fold seats AUDI Q7 2019 Owner´s Manual

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Drivingsafety

asevenaspossiblewiththe topofyourhead.If
thatisnotpossible,trytoadjusttheheadre-
straintso thatit isasclosetothispositionas
possible.Ifthereisapassengerinthecenter
rearseat,slidetheheadrestraintupward
=>page57.
>Makesurethattheseatbackissecurelylatched
intheuprightposition>page64.
>Keepbothfeetflatinthefootwellinfrontof
therearseat.
>Fastenandwearsafetybeltsproperly
=>page263.
>Makesurethatchildrenarealwaysproperlyre-
strainedinachildrestraintthatisappropriate
fortheirsizeandage>page290.
Properadjustmentofheadrestraints
Correctlyadjustedheadrestraintsareanimpor-
tantpartofyourvehicle'soccupantrestraintsys-
tem andcanhelptoreducetheriskofinjuriesin
accidentsituations.

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ZAWARNING
Passengerswhoareimproperly seatedonthe
rearseatcanbeseriouslyinjuredinacrash.
—Eachpassengermustalwayssitonaseatof
theirownandproperlyfastenandwearthe
safetybeltbelongingtothatseat.
—Safetybeltsonlyoffermaximumprotection
whentheseatbackissecurelylatchedinthe
uprightpositionandthesafetybeltsare
properlypositionedonthebody.Bynotsit-
tingupright,arearseatpassengerincreases
theriskofpersonalinjuryfromimproperly
positionedsafetybelts!
—Alwaysadjusttheheadrestraintproperlyso

Fig.222Headrestraint:viewedfromthefront
Theheadrestraintsmustbecorrectlyadjustedto
achievethebestprotection.
>Adjust theheadrestraintssotheupperedgeis
asevenas possiblewiththetopofyourhead.If
thatisnotpossible,trytoadjusttheheadre-
straintso thatitisasclosetothispositionas
possible.Position*theheadrestraintasclose
aspossibletothe backofyourhead.
>Iftherearepassengersinrearseat,foldthe
headrestraintsup ontheoccupiedseats.
Adjustingheadrestraints>page57.


thatitcangivemaximumprotection.

Z\WARNING
Allseatsareequippedwithheadrestraints.
Drivingwithoutheadrestraintsorwithhead
restraintsthatarenotproperlyadjustedin-
creasestheriskof serious orfatalneckinjury
dramatically.Tohelpreducetheriskofinjury:
—Alwaysdrivewiththeheadrestraintsin
placeandproperlyadjusted.
—Everypersoninthevehiclemusthavea
properlyadjustedheadrestraint.
—Alwaysmakesureeachpersoninthevehicle
properlyadjuststheirheadrestraint.Adjust
theheadrestraintssotheupperedgeisas
evenaspossiblewiththe topofyourhead.
Ifthatisnotpossible,trytoadjustthehead
restraintsothatitisasclosetothisposition
aspossible.

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Airbagsystem


—Neverholdthesteeringwheelatthe12
o'clockpositionorwithyourhandsany-
whereinsidethesteeringwheeloronthe
steeringwheelhub.Holding thesteering
wheelthewrongwayincreasestheriskof
severeinjurytothearms,hands,andheadif
thedriverairbagdeploys.


Z\WARNING
Objectsbetweenyouandtheairbagwillin-
creasetheriskofinjuryinacrashbyinterfer-
ingwiththewaytheairbagunfoldsand/orby
beingpushedintoyouastheairbaginflates.
—Alwaysmakesurenothingisinthefrontair-
bagdeploymentzonethatcouldbestruck
bytheairbagwhenitinflates.
—Objectsinthezoneofadeployingairbagcan
becomeprojectileswhentheairbagdeploys
andcauseseriouspersonalinjury.
—Neverholdthingsinyourhandsoronyour
lapwhenthevehicleisinuse.
—Neverplaceaccessoriesorotherobjects
(suchascupholders,telephonebrackets,
notepads,navigationsystems,orthings
thatarelarge,heavy,orbulky)onthedoors;
neverattachthemtothedoorsorthewind-
shield;neverplacethemoverornearorat-
tachthemtotheareamarked,,AIRBAG“on
thesteeringwheel,instrumentpanelorthe
seatbackrests;neverplacethembetween
theseareasandyouoranyotherpersonin
thevehicle.
—Neverattachobjectstothewindshield
abovethepassengerfrontairbag,suchas
accessoryGPSnavigationunitsormusic
players.Suchobjectscouldcauseseriousin-
juryinacollision,especiallywhentheair-
bagsinflate.
—Neverreclinethefrontpassengerseatto
transport
objects.Itemscanalsomoveinto
thedeploymentareaofthesideairbagsor
thefrontairbagduringbreakingorinasud-
denmaneuver.Objectsneartheairbagscan
flydangerouslythroughthepassengercom-
partmentandcauseinjury,particularly
whentheseatisreclinedandtheairbagsin-
flate.

