climate control AUDI A7 2018 User Guide
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Fuses
Driver side cockpit fuse
assignment
Fig. 208 Driver side cockpit: fuse panel with plastic bracket
Fuse panel @ (black)
No. Equipment
Electromechanical power steering, trailer
1 hitch, ionizer, switch strip, seat heating
(rear), electromechanical parking brake
Horn, climate control system, Gateway,
2 automatic
dimming interior rearv iew mi r-
ror, On-Board Unit
4 Park ing aid, headlight range adjustment
5 Dynamic steering, electronic stabilization
control (E5C)
6 Headlights
7 Adaptive cruise control
8 Front passenger's seat sensors, airbag
9 Gateway
10 Engine sound, night vision
assist, garage
door opener (Home link), parking aid
11 Video
camera image processing
12 Headlights
13 Steering column switch module
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Fuse panel
@ (black)
14 Terminal 15 (luggage compartment)
15 Starter
Fuse panel @ (brown)
N o. Equipment
1 Infotainment system
2 Infotainment system
3 F
ron t passenger's seat
5 Airbag, electronic stabilizat
ion control
(ESC)
6 Anti-theft alarm system
7 Electromechanical parking brake
8 Inter
ior lights
9
Windshield video camera heating, light/
rain sensor
10 Lumbar support (dr iver's seat)
11 Driver's
seat
12 Electronic stabilization control
13 Horn
14 Headlights
15 F
ront seat heating
16 Dynamic steering
Fuse panel © (red)
No . Equipment
1 Clutch pedal
2 Fuel pump
3 Brake light sensor
4 Engin e acoustics
5 Rear door
6 Front
door
7 Electronic stabilizat ion control
8 Windshield wiper motor
9 Headlight washer system
10 Inter
ior lighting, climate control system
11 Headlights
12 Sunroof
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Front passenger side
cockpit fuse assignment
F ig. 2 09 Front passenger side cockpit: f use pane l w it h
p las tic bracket
Fuse panel @ (red )
No . Equipment
1 Infotainment, CD changer
2 I nfotainment (disp lay)
Fuse panel @ (brown )
No . Equipment
1 Climate control system
2 Climate con
trol sy stem (blowe r)
3 Diagnostic interface
4 Ele ctrical ignit ion lo ck
5 Electronic steer ing column lock
6 S teer ing col umn sw itch modu le
7 Power steering column adjustment
8 Light swi tch
9 Head-up display
1 0 I
nst rument cluste r
1 1 Infotainment, DVD changer
Fuses
Luggage compartment
fuse assignment
F ig . 2 10 L uggage compa rtment: fuse pane l with p last ic
b racket
Fuse panel @ (black )
No . Equipment
1 Tra
ile r hitc h/220 volt soc ket
2 Tra ile r hi tc h /climati ze d cup holder
3
Tra iler hitc h/ad justing front passenger's
seat from the rear
4 El ec trome chanic al pa rking brake
s Electromec hanical parking brake
6 F ront door (fron t passenger's si de)
7 Rear exterior lighting
8 Cen tral locking, closi ng aid
9 Seat heating (front)
1 1 Seat heating (rear), c
limate control system
12 Tra ile r hitch
Fuse panel @ (red)
No . Equipment
1 Left safety belt tensioner
2 R igh t safety be lt te nsion er
3 F u el pump
4 En gine moun t (gasoline e ngine)
s
Sensor-controlled l uggage compa rtment
lid
6 A ir su sp ension, ad ap tive d am pers
7 Rear door (front passenger's side)
8 Tail lights
9 Luggage compartment lid
10 Rear sea t ente rtainmen t
12 Rear spoiler (Spo rtback), sunroof
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Fuses
Fuse panel© (brown)
No. Equipment
1 I nfota inment system
2 Infotainment system
3
Infota inment, automatic dimming inter ior
rearv iew mir ror
4 Rearview camera/per ipheral cameras
s TV tuner
6 Tank leak detect ion system
7 Sockets
8 Park ing heater
10 Lumbar support (front passenger's seat)
11 Emergency call
12 Infotainment system
Fuse panel @ (black)
No. Equipment
Air suspens ion, adapt ive dampers , sport
1 different ial, elect romechan ical pa rking
brake
2
Clutch pedal position sensor/automat ic
transmission
3 Seats
4 Rear wiper (Avant)
s Side assist
6 Engine sound
7 Infotainment/sound amplifier
8 Gateway
9 Sport differential
10 Climate control system
1 1
T ire pressure monitoring system, parking
heater
12 Sta rt/Stop system
Fuse panel ® (black)
No . Equipment
1 Special purpose vehicles/rear seats
Fuse panel ® (black)
No . Equipment
1 Rear window defogger
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Numbers and
Symbols
4-zone deluxe automatic climate control 58
Air vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Key recognition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Residual heat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Synchronizing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
A
A/C (4-zone de luxe automatic climate
control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
A/C (deluxe automatic climate control) 59
ABS
refer to Anti-lock braking system . . . . . . . 120
Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52, 257
Active lane assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Adjusting the vibration warning . . . . . . . . . 98
Cleaning the camera area . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Switching on/off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Adaptive air suspension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Adaptive cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Braking guard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Cleaning the sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Request for driver intervention . . . . . . . . . . 92
Stop -and-go traffic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Adaptive dampers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Adjusting air distribution (4-zone deluxe auto
matic climate control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Adjusting air distribution (deluxe automatic
climate control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Adjusting the temperature (4-zone deluxe au
tomatic climate control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Adjusting the tempera ture (deluxe automatic
climate control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Advanced key
refer to Convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
~ Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 ....
~ Advanced Airbag System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . lS0 N
8 Advanced Airbag System components . . . 153 00 \.J '
Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Child restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Components (front airbags) . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Danger of fitting a child seat on the front
passenger seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 7
Disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Front airbags .. .. .. ............. 150, lSl
How do the front a irbags work? . . . . . . . . 1S6
How many airbags does my vehicle have? 153
How the Advanced Airbag System compo-
nents work together . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 SS
Impo rtant information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Important safety instructions on the knee
airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Knee airbags. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light . . . . . . . . . 158
Repairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Side curtain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Warning/Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
When must the system be inspected? 158
