battery location AUDI A7 2017 Owner´s Manual

Turn off ignit ion before lea ving vehi cle. Batte ry
i s di schar ging
This message appea rs if the driver's door is
opened while the ignition is sw itched on . Always
switch off the ignition if you are leaving the vehi­
cle. Also see
9 page 73.
Shift to P and turn off i gnition b efore l eaving
ca r, otherwi se vehicle can roll aw ay
This message appears if the driver's door is
opened while the igni tion is sw itched on and the
selecto r lever is not in t he P posit ion. Move the
selecto r lever in to the P pos ition and switch the
ignit ion off when you exit the vehicle. Otherwise
the vehicle could roll. A lso see
9 page 73 .
Starting the engine when there is a
malfunction
It may not be possible to start the engine under
certain circumstances, for example if the battery
in the vehicle key is drained, if interference is af­
fected the key or if there is a system malfunc­ tion .
Fig. 77 Center console/remote control key : starting the
engine if there is a malfunctio n
Requirement: the message Key is not r ecog ­
nized . Hold ba ck of key again st mark ed area .
See owner 's manual
must appear and the DJ in­
d icator light mus t turn on.
• Hold the remote control key in the location in­
dicated as shown in the illustrat ion
f >l) c::> fig . 77 .
• Press the b rake pedal.
• Press the
I START ENGINE STOPI button. The
~ engi ne will s tart .
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00
~ ll Market -specific
Drivi ng
• Drive to an authorized Audi dea ler or author ­
ized Audi Service Facility immediately to have
the malfunction corrected.
@ Tips
You can view the message again by pressing
the
I START ENGINE STOP I button.
Start-Stop system
Description
Applies to: veh icles w ith Start/Stop system
T he Sta rt/Stop system can help increase fue l
eco nomy and reduce CO2 emissions.
In Start/Stop mode, the engine shuts off auto­
matically when the vehicle is stopped, such as at
a traffic ligh t. The ignition rema ins switched o n
dur ing this stop phase. The engine w ill restart
automat ica lly when needed.
Applies to A7 Sportback: the Start/Stop system
activates automatically once the ignit ion is
switched on.
Applies to 57 Sportback: the last Start/Stop sys­
tem setting is restored when the ignit ion is
switched on.
Ba sic requirements for Start /Stop m ode
- The driver's door must be closed .
- The driver's seat belt much be fastened.
- The hood must be closed.
- The vehicle must have dr iven faster than
2.5 mph (4 km/h) since the last time it stop­
ped .
- A trailer must not be hitched to the vehicle.
(D Note
A lways swi tch the Sta rt/S top sys tem off when
driv ing th ro ugh wa ter
c::> page 71.
© Tips
The engine stops short ly before the ve hicle
comes to a s top
l) .
71

Index
Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Ad justing i llumination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
I nter ior light ing
Ambien t ligh ting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Fr ont and rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Intermittent (windshield wipers) . . . . . . . . . 46
J
Jump-starting 254
J umpe r ca bles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
K
Key... .. .. .. .. .. .. . .......... .... .. .. 28
I ndicato r ligh t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
K ey not recognized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
K ey rep lacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Mechanical key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28, 29
Replac ing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Unlocking/ locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Unlock ing and locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Key recognition (climate control system) . . . 59
Kick-down (automatic transmission) . . . . . . . 80
Knee airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Descr ipt io n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
H ow they work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Important safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . 166
L
Lane assist
refer to Act ive lane assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Lap timer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
E valuating times . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Stopping timi ng . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
also refer to Lap t imer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
L A TCH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Descr ipt ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Install ing a child restraint . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Mounti ng and releasing the anchorage
hook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Launch contro l program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
L ea ther care/clean ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Leaving home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Lifting jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
274
Light
Ambient lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Coming/Leaving home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Dayt ime running lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Head light flasher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Head lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Hig h beam ass istant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Low beams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Parking lig hts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Rear fog ligh ts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Light/ra in sensor
Head lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Ind icator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Inter mittent (windsh ie ld w ipers) . . . . . . . . 46
Light ing
Exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Interio r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Lights Head light range contro l system . . . . . . . . . 40
Interio r/read ing lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Locking/ unlocking
By remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
With the centra l loc king sw itch . . . . . . . . . 31
With the convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Lock ing and unloc king
On t he door lo ck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Low beam Ind icator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Low beams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Lower universal an chorages ( Canad a) . . . . . 186
Luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
12 Volt socket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Cove r. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 7
Increasing the s ize . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Luggage compartmen t net . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Pass -thro ugh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
S ki bag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Stor ing cargo cor rectly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Stowing luggage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Tie-downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Luggage compartmen t lid
Closing button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Emergency release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
movement-activated opening . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Open ing/closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Luggage r ack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Lumbar support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48