tire size AUDI Q7 2019 Owner´s Manual

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itsintegratedsystemscannotalwayspre-
ventcollisions-thereisstillariskofacci-
dents!
—Presstheacceleratorpedalcarefullywhen
acceleratingonsmooth,slipperysurfaces
suchasiceandsnow.Thedrivewheelscan
spinevenwhenthesecontrolsystemsarein-
stalledandthiscanaffectdrivingstability
andincreasetheriskofacollision.

@Tips
— TheABSandASRonlyfunctioncorrectly
whenallfourwheelshaveasimilarwear
condition.Differenttiresizescanleadtoa
reductioninenginepower.
—Youmayhearnoiseswhenthesystemsde-
scribedareworking.
—Wheninstallingroofracksystemsonthe
roofrail,theESCusessensorstoadaptit-
selftoadifferentcenterofgravity.
Switchingonandoff
ESCturnsonautomaticallywhenyoustarttheengine.
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Fig.151Centerconsolewiththe#0button
The ESCisdesignedtofunctioninlevels.Depend-
ingonthelevelselected,theESCstabilization
functionislimitedorswitchedoff.Theamountof
stabilizationcontrolwilldifferdependingonthe
level.
Thefollowingexamplesareunusualsituations
whereitmaymakesensetoswitchoffroadmode
ontoallowthewheelstospin:
—Rocking thevehicletofreeitwhenitisstuck
—Drivingindeepsnoworonlooseground
—Drivingwithsnowchains
—Drivingonroughterrainwhenmuchofthecar's
weightisliftedoffthewheels(axlearticula-
tion)
—Drivingdownhillwhilebrakingonlooseground
Foryoursafety,switchtheoffroadmodeoffin
advance.
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Safetybelts

Safetybelts
Generalinformation
DEERLLL8aes
Wearingsafetybeltscorrectlysaveslives!
Thischapterexplainswhysafetybeltsareneces-
sary,howtheyworkandhowtoadjustandwear
themcorrectly.
>Readalltheinformationthatfollowsandheed
alloftheinstructionsandWARNINGS.

ZA\WARNING
Notwearingsafetybeltsorwearingthemim-
properlyincreasestheriskof seriouspersonal
injuryanddeath.
—Safetybeltsarethesinglemosteffective
meansavailabletoreducetheriskofserious
injuryanddeathinautomobileaccidents.
Foryourprotectionandthat ofyourpassen-
gers,alwayscorrectlywearsafetybelts
whenthevehicleismoving.
—Pregnantwomen,injured,orphysicallyim-
pairedpersonsmustalsousesafetybelts.
Likeallvehicleoccupants,theyaremore
likelytobeseriouslyinjurediftheydonot
wearSafetybelts.Thebestwaytoprotecta
fetusistoprotectthe mother-throughout
theentirepregnancy.
Numberofseats
Appliesto:Vehicleswithfiveseats:Yourvehicle
hastwofrontseatsandthreerearseats.Each
seatingpositionhasasafetybelt.

Appliesto:Vehicleswithsevenseats:Yourvehi-
cleshastwofrontseats,threeseatsinthesec-
ond rowandtwoseatsinthethirdrow.Each
seatingpositionhasasafetybelt.

ZA\WARNING
Notwearingsafetybeltsorwearingthemim-
properlyincreasestheriskof seriouspersonal
injuryanddeath.
—Neverstrapmorethanoneperson,including
smallchildren,intoanybelt.Itisespecially


dangeroustoplaceasafetybeltoverachild
sittingonyourlap.
—Neverletmorepeoplerideinthevehicle
thantherearesafetybeltsavailable.
—Besureeveryoneridinginthevehicleis
properlyrestrainedwithaseparatesafety
beltorchildrestraint.
Safetybeltwarninglight
Yourvehiclehasawarningsystemforthedriver
andfrontseatpassengertoremindyouabout
theimportanceofbuckling-up.



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Fig.223Safetybeltwarninglightintheinstrumentclus-
ter -enlarged
Beforedrivingoff,always:
>Fastenyoursafetybeltandmakesureyouare
wearingitproperly.
>Makesurethatyourpassengersalsobuckleup
andproperlyweartheirsafetybelts.
>Protectchildrenwitha childrestraintsystem
appropriateforthesizeandage.
Thewarninglightintheinstrumentcluster
lightsupwhentheignitionisswitchedonasare-
mindertofastenthesafetybelts.Inaddition,
youwillhearawarningtoneforacertainperiod
oftime.
Fastenyoursafetybeltandmakesurethatyour
passengersalsoproperlyputontheirsafety
belts.

