belt AUDI A7 2017 Owner´s Manual

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one direction and not back and forth.
- Never remove snow or ice from door win­
dows and mirrors using warm or hot water
because this could cause cracks to form.
- To avoid damage to the rear window de­
fogger, do not apply any stickers on the
heating wires on the inside of the window.
- Decorative part .s/trim
- Never use chrome care or cleaning prod-
ucts .
-Paint
- To reduce the risk of scratches, the vehicle
must be free of dirt and dust before pol­
ishing or waxing.
- To prevent paint damage, do not polish or
wax the vehicle in direct sunlight .
- To reduce the risk of paint damage, do not
polish away rust spots .
- Remove cosmetics and sunscreen immedi­
ately- these could damage the paint.
-Displays
-To avoid scratches, do not use dry cleaning
methods on displays.
-Controls
- Make sure that no fluids enter the con-
trols, because this could cause damage.
- Safety belts
- Do not remove the safety belts to clean
them.
- Never clean safety belts or their compo­
nents chemically or with corrosive fluids
or solvents and never allow sharp objects
to come into contact with the safety belts.
This could cause damage to the belt web­
bing.
- If there is damage to the webbing, the
connections, the retractors or the buckles,
have them replaced by an authorized Audi
dealer or authorized Audi Service Facility.
- Textiles/artificial leather/ Alcantara
- Never treat artificial leather/ Alcantara
with leather care products, solvents, floor
polish, shoe polish, spot remove or similar
products .
- Have a specialist remove stubborn stains
to prevent damage.
Care and cleaning
-Never use steam cleaners, brushes, hard
sponges, etc. when cleaning.
- Do not turn on the seat heating* to dry the
seat.
- Objects with sharp edges, such as zippers
or rivets on clothing or belts, can cause
damage to the surface.
- Open hook and loop fasteners, for exam­
ple on clothing, can damage seat covers.
Make sure hook and loop fasteners are
closed.
- Natural leather
- Never treat leather with solvents, floor
polish, shoe polish, spot remover or simi­
lar products.
- Objects with sharp edges, such as zippers or rivets on clothing or belts, can cause
damage to the surface.
- Never use steam cleaners, brushes, hard
sponges, etc . when cleaning.
- Do not turn on the seat heating* to dry the
seat.
- To help prevent the leather from fading,
do not leave the vehicle in direct sunlight
for long periods of time. If leaving the ve­
hicle parked for long periods of time, you
should cover the leather to protect it from
direct sunlight.
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-Insects are easier to remove from paint that
has been freshly waxed.
- Regular waxing can prevent rust spots from
forming.
Placing your vehicle out
of service
If you would like to take your vehicle out of serv­
ice for a longer period of time, contact an author­
ized Audi dealer or authorized Audi Service Facili­
ty. They will advise you of important measures,
such as corrosion protection, service and storage procedures . Also follow the information about
the vehicle battery~
page 207.
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Fuses
Front passenger side
cockpit fuse assignment
Fig. 212 Front passenger side cockpit: fuse panel wit h
plastic bracket
Fuse panel @ (red)
No. Equipm ent
1 Infotainment, CD changer
2 Inf
ota inment (display)
3 Emergency call
Fuse panel @ (brown)
No. Equipment
1 Climate control system
2 Climate control
system (blower)
3 Diagnostic interface
4 Electrical ignit ion lock
5 Electronic steering column lock
6 Steering column switch module
7 Power steering column adjustment
8 Light switch
9 Head-up display
10 Instrument cl uster
11 Infotainment, DVD
changer
252
Luggage compartment
fuse assignment
Fig. 213 Luggage compa rtme nt: fuse panel with plast ic
bracket
Fuse panel @ (black)
No . Equipment
1 Tra
iler hitch/220 volt socket
2 Trailer hitch/climatized cup holder
3
Trailer hitch/adjusting front passenger's
seat from the rear
4 El ec trom echan ical parking brake
5 Electromechanical parking brake
6 Front door (front passenger's side)
7 Rear exterior lighting
8 Central locking, closing aid
9 Seat heating (fro nt)
11 Seat heating
(rear), climate control system
12 Trailer hitch
Fuse panel @ (red)
No. Equipment
1 L
eft safety belt tensioner
2 Right safety belt tensioner
3 Ad Blue tank (diesel engine)/fuel pump
4 Ad Blue tank (diesel engine)/engi ne mount
(gaso lin e eng ine)
5
Se nsor-controlled luggage compartment
lid
6 Air suspension, adaptive dampers
7 Rear door (front passenger's side)
8 Tail lights
9 Luggage compartment lid

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' Armrest... .. .. .... .. .... ... .. .. .... .. 49
Ashtray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
ASR
refer to Anti-S lip Regu lation . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Aud i braking guard
refer to Braking guard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Aud i d rive select
refer to Dr ive selec t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Aud i Service Repair Manuals and Literature 264
AUTO 4-zone deluxe automatic climate control . . 62
Automatic headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 0
De luxe a utomatic climate control . . . . . . . . 60
Auto Lock (centra l loc king) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Automatic auxiliary heater (climate control
system) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Automatic belt retractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Autom atic clima te con trol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
K ey recogn ition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Automatic key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Automatic post-co llision brak ing system . . 120
Automatic t ransm iss ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
E me rgency mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Hill descent contro l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Kick-down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Overboost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Selector leve r emergency re lease . . . . . . . . 81
Selecto r lever pos it ions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Shifti ng manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
S teer ing whee l w ith shift paddles . . . . . . . . 79
tiptro nic mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Automatic wipe/wash system . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Auto Safety Hotline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Ave rage consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Ave rage speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Avoid damaging the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
B
Batte ry
Ju mp starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
also refer to Ve hicl e battery . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Before driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Belt tensione r
Drive select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
B el t tensione rs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Index
Blended gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
B lower (4-zone de luxe a utomat ic clima te con-
t ro l) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
B lower (deluxe automatic climate control) . . 60
Boos t disp lay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Boos ter sea ts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Boost p ressure indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Br akes
Br ake fl uid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 7
El ectromechanical parking brake . . . . . . . . 7 4
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Br aking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 22
B rake ass ist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 20
Br ake booster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 22
Ceramic br ake ro to rs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Emergency braking function . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
New brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Worn brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Braking guard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Br eak-in per iod
T ires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Breaking in
New brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
New engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
New t ires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
C
Cali for nia Propos ition 65 Wa rning . . . . . . . 200
Battery spec ific . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Capacities AdBlue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Fuel tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Washer flu id reservoir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Cargo area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Catalytic co nverter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Center armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Cen tra l locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
