AUDI Q7 2017 Owner´s Manual

Owner's Manual
2017 Q7
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Foreword
Thank you for choosing an Audi -we value your trust in us
Your new Audi will allow you to experience the best in g roundbreaking technolo­
gy and p rem ium quality equipment a vehicle has to offer. We recommend that
you read your Owne r's Ma nual thorough ly so that you qu ickly become acquaint­
ed wi th your Audi and make use of all of i ts featu res.
In addition to explaining how the different features work, we p rovide many use­
f u l tips and informa tion concerning your safety, how to ca re for yo ur vehicle and
how to mainta in your veh icle's va lue. We also g ive you use ful tips and informa­
tion on how to dr ive your ve hicle more efficiently and in an e nvironmen tally
frie ndly manne r.
We hope you enjoy dr iv ing your A udi and we wish you safe and pleasan t motor­
ing.
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Table of contents
About this Owner's Manual ... .. .
Cockpit ... .. ............... .... .. .
Cockpit overview ................ .
Controls at a glance ... .......... .. .. .
Instrument cluster .. .......... .. .. .. .
Multifunction steering wheel ... .. .. .. .
Driver information system ............ .
H ead-up display .... .. ..... ... .. .... .
On -Board Diagnostic System (OBD) .. .. .
Indicato r lights . ................ ... .
Starting and driving ......... ... .
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10
12
15
20
21
22
34
Opening and closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Central lock ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
L uggage compartment lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Ch ild safety lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Power windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Panorama glass roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Garage door opener (Homelink) . . . . . . . . 46
Lights and Vision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Exterior lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Interior lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
V1s1on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Windshield wipers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Dig ital compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Seats and storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
General information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Front seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Rear seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
H ead restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
M emory function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Ashtray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Sockets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Sto rage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Roof rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Warm and cold .. .......... .. .. .. . 71
Climate control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
3 zone deluxe automatic climate control . 72
4-zone deluxe automatic climate control . 7 5
Steer ing wheel heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
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Driving ..... .. .. .. .. ... .......... . .
General information . ... ........... . .
Steering .......... .. .. . .......... . .
Start ing and stopping the eng ine ..... . .
Start/Stop system .. .. ............. . .
E le ctromechanical parking brake ...... .
Start ing to drive .. .. .. ........ ..... . .
Offroad driving ... ... ...... ....... .. .
T ilt angle display . .. .. ... .......... . .
Automat ic transmission
Trailer towing ... .. ............. . .
Driving with a trail er .. .. ........... . .
T railer towing information
79
79
81
82
84
87
88
89
90
91
98
98
100
Driver assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Assistance systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Electronic speed limiter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Speed warning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Cruise control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Camera-based traffic sign recognit ion . . . 104
Pred ictive efficiency assist. . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Audi adaptive cruise contro l . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Pred ictive control (eff ic ie ncy assist) . . . . . 113
Traffic jam assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Distance indicat or and distance warnin g 116
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Audi pre sense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Audi pre sense basic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Audi pre sense front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Audi pre sense rea r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Audi pre sense city . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Settings in the Infotainment system . . . . 122
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Audi active lane assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Audi s ide assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Night vision assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Audi drive select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Parking systems 138
General information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Rear parking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Parking aid plus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Rearview camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Periphera l cameras . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Adjusting the parking aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

