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639 Index
stopping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 587
trailer towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
working on the vehicle . . . . . . . . 207Auxiliary heating
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
heater booster function . . . . . . . 234
malfunctions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 453
with water heater
changing the remote control
batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 541
remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
selecting a switch-on time . . . 240
setting the switch-on time . . . 242
B
Bar
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 394
BASsee Brake AssistBatteryauxiliary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 577
charge indicator lamp . . . . . . . . 469
check lamp (auxiliary heating
remote control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
display message . . . . . . . . . . . . 497
in the auxiliary heating remote
control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 541
in the engine compartment . . . . 577
in the key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 540
indicator lamp (key) . . . . . . . . . . . 86
isolating switch . . . . . . . . . 338
,339
recharging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 579
reconnecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 580
removing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 578safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335
starter battery
disconnecting . . . . . . . . . . . . 575
Bead
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 394
Belt force limiters
. . . . . . . . . . . . .44
Bi-xenon headlamps
. . . . . . . . . . 527
driving abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311
Body builder guideline
. . . . . . . . . .11
Bottle holdersee Cup holdersBrake Assist (BAS)
. . . . . . . . . . . . .71
display message . . . . . . . . 500
–501
indicator lamp . . . . . . . . . . 462,465
malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 465
Brake fluid
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 617
checking the brake fluid level . . 331
display message . . . . . . . . . . . . 498
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640 IndexBrake lamp
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 530
,531
changing bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 531
high-mounted third brake lamp . 530
Brake pads/liningsdisplay message . . . . . . . . . . . . 497
wear indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 470Brake systembrake pad/lining wear
indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 470
,497
indicator lamp . . . . . . . . . . 462,464
malfunction . . . 465
,466
,467
,500
Brakingdriving tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188Breaking in
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
Bulbs
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
changing
see Changing bulbsdisplay message . . . . . . . . . . . . 503
see Lamp failure monitor . . . . . . 129
C
Capacities
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 621
Cards holder
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Care
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416
automatic car wash . . . . . . . . . . 418
Care of batteries
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 337
Care of the vehicle
. . . . . . . . . . . 416
after driving off-road or on
construction sites . . . . . . . . . . . 425
Carrier systems
. . . . . . . . . 285
,630
Catalytic converter
. . . . . . . . . . . 312
CD player/CD changer
. . . . . . . . 159
Cell phone
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Center console
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26switch unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Central lockinglocking/unlocking . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
locking/unlocking
(from the inside) . . . . . . . . . . . . 104Central locking systemmalfunctions . . . . . . . . . . . 445
,446
Certification label
. . . . . . . . . . . . 358
Changing bulbs
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 525
clearance lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . 535
headlamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 528
identification lamps . . . . . . 533
,536
interior lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 537
license plate lamp . . . . . . . . . . . 534
rear lamp units
chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 533
panel van/crewbus . . . . . . . . 531
side marker lamps . . . . . . . . . . . 535
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Checking tire pressure electronically
with the Advanced Tire Pressure
Monitoring System
(Advanced TPMS)
. . . . . . . . . . . . 373
Checking tire pressure electronically
with the Tire Pressure Monitoring
System (TPMS)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367
Checks, regular
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
Childrenin the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
ISOFIX seat securing system . . . . 61
LATCH type child restraint
system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
restraint systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56Chock
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 521
Cigarette lighter
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Cleaning
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416
,424
after driving off-road or
on construction sites . . . . . . . . . 425
air cleaner element . . . . . . . . . . 415
cockpit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 424
headlamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421
padded boss of the steering
wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 424
radio display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 424
rear view camera lens . . . . . . . . 422
rear view camera monitor . . . . . 424
rear window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421
side windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421
vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 418
windshield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 420
windshield wipers . . . . . . . . . . . 420
Clearance lampchanging bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . 535
see identification lamp . . . . . . . 533Clocksetting
vehicles with steering wheel
buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
vehicles without steering
wheel buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . 150Cockpit
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
Cold tire inflation pressure
. . . . 394
COMANDsee the separate Operating
InstructionsComfort seat
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Constant headlamp mode
. . . . . 171
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642 IndexConsumption statistics
(vehicles with steering wheel
buttons)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Coolant
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 618
adding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329
anticorrosion/antifreeze fluid . . 618
display message . . . . . . . . . . . . 502
temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
temperature display (vehicle with
steering wheel buttons) . . . . . . . 158
temperature gauge
(vehicle with steering wheel
buttons) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 439
Cornering lampschanging bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 527Correct use
