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14 Index S
Seat Adjusti ngthefron tseat. .. . . . . . .231
Dyn amicdriving se at..... . . . . . . .233
Foldi ngforward . . . . . ..... . . . . . .235
Front multi-con tour seat ... . . . . . .232
Lu mb arsuppor t.. . . . .... . . . . . . .232
Storing setting s. . . . . .... . . . . . . .242
Seat belt . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . .27
Wa rning lamp . . . . . . ..... . . . . . .449
Seat heati ng . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . .233
Fa ult. . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . .440
Seat ventilation Fa ult. . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . .440
Service . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . .393
Service prod ucts . . . . .... . . . . . . .519
Setting the air flow
COMA ND. . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . .211
Front .. . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . .338
Settings Calling up astored setting . . . . . . .242
Fa ctory (key ). . . . . . . ..... . . . . . .222
Fa ctory (KEY LESS GO).... . . . . . .224
Re setting (C OMAND) ..... . . . . . .277
Shift ran ge
Auto matic tr ansmission ... . . . . . .266
Side lamps . . . . . . . . ...... . . . . . .477 Sid
e wi ndow
Faul t. . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . .461
Op eni ng/c losing .... . . . . . . . . . . .254
Sidebags . . . . . . ...... . . . . . . . . . . .34
Ski bag . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . .353
Slidin g/tilti ngsunr oof. . . . . . . . . . .349
Op erati ngmanuall y... . . . . . . . . . .473
Ra inclosing feat ur e. . . . . . . . . . . .350
Re setti ng. . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . .351
Sn ow chains . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . .389
Socket . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . .362
Sound Setting (COM AND) ... . . . . . . . . . . .68
Surrou ndsou nd..... . . . . . . . . . . . .69
Switc hing on/of f(C OM AND). . . . . . .67
Spa re fu ses. . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . .502
Spa re wh eel. . . . .... . . . . . . 402, 488
Spe cial de stina tions .. . . . . . . . . . .159
Speed li miter
Flat tyre . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . .488
Speedtronic . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . .309
Speedometer . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . . .12
Dig ital . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . .278
Spe edtro nic . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . .309
Pe rm anent. . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . .311
Variable . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . .309
SRS . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . .28
Warni nglamp . . ..... . . . . . . . 28, 447 Sta
rting –se e En gine, Startin gthe
engine
Ste eringwheel ... . . . . . . . . . . . . ..238
Butt ons (on-board comp uter ). . . ..273
Ea sy-entry fe ature . . . . . . . . . . . . ..234
Stori ngsettings .. . . . . . . . . . . . . ..242
Ste eringwheel gears hift
butt ons . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..264
Ste eringwheel gears hift
pa ddles . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..264
Ste eringwheel heati ng. . . . . . . . ..238
Sto wage comp artments
Cup holder . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..358
Driver' sse at ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..357
Glove compartment . . . . . . . . . . . ..355
Re ar seat armrest. . . . . . . . . . . . ..357
Sp ectac lesco mp artment . . . . . . ..355
Stow ageb ox... . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..358
St owage compar tment,
ve ntilate d..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..335
Stowa getray ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..356
Telephone compartme nt. . . . . . . ..356
Sum merop ening . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..351
Sun visor . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..361
Surr ound sound .. . . . . . . . . . . . . ...69
Susp ension tuning
ABC . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . ..314 216_R
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15
Index
System settin gs (COMA ND)
Bl ue tooth setting s...... . . . . . . . .200
Disp lay . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . .196
Li ngu atro nics ettings .... . . . . . . .198
Menu overvie w. . . . .... . . . . . . . .196
