airbag AUDI A5 CABRIOLET 2015 Workshop Manual

Child safety
were on the seat and dep loy the Advanced
Airbag when it must be suppressed causing
serious or even fatal in jury to the child.
- If you must install a rearward facing child
safety seat on the front passenge r seat be­
ca use of excepti onal c ircumstances and the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light does not
co me on an d stay on, imm ediately ins tall
the rearwar d-fac ing ch ild saf ety sea t in a
re ar se ati ng posi tion a nd have the airbag
s y stem inspe cted by your author ized Audi
dealer .
Additional information
Sources of information about child
restraints and their use
There are a n umbe r of sources of additional infor­
ma tion about c hild restra int selec tion, inst alla­
t ion and use:
NHTSA adv ises that t he best child safety seat is
the one t hat fits your chi ld and fits in you r vehi­
cle, a nd t hat yo u will use co rrect ly a nd con sis ­
t en tly.
Try befo re you buy!
U.S National Highway Traffic Safety Administra­
tion
Te l.: 1 -888 -32 7-4236 ( TTY : 1-800 -424 -9153)
www .nhtsa .gov
National SAFE KIDS Campa ign
Tel.: (202) 662-0600
www .safekids .org
Safety BeltSafe U.S. A
Tel.: (800) 745-SAFE (English)
Te l.: (800) 747-SA NO (Spanish)
www .carseat.org
Transport Canada Info rmation Cent re
Tel.: 1-800-333-0371 or call 1-613-998-8616 if
you are in t he Ottawa area
http ://www.tc.gc.ca/eng/roadsafety/me nu.htm
Aud i Customer Relations
Tel.: (800) 822-2834
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Smart Technology Notice about data
recorded by the Event
Data Recorder and
vehicle control modules
Event Data Recorder
This vehicle is equipped with an Event Data Re­
corder (EDR). The main purpose of an EDR is to
record, in certain crash or near crash-like situa­
tions, such as an a irbag deployment or hitting a
road obstacle, data that will assist in understand­
ing how a vehicle 's systems performed. The EDR
is designed to record data related to vehicle dy­
namics and safety systems for a short period of
time, typically 30 seconds or less . The EDR in this
vehicle is designed to record such data as:
- How various systems in your vehicle were oper­
ating;
- Whether or not the driver and passenger safety
belts were buckled/fastened;
- How far (if at all) the driver was depressing the
accelerator and/or brake pedal; and,
- How fast the vehicle was traveling.
These data can he lp provide a better understand­
ing of the circumstances in which crashes and in­
juries occur. NOTE: EDR data are recorded by your
vehicle only if a non-trivial crash situation occurs;
no data are recorded by the EDR under normal
driving conditions and no personal data (e .g .,
name, gender , age, and crash location) are re­
corded. However, other parties, such as law en­
forcement, could combine the EDR data with the
type of personally identifying data routinely ac­
quired during a crash investigation .
To read data recorded by an EDR, special equip­
ment is requ ired, and access to the vehicle or the
E DR is needed. In addition to the vehicle manu­
facturer, other parties, such as law enforcement,
that have the special equipment , can read the in­
formation if they have access to the vehicle or the
EDR .
Some state laws restrict the retr ieval or down­
l oading of data stored by EDRs installed in a vehi­
cle for the express purpose of retrieving data af-
Smart Technology
ter an accident or crash event without the own­
er's consent.
A udi will not access the EDR and/or similar data
o r give it to others -
- unless the vehicle owner (or lessee if the vehi­
cle has been leased) agrees; or
- upon the official request by the police; or
- upon the order of a court of law or a govern-
ment agency; or
- for the defense of a lawsuit through the judicial
discovery process.
- Audi may also use the data for research about
veh icle operation and safety performance or
provide the data to a th ird party for research
purposes without identifying the spec ific vehi­
cle or information about the ident ity of its own­
er or lessee and only after the recorded vehicle
data has been accessed.
Vehicle control modules
Your vehicle is also equ ipped with a number of
electron ic control modules for various vehicle
systems, such as eng ine management, emission
control, airbags, and safety belts.
