belt AUDI S5 COUPE 2016 Repair Manual

Checking and Filling
-To reduce the risk of being burned, never
open the hood if you see or hear steam or
coolant escaping from the engine compart­
ment . Wait until no steam or coolant can be
seen or heard before carefully opening the hood.
- Keep children away from the engine com­ partment.
- Never spill fluids on hot engine compo­
nents. They can cause a fire.
- Never touch the radiator fan. The auxiliary
electric fan is temperature controlled and
can switch on suddenly .
- Never open the coolant reservoir cap when
the engine is still warm. The coolant system is pressurized and hot coolant could spray
out.
- Protect your face, hands and arm from
steam or hot engine coolant by placing a
thick rag over the cap when you open the coolant reservoir.
- Do not remove the engine cover under any
circumstances. This increases the risk of
burns.
- If work on the fuel system or the electrical
system is necessary:
- Always disconnect the battery.
- Never smoke or work near heaters or open
flames. Fluids in the engine compartment could start a fire.
- Keep an approved fire extinguisher imme­
diately available.
- To avoid electrical shock and personal injury
while the engine is running or being started,
never touch:
- Ignition cables
- Other components of the high voltage
electronic ignition system .
- If you must perform a check or repair with
the engine running:
- First, fully apply the parking brake, move
selector lever of automatic transmission
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to "P" (Park); put manual transmission in
Neutral.
- Always use extreme caution to prevent
clothing, jewelry, or long hair from get­
ting caught in the radiator fan, V-belts or
other moving parts, or from contacting hot parts . Tie back hair before starting,
and do not wear clothing that will hang or
droop into the engine.
- Minimize exposure to emission and chemi­
cal hazards
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A WARNING
California Proposition 65 Warning:
- Engine exhaust, some of its constituents, and certain vehicle components contain or
emit chemicals known to the State of Cali­
fornia to cause cancer and birth defects and
reproductive harm . In addition, certain flu­
ids contained in vehicles and certain prod­
ucts of component wear contain or emit
chemicals known to the State of California
to cause cancer and birth defects or other
reproductive harm.
- Battery posts, terminals and related acces­
sories contain lead and lead compounds,
chemicals known to the State of California
to cause cancer and reproductive harms .
Wash hands after handling.
(D Note
When adding fluids, always make sure that
they are poured into the proper container or
filler opening, otherwise serious damage to
vehicle systems will occur.
@ For the sake of the environment
To detect leaks in time, inspect the vehicle
floor pan from underneath regularly . If you
see spots from oil or other vehicle fluids, have
your vehicle inspected by an authorized Audi
dealer.

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-To avoid being burned, do not spill anti­
freeze or coolant on the exhaust system or hot engine parts. Under certain condi­
tions, the ethylene glycol in engine cool­ ant can catch fire.
- Antifreeze is poisonous. Always store anti­
freeze in its original container and well out
of the reach of children.
- If you drain the coolant, it must be caught
and safely stored in a proper container
clearly marked "poison".
(D Note
-Do not add coolant if the expansion tank is
empty . Air could enter the cooling system
and damage the engine.
If this is the case,
do not continue driving. Seek professional
assistance.
- Coolant pollutes the environment and could
cause an engine fire. Excess coolant will be
forced out through the pressure relief valve
in the cap when the engine becomes hot.
-If, in an emergency, only water can be add­
ed, the correct ratio between water and an­
tifreeze c::>
page 196 must be restored as
soon as possible.
@) For the sake of the environment
Drained coolant should not be reused. Always
dispose of used coolant while observing all
environmental regulations.
Radiator fan
The radiator fan switches on automatically by it­
self.
The radiator fan is driven by the engine via the V­
belt . The viscous clutch regulates the speed of
the fan according to the temperature of the cool­
ant.
An auxiliary electric radiator fan* switches on and
off depending on coolant temperature and other
vehicle operating conditions.
After you switch the engine off, the auxiliary fan
can continue running for up to 10 minutes -even
Checking and Filling
with the ignition off. It can even switch on again
later by itself c::>
&, if
- the temperature of the engine coolant rises due
to the heat build-up from the engine in the en­
gine compartment, or
- the engine compartment heats up because the
vehicle is parked in intense sunlight.
A WARNING
-To reduce the risk of personal injury never
touch the radiator fan.
- The auxiliary electric fan is temperature
controlled and can switch on suddenly even
when the engine is not running.
