Audi Q7 2015 Owner's Manual page 248

2 4 6 Vehicle care and cleaning
- Never use any paint polish or other
abrasive materia ls.
- Damage to the protective layer on the
rims such as stone chips or scratches
must be repaired immediately .
- Sen sors/ camera le nse s
- Never use warm or hot water to re-
move snow or ice from the camera
lens. This could cause the lens to crack.
- Never use abrasive cleaning materials
or alcohol to clean the camera lens.
This could cause scratches and cracks .
- Windows
- Remove snow and ice on windows and
exte rior mirrors with a plastic scraper .
To avoid scratches, move the scraper
only in one direction and not back and
forth.
- Never remove snow or ice from win-
dows and m irrors using wa rm or hot
water because this cou ld cause cracks
to form.
- To avoid damage to the rear window
defogger, do not apply any stickers on
the heating wires on the ins ide of the
window.
- Decorative parts/ trim
- Never use chrome care o r cleaning
products.
- Paint
- To reduce the risk of scratches, the ve-
hicle must be free of dirt and d ust be-
fore polishing or waxing.
- To prevent paint damage, do not polish
or wax the veh icle in direct sun light .
- To reduce the risk of paint dama ge, do
not polish away rust film.
- Remove cosmet ics and sunblock imme -
diately. Otherwise, the paint could be
damaged .
- Displays
- To avoid scratches, do not use dry
cleaning methods on displays.
- Controls
- Make s ure that no f luids ente r the con-
t rols, because th is could cause dam-
age .
- Safety belts
- Do not remove the safety belts to clean
them.
- Never clean safety belts or their com-
ponents chemically or with corrosive
f luids or solvents and never allow
sha rp objects to come into contact
with the safety belts. This could cause
damage to the bel t webbing.
- If there is damage to the webbing, the
connection s, the ret racto rs or the buck-
les, have them repla ced by an author-
ized Audi dealer or a qualified work-
shop.
- Textiles/Viny l/Alcantara
- Never treat Vinyl/Alcantara with leath-
er care products, solvents, floor polish,
shoe polish, stain remover or similar
products.
- To avoid damage, have stubborn stains
removed by an autho rized Audi dea le r
or a qualified workshop .
- Never use steam cleaners, brushes,
hard sponges, etc. when cleaning.
- Do not turn on t he seat heating* to dry
the seat.
- Objects with sharp edges s uch as zip-
pers, rivets on clothing or be lts can
cause damage to the surface.
- Open hook and loop fasteners, for ex-
ample on cloth ing, can damage seat
covers . Make sure hook and loop fas-
tene rs are closed .
- Natural leather
- Neve r trea t leat her wit h solven ts , floo r
polish, shoe polish, stain remover or
similar products.
- Objects with sharp edges s uch as zip-
pers, rivets on clothing or be lts can
cause damage to the su rface.
- Neve r use st eam cleaners, br ushes,
hard sponges, etc . when cleaning .
- Do not t urn on the seat heating * to dry
the seat.
- To help preve nt t he leat her from fad -
ing, do no t leave t he vehicle in d irect
sunlight for long per iods of t ime. If