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today's automobiles, have steadily reduced the
scope of maintenance and repairs which can be
carried out by vehicle owners .
Also , s afety a nd
en viro nm enta l
concerns place very strict limits
on the nature of repairs and adjustments to en­
g ine and transmission parts which an owner can
perform.
Maintenance, adjustments and repa irs usua lly re­
qu ire spec ial tools, testing devices and other
equ ipment available to specially trained work­
shop perso nnel in order to assure proper per­
formance, reliab ility and safety of the vehicle and
its many systems.
Improper ma intenance, adjustments and repairs
can impair the operation and reliability of your
vehicle and even void your vehicle warranty .
Therefore, proof of se rv icing in accordance with
the m aintenance schedule may be a condi tion for
upho ld ing a possib le warranty cla im made w ith in
the warranty period .
Above all, operational safety can be adversely af­
fected, creating unnecessary r isks fo r you and
your passengers.
I f in doubt about any servicing, have it done by
your author ized Audi dealer or any prope rly
equ ipped and qua lified workshop. We st rongly
urge you to give your authorized Audi dealer the
opport unity to perform all sched uled mainte­
nance and necessary repairs. Your dealer has the
fac ilities, origina l parts and trained specia lists to
keep yo ur vehicle runn ing properly.
P e rforming lim it e d ma inten anc e y ours elf
The fo llowing pages describe a limited number of
proced ures which can be performed on yo ur vehi­
cle with ordinary tools, should the need arise and
trained personne l be unavailable. Before per­
forming any of these procedures, always thor­
oughly read all of the applicable text and careful­
ly follow the instructions g iven . Always rigorously
observe the
W ARNINGS prov ided .
Before you check an ything in the engine com ­
partm ent, always r ead and h eed all WARNING S
c:> .&. and c:> .&. in Working in the engine comport­
ment on page 195.
C o nsum er information
A WARNING
- Ser ious personal injury may occur as a result
of improperly performed maintenance, ad­
justments or repairs.
- Always be extremely careful when work ing
on the vehicle. Always follow commonly ac­
cepted safety practices and general com­ mon sense. Never ris k personal injury.
- Do not attempt any of the maintenance,
checks or repairs descr ibed on the following
pages if you are not fully familia r wi th these
or other procedures w ith respect to the vehi­
cle, or a re unce rtain how to proceed .
- Do not do any work without the proper tools
a nd eq uipment. Have the necessary work
done by your authorized Audi dealer or any
properly equipped and qualified workshop.
- The engine compa rtment o f any motor vehi­
cle is a potentially hazardous area. Neve r
reach into the area around or touch the radi­
ator fan. It is temperature controlled and
can switch on suddenly - even when the en­
g ine is off and the ign ition key has been re­
moved. The rad iator fan switches on auto­
mat ically when the coo lant reaches a certain
temperature and will continue to run unt il
the coolant temperature d rops.
- Always remove the ign ition key befo re any­
one gets under the vehicle.
- Always support your veh icle with safety
stands if it is necessary to work underneath
the vehicle. The jack supplied w ith the vehi ­
cle is no t adequ ate for this purpose and
could collapse caus ing serious personal in­
jury.
- If you m ust wor k underneath t he vehicle
with the wheels on the ground, a lways make
sure the vehicle is on level ground, that the
wheels are a lways secure ly blocked and that
the engine cannot be started.
- Always make sure the transmission se lector
lever (automatic transmiss ion) is in "P"
(Park position) and the park brake is firmly
applied.
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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

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Automatic transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Automatic Shift Lock (ASL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Emergency mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Emergency release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Kick-down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Manual shift program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Removal lock (ignition key) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Selector lev er . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Automatic wipers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S5
Auto Safety Hotline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Average speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Avoid damaging the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
B
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Battery location inside the luggage compart-
ment .... .. ................. .. ..... 205
Charge level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Energy management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 5
Important warnings when working on the
battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Jump starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Replacing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Working on the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Before driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Belt positioner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Belt tension ers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Bio -ethanol (Fuel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Blended gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Blower (automatic climate control) . . . . . . . . 70
Booster seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
B rake fluid
Changing the brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Checking the brake fluid level . . . . . . . . . . 203
Brake system
Anti-lock braking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Brake fluid spec ifications for refill and re­
placement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Brake light defective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Brake power assist unit ............... 172
Brakes... .. ................. .. .... . 172
Ceramic brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Elect romech anical parking brake . . . . . . . . 77
; Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
~ Worn brake pads symbol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 ,....,
Index
Braking
Brake assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Emergency brak ing funct ion . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
braking gua rd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Break-in period Brak e pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Breaking in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
New tires 216
Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
C
California Proposition 65 Warning . . . . . . . 196
Battery specific . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Cargo area
refer to Luggag e compartment ...... 65, 118
Catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Center armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Central locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Central locking switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Remote control key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Cerami c brake rotors
New brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Certification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Changi ng engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Checking Engin e coolant level. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Child restraints Danger of using child restraints in the front
seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Where can I get additional informat ion
about child restraints and their use? . . . . 168
Child restraint system anchors . . . . . . . . . . 16S
Child safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1S2
Important sa fety instructions for using child
safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Installing a c hild restraint using the LATCH
system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
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Index
Lower anchorages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Mounting and releasing the anchorage
hook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
167
Ch ild safety seats
Booster seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
160
Convertible child seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Danger of using child restraints in the front
seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
133
How do I properly install a child safety seat
in my vehicle? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
155
Infant seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
LATCH system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Unused safety belts on the rear seat . . . . 157
Child seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Securing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Cigarette lighter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Cleaning/removing ice from windows . . . . . 186
Cleaning Alcantara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Cleaning artificial leather . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Cleaning carbon parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186, 187
Clean ing controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Cleaning decorative parts/trim . . . . . . . . . . 186
Cleaning decorative parts and trim . . . . . . .
186
Cleaning displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Cleaning exhaust tail pipes . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Clean ing plast ic parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Cleaning rims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Cleaning seat covers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Clean ing textiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Cleaning the tail lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Cleaning the wind deflector . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Climate control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Automatic recirculation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Supplementary heater............. .. .. 71
synchron izing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Closing/opening
at the lock cylinder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
34
by remote contro l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
with the central locking switch . . . . . . . . . . 33
with the convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Coming home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Compact spare t ire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
also refer to Spare tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
254
Compass in the mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Consumer information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Consumer Information ............... . .
Contacting NHTSA
Convenience key 120
120
Ind icator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Starting engine (START ENGINE STOP but-
ton) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
75
Stopping the engine (START ENGINE STOP
button) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
76
Switching on ignition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
unlocking/locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Convenience opening/closing
Convertib le child safety seats
Convertible locking retractor 37
158
Activating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Deact ivating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Using to secure a child safety seat . . . . . . 163
Coolant system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Cooling mode (automatic climate control) . . 69
Cooling System
Expansion tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
201
Cornering light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Cruise control
Changing speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
81
Presetting your speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Switching off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Switching on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Cruising range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
(upholder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
D
Data recorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Date display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Daytime running lights ............... SO , 51
Declaration of compliance
Adaptive cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
251
Audi side assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Cell phone package . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Electronic immob ilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Homelink universal remote control ..... 251
Remote control key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Defective light bulb warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Defrosting (windows) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