ZAWARNING
Apersononthefrontpassengerseat,espe-
ciallyinfantsandsmallchildren,willreceive
seriousinjuriesandcanevenbekilledbybe-
ingtooclosetotheairbagwhenitinflates.
—AlthoughtheAdvancedAirbagSystemin
yourvehicleisdesignedtoturnoffthefront
passengerairbagifaninfantorasmallchild
isonthefrontpassengerseat,nobodycan
absolutelyguaranteethatdeploymentun-
derthesespecialconditionsisimpossiblein
allconceivablesituationsthatmayhappen
duringtheusefullife ofyourvehicle.
— TheAdvancedAirbagSystemcandeployin
accordancewiththe,,lowrisk“optionfor3-
and6-year-oldchildrenundertheU.S.Fed-
eralStandardifachildwithelectricalcapac-
itancegreaterthanthecombinedcapaci-
tanceofatypicalone-yearoldinfantre-
strainedinoneoftheforwardfacing orrear-
ward-facingchildseatswithwhichyourve-
hiclewascertifiedisonthefrontpassenger
seatandtheotherconditionsforairbagde-
ploymentaremet.
—Accidentstatisticshaveshownthatchildren
aregenerallysaferintherearseatareathan
inthefrontseatingposition.
—Fortheirownsafety,allchildren,especially
12yearsandyounger,shouldalwaysridein
the backproperlyrestrainedfortheirage
andsize.
Advancedfrontairbagsystem
YourvehicleisequippedwithafrontAdvanced
AirbagSystemincompliancewithUnitedStates
FederalMotorVehicleSafetyStandard(FMVSS)
208,aswellasCanadaMotorVehicleSafety
Standard(CMVSS)208asapplicableatthetime
yourvehiclewasmanufactured.


ThefrontAdvancedAirbagSystemsupplements
thesafetybeltstoprovideadditional protection
forthedriver'sandfrontpassenger'sheadsand
upperbodiesinfrontalcrashes.Theairbagsin-
flateonlyinfrontalimpactswhenthevehiclede-
celerationishighenough.>
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airbagortooclosetoitwhenitinflates-
evenwithanAdvancedAirbag>page268.

TmtmeeRomanalLolimicedta
airbags

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Fig.236Inflatedfrontairbags
Safetybeltsareimportanttohelpkeepfrontseat
occupantsintheproperseatedpositionsothat
airbagscanunfoldproperlyandprovidesupple-
mentalprotectioninafrontalcollision.
Thefrontairbagsaredesignedtoprovideaddi-
tionalprotectionforthechestandfaceofthe
driverandthefrontseatpassengerwhen:
—safetybeltsarewornproperly
—theseatshavebeenpositionedsothattheoc-
cupantisproperlyseatedasfaraspossible
fromtheairbag
—andtheheadrestraintshavebeenproperlyad-
justed
Becauseairbagsinflateintheblinkofaneyewith
greatforce,thingsyouhaveonyourlaporhave
placedontheseatcouldbecomedangerouspro-
jectiles,andbepushedintoyouiftheairbagin-
flates.
Whenanairbagdeploys,finedustisreleased.
Thisisnormalandisnotcausedbyafireinthe
vehicle.Thisdustismadeupmostlyofapowder
usedtolubricatetheairbagsastheydeploy.It
couldirritateskin.
Itisimportanttorememberthatwhilethesup-
plementalairbagsystemisdesignedtoreduce
thelikelihoodof seriousinjuries,otherinjuries,
forexampleswelling,bruisingandminorabra-
sions,canalsohappenwhenairbagsinflate.Air-
bagsdonotprotectthearmsorthelowerparts
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ofthebody.Frontairbagssupplementthethree-
pointsafetybeltsonlyinsomefrontalcollisions
inwhichthevehicledecelerationishighenough
todeploytheairbags.
Frontairbagswillnotdeploy:
—iftheignitionisswitchedoffwhenacrashoc-
curs
—insidecollisions
—inrear-endcollisions
—inrollovers
—whenthecrashdecelerationmeasuredbythe
airbagsystemislessthantheminimumthresh-
old neededforairbagdeploymentasregistered
bytheelectroniccontrolunit
Thefrontpassengerairbagalsowillnot
deploy:
—whenthefrontpassengerseatisnotoccupied,
—whentheelectricalcapacitancemeasuredby
thecapacitivepassengerdetectionsystemfor
thefrontpassengerseatindicatesthatthepas-
sengersidefrontalairbagmustbeswitchedoff
bytheelectroniccontrolunit(thePASSENGER
AIRBAGOFF#;light>page280comeson
andstayson).
ZAWARNING
Sittinginthewrongpositioncanincreasethe
riskofseriousinjuryincrashes.