C en tra l locking sw itch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Emergency locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Power windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
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Index
Remote con trol key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Sunroof. ... .. .. ... ... .... ... .. .. .. .. 37
Ce ramic brake rotors
N ew b rake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Cert ification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Changing engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Ch ild rest raints
D anger o f using ch ild rest raints in the front
seat ... .. .... ... .. .. ..... ... .. .. .. . 14 9
Where can I get additional information
about child restraints and their use? . . . . 190
Ch ild rest raint system a nchors . . . . . . . . . . 186
Ch ild safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Important safety instructions for using child
safety sea ts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
I mportant things to know when driving with
chi ldren . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Tether anchors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Tether straps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Ch ild safety lock
P owe r wi ndows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Rea r doo rs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Ch ild safety seats
Booster seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Convertible ch ild seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Conve rtible locking retractor . . . . . . . . . . 185
H ow do I properly install a child safety seat
i n myve hicle? . .. ............. .... .. . 176
I nfan t sea ts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
I nsta lling a child restraint using the LA TCH
system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
L ATCH system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Lower anchorages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Mounting and releasing the anchorage
hook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Unused safety belts on the rear seat . . . . 178
Ch ild seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Secur ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Cigaret te lighter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S2
Clea ning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Cleaning/remov ing ice from windows . . . . . 237
C le ani ng Alcanta ra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Clean ing artificia l leather . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Cleaning carbon parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237, 238
C lea ning contro ls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
270
Cleaning decorative pa rts/trim . . . . . . . . . . 237
Cleaning disp lays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 7
Cleaning exhaust tail pipes . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
C leaning plas tic pa rts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 7
Cleaning r ims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Cleaning textiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Cl imate contro l system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S9
A utomat ic au xiliary heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
A utomat ic rec irculat ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Bas ic settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Drive select. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . lOS
Closi ng
Hood .............................. 201
Su nroo f... .... .. .. .. ... .......... .. . 37
Windows ... .. .. .. .. .. . ... .... ... .. . 36
Closi ng/ope ning
By remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
With the centr al locki ng sw itch . . . . . . . . . 31
Wi th the convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Closing aid (doors) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Closing and opening With the door lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Cockpit (overview) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Co lor code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Coming home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
C ons umer in formation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 64
Cons umer Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Cons umption (fuel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Contacting NHTSA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 6
Convenience key
Start ing the engine (START ENGINE STOP
button) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Stopp ing the eng ine (STAR T ENGIN E ST O P
button) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Swi tc hi ng the igni tion on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Unl ocking/locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Convenience opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Convertible child safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Convertib le locki ng ret racto r
Activ ati ng . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18S
Deact ivating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
U sing to secure a child safety seat . . . . . . 185
Cooling down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6S

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Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Ch ild restraints in the front seat . . . . . . . . 149
also refer to Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Fu el
Additives ... .. ................ ..... . 191
Blended gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Current consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Fuel filler neck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Fuel gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9, 10
Fuel tank capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Gasoline additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Octane rat ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Recommendation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Saving fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66, 105
Fue ling
Fuel gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Fuel tank capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Opening the fuel filler door . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Fuses Assignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Replac ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
G
Garage door opener (Home Link) . . . . . . . . . . 38
Garment hook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Glasses holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Glossary of tire and loading terminology .. 213
Glove compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
cooled . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Gross Vehicle Weight Rat ing (GVWR) . . . . . 261
H
Head-up Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Headlight range control
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Headlight range control system . . . . . . . . . . 40
H eadlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Headlight range contro l system . . . . . . . . . 40
Washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
He ad restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Adjusting ................ .... 49, 50, 132
Removing and installing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Index
Heated
Exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Rear w indow (4-zone deluxe automat ic cli­
mate control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Rear window (deluxe automatic climate con-
trol) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Seats (4-zone deluxe automatic climate con-
trol) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Seats (deluxe automatic climate control) . . 61
Washer nozzles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Heavy clothing and safety be lts . . . . . . . . . . 142
High beams
Ass istant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
High voltage warning label . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Hill descent control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Hill hold assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7S
also refer to Hill hold assist . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Hold assist (hill) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Homelink (garage door opener) . . . . . . . . . . 38
Hooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
How are child restraint system anchors relat-
ed to child safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
How many airbags does my vehicle have? . . lSS
How safety belt pretensioners work . . . . . . 146
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Ignition
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . lS
Switching on/off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Imbalance (wheels) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24, 28
Important things to do before driving . . . . 129
