heating AUDI S3 SEDAN 2015 Owner's Manual
[x] Cancel search | Manufacturer: AUDI, Model Year: 2015, Model line: S3 SEDAN, Model: AUDI S3 SEDAN 2015Pages: 282, PDF Size: 71.14 MB
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Fuses and bulbs
No. Equipment
F49 Starter, clutch sensor,
headlight relay coil
F53 Rear window defogger
The power seats* are protected via
circuit break
ers
that automatically switch on after a few sec
onds after the overload has been reduced.
(0 Tips
Note that the following table was accurate at
the time of printing and is subject to change.
Left engine compartment fuse assignment
Fig. 187 Engine compartmen t: fuse assig nme nt
No. Equipment
Fl ESC control module
F2 ESC control module
F3 Engine control module (gasoline/diesel)
Engine cooling, engine components, auxili-
F4 ary heater coil relay (1+2), secondary a ir
injection pump relay
FS Engine components, tank system
F6 Brake light sensor
F7 Engine components, water pumps
F8 Oxygen sensor
250
No. Equipment
F9 E
ngine components, exhaust door, glow
time control module, SULEV valve
Fl0 Fuel injectors, fuel control module
Fll Auxiliary heater heating element 2
F12 Auxiliary heater heating element 3
F13 Automatic transmission control module
FlS Horn
F16 Ign ition coil
F17 ESC
control module, engine contro l mod-
ule
F18 Terminal 30 (reference voltage)
F19 Windshie
ld wipers
F20 Horn
F22 Terminal 50 diagnosis
F23 Starter
F24 Auxiliary heater heating element 1
F31 Vacuum pump
F32 L
ED headlights
(!') Tips
Note that the following tab le was accurate at
the time of printing and is subject to change.
Bulbs
Replacing light bulbs
For your safety , we recommend that you have
your authorized Audi dealer replace burned out
bulbs for you.
It i s becoming increasingly more and more diffi
cu lt to replace vehicle light bulbs s ince in many
cases, other parts of the car must first be re
moved before you are able to get to the bulb.
This applies especially to the light bulbs in the
front of your car which you can only reach
through the engine compartment.
Sheet meta l and bulb holders can have sharp
edges that can cause serious cuts, and pa rts
must be correctly taken apart and then properly
put back together to help prevent breakage of
parts and long term damage from water that can .,,_
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with the convenience key. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
with the door lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 7
Cockpit (overview) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Coming home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Compass in the mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Consumer information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Consumer Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Consumption (fuel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Contacting NHTSA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Convenience key Emergency operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Starting the engine (START ENGINE STOP button) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Stopping the engine (STAR T ENGIN E STOP
button) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Sw itching on the ignit ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
un locking/locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Convenience opening/closing . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Convertible child safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Convertible locking retractor
Activating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Deact ivating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Using to secure a child safety seat . . . . . . 184
Coolant
refer to Engine coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Cooling mode (automatic climate control sys-
tem) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Cooling mode (manua l climate control sys -
tem)................................. 65
Cooling system Adding coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Coolant leve l checking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Coolant temperature indicator . . . . . . . . . . 12
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Cornering light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Cruise control system Changing speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
D escr iption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Preselecting speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Sw itch ing off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
~ switching on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 0
iii Cup holders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 ,....,
~ Current consumpt ion ................ 27, 28
Vl
Vl
,....,
Index
D
Data recorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Date display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Daytime running lights. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Declaration of compliance
Adaptive cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Audi side assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Cell phone package . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
E le ctronic immobili zer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Homelink universal remote control . . . . . 265
Remote control key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Defective light bulb warning
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Defrost ing (windshield)
automatic climate control system . . . . . . . 67
manual climate control system . . . . . . . . . . 65
DEF (instrument cluster) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Deluxe automatic cl imate control
refer to Climate control system (automatic) .66
Determining correct load limit . . . . . . . . . . 228
Diesel
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Preheating (button) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Preheating (key) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Diesel fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Diesel particulate filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Digital compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Dimming the rearview mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Door/luggage compartment lid warning . . . 27
Door contact sw itch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Doors Child safety lock (mechanical) . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Driver informa tion system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Boost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
CD/rad io display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Door/luggage compartment lid warning . . 27
Efficie ncy program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Engine oil temperature indicator . . . . . . . . 30
Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Lap timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
On -board computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Outside temperature display . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
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Index
