transmission AUDI Q7 2012 Owner´s Manual

2 98 What do I do now?
The compressor must not be connected to
the c igarette lighter socket, as this socket
does not provide the required power.
Changing a wheel
Before changing a wheel
Observe the following precautions for your
own and your passenger's safety when chang­
ing a wheel.
• After you experience a tire failure, pull the
car well away from moving traffic and try to
reach
level ground before you stop r::::> /.1. .
• All passengers should leave the car and
move to a safe location (for instance, behind
the guardrai l)
r::::> /.1. .
• Engage th e parking brake to prevent your
vehicle from rolling unintentionally
r::::> /.1. .
• Move selector lever to position P r::::> /.1..
• If you are towing a trailer: unhitch the trail­
er from your vehicle .
• Block the diagonally opposite wheel with
the fo ld ing chocks or other objects .
• Take the
jack and the inflatable spare tire
out of the luggage compartment
r::::>page 295.
& WARNING
You or your passengers cou ld be injured
while changing a whee l if yo u do not fol­
low these safety precautions :
- If you have a flat tire, move a safe dis ­
tance
off the road. Turn off the engine,
turn the emergency flashers on and use other warning devices to alert other mo­
torists .
- Make sure that passengers wait in a safe
place away from the vehicle and well
away from the road and traff ic .
- To help prevent the vehicle from moving
suddenly and possibly slipping off the
jack, always fully set the parking brake
and block the whee l diagonally opposite
the whee l being changed with the fold­
ing chocks or other objects. When one front wheel is lifted
off the ground, plac­
ing the Automatic Transmission in "P"
(Park) will
not prevent the vehicle from
moving .
- Before you change a wheel, be sure the
ground is level and firm. If necessary,
use a sturdy board under the jack.
- After installing the inflatable spare tire,
make sure that you replace the flat tire/
wheel in its storage area properly and
tighten the knurled retaining screw se­
curely.
Changing a wheel
When you change a wheel , follow these ­
quence described below step-by-step and in
exactly that order.
1. Activate the vehicle jack mode (only vehi­
cles w ith Adaptive Air Suspens ion)
r::::> page 154.
2. Remove the decorative wheel cover*. For
more details see also
r::::> page 299, Deco­
rative wheel covers or r::::> page 299,
Wheels with wheel bolt caps.
3. Loosen the wheel bolts r::::>page 299 .
4. Locate the proper mounting point for the jack and align the jack below that point
r::::>page 300.
S. Lift the car with the jack r::::> page 300.
6. Remove the wheel with the flat tire and
then insta ll the
inflatable spare tire
r::::>page 301.
7. Tighten all wheel bolts lightly.
8.
Lower the vehicle with the jack.
9. Use the wheel bolt wrench and
firmly
tighten all wheel bolts r::::> page 299.
10. Rep lace the decorative wheel cover*.
11. De activate the vehicle jack mode (only ve­
hicles wi th Adaptive Air Suspension)
r::::> page 154.
& WARNING
Always read and follow all WARNINGS and
in format ion
c:::> &. in Raising the vehicle on
page 301
and c:::> page 302.

Fuse s and bulb s 305
Right cockpit fuse assignment
Fig . 258 Right cockp it: f use pane l w ith plastic clip
No. Con sumer Amps No. Consumer Amps
Fu se pa nel@ (bla ck )
6 Automatic transmission
5/20
1 Heated rear seats
7
E lectronic Stability Control
5
2 Telephone, cell phone package (ESC)
--Shift gate automatic transmis-
Front seat hating/seat ventila-
8 5
3 30/15
tion (right) sion
Electron ic Stab ility Control 9 Parking system
5
4 (ESC) 20
10 Airbag
5
5 Door control module (right side
15 11
Heated rear seats
5
of vehicle) 12 Air-conditioning 5
6 Rear electrical outlets 25 Fuse panel© (red )
7
Lumbar support passenger's
10 1 Instrument cluster
seat 2 Rearview camera
8 Ciga
rette lighter front 20
3 CD player, DVD drive 5
9 Front electrical outlets
25 4 MMI Display 5
10 A/C controls 10
5 Automatic transmission
11 Cooler
15 Panoramic sliding sunroof seg-
7 20
12 Inte
lligent power module pas-
15 ment 1
senger Panoramic sliding sunroof seg-
Fuse panel B (brown ) 8 ment2 20
1 Headlight e
lectronic system
10 Panoramic sliding sunroof sun-
9 20
(right side of veh icle)
blind
Ride height adjustment 5
Window regulators (right side
Telephone package 5 11
of vehicle) 35
4 12 Rear air-condi
tioning contro ls 10
5 Electronic
Stability Cont rol
5
(ESC)

308 Emergency situations
Emergency situations
General
This chapter is intended for trained emer­
gency crews and working personnel who
have the necessary tools and equipment to perform these operations.