Air pressure Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21S
Air pressure (tire pressure monitoring
system) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Air suspension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Alarm system
refer to Anti-theft alarm system . . . . . . . . . 32
Alignment pin (tire changing) . . . . . . . . . . . 233
All-weather lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
All season tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
All wheel drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Alternator
refer to Alternator (indicator light) . . . . . . 14
Alternator (indicator light) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Ambient lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Anti-freeze Windshield washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Anti-lock braking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Anti-Slip Regulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Anti-theft alarm system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Ashtray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sl
259
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Index
ASR
re fer to Anti-Slip Regu lation . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Aud i b raking guard
refer to B raking gua rd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Aud i drive select
refer to Drive select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Audi Service Repair Manuals and Literature 255
AUTO 4-zone deluxe automatic climate control . . 6 1
Automatic headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
D eluxe automatic climate contro l . . . . . . . . 59
Auto Lock (centra l locki ng) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Automatic belt retractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 41
Autom atic climate control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Key recognition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Automatic key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Automatic post-co llision brak ing system . . 120
Automatic transm ission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Emergency mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Hill descent contro l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Kick-down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Overboost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Selector lever emergency re lease . . . . . . . . 80
Selector lever pos itions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Shifti ng manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Steer ing whee l w ith shift padd les . . . . . . . . 78
tiptron ic mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Automatic wipe/wash system . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Auto Safety Hotline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Ave rage consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Average speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
B
Battery
Jump starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
also refer to Vehicle battery . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Before driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Belt tensioner Dr ive select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Belt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Blended gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Blower (4-zone deluxe automatic climate con-
trol) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Blower (de luxe automatic climate contro l) . . 59
Boost display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
260
Booster seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Boost p ressure ind icator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Brake ass ist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Brake booster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Ceramic b rake roto rs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
El ectromechanical parking brake . . . . . . . . 72
E mergency b raking fu nction . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Ind icator lig ht . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 , 18
New brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Worn brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
B raking guard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Set tings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Break -in security feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Breaking in New brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
New engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
New tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
C
Californ ia Propos ition 65 Warning . . . . . . . 194
Battery specif ic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Capacities Fuel tank. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Washer fluid reservoir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Cargo area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Cata lytic conve rter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Centra l locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Convenie nce key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Mechan ica lly locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Power w indows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Remo te control key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Centra l locking sw itch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Ceramic brake rotors New brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Certification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Chang ing engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
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seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Where can I get additional information
about child restraints and their use? . . . . 188
Child restraint system anchors . . . . . . . . . . 184
Ch ild safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
I mportant safety instructions for using chi ld
safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 4
I mportant things to know when driving with
children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Tether anchors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
T eth er straps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Ch ild safety lock
Power windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Rear doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Child safety seats .................. .. . 176
Booster seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Convertible ch ild seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Convertible locking retractor . . . . . . . . . . 183
H ow do I properly install a child safety seat
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7 174 in my ve ,c e . ................. ..... .
Infant seats . ................. ..... . 176
Installing a child restr aint using the LATCH
system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
LA TCH system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Lower anchorages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Mounting and releasing the anchorage
h ook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 4