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Determining correct load limit . . . . . . . . . . 223
Digital clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Digital compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Dimming the rearview mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Doors emergency locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Driver information system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Open doo r or front lid warning . . . . . . . . . . 23
Outside temperature display . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Sound system display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Driver seat
refer to Seating pos ition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Driving economically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Dr iving safely . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Driving through water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Driving time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
24
Dust filter
refer to Pollutant filte r (automatic A/C sys-
tem) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Dynamic steering .......... ... 103,170 ,174
E
E85 (Fuel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Easy entry function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
E fficiency program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Fuel economy messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
M emory levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Other equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Electro-mechanical power assist . . . . . . . . . 17 4
Electromechanical parking brake
Emergency braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Releasing and clos ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Starting assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Starting from rest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Starting off with a trai ler. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
E lect ronic different ial lock
Warn ing/ indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Electronic Differential Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Electronic differential lock (EDL)
Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
E lectronic immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12, 35
Index
Electronic pow er control
(EPC) warning/indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . 20
El ectronic speed limiter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Electronic stabilizat ion control
Sport mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
E lectronic Stabilization Contro l . . . . . . . . . . 170
Electronic Stabilization Control (ESC)
Warning/ind icator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Emergency actuation
Doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Ignition key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Emergency braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Emergency flasher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Warning/ind icator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Emergency key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Starting engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Emergency operation
Emergency braking funct ion (parking brake) .7.9
Luggage compartment lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Power top . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Emergency starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Energy management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17S
Battery power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Dr ive r notification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Engine Compartment .. .. ................ ... 197
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73, 75
Starting with jumper cables . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Stopping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 , 76
Engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Working the eng ine compartment . . . . . . 195
Engine coolant Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Engine coolant system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Adding coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Checking coolant level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Checking the engine coolant level . . . . . . . 201
Radiator fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Engine coolant temperature
Temperature gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Eng ine hood
Closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19S
How to release the hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
255

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
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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

M N
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Oil
refer to Engine oil ............ .. . 197, 199
O il consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
On-Boa rd Diagnostic Sys tem (OBD)
Data L ink Connector (DLC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Electronic speed limiter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Malfunction Indicator Lamp (MIL) . . . . . . . 28
Open door or front lid warning . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Opening. .. .. .... .. . .... ...... .. .. .... 29
Opening/closing at the lock cylinder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
by remote contro l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
with the central locking switch . . . . . . . . . . 33
with the convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Other equipment (efficiency program) . . . . . 26
Outside temperature display . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Owner's Literature
p
Paint damage
Paint No.
5
186
245
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Automatic transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Valet parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Park ing aid
C leaning sensors/camera lenses . . . . . . . . 185
Pa rking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
also refer to Elec tromechanical
parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Pa rking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Parking System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Pa rking sys tem (rear)
Adjusting the warning tones . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Parking system (rear, with rear view camera)
Parking mod e 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Pa rkingmode2 . .. . .... .. .. .. .. .. .. . 111
Safety precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Swi tching on/off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Sw itch ing rear view camera on/off . . . . . . 112
Parts rep lacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light . . . . . . . . . . 142
Ped als . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Physical principles of a frontal collision . . . 125
Polishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Pollutant filter (automatic A/C system) . . . . 68
Index
Power
seat adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Windows ... .. .. ................... . 37
Power locking system
Emergency locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Power windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Rear lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Se lectiv e unlock feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Power steering
refer to Electro-mechanical power assist . 17 4
Power top . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Convenience closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Convenience opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Emergency operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
G ene ral info rmation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Open ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Var iable power top storage bay . . . . . . . . . . 44
Wind deflector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Power window Convenience opening/closing . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Power windows
Malfunctions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Pregnant women
Special considerations when wear ing a safe -
ty belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Pressure (tires) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Proper occupant seating positions . . . . . . . 114
Proper safety belt position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Proper sea ting position
Front pa ssenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Occupants. ...... ................ ... 114
Rear passengers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Protecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Q
Quartz clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
quattro
refer to all-wheel d rive ..... .... .. .. .. 174
Question What happens to unbelted occupants? . . 125
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Index
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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
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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