Error messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Trai ler hitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Intelligent Technology . . . . . . . . . . 148
Elect ronic stabilization control (ESC) . . . . 14 8
Brakes ... .. .. ... .. ..... ... .. .. .... . 150
Electromechanica l steer ing, a ll-wheel
steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
All-wheel drive (quattro) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Energy ma nagement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Not ice about data reco rded by the Event
D ata Reco rde r and vehicle control
mod ules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Infotainment system . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Multi Media Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Traffic safety information . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
I n troduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 6
M MI On/Off knob with joystic k function . . 156
Infotainment system display . . . . . . . . . . 157
M MI operat ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
MMI touc h . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Contro l knob with joystick f unction . . . . . 162
Shortcut keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
L etter/numbe r speller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Fr ee tex t sea rch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
M enus and Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Voice recognition system . . . . . . . . 169
Operating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Command overview inform ation . . . . . . . . 169
Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
External vo ice operat ion 174
Telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
I ntroduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Using the te lephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Favorites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Listening to voicema il . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
D irectory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Addit ional settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Tr oubleshoo ting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
~ Audi connect (Infotainment) . . . . 189 ......
~ Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189 N
8 Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189 0 :E: '<t
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Configuration thro ugh myAudi . . . . . . . . . 189
Opening A udi connect (Infotainment) . . . 190
A udi connect Infotainment services . . . . . 190
Wi-Fi hotspot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Configuring the data connection . . . . . . . . 196
Audi connect (Infotainment) general
i nformation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
T roub leshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Audi connect vehicle control . . . . 199
I n trod uction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Additional o ptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Remote locking and un lo cki ng . . . . . . . . . 20 0
Vehicle sta tus report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Parking location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Geofencing Alert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Speed Alert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Valet Alert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Stolen Vehicle Locator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Online Aud i serv ice reques t . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Eme rgency call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
I n trod uction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
E mergency call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Online roads ide ass ista nce . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
N avigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Open ing navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
E nte ring a des tina tion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Persona l rou te ass ist ance . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Alte rnative rou tes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 12
Additional settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Map. ... .. .. .. .. .. .... . ..... ... .. .. 215
Online map d isp lay ................ .. 217
Map update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Traffic information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
T roubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Radio ............................. 223
Open ing the radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Radio funct ions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Radio menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Addition al settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
T roub leshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
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Table of contents Media ... . ... ... .. .......... .. .. ...
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Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Notes ... .. .. .. ... .......... .. .. .. . 228
Media drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Bluetooth audio player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Wi -F i aud io player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Online media and Internet radio . . . . . . . . 233
Multimedia connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Pla ying media. .. ............. .... .. . 237
Additional settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Supported media and file formats . . . . . . 243
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Audi smartphone interface . . . . . . 247
Setup ... .. .... ... .......... .. .. ... 247
Operating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Troubleshoot ing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
System settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Setting the date and time . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
MMI settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Connection manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
System update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Sound settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Volume settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Restarting the MMI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Software license i nformat ion 254
Safety first . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Driving safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Bas ics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Correct passenger seating positions . . . . . 257
D river's and front passenger's footwell . . 260
Pedal area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Storing cargo correctly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Reporting Safety Defects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Gene ral information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Why use safety belts? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Belt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Important information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Front airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Mo nito ring the Advanced Airbag System . 285
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Side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Side curtain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
Child safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Important information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Child safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Securing child safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
LATCH system (lower anchorages and
tethers for c hildren) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
Additional information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313
Maintenance and Care ........... 314
Checking and Filling . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314
Gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314
Diesel fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315
Refueling ..... .. .. .. .. ........... .. 316
Selective catalytic reduction (AdBlue/
DEF) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318
Emissions control systems . . . . . . . . . . . . 321
Engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322
Engine o il . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324
Cooling system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328
Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330
Windshield washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . 331
Service interva l display 332
Wheels ........ ... ...... ....... ... 333
Wheels and Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333
T ire pressure monitoring system . . . . . . . 351
Run-flat tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352
Care and cleaning .... .......... .. 354
General informat ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354
Car washes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354
Cleaning and care information . . . . . . . . . 355
P lac ing your vehicle out of service . . . . . . 359
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360
Emergency assistance . . . . . . . . . . . 360
Genera l information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360
Eq uip ment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360
Tire mobility kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360
Replacing a whee l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362

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Fuses and bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367
F uses .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .... ... .. .. .... . 367
Bulbs .. .. .. .. .. ... . .... ... .. .. .. .. . 37 1
Emergency situations... .. .. .... . 372
G ene ral . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372
St art ing by pu shing o r tow ing . . . . . . . . . . 372
S tar ting w it h jumpe r cables . . . . . . . . . . . 372
Using the jump st art cable . . . . . . . . . . . . 373
Towingw ithatowtr uck ..... ... ... .. . 374
Ra is ing the veh icle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376
Accessories and Technical Data . 37 8
Technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378
Ve hicl e specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378
N otes about tec hnica l data . . . . . . . . . . . . 378
We igh ts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379
Di mensions ... .. ... . .... ... .. .. .... . 379
Capac it ies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379
Gasoline engin es . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380
Diese l eng ines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380
Consumer Information . . . . . . . . . . 381
War ranty cove rages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381
Oper ating your veh icle outs ide the U .S.A.
o r Can ada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381
Aud i Service Repair Ma nuals and
Lit erature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381
M ain tenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 1
Accesso ries and te chnical changes . . . . . . 383
D eclarat ion of Compli ance,
T elecommun ications and Electronic
Syst ems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384
Index ..... .. .. ... ..... ... .. .. .... . 385
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About this Owner's Manual
This Owne r's Man ual applies to a ll versions of
this mode l.
It contains important information,
tips, suggestions and warn ings for using your ve­
h icle.
Keep this manual in your vehicle at all times . This
is especially important if you loan your vehicle to
others or sell it.
This owner's manua l describes the
equipment
range
specified for this mode l at the time of
printing. Individual equipment options described
may on ly be available at a later date or may only
be offered in certain countries .
Some sections in this manual 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 , such as "left", "right", "front" and
"rear", are based on the vehicle's direct ion of
travel.
* Optional or vehicle
-specific equipment
.,._ The section continues on the next page.
c::> & Cross reference to a "WARNING" with in a
section. If a page number is indicated, the
WARNING is located outs ide of the section.
&, WARNING
Text with this symbol contains information
about safety and how to reduce the risk of se­
rious personal injury or death.
(D Note
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about reducing the risk of damage to your ve­
hicle.
@ For the sake of the environment
Text with this symbol contains informat ion on
protecting the environment.
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Cockpit overview
Cockpit overview
Controls at a glance
Fig. 1 Cockpit : left section
F ig. 2 Cockpit: rig ht sect ion
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