Service in terval disp lay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Using the multif unction steering whee l . . . 27
Driver seating posit ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 1
Drive select .. .. ................. .. ... 112
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Driving economically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Driving safely . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Driving through water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Driving t ime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Dust filter
refer to Po llutant filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
E
ECO mode (automatic climate control
system) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Efficiency program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Descr ipt ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Fue l economy messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Other equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Electrical accessories
refer to Socket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Elect romechanica l par king b rake
refer to Parking bra ke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
E lectromechanical steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Indicator l ights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
E lectronic different ia l lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Elect ron ic immobili ze r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
also refer to Immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Elect ron ic speed lim ite r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
E lectron ic stabilization control ( ESC)
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Sport mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Elect ronic Stabilization Control (ESC) . . . . . 123
E me rgency ass istance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
E mergency flasher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
E me rgency flashers
I ndicator ligh t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
E me rgency operation
E me rgency braking fu nction . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Fr ont passenge r's door/ rear doo rs . . . . . . . 39
L ugg age compartmen t lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 0
P anorama sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
with convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
270
Emergency re lease
Fuel f iller door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Se lector lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
E merge ncy s tarting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Energy management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Ind icator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Engine Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20S
Preheating (button) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Preheating (key) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Star ting with jumper cables . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Starting (button) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Start ing (dr iver messages w ith conven ience
key) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Star ting (key) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
stopp ing (b utton) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
stopp ing (key) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 4
Engine compartment Clos ing the hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Open ing the hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Overview . ... .... .. .. ... . .. .... . 200, 201
Safety preca utions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
E ngin e co ntrol ( indicato r light) . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Engine coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Radiator fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Engine o il . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
adding ... .. .... .. ... .. .. ..... ... .. 203
Changi ng . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Checking the oi l level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Dipst ick ... .. .... .. .. ....... 200, 201, 203
Ind icator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Oil consumpt ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Spec ificat io n and viscosity . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
T empe rat ure indica to r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
U se ...... .. .... .. .. .. ........... .. 203
Engine speed lim itation ( indicato r light) . . . 23
Environment Break-in per iod . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Diesel pa rticulate f ilter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19S
Dispos ing of your veh icle battery . . . . . . .
211
D rivi ng at high speeds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Letting the vehicle stand and warm up . . . . 71
P roper disposal of d ra ined bra ke fl uid . . . 20 7
Proper disposal of d ra ined eng ine oi l . . . . 204
U nleaded fuel .. .. .. ................. 190
Wha t shou ld I do with an o ld battery? ... 211
EPC (engine cont ro l) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
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ESC Automatic post-collision braking system 123
Electronic stabilization control . . . . . . . . . 123
Spor t mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
also refer to Elec tronic Stabili za tion Control
( E SC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
ESP
r e fer to Electronic Stabilization
Control (ESC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Event Data Recorder (EDR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Exterior lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Exterior mirrors Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 7
Dimming ... .. .. ........... .. .. .. .. .. 48
f olding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
F
Fastening
Booster seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Convertible ch ild safety seats . . . . . . . . . . 179
Infant seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
F loor mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
F og lights/rear fog light(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Folding the exterior mirrors Center locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 7
Folding the rear seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Foot pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Footwell lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
F or the sake of the environment
Environmentally-friendly driving . . . . . . . . 70
Fue ling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Leaks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Rear window defogger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Freeze protection
Windshield washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Fr ont airbags
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
H ow they work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Frontal collisions and the laws of physics . . 141
