AUDI Q7 2019 Owner´s Manual

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Seats


—Forsafetyreasons,theseatsettingcanonly
berecalledwhenthevehicleisstationaryto
reducetheriskofanaccident.
—Inanemergency,seatadjustmentoperation

canbestoppedbypressingthe[SET]button
orthebuttons(@)or®)>page53,fig.50.


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Ashtray
Appliesto:vehicleswithashtray
= + 3 s
=zao

Fig.63Front centerconsole:ashtray
Openingandclosing
>Toopentheashtray,slidethecoverup.
>Toclosetheashtray,pressdownonthecover.
Emptying
>Toemptytheashtray,pullitupwardandout.

ofinjuries,neverleavechildrenunattendedin

thevehiclewiththevehiclekey.


ZAWARNING
Neverusetheashtraytoholdpaper,because
thisincreasestheriskofafire.

Cigarettelighter
Appliesto:vehicleswithacigarettelighter


Fig.64Frontcenterconsole:cigarettelighter
>
Pressthecigarettelighterin.
>Removethecigarettelighterwhenitpopsout.

ZA\WARNING
Thecigarettelighteronlyworkswhentheig-
nitionisswitchedon.Incorrectusagecanlead
to serious
injuriesorburns.To reducetherisk

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Powersources
Whentheignitionisswitchedon,youmaybe
abletouse theelectricpowersourcesforexter-
naldevices,dependingonthevehicleequipment.
12voltsockets
Youcanconnectelectricalaccessoriestothe12
voltsockets.Thepowerusagemustnotexceed
120watts.
The12voltsocketsarelabeledwiththe&or
12Vsymbol.Theyarelocatedinthefrontcenter
console*,intherear*andonthesidetrimpanel
intheluggagecompartment*.
USBports
Appliesto:VehicleswithUSBport
Youcan chargemobiledevicesusingtheUSB
ports.TheUSBportsarelabeledwiththe+or
[4symbolorCHARGEONLY.


ZA\WARNING
Incorrectusagecanleadtoseriousinjuriesor
burns.Toreducetheriskofinjuries,never
leavechildrenunattendedinthevehiclewith
thevehiclekey.

@)Note
—Disconnecttheconnectorsfromthepower
sourcescarefullytoreduce theriskofdam-
agingthem.
—Toreducetheriskofdamagetothevehicle
electricalsystem,neverattempttocharge
the
vehiclebatterybyconnectingaccesso-
riesthatprovidepower,suchassolarpanels
orbatterychargers, tothepowersources.
—Toreducetheriskofdamagetothepower
sources,onlyuseplugsandconnectorsthat
fitcorrectly.

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Storage
(etyiedtel-1e

Fig.65Rearcenterarmrest:cupholders
Yourvehiclehascupholdersinthefrontcenter
console,inthedoorpockets,inthecenterarm-
restinthesecondrowseatandontheleftand
rightsideinthethirdrowseat*.
Cupholderinthecenterarmrestinthe
secondrowseat
> Foldthe centerarmrestdownwardbypressing
thebuttoninthesecondrowmiddleseat.
>Pressthebuttontoopenthecupholder
>fig.65.
>
Setyourbeverageintheholder.
>Toclosethecupholder,foldthecoverbackun-
tilitclicksintoplace.

ZA\WARNING
—Donot putanyhotbeveragesinthecup
holderwhilethevehicleismoving.Hotbev-
eragescouldspill,whichincreasestherisk
ofinjury.
—Donotuseanybreakablebeveragecontain-
ers(forexample,madeoutofglass orpor-
celain).Youcouldbeinjuredbytheminthe

eventofanaccident.

@)Note
Beveragecontainersinthecupholdersshould
alwayshavealid.Otherwise,theliquidinside
couldspillandcausedamagetovehicle
equipment.

