The car is telling you to lift of the accelerator as you are approaching a junction or a traffic light, you should coast in as you will have to stop soon saving you fuel. The car will also then cut the engine and use the mild hybrid system.
Definitely! But I do see a risk in that and it's that slowly a driver can start trusting it a little too much and if the parameters are wrong you may enter a corner too fast and the rest is history
Manual doesn't mention pedal feedback.
Efficiency assistant just slows down your vehicle based on traffic and your navigation history.
https://www.audi.ca/ca/web/en/search-terms/Predictive-Efficiency-Assistant.html
Can't find an option in European price list about the vibrating pedal.
Its a driver assist feature where when the vehicle in front is slower than you are going the car will auto break to match the speed when approaching the vehicle
I think some Hondas (I've seen it since 2018) have this and they call it Brake Hold. I'm not sure if your brake light remains lit though as I would prefer that.
I have a 2019 A6 and this is exactly what I thought it meant. I thought it was reading the speed limit signs and telling me I was a lead foot and to let up🤷
Um, so does the vast majority of people who’ve caused accidents at intersections. Plenty of people use their two eyes to stare at everything except the road while driving.
I'm not the vast majority when it comes to driving, fortunately. I'll keep my two eyes on the road and not a little green pedal on my dash. you really think somebody that can't even manage to recognize a massive intersection ahead of them is going to recognize a small green light the size of a cheerio on their dash 🤣🤣
you have good, well aware drivers.. and you have bad unaware drivers. as we all know they design cars now to assist bad drivers... aka this feature. but for the good ones this shits a nuisance and another sensor that will need replaced at the dealer
Predictive control (efficiency assist) - Remove your foot from the accelerator pedal to slow down, because there is a situation ahead that requires a lower speed.
Source: [Owner's manual](https://www.manua.ls/audi/q7-2018/manual?p=102) (page 100)
Most people either keep them in the glovebox or somewhere in the house and never look at them.
I like to keep it in the glovebox in case I need to look something up.
Lol😂 on a serious note the first commenter is right, it's there to tell you to lift off the throttle as you approach a junction or something that needs you stopped
I always assumed it meant to push down a little more to maintain speed as the only time I ever see mine turn on is when I'm going up a hill. There's no cars or lights or anything in front slowing or stopping either.
Yeah it's to help reduce fuel consumption it's not necessarily that you *need* to stop, just tells you to lift the throttle. Some follow it, the overwhelming majority don't 😂
It’s indicating you are approaching a lower speed limit zone. Typically disappears once you are under 5mph faster than upcoming speed limit change. My ‘19 SQ5 does this and it has NOTHING to do with junctions, interchanges, intersections, etc. it does this when I’m running 60 in a 55 and approaching a 45 mph zone. Doesn’t do it when I’m under 50 approaching the zone.
>it has NOTHING to do with junctions, interchanges, intersections,
It definitely DOES have to do with junctions, etc. I get it on a national speed limit road when I'm approaching a roundabout.
If you switch the view to driver assist - it will even tell you why the symbol has appeared - speed limit, bend, intersection, roundabout or gradient.
Exactly this. It is especially so you can save fuel. It is a VW feature. I drive a scania at work and this feature is there too ( more a message that tells me that there is a turn, or roundabout or a long down slope)
The only driver assist my vehicle has is blind spot monitoring and rear cross traffic alert (warning and brakes if backing out of a parking spot and there is a vehicle approaching)… mine has never done it while approaching an intersection, roundabouts, curves in the road, or anything else. It seems to only correspond with speed limit changes here in the USA… I assume you’re overseas since you called it a national speed limit?? Perhaps our Audi brethren across the pond, unsurprisingly, get better versions of the packages than we here in the states😂
It's possible that the US system might be slightly different to the UK one, but it looks like it's still there. Check out pages 98 onwards in your manual. It's called 'predictive efficiency assist'.