ZA\WARNING
—Safetybeltsarethesinglemosteffective
meansavailabletoreducetheriskofserious
injuryanddeathinautomobileaccidents.
Foryourprotectionandthat ofyour>


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Tiredesignations

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Fig.268Tiredesignationsontheside-
wall
@Tiresforpassengervehicles
(ifapplicable)
"P"indicatesatireforapassenger
vehicle."T"indicatesatiredesig-
natedfortemporaryuse.
@Nominalwidth
Nominalwidthofthetirebe-
tweenthesidewallsinmillime-
ters.Ingeneral:thelargerthe
number,thewiderthetire.
@)Aspectratio
Height/widthratioexpressedasa
percentage.
@Tireconstruction
"R"indicatesaradialtire.
©)Rimdiameter
Sizeoftherimdiameterininches.
©Loadindexandspeedrating
Theloadindexindicatesthetire's
load-carryingcapacity.
Thespeedratingindicatesthe
maximumpermittedspeed.Also
see>AinGeneralinformationon
page326.
“EXTRALOAD”,“xl”or“RF”indi-
catesthatthetireisreinforcedor
isanExtraLoadtire.






Speedrat-/Maximumpermittedspeed
ing
Pupto93mph(150km/h)
Qupto99mph(160km/h)
Rupto106mph(170km/h)
Supto110mph(180km/h)
Tupto118mph(190km/h)
Uupto124mph(200km/h)
Hupto130mph(210km/h)
Vvupto149mph(240km/h)?
Zzabove149mph(240km/h)?
wupto168mph(270km/h)?
Yupto186mph(300km/h)?

