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4. Set the jack to the necessaryheight. Position it directly below
the jacking point in a manner
that prevents it from slipping.
Attach jack handle and with the
jack correctly aligned rotate
handle until wheel is clear of
the ground.
5. Unscrew the wheel bolts.
6. Change the wheel.
7. Screw on the wheel bolts.
8. Lower vehicle.
9. that it locates securely and tighten each bolt in a crosswise
sequence. Tightening torque is
140 Nm.
10. Align the valve hole in the wheel cover of the steel wheel
with the tyre valve before
installing.
Install wheel bolt caps or
centre cap on alloy wheel.
11. Install vehicle jacking point cover. 12. Stow and secure the replaced
wheel, the vehicle tools and the
adapter for the locking wheel
bolts.
13. Check the tyre pressure of the installed tyre and the wheel
bolt torque as soon as
possible.
Have the defective tyre
renewed or repaired as soon
as possible.
Jacking position for lifting
platform
Rear arm position of the lifting
platform located centrally under the
recess of the sill.
Front arm position of the lifting
platform at the underbody.
Compact Spare Tyre
Some vehicles are equipped with a
tyre repair kit instead of a spare
wheel.
If mounting a spare wheel, which is
different from the other wheels, this
wheel might be classified as a
temporary spare wheel and the
corresponding speed limits apply,
even though no label indicates this.

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Seek the assistance of a workshop
to check the applicable speed limit.
The spare wheel has a steel rim.
Caution
Use of a spare wheel that is
smaller than the other wheels or
together with winter tyres could
affect drive ability. Have the
defective tyre replaced as soon
as possible.
The spare wheel is located in the
load compartment beneath the floor
covering. It is secured in the recess
with a wing bolt.
The spare wheel well is not
designed for all permitted tyre sizes.
If a wheel wider than the spare must
be stowed in the spare wheel well
after changing wheels, the floor
cover can be placed on the
projecting wheel.
Temporary spare wheel
Use of the temporary spare wheel
could affect drive ability. Have the
defective tyre renewed or repaired
as soon as possible.
Only mount one temporary spare
wheel. Do not drive faster than
80 km/h. Take bends slowly. Do not
use for a long period of time.
Storing a replaced wheel in the
load compartment using a
strap
Use the strap placed in the tool box.
Vehicle tools
0Tools0173. 1. Remove load compartment
cover and lift up load
compartment floor. Position the
Tool box and the damaged
wheel to stand upright into the
tool box spare.
2. Pull up the release knob on top of the rear seat backrest
forward.
3. Place the loop end of the strapfrom tool box through the seat
back latch.
4. Place the hook end of the strap through the loop and pull it until
the strap is fastened securely
to the seat back latch.

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Index 209
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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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

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TowingVehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Traction Control System (TCS) . . . . . . . . 143
Traction Control System (TCS) Off Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Tread Depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Triangle, Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Trip Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Turn and Lane-Change Signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Tyre Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Tyre Pressure Monitoring System Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Tyre Repair Kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Tyres Chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Compact Spare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Designations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Pressure Monitor System . . . . . 176
Winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Tyres and Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174U
Ultrasonic Parking Sensor Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Using This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
V
Variable Effort Steering Light . . . . 71
Vehicle Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Identification Number (VIN) . . . 200
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Personalisation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Service Soon Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Vehicle Care
Tyre Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Vehicle Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Vehicle Identification Plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Vehicle Recovery
End-of-Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Vehicle Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Vehicle Weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Ventilation Adjustable Air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Fixed Air Vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
W
Warning Caution and Danger . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Lane Departure (LDW) . . . . . . . 150
Warning Buzzers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Warning Triangle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Warnings
Hazard Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Washer Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Weights Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Wheel Covers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Wheels and Tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Windows Heated, Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Windscreen Wiper/Washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Winter Tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Wiper Blade Replacement . . . . . . 162
Wipers Rear Washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62