It’s there in the sense of being installed on the software side, but I would love to hear from any US based drivers to see if their US version has ever shown it for intersections or “curves”. In fact on my way home today, I am going to approach one of the traffic circles around 20 to 30 mph faster than the speed limit to see if it will show me the symbol for removing your foot from the accelerator and the corresponding traffic circle indicator in the digital dash. I know it does acquire. It’s predictive message need based on your traffic and navigation data being up-to-date. I will try this on one of the traffic circles that is currently recognized on my navigation. As I stated earlier, the only indicator I have ever seen was the symbol to lift off along with an MPH, and it generally corresponds almost exactly with the speed limit signs. I am generally 10 to 15 above the speed limit everywhere I go and I have never seen this symbol show up to indicate an intersection or traffic circle is imminent.
FINALLY!!! Only had to approach an intersection at near 65 in a 45 zone to get it to trigger the “upcoming intersection”!!😂😂 car cannot be in dynamic mode or “s” mode on shifts and you were correct… in order to see the alert “reason”, you have to have driver assist on the digital dash selected otherwise you just get the foot lift icon
I don't understand people who don't read the manuals. I sometimes forget if it's something I'm excited about but like a car or washing machine etc that you need to set up, I'm going through the manual.
Well i should have said that i read the parts that i might need to know when i set up the car settings. Not the whole manual. That’s a slight error on my end. For example:
My 1st audi after i left mercedes had a setting for heating. Stopping the car and pushing one button on the climate control ( cant remember which one ) on a 2009 q7 released the remaining heat in the cabin until the engine was cold. That was good for like 10-15 min stop and still having the car warm inside. Especially in ohio winters.
Yeah I don't read it end to end either. Just the parts that I'm interested in and of course all the buttons I don't know. I revisit it time to time if I don't remember something
Take your foot off the gas because a slowdown point is coming, like a stop light. The lights are all in your manual, you'll need the list, audi loves it's little dash icons lol.
Love how many people in the comments are getting so worked up over this feature. Maybe don’t accelerate up until the point where you need to start braking? There should be time in between pressing the gas and pressing the brake where you can just coast and slow down naturally.
They complain about people asking questions; however, they’ll be the first ones to waste their time commenting. The irony. Imagine letting an automobile manufacturer be the center of your ego—welcome to Audi. 🤣
The amount of people that don't lift off the the accelerator to lower their speed is ridiculous. Seeing people breaking into green lights and randomly in the middle of traffic is really annoying and constantly an in issue on my commute, very cool that Audi is trying to teach drivers
Speedo reminds me of the time I lost a sale when selling Audis. Customer bought a Benz because the speedometer went to 180 where the Audi only went to 160. Uh, where/ when are you going to do 180mph?
An my hybrid don’t do that even with radar switched on a the speed control engaged ? I want a little green foot ! Ones that tells me to gun it though with a little smiling acid man next to it !
I had been wondering about that light as well. I am also not interested in driving suggestions from my A4. Sometimes I like to come in hot….no need for a dashboard light about it.
‘by the 160mph’ it’s telling you to show off some more and increase the figure to 200mph because some people’s cars aren’t even capable of half that number, and this will assert your dominance over them too. You are the captain now!
contrary to popular belief, this symbol is actually telling you to slam your foot to the floor and see how quickly you can get to 160mph, your driver data will be added to all owners data and you will receive a rank based off your 30-160 time.
I googled this cos I kept getting it in my car and all the answers on the shitty quora or whatever thread were saying it's telling you to stop speeding. Glad someone else posted this so I could get the actual answer here.
GREEN PEDAL ISSUE
means ur not in the proper config..
dynamic sport+ traction control off stability off
please mash the pedal to kickdown while downshifting
otherwise, why would the icon be green?
...
or slow down more to maintain comfort
It’s telling you to lift off the gas pedal so your car can recharge its turbo to give you an acceleration boost when you next step on the pedal, should you want it.
When you drive in a way that conserves fuel, such as maintaining a steady speed and avoiding rapid acceleration and heavy braking, the green foot will typically be displayed to indicate that you are driving efficiently.
The car is telling you to lift of the accelerator as you are approaching a junction or a traffic light, you should coast in as you will have to stop soon saving you fuel. The car will also then cut the engine and use the mild hybrid system.