Secur ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Unused safety belts on the rear seat . . . . 176
Cigarette lighter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
C leaning/remov ing ice from windows . . . . . 230
Cleaning Alcantara ................. .. . 231
C leaning artificia l leather......... ..... . 231
C leaning carbon parts ........ .. .. . 230 ,231
Cleaning controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
C leaning decorative parts/trim . . . . . . . . . . 230
Cleaning displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Cleaning exhaust tail pip es . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
C leaning plastic parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Cleaning rims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
C leaning textiles ................ ..... . 231
Index
Climate contro l system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Automatic recirculation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Basic settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Drive select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Closing Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Sunroof. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Closing/ opening
By remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Using the door lock cylinder . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
With the convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Closing a id (doors) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Cockpit (overview) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Coming home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Consumer Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136, 255
Consumption (fuel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Contacting NHTSA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Convenience key Start ing the engine (STAR T ENGINE S TOP
button) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Stopping the engine (STAR T ENG INE ST OP
button) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Switching the ignition on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Unlocking/locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Convenience opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Convertible child safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Convertible locking retractor
Activating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Deactivating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Using to secure a child safety seat . . . . . . 183
Cooling down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Cooling mode (4-zone deluxe automatic cli-
mate contro l) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Cooling mode (deluxe automatic climate con-
trol) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Cooling system Adding coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Coolant level checking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Coolant temperature indicator . . . . . . . . . . . 9
I ndicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 4
Cornering light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Crossing water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
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Index
Cruise control system
Changing speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Preselect ing speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Sw itching off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
sw itch ing on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Cup holders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Current consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Cylinder management
refer to Cylinder on demand system . . . . . . 21
Cylinder on demand system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
D
Data recorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Date display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Daytime running lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Declarat ion of compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Defective light bulb warning Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Defrost ing (windows)
4-zone deluxe automatic climate control . . 61
De luxe a utomatic climate contro l . . . . . . . . 59
D EF ( inst rument cluste r) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
De luxe automatic cl imate control
A ir vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Determining correct load limit . . . . . . . . . . 219
Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Dimming the rearview mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Distance dr iven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Door/rear l id war ning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Doors Ch ild safety lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Closing aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Mechanically lock ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Driver information system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Boost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
CD/rad io disp lay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Door/rear lid war ning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Eff iciency program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
E ng ine oil tempera ture display . . . . . . . . . . 23
E xterio r temperatu re disp lay . . . . . . . . . . . 20
On-boa rd computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 1
Serv ice i nte rval d isplay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Shifti ng indic ator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Dr iver seating posit ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Drive se lect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Dr iving economically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
262
Driving safe ly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
D rivi ng through water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Driving time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
D ust fil ter
refer to P ollutant fi lter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Dynam ic steeri ng . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Ind icator lig ht . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
E
Easy seat entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Economy tips (efficiency program) . . . . . . . . 22
EDL
refer to Elect ronic D ifferent ial Loc k . . . . . 120
Effic iency program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
E lectromechanical parking brake . . . . . . . . . 72
El ec tromechanical steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 24
Ind icator lig ht . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 4
E lectronic Differen tial Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Ind icator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
E lectronic immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
El ec tron ic stab ilizat ion control . . . . . . . . . . 120
In dic ator lig ht . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Spo rt mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Emergency ass istance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Emergency braking function . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
