headlights AUDI A7 2018 User Guide

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" N .... 0 00 \.J ' & WARNING
-Only wash the vehicle when the ignition is
off and follow the instructions from the ca r
was h operator to reduce the risk of acci­
dents.
-T o red uce the risk of cuts, protect yourself
from sha rp metal components when wash­
ing the underbody or the inside of t he wheel
hous ings .
-After wash ing the vehicle, the brak ing effect
may be delayed due to mo isture on the
brake rotors or ice in the w inter . This in­
c reases the risk of an acc ide nt. The bra kes
mus t be d rie d first w ith a few careful brake
app lic at ions.
@ Note
-If yo u wash t he veh icle in an automatic car
wash, yo u m ust retract the rear spoi ler if
necessa ry, and fold the exte rior m irrors i n
to re du ce the risk of damage. Powe r fo ldi ng
ex ter io r m irr ors* m ust only be fo lde d in a nd
o ut u sing t he power folding fu nction .
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Care and cleaning
-To re duce the risk of pa int damage, do not
was h the vehicle in direct su nlight .
-To re duce the risk of d amage to the s urface,
do not use insect removing sponges, kitche n
sponges or s imilar items .
-Mat te finish painted veh icle components :
-To reduce the risk of damage to t he sur-
face, do not use po lish ing agents o r hard
wax.
-Neve r use protective wax. It can destroy
the matte finish effect .
-Do not place any st ickers or magnetic
s igns on vehicle parts painted w ith matte
finish paint . The paint cou ld be damaged
when the stickers or magne ts are re ­
m oved.
@ For the sake of the environment
Only wash the veh icle in facili ties s pec ia lly de­
s igned for tha t pur pose . This will reduce the
r isk of di rty wate r cont ami nated with o il from
ente rin g t he sewe r sys tem.
Cleaning and care information
When cleani ng and ca ring for in dividua l vehicle
componen ts, re fer to the follow ing tables. The
i nf ormation contained there is s imp ly recom ­
mendations. Fo r qu est ions or for components t
h at are not liste d, co n su lt an au tho riz e d Au di
dealer or au thor ized A udi Se rvice Fa cility. Also
f o llow the information fo und
in ¢ .&. .
Exterior cleaning
Component Situation Solution
Windshield wiper
Deposits Soft cloth with g
lass cleaner, ¢ page 46
blades
Headlights/
Deposi ts So
ft spo nge wi th a m ild soap sol utiona )
Tail lights
Sensors /
Deposits Sensors: soft cloth wit h solvent-free cleaning solut io n
camera lenses Camera le nses: soft cloth w ith a lcoho l- free cleaning so lu -
tion
Snow/ice H
and br ush/solvent-free de -icing spray
Wheels Road salt Water
Bra ke dust Acid-f
ree s pecial clea ning so lution
E xhaust tail pipes Road salt Water, clean ing so lution su itab le for s tainless stee l, if nee-
ess ary
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Component Situation Solution
T ex tile s
Deposits adhering to Vacuum cleaner
art ifi ci al l eat her, the surface
A lcan tara Water-based deposits Absorbent cloth and mild soap solutiona>
such
as coffee, tea,
b lood, etc.
O il-based deposits Apply a m ild soap solution
al, blot away the dissolved o il or
such as oil, make-up, dye, treat afterward with water, if necessary
etc.
Special deposits such
Special stain remover, blot with absorbent material, treat
as ink, nail polish, la-afterward with mild soap solution, if necessary
a)
tex paint, shoe pol-
ish, etc.
Natu ral leathe r Fresh stains Cotton cloth with a mi
ld soap so lution a>
Water-based deposits Fresh stains : absorbent cloth
such as coffee, tea, Dried stains: stain remover suitable for leather
b lood , etc.
Oi l-based deposits Fresh stains: absorbent cloth and stain remover suitable
such as oil, make-up, for leather
etc . Dried stains: grease dissolving spray
Special deposits such Spot
remove r suitable for leather
as ink, nail polish, la-
tex paint, shoe pol-
ish, etc.
Care Regula rly apply cond it ion ing cream that p rotects from
lig ht and penet rates into the mater ia l. Use specia lly-co l-
ored conditioning cream, if necessary .
