key Seat Alhambra 2010 Repair Manual

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Fuses
Introduction
Due to the constant update of vehicles, fuse assignments depending on
equipment and the use of the same fuse for various electrical components, at
the time of printing this manual it is not possible to provide an up-to-date
summary of the electrical components fuse positions. For detailed informa-
tion about the fuse positions, please consult a qualified workshop.
In general, a fuse can be assigned to various electrical components. Like-
wise, an electrical component can be protected by several fuses.
Only replace fuses when the cause of the problem has been solved. If a newly
inserted fuse blows after a short time, you must have the electrical system
checked by a qualified dealership as soon as possible.
Additional information and warnings:
xWorking in the engine compartment Ÿpage 304
WARNING
The high voltages in the electrical system can give serious electrical
shocks, causing burns and even death!
xNever touch the electrical wiring of the ignition system.
xTake care not to cause short circuits in the electrical system.
WARNING
Using unsuitable fuses, repairing fuses or bridging a current circuit without
fuses can cause a fire and serious injury.
xNever use a fuse with a higher value. Only replace fuses with a fuse of
the same amperage (same colour and markings) and size.
xNever repair a fuse.
xNever replace a fuse by a metal strip, staple or similar.
Caution
xTo avoid damage to the vehicles electric system, before replacing a fuse
turn off the ignition, the lights and all electrical elements and remove the
keys from the ignition.
xIf you replace a fuse with higher-rating fuse, you could cause damage to
another part of the electrical system.
xProtect the fuse boxes when open to avoid the entry of dust or humidity.
Dirt and humidity inside fuse boxes can cause damage to the electrical
system.
Note
One single consumer could have more than one fuse.
Note
Several consumers could run over one single fuse.
WARNING (continued)

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Indicator
Several warning and control lamps should light up for a few seconds when
the ignition is switched. This signals that the lamp is working properly. They
will switch off after a few seconds.
Checking the bulbs of a trailer
For vehicles with the factory fitted trailer system, certain trailer lights are also
controlled if the socket is correctly connected.
A fault on a trailer turn indicator is indicated on the instrument panel by the
indicator blinking twice as fast (
 or
) Ÿpage 113.
xGeneral fault of all indicators on one side.
xFault in one tail light (on some models, also the registration light).
xFault in two brake lights.
WARNING
If the warning lamps and messages are ignored, the vehicle may stall in
traffic, or may cause accidents and severe injuries.
xNever ignore the warning lamps or text messages.
xStop the vehicle safely as soon as possible.
Caution
Failure to heed the warning lamps and text messages when they appear may
result in faults in the vehicle.
Note
A fault in the LED on the tail lights will not be indicated. However, if the fault
affects all the LEDs then this will be indicated by the indicator .
Information for replacing bulbs
Checklist
To replace a bulb, carry out the following operations always in the order given
Ÿ:
1. Park the vehicle a safe distance from traffic and on suitable ground.
2. Connect the electronic parking brake Ÿpage 210.
3. Turn the light switch to position 0 Ÿpage 113.
4. Move the gear lever into the neutral position Ÿpage 113.
5. Automatic gearbox: Move selector lever to position P Ÿpage 201.
6. Stop the engine and remove the key from the ignition Ÿpage 195.
7. Manual gearbox: Select a gear Ÿpage 201.
8. Wait until all of the passenger compartment lights are turned off
Ÿpage 113.
9. Allow the corresponding bulb to cool.
10. Visually inspect fuses to see if any are blown Ÿpage 356.
11. Replace the bulb according to the instructions Ÿ. Bulbs should only
be replaced by new identical models. Bulb information is displayed on
the bulb socket or on the bulb itself.
12. In general, never touch the bulb glass directly. The heat of the bulb would
cause the fingerprint to evaporate and condense on the reflector. This
will impair the brightness of the headlight.
lights upPossible causeSolution
A vehicle exterior lighting
bulb is not working.Replace the faulty bulb.