E mergency f las hers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Emergency operation Doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Luggage compartment lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Se lector lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Su nroof... .. .. .. .. .. ............. .. . 37
Emergency release Fuel f iller door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Emergency starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
E miss ions control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Energy management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Ind icator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Engine Coo lant ... .. .. ...... ... .. ..... ... .. 199
Start/Stop system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Start ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Start ing with jumper cables . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Stopping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Warming up/cooling dow n . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
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Gross Axle Weight Rating (GAWR)
Gross Vehicle Weight Rat ing (GVWR)
GVWR
refer to Gross Veh icle Weight
Rating (GVWR) .. ... .. ..... ... .. .. .. .
H
254
254
254
Head -up display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
H eadlight range con trol system . . . . . . . . . . 39
I ndicato r light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
H eadlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Clean ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
H eadlig ht range contro l system . . . . . . . . . 39
W asher system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
H ead restra ints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Adjusting .. .. .. .............. 48, 49, 132
Removing and installing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Heated Exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Rear window (4-zone deluxe automatic cli
mate control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Rea r window (deluxe automat ic climate con-
trol) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Sea ts (4 -zone deluxe automatic climate con -
trol) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Seats (de luxe automatic climate contro l) . . 60
Was her nozzles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
H ea ting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
H eavy clothing and safety belts . . . . . . . . . . 140
H igh beams
Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Hi ll descent contro l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Hill hold ass ist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
also refer to H ill hold ass ist . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Homelink (garage door opener) . . . . . . . . . . 3 7
H ooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
H ow are child res tra int system an chors re lat-
ed to chi ld safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
H ow many airbags does my veh icle have? . . 153
How safety be lt pretens ioners work
144
I
I gnition
Indicato r light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 5
Sw itching on/off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
264
Imbalance (whee ls) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 14
Immobilize r ... ... .. .. ............. 23, 27
Important things to do before driving . . . . 129
Imprope rly wo rn safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . 14 4
Ind icator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Infant seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Inspection interva l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Installing child safety seats Safety be lts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Installing the upper tether strap on the an
c h orage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Instrument clus ter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Ind icator lig hts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Adjust ing illumination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Interio r light ing
Amb ient lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Front and rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Intermittent (windshie ld wipers) . . . . . . . . . 45
J
Jump-sta rt ing 247
Jumper cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
K
Key.......... .. .. .. .. ............. ... 27
Ind icator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Key not recognized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Key replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Mechan ica l key . .. .. .. ............. 2 7, 28
Replacing the batte ry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Unl ocking/locking .... ... .. ..... ... 29, 31
Key recognit io n (climate control system) . . . 58
Kick -down (automatic transmission) . . . . . . . 78
K nee a irbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Desc rip tion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
How they work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Important safety instr uctions . . . . . . . . . . 164
L
Lane assis t
refer to Active lane ass ist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
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Evaluating times . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Stopping timing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
also refer to Lap timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
L ATCH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Installing a child restraint . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Mounting and releasing the anchorage
hook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Launch control program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
L eather care/clean ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Leaving home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Lifting jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
L ight
Ambient lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Coming/Leav ing home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Daytime running lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
H eadlight flasher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
High beam assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Low beams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Parking lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Rear fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Light/rain sensor
Headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Intermittent (windshield wipers) . . . . . . . . 45
L ighting
Exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Interior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
L ights
H eadlight range control system . . . . . . . . . 39
Interior/reading lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Locking/unlocking By remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Using the door lock cylinder . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
With the convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
L ow beams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
