AUDI Q5 2015 Owners Manual

Owner's Manual
2015 Audi QS I SQS
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2015 Aud i Q5
2015 Aud i SQS
2015 Audi QS hybrid quattro
Foreword
Thank you for choosing an Audi - we value your trust in us .
Your new Audi will allow you to experience the best in groundbreaking technolo­
gy and premium quality equ ipment a vehicle has to offer. We recommend that
you read your Owner's Manual thoroughly so that you qu ickly become acquaint­
ed with your Audi and make use of all of its features.
In addition to explaining how the different features work, we provide many use­
ful tips and information concerning your safety, how to care for your vehicle and
how to maintain your veh icle's value. We also give you useful tips and informa­
tion on how to drive your veh icle more efficiently and in an environmentally
friendly manner.
In the Owner's Manual, you w ill also find the Operat ing Manual for your Info­
ta inment system and the veh icle ma intenance schedule .
We hope you enjoy driving yo ur Audi and we wish you safe and pleasant motor­
ing.
AUDIAG

Table of contents
Owner's Literature
About this Owner's Manual ... .. .
Operation ....... ........... .. .. .. .
Cockpit ... .. ...... ......... .. .. .. .
Gene ral illus tra tion . ..... ... .. .. .. .. .
Instruments and indicator lights
Instruments .. .. ...... ..... .. .. .. .. .
I ndicator ligh ts .... ..... ... .. .. .. .. .
Driver information system ... .. .
In troduct ion .... ... ..... ... .. .. .. .. .
Trip computer ... ... ..... ... .. .. .. .. .
Efficiency program .. ..... ... .. .. .. .. .
On Board Diagnostic System (OBD) . .. .. .
Electronic speed lim it er ........ .. .. .. .
Auto Check Control ... ...... .. .. .. .. .
Open ing and closing ...... .. .. .. .
Keys .. .. .. .. .. ............. .. .. .. .
Ce ntra l locki ng .. ... .. ... ..... .. .. .. .
Opening and clos ing rear lid ........ .. .
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10
10
1 4
20
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25
26
26
27
36
36
38
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Automatic rear lid/t runk lid ope rat ion 44
E me rgency unlocki ng of the luggage
compa rtmen t lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Ch ild safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
P owe r Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Panorama s un roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
47
Garage doo r opener (Homelink) . . . . . . . . 48
Lights and Vision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
E xterior lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Interior lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
V1s1on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
W indshield wipe rs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Mi rror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
D ig ita l compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Seats and storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Gene ral info rmat ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Fr ont sea ts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
M emory f unct ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Rear seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Head res traints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Center a rm rest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
69
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Roo f rack ... .... .. .. ... . .. .... ... . .
Beverage holders ... .... .. .... ... .. . .
Climatized cupholders ... . ..... ... .. . .
(upholders in the doo r pockets ....... . .
A sh tray ... .. .. .. .. ............... . .
Cigarette lighter/soc ket .............. .
Stor ing ... .. .. .. .. .. .... .... ..... . .
Warm and cold .. ... .. ..... ... .. . .
Cl imate control system ... ... ... ... .. .
Dnv1ng ......... .. ............... . .
Steering ...... .. ... ............. .. .
Ig nition lock . .. ... ................. .
Convenience key .. .. .. ...... ... .. .. . .
D rive r mes sage s .. .. .. ........... .. . .
E lectromech anic al par king br ake ... .. . .
Star t/Stop sys tem .. .... . ..... ... .. . .
Speed warning system ... . ..... ... .. . .
Cruise contro l system .... . .... ... .. . .
Hybrid ... .. .... .. .. ... .. ..... ... . .
Hybrid dr ive ..... .. .... .. .... ... .. . .
72
74
75
76
76
76
77
80
80
84
84
84
87
88 89
91
94
95
98
98
Audi adaptive cruise control and
braking guard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
107
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
General information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Audi adap tive cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Audi braking guard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Audi side assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
S ideass ist .. .. .. .. ... .. ... ... ... ... 116
Audi drive select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
D riving settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Automatic transmission . . . . . . . . . 123
tiptron ic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Parking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Parking system plus wit h rearv iew camera 129
Adjus ting the d isplay and warn ing tones . 134
T rai le r hitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Er ror messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