Cooledglovecompartment
Appliesto:vehicleswithcooledglovecompartment

B4M-0051

Fig.66Glovecompartment:switchingcoolingmode
on/off
>Turn theknob@)counter-clockwisetoswitch
thecoolingon.
>Turn theknob@)clockwisetoswitchthecool-
ingoff.Thesymbolsontheknobmustappear
astheydoin>fig.66.
Theglovecompartmentcoolingmodeonlyfunc-
tionswhenthevehicleA/Csystemisswitchedon.
Iftheheatingisswitchedon,switchingtheglove
compartmentcoolingmodeoffisrecommended.
Additionalstoragecompartments
Youwillfindavarietyofstoragecompartments
andholdersatvariouslocationsinthevehicle.
—Glovecompartment:theglovecompartment
can belocked*usingthemechanicalkey
=>page29,Keyset.
—Inthedoortrimpanels
—Safetyvestcompartmentinthedoortrimpan-
elsonthedriver'ssideandfrontpassenger's
side
—Storagecompartment”inthecenterconsole
—Storagecompartmentunderthefrontcenter
armrest
—Garmenthooks abovethereardoors*
—Netsonthebackrestsofthefrontseats
—Netontheleftluggagecompartmenttrimpan-
el

ZXWARNING
—Alwayskeeptheglovecompartmentlid
closedwhiledrivingtoreducetheriskofin-
jury.>

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—Onlyuse thestoragecompartmentsinthe
doortrimpanelstostoresmallobjectsthat
willnotstickoutofthecompartmentand
impair thefunction ofthesideairbags.
—Makesurethattheviewtotherearisnot
obstructedbyhanginggarments.
—Hangonlylightweightclothingandbesure
that
therearenoheavyorsharp-edgedob-
jectsinthepockets.
—Donotusecoathangerstohanggarments
becausethiscouldreducetheeffectiveness
ofthesidecurtainairbags*.

Luggagecompartment
ereieleuriela)
Allluggageandotherobjectsmustbeproperly
stowedandsecuredintheluggagecompart-
ment.

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Fig.67Safeloadpositioning:placeheavyobjectsaslow
andasfarforwardaspossible.
Looseitemsintheluggagecompartmentcan
shiftsuddenly,changingvehiclehandlingcharac-
teristics.Looseitems canalsoincreasetheriskof
seriouspersonalinjuryinasuddenvehiclema-
neuverorinacollision.
>Distributetheloadevenlyintheluggagecom-
partment.
>Alwaysplaceandproperlysecureheavyitemsin
theluggagecompartmentaslowandasfarfor-
ward
aspossible>fig.67.
>Secureluggageusingthetie-downsprovided
=>page65.
>Makesurethattherearseatbackissecurely
latchedinplace.
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ANWARNING
Improperlystoredluggageorotheritemscan
flythroughthevehiclecausingseriousper-
sonalinjuryinthe eventofhardbrakingoran
accident.Tohelpreducetheriskofserious
personalinjury:
—Alwaysputobjects,forexample,luggageor
otherheavyitemsintheluggagecompart-
ment.
—Alwayssecureobjectsintheluggagecom-
partmentusingthetie-downeyeletsand
suitablestraps.

Z\WARNING
Heavyloadswillinfluencethewayyourvehi-
clehandles.TohelpreducetheriskofaLossof
controlleadingto seriouspersonalinjury:
—Alwayskeepinmindwhentransporting
heavyobjects,thatachangeinthecenter of
gravitycanalsocausechangesinvehicle
handling:
—Alwaysdistributetheload asevenlyas
possible.
—Placeheavyobjects asfarforwardinthe
luggagecompartmentaspossible.
—Neverexceedthe GrossAxleWeightRating
ortheGrossVehicleWeightRatingspecified
onthesafetycompliancestickeronthedriv-
er'ssideB-pillar.Exceedingpermissible
weightstandardscancausethevehicleto
slideandhandledifferently.
—Pleaseobserveinformationonsafedriving
=>page254.


ZNWARNING
Tohelppreventpoisonousexhaustgasfrom
beingdrawnintothevehicle,alwayskeepthe
rearlidclosedwhiledriving.
—Nevertransportobjectslargerthanthose
fittingcompletelyintotheluggageareabe-
causetherearlidcannotbefullyclosed.
—Ifyouabsolutelymustdrivewiththerearlid
open,observethefollowingnotestoreduce
the
riskofpoisoning:
—Closeallwindows,
—Closethesunroof*,

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Stowingandusing


—Openallairoutletsintheinstrumentpan-
el,
—Switchofftheairrecirculation,
—Set thefreshairfantothehighestspeed.



