towing AUDI Q7 2017 Owner´s Manual

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:E .. Or: pull sharply on the trim in the direction of
the arrow to remove
c:> fig. 295.
.. Insert the towing loop all the way into the
threaded opening and tighten it with a wheel
wrench .
.. After using, place the towing loop back in the
vehicle tool kit.
_& WARNING
If the towing loop is not tightened unti l it
stops when installing, the threads may be
pulled o ut when towing the vehicle and that
cou ld cause an acc ident .
(D Note
The trim is attached to the bumper with sev­
eral hooks. To reduce the risk of damage, do
no t use any force when remov ing and instal ­
ling .
Rear towing loop
Fig. 296 Rear bumper: installi ng the tow ing loop
Vehicles with a towing loop
On vehicles w ithout a factory-installed trailer
hitch*, the towing loop threads a re located on
the right rear side of the bumper.
-
.,. Remove the tow ing loop from the veh icle tool
k it
c:> page 360 .
.. Press the cap inward wi th brief, forcef ul pres­
s ur e
c:>fig. 296. The cap will loosen from the
bumper.
.. Inse rt the towing loop all the way into the
threaded opening and tighten it with a wheel
wrench .
.. After using, place the towing loop back in the
vehicle tool kit.
Emergency situations
Vehicles with a trailer hitch*
.. Attach the towing bar or the towing cable to
the trailer hitch.
Vehicles with a facto ry -installed trailer hitch* are
not equipped with towing loop threads at the
rear.
_& WARNING
If the towing loop is not tightened until it
stops when installing, the threads may be pulled out when towing the vehicle and that
could cause an accident.
_& WARNING
-Applies to: vehicles with trailer hitch
- Only use a spec ial towing bar to prevent
damaging the ball hitch. These towing bars
have been specially designed for trailer tow­
i ng hitches.
- Only use special towing cables.
Loading the vehicle onto a flat bed truck
Fig. 297 Vehicle on flat bed truck
Front hook up
.. Align the vehicle with the centerline of the car
carrier ramp .
.,. Attach the w inch hook to the front towline eye
previously installed .
Rear hook up
.. Align the vehicle with the centerline of the car
carrier ramp.
.. Attach the w inch hook to the rear towline eye
previously installed . .,.
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:E: ' Consumer Information
Warranty coverages
Y our Audi is co vered b y the following war ran­
tie s:
- 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 regard ing your warranties
can be found in yo ur
W arranty & M ainten ance
bookl et.
Operating your vehicle
outside the U.S.A. or
Canada
Government reg ulations in the Un ited States and
Canada require that automobiles meet specific
emission regulations and safety standards.
Therefore, vehicles built for the U .S.A. and Cana­
da d iffer from vehicles sold in other countries.
I f you p lan to take your vehicle outside the conti­
nenta l limits of the United States or Canada,
there is the poss ibility that:
- u nleaded fue ls for vehicles with cata lytic con­
verter may not be available;
- fuel may have a considerably lower octane rat­
i ng . Imprope r fuel may ca use engine damage;
- service may be inadequate due to lack of p roper
service facilities, tools or testing eq uipment;
- r eplacement parts may not be readily ava ilable.
- Navigat ion systems for veh icles built for the
U .S .A . and Canada will not necessa rily work in
Eur ope, and may not wo rk in other countries
o utside of North Amer ica.
Consumer Inf ormation
(D Note
Audi cannot be respons ible for mechanical
damage that could resu lt from inadequate
fuel, service or parts ava ilability.
Audi Service Repair
Manuals and Literature
Audi Official Factory Service Manuals and L itera ­
ture are published as soon as poss ible after mod­
el i ntroduction. Service Ma nua ls and literature
are avai lab le to order from the Audi Tec hni cal Lit ­
erature Orde ring Center at :
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Maintenance
General
Your vehicle has been designed to he lp keep
maintenance requirements to a min imum. How­
ever, a certain amount of regular maintenance is
still necessary to assure your veh icle's safety,
economy and reliab ility . For detailed vehicle
maintenance consult your Wa rranty
& Mainte­
nance boo klet .
Und er diff icult op erating condition s, for exam­
ple at extremely low outside temperatures, in
very dusty regions, when towing a trai le r very fre­
quently, etc., some se rvice work shou ld be pe r­
fo rmed between the in terv als specified. This ap ­
plies particularly to:
- oil changes , and
- cleaning or replac ing the a ir filter .
