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If and when
Towing and tow-starting
Tow-starting*
The use of jump leads is preferable to tow-starting.
We recommend that you do not tow-start your vehicle. Jump-start-
ing is preferable ⇒ page 246.
However, if your vehicle has to be tow-started:
– Engage the 2nd or the 3rd gear.
– Keep the clutch pressed down.
– Switch the ignition on.
– Once both vehicles are moving, release the clutch.
– As soon as the engine starts, press the clutch and move the
gear lever into neutral. This helps to prevent driving into the
towing vehicle.
WARNING
The risk of accidents is high when tow-starting. The vehicle being towed
can easily collide with the towing vehicle.
CAUTION
When tow-starting, fuel could enter the catalytic converter and damage it. Comments
Please observe the following points if you use a tow-rope:
Notes for the driver of the towing vehicle
–
Drive slowly at first until the tow-rope is taut. Then accelerate
gradually.
– Begin and change gears cautiously. If you are driving an auto-
matic vehicle, accelerate gently.
– Remember that the brake servo and power steering are not
working in the vehicle you are towing. Brake sooner than nor-
mal and pressing the pedal gently.
Notes for the driver of the towed vehicle
– Ensure that the tow-rope remains taut at all times when towing.
Tow-rope or tow-bar
It is easier and safer to tow a vehicle with a tow-bar. You should only use a
tow-rope if you do not have a tow-bar.
A tow-rope should be slightly elastic to reduce the loading on both vehicles.
It is advisable to use a tow-rope made of synthetic fibre or similarly elastic
material.
Attach the tow-rope or the tow-bar only to the towing eyes provided or a
towing bracket.
Driving style
Towing requires some experience, especially when using a tow-rope. Both
drivers should be familiar with the technique required for towing. Inexper-
ienced drivers should not attempt to tow. 
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250If 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.
Towing vehicles with an automatic gearbox
● Put the selector lever into position “N”.
● Do not drive faster than 50 km/h.
● 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 drive wheels while the vehicle is being towed.
● If the vehicle has to be towed more than 50 km, 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 towing eye should always be kept in the vehicle. 
Towing eyesFig. 180 Fitting the tow-
ing eye to front rear of
the vehicle
Fitting the towing eye
– Take the towing ring from the on-board tool set.
– Remove the front cover by pressing down on its left-hand side.
For FR finishes, press down and pull outwards.
– Bolt the eye to its limit to the left, in the direction of the arrow
⇒ fig. 180. 

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Description of specifications
Drawbar load
The maximum permitted drawbar load on the ball joint of the towing bracket
must not exceed 75 kg.
In the interest of road safety, we recommend that you always tow approach-
ing the maximum drawbar load. The response of the trailer on the road will
be poor if the drawbar load is too small.
If the maximum permissible drawbar load cannot be met (e.g. with small,
empty and light-weight single axle trailers or tandem axle trailers with a
wheelbase of less than 1 metre), a minimum of 4% of the actual trailer
weight is legally required for the drawbar load.
WARNING
● For safety reasons, do not exceed the 80 km/h limit. This is also valid
in countries where higher speeds are permitted.
● Never exceed the maximum trailer weights or the drawbar load. If the
permissible axle load or the permissible total weight is exceeded, the
driving characteristics of the vehicle may change, leading to accidents,
injuries and damage to the vehicle.

Wheels
Tyre pressure, snow chains, wheel bolts
Tyre pressures
The sticker with the tyre pressure values can be found on the inside of the
tank flap. The tyre pressure values given there are for cold tyres. The slightly
raised pressures of warm tyres must not be reduced. ⇒ 
Snow chains
Snow chains may be fitted only to the front wheels, and only for the follow-
ing tyres:
175/70R14
185/60R15Chains with links not exceeding 15 mm (including the chain
closure)
215/45R16Chains with links not exceeding 9 mm (including the chain
closure)
215/40R17Chains with links not exceeding 7 mm (including the chain
closure)
Wheel bolts
After the wheels have been changed, the tightening torque of the wheel
bolts should be checked as soon as possible with a torque wrench ⇒ 
.
The tightening torque for steel and alloy wheels is 120 Nm.
WARNING
● Check the tyre pressure at least once per month. Checking the tyre
pressure is very important. If the tyre pressure is too high or too low,
there is an increased danger of accidents, particularly at high speeds.
● If the torque of the wheel bolts is too low, they could loosen while the
vehicle is in motion. Risk of accident! If the tightening torque is too high,
the wheel bolts and threads can be damaged.
Note
We recommend that you ask your Authorised Service Centre for information
about appropriate wheel, tyre and snow chain size. 
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Index
A
ABS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Acoustic signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Acoustic warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Adaptive headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
AFS headlight bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Airbag covers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Front airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Air conditioner Climatronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
General notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Air conditioning* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Air outlets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Air recirculation Semi-automatic air conditioning . . . . . . . . 137
Air recirculation mode Climatronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Alarm system Switching off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Alternator Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Anti-freeze . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206 Anti-lock brake system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Anti-theft alarm system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Switching off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Anti-theft wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Aquaplaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Ashtray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Aspects to note before setting off . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Automatic anti-dazzle interior mirror Deactivating the anti-dazzle function . . . . 110
Automatic anti-dazzle interior mirror* Activating the anti-dazzle function . . . . . . 110
Automatic car washing tunnel . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Automatic gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152 Kick-down feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Selector lever positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Automatic lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Automatic windscreeen wiper/washer . . . . . . 106
AUX/USB input connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Auxiliary audio input connection (AUX) . . . . . 125
B
Ball coupling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Battery Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Winter conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Before setting off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Belt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Biodiesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Biodiesel fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Bonnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Brake servo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167, 172
Brake system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211 Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Braking distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Bulb change double headlight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Single headlight bulb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Bulb changes General notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Bulb defect Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Buzzer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104, 143
C
Car care Exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Car phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
CCS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
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Index