These electronic control modules record data
during normal vehicle operation that may be
needed by trained technicians for diagnostic and
repair purposes. The recording capability of these
modules is lim ited to data (no sound is reco rded) .
Only a small amount of data is actua lly recorded
over a very limited period of time, or stored when
a system fau lt is detected by a contro l module.
Some of the data stored may relate to vehicle
speed, direction, or braking, as well as restraint
system use and performance in the event of a
crash . Stored data can also only be read and
downloaded w ith specia l equipment that is di­
rectly connected to the vehicl e.
(D Tips
Your vehicle may be equipped with Audi con­
nect. Your use of certain Audi connect fea­
tures requires wireless serv ices that are pro­
v id ed by a third party wire less telecommuni­
cations provider. For details regarding how in­
formation obtained through Audi connect is
collected, processed, transmitted, used, and ..,.
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Checking and F ill in g
The brake fluid reservoir is located at the rear
partition of the engine compartment on t he left
side ¢
page 197.
The fl uid level may drop slightly after some time
due to the automatic adjustment of the brake
pads. This is not cause for alarm.
If the b ra ke fluid level fal ls considerably below
the "MIN" mark, the brake warn ing/indi cator
light (U.S. models:
1111 , Canadian models: . )
will come on ¢
page 15. Do not contin ue to oper­
ate the vehicle . The complete brake system
should be thoroughly checked by an author iz ed
Aud i dealer or qualified workshop and the cause
corrected . If the brake fluid level is too low, the
brake warning/ind icator light w ill illuminate .
Contact an authorized Audi dealer
i mmed iately .
{D) Tips
The brake fluid reservoir is located under­
neath the cove r.
Changing brake fluid
Have the brake fluid changed by an experienced
technician .
Brake fluid absorbs moist ure from the a ir. If the
water content in the brake fluid is too high, cor­ rosion in the brake system may result after a peri­
od of time . The boiling point of the brake flu id
w ill also decrease conside rably and dec rease
b rak ing perfo rmance.
Therefore, the brake flu id must be changed
e ve ry
two year s.
Always use new brake fluid w hich con­
forms to Fede ral Motor Vehicle Standard "FMVSS
1 16 DOT 4".
The brake fluid rese rvoir can be difficult to reach,
therefo re , we recommend that you have the
b rake fluid changed by your author ized
Audi
dealer .
Your dealer has the correct too ls , the
right brake fluid and the know-how to do t his for
you.
A WARNING
- B rake fluid is poisonous. It must be stored
on ly in the closed original container out of
the reach of children!
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- Brake fail ure can resu lt from o ld or inappro­
priate brake fluid. Observe these precau ­
tions:
- Use only b rake fluid that meets SAE spec i­
f ica tion
J 170 3 and conform s to Federa l
Motor Vehicle Standard 116. Always check
with yo ur autho rized Audi dea le r to make
su re you are using the correct brake fl uid.
The correct type of brake flu id is also ind i­
cated on the brake fluid reservoir.
- The brake fl uid must be new. Heavy use of
the brakes can cause a vapor lock if the
brake f luid is left in the system too long.
This can seriously affect the efficiency of
the brakes as well as your safety. This
could result in an acc ident.
(D Note
Brake fluid will damage the paint of your vehi­
cle.
@ For the sake of the env ironment
Because of the prob lem of prope r disposal of
brake fluid as well as the special tools re­
qu ired and the necessary expert ise, we rec­
omme nd that you have the brake flu id
changed by you r autho rized Aud i dea le r.
Battery
, General information
U nder normal operating conditions, the battery
i n your Audi does not need any maintenance.
Wi th
high outside temperatures or long daily
drives we recommend that you have the e lectro ­
lyte level checked by an a uth orized Aud i deale r o r
qualified workshop . The electrolyte leve l should
a lso be checked each time the batte ry is c ha rged
~ page 206.
Have the battery checked when yo u take your ve­
hicle in for service . You a re well adv ised to re­
pla ce a battery that is older tha n 5 years.
