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End-of-Life Vehicle
Recovery
Information on end-of-life vehicle
recovery centres and the recycling
of end-of-life vehicles is available on
our website. Only entrust this work
to an authorised recycling centre.
Gas vehicles must be recycled by a
service centre authorised for gas
vehicles.
Vehicle Checks
Doing Your Own
Service Work
{Warning
Only perform engine compartment
checks when the ignition is off.
The cooling fan may start
operating even if the ignition
is off.
{Danger
The ignition system uses
extremely high voltage. Do not
touch.
Bonnet
Opening
Pull the release lever and return it to
its original position.

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Push the safety catch and open the
bonnet.
Secure the bonnet support.If the bonnet is opened during an
Autostop, the engine will be
restarted automatically for safety
reasons.
Closing
Before closing the bonnet, press the
support into the holder. Lower the
bonnet and allow it to fall into the
latch from a low height (20-25 cm).
Check that the bonnet is engaged.
Caution
Do not press the bonnet into the
latch, to avoid dents.
Engine Oil
Check the engine oil level manually
on a regular basis to prevent
damage to the engine.
Ensure that the correct specification
of oil is used. Recommended fluids
and lubricants
0Recommended
Fluids and Lubricants 0195. Check with the vehicle on a level
surface. The engine must be at
operating temperature and switched
off for at least 5 minutes.
Pull out the dipstick, wipe it clean,
insert it to the stop on the handle,
pull out and read the engine oil
level.
Insert dipstick to the stop on the
handle and make half a turn.When the engine oil level has
dropped to the MIN mark, top up
engine oil.

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Wiper blade on the rear
window
Lift wiper arm. Push the wiper
blade, slightly angled to the wiper
arm, downwards until it disengages.
Attach the wiper blade, slightly
angled to the wiper arm, and push
until it engages.
Lower wiper arm carefully.
Bulb Replacement
Switch off the ignition and switch off
the relevant switch or close the
doors.
Only hold a new bulb at the base!
Do not touch the bulb glass with
bare hands.
Use only the same bulb type for
replacement.
Replace headlamp bulbs from within
the engine compartment.
Bulb check
After a bulb replacement switch on
the ignition, operate and check the
lights.
Headlamps and Parking
Lamps
Dipped beam and main beam
1. Unscrew the three screws.
2. Carefully withdraw theheadlight assembly from
retaining pins and remove as
shown in illustration and
remove, make sure that cable
duct remains in position.
3. Detach plug connector from bulb.

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Directional tyres
Directional tyres must be mounted
so that they rotate in the correct
direction. The proper rotation
direction is indicated by a symbol
(e.g. an arrow) on the sidewall.
Tyre Pressure
Check the pressure of cold tyres at
least every 14 days and before any
long journey. Do not forget the
spare wheel. This also applies to
vehicles with tyre pressure
monitoring system.
Unscrew the valve cap.
Tyre pressure0Tyre
Pressure 0204.
The tyre pressure information label
on the left door frame indicates the
original equipment tyres and the
correspondent tyre pressures.
Always inflate the spare tyre to the
pressure specified for full load.
The ECO tyre pressure serves to
achieve the lowest fuel consumption
possible.
Incorrect tyre pressures will impair
safety, vehicle handling, comfort and
fuel economy and will increase
tyre wear.
Tyre pressures differ depending on
various options. For the correct tyre
pressure value, follow the procedure
below: 1. Identify the engine identifier code.
0Engine Data 0202.
2. Identify the respective tyre.
The tyre pressure tables show all
possible tyre combinations
0Tyre
Pressure 0204 For the tyres approved for your
vehicle, refer to the EEC Certificate
of Conformity provided with your
vehicle or other national registration
documents.
The driver is responsible for correct
adjustment of tyre pressure.
{Warning
If the pressure is too low, this can
result in considerable tyre
warmup and internal damage,
leading to tread separation and
even to tyre blow-out at high
speeds.
If the tyre pressure must be reduced
or increased on a vehicle with tyre
pressure monitoring system, switch
off ignition.
After adjusting tyre pressure switch
on ignition and select the according
setting on the page Tyre load in the
Driver Information Centre,
0Driver
Information Centre (DIC) 075.