Starting by pushing or
towing
Q;) Note
Your vehicle is equipped with an automatic
transmission. Consequently, the engine
cannot be started by pushing or towing.
Starting with jumper
cables
If necessary, the engine can be started by
connecting it to the battery of another vehi­
cle.
If the engine should fail to start because of a
discharged or weak battery, the battery can be
connected to the battery of
another vehicle,
using a
pair of jumper cables to start the en­
gine .
Jumper cables
Use only jumper cables of sufficiently large
cross section to carry the starter current safe­
ly. Refer to the manufacturer's specifications.
Use only jumper cables with
insulated termi­
nal clamps which are distinctly marked:
plus(+) cable in most cases colored red
minus(-) cable
in most cases colored black .
A WARNING
Batteries contain electricity, acid, and gas.
Any of these can cause very serious or fatal
injury. Follow the instructions below for
safe handling of your vehicle's battery.
- Always shield your eyes and avoid lean­
ing over the battery whenever possible. -
A discharged battery can freeze at tem­
peratures just below 32 °F (0 °C). Before
connecting a jumper cable, you must
thaw the frozen battery completely, oth­
erwise it could explode.
- Do not allow battery acid to contact eyes
or skin . Flush any contacted area with
water immediately .
- Improper use of a booster battery to
start a vehicle may cause an explosion.
- Vehicle batteries generate explosive gas­
es . Keep sparks, flame and lighted ciga­
rettes away from batteries.
- Do not try to jump start any vehicle with
a low acid level in the battery .
- The voltage of the booster battery must
also have a 12-Volt rating. The capacity
(Ah) of the booster battery should not be
lower than that of the discharged bat­
tery . Use of batteries of different voltage
or substantially different "Ah" rating
may cause an explosion and personal in­
jury.
- Never charge a frozen battery. Gas trap­
ped in the ice may cause an explosion.
- Never charge or use a battery that has
been frozen. The battery case may have
be weakened.
- Use of batteries of different voltage or
substantially different capacity (Ah) rat­
ing may cause an explosion and injury.
The capacity (Ah) of the booster battery
should not be lower than that of the dis­
charged battery.
- Before you check anything in the engine
compartment, always read and heed all
WARNINGS¢
page 248, Engine com­
partment.
@ Note
- Applying a higher voltage booster bat­
tery will cause expensive damage to sen­
sitive electronic components, such as
control units, relays, radio, etc.
- There must be no electrical contact be­
tween the vehicles as otherwise current
could already start to flow as soon as the
positive(+) terminals are connected. ..,.

@ Tips
-The discharged battery must be properly
connected to the vehicle's electrical sys­
tem. When jump start ing or charging the
battery, never connect the negative
ground cable to the battery negative
post because the battery manager sys­
tem must be able to detect the battery's
state of cha rge. A lways connect the neg­
ative g round cab le to the negative
gro und post o f the battery manage r con­
trol uni t.
Use of jumper cables
Make sure to connect the jumper coble
clomps in exactly the order described below!
F ig. 260 Engine co mpa rtment: Con nectors fo r ju mpe r
cables and charger
Fi g. 2 61 Ju mp start ing w ith the battery of a not her ve ­
h icle :
A-booster battery, B -discha rged ve hicle batte ry
The procedure described below for connecting
jumper cables is intended to provide a jump
start for your veh icle .
Vehicle with discharged batter y:
.. Turn off lights and accessories, move lever
of automatic transmission to
N (Neutral) or
P (Park) and set parking brake.
Emergenc y situ ation s 309
Connect POSI TIVE(+ ) to POSITIVE (+ )
(red )
.. Open the red cover on the positive pole
¢fig. 260 .
