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Fig. 293 Vehicl e ident ifica tion labe l
Vehicle Identification Number (VIN )
The VIN n umber is located in the following pla­
ces :
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~ :x: -Se lect : the I MENU ! button >Vehi cle > left con­
t rol button
> Servi ce & check s > Vehicle infor·
mati on.
-On t he vehicle identificat io n labe l
Dimensions
Technical data
-At the front behind the windshield *
-in the engine comp artme nt on the r igh t side
Vehicle identification label
The vehicle identification label¢ fig. 293 is locat ­
ed in the luggage compartment under the cargo
floor cover.
The vehicle identification label informat ion can
also be found in the Warranty a nd Maintenance
booklet .
The sticker contains the fo llow ing vehicle data:
© Vehicle Identif ication Number (VIN)
@ Vehicle type, engine output, transm ission
@ Engine and transmiss ion codes
© Paint and interior codes
® Optional equipment numbers
Notes about technical
data
T he values may vary base d on special eq uipment
as well as m arket -specific equipment and meas­
u ring methods .
Please note that the specifications listed in the
vehicle documen tat ion a lways take prece dence.
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Missing technical data was not ava ilable at
the time of pr int ing.
Length (in (mm )) Width (in (mm ))
Width across the Height at curb
mirrors (in (mm )) weight (in (mm))
Q5 183.6 (4,663) 74 .5 (1 ,893) 84.3 (2,140) 65.3 (1 ,659)
SQ5 183.9 (4,671) 74.5 (1,893) 84 .3 (2,140) 65.3 (1,659)
Capacities
Approximate capaci·
ties
Fuel tank 1
8.5 gal (70 L)
Windsh ield and headlight washer system* 5.3qt(5L)
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Consum er Info rmation
today's automobi les, have steadi ly red uced the
scope of maintenance and repairs which can be
carried out by veh icle owners.
Al so , sa fet y and
en vironmental
concerns place very strict limits
on the nature of repairs and adjustments to en­
g ine and transmission parts w hich an owner can
perform .
Maintenance, adjustments and repairs usually re­
qu ire special tools, testing devices and other
equ ipment available to specially trained work ­
shop personnel in order to assure proper per­
forma nce, re liab ility and safety of the ve hicle and
its many systems .
Improper maintenance, adjustments and repairs
can impair the operation and reliab il ity of your
ve hicle and eve n void your vehicle warra nty .
Therefo re, proof of se rvicing in accordance w ith
the m aintenance schedule may be a condition fo r
up hold ing a possible wa rranty claim made wi thin
the warranty pe riod.
Above all, ope rational safety can be adversely af­
fected, c re ating unnecessa ry risks fo r you and
your passengers.
I f in doubt about any servicing, have it done by
your author ized Audi dealer or any other prope rly
eq uipped and qualified workshop . We strongly
urge yo u to g ive your author ized Audi dealer the
opportunity to perform a ll scheduled mainte ­
nance and necessary repairs. Your dealer has the
facilities, origina l parts and tra ined specialists to
keep your veh icle running properly.
Performing limit ed maint enanc e yourself
The fo llowing pages describe a limited number of
procedures whic h can be performed on your ve hi­
cle with ordinary tools, should the need arise and
tra ined personnel be unava ilable. Before per ­
forming any of these procedures, always thor­
ough ly read all of the app licab le text and carefu l­
ly follow the instructions g iven . Always rigorously
observe the
W ARNINGS prov ided .
Befo re yo u check an ything in the engine com ­
partment , alway s read and h eed all WARNINGS
c> .&. and c> .&. in Working in the engine compart­
ment on page 314 .
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A WARNING
-Ser ious personal injury may occur as a result
of improperly performed maintenance, ad­
justments or repairs .
- Always be extreme ly careful when work ing
on the vehicle . Always follow commonly ac­
cepted safety practices and general com­ mon sense. Never r is k personal in jury.
- Do not attempt any of the maintenance,
checks or repairs described on the following pages if you are not fu lly fam il iar with these
or other procedu res with respect to the ve­
hicle, or are uncertain how to proceed.
- Do not do any work wi thout the prope r tools
and eq uipmen t. H ave the necessary wo rk
done by your authorized Audi dealer or an ­
other properly equipped and qualified work­
shop.
- The engine compartment of any motor vehi ­
cle is a potentially hazardous area . Never
reach into the area around or touch the radi­
ator fan. It is temperature controlled and
can switch on suddenly - even when the en­
gine is off and the ignition key has been re­
moved. The rad iator fan switches on auto­
mat ically when the coolant reaches a certain
temperature and will con tinue to run until
the coolant temperat ure drops.