Central locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79Automatic speed dependent locking andunlocking system* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Emergency unlocking system . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Locking system for involuntary unlocking . 81
Selective unlocking system* . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Unlocking system* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Central locking button Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Unlocking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Cetane number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Changing bulbs interior light and front reading lights . . . . 245
Changing gear see Manual gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Changing gear in tiptronic mode . . . . . . . . . . 156
Changing rear lights on the tailgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
on the wing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Changing single headlight bulbs Turn signal bulb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Changing the AFS headlight bulbs Xenon lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Changing the bulbs AFS headlight bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
fog light bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Luggage compartment light . . . . . . . . . . . 246
number plate light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Side turn signal lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Changing the main headlight bulb turn signal lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Changing the main headlight bulbs turn signal lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240 Changing the single headlight bulbs
Dipped/main beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Side light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Changing windscreen wiper blades . . . . . . . . 209
Chassis number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Checking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Checking battery electrolyte level . . . . . . . . . . 214
Checking engine oil level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Child safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Child seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Categorisation in groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Group 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Group 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Group 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Groups 0 and 0+ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
ISOFIX system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Securing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Child seats on the front passenger seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Top Tether system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Cigarette lighter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Cleaning alloy wheel rims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Cleaning chrome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Cleaning engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Cleaning steel wheel rims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Cleaning windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Climatronic automatic mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
General notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
manual mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Cloth seat covers cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Cockpit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Coming Home function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Compartment for on-board documentation . . 120
Control
Exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Control lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Control lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Controls Electric windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Convenience closing Sliding/tilting sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Convenience opening Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Coolant level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206 Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Coolant loss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Coolant temperature Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Correct adjustment of front head restraints . . . 13
Correct sitting position Front passenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Incorrect sitting position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Cruise control Control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Cruise control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Cruise speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163 Control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
270 Index

D
Danger of fitting a child seat on the front pas- senger seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Dash panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Dash panel cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Daytime running lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Deactivating front passenger airbag Safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Deactivating the airbag Front passenger airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Diesel engine Winter driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Diesel engine particulate filter . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Differential lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Differential lock fault (EDL) Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Digital clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Dipped beam headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Disposal Airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Seat belt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Door lock cylinders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Door release lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Doors Childproof locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Double headlight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236 Double headlight bulb change
dipped beam headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
main beam headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
side light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Driver see Correct sitting position . . . . . . . 10, 11, 12
Driveshaft differential XDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Drive wheels traction control system . . . . . . . 168
Driving Driving abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Economically / Environmentally friendly . 175
With a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178, 179
Driving abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177 Headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Driving safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Duplicate keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Dust filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Dynamic headlight range control . . . . . . . . . . . 99
E
Economical driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
EDL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170 Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Electro-hydraulic steering Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Electronic differential lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170 Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Electronic immobiliser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Electronic Stability Programme . . . . . . . . . 70, 169 Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143 Electronic Stability Programme (ESP)
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Emission control system Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Engine Running in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Engine compartment Working in the engine compartment . . . . 199
Engine coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Engine fault Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Engine management Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Checking engine oil level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Oil properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Topping up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Engine oil dipstick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Engine oil pressure Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 Environmental friendliness . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Environmentally friendly driving . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Environmental tip Avoiding pollution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
ESP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70, 169 see also Electronic Stability Programme . . 143
Exhaust gas purification system . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
External aerial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
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Index

