lock Seat Alhambra 2015 Owner's Manual

Advice
Unlocking notes:
● The anti-theft alarm will remain active when
vehicles are unlocked. However, the alarm
will not yet be triggered ››› page 57.
● If the driver door is opened, the alarm will
be triggered.
● Switch the ignition on. When the ignition is
switched on, the electronic immobiliser rec-
ognises a valid vehicle key and deactivates
the anti-theft alarm system. Note
The anti-theft alarm is not activated when the
vehicle is locked manually using the key
shaft ››› page 57. Locking the passenger side door and
sliding doors manually
Fig. 197
To the front of the passenger side
door: Emergency lock, hidden by a rubber
cap. Fig. 198
Emergency locking of the vehicle us-
ing the vehicle key The passenger side door and the sliding
doors can be locked manually. The anti-theft
alarm is
not activated in this case. ●
Door open.
● Remo ve the rubber cap to the front of the
door. The rubber cap is marked with a lock
symbol  ››› Fig. 197
.
● Unfold the vehicle key shaft ››› page 54.
● Insert the key shaft horizontally into the
opening and moved the coloured lever for-
ward ››› Fig. 198
.
● Replace the rubber cap and close the door.
● Check if the door is locked.
● Carry out the same operation on the other
doors if necessary.
● Have the vehicle checked by a specialised
workshop. Note
The doors can be opened and unlocked indi-
vidually from the inside by pulling the inside
door handle. To open, pull the inner door re-
lease lever twice ››› page 57.260

Emergencies
Emergency unlocking the rear lid Fig. 199
From the luggage compartment: re-
move the boot hatch cover. Fig. 200
From the luggage compartment:
Emergency unlocking of the booth hatch. ●
Remove equipment to access the inside of
the rear lid. ●
Remove the square cover in the inner trim
of the rear lid ››› Fig. 199.
● Push the release lever ››› Fig. 200 A in the
direction of the arrow to unlock the boot.
● Manually open the rear lid.
Manually closing the panoramic
sliding sunroof Fig. 201
On the interior roof lining: remove
cover. Fig. 202
Allen bolt to close the panoramic
sliding sunroof ●
Push open the cover in the direction indica-
ted (arrow) ››› Fig. 201.
● Insert a standard 4 mm Allen key 1)
into the
Allen bolt ››› Fig. 202 A .
● Rotate the Allen bolt to close the panoram-
ic sliding sunroof.
● Re-install the lining.
● Bring the vehicle to a specialised workshop
to check the panoramic sliding sunroof given
that the emergency closing operation could
damage general operation or the anti-trap
function of the panoramic sliding sunroof. 1)
Not included with the vehicle tool kit.
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Safety

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Manually unlocking the gear selector
lever Fig. 203
Remove the lining from the area of
the gear indication Fig. 204
Manual release of gear selector lever If the vehicle power supply should ever fail
(e.g. discharged battery) and the vehicle has
to be pushed or towed, the selector lever
must first be moved to position
N using the
m anual
release mechanism. The emergency release mechanism is located
underneath the gearbox cover panel to the
right-hand side. To release the gear selector
lever mechanism, a suitable tool is required,
(e.g. a screwdriver).
Preparations
●
Apply the parking brake. If the brake can-
not be activated, the vehicle must be alterna-
tively secured so that it cannot move.
● Switch the ignition off.
To remove the gearbox cover panel
● Pull the cover up around the dust guard on
the gear selector lever ››› Fig. 203.
● Tak

e the cover off by passing it over the
gear selector lever ››› .
Manual release of the selector lever
● Press the release lever ››› Fig. 204 in the di-
r ection of

the arrow and hold it in this posi-
tion.
● Press the lock button ››› Fig. 203
1 on the
gear selector lever knob and place the gear
selector lever in the N
position. WARNING
Never move the gear selector lever from the
position P while the electronic parking brake
is deactivated. Otherwise, the vehicle may
accidentally move off on hills or steep slopes
causing serious accidents. CAUTION
If the vehicle is moved on its wheels with the
engine stopped and the selector lever in posi-
tion N for a prolonged period of time and at
high speed, for example for towing, then the
automatic gearbox will be damaged. 262