Carbon part s Deposits clean the same way as plast ic parts
a) Mi ld soap solution: maximum two tablespoons of neutral soap in 1 quar t (1 liter) of water
.8, WARNING
The windsh ie ld may not be treated with wa ­
ter-repelling windshield coating agents. Un ­
favorable conditions such as wetness, dark ­
ness, or low sun can result in increased glare .
Wiper blade chatter is also possible.
@ Note
- Headlights /tail light s
-Never clean headlights or tail lights with a
dry clot h or sponge.
- Do not use any cleaning product that con­
tains alcohol, because they could cause
cracks to form .
-Wheels
-
- Never use any pa int polish or other abra­
sive materials .
- Damage to the protect ive layer o n the
rims such as stone ch ips or scratches must
be repaired immediately .
-Cam era lenses
- Neve r use warm or hot wa ter to remove
snow or ice from the camera lens . This
could ca use the lens to crack .
- Neve r use ab rasive cleaning m ate rials or
a lcohol to clean the camera lens . This
could ca use scratches and cracks .
-Door window s
-Remove snow and ice on windows and ex-
terior mirrors w ith a plast ic scraper . To
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Fuses
Driver side cockpit fuse
assignment
Fig. 208 Driver side cockpit: fuse panel with plastic bracket
Fuse panel @ (black)
No. Equipment
Electromechanical power steering, trailer
1 hitch, ionizer, switch strip, seat heating
(rear), electromechanical parking brake
Horn, climate control system, Gateway,
2 automatic
dimming interior rearv iew mi r-
ror, On-Board Unit
4 Park ing aid, headlight range adjustment
5 Dynamic steering, electronic stabilization
control (E5C)
6 Headlights
7 Adaptive cruise control
8 Front passenger's seat sensors, airbag
9 Gateway
10 Engine sound, night vision
assist, garage
door opener (Home link), parking aid
11 Video
camera image processing
12 Headlights
13 Steering column switch module
244
Fuse panel
@ (black)
14 Terminal 15 (luggage compartment)
15 Starter
Fuse panel @ (brown)
N o. Equipment
1 Infotainment system
2 Infotainment system
3 F
ron t passenger's seat
5 Airbag, electronic stabilizat
ion control
(ESC)
6 Anti-theft alarm system
7 Electromechanical parking brake
8 Inter
ior lights
9
Windshield video camera heating, light/
rain sensor
10 Lumbar support (dr iver's seat)
11 Driver's
seat
12 Electronic stabilization control
13 Horn
14 Headlights
15 F
ront seat heating
16 Dynamic steering
Fuse panel © (red)
No . Equipment
1 Clutch pedal
2 Fuel pump
3 Brake light sensor
4 Engin e acoustics
5 Rear door
6 Front
door
7 Electronic stabilizat ion control
8 Windshield wiper motor
9 Headlight washer system
10 Inter
ior lighting, climate control system
11 Headlights
12 Sunroof

Index
ASR
re fer to Anti-Slip Regu lation . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Aud i b raking guard
refer to B raking gua rd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Aud i drive select
refer to Drive select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Audi Service Repair Manuals and Literature 255
AUTO 4-zone deluxe automatic climate control . . 6 1
Automatic headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
D eluxe automatic climate contro l . . . . . . . . 59
Auto Lock (centra l locki ng) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Automatic belt retractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 41
Autom atic climate control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Key recognition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Automatic key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Automatic post-co llision brak ing system . . 120
Automatic transm ission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Emergency mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Hill descent contro l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Kick-down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Overboost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Selector lever emergency re lease . . . . . . . . 80
Selector lever pos itions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Shifti ng manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Steer ing whee l w ith shift padd les . . . . . . . . 78
tiptron ic mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Automatic wipe/wash system . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Auto Safety Hotline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Ave rage consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Average speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
B
Battery
Jump starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
also refer to Vehicle battery . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Before driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Belt tensioner Dr ive select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Belt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Blended gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Blower (4-zone deluxe automatic climate con-
trol) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Blower (de luxe automatic climate contro l) . . 59
Boost display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
260
Booster seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Boost p ressure ind icator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Brake ass ist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Brake booster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Ceramic b rake roto rs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
El ectromechanical parking brake . . . . . . . . 72
E mergency b raking fu nction . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Ind icator lig ht . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 , 18
New brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Worn brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
B raking guard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Set tings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Break -in security feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Breaking in New brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
New engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
New tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
C
Californ ia Propos ition 65 Warning . . . . . . . 194
Battery specif ic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Capacities Fuel tank. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Washer fluid reservoir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Cargo area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Cata lytic conve rter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Centra l locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Convenie nce key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Mechan ica lly locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Power w indows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Remo te control key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Centra l locking sw itch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Ceramic brake rotors New brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Certification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Chang ing engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198

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" N .... 0 00 \,;J ' Lap timer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Evaluating times . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Stopping timing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
also refer to Lap timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
L ATCH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Installing a child restraint . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Mounting and releasing the anchorage
hook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Launch control program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