F
Fabric trim cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Fastening rings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Fire extinguisher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
First-aid kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Floor mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Fog lights bulb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Fog lights with cornering function . . . . . . . . . 100
Front airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Front drink holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Front interior light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Front passenger airbag deactivation . . . . . . . . 41
Front reading light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Front seat adjustment Lumbar support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Fuel Diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Petrol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Fuel consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Fuel level Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Fuel reserve Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Fuel tank see Fuel reserve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Fuel Tank Opening the fuel tank flap . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193 Fuel: save . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
G
G 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Gear shift pattern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
General overview of the engine compartment 256
Glove compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Glove compartment light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Glow plug system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146 Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
H Handbrake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Hazard warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
HBA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Headlight flashers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Headlight range control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Headlights Driving abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Headlight washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Head restraints Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114, 115
Adjustment of the head restraint angle . . 115
Removing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Heated exterior mirrors* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Heated front seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 Heating system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
High pressure cleaners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Hill-start assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
How to jump start description . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Hydraulic Brake Assist
Automatic hazard warning lights activa-tion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
I
Identification number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Identification plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Ignition key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Ignition lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Information in the multifunction display Memory displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Instrument and switch lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Instrument lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Instrument panel Service interval display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Interior mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Interior monitoring and anti-towing alarm* Activation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Intermittent wipe, windscreen . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
ISOFIX system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
J
Jump-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Jump leads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
272 Index

K
Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
L
Leather cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Leaving Home function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Load compartment in the luggage compart- ment
see Loading the luggage compartment . . . 16
Loading the luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . 16
Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
LPG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56, 147, 195
LPG system Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Filler neck adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Level indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Refuelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 Fastening rings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Loading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Luggage net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
see also Loading the luggage compartment . .16
Luggage compartment light* . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
M
Main beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97, 103
Main beam headlights Indicator lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Maintenance
Airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Maintenance and cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Manual gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Manual heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Manual heating system Defrosting the windscreen . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Demisting the windscreen and side win-dows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
MFI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Mirrors Exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Interior mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
vanity mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Mobile phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Multifunction display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
N
Navigator bracket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Number of seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
O
Observations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Octane number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Oil change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Oil properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203 One-touch opening and closing
Electric windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Opening and locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Operation when a fault occurs Panorama/ tilting sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Outside temperature display . . . . . . . . . . . . 58, 60
Overview Control lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Dash panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Indicator lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Warning lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63, 65
P
Paintwork Polishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Panorama sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Parking lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Passenger see Correct sitting position . . . . . . . 10, 11, 12
Pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Petrol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198 Driving abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Petrol additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Physical principles of a frontal collision . . . . . . 21
Plastic parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Plastic parts cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Pollen filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Pollution filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
273
Index

Power socketin centre console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
in the luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Products for vehicle maintenance . . . . . . . . . . 180
R Radio frequency remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 Changing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Rain sensor* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Rear drink holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Rear fog light Control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Indicator lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Rear head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Rear seat folding down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Rear seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Rear shelf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Rear shelf with storage compartment Storage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Rear view mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Rear window automatic wiper/washer . . . . . . 108
Rear window heating Heating element wires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Rear window wiper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Recommended gear display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Refuelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Remote control key Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Synchronising . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Removing and fitting the wheel . . . . . . . . . . . 226 Repairs
Airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Replacement keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Replacement of parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Rev counter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Reverse gear Manual gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Roll-back function Panorama/ tilting sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Roof aerial* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Roof rack* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Rubber seals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Running in Brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Running in tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
S Safe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Safe driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Safe Security system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Safety equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Safety instructions Coolant temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Safety notes Airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Deactivating front passenger airbag . . . . . . 42
Front airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Seat belt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Using child seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Using seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Seals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Seat adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113, 116
Seat belt cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Seat belt position Pregnant women . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Seat belt protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Seat belt release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Incorrectly fastened . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Not worn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Seat belt tensioner Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Seat belt warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Seat heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Selective opening* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Semiautomatic air conditioning controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Service interval display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Side lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Single headlight bulb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
274 Index

Sitting positionDriver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Front passenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Sitting position, occupants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220, 255
Soot accumulation in the diesel engine particu- late filter
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Spanner symbol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Spare parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Spare wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Speed selector lever lock Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Start-Stop Activating and deactivating . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Starting petrol engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Starting Petrol engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Starting the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145, 146 After the fuel tank has been run dry . . . . . 146
Steam jets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142 Steering lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Steering column controls Audio Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Steering wheel height adjustment . . . . . . . . . 142
Storage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 Front passenger side . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
front seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Sun visor Sliding/tilting sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 Sun visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Switch
Hazard warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Light switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Rear window heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Switches Electric windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Sliding/tilting sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Switching off the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
T Tailgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Emergency opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Tank Fuel level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Reserve indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Tank capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
TCS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
TCS (Traction control system) Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Technical modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
The danger of not using the seat belt . . . . . . . . 22
Tightening torque of wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . 255
Tilting sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Top Tether system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Tow-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Towing a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178, 254
Towing bracket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179 Towing bracket, fitting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Towing eye . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Towing eyes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Tow starting
Comments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Traction control system Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Trailer turn signals Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Trailer weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Turn signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 Indicator lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Two-way radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Tyre-Mobility-System (Tyre repair kit) . . . . . . . 227
Tyre Mobility-System (Tyre repair kit) . . . . . . . 222
Tyre pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216 Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Tyre pressures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Tyre repair kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222, 227
Tyres and wheels Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Tyres service life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Tyres tread depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Tyres with directional tread pattern . . . . . . . . 215
U Underbody protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
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