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Towing and tow starting
Introduction
When towing, always respect legal requirements.
For technical reasons, it is not possible to tow a vehicle if the battery is flat.
Additional information and warnings:
xElectronic power control and exhaust gases purification system
Ÿpage 255
WARNING
A vehicle with a flat battery should never be towed.
xNever remove the key from the ignition lock. The electronic steering
lock could engage. Then the vehicle will be uncontrollable. You may lose
control of the vehicle and there is a risk of serious accident.
WARNING
When towing the vehicle, the handling and braking efficiency change
considerably. Please observe the following instructions to minimise the
risk of serious accidents and injury:
xAs the driver of the vehicle being towed:
The brake must be depressed must harder as the brake servo does
not operate. Always remain aware to avoid collision with the towing
vehicle.
More strength is required at the steering wheel as the power
steering does not operate when the engine is switched off.
xAs the driver of the towing vehicle:
Accelerate gently and carefully.Avoid sudden braking and manoeuvres.
Brake well in advance than usual and brake gently.
Caution
xCarefully fit and remove the towing ring and its cover to avoid damage to
the vehicle (for example, paintwork).
xWhen towing, fuel could enter the catalytic converter and cause
damage!
Instructions for tow starting
In general, the vehicle should not be started by towing. Jump-starting is
much more preferable Ÿpage 371.
For technical reasons, the following vehicles can not be tow started:
xVehicles with an automatic gearbox.
xVehicles with the KESSY locking and ignition system, given that the elec-
tronic steering lock will certainly not be unlocked.
xVehicles with an electronic parking brake, given that it is possible that the
brake will not be disengaged.
xIf the vehicle battery is flat, it is possible that the engine control units do
not operate correctly.
However, if your vehicle must absolutely be tow-started (manual gearbox):
xEngage 2nd or 3rd gear.
xKeep the clutch pressed down.
xSwitch on the ignition and the hazard warning lights.
xRelease the clutch when both vehicles are moving.
WARNING (continued)

Index393
Index
"Safe" security system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
A
Abroad
Extended stay abroad with your vehicle . . 283
Sale of vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
ABS
See "Braking assist systems" . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Adaptive headlights
Adaptive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
AdBlue
Control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Minimum quantity for a refill . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Refilling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
Tank filling capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
Additional equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
Additional heater
See "Auxiliary heater" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Adjusting passenger exterior mirror . . . . . . . . . 132
Adjustment
Correct sitting position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Electric front seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135Head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Mechanical front seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Rear seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Seat with position memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Adjustments
Folding the backrest of the front passenger's
seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Headlight range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Aerial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Aerial built into the window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
AFS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Air conditioning
see "Climate control" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Air recirculation mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Air vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29, 33
Cleaning instrument panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Curtain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Deactivating the front passenger airbag . . . 36
Deactivating using the key switch . . . . . . . . 36
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Differences between front passenger airbag
systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Faults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
Front airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Knee airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41Locking the vehicle after airbag deployment . .
84
Repairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
Side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Use of child seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Vehicle care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Alarm system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Alcantara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
All-wheel drive
Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332
Winter tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331
Alternator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319
Ambient lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Anodized surfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Antifreeze . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314
Anti-lock brake system (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Antitheft alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Antitheft alarm system
Anti-tow system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
False alarms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Interior monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Antitheft bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354
Anti-theft locking bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339
Anti-theft wheel locking bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340
Anti-tow system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

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Anti-trap function
Electric windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Panorama sliding sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Sunshade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Armrests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Ashtray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Assist systems
Anti-lock brake system (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Auto Hold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Braking assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
CCS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
DCC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Dynamic chassis control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Electronic stability programme (ESP) . . . . 216
Optical parking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Park Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Park assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Park Assist system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Parking sensor system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Rear Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Rear assist system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Start assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Start-Stop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Traction control system (TCS) . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Traction control when accelerating (TCS) . 217
Tyre monitoring indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Assistance systems
Electronic differential lock system (EDS) . . 217
Assisted braking systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Auto Hold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222Automatic belt retainer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Automatic car wash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Switching Auto Hold off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Switching the start assist off . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Automatic consumer disconnection . . . . . . . . 321
Automatic dipped beam control . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Automatic gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Changing gear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
DSG automatic gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Ignition key lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Kickdown system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Launch-Control programme . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Manually unlocking the gear selection lever . .
352
Please also see "Changing gears" . . . . . . . 201
See "Automatic gearbox" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376
Auxiliary heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187, 298
Automatic off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Remote control range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Remote control: replacing the battery . . . . 189
Switching off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Switching on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Things to note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188, 190
User instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Auxiliary heater remote control
Replacing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189AUX-IN connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Axle loads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
B
BAS
See "Braking assist systems" . . . . . . . . . . 217
Battery
Discharge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Discharging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346
See Vehicle battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318
Battery acid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320
Before starting out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Belt height adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Belt tension device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Service and disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Belt tension limiter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Bicycle carrier
Installing a bicycle carrier . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Maximum load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Biodiesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
Bonnet
Closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
Opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
Bottle capacity
Windscreen washer water bottle . . . . . . . . 129
Bottle holders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Brake servo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Electronic parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212

