tailgate Seat Alhambra 2011 Owner's Guide

314
If and when
First aid kit, warning triangle, reflective vests and fire
extingui
shers* Fig. 187 On the boot lid:
Warnin
g tri

angle bracket.
Reflective vests
Some vehic
les will have a driver's door compartment to store a reflective
vest ⇒ page 53.
Warning triangle
With the tailgate open, rotate the lock ⇒ fig. 187 90°. Lower the bracket and
remove the warning triangle.
First-aid kit
There is a first aid kit ⇒ page 141 in the rear left-hand side storage com-
partment of the luggage compartment.
The first aid kit must comply with legal requirements. Check the expiry date
of the contents of the first aid kit.
Fire extinguisher
There is a Fire extinguisher underneath the passenger seat. The fire extinguisher must conform to legal requirements, be ready for use
and be check

ed regularly. Check the certification seal on the extinguisher. WARNING
Loose objects in the passenger compartment can be violently thrown in
ca se of

a sudden manoeuvre or braking and especially in accidents caus-
ing serious injury.
● Secure fire extinguishers, first aid kit, reflective vests and warning
triangl
e securely to their respective supports. 
Emergency locking and unlocking Introduction The doors, tailgate and panoramic sliding roof can be locked manually and
par
ti

ally opened, for example if the key or the central locking is damaged.
Additional information and warnings:
● Vehicle key set ⇒ pag
e 71
● Central locking and locking system ⇒ pag
e 74
● Doors ⇒ page 80
● T

ailgate ⇒  pag
e 84
● Panorama sliding sunroof ⇒ pag
e 92
● In case of emergency ⇒ pag
e 312 

317
If and when
Emergency unlocking the tailgate Fig. 191 From the lug-
gag
e c
ompartment: Re-
move the tailgate cover. Fig. 192 From the lug-
gag
e c

ompartment: Man-
ually unlocking the tail-
gate.
● Remove equipment to access the inside of the tailgate.
● Remove the square cover in the inner trim of the tailgate ⇒ fig. 191.●
Push the release lever ⇒ fig. 192 A in the direction of the arrow to un-
lock the t

ailgate.
● Manually open the tailgate. Safety First Operating instructions Practical tips Technical Data

332
If and when
To replace the tailgate light bulbs Fig. 209 On the boot lid:
Remo
v
e the cover. Fig. 210 On the boot lid:
Remo
v

e the lamp holder. Complete operations only in the sequence given: 1. Always take the checklist into account and take the necessary ac-
tions
⇒ 

page 327. 2. Open the tailgate ⇒ pag
e 84. 3. Extract the cover carefully using the flat part of the screwdriver as a
lev
er (

⇒ fig. 198) on the indent ⇒ fig. 209 1 .
4. Release the lamp holder connector by pulling on the red connector
bloc
k. 5. Press on the attachment tabs in the direction of the arrow
⇒ fig. 210 and pu
l

l out the lamp holder. 6. Replace the faulty bulb by a new identical bulb.
7. Install the lamp holder. The attachment tabs should audibly click
into p
l

ace. 8. Insert the cover. The cover should lock into place. 

333
If and when
To replace the tail light bulbs Fig. 211 On the side of the luggage compartment: To
remo
v
e the left and right hand side tail lights. 1 re-
mov e the c
ap; 2 attachment screw.
Fig. 212 Tail lights on
bodywork:
T

o remove the
lamp holder. 1 to
4 :
Attac hment

tab.
Complete operations only in the sequence given.
Remov
ing the tail light units
Complete operations only in the sequence given: Rear light, left Rear light, right
1. Always take the checklist into account and take the necessary ac-
tions ⇒

 page 327. 2. Open the tailgate ⇒ pag
e 84. 3. Open the storage compartments
on the lef
t

-hand side of the lug-
gage compartment ⇒ page 141. Move the 12 V socket support by
pre
s
sing gently downwards
⇒ fig. 211 B (arrow).
4. Rotate the cap ⇒ fig. 211
1 90°
in the direction of the arr

ow and
remove it.
5. Unscrew the attachment screw
⇒ fig. 211 2 using the screwdriver
from the on-bo ar

d tools ⇒ page 320. The bolt is secured in its posi-
tion. 6. Extract the tail light from the bodywork by carefully pulling back-
ward

s. 7. Pull the red strip on the connector and extract the connector.
8. Disassemble the tail light unit and place it on a flat, clean surface.
Safety First Operating instructions Practical tips Technical Data