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Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Driving safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Correct passenger seat ing positions . . . . . 136
Pedal area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Storing cargo correct ly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Reporting Safety Defects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
General information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Why use safety belts? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Belt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Important information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Front airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Monito ring the Advanced Airbag System . 162
Side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Side curtain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Child safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Important information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Child seats .............. .... .. .. ... 177
Secur ing ch ild seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
LATCH system (Lower anchorages and
tethers for children) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Addit ional info rmation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Driver messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Smart Technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Notice about data recorded by the Event
Data Recorder and vehicle control
modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
E lect ronic Stabilization Control (ESC) . . . . 191
B raking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Electromechanica l power assist, Dynamic
steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Driving with your quattro . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Energy management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Driving and the environment . . . . 198
Breaking in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Cata lytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Diesel particu late filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Avoid damaging the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Econom ical and environmentally-friend ly
driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
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Offroad driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
202
Driving under difficult conditions and off-
road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Trailer mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Driving with a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Tra iler mode notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Operating instructions . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Care and cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
General information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Car washes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Cleaning and care information . . . . . . . . . 209
Placing your vehicle out of service . . . . . . 212
Fuel and Refueling .......... ... .. 213
Fuel .. ..... ... .. .. ........ ...... ... 213
Refueling ... .. .. .. ... .. ... ..... .. .. 215
Selective catalytic reduction 218
Checking and Filling . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Eng ine compartm ent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
En gine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Cooling system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Windshield/headlight washer container 234
Wheels .. .... .. .. ... ........ .. .. .. 235
Wheels and Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Tire pressure monitoring system . . . . . . . 252
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Emergency assistance . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Vehicle jack, vehicle tool kit and
collapsib le spare tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Tire repair set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Replacing wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Fuses and bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Fuses. ...... .. .. .. ... .. ... ..... .. .. 266
Bulbs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Emergency situations . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Starting by pushing or towing . . . . . . . . . . 271
Starting with jumper cables . . . . . . . . . . . 27 1
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Use of jumper cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Towing with a tow truck. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Raising the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Technical Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Vehicle identificat ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Dimensions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Capac ities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Gasoline engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
D iese l eng ine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Consumer information . . . . . . . . . . 281
Warranty coverages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Operating your vehicle outside the U.S.A.
or Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Audi Service Repair Manuals and Literature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Maintenance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Accessories and technical changes . . . . . . 283
Declaration of Compliance,
Te lecommunications and E lectronic
Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
Index ..... ...... ........... .. .. ... 285
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In addition to this Owner's Manual , your Audi
comes with a Warranty
& Maintenance booklet.
Mor eover , depending on the model and the
eq uip ment, there may be add itiona l instruction
booklets delivered with your vehicle (for exam ­
ple, Operating Instructions for your Sound Sys­
tem, Navigation System etc.).
If yo u are miss ing one of these publications, or if
you believe that the information is not complete,
contact your authorized A udi dealer for assis­
tance.
The Warranty & Maintenance booklet
explains how you can keep your A udi in top driv ­
ing condition by having it serviced regu larly and
contains detailed information about the warran­
ties covering your Audi. Always have the booklet
with you when you take your vehicle to an author­ ized Audi dealer for service. Your Audi Serv ice Ad­
visor will record each scheduled serv ice and can
answer any questions you may have regarding
ho w to maintain your vehicle .
In Canada,
the vehicle literature is also avai lab le in French.
To obtain a copy, contact your dealer or write to:
Au Canada, on peut se procure r un exemplaire en
fran(ais de ce doc ument aupres du concession­
naire ou de:
Aud i Canada
Client Assistance
Assistance a la Clientele
777 Bayly Street, West,
Ajax, Ontario LlS 7G7
If you sell your Audi
all literature should be left in the vehicle to make
the Warranty terms as well as a ll operating, safe­
ty and maintenance information availab le to the
next owner.
If you change your address or if you bought
this Audi used
be sure to send in a "Notice of Address Change"/
"Notice of Used Car Purchase" post card. This
card can be found in the Warranty
& Maintenance
Owner 's Literature
booklet or obtained from your authorized Aud i
dealer.
It is in your own interest that we are able to
contact you should the need arise.
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About this Owner's Manual
This manual contains important information,
tips, suggestions and warnings for using your ve­ h icle.
Keep th is manual in your veh icle at all times. Th is
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 tim e of
printing. Individua l equipment options described
may only be available at a later date or may only
be offered in certain countries.
Some sect ions in this manua l do not apply to all
vehicles. When this is the case, the beginning of
the section indicates the
validity, for example
"Applies to vehicles: with Audi s ide ass ist". Op ­
tional or vehicle-spec ific equipment is a lso identi ­
fied with an asterisk"*".
The
illustrations are designed as a general guide
and on your vehicle may look slight ly different
than what is illustrated.
There is a
Table of Contents at the beginning of
this owner's manua l that lists all of the topics
covered in this book in the order that they ap­
pear. There is also an alphabetical
Inde x at the
end of this owner's manual.
All
directions, such as "left", "right", "front" and
"rear", are based on the vehicle's direction of
travel.
* Optiona l or vehicle -specific equipment
.,._ The section continues on the next page.
~ .&. Cross reference to a "WARNI NG" w ith in a
section. If a page number is indicated, the
WARNING is located outs ide of the sect ion.
&, WARNING
Text with this symbol contains information
about safety and how to reduce the risk of se­
rious persona l injury or death.
([) Note
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Text with this symbol contains information
about reducing the risk of damage to your ve­
hicle.
-
® For the sake of the environment
Text with this symbo l contains information on
protecting the environment.
@ Tips
Text with this symbo l contains additional use­
ful information.

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Cockpit
Cockpit
General illustration
Fig. 1 Cockpit : left section
F ig. 2 Cockpi t: right sect ion
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