Pr ogr ammable button .... . . . . . . .199
Re set.. . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . .202
Se tting the syste mlangu age . . . . .199
Te xt reader setting s.... . . . . . . . .198
Ti me settings . . . . . ..... . . . . . . .196 T
Tank capacity . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . .519
Disp lay . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . .13 , 15
Quer yra ng e
(on-board comp uter ). ... . . . . . . . .278
Te chnica lda ta
Ac celeration . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . .511
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . .523
En gine . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . .510
Fr eque ncies
(garage door ope ner) ... . . . . . . . .525
Fu elco nsum ption . . ..... . . . . . . .521
Sp eed. . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . .511
Ty res. . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . .512
Vehi cle dimensi ons. .... . . . . . . . .517
Ve hicle weigh t. . . . .... . . . . . . . .518
Wh eels . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . .512 Telep
hone
"112 "emergency call . . . . . . . . . . .108
Ac cepti ng/e nding ac all
(CO MAND) . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . .112
Ac cepti ng/e nding ac all
(on-board comp uter) . . . . . . . . . . . .283
Call lists. . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . .110
Con fere nc efunctions . . . . . . . . . . .116
En tering the PIN (COMAND) . . . . . .108
Entering the tel ephone num ber. . .113
Keypad . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . . .62
Menu overview ..... . . . . . . . . . . .110
Op eration . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . .106
PI N entry (on-board compute r) . . ..282
Re dial (CO MAND) ... . . . . . . . . . . .113
Re dialling (on-board comp ute r).. . .284
Si ngl eca llco nne ction . . . . . . . . . . .114
Sw itching on/o ff... . . . . . . . . . . . .107
Tr ans ferring a call.. . . . . . . . . . . . .116
Tw oca lls. . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . .115
Unloc kco de . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . .109
Te lep hone comp artment. . . . . . . . .356
Teletext . . . . . . ...... . . . . . . . . . . .104
Televisio n–se e TV
Tem perature
Adjusti ng. . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . .338
Ou tside disp lay. ... . . . . . . . . . . . .272
Se tting (COM AND) .. . . . . . . . . . . .210 Tyre
s.. . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...383
Te xt me ssages (SMS)
Folder stru cture . . . . . . . . . . . . ...123
Menu overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...123
Re ading . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . ...124
Sending . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . ...128
Te xt module s... . . . . . . . . . . . . ...128
Wr iting . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...126
Text reader (COMA ND) . . . . . . . ...198
Third brakelamp
Dis play messag e.. . . . . . . . . . . ...432
Ov erview . ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . ...477
Tighte ning torq ue . . . . . . . . . . . . ...491
Time Setting (COM AND) . . . . . . . . . . ...196
TIREFIT kit
Storage lo catio n. . . . . . . . . . . . ...401
Usi ng. . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...484
TMC (COMA ND) . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...176
To w-away prot ection. . . . . . . . . ....55
Towin geye .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...500
Tractio nsyst em, electronic – see ETS
Tran smission
Dis play messag e.. . . . . . . . . . . ...413
Em ergenc ymo de . . . . . . . . . . . ...458
Fa ulty gear shifts. . . . . . . . . . . . ...458
Transpo rt(vehicle) . . . . . . . . . . . ...501 216_R
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18 At a
glance
Ce ntre console Cent
re co nsole Up
persection
P68.20-3549-31 Fun
ction Pa
ge 1 Auto
maticair distrib ution
and airflo w co ntrol ,left-
ha nd side 338
2 Inc
rease s/reduc esthe
te mperat ure, left-h and
side 338
3 Dem
isting 338
4 Centre
air vent
th um bwh eel, left-h an d
side 5 Resi
dualhe at
Swi tche sau tom atic air
co ndi tioning on /off 340
337
6 Centre
air vent
th um bwh eel, right-h and
side 7 Rear
window heating 339
8 Inc
rease s/reduc esthe
te mperat ure,ri ght- hand
side 338
9 Auto
maticairflow anda ir
distrib ution co ntrol ,right-
ha nd side 338 Fu
nction Page
a Incr
ease s/redu ces the