@)Fortiresabove149mph(240km/h),
tiremanufacturerssometimesusethe
code“ZR”.
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Glossaryoftireandloading
terminology
Accessoryweight
meansthecombinedweight(in
excessofthosestandarditems
whichmaybereplaced)ofauto-
matictransmission,powersteer-
ing,powerbrakes,powerwin-
dows,powerseats,radio,and
heater,totheextentthatthese
itemsareavailableasfactory-in-
stalledequipment(whetherin-
stalledornot).
Aspectratio
meanstheratioofthe heightto
thewidthofthetireinpercent.
Numbersof55orlowerindicatea
lowsidewallforimprovedsteer-
ingresponseandbetteroverall
handlingondrypavement.
Bead
meansthepartofthetirethatis
madeofsteelwires,wrappedor
reinforcedbyplycordsandthatis
shapedtofittherim.
Beadseparation
meansabreakdownofthebond
betweencomponentsinthebead.
Cord
meansthestrandsformingthe
pliesinthetire.
Coldtireinflationpressure
meansthetirepressurerecom-
mendedbythevehiclemanufac-
turerforatireofadesignated
sizethathasnotbeendrivenfor
morethanacoupleofmiles(kilo-
meters)atlowspeedsinthethree
hourperiodbeforethetirepres-
sureismeasuredoradjusted.
Curbweight
meanstheweightofamotorve-
hiclewithstandardequipmentin-
cludingthemaximumcapacityof
fuel,oil,andcoolant,aircondi-
tioningandadditionalweightof
optionalequipment.
Extraloadtire
meansatiredesignedtooperate
athigherloadsandathigherin-
flationpressuresthanthecorre-
spondingstandardtire.Extraload
tiresmaybeidentifiedas“XL”,
“xL’,“EXTRALOAD”,or“RF”on
thesidewall.
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Productionoptionsweight
meansthecombinedweightof
thoseinstalledregularproduction
optionsweighingover5lbs.
(2.3kg)inexcessofthosestand-
arditemswhichtheyreplace,not
previouslyconsideredincurb
weightoraccessoryweight,in-
cludingheavy dutybrakes,ride
levelers,roofrack,heavyduty
battery,andspecialtrim.
Radialplytire
meansapneumatictireinwhich
theplycordsthatextendtothe
beadsarelaidatsubstantially
90degreestothecenterlineof
thetread.
Recommendedinflation
pressure
see>page329,Coldtireinfla-
tionpressure.
Reinforcedtire
meansatiredesignedtooperate
athigherloadsandathigherin-
flationpressuresthanthecorre-
spondingstandardtire.Rein-
forcedtiresmaybeidentifiedas
“XL”,“xl”,“EXTRALOAD”,or“RF”
onthesidewall.
Rim
meansametalsupportforatire
oratireandtubeassemblyupon
whichthetirebeadsareseated.
Rimdiameter
meansnominaldiameterofthe
beadseat.Ifyouchangeyour
wheelsize,youwillhavetopur-
chasenewtirestomatchthenew
rimdiameter.
Rimsizedesignation
meansrimdiameterandwidth.
Rimwidth
meansnominaldistancebetween
rimflanges.
Sidewall
meansthatportionofatirebe-
tweenthetreadandbead.
Speedrating(lettercode)
meansthespeedatwhichatireis
designedtobedrivenforextend-
edperiodsoftime.Theratings
rangefrom93mph(150km/h)
to186mph(298km/h)>table
onpage327.Youmaynotfind
thisinformationonalltiresbe-
causeitisnotrequiredbylaw.
Thespeedratinglettercode,
whereapplicable,ismoldedon
thetiresidewallandindicatesthe>
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bythetiremanufacturer.Thisin-
formationisusedtocontactcon-
sumers
ifatiredefectrequiresa
recall.
Vehiclecapacityweight
meanstheratedcargoandlug-
gageloadplus150lbs.(68kilo-
grams)timesthevehicle'sdesig-
natedseatingcapacity.
Vehiclemaximumloadonthe
tire
meansthatloadonanindividual
tirethatisdeterminedbydistrib-
utingtoeachaxleitsshareofthe
maximumloadedvehicleweight
anddividingbytwo.
Vehiclenormalloadonthetire
meansthatloadonanindividual
tirethatisdeterminedbydistrib-
utingtoeachaxleitsshareofthe
curbweight,accessoryweight,
andnormaloccupantweight(dis-
tributedinaccordancewith>ta-
bleonpage338)anddividingby
two.
Occupantloadinganddistri-
butionforvehiclenormalload
forvariousdesignatedseating
capacities
Refertothetireinflationpressure
label>page336,fig.271forthe
numberofseatingpositions.Re-
fertothetable>tableon
page338forthenumberofpeo-
plethatcorrespondtothevehicle
normalload.
Newtiresorwheels
Audirecommendshavingallwork
ontiresorwheelsperformedby
anauthorizedAudidealerorau-
thorizedAudiServiceFacility.
Thesefacilitieshavethe proper
knowledgeandareequippedwith
therequiredtoolsandreplace-
mentparts.
>Newtiresdonotyethavethe
optimumgrippingproperties.
Drivecarefullyandatmoderate
speedsforthefirst350miles
(500km)withnewtires.
>Onlyusetireswiththesamede-
sign,size(rollingcircumfer-
ence),andas close tothesame
treadpatternas possibleonall
fourwheels.
>Donotreplacetiresindividually.
Atleastreplacebothtiresonthe
sameaxleatthesametime.
>Audirecommendsthatyouuse
AudiOriginalTires.Ifyouwould
liketousedifferenttires,please
notethatthetiresmayperform>
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differentlyeveniftheyarethe
samesize>A.
>Ifyouwouldliketoequipyour
vehiclewithatireandrimcom-
binationthatisdifferentfrom
whatwasinstalledatthefacto-
ry,consultwithanauthorized
AudidealerorauthorizedAudi
ServiceFacilitybeforemakinga
purchase>A.
Becausethesparetire”isdiffer-
entfromtheregulartiresinstal-
ledonthevehicle(suchaswinter
tiresorwidetires),onlyusethe
sparetire*temporarilyincaseof
emergencyanddrivecarefully
whileitisinuse.Itshouldbere-
placedwitha regulartireassoon
aspossible.
Allfourwheelsmustbeequipped
withtiresthatarethesamebrand
andhavethesameconstruction
andtreadpattern sothatthe
drivesystemisnotdamagedby
differenttirespeeds.Forthisrea-
son,incaseofemergency,only
use
aSparetire*thatisthesame
circumferenceastheregulartires.