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IndexA
Accessories andModifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Accessory Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Adjustable Air Vents . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Adjustments Seat, Initial Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Air Conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Air Conditioning Regular Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Air Filter, Passenger Compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Air Intake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Airbags Curtain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Light On-Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
On-Off Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
On-Off Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Safety Belt Tensioner Light . . . . . 70
Side . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
System Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Alarm System Anti-theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
AM-FM Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Anti-theft Alarm System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Antilock Brake System (ABS) . . . 142 Antilock Brake System
(ABS) (cont'd)
Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Appearance Care
Exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Interior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Audio System Theft-Deterrent Feature . . . . . . . . . 92
Auto Stop Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Automatic
Engine Start/Stop Feature . . . . 137
Auxiliary Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
B
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Jump Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Power Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Blade Replacement, Wiper . . . . . 162
Bluetooth
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116
Bonnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Bonnet Ajar Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141, 160 Antilock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Brake and Clutch SystemWarning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

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Brakes (cont'd)Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Bulb Replacement Centre High-Mounted
Brake lamp (CHMBL) . . . . . . . 167
Fog Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Front Indicator Lamps . . . . . . . . 165
Headlamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Headlamps and Parking Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Instrument Panel Illumination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Interior Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Number Plate Lamps . . . . . . . . . 168
Position Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Side Indicator Lamps . . . . . . . . . 167
Taillights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Buzzers, Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
C
Capacities and
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Car Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Carbon Monoxide Engine Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Fuel Consumption CO2Emissions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Catalytic Converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Caution, Danger, and Warning . . . . 4 Central Locking System . . . . . . . . . 22
Centre Console Lighting . . . . . . . . . 90
Centre High-Mounted Brake
lamp (CHMBL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Chains, Tyre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Charging System Light . . . . . . . . . . 70
Check Malfunction Indicator EngineLight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Child Restraint Installation Locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Child Restraint Systems Top Tether . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Child Restraints Installation Locations . . . . . . . . . . . 46
ISOFIX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Cleaning Exterior Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Interior Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Climate Control System
Electronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Climate Control Systems Heating and Ventilation . . . . . . . 125
Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Compact Spare Tyre . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Compartments
Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Conformity Declaration of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Control Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Control of a Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Convenience Net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Convex Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Coolant Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Engine Temperature Gauge . . . . 68
Engine TemperatureWarning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Cornering Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Covers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Misted Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Rear Compartment/Storage
Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148 Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Cupholders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Curtain Airbag System . . . . . . . . . . . 43

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D
Danger, Warning, and Caution . . . . 4
Data Recorders, Event . . . . . . . . . 206
Daytime RunningLamps (DRL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Declaration of Conformity . . . . . . . 205
Devices Auxiliary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Dimensions Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Displays Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Door Ajar Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Central Locking System . . . . . . . . 22
Driver Assistance Systems . . . . . 148
Driver Information Centre (DIC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
E
Electrical SystemEngine Compartment FuseBlock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169 Electrical System (cont'd)
Instrument Panel Fuse
Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Electronic Climate Control
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Electronic Stability Control . . . . . . 144
Electronic Stability Control (ESC) Off Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Electronic Stability Control
Indicator Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Emissions - CO2 Fuel Consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
End-of-Life Vehicle Recovery . . . 157
Engine Automatic Start/StopFeature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Check and Service Engine Soon Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Coolant Temperature Gauge . . . . 68
Coolant Temperature Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Oil Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Reduced Power Light . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18, 136
Engine Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Engine Identification . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 Entry Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Event Data Recorders . . . . . . . . . . 206
Exit Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Exterior Lamp Controls . . . . . . . . . . 85
F
First Aid Kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Fixed Air Vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Flat Tyre
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Fluid Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Fog Lamp Light, Rear . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Fog Lamps Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Folding Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Front Airbag System . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Front Fog Lamp Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Front Indicator Lamps . . . . . . . . . . 165
Front Seat Position Seats Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Front Seats
Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Heated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152