L ower universal anchorages (Canada) . . . . . 184
Luggage compartment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
12 Volt socket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Cover .. .. .. .. ................ ... .. .. 56
Increasing the size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Index
Luggage compartment net . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Pass-through . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Ski bag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Storing cargo correctly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Stowing luggage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Tie -downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Luggage compartment lid
Closing button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Emergency release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Movement-activated opening . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Opening/closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Lumbar support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
M
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Maintenance intervals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Malfunction Indicator Lamp (MIL) . . . . . . . 193
Massage function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Mechanical key .. .. .. ............... 27,28
Mechanica lly locking the front passenger
door........ ..... .. ................ .. 31
Memory funct ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Mirrors Dimming .. .. .. .. .. ... .. ..... ... .. .. . 43
Exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Vanity mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Monitoring the Advanced Airbag System . . 158
Mult ifunct ion steer ing wheel.......... .. . 21
N
Natural leather care/clean ing
NHTSA 231
Contacting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Night vision assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Cleaning the camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Number of seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
0
Occupant seating positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Octane rating (gasoline) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
OF F (4-zone deluxe automatic climate con-
trol) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
OFF (deluxe automatic climate control) . . . . 59
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Reading lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Rear fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Rear light
Indica tor light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Rear shelf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Rear spoiler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Rearview camera
refer to Parking sys tems ....... .. . 109, 110
Rearview mirror dimming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Rear window defogger (4-zone deluxe auto
matic climate control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Rear window defogger (deluxe automatic cli
mate control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Recirculation mode (4-zone deluxe automatic
climate control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Recirculation mode (de luxe automatic climate
control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Recuperation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Refueling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Fu el filler door emergency release
192
Remote control
refer to Remote control key . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Remote control key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Personalizing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Replacing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Unlock ing/locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Remote control operation Garage door opener (Home link) . . . . . . . . . 37
Removing the sid e trim pane l in the luggage
compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Repair manuals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Repairs Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Replacement key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Replacing windshield wiper blades . . . . . . . . 46
Reporting Safety Defects ........ .. . 136, 137
Reset button (trip odometer) . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Resetting the trip odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Residual heat (4 -zone deluxe automat ic cli-
mate control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Retractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Reverse gear (automatic transmission) . . . . . 75
Rims . .. .. .. .. ............... .. .. .. . 220
Road carrier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
.... 0 ~ Roof load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54, 254
'
Roof rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
also refer to Roof rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
s
Safe driving habits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Cargo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Correct seating pos it ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Pedal area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Safety be lt position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Safety belt height adjustment . . . . . . . . . 143
Safety belts worn by pregnant women . . . 143
Safety belt pretensioner Service and disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Saf ety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138, 141
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Danger to passengers who do not wear a
safety belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Fastening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Height adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Improperly worn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Indicator light (front) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Not worn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Safety belt position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Securing child saf ety seats . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Special considerations fo r pregnant wom-
en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Unfastening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Warning/indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Worn properly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Safety be lt warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Safety instructions for side curtain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
for using child safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 4
for using safety b elts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Monitoring the Advanced Airbag System 160
Sav ing fuel
Cylinder on demand system . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Efficiency program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Recuperation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Screwdriver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Seat adjustment Head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
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