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Cruise control
. . . . . . . . . . . 248
,258deactivating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
display message . . . . . . . . . . . . 496
downhill gradients . . . . . . . . . . . 249
lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 496
problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 452
setting the speed . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
uphill gradients . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Cup holders
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
Curb weight
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 394
D
Dashboard lightingsee Instrument lightingData cards, vehicle
. . . . . . . . . . . 632
Dehumidification
. . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Delayed switch-offexterior lighting
(vehicles with steering wheel
buttons) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173Department of Transportationsee DOTDiesel
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 612
consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 622
low outside temperatures . . . . . 614
reserve fuel warning lamp . 475
,476
tank capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 621
Diesel enginepreglow indicator lamp . . . 186
,476
winter driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 614
Digital speedometer
. . . . . . . . . . . 10
Digital total distance recorder
. . 10
Direction of rotation (tires)
. . . . 351
Disconnecting the battery
. . . . . 574
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Display
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
vehicles with steering
wheel buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
display messages . . . . . . . . . . 489
outside temperature . . . . . . . . 157
standard display . . . . . . . . . . . 157
vehicles without steering
wheel buttons
display messages . . . . . . . . . . 484
outside temperature . . . . . . . . 148
Door control panel
. . . . . . . . . . . . 31
opening the door . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
power windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Doorsdisplay message . . . . . . . . . . . . 511
locking and unlocking . . . . . . . . . 84
opening/closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
DOT
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387
,394
Downhill gradientscruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
,193
Drinking alcohol or taking drugs
and driving
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Drinks holdersee Cup holdersDriving abroad
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311
Driving on flooded roads
(fording)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Driving safety system
. . . . . . . . . 69
see Antilock Brake System (ABS)
see Acceleration Skid Control (ASR)
see Brake Assist (BAS)
see Electronic brake force distribution
(EBV)
see Electronic Stability Program (ESP
®)
Driving system
. . . . . . . . . . 248
–272
cruise control . . . . . . . . . . 248,258
malfunctions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 450
Parktronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
reverse warning feature . . . . . . 271
Driving tips
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
automatic transmission . . . . . . . 205
braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
driving abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311
driving in wet conditions . . . . . . 195
driving on flooded roads . . . . . . 195
in winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406
overrun cut-off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
programmed maximum speed . . 311
pulling away . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
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644 IndexE
EBVsee Electronic brake force distributionElectric sliding door
. . . . . . . . 92
,98
programming the key . . . . . . . . . . 97
programming the remote control . 97
reset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
unlocking mechanism for the
electric drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Electrical heater booster
system
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Electrical systemfuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 589
switching on/off . . . . . . . . . . . . 339Electrical/electronic
equipment
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315
retrofitting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 602
Electronic
brake force distribution (EBV)
. . . 76
display message . . . . . . . . 498–499
indicator lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 462
Electronic Stability
Program (ESP
®)
display message . . . . . . . . . . . . 493
indicator lamp . . . . . . . . . . 462, 468
malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 468
warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 461
Emergency exit window
. . . . . . . . 66
Emergency modeautomatic transmission . . . . . . . 441Emergency tensioning
retractors
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Emission control
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 314
Enginediagnostic, indicator lamp . . . . . 477engine power output, modifying . . . . 10malfunctions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 436
not running smoothly . . . . . . . . 438
number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 632
operating safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
starting problems . . . . . . . . . . . 437
switching off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193Engine cleaning
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 420
Engine electronicstampering with . . . . . . . . . . . . . 602Engine oil
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322
,606
adding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328
checking the level . . . . . . . . . . . 323
display message . . . . . . . . 508–510
warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 471
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645 Index
Environmental protection
. . . . . . . 5
ESP
®/ASR warning lamp
. . 22
,73,461
Exterior lighting
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
additional bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . 533
Constant headlamp mode
(vehicles with steering wheel
buttons) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
delayed switch-off
(vehicles with steering wheel
buttons) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
front bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 526
lamp failure monitor . . . . . . . . . 129
locator lighting
(vehicles with steering wheel
buttons) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
rear bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 530
Exterior mirrors
. . . . . . . . . 208
,209
Eyeglasses compartment
. . . . . 290
F
Fastening seat beltssee Wearing seat beltsFault memorysee Malfunction memoryFax machine
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315
Fire extinguisher
. . . . . . . . . . . . 514
First-aid kit
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 514
Flat tirechanging a wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . 548
Premium tire sealant . . . . . . . . . 557Flow improvers
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 615
Folding table in the backrest
. . 291
Front foglamps
. . . . . . 130
,134
,526
changing bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . 527
Fuelgauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 433