L eather care/clean ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Leaving home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Lifting jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
L ight
Ambient lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Coming/Leav ing home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Daytime running lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
H eadlight flasher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
High beam assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Low beams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Parking lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Rear fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Light/rain sensor
Headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Intermittent (windshield wipers) . . . . . . . . 45
L ighting
Exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Interior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
L ights
H eadlight range control system . . . . . . . . . 39
Interior/reading lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Locking/unlocking By remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Using the door lock cylinder . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
With the convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
L ow beams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
L ower universal anchorages (Canada) . . . . . 184
Luggage compartment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
12 Volt socket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Cover .. .. .. .. ................ ... .. .. 56
Increasing the size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Index
Luggage compartment net . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Pass-through . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Ski bag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Storing cargo correctly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Stowing luggage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Tie -downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Luggage compartment lid
Closing button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Emergency release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Movement-activated opening . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Opening/closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Lumbar support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
M
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Maintenance intervals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Malfunction Indicator Lamp (MIL) . . . . . . . 193
Massage function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Mechanical key .. .. .. ............... 27,28
Mechanica lly locking the front passenger
door........ ..... .. ................ .. 31
Memory funct ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Mirrors Dimming .. .. .. .. .. ... .. ..... ... .. .. . 43
Exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Vanity mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Monitoring the Advanced Airbag System . . 158
Mult ifunct ion steer ing wheel.......... .. . 21
N
Natural leather care/clean ing
NHTSA 231
Contacting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Night vision assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Cleaning the camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Number of seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
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Occupant seating positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Octane rating (gasoline) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
OF F (4-zone deluxe automatic climate con-
trol) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
OFF (deluxe automatic climate control) . . . . 59
265

Index
Oil
Ind icator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
also refe r to Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
O il change interval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
On-board computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
On-Board Diagnostic System (OBD) . . . . . . . 193
Opening ..... .. .. ................ ... .. 26
Fuel filler door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
L uggage compartment lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Sunroof. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Opening/closing Using the door lock cylinder . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
With the convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
also refer to Unlocking/locking . . . . . . . . . . 26
Other consumers (efficiency program) . . . . . 22
Overboost (automatic transmission) . . . . . . . 78
Overview (Cockpit) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
p
Paint damage
Paint number
Parking aid 230
253
Cleaning sensors/camera
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Parking brake
refer to Electromechanical parking brake . 72
Parking lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Parking system
refer to Parking systems .......... 109, 110
Parking systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Adjusting the display/warning tone . . . . . 118
C leaning the rearview camera . . . . . . . . . . 110
Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Parking system plus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Peripheral cameras . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Peripheral display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Re arview camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
T railer hitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Parking (automatic transmission) . . . . . . . . . 76
Parts replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Pass-through . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light . . . . . . . . . . 158
Passenger protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Pedestrian detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
266
Periphera l display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Physical principles of a frontal collision . . . 139
Polishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Pol len fi lter
refer to Pollutant filt er . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Pollutant filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Power Seat adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Windows . .. .. .. .. .. ............. .. . 35
Power windows Child safety lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Convenience opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Pregnant women
Special considerations when wearing a safe-
ty be lt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Pre sense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Pressure Tire pressure monitoring system 223
Pretensioners Pre sense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Preventative passenger protection . . . . . . . . 95
Proper occupant seating positions . . . . . . . 130
Proper safety be lt position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Proper seating position
Front passenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Occupants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Rear passengers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Protecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Q
quattro (all wheel drive) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Selective wheel torque control . . . . . . . . . 120
Question What happens to unbelted occupants? 139
R
Radio Standards Specification (RSS) . . . . . . 258
Rail carrier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Rain/light sensor Headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Intermittent (windshield wipers) . . . . . . . . 45
Raising the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Range (fuel level) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21