trailer AUDI Q5 2015 Owner's Manual

Emergency situation s
When it is no longer needed, unscrew the towing
loop and put it back into the vehicle toolkit . Be
sure to have the tow ing loop stored in the vehicle
at all times .
When re -insta lling the cover be su re to first in­
sert the tabs on the cover into the retainers near
the radiator grille . T hen install the other side of
the cover and push it into the retainers
¢f ig. 229 .
The appearance of the cover var ies from the illus­
tration for some model versions .
A WARNING
If the towing loop is not screwed in as far as it
w ill go, the thread can pu ll out when the veh i­
cle is towed -potential risk of an accident .
(D Note
The cover is attached to the bumper with sev­
eral hooks . Do not use excessive force when
remov ing the cover to avoid damaging it.
Rear towing loop
On vehicles without a factory-installed trailer
hitch*, the threaded hole for the towing loop is
on the right side of the rear bumper .
Fig. 2 31 Rear b umper: Cove r
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F ig . 232 Rea r bumpe r: S crew ing in t owing loop
Vehicles with a towing loop
~ Remove the tow ing loop from the vehicle tool ­
ki t
¢ page 255.
~ Press t he cover i n by app lyi ng short strong
pressu re to the bottom pa rt to release it from
t he bumper
¢fig . 231.
~ Sc rew the towing loop t ightly into t he threaded
hole as far as it will go¢
fig. 232.
Vehicles with a trailer hitch*
~ In sta ll the tra ile r hitch.
~ Attach the tow ing bar or the tow ing ca ble to
the t ra iler hi tch .
Unscrew the towi ng loop again afte r use and i n­
st all the cover in the b um pe r. Retur n the towing
l oop to the vehicle tool kit . B e sure to have the
tow ing loop stored in the vehicle at all times .
~ WARNING
-If the towin g loop is not screwed in as fa r as
it will go, the thread can pull out when the
veh icle is towed - potent ial risk of an acci­
de nt.
- If your vehicle has a
tra iler hitch* only use a
specia l towing bar to p revent damag ing t he
ball hitch. These towing bars have been spe­
cially designed for trailer towing h itches .
- If your vehicle has a
tra iler hitch* use on ly
special towing cables .

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Consumer information
Warranty coverages
Your Audi is covered by the following warran­
ties:
- New Vehicle Limited Warranty
- Limited Warranty Against Corrosion Perfora-
tion
- Emissions Control System Warranty
- Emissions Performance Warranty
- California Emissions Control Warranty (USA
vehicles only)
- California Emissions Performance Warranty
(USA vehicles only)
Detailed information regarding your warranties
can be found in your
Warranty & Maintenance
booklet .
Operating your vehicle
outside the U.S.A. or
Canada
Government regulations in the United States and
Canada require that automobiles meet specific
emission regulations and safety standards.
Therefore, vehicles built for the U.S.A. and Cana­
da differ from vehicles sold in other countries.
If you plan to take your vehicle outside the conti­
nental limits of the United States or Canada,
there is the possibility that:
- unleaded fuels for vehicles with catalytic con­
verter may not be available;
- fuel may have a considerably lower octane rat­
ing . Improper fuel may cause engine damage;
- serv ice may be inadequate due to lack of proper
serv ice faci lities , tools or testing equipment;
- replacement parts may not be readily available .
- Nav igat ion systems for vehicles built for the
U.S.A. and Canada will not necessar ily work in
Europe , and may not work in other countries
outside of North America.
Consumer information
(D Note
Audi cannot be responsible for mechanical
damage that could result from inadequate
fuel, service or parts availability.
Audi Service Repair
Manuals and Literature
Audi Official Factory Service Manuals and Litera ­
ture are published as soon as possible after mod­ el introduction . Service Manuals and literature
are available to order from the Audi Technical Lit­
erature Ordering Center at:
www.audi.techliterature.com
Maintenance
General
Your vehicle has been designed to help keep
maintenance requirements to a minimum. How­
ever, a certain amount of regular maintenance is
still necessary to assure your vehicle's safety,
economy and reliability. For detailed vehicle
maintenance consult your Warranty & Mainte­
nance booklet .
Under difficult operating conditions, for exam­
ple at extremely low outside temperatures, in
very dusty regions, when towing a trailer very fre­
quently, etc., some serv ice work should be per­
formed between the intervals specified. This ap­
plies particularly to:
- oil changes, and
- cleaning or replacing the air filter .
(® For the sake of the environment
By regularly maintaining your vehicle, you
help make sure that emission standards are
maintained, thus min imizing adverse effects
on the environment.