With certain types of airbag deployment, the bat ­
te ry is disconnected from the veh icle elect rical
system for safety reasons
¢ & in Repair, care
and disposal of the airbags on page 1 45.

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Fu se pa nel @ (black )
No. Consumer
1 Dynamic steering
2 Electron ic Stabilization Control (module)
A/C system pressure sensor, electrome-
chanical parking brake, HomeLink, auto-
3 mat
ic dimming interior rear view mirror,
air quality/outside air sensor, Electron ic
Stabilization Control (button)
s Sound actuator
6 Headlight range control/headl
ight (corner-
ing light)
7 Headlight (cornering light)
Control modu les (electromechanical park-
8 ing brake, shock absorber, q uattro sport),
DCDC converte r
9 Adaptive
cruise control
10 Shift gate/clutch sensor
11 Side assist
1 2 Headlight range cont ro l, parking system
13 Airbag
14 Rear
wiper (a llroad)
15 Auxiliary fuse (instrument panel)
16 Auxiliary
fuse termina l 15 (engine area)
Fuse p anel @ (brown )
No. C onsumer
2 Brake light sensor
3 Fuel pump
4 Clutch sensor
5
Left seat heating with/without seat venti-
lation
6 Electronic Stabilization Control (electric)
7 Ho rn
8
Front left door (window regulator, central
locking, mirror, switch, lighting)
9 Windshield wiper motor
10 Electronic Stabilization Control (valves) Fu
ses a nd bulb s
No. Consumer
Two-door mode ls: rear left window regula-
11 tor; Four-door
models: rear left door (win-
dow regulator, central locking, switch,
light ing)
12 Rain and l
ight sensor
Fuse panel © (r e d )
No . Con sumer
3 Lumbar support
4 Dynamic steering
5 Inter
ior l ight ing (Cabriolet)
6 Windshie
ld washer system, headlight
washer system
7 Vehicle electrica l system control module 1
8 Vehicle electr ica l system control module 1
9 Left rear
window regulator motor (Ca brio-
let)/su nroof
10 Vehicle electr ica l system co ntrol module 1
11 Right rear
window regulator (Cabriolet)/
sun shade motor
12 Anti-theft
alarm warning system
Right cockpit fuse assignment
Fig. 195 Right cockpit: fu se panel with plastic cl ip
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Consumer informat ion
@ For the sake of the environment
- Changing the engine settings wi ll adversely
affect emission levels . This is detrimental to
the env ironment and increases fuel con­
sumption.
- A lways observe environmental regulations
when disposing of o ld engine o il, used brake
flu id, d irty engine coo lant, spent batteries
or worn out tires .
- Undeployed airbag modules and pretension­
ers might be classified as Perchlorate Mate­
rial -specia l ha ndl ing may apply, see
www .dtsc .ca .gov/ha zardouswaste/perchlo­
r ate. When t he vehicle or p arts of the re­
strai nt system incl uding airbag modules
s a fe ty be lts wi th pre tensioners are s crap ­
ped, a ll applicab le laws and regulations
must be observed. Your author ized A udi
dealer is familiar with these req uirements
and we recommend that you have your deal­
er perform this serv ice for you .
Accessories and
technical changes
Additional accessories and parts
replacement
Always consult an authori zed Audi dealer before
purcha sing accessories.
Your vehicle incorporates t he latest safety design
features ensuring a high st anda rd of active and
passive safety.
This safety could be compromised by non-a p­
proved changes to the ve hicle . For this reason, if
parts have to be replaced, p lease observe the fo l­
lowing points when insta lling addit ional accesso­
ries:
Approved A udi accessories and genuine Audi
parts are ava ilab le from a uthori zed Audi dea ler.
T hese dealers also have the necessary fac ilities ,
too ls and trained specialists to insta ll th e parts
a nd accessories properly .
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A WARNING
-
Using the wrong spare parts or usi ng non-ap-
proved accessories can ca use damage to the
vehicle and serio us pe rsonal i njury .