1. Connect one end of the red positive cable
on the
jump sta rt bolt ¢ fig. 261 (D
(Bolts under red cover = "posit ive") of the
vehicle to be started ®·
2. Co nnect th e other end to the pos itive ter-
mina l@ of the booster battery @.
Connect NEGATIVE( -) to NEGATIVE(-)
( black )
3. Connect one end of the black negative ca­
ble to the negat ive termina l@ of the
booster b attery @.
4 . Connect the othe r end of the black nega­
tive cab le to the
jump start bolt@ (Bolts
with hex head= "negative") of the vehicle
to be started @.
Sta rting the engine
.,. Sta rt the e ngine of the veh icle with the
booster ba tte ry @ . Ru n the engine at a
moderate speed .
.. Start engine with discharged vehicle battery
® in the usual manner .
.. If the eng ine fails to start: do not keep the
starter crank ing fo r longer than 10 seconds.
Wa it for about 30 seco nds a nd the n try
again .
.,. With engine runni ng, remove jumper cab les
from both vehicles in the exa ct
reverse or­
de r .
.. Close the red cover on the posi tive po le .
T he battery is vented to the outside to p reven t
gases from en ter ing the veh icle inter ior. Make
s ur e that the jumper clamps a re well connect­
ed with their
metal ports in full contact with
the battery term inals.
.&_ WARNING
-To avoid serious personal injury and dam­
age to the ve hicle, heed all warnings and
i n structions of the jumper cable manufac-
-
turer . If in doubt, call for road service . IIJ>

fall f rom a lift if the re is a change in ve­
h icle we ight d istr ibut ion and balance.
This might happen, for examp le, when
heavy components such as the engi ne
b lock or transmiss io n are removed .
- Whe n removing heavy components like
these, ancho r vehicle to ho ist o r add cor­
respond ing weig hts to ma inta in the cen ­
te r of g ravity . Othe rwise, the vehicl e
m ig ht tilt o r slip off th e hois t, causi ng
s erious perso nal inju ry.
(D Note
- Be awa re of the fo llowing po in ts befo re
li fting t he vehi cle:
- The vehicle should never be lifted or
jacked up from underneath the engine oil pan, the transmission housing, the
front or rear axle or the body side
members. This could lead to serious
damage .
- To avoid damage to the underbody or
chassis frame, a rubber pad must be
inserted between the floor jack and
the lift points.
- Before driving over a workshop hoist,
check that the vehicle weight does not
exceed the permissible lifting capacity
of the hoist.
- Before driving over a workshop hoist,
ensure that there is sufficient clear­ ance between the hoist and low parts
of the vehicle .
Emergency situations 313
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314 General information
General information Explanation of
technical data
Some of the technical data listed in this man ­
ual requires further explanation .
The technical data for your vehicle is listed in
the charts starting on
r:::>page 316. This sec ­
tion provides general information, notes and restrictions which apply to this data .
Vehicle identification
The key data is given on the vehicle identifica­
tion number (VIN) plate and the vehicle data
sticker.
Fig. 269 Veh icle Ide ntific atio n Number (VlN) p late: lo ­
cation on driver 's sid e das h panel
Fig. 270 The vehicle identi fication label -inside the
luggage co mpa rtmen t
The Vehicle Identification Number (VIN)
is located on the driver's side so that it is visi­
b le from the outside through the windshield
r:::> fig . 269. You can also display the Vehicle
Identification Number of your vehicle in the
MMI. Select function button
!CAR l > control
button
Systems* > Vehicle ID number (VIN)
or ICARI > control button Car systems*> Serv­
icing
& checks> VIN number . The
vehicle identification label
is located in the luggage compartment under
the cargo floor cover.
The label¢
fig. 2 70 shows the following vehi­
cle data :
(D Production control No.
@ Vehicle identification No.
® Type code number
@ Type designation/engine output in Kilo-
watts
® Engine and transmission code letter
@ Paint No./Interior
(f) Optional equipment No.'s
Vehicle data 2 to 7 are also found in your War­
ranty
& Maintenance booklet.
The safety compliance sticker
is you r assurance that your new vehicle com­
plies with all applicable Federal Motor Vehicle
Safety Standards which were in effect at the
t ime the vehicle was manufactured . You can
find this sticker on the left door jamb .