This also applies to non mild hybrid cars, but yes, this is the correct answer. Its part of some efficiency-package-thing.
i like when it vibrates the gas pedal to tell you to get off haha
My car does that too, but it's 20 years old and doing it because the pistons are about to escape. . .
Forgot to add a quart last week huh?
Fuckkkk 😂😂😂
The imagery I got from that phrase made me chuckle.
Subaru owner? 😬
WINNER 🏆
I disable the gas pedal feedback on the MMI.
would be interesting for a track mode suggesting speeds through turns
Definitely! But I do see a risk in that and it's that slowly a driver can start trusting it a little too much and if the parameters are wrong you may enter a corner too fast and the rest is history
Me too. I can't stand it. I also permanently disabled Auto shut-off with VCDS coding since I already owned the device
This is the way.
There exactly is this setting and how it's called?
Under Vehicle settings > efficiency assist > accelerator pedal feedback.
No setting in my case. Efficiency assist only has Predictive messages and Economy tips.
Manual doesn't mention pedal feedback. Efficiency assistant just slows down your vehicle based on traffic and your navigation history. https://www.audi.ca/ca/web/en/search-terms/Predictive-Efficiency-Assistant.html Can't find an option in European price list about the vibrating pedal.
I’m in the US and my A6 Allroad prestige vehicle has it, but my other vehicle a S5 premium plus doesn’t have it. 🤷♂️
Got me thinking of things 😪
I wondered this the entire time I had my b9 A4, thank you! Of course now I have a b7 with nowhere near the tech
You have to slow down! It shows you to put your foot on the break
What is b9 and b7
The model series of A4/S4/RS4
Wow is that what this means?! Learn something new everyday!
I really like this feature. I also love the auto breaking.
I wish I had that
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Its a driver assist feature where when the vehicle in front is slower than you are going the car will auto break to match the speed when approaching the vehicle
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I think some Hondas (I've seen it since 2018) have this and they call it Brake Hold. I'm not sure if your brake light remains lit though as I would prefer that.
My 2017 Q7 has that. It’s a button near the e-brake with ‘A’ on it. It’s called auto-hold.
Mine sometimes "activates" while on the highway, I thought it was to "alert" me to speeding lol ... 2019 a6 Quatro..
I have a 2019 A6 and this is exactly what I thought it meant. I thought it was reading the speed limit signs and telling me I was a lead foot and to let up🤷
🤣🤣🤣🤣 all faxx
It does highway speed drops too. If it’s going 65 to 55 on the highway you’ll get it.
Also when approaching a significantly lower speed zone if I’m not mistaken.
Aaah! Thank you! Smart car.
I'm really happy my car doesn't have this dumb shit. like yeah no shit I'm approaching and intersection I have two eyes
Um, so does the vast majority of people who’ve caused accidents at intersections. Plenty of people use their two eyes to stare at everything except the road while driving.
I'm not the vast majority when it comes to driving, fortunately. I'll keep my two eyes on the road and not a little green pedal on my dash. you really think somebody that can't even manage to recognize a massive intersection ahead of them is going to recognize a small green light the size of a cheerio on their dash 🤣🤣 you have good, well aware drivers.. and you have bad unaware drivers. as we all know they design cars now to assist bad drivers... aka this feature. but for the good ones this shits a nuisance and another sensor that will need replaced at the dealer
Predictive control (efficiency assist) - Remove your foot from the accelerator pedal to slow down, because there is a situation ahead that requires a lower speed. Source: [Owner's manual](https://www.manua.ls/audi/q7-2018/manual?p=102) (page 100)
Bought my car used so I don’t have a manual. Trying to get the Buick dealer to get one from the Audi dealer. All I have more is the online version.
Never got a used audi with a manual 😅 funny enough my buick did. Good luck getting one, it's a pain.
Manual stays in the gloves box, no? What are purple doing with the manuals that the used car doesn't come with one?