—Toreducetheriskofinjurywhentheairbags
inflate,thedriverandpassengersmustal-
wayssitinanuprightposition,mustnot
leanagainstorplaceanypartoftheirbody
tooclosetotheareawheretheairbagsare
located.
—Occupantswhoareunbelted,outofposition
ortooclosetotheairbagcanbeseriouslyin-
juredby anairbagasitunfoldswithgreat
forceintheblinkofaneye>page269.

ZXWARNING
Achildinarearward-facingchildsafetyseat
installedonthefrontpassengerseatwillbe
seriouslyinjuredandcanbekilledifthefront
airbaginflates-evenwithanAdvancedAirbag
System.

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—Theinflatingairbagwillhitthechildsafety
seatorinfantcarrierwithgreatforceand
willsmashthechildsafetyseatandchild
againstthebackrest,centerarmrest,door
orroof.
—Alwaysinstallrear-facingchildsafetyseats
ontherearseat.
—Ifyoumustinstallarearward-facingchild
safetyseatonthefrontpassengerseatbe-
causeofexceptionalcircumstancesandthe
PASSENGERAIRBAGOFF%;lightdoesnot
comeonandstay on,immediatelyinstall
therear-facingchildsafetyseatinarear
seatingpositionandhavetheairbagsystem
inspectedbyyourauthorizedAudidealer.



ZAWARNING
Objectsbetweenyouandtheairbagwillin-
creasetheriskofinjuryinacrashbyinterfer-
ingwiththewaytheairbagunfoldsorbybe-
ingpushedintoyouastheairbaginflates.
—Neverholdthingsinyourhandsoronyour
lapwhenthevehicleisinuse.
—Nevertransportitemsonorintheareaof
thefrontpassengerseat.Objectscould
moveintotheareaofthefrontairbagsdur-
ingbrakingorothersuddenmaneuversand
becomedangerousprojectilesthatcan
causeseriouspersonalinjuryiftheairbags
inflate.
—Neverplaceorattachaccessoriesorother
objects(suchascupholders,telephone
brackets,large,heavyorbulkyobjects)on
thedoors,overornear theareamarked
“AIRBAG”onthesteeringwheel,instrument
panel,seatbackrestsorbetweenthose
areasandyourself.Theseobjectscould
causeinjuryinacrash,especiallywhenthe
airbagsinflate.
—Neverreclinethefrontpassenger'sseatto
transportobjects.Itemscanalsomoveinto
theareaofthesideairbagorthefrontair-
bagduringbrakingorinasuddenmaneuver.
Objectsnear theairbagscanbecomeprojec-
tilesandcauseinjury,particularlywhenthe
seatisreclined.
—Neverplaceortransportobjectsonthefront
passengerseat.Objectsonthefrontpassen-
gerseatcouldcausethecapacitivesensorin
theseattosignaltoairbagsystemthatthe
seatisoccupiedbyapersonwhenitinfactis
not,orthatthepersonontheseatisheavier
thanheorsheactuallyis.Thechangein
electriccapacitancebecauseofsuchobjects
cancausethepassengerfrontairbagtobe
turnedonwhenitshouldbeoff,orcan
causetheairbagtoworkinawaythatisdif-
ferentfromthewayitwouldhaveworked
withoutobjectsontheseat.
—Alwaysmakesurethatthereisnothingon
thefrontpassengerseatthatwillcausethe
capacitivepassengerdetectionsystemin
theseattosignaltotheAirbagSystemthat
theseatisoccupiedbyapersonwhenitis
not,ortosignalthatitisoccupiedbysome-
onewhoisheavierthanthepersonactually
sittingontheseat.Thepresenceofanob-
jectcouldcausethepassengerfrontairbag
tobeturnedonwhenitshouldbeoff,or
couldcausetheairbagtoworkinawaythat
isdifferentfromthewayitwouldhave
workedwithouttheobjectontheseat.