Improperly worn safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Infant seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Inflation pressure (tires) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Inspection interval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Installing child safety seats
Safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Installing the upper tether strap on the an ­
chorage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Instrument cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
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Index
Power windows Child safety lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Convenience opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Pregnant women
Special considerations when wearing a safe-
ty belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Pre sense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Pretensioners Pre sense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Preventative passenger protection . . . . . . . 138
Prewarming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Proper occupant seating positions . . . . . . . 130
Proper safety belt position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Proper seating position Front passenger. ................ ... . 131
Occupants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Rear passengers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Protecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 7
Q
quattro (all wheel drive) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Selective wheel torque control . . . . . . . . . 120
Question What happens to unbelted occupants? 141
R
Rail carrier. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Rain/light sensor Headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
I ntermittent (w indshield wipers) . . . . . . . . 46
Raising the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Range (fuel level) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Reading lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Rear fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Rear light
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Rear shelf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Rear spoi ler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Rearview camera
refer to Parking systems .......... 109, 110
Rearview mirror dimming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Rear window defogger (4 -zone deluxe auto­
matic climate control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
276
Rear window defogger (deluxe automatic cli ­
mate contro l) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Recirculation mode (4 -zone deluxe automatic
climate control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Recirculation mode (deluxe automatic climate
control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Recuperation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Refueling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Fuel filler door emergency release 195
Remote control
refer to Remote control key . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Remote control key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Personalizing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Replacing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Unlocking/locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Remote control operation Garage door opener (Homelink) . . . . . . . . . 38
Removing the side trim panel in the luggage
compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Repair manuals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Repairs Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Replacement key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Replacing windshield wiper blades . . . . . . . . 47
Reporting Safety Defects . . . . . . . . . . . 136, 137
Reset button (tr ip odometer) . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Resetting the trip odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Residual heat (4-zone deluxe automatic cli -
mate contro l) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Retractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Reverse gear (automatic transmission) . . . . . 76
Rims ......... ... .. .. ............... 226
Road carrier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Roof load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Roof rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
s
Safe driving habits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Cargo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Correct seat ing position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Pedal area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

Safety belt position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Safety belt height adjustment . . . . . . . . . 145
Safety belts worn by pregnant women . . . 145
Safety belt pretensioner Service and disposal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140, 143
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Danger to passengers who do not wear a
safety belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Fastening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
H eight adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Improperly worn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Indicator light (front) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Not worn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Safety belt position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Securing child safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Special considerations for pregnant wom-
en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Unfasten ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Warning/indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Worn properly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Safety belt warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Safety compliance sticker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Safety equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Safety features for occupant restraint and protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Safety instructions for side curtain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
for using child safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
for using safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Monitoring the Advanced Airbag System 162
Saving fue l
Cylinder on demand system . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Efficiency program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Recuperation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Screwdriver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Seat adjustment Head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Seat heating (4-zone deluxe automatic cli- mate control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Seat heating (deluxe automatic climate con-
trol) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Seating position
co ~ Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
N ,-- Front passenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 N
8 How to adjust the front seats . . . . . . . . . . 131 00 \.J ' Index
Incorrect seat position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Occupants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Rear passengers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Seats Adjust ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Convenience side view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Correct seating position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Folding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Massage func tion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Seat symmetry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Seats (number) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Seat ventilation (4-zone deluxe automatic cli­
mate control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Selective catalytic reduction
refer to Ad Blue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Selective whe el torque control . . . . . . . . . . 120
Selector lever (automatic transmission) Emergency release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Service and disposal Safety be lt pretensioner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Service interva l display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Shifting indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Shift paddles (automatic transmission) . . . . 79
Ship carrier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
S ide a irbags
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
How they work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Side assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Adjusting the brightness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Cleaning the sensors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Sensor range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Switching on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
also refer to Side assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Side curtain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