- The auxiliary radiator fan switches on auto­
matically when the engine coolant reaches a
certain temperature and will continue to run
until the coolant temperature drops.
Brake fluid
Checking brake fluid level
The broke fluid level con be checked with o quick
glance .
Fig. 164 Engine compartmen t: Cover on the brake flui d
re servoir
Before you check anything in the engine compart ­
ment,
always read and heed all WARNINGS
c::> _.& in Working in the engine comportment on
page 191.
.,. Read the brake fluid level from the brake fluid
reservoir c::>fig.164,
c::>poge 193, fig .160 . The
brake fluid level must be between the "MIN"
and "MAX" markings.
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Index
A
A/C (automatic climate control) . . . . . . . . . . 69
Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
adaptive c ruise control
Vehicles with manual transmission . . . . . . 90
Adaptive cruise control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Requ est for driver interv ention . . . . . . . . . . 94
Setting the driving program . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Adaptive dampers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Adaptive light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
44
Adaptive Light (defective) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Adding Engine coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Windshield washer fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Additional accessories
Add itiv es 246
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Adjustable steering column . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Adjusting Air distribution (automat ic climate control) .70
Instrument illuminat ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Steering column . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Temperature (automatic climate control) . 70
Airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 29
Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Adv anced Airb ag-Sys tem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Advanced Airbag System components . . . 135
Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Child restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Components (front a irbags) . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Danger of fitting a child safety seat on the
front passenger seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
F ront airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133, 134
How do the front ai rbags work? . . . . . . . . 137
How many airbags does my vehicle have? 135
How the Advanced Airbag System compo-
nents work together . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Important information ........... ... .
Important safety instructions on the knee
airbag system . ............... .... .. .
Knee airbags .. .. .. . .......... .. .. .. .
Monitoring
248
129
145
143
139 PASSENGER AIR BAG
OFF light . . . . . . . . . 139
Repairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14S
Side curtain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Warning/Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Weight-sensing mat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
When must the system be inspected? . . . 139
all-wheel drive 174
All season tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Alternator
refer to Generator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Anti-free ze
refer to E ngine coolant system . . . . . . . . . 196
Ant i-lock braking system
Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . 18, 19
Anti-Lock Braking System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Anti-slip regulation
Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Anti-Slip Regulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Anti-theft alarm system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Anti-theft systems Electronic immobili ze r .............. ... 37
Armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Ashtray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Audi braking guard
refer to braking guard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Audi drive select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Adaptive dampers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Dynamic steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Setting the driving mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Sport differential . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Audi Se rvice Repair Manuals and Literature 244
AUTO Automatic climate control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Automat ic headl ights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Automatic belt retrac tor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Automatic climate control Air vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Automat ic Shift Lock (ASL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Automatic transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Automatic Shift Lock (ASL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Emergency mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

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Emergency release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Kick -down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Manual shift program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Removal lock (igni tion key) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Selector lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Automatic wipers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Auto Safety Hotline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Average speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Avoid damaging the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
B
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Battery location inside the luggage compart-
ment .. .. .. .. .... . .......... .. .. .. . 201
Charge level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Energy manag ement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 5
Important w arnings when working on the
batte ry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Jump starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Replacing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Work ing on the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Befo re driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Belt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Bio -ethanol (Fuel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Blended gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Blower (automatic climate control) . . . . . . . . 70
Booster seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Brake fluid
Changing the brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Checking the brak e fluid level . . . . . . . . . . 199
Brake system
Anti-lock braking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Brake fluid specifications for refill and re­
p lacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Brake light defective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
B rake power assist unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 2
Br akes. .. .. .. .... ........... .. .. .. . 172
Ceramic brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
E lectromechanical parking brake . . . . . . . . 77
Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Worn brake pads symbol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Braking
"' Brake assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
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Index
braking guard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Break-in period
Brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
T ires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Breaking in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
New t ires . .. .. .. .. ............. .. .. 212
Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
C
California Proposition 65 Warning . . . . . . . 192
Battery specific . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Cargo a rea
refer to Luggage compartment ...... 64, 118
Catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Center armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 7
C entral locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Central locking switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Convenien ce key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Remote control key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Ceramic brake rotors New brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Certification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Changing engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Checking Engine coolant level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Child restra ints
Danger of using child restraints in the front
seat.. .... .. .. .. .. ............... .. 130
Where can I get additional information
about child restraints and their use? . . . . 168
Child restra int system anchors . . . . . . . . . . 164
Child safety . .. .. .. .. ...... ......... .. 151
I mpor tan t safety ins truc tions for using child
safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Installing a child restraint using the LATCH
system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Lower anchorages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Mounting and releas ing the anchorage
hook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Tether anchors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Tether straps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