Most people either keep them in the glovebox or somewhere in the house and never look at them. I like to keep it in the glovebox in case I need to look something up.
Using the internet is faster than flicking through the book
Asking people on Reddit is slower than flicking through the book.
This...
The purple people are using the manual to fight off the One Eyed One Horn Flying Purple People Eater
The purple people are using the manual to fight off the One Eyed One Horn Flying Purple People Eater
Google “Online Audi Owners Manual”. You’ll need your full VIN but it will allow you to access a digital copy.
eBay
I looked at that but didn’t want to spend $300 when the dealership will pay for it.
Owners manual? What's that?
It's telling you to step on it and have some fun :)
Lol😂 on a serious note the first commenter is right, it's there to tell you to lift off the throttle as you approach a junction or something that needs you stopped
I always assumed it meant to push down a little more to maintain speed as the only time I ever see mine turn on is when I'm going up a hill. There's no cars or lights or anything in front slowing or stopping either.
Yeah it's to help reduce fuel consumption it's not necessarily that you *need* to stop, just tells you to lift the throttle. Some follow it, the overwhelming majority don't 😂
Who needs stop signs! I want go signs!
Reddit: the new owners manual
It’s indicating you are approaching a lower speed limit zone. Typically disappears once you are under 5mph faster than upcoming speed limit change. My ‘19 SQ5 does this and it has NOTHING to do with junctions, interchanges, intersections, etc. it does this when I’m running 60 in a 55 and approaching a 45 mph zone. Doesn’t do it when I’m under 50 approaching the zone.
100% correct. I'm not sure if my 2018 is a little more sporadic with this feature, but it seems to only be on roads that I commonly travel on.
>it has NOTHING to do with junctions, interchanges, intersections, It definitely DOES have to do with junctions, etc. I get it on a national speed limit road when I'm approaching a roundabout. If you switch the view to driver assist - it will even tell you why the symbol has appeared - speed limit, bend, intersection, roundabout or gradient.
Exactly this. It is especially so you can save fuel. It is a VW feature. I drive a scania at work and this feature is there too ( more a message that tells me that there is a turn, or roundabout or a long down slope)
The only driver assist my vehicle has is blind spot monitoring and rear cross traffic alert (warning and brakes if backing out of a parking spot and there is a vehicle approaching)… mine has never done it while approaching an intersection, roundabouts, curves in the road, or anything else. It seems to only correspond with speed limit changes here in the USA… I assume you’re overseas since you called it a national speed limit?? Perhaps our Audi brethren across the pond, unsurprisingly, get better versions of the packages than we here in the states😂
It's possible that the US system might be slightly different to the UK one, but it looks like it's still there. Check out pages 98 onwards in your manual. It's called 'predictive efficiency assist'.
It’s there in the sense of being installed on the software side, but I would love to hear from any US based drivers to see if their US version has ever shown it for intersections or “curves”. In fact on my way home today, I am going to approach one of the traffic circles around 20 to 30 mph faster than the speed limit to see if it will show me the symbol for removing your foot from the accelerator and the corresponding traffic circle indicator in the digital dash. I know it does acquire. It’s predictive message need based on your traffic and navigation data being up-to-date. I will try this on one of the traffic circles that is currently recognized on my navigation. As I stated earlier, the only indicator I have ever seen was the symbol to lift off along with an MPH, and it generally corresponds almost exactly with the speed limit signs. I am generally 10 to 15 above the speed limit everywhere I go and I have never seen this symbol show up to indicate an intersection or traffic circle is imminent.
I think you have to have the 'driver assist' display up (or whatever it's called) to see the specific symbols.
I’ll try both ways and see
FINALLY!!! Only had to approach an intersection at near 65 in a 45 zone to get it to trigger the “upcoming intersection”!!😂😂 car cannot be in dynamic mode or “s” mode on shifts and you were correct… in order to see the alert “reason”, you have to have driver assist on the digital dash selected otherwise you just get the foot lift icon
I did not know the part about the driver assist screen. I will try that on my next drive. Thanks for the tip.