,435
loss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 433,435
malfunctions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 434
see Gasoline or Diesel
Fuel filter with
water separatordraining . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 542Fuel requirementsdiesel engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 612
gasoline engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . 611Fuse boxin the driver's seat . . . . . . . . . . 594
main . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 589Fuse chart
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 589
Fuses
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 589
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646 IndexG
Gasoline
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 610
consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 622
reserve fuel warning lamp . 475
,476
tank capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 621
Gaugevehicles without steering wheel
buttons
standard display . . . . . . . . . . . 148GAWR
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 395
GCWR
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 395
Gear oil
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 620
Glove box
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
ventilated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Gross Axle Weight Ratingsee GAWR
Gross Combination Weight
Rating
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 395
see GCWR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 395
Gross Trailer Weight
. . . . . . . . . . 395
see GTW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 395
Gross Vehicle Weight
. . . . . . . . . 395
see GVW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 395
Gross Vehicle Weight Rating
. . . 396
see GVWR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 396
GTW
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 395
GVW
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 395
GVWR
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 396
H
Handbrake
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
applying . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
display message . . . . . . . . . . . . 499emergency braking . . . . . . . . . . 192
indicator lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
releasing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Head restraints
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
removing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Headlamp flasher
. . . . . . . . 131
,132
Headlampsbulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 526
cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421
cleaning system . . . . . . . . . 211
,333
indicator lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . 482
fogged-up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 442
malfunctions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 442
Heatedrear window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
windshield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
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647 Index
Heater
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
–233
air distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
airflow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
air-recirculation mode . . . . . . . . 231
control panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
defrosting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
fogged-up windows . . . . . . . . . . 231
heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
see Rear heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
special settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
ventilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Heater booster function
. . . . . . 234
Heater booster system
. . . . . . . 235
Heatingrear window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122windshield . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
,223
High-beam headlamps
. . . . 131
,526
changing bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . 527
High-pressure cleaners
. . . . . . . 418
Hood
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318
Horn
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Hydroplaning
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
I
Identification lamps
. . . . . . . . . . 533
changing bulbs . . . . . . . . . 533
,536
Ignition lock
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Immobilizer
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Indicatorvehicles with steering wheel buttons
Service due date . . . . . . . . . . 412vehicles without steering wheel
buttons
service due date . . . . . . . . . . 412
Indicator and warning lampsair cleaner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 477
brake system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 464
braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 462
engine oil level . . . . . . . . . . . . . 471
seat belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 482
seat belt reminder . . . . . . . . . . . 482
SRS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 469
water separator . . . . . . . . . . . . . 482Indicator lampABS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 466
ASR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 462
,465
BAS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 462,465
battery charge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 469
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648 Indexbrake pad/lining wear . . . . . . . . 470
coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 474
engine diagnostic . . . . . . . . . . . . 477
ESP
®
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 462
,468
handbrake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
operating speed governor (ADR) . . 274poly-V-belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 469
preglow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
,476
reserve warning
indicator (fuel) . . . . . . . . . . 475,476
windshield washer/headlamp
cleaning system washer fluid
level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 482
Inflation pressuresee Tires, Inflation pressuresInformation regarding electronic
recording devices
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Instrument cluster
. . . . . . . . 20
,142
lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
vehicles with steering wheel buttons
selecting the language . . . . . . 166
setting the status line . . . . . . . 167
Instrument lighting
. . . . . . . . . . . 144
Interior lightingchanging bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 537
front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138Interior lighting, rear
. . . . . . . . . 138
Interior motion sensor
. . . . . . . . . 80
Intermittent wipe
. . . . . . . . . . . . 210
ISOFIX child seat securing
system
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
TopTether . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
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Jackjacking points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 551
preparing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 550
storage location . . . . . . . . . . . . . 515Jump-starting
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 581
connection point . . . . . . . . . . . . 582
Jump-starting connection
point
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 582
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