- Use o nly accessories express ly approved by
Aud i and genuine Audi spare parts
- These parts and accessories have been spe­
cially designed to be used on your vehicle.
- Never install accessor ies such as telephone
crad les or beverage ho lde rs on airbag covers
or w ith in the airbag deployment zones . Do ­
ing so will increase the r is k of injury if a ir­
bags are triggered in an acc ident!
- Before you check anything in the engine
compa rtment, always read an d heed a ll
WAR NINGS <:::>
page 195 .
(D Note
-If items other than genu ine A udi spare
parts, add-on equipmen t and accessory
i t ems are used o r if repair wo rk is not pe r­
formed a ccor ding to spe cifie d met hods, t his
c an re su lt in severe d amage to yo ur vehicle's
eng ine and bo dy (su ch as corrosion) an d ad ­
verse ly a ffec t your veh icle's war ranty .
- I f emergency repa irs mus t be perfo rme d
elsewhere, have the vehicle examine d by an
autho rized A udi dealer as soon as possib le .
- T he manufac turer cannot be held liable fo r
damage wh ich occu rs d ue to fail ure to com ­
ply with these stipulations .
Technical Modifications '
Our guidelin es must be complied with when tech ­
nical modifications are made .
Always consult an author ized A udi dealer before
st arti ng wor k on any modific ations.
This w ill help ensure t hat veh icle function , pe r­
fo rmance and safety a re not impa ired <:::>&, .
Attempting to work on e lectronic components
and t he software used with them can cause mal­
funct ions. Beca use of the way e lectronic compo­
nents are inte rconnected wi th each other, su ch
malfunctions ca n also have an a dverse a ffect on
othe r systems tha t are not direc tly invo lve d. This ..,_

Index
A
A/C (automatic climate control) . . . . . . . . . . 69
Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Active lane assist
Cleaning the camera area . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Active ro llover protection system . . . . . . . . 121
Retracting rollover protection . . . . . . . . . . 122
Adapt ive cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Clean ing the sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Request for driver intervention . . . . . . . . . . 95
Setting the driving program . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Adapt ive dampers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Adaptive light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SO
Adapt ive Light (defective) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Adding Engine coolant .. .......... .... ... .. .
Engine oil .. ... ............... ... .. .
W indshield washer fluid ....... .. .. .. .
Additional accessories
Additives Engine oil ...... .............. ... .. .
Adjustable steer ing column ...... .. .. .. . .
Adjusting 202
199
208
250
199 73
Air distribu tion (automa tic climate control) 70
Instrument illum inat ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Steer ing column . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Temperature (automatic climate control) . 70
Airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Advanced Airbag-System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Advanced Airbag System components . . . 138
Care. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Child restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Components (front airbags) . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Danger of fitting a child safety seat on the
front passenger seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Fr ont airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136, 13 7
How do the front airbags work? . . . . . . . . 140
How many airbags does my vehicle have? 138
How the Advanced Airbag System compo-
nents work together . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Important inform ation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
252
Important safety instructions on the knee
airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Ind icator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Knee airbags. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
PASSENGER AIR BAG O FF light . . . . . . . . . 142
Repairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Side a irbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Weight-sensing mat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
When must the system be inspected? . . . 142
all-wheel drive .......... .......... ... 174
All season tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Alternator
refer to Generator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Anti -freeze
refer to Engine coolant system . . . . . . . . . 200
Anti- lock braking system
Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . 18, 19
Anti- Lock Braking System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Anti-slip regulation Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Anti-Slip Regulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Ant i-theft alarm system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Anti -theft systems
Electronic immob ilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Ashtray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Audi braking guard
refer to braking guard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Audi drive select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Adaptive dampers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Descrip tion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Dynam ic steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Setting the driving mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Sport d ifferential . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Audi Service Repai r Manuals and Lite ratu re 248
AUTO Automatic climate control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Automatic headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Automat ic belt retractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Automatic climate control Air vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Automatic power top . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Automat ic Shift Lock (ASL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Index
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Adding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Addit ives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Check oil level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17, 20
Oi l consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Pressure malfunct ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Sensor defective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Specification and viscosity . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Engine speed limitation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Environment Catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Disposing of your vehicle battery . . . . . . . 207
Driving at high speeds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Fuel ..... .. .... ... ............... .. 192
Leaks under your vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
L ett ing the veh icle stand and warm up . . . 179
Proper disposal of drained brake fluid . . . 204
Prop er disposal of drained engine coolant 202
Prop er disposal of drained engine oil 199, 200
R ecycling used engine oil. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Unleaded fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
What should I do with an old battery? . . . 207
EPC
refer to Electron ic power control . . . . . . . . 20
Ethyl alcohol (Fuel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
E vent Data Recorder ( EDR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Expansion tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