- Always remove the igni tion key before any­
one gets under the vehicle.
- Always support your vehicle with safety
stands if it is necessary to work underneath
the vehicle. The jack* s upplied w ith the vehi­
cle is no t ad equate for th is pu rpose and
could collapse causing se rious personal in ­
jury .
- If you must work underneath the vehicle
with the wheels on the ground, always make
sure the vehicle is on level ground, that the
wheels a re always sec urely blocked and that
the engine cannot be started.
- Always make sure the transmission se lector
lever (automatic t ransm iss ion) is in P (Park
position) and the park b rake is applied .

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@ For the sake of the environment
-Changing the engine settings wi ll adversely
affect emission leve ls. Th is is detrimental to
the env ironment and increases fuel con ­
sumption.
- A lways observe environmenta l regu lations
when disposing of old engine o il, used brake
flu id, d irty engine coolant, spent batteries
or worn out tires.
- Undeployed airbag modules and pretension­
ers might be classified as Perchlorate Mate­
rial -spec ial handl ing may apply, see
www .dtsc.ca .gov/hazardouswaste/perch lo­
r ate. When the vehicle or pa rts of t he re­
stra int system includi ng a irbag mod ules
s af ety be lts with pretens ioners a re scrap ­
ped, a ll applicab le laws and regulations
must be observed. Your a uthorized Audi
dealer is fam iliar with these requirements
and we recommend that you have your dea l­
er perform this service for you.
Accessories and
technical changes
Additional accessories and parts
replacement
Always consult on authorized Audi dealer before
purchasing accessories.
Audi ve hicles that are constructed with advanced
materials like Steel/Aluminum (Hybrid construc­
tion), Aluminum (Aud i Space Frame), and/or Alu­
minum/Carbon Fiber (Ultra Advanced Light
We ight Materials) are as unique as the ir dr ivers .
Therefo re, the ava ilability of certain parts needed
for repa ir , restorat ion, or reconstruction w ill be
rest ricted , or pa rts will be unava ilable, if the ve ­
hicl e is not repa ired at an a uthorized Aud i co lli­
sion repair facility . This includes but is not limi t­
ed to structura l parts which require specia lized
training and equipment to restore their crash ­
worthiness back to the original NHTSA and IIHS performance.
Your vehicle incorporates the latest safety design
features ensuring a high standard of active and passive safety.
Con sum er In form ation
This safety could be compromised by non -ap ­
proved changes to the vehicle. For t his reason, if
parts have to be rep laced, p lease observe the fol ­
lowing points when install ing additional accesso­
ries:
Approved Audi accessories and genuine Audi parts are avai lab le from authorized Aud i dea lers.
T hese dea le rs a lso have t he necessa ry fa cilit ies,
tools and trained specialists to install the pa rts
and accessories proper ly .
A WARNING
--
Using the wrong spare parts or using non -ap­
p roved accessories can cause damage to the
vehicle and serious personal injury.
- Use on ly accessories expressly approved by
Aud i and genuine Audi spare parts
- These parts and accessor ies have been spe­
cially designed to be used on your vehicle.
- Do not use license p late brac kets in the
front area that are d ifferent from the one
installed at the factory, or add additional
li­
cense plate brackets.
- Never install accessor ies such as telephone
cradles or beverage holders on airbag covers
or w ith in the airbag deployment zones. Do­
ing so will increase the risk of injury if a ir­
bags a re tr iggered in an accident!
- Before you check anyth ing in the eng ine
compa rtment, always read and heed all
WARN INGS
~page 314.
@ Note
- If items other than genu ine Audi spare
parts, add-on equipment and accessory
items are used or if repa ir work is not per­
form ed according to specified methods, th is
c an result in seve re damage to you r vehi­
cle's eng ine and body (s uch as cor rosion)
and adve rsely affec t your ve hicle's warranty.
- If emergency repa irs m ust be pe rformed
elsew here, have the vehicle ex am ined by an
authorized A udi dealer as soon as possib le .
- Th e manufac ture r ca nnot be he ld liable fo r
damage wh ic h occur s d ue to fail ure to com ­
ply with these stipulations.