Z\WARNING
—Donot usesteelrims thatare
17inchesorlarger.Otherwise,

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damagetothevehicleandan
accidentcouldresult.
—Onlyusetire/rimcombina-
tionsandsuitablewheelbolts
thathavebeenapprovedby
Audi.Otherwise,damageto
thevehicleandanaccident
couldresult.
—Fortechnicalreasons,itisnot
possibletousetiresfromoth-
ervehicles.Insomecases,you
cannotevenusetiresfromthe
samevehiclemodel.
—Makesurethatthetiresyou
selecthaveenoughclearance
tothevehicle.Replacement
tiresshouldnotbechosen
simplybasedonthenominal
size,becausetireswithadif-
ferentconstructioncandiffer
greatlyeveniftheyarethe
samesize.Ifthereisnot
enough
clearance,thetiresor
thevehiclecanbedamaged
andthiscanreducedriving
safetyandincreasetheriskof
anaccident.
—Onlyusetiresthataremore
thansixyearsoldwhenabso-
lutelynecessaryanddrive
carefullywhendoingso.
—Run-flattires*mayonlybe
usedonvehiclesthatwere

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installthetiresfromtherearaxle
onthefrontaxleandviceversa.
Thiswillallowthetirestohave
approximatelythesamelengthof
servicelife.
Forunidirectionaltires,makesure
thetiresareinstalledaccordingto
therunningdirectionindicatedon
thetiresidewall>page357.
Hiddendamage
Damagetotiresandrimscanof-
tenoccurinlocationsthatarehid-
den.Unusualvibrationsintheve-
hicleorpullingtoonesidemay
indicatethatthereistiredamage.
Reduceyourspeedimmediately.
Checkthetiresfordamage.Ifno
damageisvisiblefromtheout-
side,driveslowlyandcarefullyto
thenearestauthorizedAudideal-
erorauthorizedAudiServiceFa-
cilitytohavethevehicleinspect-
ed.

Z\WARNING
Treadthathasworntoolowor
uneventreaddepthsonthe
tirescanreducedrivingsafety.
Thiscanincreasetheriskofan
accidentbecauseithasanega-
tiveeffectonhandling,driving
throughcurves,andbraking,

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andbecauseitincreasesthe
riskofhydroplaningwhendriv-
ingthroughdeeppuddles.
Tirepressure



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‘SEATINGCAPACITYTOTALFRONTpyREARigAVANTARRIERENOMBREDEPLACESTOTAL
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TIRESIZE
PNEU_|DIMENSIONS
FRONT
AVANT
REAR
ARRIERE
‘SPARE
vesecours|
COLDTIREPRESSURE
PRESSIONDESPNEUS AFROID
MsKPA,MlPSI
MaKPA,MlPSI
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Fig.271Tirepressurelabel
Thecorrecttirepressurefortires
installedatthefactoryislistedon
alabel.Thelabelislocatedonthe
B-pillar(driver'sside)>fig.270,
>fig.271.Thelocationmayvary
dependingonthemodel.
Usethetirepressurespecifiedfor
anormalvehicleloadwhenthe
vehicleispartiallyloaded>table
onpage338.Ifdrivingthevehi-
clewhenfullyloaded,youmust>

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followthetirepressuresticker
>page336,fig.270.
Makesurethatthetiredesigna-
tiononyourtirematchesthedes-
ignationonthetirepressurelabel
andthetirepressuretable.
Thefollowingtablelistsrecom-
mendedtirepressuresincold
tiresaccordingtotheloadand
thesizeofthetiresinstalled.












Model/TiredesignationTirepressure
EngineNormalloadMaximumload
(upto3people)?
FrontRearFrontRear
PSI|kPA|PSI|kPA|PSI|kPA|PSI|kPA
Q7:255/60R18108H|32|220|32|220|32|220|35|240
2.0L255/55R19111H|32|220|32|220|33|230|36|250
ee285/45R20112H|32|220|32|220|32|220]35|240
—285/45R20112Y|32|220|32|220|32|220|35|240
285/40R21109H|32|220|32|220|36|250|39|270
285/40R21109Y|32|220|32|220|32|220|35|240
285/35R22106Y|32|220|32|220|36|250|39|270
Q7:255/60R18108H|32|220|32|220|32|220|35|240
3.0L255/55R19111H|32|220|32|220|33|230|36|250
eon285/45R20112H|32|220|32|220|32|220|35|240
gine285/45R20112Y|32|220|32|220|32|220|35|240
285/40R21109H|32|220|32|220|38|260|41|280
285/40R21109Y|32|220|32|220|33|230|36|250
285/35R22106Y|32|220|32|220|38|260|41|280

a)Twopeopleinthefront,onepersonintherear

andanytirecancarry.Avehicle

JWARNING
Pleasenotetheimportantsafe-
typrecautionsregardingtire
pressure>page336andload
limits>page338.
Tiresandvehicleloadlimits
Therearelimitstotheamountof
loadorweightthatanyvehicle

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thatisoverloadedwillnothandle
wellandismoredifficulttostop.
Overloadingcannotonlyleadto
lossofvehiclecontrol,butcanal-
sodamageimportantpartsofthe
vehicleandcanleadtosudden
tirefailure,includingablowout
andsuddendeflationthatcan
causethevehicle tocrash.

