octane AUDI Q7 2017 Owner´s Manual

Check ing and F illing
Checking and Filling
Gasoline
Fuel supply
Applies to: vehicles with gaso line engine
Using the right fuel helps keep the environment
clean and prevents engine damage.
F u el r eco mmend ati on
The fuel recommended for your vehicle is unle ad­
e d pr em ium
grade gasoline . Audi recommends
using TOP TIER Detergent Gasoline with a mini­
mum octane rating of 91 AKI (95 RON). For more
information on TOP TIER Detergent Gasoline,
p lease go to the offic ial website
(www.toptiergas .com).
The recommended gasoline octane rating for
your engine can also be found on a label located on the ins ide of the fuel filler flap . This rating
may be specified as AK I or RON .
Your veh icle may also be operated using unlead­
ed regular gasoline with a minimum octane rat ­
ing of 87 AKl/91 RON. However, using 87 AKI/91
RON octane fuel w il l slightly reduce engine pe r­
forma nce.
Us e un leade d gaso lin e onl y. Unleaded gasoline
is availab le throughout the USA , Canada, and in
most European countries . We recommend that
you do not ta ke your vehicle to areas or co unt ries
where un leaded gaso line may not be availab le.
For more information on refueling your vehicle,
see
¢page 316.
Octan e rating
Octane rating indicates a gasoline's ability to re­
sist engine damaging "knock" caused by prema­
ture ignit ion and detonation . Therefore, buy ing
the correct grade of gasoline is very important to
he lp prevent poss ible engine damage and a loss
of eng ine performance.
Gasoline most commonly used in the Un ited
States and Canada has the following octane rat­
i n gs that ca n usually be found on the filler pump:
- Premium Grade: 91 - 96 AKI
314
- Regu la r Grade: 87 - 90 AK I
Explanation of the abbreviations:
AKI = Anti Knock Index = (R +M)/2 = (RON +MON)/
2
RON = Research Octane Number
MON = Motor Octane Number.
{[) Note
-Do not use a ny fue l w ith o ctane ratings low­
er than 87 AKI or 91 RON othe rw ise expen­
sive engine damage wi ll occur .
- Do
not use leaded gasoline. The use of lead­
ed gasoline will severely damage your vehi­
cle's catalyt ic converter and its ability to
control exhaust emissions .
Blended gasoline
Applies to: vehicles with gasoline engine
Use of gaso lin e conta ining alcoho l or MTBE
(meth yl tertia ry butyl ether )
You may use unleaded gasoline blended with al­
cohol or MTB E (commonly referred to as oxygen ­
ates) if the blended m ixture meets the follow ing
criteria:
Blend of g asoline methanol (wood alcohol o r
m eth yl alcoho l)
-Anti -knock index must be 87 AKI or h igher.
- Blend must contain no more than 3% metha-
nol.
- Blend must contain more than 2% co -solvents.
Blend of ga soline and ethanol (grain alcohol or
ethyl alc ohol )
- Anti-knock index must be 87 AKI or h igher .
- Blend must not conta in more than 15% etha-
nol.
Blend of gas oline and M TBE
- Anti-knock index must be 87 AK I or h igher .
- Blend must contain not mo re than 1S% MTB E.
S easonall y adjusted gasoline
Many gasoline grades are blended to perform es­
pecially well for winter or summer dr iv ing . Dur-
i ng seasonal change-over, we suggest that you .,..