334
If and when
To change the bulb 9. To release the lamp holder, press on the attachment tabs
⇒ fig. 212
1 to
4 in the direction of the arrow.
10. Remove the lamp holder from the tail light unit.
11. Replace the faulty bulb by a new identical bulb.
12. Place the lamp holder in the tail light unit. The attachment tabs
shoul
d audib
ly click into place. 13. Insert the connector and press the red attachment strip in so that
the connect
or i

s locked into place.Assembling the tail light units
Comp
l

ete operations only in the sequence given: Rear light, left Rear light, right
14. Carefully insert the tail light unit into the opening in the bodywork.
To do thi s, in

sert the upper tail light unit guide into the attachment ring.15. Tighten the white attachment screw using the screwdriver from the
on-board t

ools. Rear light, left Rear light, right
16. Ensure that the tail light unit has been correctly fitted and is firmly
secured. 17. Replace the cap
1 and rotate it
90° in the oppo s

ite direction of
the arrow. Move the 12 V socket support
upw
ar
ds gently until it is correct-
ly closed. 18. Close the storage compartment.
19. Close the tailgate ⇒ 
pag
e 84. 

Brakes
Assi
sted braking systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Brake fluid level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Changing the brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Emergency brake indicator in case of sud- den braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313
Running-in brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Brake servo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187, 189
Brake system Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Brake systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Braking assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190 Braking assist system (BAS) . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Braking assist system (BAS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Breakdown Securing the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
Bulb fault See changing bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326
C
Card compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Care See "Care of your vehicle" . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Vehicle interior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Care of your vehicle Exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Caring for paintwork . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247 Carrier system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Catalytic
converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
CD changer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141, 148
Central locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74, 77 Antitheft alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Locking and unlocking the vehicle . . . . . . . 76
Central locking system After airbag deployment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Opening doors individually . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Centre armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Changing Windscreen wiper blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Changing a wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305 Changing a wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311
Preparations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
Raising the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
Wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
Changing bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326 Bodywork . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333
Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
Front bumper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331
Halogen headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328
Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326
Initial operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
Number plate light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335
Sea changing bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326
Tailgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332
Tail lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332, 333
Xenon headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330 Changing gear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Automatic gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Engaging gears (manual gearbox) . . . . . . 177
Manual gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Manually unlocking the gear selection lev- er . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319
Selecting gears (automatic gearbox) . . . . 178
Warning and control lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Changing gears Gear recommendation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Tiptronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Changing the battery of the vehicle key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Changing the wheel After changing the wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311
Checking Tyre pressures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Checking the oil level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Check list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Checklist Before working in the engine compart-ment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Changing bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
In case of an emergency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
Check list Preparations for changing a wheel . . . . . . 306
Raising the vehicle with the jack . . . . . . . . 310
Checklist Refilling precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Transporting children in the vehicle . . . . . . 40
Check list Upholstery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250 367
Index

Child safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Chil
d s
afety seat
Securing with seat belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Child seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Integrated child seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
ISOFIX child seat on rear seats . . . . . . . . . . 43
Mounting child seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Mounting systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
On rear seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
On the front passenger seat . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Securing using a Top Tether retaining strap 45
Securing using ISOFIX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Securing using LATCH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Transporting children in the vehicle . . . . . . 40
Weight categories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Child seats Disabling the front passenger airbag . . . . . 35
Cigarette lighter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150, 151
Cleaning Alcantara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
instrument panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
See "Care of your vehicle" . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Windscreen wiper blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Cleaning chrome parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Cleaning the vehicle Folding exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Climate control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 Air recirculation mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Air vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161 Climatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Climatr
onic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Faults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Indirect ventilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Things to note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
User instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Climatic see "Climate control" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Climatronic see "Climate control" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Closing Doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Electric sliding door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Electric windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Panorama sliding sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
See "Locking" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Sliding doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Sunshade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Tailgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Coat hooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Cockpit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Code number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321
Collection of end-of-life vehicles . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Combined weight rating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Compartment Glove compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Compartments Card compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Centre console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Drawers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Folding table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Front central armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143 Instrument panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Other stor
age compartments . . . . . . . . . . 147
Portable waste bin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Rear floor area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Spectacle case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Connectors Faults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Consumer disconnection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
Consumption How it is determined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Control lamp AdBlue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Brake pad wear indication . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Brake system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Changing gear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Checking the engine oil level . . . . . . . . . . 279
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
Cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Engine oil sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
ESP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Filling the tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Fuel level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Lane assist system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Pressing the brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Steering column lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Tyre monitoring indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Tyre monitoring systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Windscreen wiper fluid level . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Controlling function Electric exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113368
Index

Trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Underc
arri
age guard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Driving abroad Check list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Driving advice For a loaded vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Driving in winter Fuel consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Tread depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
Tyre pressures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
Windscreen washer bottle . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Winter tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
Driving through water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Driving with a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233 Extinguisher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Technical requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
DSG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
DSG automatic gearbox See "Automatic gearbox" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
DSG Automatic gearbox Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Dust filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Dynamic headlight range control . . . . . . . . . . 102 Dynamic headlight range control . . . . . . . 102
E
Ecological driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Economic driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225 EDS
See "Brakin g assist systems" . . . . . . . . . . 190
Electrical components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152, 313
Electrical consumers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153, 166
Electric child safety lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Electric devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Electric sliding doors Opening and closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Rollback anti-trap function . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Electric sockets Trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Electric windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Anti-trap function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Automatic one-touch operation . . . . . . . . . 90
Closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Convenience closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Convenience opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Fault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
One-touch opening/closing . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Electronic differential lock system (EDS) . . . . 190
Electronic immobiliser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Electronic parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Electronic stability programme ESC (ESP) . . . 189
Emergencies Fire extinguishers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314
First aid kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314
Hazard warning triangle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314
Emergency brake indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313
Emergency braking function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186 Emergency locking and unlocking . . . . . . . . . 314
Driver's door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315
Manually unlocking the gear selection lev- er . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319
Panoramic sliding roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318
Passenger side door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316
Sliding doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316
Tailgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317
Engine Noises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Running-in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Engine and ignition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170, 173 12 Volt sockets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Ignition lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Immobiliser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Pre-heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Starting the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Unauthorised vehicle key . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275 Engine coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
Preparation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Vehicle battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
Water box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Engine coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283 Checking the level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
Filler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
G 12 plus-plus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Refilling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Engine fault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Engine management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228 Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228370
Index

L
Labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Lamp
s
Audible warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Control lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Warning lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Lane Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Lane assist system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216 Control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Operation mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
When is it necessary to disconnect it? . . . 217
Lane Assist system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
LATCH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Launch-Control programme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Leaving Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Lifting platform . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 Acoustic warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
AUTO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Coming home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Daytime driving light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Fog light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Headlight range control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Instrument lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Interior lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Leaving home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Main beam lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Parking light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Reading lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164 Switch lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Turn sign
al lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Warning lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Load Driving with the tailgate open . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Transporting a load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Loading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 Fastening rings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
General advice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Loading luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . 125
Net partition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Rails and attachment system . . . . . . . . . . 134
Roof carrier system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Loading the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
Locking From the inside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
The tailgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
The vehicle from the outside . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Locking button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Luggage compartment Extension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Folding down rear seats to create loadspace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Luggage compartment lighting . . . . . . . . . 102
Net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Net partition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Rails and attachment system . . . . . . . . . . 134
Luggage compartment baggage net . . . . . . . . 138 M
Main beam he adlight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Main beam lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Main panel Turn signal and main beam lever . . . . . . . . 96
Maintenance and cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Malfunction Automatic gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Diesel particulate filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
DSG automatic gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
DSG Automatic gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Lane assist system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Manual gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174 Please also see "Changing gears" . . . . . . 174
MEDIA-IN connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Menus Structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Mirrors Adjusting passenger mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Convenience function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Folding exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Rear vision mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Synchronised mirror adjustment . . . . . . . . 112
Mobile telephone Using without an exterior aerial . . . . . . . . 261
Mobile tow hitch Installing a bicycle carrier . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Model identification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345
Modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255, 258 373
Index

Modifications to the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
255
Plates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
N
Net Luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Net partition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
New engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
New tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
New tyres and wheels About your tyres and wheels . . . . . . . . . . . 294
Noise Auxiliary heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Noises Assisted braking systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Notes for the user . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Number of seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
O
Octane rating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Oil See engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
Older tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295 On-board tools
Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321
Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320
Onboard diagnostic system (ODB) . . . . . . . . . 261
Opening Doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Electric sliding door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Electric windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
From the inside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Panorama sliding sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
See "Unlocking" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Sliding doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Sunshade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Tailgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Opening doors individually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Operating fault Immobiliser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Operating faults Radio reception . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Optical parking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Outside temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Overview Dash panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
P Panorama sliding sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 Anti-trap function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Convenience closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Convenience opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Fault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 Opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Sun
shade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Panoramic sliding roof Emergency locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318
Park assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Park Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Brake operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Park assist system Automatic stoppage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Fault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Leaving the parking space . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Preparing to park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Stopping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Switching on or off (leaving the parkingspace) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Switching on or off (parking) . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Park Assist system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183, 186
Parking aid system Use of high pressure cleaning equipment 244
Parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185 Automatic release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Emergency braking function . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
See "Parking brake" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Parking distance warning system Use of high pressure cleaning equipment 244
Parking indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Parking light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 374
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