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generationofheatanditsabilitytodissipate
heatwhentestedundercontrolledconditionson
aspecifiedindoorlaboratorytestwheel.
Sustainedhightemperaturecancausethemate-
rialofthetiretodegenerateandreducetirelife,
andexcessivetemperaturecanleadtosudden
tirefailure>A.
ThegradeCcorrespondstoalevelofperform-
ancewhichallpassengercartiresmustmeetun-
dertheFederalMotorVehicleSafetyStandard
No.109.GradesBandArepresenthigher levels
ofperformanceonthelaboratorytestwheelthan
theminimumrequiredbylaw.

Z\WARNING
Thetractiongradeassignedtothistireis
basedonstraight-aheadbrakingtraction
tests,anddoesnotincludeacceleration,cor-
nering,hydroplaningorpeaktractioncharac-
teristics.

ZAWARNING
Thetemperaturegradeforthistireisestab-
lishedforatirethatisproperlyinflatedand
notoverloaded.Excessivespeed,underinfla-
tion,orexcessiveloading,eitherseparatelyor
incombination,cancauseheatbuildupand
possibletirefailure.

ZXWARNING
Temperaturegradesapplytotiresthatare
properlyinflatedandnotoverorunderinflat-
ed.


Tirepressuremonitoring
system
())Generalnotes
Eachtire,includingthespare(ifprovided),
should becheckedmonthlywhencoldandinflat-
edtotheinflationpressurerecommendedbythe
vehiclemanufactureronthevehicleplacardor
tireinflationpressurelabel.(Ifyourvehiclehas
tiresofadifferentsizethanthesizeindicatedon
thevehicleplacardortireinflationpressurela-
bel,youshoulddeterminethepropertireinfla-
tionpressureforthosetires).
As anaddedsafetyfeature,yourvehiclehasbeen
equippedwithatirepressuremonitoringsystem
(TPMS)thatilluminatesalowtirepressuretell-
talewhenoneormoreofyourtiresissignificant-
lyunder-inflated.Accordingly,whenthelowtire
pressuretelltaleilluminates,youshouldstopand
checkyourtiresassoonaspossible,andinflate
themtotheproperpressure.Drivingonasignifi-
cantlyunder-inflatedtirecausesthetiretoover-
heatandcanleadtotirefailure.Under-inflation
alsoreducesfuelefficiencyandtiretreadlife,
andmayaffectthevehicle'shandlingandstop-
pingability.
PleasenotethattheTPMSisnotasubstitutefor
propertiremaintenance,anditisthedriver'sre-
sponsibilitytomaintaincorrecttirepressure,
evenifunder-inflationhasnotreachedthelevel
totriggerillumination oftheTPMSlowtirepres-
suretelltale.
YourvehiclehasalsobeenequippedwithaTPMS
malfunctionindicatortoindicatewhenthesys-
temisnotoperatingproperly.TheTPMSmal-
functionindicatoriscombinedwiththelowtire
pressuretelltale.Whenthesystemdetectsa
malfunction,thetelltalewillflashforapproxi-
matelyone minuteandthenremaincontinuously
illuminated.Thissequencewillcontinueupon
subsequentvehiclestart-upsaslongasthe mal-
functionexists.
Whenthemalfunctionindicatorisilluminated,
thesystemmaynotbeabletodetectorsignal
lowtirepressureasintended.TPMSmalfunctions
mayoccurforavarietyofreasons,includingthe
installationofreplacementoralternatetiresor
wheelsonthevehiclethatpreventtheTPMS
fromfunctioningproperly.Alwayscheck the
TPMSmalfunctiontelltaleafterreplacingoneor
moretiresorwheelsonyourvehicletoensure
thatthereplacementoralternatetiresand
wheelsallowtheTPMStocontinuetofunction
properly.
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