(® For the sake of the environment
By regularly maintain ing your vehicle, you
help make sure that emiss ion standards are
maintai ned, 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 genera lly increas ing techn ica l complexity of ""'
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Index
Start/Stop system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Sw itching off/on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
S T ART ENGIN E ST OP bu tton . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Starting to drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Starting (eng ine) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82, 83, 85
Steer ing
All-wheel steer ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 2
E lect romech anic al s teer ing . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
also refer to Elect romech anical s teer ing . 152
Steer ing whee l
Easy seat entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
M anual adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 1
P owe r adjus tment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 2
Shift pad dles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Steer ing whee l heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
also refer to Multifunction
steer ing whee l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12, 14
S teps fo r de termining co rre ct load lim it . . . 347
Stopover (navigation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Stopping (eng ine) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
S to rage compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Streaming
refer to Online media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Street View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Subtitles (DVD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Subwoofer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Sunsh ade
Rear window/rear doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Sun viso rs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Swap call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Sw itchi ng tabs
refer to Mul tifunc tion steering w heel. . 12, 14
Sw itchi ng the ign ition on/off . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Symbo ls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Traffic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
also refer to Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Synchronization (climate control system) . . . 73
SYNC (b utton) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
System settings (MMI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
System upd ate (MMI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 52
System vo lume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
T
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10, 11
396
Tail lights
Cleaning
TOI clean diese l 35S
refer to Ad
Blue. .. .. .. .. ........... .. 318
Techn ical data . .. .. .... .. .. .. .... ... .. 378
Technica l modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384
Telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Connect ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 6
Dialing a numbe r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
O ptions du ring a phone call . . . . . . . . . . . 180
P laying music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Temperature d isplay
Coo la nt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Outs ide temperat ure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Tether a nchors .. .. .. .. ........ ..... .. 312
Tether strap . ... .... .. .. . .. ..... ... .. 312
Text messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Tie-downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69, 263
Tig htening specification
Whee l bo lts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365
Tig hten ing spe cifica tion (wheel bo lts) . . . . 365
Tilt angle d isplay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Time ... ... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .... ... .. 2 49
Tire Mobi lity System (tire repa ir set) . . . . . . 360
Tires....... .. .. .. .. .. ............. .. 333
Low-p rofile t ires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
quattro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Repair set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360
Replacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362
Run-flat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352
T ire p ressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343
T ire p ressure mo nitor ing system . . . . . . . 351
T ire p ressure table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344
Tire pressure (tra iler towing mode) . . . . . . 99
Un idirectiona l. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335, 365
U niform tire q ua lity grading . . . . . . . . . . . 350
Tires and wheels
G lossary of t ire and loading terminology . 335
T ires and vehicle load limits . . . . . . . . . . . 346
TMC
refer to Tr aff ic info rmation . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Tone (sound)
refer to Adjusti ng the sound . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360
Tor n or frayed safe ty belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268

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:E: ' touch
refer to MMI touch
Towing 160
Tow trucks . .. .. ........... .. .. .... . 374
T owing loop ..... .. .. .... ... .. .. . 374,375
TPMS Tire pressure monitoring system . ..... . 351
Traffic information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220 , 221
Traffic messages ............... .. .... . 216
Traffic sign recognition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Trailer mode (navigation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
T railer towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Parking systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Technical requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Trailer mode (air suspension) . . . . . . . . . . 100
Turn signa ls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Transport Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Travel guide
refer to Travel (travel guide) . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Travel (travel guide) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Treb le (sound) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Turnassist . .. .. ............... .. .... . 119
T urn signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
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ULSD No. 2 (Diesel fuel) ....... .. .. .... . 315
Unfastening safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Uniform tire quality grad ing . . . . . . . . . . . . 3S0
Unlocking/locking By remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 7
With the central locking switch . . . . . . . . . 38
With the convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
With the lock cylinder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Updating stations (radio) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
USB stick
refer to Audi music interface ...... . 234, 23S
V
Vanity m irror. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S4
Vehicle Care/cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3S4
D. ' 1mens1ons .
.. ................ .... . . 379
Out of service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3S9
Raising . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363
Index
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 78
Transporting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 77
Vehicle battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330
Charge level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331
Winter operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330
Vehicle control modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Vehicle jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360
Lifting points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363
Wheel change mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362
Vehicle key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Vehicle status report Audi connect vehicle contro l . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Vehicle tool kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360
Ventilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Version information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
VI EW button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
VIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378
Voice guidance
refer to Multifunction steering wheel . . 12, 14
Voicemail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Vo ice recognit ion system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
External . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Operating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Volume 253
w
Warning lights
refer to Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Warranty coverages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381
Washing matte finish paint . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354
Web radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Weights.... .... .. ................. .. 379
What happens if you wear your safety belt too
loose? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
What happens to unbelted occupants? . . . . 266
What impairs driving safety? . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348
Wheel rep lacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362
Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355
Glossary of t ire and loading terminology . 335
Replacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362
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