maintenance OPEL KARL 2015 User Guide

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European service schedule
Required engine oil qualityAll European countries with European service interval
Engine oil quality Petrol engines (including CNG, LPG, E85)
dexos 1
dexos 2
V
In case dexos quality is unavailable you may use max. 1 litre engine oil quality ACEA C3 for topping up once between
each oil change.
Engine oil viscosity grades
All European countries with European service interval
Ambient temperature Petrol
down to -25 °C SAE 5W-30 or SAE 5W-40
below -25 °C SAE 0W-30 or SAE 0W-40
International service schedule
Required engine oil quality
All countries with international service interval
Engine oil quality Petrol engines (including CNG, LPG, E85)

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All countries with international service interval
dexos 1
V
dexos 2V
In case dexos quality is unavailable you may use the oil qualities listed below :
All countries with international service interval
Engine oil quality Petrol engines (including CNG, LPG, E85)
GM-LL-A-025
V
GM-LL-B-025 -
ACEA A3/B3
V
ACEA A3/B4V
ACEA C3V
API SMV
API SN resource conservingV

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Engine oil viscosity grades
All countries with international service interval
Ambient temperature Petrol
down to -25 °C SAE 5W-30 or SAE 5W-40
below -25 °C SAE 0W-30 or SAE 0W-40
down to -20 °C SAE 10W-30 1) or SAE 10W-40 1)
1) Permitted, but use of SAE 5W-30 or SAE 5W-40 with dexos quality is recommended.

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212 Index
L
LampsCornering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Daytime Running (DRL) . . . . . . . . 86
Exterior Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Front Fog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Front Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Headlamps and ParkingLamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Interior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89, 168
Malfunction Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Misted Covers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Number Plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Rear Fog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Reversing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Side Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Taillights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Lane Departure Warning (LDW) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Lane Departure Warning Light . . . 72
Light Electronic Stability Control(ESC), Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Gear Shifting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Traction Control
System (TCS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Variable Effort Steering . . . . . . . . . 71
Light, Auto Stop Mode . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Lighting
Centre Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Exit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Illumination Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Airbag and Safety Belt
Tensioner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Airbag On-Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Antilock Brake System (ABS) Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Bonnet Ajar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Brake and Clutch System . . . . . . . 71
Charging System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Door Ajar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Engine Coolant Temperature Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Engine Oil Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Fog Lamp, Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Front Fog Lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Immobiliser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Lane Departure Warning . . . . . . . . 72
Low Fuel Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Main-Beam On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Main/Dipped Beam Changer . . . . 86
Reduced Engine Power . . . . . . . . 74
Seat Belt Reminders . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Lights (cont'd)
Service Vehicle Soon . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Tail lamp Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Tyre Pressure Monitoring
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Ultrasonic Parking Sensor . . . . . . 72
Lights, Hazard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Load Compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
LoadCompartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Loading the Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Locks Central Locking System . . . . . . . . 22
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Low Fuel Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . 73
M
Main-Beam On Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Maintenance Air Conditioning Regular
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Maintenance Schedule Recommended Fluids andLubricants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Malfunction Indicator Lamp . . . . . . 70
Manual Gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Manual Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Memorised Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Messages
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

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Ride Control Systems . . . . . . . . . . 144Electronic Stability (ESC) . . . . . 144
Roof Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Running-In, New Vehicle . . . . . . . 135
S
Safety Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Child Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Three-Point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Safety Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Seat Belts Reminders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Seats Adjustment, Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Head Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Heated Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Position, Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 Accessories andModifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Doing Your Own Work . . . . . . . . 157
Engine Soon Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Vehicle Soon Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Service and Maintenance Service Information . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Service Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Service Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194 Settings
Memorised . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Side Airbag System . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Side Indicator Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Signals, Turn and Lane-Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Spare Tyre
Compact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Specifications and Capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Speed Limiter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Start Assist, Hills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Starting the Engine . . . . . . . . . 18, 136
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 Heated Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Wheel Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Wheel Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Storage Load Compartment . . . . . . . . . 25, 53
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Storage Areas Convenience Net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Glove Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Information on Loading theVehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Instrument Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Storage Areas (cont'd)
Rear Compartment/Storage
Panel Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Storage Compartments . . . . . . . . . . 52
Sun Visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Switches
Airbag On-Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Systems
Driver Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
T
Tail lamp Indicator Light . . . . . . . . . 74
Taillights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Technical DataTyre Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Temperature Outside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Theft-Deterrent Systems Immobiliser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Thermometer Outside Temperature . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Three-Point Safety Belt . . . . . . . . . . 37
Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Top Tether Child Restraint Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51