airflow, right- hand side 338
b Au
xiliar yhe ating* /
hea ter bo ostersyst em* 341
345
c Air-re
circulati onmo de 339
d Incr
ease s/redu ces the
airflo w,left-ha nd side 338
e Co
verfo r CD and
DV Dplayer /chang er* 77
f Co
mpar tmentfor
ash tray*
or
Stowag ecompar tment 361
356
g Co
mp artm entfo rc up
hold er*
or
Stowag ecompar tment 356216_R
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22 At a
glance
Stowage compartments Stowage
comp artments
P68.00-4341-31216_R
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23
At a glan
ce
St owa gecompa rtments Fu
nction Pa
ge 1 Gl
ove compar tment 355
2 St
owa ge co mpartme nt
und erthe front-passenger
se at
First- aid kit 400
3 Fr
ont-p assenger door
st owage compar tment 4 St
owa ge co mpartme nts
un der the centre armr est 356
5 Cup
holder in the rear seat
armr est 359
6 St
owa ge co mpartme nt
und er th erear se atarmr est
St owa ge co mpartme nt
between therear seats 357
357
7 Stowag
ebox in the rear 358 Fun
ction Page
8 Side
stowa ge
co mp artm ent in the boot
Retaine rfo r the Owner’s
Manua lwallet 360
9 St
orag ewe llbe neath the
boot floor 359
a Side
stowa ge
co mp artm ent in the boot b Dr
iver ’sdo or stowage
comp artm ent c St
owage compar tment
und erthe driv er’s se at
Fi re exti nguish er* 400
d St
owage compar tment in
the centre console
Cup holder* 356
358 Fun
ction Page
e St
owage compar tmentin
the centre console
12 Vso ck et
Ashtr ay/c igarette lighter* 356
362
361
f Luggage net in the
front-
passenger footwell g Ca
rd ho lder on thesun
vi sor 361
h Spectac
lescompar tment
in the overhea dco ntro l
pa nel 355
j Ca
rd ho lder on thesun
vi sor 361216_R
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26 Safety
Oc
cupant safety
Th isse ction wi llfami liarise youwi th the
mo stimpo rta ntfeatu resof th erestraint
syste msin your vehicle. In the ev entof an
ac cide nt, your vehicle may collide with an-
othe robjec t,e. g. an othe rveh icle .Th ismay
cause your vehicle to accele rate or decel-
erate extre mely qui ckly. Dur ing this accel-
er ation or dece leration, thevehicle
oc cupants will bepropelled in th eopposite
directi onto th eforce of the impa ct.Th is
me ans th atthe vehicl eoc cu pa nts risk be-
in gi njur edon th evehicl einterior or on
parts of the ve hicle. The purpos eof com-
plement aryrestraint syste ms, i.e. princ i-
pally the seat belts supp leme nted bybelt
te ns ioners, beltfo rce limi ters andairbags
wh ere necessary ,is to minimi se this ri skof
inj ury. Ho wever, seatbelts andai rb ag s are
ge ne rally unableto prevent inju ries caused
by obje ctspenet rating the vehicle from the
ou tside. Th
em ostimp orta ntres trai nt syste ms are:
! Seat belts
! Rest raintsys tems forch ildr en ,asth ey
ar e the mosteffe cti ve mean s to res tric t
occ upant mov ementin the even t ofan
accident
Add itional prote ction is provi dedby:
! SRSs ystem (Sup plementa lRe straint
Sy stem) consis ting of:
! Belttens ione rs
! Belt forc e limit ers
! Airbags
! PRE -SAFE ®
(p reventive occupant safe-
ty)
i Airbags increas eth e protec tion of ve hicle
oc cupan tswearing a seat belt.How ever,airba gs
are only an addit iona lres trai nt syste mwhich
co mp leme nts, but does not replace, the seat
belt. Allve hicle oc cupant smust wear their seat
be ltco rrec tly at all time s,even ifth e ve hicle is
equipped with airbags .This is because on the
one hand, airbag sarenotdeployed in all types of
accid ent,as in some situ ations airbag dep loy-
me nt would not increase the protec tion afforded
to vehicle oc cupant s,provided they are wearing
the sea tbelts correc tly. On
the ot herh and, ai rbag deploym entonly pro-
vi des increased protec tion if theseat belt is worn
co rrec tly, bec ause:
! the seat bel thelps tokeep the veh icleoccu-
pan tinth eb est positio ninrelation to theair-
bag
! for example, in a head-on collision, these at
belt canto alarge ex tent preve ntthe oc cu-
pant from being propelled towa rds the force
of the impac t,and isthus be tter sui tedto
prevent inj ury
Th us, in acc ident sit uations where an airbag is
deployed, it only provide saddit iona l protec tion
to that prov ided bythe sea tbel t if th e seatbel t
is worn correc tly. Oc
cupant safety Restra
intsyst ems 216_R
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49
Safety
Driving safety sys tems
ESP ®
mo nito rs the driving stab ility and
the tr action ,i.e .tra nsferof power from the
tyres to the road surf ace.
