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Using the system
Safety
Driving Tips
General Maintenance
Breakdown assistance
Technical Data
– Pull on the locking lever ⇒page 184, fig. 180, the bonnet is then
unlocked.
– Grip the bonnet and lift it up.
– Take the bonnet support out of its holder and set it in the opening
designed for it ⇒page 184, fig. 181.
Closing the bonnet
– Lift the bonnet slightly and unhook the bonnet support. Press the
bonnet support into the holder designed to hold it.
– Allow the bonnet to drop from a height of about 30 cm into the lock -
bonnet do not press down on it!
WARNING
•
Never open the bonnet if you see that steam or coolant is flowing out of
the engine compartment - risk of scalding! Wait long enough until the steam
or coolant has stopped escaping.
•
For safety reasons, the bonnet must always be properly closed when
driving. One should therefore check that the lock has in fact engaged prop-
erly after closing the bonnet.
•
Stop your vehicle immediately while driving if you notice that the lock is
not properly engaged and close the bonnet properly - risk of an accident!Caution
•
Before opening the bonnet, ensure that the arms of the windscreen wipers are
correctly in place against the windscreen. Otherwise, there is a risk of damage to the
paintwork.
Working in the engine compartment
Particular care is required when carrying out any work in the engine
compartment!There is a risk of injuries, scalding, accidents and fire when working in the
engine compartment, e.g. inspecting and replenishing oil and other fluids. For
this reason, it is essential to comply with the warning instructions stated
below and with the general applicable rules of safety. The engine compart-
ment of your car is a hazardous area ⇒.
WARNING
•
Never open the bonnet if you see that steam or coolant is flowing out of
the engine compartment - risk of scalding! Wait long enough until the steam
or coolant has stopped escaping.
•
Switch off the engine and pull out the ignition key.
•
Apply the handbrake firmly.
•
If your vehicle is fitted with a manual gearbox, move the gearshift lever
into Neutral, or if it is fitted with automatic gearbox, move the selector lever
into position P.
•
Allow the engine to cool down.
•
Keep children clear of the engine compartment.
•
Do not touch any hot engine parts - risk of burns!
•
Never spill oil and other fluids over the hot engine. Such fluids (e.g. the
antifreeze contained in the wash liquid) may ignite!
•
Avoid short circuits in the electrical system - particularly on the battery.
•
Never place your hand into the radiator fan as long as the engine is still
warm. The fan might suddenly start running!
•
Never open the cap of the coolant expansion bottle as long as the engine
is still warm. The cooling system is pressurized!
•
Cover over the cap of the coolant expansion reservoir with a large cloth
when opening it as protection for your face, hands and arms from hot steam
or hot coolant.
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Index247
Using the system
Safety
Driving Tips
General Maintenance
Breakdown assistance
Technical Data
Index
AAbroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
ABS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Adjusting seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62, 128
Adjusting the steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Air conditioning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Deployment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Front airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Head airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Side airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Alternator
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Antilock brake system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Antilock brake system - ABS
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Anti-theft alarm system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Ashtray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Auto Check Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Auto Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19Automatic gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Emergency programme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Kickdown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Tiptronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Automatic vehicle wash systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Automatic wiper/washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Avoiding damage to your vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
BBattery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28, 192
change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Charge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Inspecting the electrolyte level . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Operation in winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Before setting off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Belt tensioner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Belt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Bicycle carrier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Bluetooth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Bonnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13, 184
Boot lid
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Brake
Handbrake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Brake booster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191Brake system
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Button on the driver's door
Central locking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Electrical power windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
CCar state . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
CD changer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Central locking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
unlock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Changing a wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Changing wheels around . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Charging the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Check engine oil level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Child safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Side airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Child safety lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Child safety seat
on the front passenger seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Safety information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
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Index 252Tyres
Winter tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202UUnderbody protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Unidirectional tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Unlocking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44VVanity mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Vehicle tool kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57WWarning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Warning symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Warning triangle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Washing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
with a high-pressure cleaner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Washing the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Washing vehicle by hand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Wax treatment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Wheel
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Spare wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
slackening and tightening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Wheel bolts lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210Wheel trim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198, 208
Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Windows
de-icing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Windscreen washer nozzles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Windscreen Wiper and Washer System
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Windshield washer fluid reservoir . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Windshield washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Windshield wiper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Winter tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Wiper blades
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