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Index
Child safety seats
Booster seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 9
Conve rt ible ch ild seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Danger of using ch ild restraints in the front
sea t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
H ow do I properly install a child safety seat
i n my ve hicle? ... ... ... ... .. .. .. .. .. . 154
I nfant seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
L A TCH system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Safety ins tructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Unused safety belts on the rear seat . . . . 156
C hi ld seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Secur ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Cigarette lighter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
C le ani ng . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Climate control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Automatic recircu lation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 1
Supp lementary heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 1
synchronizing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 1
Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
C losing
Sun blind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Closing/opening at t he lo ck cylinde r. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 6
by remo te con trol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
with the cen tra l locking switch . . . . . . . . . . 35
with the convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Com ing home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Compact spare tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
also refer to Spare tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Compass in the mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Consumer informa tion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 44
Consumer I nformat ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Contacting NH TSA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Convenience key
I ndicator l igh ts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
S tarting eng ine (STAR T ENG INE S TOP but -
ton) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Stopping the engine (START ENGI NE STOP
button) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Sw itching on ignition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
un locking/ locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Convenience opening/closing . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Conve rt ible ch ild safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . 157
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Convertib le locking retracto r
Activating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Deact ivat ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
U sing to secure a child safety seat . . . . . . 162
C oo lant system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Cooling mode (automatic cl imate control) . . 69
Cooling System Expansion tank. .. .. .. ............. .. 197
Co rnering light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Cruise control Changi ng speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
P resetting yo ur speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Switc hing off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Swi tc hin g on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Cruising range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
( u pholder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
D
Data re corder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Date disp lay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Daytime run ning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 , 45
De clara tion of compli ance
Adap tive cruise contro l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Audi s ide ass ist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 7
Cell phone package . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
E lectronic immobili zer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Homelink universal remote contro l . . . . . 247
Remote control key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Defect ive light bu lb wa rning . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Defrosting (windows) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Dete rm ining co rrect load lim it ........ .. 219
D igi tal cloc k . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
D igital compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
D imm ing t he rearv iew m irror . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Doors emergency locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Driver informat ion system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
En hanced shift indicato r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Open door or front lid warning . . . . . . . . . . 23
Outs ide temperature display. . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Sound system display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
D river seat
refer to Seating position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
D rivi ng econom ica lly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

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Headlights
Clean ing system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Defective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Headlight range control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Left hand dr ive, right hand dr ive . . . . . . . . . 46
T rave l mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Headlight washer reservoir . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
H ead restra ints ..................... .. 115
Ad justing .. .. ............... . 57, 58 , 115
Removing/ins tall ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
H eated
exterior m irro rs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
rear w indow ........................ . 70
seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
windsh ie ld washer spray no zzl es . . . . . . . . 50
H eating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Heavy clothing and safety belts . . . . . . . . . . 123
H igh bea m . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
High voltage warn ing label . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
H ill descent contro l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
H ome link (garage door ope ner) . . . . . . . . . . 41
Hood
Opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Re lease lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
H orn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
H ow are child restra int system anchors re lat-
ed to ch ild safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
How many airbags does my vehicle have? . . 135
H ow sa fe ty belt pretens io ners wor k 127
I
Ignition
sw itch ing o n/off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Ignition key Emergency un lock ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Ignition lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Malfunct io n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
I mba lance (wheels) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 13
Immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Important things to do before driving . . . . 112
I m properly wo rn s afe ty be lts . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Index
Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Dynam ic steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
also refer to Warning/ indicator lights . . . . 13
Infan t seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Inflation press ure (t ires) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Installing the upper tether strap on the an­
chorage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Adjusting the lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Instruments and contro ls
Genera l ill ust ra tion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Interior lights
Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Intermittent (windshie ld wipers) . . . . . . . . . 50
J
Jump -starting 236
Jumper cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
K
Key....... ... .. .. .. .... ...... ... .. .. . 32
Battery replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Check lig ht . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
E mergency key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 , 74
Ig nitio n/eng ine on/off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
K ey repla cement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Mechanica l key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 , 33
remov ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
u nlocking/locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34, 36
Ki ck -dow n
t ipt ronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
K nee a irbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
How they wor k . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Impo rtant s afety i nstr uctions . . . . . . . . . . 145
L
La ne Change Assistant
refer to side assis t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
LATCH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Installing a child rest raint . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
253

.... N
0 I-­co .... <J:) Lil
.... <J:) ....
