AUDI Q5 2017 Owners Manual

Reset button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Retractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Right hand drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Rims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Roof rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Attachment points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Installing the attachments . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Installing the roof rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Roof load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Rule of behavior offroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
s
Safe driving habits
Safety 131
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Cargo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Correct seating position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Pedal area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Safety belt position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Safety belt height adjustment . . . . . . . . . 145
Safety belts worn by pregnant women . . . 145
Safety belt pretensioner Service and disposal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 , 143
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Danger to passengers who do not wear a
safety belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Fastening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Height adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Improperly worn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Not worn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Safety belt position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Securing ch ild safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Special considerations for pregnant wom-
en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Unfasten ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Warning/indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . 14 , 140
Wo rn properly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Safety compliance sticker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Safety equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Safety features for occupant restraint and
CD protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 CD
;::: Safety guidelines ,-...
~ Seat adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 0 0 C<'. 00
Index
Safety instructions
Engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
for side curtain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
for using child safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
for using safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Monitoring the Advanced Airbag System . 160
Safety systems Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Seat Heating. .. .. .. . ... ............. .. .. . 79
Number of seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Ventilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Seat adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Driver's seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Front passenger's seat. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Safety guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Seat belts refer to Safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Seating capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Seating position Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Front passenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
How to adjust the front seats . . . . . . . . . . 133
Incorrect seat position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13S
Occupants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Rear passengers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Sea transport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Seats Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Correct seating position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Selective catalytic reduction refer to Ad Blue. .. .. ............... .. 214
Selective unlock feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Selective wheel torque control (a ll-wheel
drive) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Se lector lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Emergency release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Service and disposal Safety belt pretens ioner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Service interva l display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Service pos ition
refer to Replacing wiper blades . . . . . . . . . 55
SET button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Shift paddles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Ship transport. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
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Index
Side airbags Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
How they work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Side assist Activating and deactivating . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Adjusting the brightness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Cleaning the sensors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Sensor range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Side curtain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
How they work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Side marker lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Socket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Sound system display Driver information display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Sources of information about child restraints
and their use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Speed warning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Start-Stop-System Engine does not switched off . . . . . . . . . . .
89
Engine starts automatically . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Starting/stopping the engine . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Sw itching off/on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Start/Stop system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
START ENGINE STOP button (Convenience key) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84, 85
Starting from rest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Starting off with a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Starting the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81, 84
Starting (engine) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Steering Electromechanical power assist ..... . 191, 0
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Locking the steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 1
Malfunction .. .. ................ .. 27, 3 1
Manually adjusting the steering wheel . . . . 81
also refer to Electromechanical power as-
sist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Steering wheel column Adjusting manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Steps for determining correct load limit . . . 244
290
Stopping the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83, 8S
Stopping (engine) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
(upholder door pockets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Glove compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Sun shade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Sun visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Supplementary (climate control) 80
Switches Emergency flashers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Symbols Red . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Yellow.... .. .. .. .. .. .. ........... .. . 28
T
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Tail lights
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
TOI clean diesel
refer to Ad Blue ... .. .. ............... 214
Technica l data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Technical modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Tether anchors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Tether strap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Tie-down rings . ... .. .. ............ 67, 137
tiptronic Automat ic Shift Lock (ASL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Emergency mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Hill descent control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Kick-down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Manual shift program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Selector lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
tiptronic (automatic transmission) . . . . . . . . 94
Tire Mobility System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Tire Mobility System (tire repair set) . . . . . . 253
Tire pressure mon itoring system
Loss of air pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Tires .... ... .. .. .. .. .. ........ ..... .. 230
Low aspect ratio tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Repair set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107, 253
Replacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Service life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Tire pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Tire pressure monitoring system ... 247, 248
Tire pressure table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241

CD
CD
.... N ,-... N ..... 0 0 C<'. 00
Treadwear indicato rs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Unidirectional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Uniform tire quality grad ing . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Tires and wheels Glossary of tire and load ing terminology . 232
Tire pressure monitoring system . . . . . . . . 13
Tires and vehicle load limits . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Tool kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
To rn or frayed safety be lts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Towing Front eye let . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Rear eyelet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Tow trucks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Towing a trailer
Parking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
TPM5 (tire pressure monitoring system) . . . 248
Trailer tow ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
I nformation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Operating instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Technical requirements . . . . . . . . . . . 200, 201
Tongue load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Trailer turn signal assembly
Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
T ransmission
Malfunction (indicator light) . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
T ransport Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Travel mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Trip computer
Fuel consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Mileage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Single -trip memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Total-trip memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
T rip odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Trunk
refer to Rear lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Turn signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
u
ULSD No. 2 (D iesel fuel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Unfastening safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Uniform tire quality grading
Unlocking 247
Power locking switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Rear lid/trunk lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Index
Remote control key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 7
Using the mechanical key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Use of jumper cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
V
Vanity mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Vehicle Care/cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Out of service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Transport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Vehicle control modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Vehicle identification label . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) . . . . . . 272
Vehicle jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250, 257
Vehicle tool kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Ventilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
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Warning/indicator lights
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Anti-lock brake system (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Brake system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
E le ctromechanical parking brake . . . . . . . . 15
Electronic power control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
E lectron ic Stabilization Contro l (ESC) . . . . . 13
Glow p lug system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
High beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Malfunction Indicator Lamp (MIL) . . . . . . . 14
Safety be lt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Tire pressure monitoring system . . . . . . . . 13
Trailer turn signal assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Turn signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Warning/Ind icator lights
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Warranty coverages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Washer reservoir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Washing matte finish pa int . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
What happens if you wear your safety belt too
l oose? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
What happens to unbelted occupants? . . . . 141
What impairs driving safety? . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
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Index
Wheels 230
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Glossa ry of tire and load ing termino logy . 232
Replac ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Tires and vehicle load limits . . . . . . . . . . . 242
When must a sa fety belt be replaced? . . . . 14 2
When must the airbag system be inspected? 1.58
Where are lower anchorages located? . . . . 182
W indow reg ulators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
M alfunct ions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 4
P ower locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 4
W indows
C lea ning/ remov ing ice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
D efrost ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
W indshield
Defrost ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Windshield washe r fluid
Low level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
W indshield wipe rs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
C lean ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
F au lty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
F olding up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Replac ing the rear w iper blade . . . . . . . . . . 56
Replac ing windsh ield wiper b lades . . . . . . . 55
Washer reservoir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Winter driving Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
W inte r o per ation
Ba ttery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Cooling system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Defrosting windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Seat heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
W inte r ti res . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 5
W inter use
Ca r washes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
R emoving i ce from w indows
W iper blades
refer to Windsh ield wipers
X
206
.. ... .. .. .. .. 56
Xenon-Lights . .. ............... .... 51, 264
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Yellow symbo ls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
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