Z\WARNING
Thefinedustcreatedwhenairbagsdeploycan
causebreathingproblemsforpeoplewitha
historyofasthmaorotherbreathingcondi-
tions.
—Toreducetheriskofbreathingproblems,
thosewithasthmaorotherrespiratorycon-
ditionsshouldgetfreshairrightawayby
gettingoutofthevehicleoropeningwin-
dowsordoors.
—Ifyouareinacollisioninwhichairbagsde-
ploy,washyourhandsandfacewithmild
soapandwaterbeforeeating.
—Becarefulnottoget thedustintoyoureyes,
orintoanycuts orscratches.
—Iftheresidueshould getintoyoureyes,
flushthemwithwater.


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Index

ElectronicStabilizationControl(ESC)
refertoESC...ceceeeeeee eee eee146,147
EmbeddedSIMcard.................00.193
Emergencyassistance................0.352
Emergencybrakingfunction..............81
Emergency’calls.2 =soreveaweoosoneoore203
Emergencyflashers.............essence44
Emergencyoperation
DOONSssvcses2 2samsoneaev 2onovwONOOo33
Fuelfillerdoor.....2...0c.ceceeeeee312
Luggagecompartmentlid...............37
PanoramicglasstroOfiie:.3seve.a 6snwoneic2arene40
Emergencyreleaseparkinglock...........90
Emergenicy'starting;«ccsssmeeeseweess364
Emissionscontrolsystems............-.312
Energymanagement...................151
Engine
Breakingin2aswysnem5 =mete3&gOmE&Re75
COOLAMBusesavaecnsesvoaeswaasesowewwacento319
Start/StopsysteM.........cee eeeeeeee79
Starting/Stopping««sere¢ ¢weenxeowesge77
Startingwithjumpercables............364
Enginecompartment
Opening andclosingthehood..........314
Overview...2...eeeeeeeee315
Safetyprecautions:+asexsevaw.+evena 6 ¢313
Engineoil
AGINGessere ecescsx xrosiea osconsaeannuaa315
Changing...................0.eeeee318
Checkingoillevel...6...:ceceeeeeens315
CONMSUMPELOMEs+sawews+ancinewveeeaacomes315
Indicatorlight..........0.000.eeeeee316
Replacementinterval.................324
Enginesound................0eeeeeee127)
EngineStart/Stopmode
refertoStart/Stopsystem...........79,80
Enginestop
refertoStart/Stopsystem...........79,80
EnhancedViewcars+ 2meme2 »qe2eeuwe18
Enteringcharacters/numbers(speller).....161
Enteringletters(speller)................161
Entertainmentslidingmenu.............159
Entry/exitlighting...............2-.000-44
Entryassistance
[email protected]
Environment
Unleadedgasoline.................00,309
ESC.eeeeee146
Hilldescentassist.................00.148
OffroadModes«sow2waesowowseseee147
eSIM
refertoEmbeddedSIMcard............193
Evasivesteeringsupport................112
EventDataRecorder(EDR)..............151
Exteriorlighting’:« =aes«sewss2ewsgeowe42
EXUGiOrIMUIMORSexc:« «sme:¢ ¢ewesgeeeege:46
Foldingisettingstavess6meas@swamoawer6s33
Externalvoiceoperation................176
F
Factory defaultsettings
MultiMediaInterface.................248
Fader(SOUN)vise Fastening
Boosterseats...0.0.0...ceeeeeeee299
Convertiblechildsafetyseats...........298
InfantSeatsicsy «cewe+ ygenuseaee >wees296
Fastforwardingandrewinding(audio/video
FIL)scsee2 xseesneeuvesesaceoscuneeuswvenone¥ =aeaTe235.
Fastforwarding(audio/videofile).........235
FaStTOUtE+secsx =casesx 2see5 2samen¥ee212
Favorites
Medias:« 4sce2 2ancesooaenuesoomnaun2 2aves238
Navigation.....0... ceceeee eeeeeeee207
Telephonewes< =sees¢ =gwen¢ eseessgee185
FederalCommunicationsCommission(FCC).373
Fileformats(mediadrives)..............241
Floormats.......0...seeeeeeeee259
Foldingthebackrestdown/up...........0+56
Footspedalss.« ocncrsa asess© 2omens© ¥oneoain@ o258
Forthesakeoftheenvironment
Disposingofengineoil................318
FUCLING(:= =saws¢ ¢wae:xsceegoeeso310
ES)Ceeeeee314
Warminguptheengine.................77
Freetextsearch..0.2.0...eeeeeeee162
Media........2.ceeeeeeeeee eee237
Navigatiotiss+ RAGOsis©xcanes» 2snscame3 oxecowms3 2omenswo»223
Telephone...........0...ceceeeeee189
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