ESP ®
dete ctswh en awhe elsp inso rthe ve-
hicl e enters aski d.ESP ®
stabilises th eve-
hicl eby br aking indiv idua lwh eels ,limit ing
th e en gine powe rou tput, and ass ists you
wh en pulling away on a wet or slippery
ro ad surfac e. ESP ®
also stabilises the vehi-
cl e when brakin g.
Whe nESP ®
int ervene s,the v warning
lamp flashes intheinst ru me ntclus ter.
!The ignit ionmust be swit ched off (key in po-
sit ion 0or 1in the ignit ion loc k)ifthe vehicle is
to be towe dw itht he fron tor rear axle rais ed. Ap-
plication of the bra kes by ESP®
co uld ot he rwise
des troy the bra king system on thefront /rear ax-
le. ETS (ele
ctro nictractio nco ntro l syst
em)
Th etra ction co ntrol syste misac om po-
nent of ESP®
.
The trac tion contro lsyst em br akes the
drive wheels indi vidually if th ey start to
sp in.Y ou cantheref orepu llaw ay oraccel-
erate on slip pery surfac es, e.g. on roads
that areslippery onone side.
The tract ionco ntro l syst emis st illact ive if
you de activ ate ESP ®
. De
acti vatin g/activa ting ESP ®
ESP ®
is ac tiva ted autom atical ly whe nthe
ig ni tio nis sw itch ed on.
It ma y be best to deactivate ESP®
in the
fo llo wing situations:
! if sn owcha insar e bein gused
! inde ep sn ow
! onsand or gravel ESP
®
(E lec tron icStability Program) G
Risk ofaccide nt If
the v warning lam pflas hes in th ein-
strument cl uster, procee das follows:
! Under no circ um stance ssho uld you de-
ac tivate ESP®
.
! Only depresst he accel erator pedalas
fa r as necessary when pulling away.
! Adapt yo urdriv ing style tosuitthe pre-
va iling roa dan dweather con dition s.
Ot he rwis e, the vehicle could be gin to skid.
ESP ®
canno tred uceth erisk of an accid ent
if yo udri ve toofa st. ESP ®
ca nn ot ov erride
the laws ofphysi cs. G
Risk of acc ident Th
etract ionc ontrol syst emcannot reduce
th erisk ofan accident ifyou drive too fast.
The trac tion control system canno toverride
th elaws of physics. 216_R
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54 Safety
Anti-theft systems
Th
eim mo biliser preve ntsyou r ve hicle
fr om bein gst ar tedby an un author ised per-
so n. Ac
tivatin gthe immobiliser
6 With the key: remo vethe key from the
ig ni tion lock.
6 With KEYL ESS GO*:press the
KEYLESS GO button.
Th eengi neswitc hesof f. De
acti vating thei mm obiliser
6 With the key:switch onthe ig nitio n.
6 With KEY LESS GO*: press the
KEYL ESSGO button twi cewithout
depressing th ebrake.
i The immobiliser is always deactiva ted when
you start the engine. A
visual and audible alarm istrig ge redif
th ealarm system is pr imed andyou open:
! ado or
! the boot lid
! the bonnet
Th ealarm is also triggered if a do oris
op ened usin g theem erge ncyke yeleme nt.
i Thea larmis not switch ed off even if you
close an open doo ragain.
1 Indica torlamp 6
To prim e:lock theve hicle usin g the
key.
Th ealarm system is prim ed . In dica tor
la mp 1flashe s.It wi llbe possib lefor
th ealarm of theant i-th eftalarm sys-
tem to betrig gered after approxim ately
30 seco nds.
