Audi Q5 2024 - Page 93

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Storage and convenience
Energy usage will increase because of the in-
creased wind resistance. Remove the roof rack
when you are no longer using it.
Installing the roof rack
Applies to: vehicles with roof racks supplied by the factory
The roof rack set consists of a front and rear roof
rack, the cover profile and a socket wrench. On
the inner side of the roof rail, there are two holes
for the rear roof rack. To prevent the front and
rear roof racks from being switched during instal-
lation,
there are three holes on the inner side of
the left front roof fail, and two holes on the inner
side of the right roof rail > page 90, fig. 89.
> Before mounting the roof rack, open the cap @)
upward.
» Use the socket wrench @) to loosen the screws
on the left and right of the roof rack in the di-
rection of @ until resistance is felt. Make sure
the arrow on the socket wrench and the arrow
on the screw line up exactly.
» Clean the rubber washers @) and the roof rail
around the mounting points.
> Carefully place the roof rack over the holes in
the roof rail. Make sure the sticker is on the left
side of the vehicle and the imprinted arrow
points in the direction of travel.
» Place the pins @) into the holes. The claw fas-
tener G) must engage into the edge of the roof
rail. Make sure the rubber washers @ lie flat on
the roof rail.
» Tighten the screw in the direction of @ using
the torque wrench @). Make sure the arrow on
the socket wrench and the arrow on the screw
line up exactly. The required tightening specifi-
cation is 4.5 ft lbs (6 Nm).
» Repeat these steps for the other mounting
points for the roof rack.
When installing a factory-supplied roof rack
system on the roof rail, the ESC will use sen-
sors to adapt itself to the different center of
gravity if it changes because of carrying a
load. This does not occur when using other
roof rack systems, so the risk of an accident
will increase.
Installing the attachments
Applies to: vehicles with roof racks supplied by the factory
» Remove the cap © from the support rail to
mount attachments on the roof rack ® page 91,
fig. 90.
» Slide the attachment into the T-groove (7).
> Tighten the attachment according to the roof
rack installation instructions.
» Install the cap © on the support rail again.
Installing the cover profile
Applies to: vehicles with roof racks supplied by the factory
» After you have mounted the attachments, seal
the openings in the T-groove @) * page 91,
fig. 90 with the cover profile @). The cover pro-
file must not be installed under the caps ©.
> If you do not want to use the attachment, seal
the whole T-groove @ with the cover profile
> If necessary, shorten the cover profile @) so
that it matches the length of the open sections
of the T-groove. When doing this, the caps ©
must be installed on the support rail.
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