park assist AUDI A7 2018 Owner's Manual

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General information
.. Par k the vehicle as far as poss ible from moving
traff ic in the event of a breakdown. In the event
of a flat tire, park the vehicle on a leve l surface .
It you are on a steep hill, be especially careful.
.. Set the parking brake .
.. Switch the emergency flashe rs on .
.. Set up the warn ing triangle C) page 233 .
.. Have the passengers exit the veh icle . They
sho uld move to a safe place, for example be­
hind a guard rail.
_& WARNING
Follow the s teps given above. This is for your
protection and the for the safety of other d riv­
ers .
Equipment
Warning triangle
App lies to: ve hicles with warning triangle
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Fig. 193 Luggage compa rtment U d : wa rnin g tr iang le
The warning triangle placed in the vehicle at the
factory is located in the luggage compartment.
.. Turn the twist lock C) fig . 193 and pull the cover
downward to open the cover.
.. Remove the warning triangle from its holder.
The luggage compartment lid is only designed to
hold the warning triangle offered by the Audi
Genu ine Accessories program.
Em ergen cy as sis tanc e
Vehicle tool kit
Fig. 194 Lu ggage compartment: vehicle tool kit, tire mob i­
lity kit and comp resso r
The vehicle tool kit, vehicle ja ck*, tire mobility
ki t* and compressor are stored in the luggage
compartment under the ca rgo floor cover .
.. Lift the cargo floor by the p lastic handle .
.. Turn the handle cou nter- clockwise and remove
the cover or the spare tire *.
A WARNING
Improper use of the vehicle jack can cause se­
rious pe rsonal injuries.
-Never use the screw driver hex head to
tighten wheel bolts, since the bolts cannot
attain the necessary tightening torque if yo u
use the hex head, potentially causing an ac­
cident.
-The factory-supplied jack is intended only
for your vehicle model. Under no circum­ stances shou ld it be used to lift heavy
veh icles o r othe r loads; you risk injuri ng
yourse lf .
-Never start the engine when the vehicle is
raised, which could cause an accident.
-Support the vehicle securely with appropri­
ate stands if wo rk is to be performed under­
neath the vehicle; otherwi se, there is a po­
t ential risk fo r injury .
-Never use the jack supplied with your Aud i
on another vehicle, particularly on a heavier
o n e. Th e jack is o nly sui tab le for u se on the
veh icle i t came wi th.
(D Tips
The vehicle jack* in your vehicle is mainte­
nance-free.
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Emergency assistance
-If the tire is too severely damaged, see an
authorized Aud i dealer or authorized Aud i
Service Facility for assistance.
@ For the sake of the environment
You can give the used tire sealant bottle to an
authorized Audi dealer or authorized Audi
Serv ice Facility for disposal.
(D Tips
Remember to obtain a new bottle of sealant
from an authorized Audi dealer or authorized
Audi Serv ice Facility after repairing a tire.
Replacing wheels
Before changing a wheel
Observe the following precautions for your own
and your passenger's safety when changing a
wheel.
.,. After you exper ience a tire fa ilure, pull the car
well away from moving traff ic and try to reach
level ground
before you stop ¢.&, .
.,. All passengers sho uld leave the car and move
to a safe location (for instance, be hind t he
guardrail) ¢.&, .
.. Engage the parking brake to prevent your vehi­
cle from rolling
unintentionally ¢.&, .
.. Move selector lever to position P ¢ A-
.. If you are towing a trailer, unhitch the trailer
from your veh icle .
.,. Take the jack and the spare tire* out of the lug­
gage compartment
ca> page 233 .
.8, WARNING
You or your passengers could be inju red w hile
chan gin g a wheel if you do not follow these
safety precautions:
- If you have a flat ti re, move a safe d ista nee
off th e road. Turn off the engine, turn the
emergency flashers on and use other warn ­
ing devices to alert other motorists .
- Make sur e that passengers wait in a safe
place away from the vehicle and we ll away
from the road and traffic.
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- To help prevent the vehicle from moving
suddenly and possibly s lipping off the jack,
always fully set the parking brake and block
the front and back of the wheel diagonally
opposite the wheel being changed. When
one front wheel is lifted off the ground,
p lacing the Automat ic Transmission in P
(Pa rk) w ill
not prevent the vehicle from
mov ing.
- Before you change a wheel, be sure the
ground is level and firm. If necessary, use a
sturdy board under the jack.
- Always store the vehicle tool kit, the jack
and the replaced tire in the lu ggage com ­
pa rtment
¢page 134 .
(D Tips
Before changing the wheel, you must activate
the jacking mode, so that the automatic con­
trols for the Adaptive Air Suspension* do not
make it more difficult to lift the vehicle with
the jack
ca> page 238 .
Changing a wheel
When you change a wheel, follow the sequence
described below step-by-step and in exactly that
order .
1. Act ivate the vehicle jack mode* ca> page 238 .
2. Remove the decorative wheel cover* or the
wheel bolt caps*. For more details see also
¢ page 23 7, Decorative wheel covers or
¢ page 237, Wheels with wheel bolt caps.
3. Loosen the wheel bolts ¢ page 238.
4. Locate the proper mounting point for the
jack and alig n the jack below that po int
¢ page 238 .
5. Raise the car with the jack ca> page 238.
6. Remove the wheel with the flat tire and then
install
the spare ca> page 240.
7. T ighten all whee l bolts lightly.
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Lower the vehicle with the jack.
9. Use the wheel bolt wrench and
firmly tighten
all wheel
bolts ¢ page 238.
10. Replace the decorat ive wheel cover* or the
wheel bolt caps*.
11. Deact ivate the vehicle jack mode* in the
MM I:
ICARI function button > (Ca r)* systems .,.