6 To dea ctivate: unlock the vehicle us-
ing th ekey.
i Youcan as sign thefo llow ingfu nctions to
th ep rogram mable bu tton in thece ntre console
(= page 199):
! Inte rior motion det ection
! Tow-away pro tection
! Inte rior motion de tection and tow-a waypro-
tect ion
You can deactivat eth ef un ctions by pre ssing the
program mable button. Switc
hing offthe ala rm
6 With thekey:insert the key in to th eig-
nition lock.
or
6 Press theŒ or‹ button on the
key. An
ti-theft systems Imm
obiliser An
ti-theft alarm syst em
P80.20-2845-31 216_R
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Safety
Anti -theft sy stems
6 With KEYLESS GO*:pull theou tside
of the door handl e.
Th e key mustbe outside th evehicle.
or
6 Pressthe KEY LESS GO*button.
Th e key mustbe inside the vehicle.
A visual and au diblealar m is ac tiva tedif
you rvehicle ’s angleof incli nation cha nges
wh ile to w-awa yprote ction is prim ed.
De activate tow-a waypr otection if your ve-
hicle:
! isto be tra nspo rted
! isbeing loaded, e.g. onto aferry
! isparke don amova bles urface, e.g. a
car tra nsporter
Th iswillpr ev en t false alarms.
i Theto w- away pro tectionalarm is trigg ered
if th eve hicle is jack ed up on one side, for exam-
pl e.
6 To pri meor de activa te: (= page 209).
i Tow-aw ay pro tection is aut omatica lly deac-
ti va tedw henyo uun lock your veh icle.Tow- away
protec tion re mains deac tiva tedun tilyo u loc kthe
ve hicle again. A vi
sual an d audible alarm istrigg ered if
yo ur vehicl eis lo ckedand mov ementis de-
tecte d inside ,e.g. if:
! somebo dysmashe sone of theside
windows
! somebod yreac hesinside th eve hicle
De activa te theint erior motion sensor if
yo u lo ckyour vehicl ean d:
! peopl eoran im alsre mai nin the ve hicle
! the windows remain open
! thes lidin g/tilting sunroo frem ains
op en
Th iswillpr ev en tfa lse alarms.
6 Toprim eor deactivate:
( = page 208). i
Thei nter ior motion sensor re mains deac ti-
va ted until you loc kth ev ehicle again.
i Theint erior moti on sensor can only func tion
co rrec tlyi fth e windows and theslidin g/tilting
sunroof are clos ed.
i Donot leav eanything, e.g. mas cots,ha ng-
ing onther ear-view mirror or on the grab han-
dles on the roof trim. These could ot herwise
tr igg er fa lse alarms. Tow
-awa yprotec tion* In
te rior motio nse nsor* G
Risk of inj ury Do
not leav ech ildr en un super vise din the
vehi cle. They could open the doo rs,r elea se
the elec tric parking bra keorinju re them-
selv eson movi ng parts, thus endangering
them selves and othe rs. 216_R
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63
COM
AND
CO MA ND introd uction Menu over
view
Be low is th elayo utofthe mainfu nc tions and their basic menus.
Eac hma infunction ha sa bas icmenu. Each item in thebasic menu ha sse veralsu bme nuitem s. Operati
ngCOMANDCom mands/ basic men us Naviga
tion* Aud
io Te
leph one* Vi
deo Ve
hicle Map displ
ay Ra
dio Teleph
one* TV* Re
ar window blind* Mode CD Add
ress book* DV
Dvideo Ex
terior mi rror
co nveni ence settings Aud
ioDVD* Mes
sage s* Vi
deo off Easy
-entry/e xitfe at ure MP3 Te
lephone off* Ex
terior lighti ng
del ayed switch-off Audio off Interior lightin
gdelayed
switch -off Am
bien tlight* Lo
catorlight ing Auto
matic locking In
te rior motion sensor* Tow-a
wayprot ection* Bo
ot lid ope ning
lim iter* 216_R
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