ZXWARNING
Alwaysmakesure thatthedoors,allwindows,
thesunroof*andtherearlidaresecurely
closedandlockedtoreducetheriskofinjury
whenthevehicleisnotbeingused.
—Afterclosingtherearlid,alwaysmakesure
thatitisproperlyclosedandlocked.
—Neverleaveyourvehicleunattendedespe-
ciallywiththerearlidleftopen.Achild
couldcrawlintothevehiclethroughthelug-
gage compartmentandclosetherearlidbe-
comingtrappedandunabletogetout.Be-
ingtrappedinavehiclecanlead to serious
personalinjury.
—Neverletchildrenplayinoraroundthevehi-
cle.
—Neverletpassengersrideintheluggage
compartment.Vehicleoccupantsmustal-
waysbeproperlyrestrainedinoneoftheve-
hicle’sseatingpositions.

@®Note
Ifyouaretransportinglargeitemswiththe
backrestfoldeddown”,youshouldremove
the Rear SeatEntertainment(RSE)*andits
holder*toavoiddamage.
@Tips
—Aircirculationhelpstoreducewindowfog-
ging.Staleairescapestotheoutside
throughventsinthetrimpanel.Besureto
keeptheseslotsfreeandopen.
—Thetirepressuremustcorrespondtothe
load.Thetirepressurelabelliststherecom-
mendedcoldtireinflationpressuresforthe
vehicleatitsmaximumcapacityweightand
thetiresthatwere onyourvehicleatthe
timeitwasmanufactured.Forrecommend-
edtirepressuresfornormalloadconditions,
pleaseseechapter>page337.
Luggagecompartmentcover

2
S|
2
= +
\2a



B4L-1256

Fig.69Luggagecompartment:removingandinstalling
theluggagecompartmentcover
Attaching
> Pullthecoveroutandattachitinthemounting
eyeletsinthesidetrimpanel>fig.68.
Removing
> Pulltheleverinthedirectionofthearrow
=>fig.69andremovethecoverupward.
Installing
>Placetheleftandrightsidesofthecoverinto
the mountsonthesidetrimpanel.
>Pushthecoverdownwarduntilitclicksinto
place.

ZAWARNING
Theluggagecompartmentcoverisnota sur-
faceforstoringobjects.Objectsplacedonthe
cover couldendangerallvehicleoccupants
duringsuddenbrakingmaneuversorina
crash.>

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—Lettheluggagecompartmentcoverrollup
slowlytoreducetheriskofdamage.
—Also readandfollowtheapplicablewarn-
ings>@inFoldingthebackrestdown/up
(thirdrowseats)onpage56.
Appliesto:vehicleswithairsuspension

Fig.70Leftsideofluggagecompartment:rearlowering
button(example)
Therearofthevehiclecanbeloweredtomake
loadingandunloadingeasier.Requirement:all
vehicledoorsmustbeclosed.
>Opentheluggagecompartmentlid.
>Pressthelowersectionofthebutton@).The
rearofthevehiclelowers.
>Presstheuppersectionofthe button(2).The
rearofthevehiclewilllift.
TheLEDinthebuttonwillturnonwhilethevehi-
cleislowering.Whentheloadinglevelhasbeen
reached,theLEDwillstayonaslongastherear
ofthevehicleisintheloweredposition.The LED
turnsoffwhenthevehiclereturnstotheoriginal
level.
Therearofthevehiclewillautomaticallylift
whenyouselectanothermodeor whenthevehi-
clespeedexceedsapproximately2mph
(2km/h).

—Donotparkthevehicleinaloweredloading
level.
—Beforetherearloweringends,makesure
thereisenoughclearanceabovethevehicle
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andtheluggagecompartmentlid,ifitis
open.
Gi)Tips
—Thevehiclewillnot lowerwhentheignition
isswitchedoffifthecompressedairreser-
voirisempty.ThebuttonLEDblinksthree
times.
—Ifthecompressedairreservoirisempty,itis
refilledwhiledrivingatspeedsabove
25mph(40km/h).
Increasingthesizeoftheluggage
(tolaayorladit
Thebackrestscanbefoldeddownindividually*
ortogether.