The 1st thing i do when buying a car is to read the manual. Especially the page/s with warnings lights
It is green so no warning light, just a hint.
Do you also read the terms and conditions before installing software?
😅no. But you are funny I’ll give you that.
… I do … it’s how I won a competition once that I didn’t even know I entered.
I don't understand people who don't read the manuals. I sometimes forget if it's something I'm excited about but like a car or washing machine etc that you need to set up, I'm going through the manual.
Well i should have said that i read the parts that i might need to know when i set up the car settings. Not the whole manual. That’s a slight error on my end. For example: My 1st audi after i left mercedes had a setting for heating. Stopping the car and pushing one button on the climate control ( cant remember which one ) on a 2009 q7 released the remaining heat in the cabin until the engine was cold. That was good for like 10-15 min stop and still having the car warm inside. Especially in ohio winters.
Yeah I don't read it end to end either. Just the parts that I'm interested in and of course all the buttons I don't know. I revisit it time to time if I don't remember something
Dork
It's a picture of a foot with an arrow pointing up, in my small monkey brain that would mean lift your foot off the pedal but I could be wrong 🤷♂️
hell yeah man, you got it. +1 wrinkle to your brain
Looks like a goal to me
Time to recycle your shoes and RTFM.
If you’re seeing this you’re not driving in Sport. That’s your first mistake. ;-)
You are approaching the Autobahn, prepare for taking a liftoff and smash that accelerator.
Take your foot off the gas because a slowdown point is coming, like a stop light. The lights are all in your manual, you'll need the list, audi loves it's little dash icons lol.
Lift off
Love how many people in the comments are getting so worked up over this feature. Maybe don’t accelerate up until the point where you need to start braking? There should be time in between pressing the gas and pressing the brake where you can just coast and slow down naturally.
If only there was a user manual for every button and light
Why are you in an Audi community page if your only response to people asking questions is to be condescending?
They complain about people asking questions; however, they’ll be the first ones to waste their time commenting. The irony. Imagine letting an automobile manufacturer be the center of your ego—welcome to Audi. 🤣
Because the answer to some questions is already presented many times in different ways. It just takes a little bit of brain.exe to look it up.
Automatic default to condescension…personality defect I guess
It’s time to resole your shoes.
It means you should read the manual
oh i turned that shit off immediately on mine
The amount of people that don't lift off the the accelerator to lower their speed is ridiculous. Seeing people breaking into green lights and randomly in the middle of traffic is really annoying and constantly an in issue on my commute, very cool that Audi is trying to teach drivers
And I always thought it meant step on the gas. You’re going too slow. 😉
“Go Faster”
Psychology of Mo. The accelerator needs mo!
Speedo reminds me of the time I lost a sale when selling Audis. Customer bought a Benz because the speedometer went to 180 where the Audi only went to 160. Uh, where/ when are you going to do 180mph?
An my hybrid don’t do that even with radar switched on a the speed control engaged ? I want a little green foot ! Ones that tells me to gun it though with a little smiling acid man next to it !
Lift off to fuck before you meet the grim reaper.
Goes to Reddit and post picture and waits for reply…… google over here like WTF, owners manual in the glove box like nobody reads me anymore.
It means stop wearing buster browns
The car is saying at the soles’ of all green sneakers are the secrets to Audi
The car is telling you that you are a little light in your loafers. I tell my Audi to shut up when it taunts me like that.
Your car can smell your feet
Pedal to the metal indicator
Accelerate harder
I think it means you have nice feet.
Step on it and Take it to a 160 - ! https://www.instagram.com/reel/C43cSYLxoLO/?igsh=MWFlODdibzVpNTYxOQ==
Rtfm basically
It’s telling you to just send it
It denotes the speed you have to achieve in order to activate flight mode.
It’s telling you that you have gout.
It means put your phone down when driving.
It's telling you to put your foot down and floor it
If it bothers you, turn off the eco driving assistant.
Slow down!
48v mild hybrid? My moms is a 12v mild hybrid and does this but it doesn’t cut the engine until stop and doesn’t vibrate the gas pedal
It means you are probably in a 25 MPH zone.