Fuses and bulbs
To replace the rear lid light bulbs Fig. 217
On the rear lid: Remove the cover. Fig. 218
On the rear lid: remove the bulb-
holder. Complete operations only in the sequence
given:1.Open the rear lid
››› page 66.
2.Extract the cover carefully using the flat part of the
screwdriver from the vehicle tool kit as a lever
(››› Fig. 181) on the indent ››› Fig. 217 1
.
3.Release the lamp holder connector by pulling on
the red connector block.
4.Press on the attachment tabs in the direction of
the arrow
››› Fig. 218 and pull out the lamp holder.
5.Replace the faulty bulb by a new identical bulb.
6.Install the lamp holder. The attachment tabs
should audibly click into place.
7.Insert the cover. The cover should lock into place. To replace the tail light bulbs
Fig. 219
On the side of the luggage compart-
ment: removing the left and right hand side
rear lights. 1 remove the cap;
2 attach-
ment screw » 271
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Fig. 220
Tail lights on bodywork: Remove the
bulb holder. 1 to
4 : Attachment tab
Complete operations only in the sequence
given.
Removing the tail light units
Complete operations only in the sequence
given: Tail light, leftTail light, right
1.Open the rear lid
››› page 66.
2.
Open the storage com-
partments on the left-
hand side of the lug-
gage compartment
››› page 112.Move the 12 V power
socket support by
pressing gently down-
wards ››› Fig. 219 B
(arrow).
3.Rotate the cap 1 90°
in the direction of the
arrow and remove it.
Tail light, leftTail light, right
4.Unscrew the attachment screw ››› Fig. 219 2 us-
ing the screwdriver from the vehicle tool kit
››› page 244. The bolt is secured in its position.
5.Extract the tail light from the bodywork by carefully
pulling backwards.
6.Pull the red strip on the connector and extract the connector.
7.Disassemble the tail light unit and place it on aflat, clean surface. To change the bulb
8.To release the bulb holder, press on the attach-
ment tabs
››› Fig. 220 1 to 4 in the direction of
the arrow.
9.Remove the lamp holder from the tail light unit.
10.Replace the faulty bulb by a new identical bulb.
11.Place the lamp holder in the tail light unit. The at-
tachment tabs should audibly click into place.
12.Insert the connector and press the red attachment
strip in so that the connector is locked into place. Assembling the tail light units
Complete operations only in the sequence
given:
Tail light, leftTail light, right
13.Carefully insert the tail light unit into the opening
in the bodywork. To do this, insert the upper tail light unit guide into the attachment ring.
14.Tighten the white attachment screw using the screwdriver from the vehicle tool kit.
15.Ensure that the tail light unit has been correctly fitted and is firmly secured.
16.
Replace the cap
››› Fig. 219 1 and ro-
tate it 90° in the oppo-
site direction of the ar-
row.Move the 12 V power
socket support up-
wards gently until it is
correctly closed.
17.Close the storage com-
partment.
18.Close the rear lid ››› page 66. 272