Fig.71Secondrowseats:releasestraponthecenterback-
rest


Fig.72Luggagecompartment:foldingdownthesecond
rowseats
Foldingthebackrestdown
>Pulltheleverupward>page54,fig.53.The
backrestwillswingforward.Or
>Pullthereleasestrapattherear sideofthe
seat>fig.72.
> Let
thebackrestlatchintothelowestposition.>

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Foldingthebackrestupright
>Pulltheleverup>page54,fig.53andfoldthe
backrestuprightuntilitlocksintoplace>A\.
Foldingthecenterbackrestdown*
>Toreleasethebackrest,pullthereleasestrap
atthefrontorrearsideoftheseat>fig.71or
>fig.72.
> Foldthebackrestforward.
Foldingthecenterbackrest upright*
>Foldthebackrestupwarduntilitlocksinto
place>A\.
Thecenter backrestmaybefoldeddownsepa-
rately*.Thisallowsyoutotransportlongobjects
(suchasskis)insidethevehicle.

ZAWARNING
—Becarefulwhenreleasingthebackrestand
foldingitforward.Toreducetheriskofbe-
ingpinched,payattentionandcheckwhen
foldingbackrestsforward.
— Thebackrestmustbelatchedsecurelyto en-
surethatthesafetybeltisprotectingthe
centerseatingposition.
— Thebackrestmustbesecurelylatchedso
objectscannotslideforwardoutofthelug-
gagecompartmentduringsuddenbraking.
—Alwayspullforwardonthebackresttomake
sureitischeckifit iscorrectlylockedin
place.
—Toreducetheriskofinjuryinvehicleswith
thirdrowseats*,the centerbackrestmust
beintheuprightpositionandlockedinto
placeiftherearepassengersridinginthe

thirdrow*.

@)Note
Makesuretheoutersafetybeltsarenot
pinchedordamagedwhenfoldingtheseat
back.
—Readandfollowthewarnings>A\inEntry/
exitassistance(secondrowseats)on
page55and>@inFoldingthebackrest
down/up(thirdrowseats)onpage56.
—Toreducetheriskofdamage,movetherear
headrestraintsdownbeforefoldingtherear
backrestsforward>page57.
Luggagecompartmentnet
Appliesto:vehicleswithluggagecompartmentnet
Thecargonetpreventssmallobjectsfromslid-
ing.


»Attachthehooksfortheluggagecompartment
netinthetie-downs>fig.73.

AWARNING
—Neversecurea childsafetyseattothetie-
downs.
— Theluggagecompartmentnetisonlystrong
enoughtosecurelightobjects.Heavyob-
jectsarenotadequatelysecured.Attempt-
ingtosecureheavyobjectsincreasestherisk
ofinjury.
Cargofloor




Fig.74Luggagecompartment:installingthecargofloor
Removingandinstallingthecargofloor
>Toremovethecargofloor,pulltheentirecargo
floortowardthebackofthevehicle.>
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>Toinstallthecargofloor,insertthetabsat
bothsidesintotheopeningsandslidethecar-
gofloorallthewayintowardthebackrest
fig.74.
Roofrack



1/__84M-0170

Fig.75Roof:mountingpointsfortheroofrack
>Toopentheflapabovetheattachmentpoints,
presstheflapdownwardinthefrontarea.
Ifluggageorcargoistobecarriedontheroof,
youmustobservethefollowing:
—Onlyapprovedroofracksmaybeusedonyour
vehicle.Theseroofracksarethebasisfora
completeroofracksystem.Additionalattach-
mentsorcarriersystemsare neededtotrans-
portluggageandsportsequipment.Roofracks
andattachmentsfromtheAudiGenuineAcces-
soriesprogramarerecommended.
—Wheninstallingtheroofrack,makesurethatit
ismountedonlyatthedesignatedpointson
theroof>fig.75.
—Notethepermittedaxleload,permittedtotal
weight,andpermittedroof loadofyourvehicle
=>page376.Theroofloadisthetotalofthe
weightoftheroofrack,theattachmentsand
thecargoyouarecarrying.However,youmust
alsonote thepermittedload ofthecarrier sys-
tembeingused.
—Theriskofanaccidentincreaseswhenusing
aroofracksystem,becauseitchangesthe
drivingcharacteristicsbyshiftingthecenter
ofgravityand/ortheincreasingthesurface
areaexposedtowind.Youmayneedto
adaptyourdrivingstyleandspeedtothe
currentconditions.