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Emergency braking function . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Specification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Brake servo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215, 216
Brake system
Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Brake systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Brakes
Assisted braking systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Brake fluid level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Changing the brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Emergency brake indicator in case of sudden
braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346
Running-in brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Braking assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Braking assist system (BAS) . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Braking assist system (BAS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Breakdown
Securing the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345
Bulb fault
See changing bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360
C
Card compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Card reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178Care
See "Care of your vehicle" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Vehicle interior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Care of your vehicle
Exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Caring for paintwork . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Carrier system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
CCS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
CD changer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162, 169
Central locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83, 85
Antitheft alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
KESSY system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Locking and unlocking the vehicle . . . . . . . . 84
Central locking system
After airbag deployment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Opening doors individually . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Centre armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Changing
Windscreen wiper blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Changing a wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339
Changing a wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344
Preparations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339
Raising the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342
Wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340
Changing bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360
Bodywork . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367
Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361Front bumper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365
Halogen headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362
Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361
Initial operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361
Number plate light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369
Sea changing bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360
Tail lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366, 367
Tailgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366
Xenon headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364
Changing gear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Automatic gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Engaging gears (manual gearbox) . . . . . . . 204
Manual gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Manually unlocking the gear selection lever . . .
352
Selecting gears (automatic gearbox) . . . . . 205
Warning and control lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Changing gears
Gear recommendation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Tiptronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Changing the battery
of the vehicle key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Changing the wheel
After changing the wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344
Check list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Preparations for changing a wheel . . . . . . 339
Raising the vehicle with the jack . . . . . . . . 343
Upholstery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Checking
Tyre pressures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328
Checking the oil level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310

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Panoramic sliding roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351
Passenger side door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
Sliding doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
Tailgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350
Engine
Noises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Running-in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Engine and ignition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
12 Volt sockets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Ignition lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Immobiliser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Pre-heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Starting engine with KESSY . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Starting the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Stopping the engine with KESSY . . . . . . . . 199
Unauthorised vehicle key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304
Engine coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
Preparation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
Vehicle battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318
Water box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Engine coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313
Checking the level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315
Filler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315
G 12 plus-plus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314
Refilling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314
Engine fault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Engine management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
Checking the oil level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310
Consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
Dipstick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310
Filler opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310
Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310
Topping up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310
ESP
See "Braking assist systems" . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Event Data Recorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Exhaust gas purification system . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Exterior aerial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
Exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Automatically folding exterior mirrors . . . . 132
Controlling function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Synchronised mirror adjustment . . . . . . . . 132
Vehicle care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Extinguisher
Driving with a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
F
Fastening rings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Fault
Dynamic chassis control . . . . . . . . . . 243, 244
Electric windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Park assist system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Parking sensor system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Rear assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236Fault memory
Connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Faults
Climate control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Panorama sliding sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Filling capacity
AdBlue tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Filling the tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
Diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Fuel gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
Petrol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Refilling precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
Filter pre-heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Fire extinguisher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347
Fire extinguishers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347
First aid kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347
First-aid kit
Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347
Fitting
Tow hitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Floor mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Fluids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
Fog light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Foldable wedges
See on-board tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354
Folding down rear seats
Load space . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Folding in exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Folding table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168