Fuses and bulbs
Changing the number plate light Fig. 221
On the rear bumper: number plate
lights Fig. 222
Number plate light: Remove the
lamp holder Complete operations only in the sequence
given: Fixed number plate
lightBolted number plate light
1.
Press the flat part of the
screwdriver included in
the vehicle on-board
tools (››› Fig. 181) in the
direction of the arrow,
in the groove of the
number plate light
››› Fig. 221.
Unscrew the number
plate light screws using
the screwdriver from
the vehicle tool kit
(››› Fig. 181).
2.Detach the number plate light.
3.
Press on the connector
lock in the direction of
the arrow ››› Fig. 222
1
and pull out the
connector.
Separate the attach-
ment tabs from the rear
panel of the number
plate light by pressing.
4.
Rotate the bulb holder
in the direction of the
arrow ››› Fig. 222 2
and extract it with the
bulb.
Take the lamp holder
out of the number plate
light.
5.Replace the faulty bulb by a new identical bulb.
6.
Insert the bulb holder
into the number plate
light and rotate all the
way in the opposite di-
rection to the arrow
››› Fig. 222 2
.
Insert the lamp holder
into the number plate
light.
7.Plug the connector into
the lamp holder.
Press on the attach-
ment tabs. The lamp
holder must be firmly
attached to the number
plate light.
Fixed number plate
lightBolted number plate light
8.Insert the number plate light carefully into the
opening on the bumper. Ensure that the number plate light is in the correct position.
9.
Insert the number plate
light into the bumper
until it audibly clicks in-
to place.Tighten the attachment
screws for the number
plate light using the
screwdriver. 273Technical specifications
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Index
Index
A
Abroad Extended stay abroad with your vehicle . . . . . 205
Sale of vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
ABS See "Brake assist systems" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Acoustic warnings Headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Adaptive headlights Dynamic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
AdBlue Control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Minimum quantity for a refill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Refilling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Tank filling capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Additional equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Additional heater See "Auxiliary heater" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Adjusting passenger exterior mirror . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Adjusting the seats front seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Adjustment Correct sitting position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Electric front seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Mechanical front seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Rear seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Seat with position memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Adjustments
Folding the seat backrest of the front passen-ger seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Headlight range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Aerial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Aerial built into the window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
AFS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Airbags description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18, 20 activation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Cleaning dash panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Deactivating the front passenger front airbag . 25
Deactivating using the key switch . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Differences between front passenger front air-bag systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Faults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Front airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
functioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Head-protection airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Knee airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Locking the vehicle after airbag deployment . . 58
Repairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Use of child seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Vehicle care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Air conditioner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 Air recirculation mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Air vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Climatronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Electronic manual air conditioning . . . . . . . . . 123
Faults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Indirect ventilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Things to note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
User instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 Air conditioning
see "Air conditioner" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Air recirculation mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Air vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Alarm system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Alcantara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
All-wheel drive Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Winter tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Alternator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Ambient lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Anodized surfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Anti-lock brake system (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Anti-theft alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Anti-theft alarm system Anti-tow system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
False alarms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Interior monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Anti-theft bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Anti-theft locking bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Anti-theft wheel locking bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Anti-tow system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Anti-trap function Electric windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Panoramic sliding sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Sun blind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Antifreeze . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Armrests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Ashtray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Aspects to take into account before starting the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
ASR See "Brake assist systems" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
See "Brake assist" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Turning on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Assistance call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 287