E xterior lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Exterior mirrors Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Dimming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
He ating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
F
Fan
Radiator 203
F astening
Booster seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Convertible child safety seats . . . . . . . . . . 158
Infant seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
flexible fuel .. .. ............... .. .. ... 191
Floor mats. .. ... ............... ... .. . 118
Fog lights/rear fog light(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Folding the rear seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
66
256
Foot pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Fo r the sake of the environment
Environm entally-fr iendly driving . . . . . . . 179
Gasoline fumes and the environment . . . . 192
Letting the engine warm up . . . . . . . . . 73 , 75
Refueling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Saving fu el by early upshifting . . . . . . . . . . 11
Front airbags Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
How they work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Frontal coll is ions and the laws of physics . . 125
Front passenger's door emergency locking . . 34
Front seats Adjust ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Child restraints in the front seat . . . . . . . . 133
Upp er cabin heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Fuel Additives.. .. .... .. ............... .. 190
B lended gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Consumpt ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Fuel gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Gasoline additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Low fuel level symbol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Octane rating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Recommendation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Refuelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Reserve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Saving fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
T ank capac ity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Tank system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Unlock ing the fuel filler flap by hand . . . . 194
Fuel economy messages (efficiency program)
26
Fuel filler flap
Unlo cking the fuel filler flap by hand .... 194
Fuses Assignment ..... .. .. ....... 236,237,238
Replacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
G
Garage door opener (Homelink ) . . . . . . . . . . 38
Gas discharge lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Gauges Engine coolant temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Fuel gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
General illustration Instruments and controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

M N
ci u.. co ,...., \!) er,
N er, ,....,
Generator Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Glossary of tire and load ing termino logy .. 211
Glove compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Valet parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
GPS controlled clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR) . . . . . 245
H
Head lights
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Headlights Cleaning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Defective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Headlight range control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
L eft hand drive, right hand drive . . . . . . . . . 52
Travel mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Headlight washer reservoir . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Adjusting .. ................ ... .. 62, 116
H eated
exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
rear window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
windshie ld washer spray nozzles . . . . . . . . 55
H eating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Heavy clothing and safety belts . . . . . . . . . . 126
H igh beam. .. ................. .. .... .. 51
High voltage warning label . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Hill descent control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
H omelink (garage door opener) . . . . . . . . . . 38
Hood Opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Release lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
H ow are child restra int system anchors relat-
ed to chi ld safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
How many airbags does my vehicle have? . . 138
How safety belt pretensioners work . . . . . . 130
I
Ignition
switching on/off. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Ignition key Emergency unlocking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Ind ex
Ignition lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Imbalance (wheels) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Important things to do before driving . . . . 113
Improperly worn safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Dynamicsteering ................. ... 174
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
also refer to Warning/ind icator lights . . . . 13
Infant seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Inflation pressure (tires) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Adjusting the lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Instruments and controls General illustration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Interior lights Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Inte rmittent (w indshield w ipers) . . . . . . . . . 55
J
Jump-starting 240
Jumper cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
K
Key........ .. .. .. .. ................ .. 30
Battery replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Check light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Emergency key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30, 74
Ignition/engine on/off. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Key replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Mechanical key ................... . 30, 31
removing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
unlocking/lock ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 , 34
Kick-down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Knee airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
How they work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Important safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . 148
257

Index
L
Lane Change Assistant
refer to side assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
LA TCH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
D escr ip ti on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
I nsta lling a child res traint . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
L ocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Mounting and releasing the ancho rage
hook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
L aunch Cont ro l Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Lea ther care/cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
L eaving home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Left hand d rive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Lifting jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
L ight
a dapt ive light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Coming/ Leaving home.... ... .. .. .. .... 51
D aytime r unning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50, 5 1
E xterior lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Fog lights/rear fog ligh t(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Interior/reading lig hts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Low beam .. ... ...... ........... ... .. 50
