Audi Q5 2011 - Page 5

Safety first . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Driving Safely . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
General notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Proper occupant seating posit ions . . .
Pedal area . . . ............ . ... . . . .
Stowing luggage ............ . . . . .
Reporting Safety Defects ... . . . . . . . .
Safety belts . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . .
General notes .. . . .. . ..... . . . . . . . .
Why safety belts? ........... . . . . .
Safety belts . ............ . ... . . . .
Safety belt pretens ioners .. . . . . . . . .
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Airbag system . . .. ... . . . . . . . . . . 156
Important things to know . . . . . . . . . . 156
Front airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Monito ring the Advanced Airbag
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Side curta in airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Ch ild Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Important things to know . . . . . . . . . . 178
Child safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Installing a child safety seat . . . . . . . . 187
LATCH Lower anchorages and tethe rs
for childre n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Additional I nformation 195
Vehicle operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Intelligent technology . . . . . . . . 196
Notice about data recorded by vehicle
control modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Elect ronic Stabilization Program (ESP) 196
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Servotronic ® - advanced power
steering system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Driving w ith your quattro ® . . . . . . . . . 203
Energy management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Driving and environment . . . . . 206
The first 1,000 miles (1,500 km) and
afterwards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Avoid damaging the vehicle . . . . . . . . . 207
Operate your vehicle econom ically and
minimize pollution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
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Driving off road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Driving in difficult road conditions and
offroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Trailer towing . . . . . . .......... .
Driving with a trailer . .......... . . .
Trailer tow ing tips
Vehicle care ... . . . . . .......... .
Cleaning and protection ... . . .
General information ........... . . .
Care of exterior . . . .............. .
Care of interior . . . . . . . . . ...... . .. .
Fuel supply and filling your
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fuel tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Fuel tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Checking and filling . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Engine hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Engine cooling system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Windshield/headlight washer
container . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Tires and wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Tire pressure monitoring system 265
Do-it-yourself service . . . . . . . . . 268
What do I do now? . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Jack, tools and inflatab le spare tire . . 268
Changing a wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Fuses and bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Electr ical fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
Emergency situations . . . . . . . . . 281
General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Starting by pushing or towing . . . . . . . 281
Starting with jumpe r cables . . . . . . . . 281
Use of jumper cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
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