Opening/closing at the lock cylinder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
by remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
with the central locking switch . . . . . . . . . . 35
with the convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Other equipment (efficiency program) . . . . . 27
Outside temperature display . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Owner's Literature
5
p
Paint No. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Panorama roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Panoramic tilting sunroof Convenience opening/closing . . . . . . . . . . . 39
E mergency closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Sun blind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Tilting and closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Parcel she lf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Automatic transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Valet parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
also refer to Electromechanical
parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Parking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Parking System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Parking system (rear)
Adjusting the warning tones . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Parking system (rear, with rear view camera) Parking mode 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Parking mode 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Safety precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Switching on/off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Switching rear view ca mer a on/ off . . . . . . 111
Parts replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Pass-through . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF l ight . . . . . . . . . . 139
Pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Physical principles of a frontal collision 122
Pollutant filter (automatic A/C system) . . . . 68
Power seat adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Windows .. .. .... .... ..... ... ... .. .. 38
Power locking system
Emergency locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Panoramic tilting sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Index
Power windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Rear lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Selective unlock feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Power steer ing
refertoElectro-mechanicalpowerassist . 174
Power window Convenience open ing/closing . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Powe r windows
Malfunc tions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Pregnant women Special considerations when wearing a safe-
ty belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Pressure (tires) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Proper occupant seating positions . . . . . . . 113
Proper safety be lt position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Proper seating position
Front passenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Occupants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Rear passengers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Q
Quartz clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
quattro
refer to all -wheel drive ............... 174
Question What happens to unbelted occupants? 122
R
Radiator fan 199
Rain/light sensor Headl ights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Intermittent (windsh ield wipers) . . . . . . . . 50
Sensor defective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Raising the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Reading lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Rear fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Rear lid Escape handle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Open ing and closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Rear light Defective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Rear parking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Rear parking system with rearview camera . 106
255

Index
Rear view camera Parking mode
1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Parking mode 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 10
Rea r view m irro r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 8
Rear window heat ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
R ear window sun shade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
49
Recircu lat ion mode (automatic climate con-
trol) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Refuell ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
188
Release lever for hood ....... ... .. .. ... 19 1
Remote cont rol
Garage doo r opener (Home link) . . . . . . . . .
41
Remote control key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Personalizing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
u nl ock ing/locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Remote rear lid re lease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 7
Repair man uals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
24 4
Repairs
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
142
Rep lacement key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Rep lac ing b ulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Replacing wiper b lades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Repo rting Sa fety Defects ..... ... .. . 119, 120
Reset button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2
Retractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
R ight hand drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 6
Rims . .... .. .. ... ............ .... .. . 219
Roof rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 2
Roof load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Roof weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
s
SAFE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2
Safe dr iving habits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 12
Safe lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Safety
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
129
Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Ca rgo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Correct seating position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Pedal area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Safety belt position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
12 5
Safety belts worn by p regnant women . . . 126
Safety belt pretensioner
Service and d isposa l. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 7
256
Safety belts ... .. .. .. .. ... . .. .... . 121, 124
Danger to passengers who do not wear a
safety be lt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
122
Fastening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Improperly worn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Not wor n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Safety be lt pos it ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Safety i nstr uctions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Secu ring child safe ty seats . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Spe cial considera tions for pregn ant wom-
en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
126
Unfastening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Warning/ indicato r light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Warn ing light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Worn properly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Safety be lt warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Safety compliance sticker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Safety equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Safety featu res fo r occupa nt restra int and
pro te ct ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
112
Safety gu idelines
Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
54
Safety instr uctions
Engine compartment .. ............. .. 191
for s ide curtain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
150
for using child safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
fo r using safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Monito ring the Advanced Airbag System 141
Seat adjustment
Head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . llS
Seat belts
refer to Safety belts ... ... .. ..... ... .. 121
Seat heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Seating capac ity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
121
Seating position
Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
113
Front passenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
How to ad just the front seats . . . . . . . . . . 114
Incorrect seat pos ition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Occupants..... .. .. .. ............. ..