Rear fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Side ma rke r lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
T ravel mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 2
Light/rai n sensor
H eadlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Intermittent (windshield wipers) . . . . . . . . 55
S ensor defective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 1
Lighting Exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Inter ior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Lights Emergency flashers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
High beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Turn signa ls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
L ocking
Rear lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
L oc kin g/ unlocking
at t he loc k cylinde r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 4
by remote con trol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2
with the central lock ing switch . . . . . . . . . . 33
with the convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
L ow beams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Lower anchorage locator button . . . . . . . . . 166
258
Luggage compartment
Enl arging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Li d . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Load ing..... .... .. ............... .. 118
Ski sack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Stor ing cargo correctly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
T ie-downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66, 120
Valet pa rking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Luggage compartment lid
Emergency unlock ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Lumbar suppor t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
M
M ainten ance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Malfunction Ind icator Lamp (MIL) . . . . . 20, 28
Mechanica l key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30, 31
Memo ry function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Mileage Average..... .... .. ............... .. . 24
Instantaneous . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Mirro rs
Adjusting the exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Compass .... .. .. .. ................. . 57
dimming .. .. .... .. .. ............. .. . 54
Vanity mirro rs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Monito ring the Advanced Airbag System . . 142
mult it ron ic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
A utoma tic Shift Lock (ASL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Driving ..... .. .. .. .... ............. . 85
E mergency mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Manua l shift program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Se lector lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
N
Natura l leather care/cleaning
N HT SA 187
Co ntacting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 20
Number of seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
0
Occupant seating positions 114
O cta ne rat ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
OFF (automatic climate control) . . . . . . . . . . 69

Index
R
Radiator fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Rain/light sensor Headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
I ntermittent (windshield wipers) . . . . . . . . 55
Sensor defective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Raising the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Reading lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Rear fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Rea r lid
Escape handle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Opening and clos ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Rear light Defective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Rear parking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Rear parking system with rearview camera . 10 7
Rear view camera
Pa rking mode 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Pa rking mode 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 11
Rear view mirro r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Rear window heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Recirculation mode (automatic climate con-
trol) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Refuelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Release lever for hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 95
Remote control
Garag e door opener (Hom elink) . . . . . . . . . 38
Remote control key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Personalizing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
un locking/locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Remote rear lid release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Repair manuals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Repairs Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Replacement key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Replacing bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Replacing w iper blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Reporting Sa fety De fects .... .... .. . 120, 121
Reset button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Retractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Right hand drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Rims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Rollbar
refer to Active rollover protection system 121
260
s
SAFE 12
Safe driving habits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Safelock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Safety Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Cargo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Correct seating position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Pedal area ... .. .. .. ...... ..... ...... 118
Safety be lt position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Safety belts worn by pregnant women 129
Safety belt pretensioner
Service and disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Safety bel ts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124, 127
Bel t posi tioner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Danger to passengers who do not wear a
safety belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Fastening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Improperly worn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Not worn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Safety belt position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Saf ety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Securing child safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Special conside rations for pregnant wom-
en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 29
Unfastening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Warning/indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Wa rning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Worn properly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Safety belt warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Safe ty compliance sticker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Safety equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Safety features fo r occupant restraint and
protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Safety guidelines
Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Safety instructions Engine compartment .. ........... .. .. 195
for using child safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
for using safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Mon itoring the Advanced Airbag System 144
Seat adjustment Head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Sea t bel ts
refer to Safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124