smacky

Our local wash has a sign to remind us to turn wipers off. I do prefer the Audi's method of just bumping the stalk up one setting to auto and then beyond that has increased speeds. It's like that for Lexus and MB as well. MB has both auto high beams and wipers that don't need to be activated every time and, for me, that is the ideal set up. Very rarely do I need to turn off my wipers completely so just having it set to auto is the best for me.

I imagine on long trips, especially in the summer, auto wipers would be handy. It can be a sunny day but 15 mins in to a drive on the highway and you might hit some showers. It'd be nice to not have to turn on the auto wipers and then turn them off again if it showers intermittently.

Small things but the Germans are usually so good with design, regardless of manufacturer, but aside from MB, it appears no German make gives you all the options to be "set it and forget it."

hayde_bre

What's up with the seatbelts tensioning and not letting go? Happens to front passenger, rear center and rear right seats. We can hear the clicking sound when we let go, it's like locking up not letting go with no way to release.
Any idea why this is happening? It pulled too tight for my son in his booster seat and there was no way to retract it enough to release the lock, we had to move him to center seat until we stopped, removed the seatbelt from booster completely and reset it. There should be a small button.

Kidentist

I am sure it's been beaten more than the "deadest" horse, but that auto start/stop thing is getting on my nerves. Other than that, I'm quite happy, but then again after 2 weeks this is still the "honey moon" period.

bkafrick

Buy ODB11 and fix it. Best $79 investment i ever made. Pennies compared to the $70k you just spent on the vehicle.

AlbertQ7

My 2012 Q7 TDI had extenders that slid out of the ends of the sun visors. They were particularly nice when the primary visor was moved over to the driver or passenger window since the extender would then slide out and block a longer area than the visor itself would. WHY, oh WHY, did they remove this feature in the new model?!? I'm sure it saved them a few cents...

timshuwy

The visors DO Extend... you pull the entire visor over, not just an extension of the visor. Also there is a secondary visor that can come down when you put the primary visor to the side.

protox

Removal of rear seat headrest is a pain. Not as simple as all the other cars I've owned before whereby you just press the release button and lift.

AlbertQ7

No. In the old Q7, you also pulled the entire visor over and THEN there was an additional extension that would cover the rest of the driver/passenger side window to the door frame. It had the secondary visor as well. I never realized how much I used that extension until now that it is gone!

RickObe

Albert, do you know that the primary visor can be extended by sliding it left/right on its post? Yes, it leaves the area to the left uncovered when you slight it to the right, but for me, that pretty much makes up for the missing little slide out panel that was on the old Q7.

AlbertQ7

RickObe: No, I did not know that. In retrospect, I guess that is what "timshuwy" was also referring to. I thought he was just referring to pulling the visor over to the side window (which seemed like an unusual comment to make). Thank you for the responses and the clarification! I will certainly try it out and am happy to hear that they didn't abandon the idea of adjustable visor coverage.