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If and when
Do not pull too hard with the towing vehicle and take care to avoid jerking
the tow rope. When towing on an unpaved road, there is always a risk of
overloading and damaging the anchorage points.
The ignition of the vehicle being towed must be switched on to prevent the
steering wheel from locking and also to allow the use of the turn signals,
horn, windscreen wipers and washers.
As the brake servo does not work if the engine is not running, you must ap-
ply considerably more pressure to the brake pedal than you normally would.
As the power assisted steering does not work if the engine is not running,
you will need more strength to steer than you normally would.
● The vehicle must not be towed faster than 50 km/h (31 mph).
Towing vehicles with an automatic gearbox
● Put the selector lever into position “N”.
● Do not drive faster than 50 km/h (31 mph).
● Do not tow further than 50 km.
● If a breakdown vehicle is used, the vehicle must be towed with the front
wheels raised.
Note
● Observe legal requirements when towing or tow-starting.
● Switch on the hazard warning lights of both vehicles. However, observe
any regulations to the contrary.
● For technical reasons, vehicles with an automatic gearbox must not be
tow-started.
● If damage to your vehicle means that there is no lubricant in the gear-
box, you must raise the driven wheels while the vehicle is being towed.
● If the vehicle has to be towed more than 50 km (30 miles), the front
wheels should be raised during towing, and towing should be carried out by
a qualified person. ●
The steering wheel is locked when the vehicle has no electrical power.
The vehicle must then be towed with the front wheels raised. Towing should
be carried out by a qualified person.
● The towline anchorage should always be kept in the vehicle. Please refer
to the notes on ⇒ page 290, Tow-starting. 
Safety FirstOperating instructionsPractical TipsTechnical Specifications

Glove compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Glow plug system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175Control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
H Handbrake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188 Control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Hazard warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
HBA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Headlight flashers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Headlight range control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Headlights Driving abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Headlight washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Head restraints Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135, 136
Adjustment of the head restraint angle . . 136
Removing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Heated front seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Heated rear window 2C-Climatronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Heating element wires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
High pressure cleaners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Hill driving assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
How to jump start description . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
Hydraulic Brake Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196 I
Identification number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
Identification plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
Ignition key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Ignition lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Information in the multifunction display Memory displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Information messages in the display . . . . . . . . 66
Instrument and switch lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Instrument lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Instrument panel menu Lights and visibility menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Instrument panel menus Configuration menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Example of menu use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Vehicle status menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Interior lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Interior rear vision mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Interval wipe, windscreen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
ISOFIX system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
J Jack position points for Sill panel trim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Jump-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
Jump leads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287 K
Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
L
Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Load compartment in the luggage compart- ment
see Loading the luggage compartment . . . 17
Loading the luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . 17
Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
LPG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60, 177, 230
LPG system Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Level indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Refuelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
LPG System filler neck Filler neck adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154 see also Loading the luggage compartment . .17
Luggage compartment net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
M
Main beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115, 122
Main beam headlights control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Main headlight bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Maintenance Airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Maintenance and cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
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