Emergency assistance
The caps are to protect and keep the whee l bolts
clean.
Loosening and tightening the wheel bolts
Th e wheel bolts must be loosened b efore raising
the vehicle.
F ig . 2 00 Cha ngin g a w hee l: l oosening t he w heel bol ts
Loosening
.,. Slide the wheel wrench onto the wheel bolt as
far as it w ill go .
.,. Take t ight hold of the end of the wrench handle
and t urn the whee l bolts
counter -clockwise
about one single t ur n in t he d irec tion of ar row
¢ fig . 200.
Tightening
.,. Slide the wheel wrench onto the wheel bolt as
far as it w ill go .
.,. Take t igh t hold of the end of the wrench handle
and tu rn ea ch whee l bolt
clockwi se u ntil it is
sea ted.
_& WARNING
- Do not u se force or hurry when changing a
whee l
-you can ca use the vehicle to s lip off
th e jac k and cause serious pe rsonal injur ies .
-Do not loosen the whee l bolts more than
one turn
before you raise the vehicle with
t h e jac k.
-You risk an i njury.
(D Tips
- N ever use the he xag onal socket in the han­
dle of the screwd river to loosen o r tighten
the w heel bolts .
- If a whee l bolt is very tigh t, you m ay fi nd i t
eas ier to loosen by carefully pus hing down
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on the end of the whee l bolt wrench with
one foot only. As you do so, ho ld on to the
car to keep your balance and ta ke care not
to slip .
Raising the vehicle
The vehicle must be lifted with the jack first be­
fore the wheel can be removed.
Fig . 201 Sill pa nels: marki ngs
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Fig. 20 2 S ill: p osit io nin g the ve hicle jack
.,. Ac tiva te the veh icle jack mo de* in the MMI:
!CAR I function button> (Car )* systems cont rol
but ton >
Servicing & che cks > Air su sp .: jack
mode > On .
.,. Engage the parking brake to prevent your veh i­
cle from rolling uninte ntionally .
.,. Move the selector lever to position P .
.,. Find the marking (imprint) on the sill that is
nea rest the w heel that will be changed
¢ fig. 201 . Behind the marking, there is a lift­
ing point
on t he sill fo r the ve hicle jack .
.,. Applies to: vehicles with a s ill: Remove the cov­
er fro m the sill before lifting the vehicle wi th a
veh icle
ja ck¢ page 239.
.,. Tur n the vehicle jack located un der the lifting
point o n the s ill to raise the jack unt il its
arm @
~ fig. 202 is locate d under the d esignated plas-
tic
mount ¢ .&,¢(D. II>

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
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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

Fuses
Fuse panel© (brown)
No. Equipment
1 I nfota inment system
2 Infotainment system
3
Infota inment, automatic dimming inter ior
rearv iew mir ror
4 Rearview camera/per ipheral cameras
s TV tuner
6 Tank leak detect ion system
7 Sockets
8 Park ing heater
10 Lumbar support (front passenger's seat)
11 Emergency call
12 Infotainment system
Fuse panel @ (black)
No. Equipment
Air suspens ion, adapt ive dampers , sport
1 different ial, elect romechan ical pa rking
brake
2
Clutch pedal position sensor/automat ic
transmission
3 Seats
4 Rear wiper (Avant)
s Side assist
6 Engine sound
7 Infotainment/sound amplifier
8 Gateway
9 Sport differential
10 Climate control system
1 1
T ire pressure monitoring system, parking
heater
12 Sta rt/Stop system
Fuse panel ® (black)
No . Equipment
1 Special purpose vehicles/rear seats
Fuse panel ® (black)
No . Equipment
1 Rear window defogger
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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
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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
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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
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