Index 400
Folding the backrest of the front passenger's seat
141
Four-wheel-drive
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376
Front airbags
See "Airbag system" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Front passenger airbag
Deactivating using the key switch . . . . . . . . 36
See "Airbag system" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
Depending on the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
Diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Filling the tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Information on consumption . . . . . . . . . . . 299
Petrol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
Type of fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
Fuel consumption
Economic driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Why does fuel consumption increase? . . . 256
Fuel gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
Control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
Fuel tank flap
Closure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Full beam headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Function control
Tow hitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356
Fuse box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357
Identification using colours . . . . . . . . . . . . 357
Identifying blown fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358Preparation before replacing . . . . . . . . . . . 358
Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358
G
G 12 plus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314
G 12 plus-plus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314
Garage door remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Erasing settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Testing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
General overview of the engine compartment 383
Glove box lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Glove compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
H
Handbrake
See "Parking brake" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Hazard warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345
Hazard warning triangle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347
Head restraint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Headlamp range adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Headlight range control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Headlights
Adaptive headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Dipped beam headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Driving abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Headlight washers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Headlights control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Main beam headlight control . . . . . . . . . . . 118Sidelights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Turning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Heated rear window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Heated seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
High pressure cleaning equipment . . . . . . . . . 271
Hitch ball
Electric release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
I
Ignition
See "Engine and ignition" . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Ignition lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Key removal lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Unauthorised vehicle key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Immobiliser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Operating fault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
In case of a breakdown
Securing the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345
In case of an emergency
Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345
Hazard warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345
In case of a breakdown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345
Protecting yourself and securing the vehicle . .
345
In case of emergency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345
Indicator
Changing bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361
Checking the engine oil level . . . . . . . . . . . 309

Index401
Engine oil pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
Vehicle key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Information on consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
Initial operations
Changing bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361
Instrument panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64, 70
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64, 65, 70
Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Service interval display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Integrated child seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Seat belt routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Setting up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Integrated seat belt
Removing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Interior monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
ISOFIX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
J
Jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339
Raising the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342
K
KESSY
Starter button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
KESSY starter and locking system
Engine and ignition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199Key switch
Deactivating the front passenger airbag . . . 36
Keyless
Go . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Assigning a key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Changing the battery (vehicle key) . . . . . . . . 81
Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Locking and unlocking without a key . . . . . . 86
Remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Spare key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Vehicle key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Kickdown system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Knee airbag
See "Airbag system" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
L
Labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Lamps
Audible warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Control lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Warning lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
LATCH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Launch-Control program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Leaving Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Lifting platform . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
Light Assist
See "Main beam headlight control" . . . . . . 118Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
AUTO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Coming home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Daytime driving light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Fog light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Headlight range control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Instrument lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Interior lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Leaving home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Main beam lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Parking light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Reading lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Sounds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Switch lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Turn signal lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Warning lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Load
Driving with the tailgate open . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Transporting a load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Loading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Fastening rings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
General advice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Loading luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . 146
Net partition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Rails and attachment system . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Roof carrier system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Loading the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Index 404
Rails and attachment system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Rain sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Control of function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Raising the vehicle
Check list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343
Jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342
Raising vehicle
Lifting platform . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
With a lifting platform . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
Reading the
Fault memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Rear Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Rear assist
Fault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Mode 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Mode 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Things to note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
User instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Rear assist systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Rear seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Rear vision mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130, 131
Rear vision mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Recommended gear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Recycling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
Refilling precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
Reflective vest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347
Reflective vests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347
Refuelling
Mistakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294Remote control
Auxiliary heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
See "Keys" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Removing ice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Removing snow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Removing wax deposits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Repairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285, 286
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
Labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Lifting platform . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
Plates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Replacement of parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Reprogramming control units . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Retaining hooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Retro-fitting
Two-way radios . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
Vehicle telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
Rev counter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Reversing camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Rocker switches
Tiptronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Rollback anti-trap function
Electric sliding doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Roof carrier system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Roof console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Rubber seals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Run-flat tyres
Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333
Running in
Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251Running-in
Brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
First trips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
Wheels and tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
Running-in brake pads
Please also see "Brakes" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
S
SAFE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88, 200
Safe driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Check list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Safety equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Sale of vehicle
In other countries / continents . . . . . . . . . 283
Salt water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Scrapping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
Seat adjustment
Front seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Seat belt position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Seat belt protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Seat belt warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Seat belt with two buckles
Fastening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Twisting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Unfastening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16, 22
Automatic belt retainer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Belt height adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Belt tension device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27