with ju mper cables . . . . . . . . . . . 369
Usingthejumpstartcable . . . .... . . . . . 370

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Towing with a tow tr uck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 1
Raising the vehicle .......... . . . . . ... . 373
Accessories and Technical Data . 375
Technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375
Vehicle specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375
Notes about technica l data ..... . . . . . . . 375
Dimensions. . . . .............. . . . . . . . 375
Capacit ies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375
Weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376
Consumer Information . . . . . . . . . . 377
Warranty coverages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377
Operating your veh icle outs ide the U.S.A.
or Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377
Audi Service Repair Manuals and
Literature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377
Maintenance. . . . . .......... . . . . . ... . 377
Accessories and technical changes . . . . . . 379
Declaration of compliance for
telecommunicat ions equipment and
electronic systems 380
Index . . . . . . . . .............. . . . . . . . 381
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About this Owner 's Manual
This Owne r's Manual applies to a ll versions of
this mode l. It contains important information,
tips, suggestions and warn ings for using your ve-
hicle.
Keep this manua l in yo ur vehicle at all times . This
is especially important if you loan your vehicle to
others or sell it.
This owner's manua l descr ibes the equipment
range specified for this mode l at the time of
printing. Individua l equipment options described
may on ly be availab le at a later date or may on ly
be offered in certain countries .
Some sections in this manua l do not apply to all
vehicles. When this is the case, the beginning of
the sect ion ind icates the validity, for example
"Applies to vehicles : with cruise contro l system".
Optional or vehicle-specific equipment is also
ident ified with an asterisk"*" .
The illustrations in this manual are a guide .
Some of the detai ls in your vehicle may differ
from the illustration .
All directions, suc h as "left", "right", "front" and
"rear", are based on the vehicle's direction of
travel.
* Optiona l or vehicle -specific equipment
.., The section continues on the next page.
~ & Cross refe rence to a "WARNING" w it hin a
section . If a page number is indicated , the
WARNING is located out side of th e section.
_& WARNING
Text with this symbol contains info rmat ion
about safety and how t o reduce the risk of se-
rious personal injury or death.
(LlJ)Note
Text with this symbol contains info rmat ion
about reducing the risk of damage to your ve-
hicle.
@ For the sake of the environment
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protecting th e enviro nm ent .
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Cockpit overview
Cockpit overview
Controls at a glance
Fig. 1 Cockpit : left section
Fig. 2 Cockpit: right sect ion
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