Fr ont armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Fr ont passenger's door emergency locking . . 39
Front seats Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Ch ild restra ints in the front seat . . . . . . . . 149
also refer to Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53, 60
Index
Fuel
Additives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
B lended gaso line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Current consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Fuel filler neck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Fuel gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10, 1 1
Fuel tank capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Gasoline addit ives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Octane rating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Recommendation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Saving fuel . ..... ................ 70, 112
Fuel economy messages (efficiency program)
30
Fueling
Fuel filler door emergency release . . . . . . 194
Fuel gauge .. .. .. ..... ........... ... . 11
Fuel tank capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Open ing the fuel filler door . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Fuses Ass ignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Interior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
replacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
G
Garment hooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Gas discharge lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
G lossary of tire and loading terminology . . 216
Glove compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
CD changer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR) . . . . . 258
H
Head light range control system . . . . . . . . . . 43
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43, 45
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Headl ight range control system . . . . . . . . . 43
Left hand drive, right hand drive . . . . . . . . . 46
T rave l mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
removing and installing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
271
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Index
Heated exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Rear window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Washer fluid nozzles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Heating (diesel engine auxiliary heater) . . . . 69
Heavy clothing and safety belts . . . . . . . . . . 142
Hex socket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
High voltage warning label . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Highway light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
44
Hill descent control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Hill hold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Hill hold assist
refer to Hill hold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
8
How are child restraint system anchors relat-
ed to child safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
How many airbags does my vehicle have? . . 155
How safety belt pretensioners work 146
I
Ignition
I ndicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Switching on/off (with button) . . . . . . . . . . 75
Ignition key safety interlock . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Ignition lock
mechanical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
I mbalance (wheels) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Important things to do before driving . . . . 130
I mp roperly worn safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
I nfant seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Inflation pressure (tires) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Inspection interval with driver information system . . . . . . . . . 212
I nstalling chi ld safety seats
Safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
I nstalling the upper tether strap on the an
chorage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Instrument cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Adjusting the lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
I nterior lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Intermittent (windshield wipers) . . . . . . . . . 49
272
J
Jump-starting
Jump start cables 252
253
K
Key........
.. .. .. .. .. ............. .. . 33
Checking the number. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Driver messages (mechanical ignition key) . 77
Driver messages (with convenience key) . . . 77
Key not recognized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Key replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Rep lacing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
unlocking/locking .. ............ 35, 36 , 37
Key recognition Cl imate control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Kick-down Automatic transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Knee airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
How they work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Important safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . 166
L
Lane assist
refer to Active lane assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Lap timer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Evaluating recorded times . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
LATC H . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Installing a child restraint . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Mounting and releasing the anchorage
hook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Launch Control-Program (automatic transmis-
s ion) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Leather care/cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Leaving home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
LED headlights All-weather lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Left hand drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Lifting jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Light Adaptive light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Adjusting automatic headlights . . . . . . . . . 45
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Index
On-Board Diagnostic System (OBD) Data Link Connector (DLC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Electronic speed lim iter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Opening. .. .. .. .. .... .. ... .... .. .. .. .. 33
F ue l filler door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Luggage compartment lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Panorama sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Windows .. .. .... ........... .. .. .... 40
Opening/closing with the central locking switch . . . . . . . . . . 3 7
with the convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
with the door lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 7
Othe r equipment (eff iciency program) . . . . . 30
Outside temperature display . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Overview (Cockpit)
Owner's Literature
p
Paint damage ..............