Index
Assistance systems Cruise control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Electronic differential lock system (EDL andXDS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Electronic Stability Control (ESC) . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Assist systems Anti-lock brake system (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Auto Hold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Braking assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Lane Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Lane Assist system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Optical parking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Park Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Park Assist system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Parking aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Parking sensor system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Rear Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Rear assist system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Sign Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Start-Stop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Start assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Traction control system (ASR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Traction control when accelerating (ASR) . . . . 155
Tyre monitoring indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Auto Hold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Automatic belt retainer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Automatic car wash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195 Switching Auto Hold off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Switching the start assist off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Automatic device disconnection . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Automatic dipped beam control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Automatic gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143 Changing gear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
DSG automatic gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Ignition key removal lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Kickdown system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146 Launch-Control programme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146, 147
Manually unlocking the gear selector lever . . 262
Please also see "Changing gears" . . . . . . . . . 143
See "Automatic gearbox" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
AUX-IN connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Auxiliary heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128, 211 Automatic off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Operating instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Remote control range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Remote control: Replacing the battery . . . . . . 129
Switching off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Switching on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Things to note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128, 131
Auxiliary heater remote control Replacing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Axle loads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
B BAS See "Brake assist systems" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Battery Discharge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Discharging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
See Vehicle battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Battery acid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Before starting the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Belt height adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Belt tensioner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Service and disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Belt tension limiter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Bicycle carrier
Installing a bicycle carrier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Maximum load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Biodiesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Bonnet Closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Bottle holders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 Brake servo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Electronic parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Emergency braking function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Brake assist systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Brake assist system (BAS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225 Specification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Brakes Brake assist systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Brake fluid level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Changing the brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Emergency brake indicator in case of suddenbraking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Running-in brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Brake servo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142, 154
Brake system Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Brake systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Braking assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 Brake assist system (BAS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Breakdown Securing the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Bulb fault See changing bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
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Card compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Care See "Care of your vehicle" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Vehicle interior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Care of your vehicle Exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Caring for paintwork . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Carrier system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152 Control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
CCS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
CD changer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112, 117
Central locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57, 59 Anti-theft alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Keyless Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Locking/unlocking the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Central locking system After airbag deployment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Opening doors individually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Centre armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Changing Windscreen wiper blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Changing a wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246 Changing a wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Raising the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Changing bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266 Bodywork . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Front bumper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Halogen headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Number plate light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Rear lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271 Sea changing bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Tail lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Xenon headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Changing gear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143 Automatic gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Engaging gears (manual gearbox) . . . . . . . . . 143
Manual gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Manually unlocking the gear selector lever . . 262
Selecting gears (automatic gearbox) . . . . . . . 144
Warning and control lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Changing gears Gear recommendation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Tiptronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Changing the battery of the vehicle key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Changing the wheel After changing the wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Checking Tyre pressures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Checking the oil level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Child safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Child safety seat Securing with seat belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Child seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Fix with ISOFIX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Integrated child seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
ISOFIX child seat on rear seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Mounting child seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Mounting systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
On rear seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
On the front passenger seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Securing using a Top Tether retaining strap . . . 32
Transporting children in the vehicle . . . . . . . . . 28
Weight categories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Child seats Disabling the front passenger front airbag . . . . 25 Cigarette lighter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118, 119
Cleaning
dash panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
See "Care of your vehicle" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Windscreen wiper blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Cleaning chrome parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Cleaning the vehicle Folding exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Climatronic see "Air conditioner" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Closing Doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Electric sliding door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Electric windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Panoramic sliding sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Rear lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
See "Locking" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Sliding doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Sun blind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Coat hooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Cockpit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Code number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Collection of end-of-life vehicles . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Combined weight rating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Coming Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Compartment Glove compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Compartments Card compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Centre console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Drawers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Folding table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Front central armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Instrument panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
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Other storage compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Portable waste bin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Rear footwell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Roof console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Spectacle case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Connectors Faults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Consumption How it is determined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Control lamp AdBlue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Brake pad wear indication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Brake system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Changing bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Changing gear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Checking the engine oil level . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Cruise control system (CCS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Diesel particulate filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Engine management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Engine oil sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
ESC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Exhaust gas purification system . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Filling the tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Fuel level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Lane assist system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Pressing the brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Steering column lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Tyre monitoring indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Tyre monitoring systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Windscreen wiper fluid level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Control lamps
Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Controlling function Electric exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Control of function Rain sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Control units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192 Reprogramming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Convenience closing Electric windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Panoramic sliding sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Convenience functions Reprogramming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Convenience opening Electric windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Panoramic sliding sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Convenient entry function for the third row of seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Coolant Control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
See engine coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Temperature gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Counter steering assistance system . . . . . . . . . . 133
Crossing a river Salt water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Cruise control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Cruise control system (CCS) Control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Curb weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
D Damaged tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Dangers of not using your seat belt . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Dash panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20, 204
Data link connector (DLC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Data plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274 Model identification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Technical specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Vehicle chassis number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Data registry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Data storage during the journey . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Data stored by the control units . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Daytime driving light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
De-icing the door lock cylinder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
De-icing the locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Deadlock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Details Driving with a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Device disconnection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Diagnostics connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210 Auxiliary heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Biodiesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Filling the tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Filter pre-heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Fuel gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Winter-grade diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Diesel particulate filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152 Control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Recommended gear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Things to note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Differential lock See "Brake assist systems" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Digital clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Dipped beam headlight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Dipstick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40, 41
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