How they work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Safety instructions .. ............... .. 171
Ski bag ........ ... .. .................. 58
Securing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 7
Socket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Sources of information about child restraints
and their use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Space-saving spare tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Spare tire 248
277

Index
Speed limiter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Speed warning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Spoiler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Sport differentia l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Star button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Start-Stop system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Start/Stop system Engine does not switch off . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Engine starts automatically . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Starting/stopping the engine . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Switching off/on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
S T ART ENGINE STOP button . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Starting (engine) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69, 72
Steering Electromechanical steering ..... .... . 124, 0
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15, 124
Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
also refer to Electromechanical steering . 124
Steering wheel Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Easy seat entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Manual adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Power adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Shift padd les (automatic transmission) . . . 79
Steer ing whee l heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Steps for determining correct load limit . . . 226
Stopping (engine) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70, 72
Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Storage compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Storage hooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
S tronic (automatic transmission) . . . . . . . . . 76
Launch control program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Convenience opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Emergency closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Sunshade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Sun visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Symbols
refer to Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
T
Tachometer . ..... ................ 9, 10, 21
278
Tail lights
Cleaning
TOI clean diesel 236
refer to Ad
Blue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Technical modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Temperature display Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Exterior tern perature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Temperature indicator
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Tether anchors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Tether strap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Tie-downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56, 136
Time ......... ... .. .. ................ 24
tiptronic mode (automatic transmission) . . . 79
tiptronic (automatic transmission) . . . . . . . . 76
Tire Mobility System (tire repair set) . . . . . . 241
Tire pressure (tire pressure monitor ing sys-
tem) ......... ... ... ...... ...... 230,231
T ires ......... .. .. .. .. ............. .. 211
All wheel drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Low aspect ratio tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Repair set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Replacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Service life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Tire pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Tire pressure monitoring sys-
tem ......... ... .. .. ....... 229,230,231
Tire pressure table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Treadwear indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Unidirectional .. .. .. .. ............. .. 213
Uniform tire quality grading . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Tires and wheels Glossary of tire and loading terminology . 213
Tires and vehicle load limits . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Tool kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Torn or frayed safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Towing Tow trucks
Towing loop
TPMS 256
256,257
Ind icator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
TPMS (tire pressure monitoring system) ....... ... .. .. ........... 230,231

Trailer towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Operating instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Parking system ............... .. .... . 118
Technical requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82, 83
Transmission malfunction (indicator light) . . 81
Transport Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
T urn signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
u
ULSD No . 2 (Diesel fuel) ............... .
Unfasten ing safety belts ...... .. .. .. .. .
Uniform tire quality grading
Unlocking/ locking 192
145
229
By remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
With the central locking switch . . . . . . . . . 31
With the convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Unlocking and locking On the door lock cylinder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
V
Van ity mirror. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Vehicle Care/cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Identification number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Out of service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Transporting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2S9
Vehicle identification labe l . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Vehicle battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Charge level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 , 208
Energy management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Winter operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Veh icle control modules. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Vehicle jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240, 245
Vehicle tool kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Ventilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
VIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
~ w .... N ~ Warming up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
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00
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Warning/Indicator lights
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Warning lights
refer to Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Warning triangle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Warranty coverages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Washer fluid level (indicator l ight) . . . . . . . . 18
Washing matte finish paint . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Weights. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
What happens if you wear your safety belt too loose? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Wha t happens to unbelted occupants? . . . . 141
What impairs driving safety? . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Glossary of tire and loading terminology . 213
Replacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Tire pressure monitoring system ... 230,231
Tires and vehicle load limits . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Wheel wrench . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
When must a safety be lt be replaced? . . . . 142
When must the airbag system be inspected? .160
Wher e are lower anchorages located? . . . . 187
Wild animal detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Window regulators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Windows Cleaning/removing ice............... . 237
Defrosting (4-zon e deluxe automatic cli-
mate control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Defrosting (deluxe automatic climate con-
trol) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Windshie ld
cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Defrosting (4-zone deluxe automatic cli-
mate control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Defrosting (deluxe automatic climate con-
trol) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
also refer to Windshield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Windshield washer system . . . . . . . . . . 46, 209 Reservoir capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Windshield wipers Cleaning wiper b lades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Folding up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
I ndicato r light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
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