... .... . 8
s
237
Paint No. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Panorama sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Conven ience opening/closing . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Emergency closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Parking aid Cleaning sensors/camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Emergency braking function . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Power supply fa ilure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Setting/releasing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Starting from a stop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
also refer to Parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Parking light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Parking system Adjusting the display/warning tone . . . . . 121
Cleaning the rearview camera . . . . . . . . . . 118
Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Parking system plus .. ...... .... ... .. . 116
Peripheral display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Rearview camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
a/sorefertoPark ingsystems ... .. . 116,117
Parking systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Rear parking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Parking (automatic transmission) . . . . . . 84, 85
274 particulate
filter
refer to Diesel particu late filter . . . . . . . . 195
Parts replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Pass-through . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
PASSENGER A IR BAG OFF light . . . . . . . . . . 160
Pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Peripheral display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Physical principles of a frontal collision . . . 141
Polishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Pollen filter
refer to Pollutant filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Pollutant filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Power seat adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Windows . .. .. .. .. .. ........ ..... .. . 40
Power windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Convenience opening/closing . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Pregnant women Special considerations when wearing a safe-
ty belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Preheating With button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
with key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Pre sense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Basic (description) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Driver messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102, 106
Front (description) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
General information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Pressure (tires) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Proper occupant seating positions . . . . . . . 131
Proper safety belt position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Proper seating posit ion
Front passenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Occupants. .... .. .. .. ............. .. 131
Rear passengers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Protecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Protection mat
refer to Reversible mat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Q
Question
What happens to unbelted occupants? . . 141
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Index
Safety features for occupant restraint and
protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Safety guidelines Seat adjustment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S3
Safety instructions for side curta in airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
for using child safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
fo r using safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Monitoring the Advanced Airbag System . 162
Safety systems (indicator light) . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Screwdriver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Seat adjustment Driver's seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Fr ont passenger's seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Safety guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Seat heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Seating position Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Front passenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
How to adjust the front seats . . . . . . . . . . 132
Incorrect seat posit ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Occupants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Rear passengers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Seats
adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54, 55
Correct seating posit ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Folding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Seats (number) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Selective catalytic reduction
refer to Ad Blue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Select ive wheel torque control . . . . . . . . . . 123
Selector lever (automatic transmission)
Emergency operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Service and disposal Safety belt pretensioner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Service interval display
w ith driver information system . . . . . . . . . 212
Setting the clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Setting the date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Sett ing the temperature
automatic climate control system . . . . . . . 67
Setting the time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
SETUP (basic settings) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Shift paddles (automat ic transm iss ion) . . . . 87
Short-term memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
276
Side airbags
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Howtheywork ... .. ................. 168
Side assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Adjusting the brightness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Cleaning the sensors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Sensor range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
switching on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
also refer to Side assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Side curtain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
How they work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Sliding/tilting sunroof
refer to Panorama sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
All wheel drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Socket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Sources of information about child restraints
and their use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Speed limiter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Speed warning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Sport mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Stabilization program
refer to Electronic Stabilization
Control (ESC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Star button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
START ENGINE STOP button (conven ience
key) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
START ENGINE STOP (convenience key) . . . . . 76
Start ing
Hill ho ld . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Starting from a stop Hill start assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Starting (engine) Malfunction (button) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Malfunction (key) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
With button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7S
With key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Steering Electromechanical steering .......... 126, 0
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Locking steering (ignition key) . . . . . . . . . . 74
Locking the steering (button) . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Locking (mechanical ignition lock) . . . . . . . 73
also refer to Electromechanical steering . 126
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Index
w
Warning/ indicator lights
System indicator light (MIL) . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Warn ing/Ind icator lights
A irbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
PASSENG ER AIR BAG OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Warn ing lights
refer to Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 3
Warranty coverages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Washer fluid level (indicator l igh t) . . . . . . . . 24
Washing matte finish paint . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
What happens if you wear your safety belt too
loose? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
What happens to unbelted occupants? . . . . 141
What impairs driving sa fety? . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 1
Wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Wheels . .. .. .. ................. .. ... 214
All wheel dr ive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Clea ning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Glossa ry of t ire and load ing terminology . 216
Replacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 1
Ti res and vehicle load limits . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Wheel wrench . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
When mus t a safety belt be rep laced? . . . . 1 42
When must the airbag system be inspected? 1.60
Where are lower anchorages located? . . . . . 186
W indows
C lea ning/remov ing ice ................ 237
W indshield
cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
defrosting (automatic climate cont rol sys-
tem) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
defrosting (man ual climate contro l system) .65
also refer to Windshield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 9
W indshield washe r system .......... 49, 212
Fil ling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Reservoir capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
W indshield wipers
Clea ning wipe r blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Folding up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
I ndicato r light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Replacing w indshield wiper blades . . . . . . . 50
Sw itching on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
278
Win ter driving
Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Win ter operation
B att ery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Cooling system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Windshie ld washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Winter t ires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Winter use
Car washes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
defrost ing the windsh ield (automat ic cli -
mate control system) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Remov ing ice from windows . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Seat heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
X
Xenon-L ights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Xenon headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43, 46