113
Rear passe ngers .. ... ...... ....... .. . llS
Seats Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
55
Adjust ing in the M MI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Convenience side view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Correct seat ing pos ition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
D river 's seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

.... N
0 I-­co .... <J:) Lil
.... <J:) ....
Folding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
F ront passenger's seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Number of seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 1
Power easy entry function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Safety guide lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Seat symmetry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Seat venti lation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
S elect ive un lock fea ture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Selector lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Emergency release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Selecto r lever eme rgency re lease . . . . . . . . . 88
Service and d isposa l
Safety belt p re tensioner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Service interval displ ay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Service position
refer to Replacing wiper blades . . . . . . . . . S 1
SE T butto n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Shift indicator (eff iciency program) . . . . . . . 27
Shut ting down vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Side airbags Descript io n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
H ow they wo rk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 7
side assist Adjusting the brightness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Sensor range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Side assist Activating and deactivating . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Descr ipt ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Side curtain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 8
D escription . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 8
H ow they work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Side m arker lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Ski sack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
S ound system d isplay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Sources of informat ion about ch ild restraints
and the ir use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Spare tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Speed warn ing system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Sport differentia l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
I ndicator lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
S TART ENGIN E STO P button (convenience
key) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Index
STAR T EN GIN E ST OP button (Convenience
key) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Start ing fro m rest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Sta rt ing
off with a tra iler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Start ing the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 , 75
Stee ring
Locking the stee ring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
also refer to El ectro-me chani cal power as-
s ist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Steering wheel Adjust ing stee ring column . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Indicator lig ht . .. .. .............. 18, 174
Steps for determin ing cor rect load limit . . . 219
Stopp ing the eng ine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 4, 76
Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Storage compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61, 66
S tr onic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
S elector lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
S t ronic transm iss ion
Emergency release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
La unch Contro l Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Sun roof
refer to Panoram ic t ilt ing sun roof . . . . . . . 40
Sun sha des
Emergency closing (roof) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Rear window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Su n visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Symbols
refer to Warning/i ndicator lights . . . . . . . . 13
T
Tachometer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
T echn ica l da ta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 41
T echn ica l mod ificat ions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Tether anc ho rs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
T ethe r strap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Tie-downs ....... ... ..... ....... .. 65, 119
tiptronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Automatic Shift Lock (ASL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Eme rgency mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
K ick-dow n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Manua l shift program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Selector lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
257

Index
Tires....... ... .................. ... . 205
Low aspect ratio tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Replacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Service life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Tire pressure . .... .............. 215, 224
Tire pressure monitoring system . . . 222, 223
Tire pressure table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Treadwear indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Unid irectional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Uniform t ire quality grad ing . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Tires and wheels Glossary of tire and loading terminology . 207
Tires and vehicle load limits . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Tool kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Torn or frayed safety be lts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Towing Front eyelet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Rear eyelet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Tow trucks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
TPMS (tire pressure monitoring system) . . . 223
Trailer mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Trailer towing
Operating instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Technical requirements . . . . . . . . . . . 181, 182
Transmission 6-speed manual transmission . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Transmission malfunction (indicator light) . . 87
Transport Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Travel mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Trip computer Fuel consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Mileage.. .. .. ... ............ .... .. .. 24
Single-trip memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Total-trip memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Trip odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Trunk
refer to Luggage compartment .... .. 64, 118
Trunk escape handle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Trunk lid
refer to Rear lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 7
Turn signa ls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
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Unfastening safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
258
Uniform tire quality grading
222
Unlocking Rear lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Un locking/locking at the lock cylinder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
by remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
with the central locking switch . . . . . . . . . . 35
with the conven ience key. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Use of jumper cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
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Valet parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Vanity mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Vehicle Care/cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Out of service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Vehicle control modules. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Vehicle electr ica l system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Vehicle identification label . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) . . . . . . 241
Vehicle jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Vehicle key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Vehicle shut-down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Vehicle tool kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Ventilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
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Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Anti- lock braking system (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . 19
Brake system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Electromechanical parking brake . . . . . . . . 16
Electronic power control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Electronic Stab ilization Control (E5C) . . . . . 18
Generator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Malfunction Ind icator Lamp (M IL) . . . . . . . 20
Safety belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Safety systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Turn signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Warning/Indicator lights Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Warranty coverages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Washer reservoir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Washing matte finish paint . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241