Important considerations for you and your
vehicle
The increasing use of electronics, sophisticated
fuel injection and emission control systems, and
the generally increasing technical complexity of
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Index
(upholders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 4, 76
Heated and cooled . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
D
Data recorder
Date display 190
12
Daytime running lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Declaration of compliance
Adapt ive cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
Audi side assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
Cell phone package . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
Convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
Electronic immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
Homelink universal remote control . . . . . 284
Remote control key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
Defective light bulb warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Defrosting (windows) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Determining correct load limit . . . . . . . . . . 249
Diesel fuel ..... .. ............. .... .. . 215
Diesel part iculate filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34, 199
Digita l clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Digital compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Digital speedometer................ .. .. 21
Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Dimming the rearview mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Doors Child safety locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Emergency locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Driver information system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Defective light bulb warning . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Digital speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Driver information messages . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Open door or rear lid warning . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Outside temperature display.... .. .. .. .. 21
Sound system display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Driver seat
refer to Seat ing pos ition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Driver's seat memory
Activating remote control key . . . . . . . . . . . 65
D . l nve se ect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Adaptive dampers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Dynamic steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Setting the driving mode........ ... .. . 121
Driving economically 199
288
Driving lights .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Driving messages 27
Driving offroad Driving through water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Driving tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Rules of behavior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Sand and mud 203
Snow-covered ground . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Unpaved roads ... .. .. ........... .. .. 203
Driving safely . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Driving through water 203
Driving time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Duplicate key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Dust filter
refer to Pollutant filter (climate control) . . 80
D . t . ynam1c s eenng .. ... ......... ... 120, 191
Ind icator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
E
E85 (Fuel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Efficiency program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Fuel economy messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Memory level s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Other equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
E lectrical accessories
refer to Socket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Electrical seat adjustment
refer to Seat adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Electromechanical parking brake Emergency braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Re leasing and closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Starting assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Starting from rest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Starting off with a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Electromechanical power assist....... ... 195
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Electronic Differential Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Electronic differential lock (EDL)
Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . 15, 17
E lectronic immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Electronic power control (EPC) warning/indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Index
Tire Mobility System (tire repair set)
258
Tire pressure monitoring system Loss of air pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Low aspect ratio t i res . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Repair set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105, 258
Replacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Service life 243
Tire pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Tire pressure monitoring system . . . 252, 2S3
T ire pressure table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Treadwear ind icators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Unidi rectiona l.... .. ..... ... .. .. .. ... 237
Uniform tire quality grading .... .. .. ... 251
T ires and whee ls
Glossary of t ire and load ing terminology . 23 7
Tire pressure monitoring system . . . . . . . . 16
Tires and vehicle load limits . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Tool kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2S5
Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Torn or frayed sa fety be lts 1
46
Tow ing
Fr ont eyelet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Rear eye let . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Tow tr ucks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Towing a tra iler
P ark ing system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
TPMS (tire pressure monitor ing system) . . . 253
T railer mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Trailer towing Operating instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Techn ica l req uirements . . . . . . . . . . . 204, 205
Tong ue load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Trailer turn signa l assemb ly
Warn ing/ indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Transm ission
Malfunct ion (ind icator light) . . . . . . . . . . .
127
Transport Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 3
Travel mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Trip computer Fue l consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
M ileage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Sing le- trip memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Total -trip memo ry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Trip odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
296
Trunk
refer to Rear lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Turn signals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Wa rning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
u
ULSD No. 2 (Diese l fue l) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Unfastening safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Unif orm tire quality grading . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
U nlocking
Power locking sw itch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Rea r lid/trun k lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Remote contro l key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
U si ng the mec hanical key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Use of jumper cab les . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
V
Vanity mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Vehicle Care/cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Out of service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Transport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Vehicle control modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Vehicle identification label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) . . . . . . 277
Vehicle jac k . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255, 262
Vehicle tool kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Ventilat ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
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Warning/ind icator lights
A irbag sys tem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
An ti- lock b rake system (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Brake system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Cruise cont ro l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
E lectromechanica l parking brake . . . . . . . . 18
E lectronic power control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Electronic Stabilization Contro l (ESC) . . . . . 15
G low p lug system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Hig h beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Malfunction Ind icator Lamp (M IL) . . . . . . . 17
Safety be lt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
T ire pressure mo nitoring system . . . . . . . . 16
T rai ler turn signal assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Turn signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16