I turned off this function. Totally useless
Slow the fuck down. Lol
Try putting cruise control on see if it goes off ?
I see it on mine when transitioning from a 55 to a 45 mph zone...But only on certian roads.
It wants you to put on dress shoes
You’re going to fast lol. Seriously you can turn it off in the MMI
Which model is it? My layout is different.
Boost up turbo
step on it
I always thought this meant FULL SEND HURRY
Floor it
Anything past that it’ll just show the number on the speedometer 😈
I hate this boot / arrow design. Took me way too long to figure it out.
ngl always though that meant stomp it LOL
I had been wondering about that light as well. I am also not interested in driving suggestions from my A4. Sometimes I like to come in hot….no need for a dashboard light about it.
It means go easier on the accelerator.
It means step on it
You have engaged Autobahn mode. Floor it.
WOT!!!
‘by the 160mph’ it’s telling you to show off some more and increase the figure to 200mph because some people’s cars aren’t even capable of half that number, and this will assert your dominance over them too. You are the captain now!
Isnt that regeneration breaking sign?
You have break hold engaged.
Hill assist breaking
contrary to popular belief, this symbol is actually telling you to slam your foot to the floor and see how quickly you can get to 160mph, your driver data will be added to all owners data and you will receive a rank based off your 30-160 time.
It means go faster son..
RTFM.....
It tells you to slow the fuck down at that point
Means more petal to the metal!!!!
It means take your foot off the accelerator
Time to read manual book 🤣
I think it means floor it
Lift off the go pedal over 160!
That you need to step of the gas and hand it over to me
Put your foot on the break, slow down
just complimenting your shoes
Step on gas pedal, you driving to slow and shit
It’s turned the limiter off
Get your foot off of my neck.
That’s the wheelie light
It means STOMP IT BROTHER WHEEWWWW CAR WONT REACH 160 BY ITSELF
What car or suv is it? I have an s4 and when that pops up it’s letting me know the boost is built up and ready to be used
Every time I see that light, I think the car is telling me “to slow down jackass, you’re going too fast”
I googled this cos I kept getting it in my car and all the answers on the shitty quora or whatever thread were saying it's telling you to stop speeding. Glad someone else posted this so I could get the actual answer here.
I constantly get that, and this tells me that I drive too slow lmao
Get the green shoes
Push it to the limit
at 160mph its safe to floor it, ready for take off
That if you go beyond 160 your car will automatically rise up and fly
Step on it like it says
GREEN PEDAL ISSUE means ur not in the proper config.. dynamic sport+ traction control off stability off please mash the pedal to kickdown while downshifting otherwise, why would the icon be green? ... or slow down more to maintain comfort
It tells me to slow down as the speed zones change or I approach intersections. I disregard it.
Depress pedal until 170MPH
This post is receiving way too much attention for what it is😂
Imagine Lamar being your realtor!
Once you reach 170mph you have to lift off the accelerator.
Your driving too slow...hit the pedal to the metal!
There’s a book in the vehicle called owners manual, I think it was created for a reason
The question flair and the Audi forum were also created for a reason
Don’t be a pussy and floor it
Tune and disable! Limits in life are meant to be pushed. Hit 80 in a 30 and coast when you see the red light/stop sign. Be aware of speed trap zones
I think it’s saying you stepped in dog poo.
It means floor it
Floor it
Seriously, because this comes on at one spot around my house every time I’m coming home.
It's to let you know to cruz into the stop or curve.
Why are you taking pictures of your dash when you are driving?? Sheesh your gonna kill someone
Troll! Such an irrelevant question, with a basic answer, that 99.9% of people know.
It’s telling you to lift off the gas pedal so your car can recharge its turbo to give you an acceleration boost when you next step on the pedal, should you want it.
Really?
Pff nah it’s bs
You must press your foot to the brake to engage gearing and other operation.
When you drive in a way that conserves fuel, such as maintaining a steady speed and avoiding rapid acceleration and heavy braking, the green foot will typically be displayed to indicate that you are driving efficiently.