It
shows the month and year of production and
the vehicle ident ification number of your vehi ­
cle (perforation) as well as the Gross Vehicle
Weight Rating (GVWR) and the Gross Axle
Weight Rating (GAWR) .
The high voltage warning label
is located on the lock carrier.
The spark ignition system complies with
the Canadian standard ICES-002.
Weights
Gross Vehicle Weight Rating
The Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR), and
the Gross Axle Weight Rating (GAWR) for
front and rear are listed on a sticker on the
left door jamb.
The Gross Vehicle Weight Rating includes the
weight of the basic vehicle plus fu ll fuel tank,
oi l and coolant, plus maximum load , which in­
cludes passenger weight (150 lbs/68 kg per
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for using safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 3
Mo nitoring the Advanced Airbag Sys-
tem ... .. .. .. ... ....... ... .. .. .. . 192
Safety lock Ignition key, au tomatic transmission . . 105
Safety systems
Warn ing/ indicato r lights ............. 16
Seat adjustment
Driver 's seat ............. .... .. .. .. 71
Driver's seat memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Front passenger's seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Front seats ..................... ... 71
H ead restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76, 163
Powe r ... .. .... ............. .. .. .. 72
Seat belts
refer to Safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Seating capacity
Seating position 170
Driver . .. .. .... ........... .. .. ... 16 1
Fr ont passenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
How to adjus t the front seats ... .. .. . 162
Incorrect seat position .. ... .. .. .. .. . 164
Occupants .. ............. .... .. .. . 161
Rear passengers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Seat memo ry ............. .... .. .... 73
Seats Number of seats ................ .. 170
Seat ventilat ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Select ive cataly tic red uct ion
refer to Ad Blue . .. ..... ... .. .. .. ... 255
Select ive unlock feature ....... .. .. .. .. 44
Selector lever .. ........... .. .. .. ... 138
Service and disposal Safety belt pre tens ioner ... .. .. .. .. . 177
Service interval disp lay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Service position W indshield wipers ........ .. .. .. .. .. 66
Servotronic Power steering . .. ..... ... .. .. .. ... 224
Shift buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 1
Side airbags Descr ipt ion . ............. .... .. ... 194
H ow they work .................... 196
Side assist Activating and deactivating ... .. .. .. . 129
Description ... .... .... ... .. .. .. ... 129
Informational and alert stage signals . 131
Inde x 335
Messages in instrument cluster display 135
MMI settings .. .. .. . ... ...... ... .. 134
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Safety tips .. .. .. ................. 136
Sensor detection area .............. 130
Side curta in airbags
Description . ..... .. . .. .. ..... ... .. 197
How they wor k . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Safety instructions ............. .. .. 199
S ide cur tain a irbags) .. . .......... .... 197
S ide marker lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Ski sack . ... .. .... .. . .. .. ..... ... .. . 82
Snow cha ins .. .. .. .. . .............. 290
Sockets ............................ 87
Sound sys tem disp lay
Driver informatio n disp lay .... ... .. .. . 21
Sources of information abo utch ild re-
stra ints and their use . ........... .. .. 218
Speed control system
refer to Adaptive cruise control ....... 113
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Speed rat ing letter code .............. 286
Speed warning system ........... .... . 28
Starting on h ills
Hill ho ld . ... .... .. . .. .. ..... ... .. 110
Start ing the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . 105, 106
What shou ld I do if the engine does not
st art ? ........................... 106
Steering .......... .. ............... 103
Easy entry feature .. . .. .. ... ..... .. 104
El ectr ica lly adjust ing the steering
whee l ........................... 103
L ocking the steering ........... .. .. 1 05
Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Manually adjusting the steering wheel . 103
Stee ring wheel column
Adjus ting electrically ............... 103
Adjus ting man ua lly ............ .... 103
Steering wheel heat ing ......... .... . 101
Steps for determining correct load limit . 282
Stoppi ng the eng ine ............. .... 106
Storage ............................ 87
(upholder . .. .. .. .. ................ 85
(upholder door pockets .............. 86
(upholder in the rear center conso le .. . 78
( u pholder rea r cente r arm rest ... .. .. . 85
G love compa rtme nt ............ .... . 88
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