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Index
Audio player Bluetooth audio player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Wi-Fi audio player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Aud io track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Aud i pre sense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Sett ings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Audi Service Repair Manuals and Literature 371
Aud i side assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Rear cross-traffic assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Audi smartphone interface . . . . . . . . . 243, 247
Audi virtua l cockpit
refer to Instrument cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
AUTO Automatic headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Auto Lock (central locking system) . . . . . . . . 30
Automatic belt retractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Automatic climate control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Automatic climate control system Audi drive select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Automatic transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Emergency program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Hill descent control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Kick-down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
La unch control program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Manual shiftin g . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Parking lock emergency re lease . . . . . . . . . 90
Selector lever positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Automatic wipe/wash system . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Auto Safety Hotline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
AUTO (button) Automatic climate control system . . . . . . . 71
Auxiliary heater (automatic climate control) 72
AUX input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Average consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Average speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
B
BACK button 147
Balance (sound) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Bass (sound) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Battery Jump starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363
also refer to Vehicle battery . . . . . . . . . . . 321
376 Before
driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Belt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Blended gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310
Blower (automat ic climate control system) . 71
Bluetooth Audio player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Connecting a cell phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 4
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Boost...... .. .. .. .. .. ............. ... 17
Booster seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Boost pressure indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Brake fluid Checking the brake fluid level . . . . . . . . . . 321
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Brake assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321
E lectromechanical parking brake . . . . . . . . 80
Emergency braking function . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
New brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Worn brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Break-in security feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Breaking in
New brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
New engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
New tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332
Browser
refer to Media center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362
Buttons Control panel (MMI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Multifunction steering wheel . . . . . . . . 12, 15
Switching the Infotainment system display
on/off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
C
Cable (USB adapter/ AUX connector cable) 231
California Proposition 65 Warning . . . . . . . 315
Battery specific . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322
Call list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Call options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Capacities Fuel tank. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369
Washer fluid reservoir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369
Cargo area
refer to Loading the luggage compart-
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Emergency call function
Audi connect emergency ca ll and service .
201
Emergency flashe rs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Emergency operat ion
Fuel filler door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
313
Emergency starting
E m issions control system ........... .. .
Energy management ........... .. .. .. .
Engine Coolant
.... .. ... .......... .. .. .... .
Start/Stop system ............ .. .... . .
Starting/stopping ............ .. .... . .
Starting w ith jumper cables .... .. .. .. .
En gin e compartment
Opening/closing the hood ............ .
Overview
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Safety preca utions .......... .. .. .... .
En gin e oil
Adding .. .. .. ............... .. .. .. .
Changing .... ... .......... .. .. .... .
Checking oil level . .......... .. .. .... .
Consumption .... .......... .. .. .... .
363
3 13
145
3 19
78
76
363
3 15
3 16
3 14
317 3 19
3 17
3 17
Temperature disp lay .......... .. .. .. . . 17
Engin e sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Eng ine Start/Stop mode
refer to Start/Stop system . . . . . . . . . . 78, 80
Eng ine stop
refer to Start/Stop system . . . . . . . . . . 78, 80
En hanced v iew . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Enter ing characters/numbers (speller) . . . . 155
Entering letters (speller) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Enterta inment sl iding menu . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
En try/ex it lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Environment
Proper disposal of drained engine oi l ... .
Unleaded gasoline ............ .. .. .. .
ESC
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H ill descent assist .......... .. .. .. .. .
Offroad mode .... .......... .. .. .... .
Evasive steering support ......... ... .. .
E vent Dat a Recorder (EDR) ...... .. .. .. .
3 19
310
140
142 141
1 13
145
Ext erio r ligh ting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
External voice operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Index
F
Factory default settings
Multi Media Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
246
Fader (sound) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Fastening
Booster seats
.. .. ................. .. 301
Convertib le child safety seats ......... . 299
Infant seats ... .. .. ................ . 297
Fast forwarding/rewind ing (a udio/video
file) ....... .. .. .. ................. .
. 234
Fast forwarding (audio/v ideo file) . . . . . . . . 234
Fast route . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Favorites
Media
Navigation .. .. .. ................. . .
Telephone . .. .. .. ................. . .
237
205 179
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) 374
File formats (media drives) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Fixture set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Floor mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Foot peda ls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
For th e sake of t he envi ronment
Environmentally-friend ly driving . . . . . . . . 73
Fueling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
311
Leaks..... .. .. .. ................. .. 315
Warming up the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Free text search ..... ... .......... .. ..
Media .... .. .. .. ................. ..
Navigation .. .. .. ................. . .
Radio
.... .. .. .. ................. ..
Telephone ..... .. .. ................ .
Freeze protection Coo lant ... .. .. .. ................. . .
157
236
204
221 183
319
Frequency band . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220, 223
Front a irbags
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
273
How they work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
Frontal collisions and the laws of physics . . 262
Front seats
Adjus ting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
254
Child restraints in the front seat . . . . . . . . 270
also refer to Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Fuel 310
Additives.. .. .. .. ................. .. 3 10
Blended gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 10
379