Audi Q5 2016 Owner's Manual page 134

Parking sy stem
Parallel Parking
Applies to vehicles: with Audi park ing system pl us w ith rear-
view ca m era
Use parking mode 2 to help you parallel park
along the side of a street.
Fig. 149 MMI displ ay: blue surface in t he parking spot
Fig. 150 MMI displ ay: Blue curve on the curb
The fo llowing steps apply only when there is no
obstacle such as a wall near the parking spot .
Otherw ise, please read the information provided
in the "Pa rking Next to Obstacles " section .
.,. Activate the turn signal.
.,. Pos ition your vehicle parallel to the edge of the
street, approx imately 3 ft (1 meter) from a
parked veh icle .
.,. Swit ch the MMI on and se lect reverse gear. The
parking aid turns on and park ing mode 1 ap-
pears on the d isplay .
... Press the control button © ¢ fig . 149 on the
MMI control console. Parking mode 2 appears.
... Back up and align your vehicle so the blue area
@ borders on the rear end of the vehicle or on
the parking spot line. The blue area represents
an extension of the veh icle's outline by approx i-
mately 16 ft (S meters) to the rear . The long
s ide of the blue area should be on the curb . The
entire blue area must fit into the parking spot.
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.,. With the vehicle stopped, t urn the steering
wheel to the right as far as it will go.
... Back into the parking spot until the blue curve
to uches the curb ¢ fig. 150. Stop the vehicle.
.,. With the vehicle stopped, turn the steering
wheel to the left as far as it will go .
.,. Continue to back into the parki ng spot unt il the
veh icle is parked paralle l to the curb . @ marks
the rea r bumpe r. Stop the veh icle when the red
orientat ion line @ borders an objec t ¢ & .
Keep an eye on the front of you r vehicle while
doing this ¢ (D .
Parking next to obstacles
When there is an obstacle (such as a wall) next to
the pa rking spot, choose a spot with mo re space
on the sides. Position the long side of t he blue
area so that there is sufficient spa ce from the
curb . The area must not be on the curb. You will
also need to start turning the steering wheel
much earlier . There should be a sufficient
amount of space between the curb and the blue
curve, and the blue curve ¢ fig. 150 must not
touch the curb.
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WARNING
- The rearview camera does not show the en-
tire area behind the vehicle ¢ page 128,
fig . 143. Watch out especially fo r small chi l-
dren and animals. The rearview came ra can-
not a lways detect them, posing risk of an
accident!
- Please note that objects not touching the
gro und can appear to be further away than
they really are (for examp le, the bumpe r of
a parked vehicle, a trailer hitch, or the rear
of a truck). In this case, you shou ld not use
the help lines to help with parking, which
poses danger of an accident!
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Note
In the M MI d isplay, the direction of travel of
the veh icle rear is represented depend ing on
the steer ing whee l ang le. The veh icle front
swings out more tha n the vehicle rear. Main-
tai n plenty of distance so that yo ur o utside