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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 :
www.audi.t e chlit eratur e.com
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
Gasoline 314
Gasoline additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 15
Octane rating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 14
Recommendation ............. .... ... 314
Saving fue l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79, 134
Fue ling
F ue l gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
12
Fue l tank capac ity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379
Opening the fuel fille r door..... .. .. ... 316
Fuses
Assignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
36 8
Replacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367
G
Garage doo r opener
refer to Home link . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 6
Garment hoo ks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Gas discharge lamps................ ... 371
Gloss ary of tire and lo ad in g te rmi nology . . 335
Glove compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR) . . . . . 379
Groun d clearan ce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
H
H andsfree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Head -up display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
H eadlight ra nge control system . . . . . . . . . . 4 8
H eadlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Clea ning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355
H eadlig ht ra nge contro l system . . . . . . . . . 4 8
Was her system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Head restra ints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63, 259
Ad justing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 1
H eavy clothing and safety belts . . . . . . . . . . 268
H igh beams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
H ill descent ass ist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Hi ll descent contro l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Hill hold ass ist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
also refer to Hill hold ass ist . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
H ome address . ... .. .. ...... ... .. . 207, 2 13
H omelink . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
390
How are chi ld restraint system anchors relat -
ed to c hild safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
309
How many a irbags does my vehicle have? . . 2 80
How safety belt pretensioners work . . . . . . 271
I
Imbalance (whee ls) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341
Immobili ze r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Impo rtant things to do before driv ing . . . . 256
Impo rting and expo rting (contacts) . . . . . . 18 6
Imprope rly wo rn safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Incline angle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
In di cator lig hts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 5
PASSENGER A IR BAG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Infan t seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Input
Using the M MI touch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
160
U sing the speller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Inp ut level (media) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Inspection interva l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332
Installing the upper tether strap on the an­
ch orage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
I nstr ument cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
10
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Instr ument illumin ation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Interior lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51, 52
Internet
refer to Aud i connect (Infotainment) . . . . 189
Interne t radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 33
Interval mode (wipers) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
iPhone
refer to Audi m usic interface . . . . . . . 234, 235
J
Jukebox 230
Jump-start ing .. ... .. .. ... ..... ..... .. 372
Jump start cable 373
K
Key ..... ... .. .. .. .. .. .. . ... .... ... .. . 35
Key not recognized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Key replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Mechan ica l key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35, 36

Index
MMI search
refer to Free text search . . . . . . . . . . 165, 239
MMI touch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Monitoring the Advanced Airbag System 285
MP3
refer to Jukebox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Multifunction steering wheel
Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Map zoom .. .. ... ............ .... .. .. 13
Operating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Speech dialog system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Switching tabs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Multi Media Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Music collection
refer to Jukebox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Mute . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
also refer to Muting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Mute (muting) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Muting .... .. .. ... ............ .... .. . 253
Muting (mute) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
myAudi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189, 209
L ogging in in the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
PIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
N
Natura l leather care/cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . 357
NAV/MAP button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Navigating ( instrument cluster) . . . . . . . . . . 19
Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Announcements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Better route . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
also refer to Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Navigation (instrument cluster) . . . . . . . . . . 18
Net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Network connection (Wi-Fi) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
NHTSA Contacting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Night vision assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Cleaning the camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355
Nitrogen ox ide (NOx) catalytic converter
refer to Ad Blue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318
Number of seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
0
Occupant protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
392
Occupant seating positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Octane rating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Offroad driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Offroad mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
OFF (button) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72, 75
Oil
refer to Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324, 326
On-board computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
On-Board Diagnostic System (OBD) Data Link Connector (DLC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Electronic speed limiter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) . . . . . . . . 21
On/Off knob (MMI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Online destinations
refer to Point of interest search . . . . . . . . 209
Online map . .. .. .. .. .. ............. .. 217
Online map update . .. .. ... .......... .. 219
Online media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Online roadside assistance Audi connect emergency call and service 204
Online serv ices
refer to Aud i connect (Infotainment) . . . . 189
Open ing.... .. .. .. .. .. ... ..... ... .. ... 34
Fuel filler door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316
Operating Multifunction steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Multi Media Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Voice recognition system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Options menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159, 163
Other consumers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Outside temperature display . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Overview (Cockpit) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
p
Paint damage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356
Paint number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378
Panorama glass roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Emergency operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Parenta l control
DVD .......... .. .. .. ... ............ 240
Parking aid Cleaning sensors/camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355
Parking brake
refer to Electromechanical parking brake . 87