Z\WARNING
—Followtheinstallationinstructionsprovided
withtheroofracksystem.Ifyoudonotse-
curetheroofracksystemandobjectsonthe
roofcorrectly,theycouldcomeloosefrom
thevehicleandcauseanaccident.

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()Note
Makesurethattheluggagecompartmentlid
andthepanoramicglassroof*donotcomein-
tocontactwithobjectsontheroofwhenthey
areopen.
@)Forthesakeoftheenvironment
Fuelconsumptionwillincreasebecauseofthe
increasedwindresistance.Removetheroof
rackwhenyouarenolongerusingit.
G)Tips
Appliesto:Vehicleswithroofrackssupplied
bythefactoryWheninstallingroofracksys-
temsontheroofrail,theESCusessensorsto
adaptitselftoadifferentcenterofgravity.

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Warmandcold
Climatecontrolsystem
Appliesto:vehicleswith3-zonedeluxeautomaticclimate
controlor4-zonedeluxeautomaticclimatecontrol
Theclimatecontrolsystemwarms,coolsandre-
moveshumidityfromtheairinthevehicleinteri-
or.Itismosteffectivewhenthewindowsand
sunroof*areclosed.Ifthereisabuild-upofheat
insidethevehicle,ventilationcanhelptospeed
upthecoolingprocess.
Inallheatingmodefunctionsexceptfordefrost,
thebloweronlyswitchestoahigherspeedonce
theenginecoolanthasreachedasufficienttem-
perature.
Pollutantfilter
The
pollutantfilterremovespollutantssuchas
dustandpollenfromtheair.
Keyrecognition
Theclimatecontrolsettings areautomatically
storedandassignedtothevehiclekeythatisin
use.
@)Forthesakeoftheenvironment
—Ifyouwouldliketoreducefuelconsump-
tion,switchtheairconditioningoff.This
willalsoreduceemissions.
—Invehicleswithadieselengine,youcan
switchtheauxiliaryheateroffintheInfo-
tainmentsystem.
@)Tips
—Topreventinterferencewiththeheating
andcoolingoutputandtopreventthewin-
dowsfromfoggingover,theairintakein
frontofthewindshieldmustbefreeofice,
snow,orleaves.
—Condensationfromthecoolingsystemcan
dripandformapuddleofwater underthe
vehicle.Thisisnormalanddoesnotmean
thereisaleak.
—Theenergymanagementsystemmaytem-
porarilyswitchoffcertainfunctions,suchas
theseatheating*orrearwindowdefogger.
Thesesystemsareavailableagainassoonas
theenergysupplyhasbeenrestored.
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3-zonedeluxeautomaticclimatecontrol
Appliesto:vehicleswith3-zonedeluxeautomaticclimatecontrol


a 3q
cd
= +a

Fig.763-zonedeluxeautomaticclimatecontrol:controls



B8W-0138

Fig.773-zonedeluxeautomaticclimatecontrolsystem:rearcontrols
Presstheswitchesandknobstoturnthefunc-
tionsonoroff.Whenthefunctionisswitchedon,
theLEDintherespectivebuttonorknobturns
on.Thedriverandfrontpassengersettingscan
beadjustedseparately.
OFFclimatecontrolsystem
Youcanswitchtheclimatecontrolsystemonand
offusingtheOFFbutton.Italsoswitcheson
whenyoupressanotherbuttonoraknob.Airflow
fromoutsideisblockedwhentheclimatecontrol
systemisswitchedoff.
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A/CCoolingmode
Presstheknob(2)toturncoolingmodeonoroff.
Theairisnotcooledandhumidityisnotremoved
whencoolingmodeisswitchedoff.Thiscan
cause
fogonthewindows.Coolingmode
switchesoffautomaticallywhentheoutsidetem-
peratureisbelowzero.
MSCoolingmode
Themaximumcoolingmodecanbe switchedon
andoffusingthe44button.Theairisnot cooled
andhumidityisnotremovedwhencoolingmode
isswitchedoff.Thiscancausefogonthe