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Positions of the light bulbs in the front headlight ⇒page 263, fig. 240 .
- Front turn signal light
- parking lights and low beam
- main beam light
Removing the headlight
The headlight must be removed in order to change the light bulb of the
parking lights, low beam lights and main beam lights as well as the turn
signal lights.
Removing the headlight
– Switch the ignition and all lights off.
– Open the bonnet ⇒ page 224.
– Unscrew the plastic nut ⇒fig. 241 .
– Pull the fuse in upward direction.
– Pull the locking lever of the headlight as far as the stop in the direction of arrow . – Unplug the plug connector and carefully take out the headlight in the
direction of arrow .
Installation takes place in the reverse order.
Note
We recommend that you have the headlight setting checked by a specialist garage
after installing the headlight.
Turn signal light (at the front)
Changing light bulb for turn signal light (at the front)
– Switch the ignition and all lights off.
– Remove the headlight ⇒page 264.
– Turn the socket in the direction of arrow OPEN (open) and take it out
together with the light bulb for the turn signal light ⇒fig. 242 .
– Press the defective light bulb into the socket, turn to the left and remove.
– Press a new light bulb into the socket and turn the light bulb to the right as far as the stop.
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Fig. 241 Front headlight:
Installing the light bulbs
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Fig. 242 Removing the light
bulb for the turn signal light
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– Remove the headlight ⇒page 264.
– Remove the protective cap ⇒page 263, fig. 240 .
– Unplug plug ⇒page 265, fig. 244 .
– Press the wire clamps in the direction of the headlight and then unhook them to the side.
– Remove the light bulb and insert the new light bulb in such a way that the fixing lugs of the light bulb socket fit into the recesses at the
reflector.
Installation takes place in the reverse order.
Note
We recommend that you have the headlight setting checked by a specialist garage
after installing the headlight.
Fog lights and daylight driving lights*
Connector - bulb for daylight driving lights* ⇒fig. 246. Connector
- bulb for fog lights.
Removing the cover
– Switch the ignition and all lights off.
– Insert the fingers in the opening ⇒fig. 245 .
– By pulling in the direction of arrow , first of all slacken the cover in the upper area on the side to the fog lights.
– Afterwards, also slacken the cover on the other side in the direction of arrow and remove it.
Removing the fog light
– Guide your hand into the openin g which has become available and
press the interlock ⇒fig. 246.
– Take out the fog light.
– Turn the connector with the light bulb up to the stop towards the left
and remove.
– Replace the lamp, insert the connector with the new lamp and turn to the right up to the stop.
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Fig. 245 Front bumper:
Protective grille
Fig. 246 Removing the front
bumper
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– For the installation, first of all inse rt the fog light with the interlock to
the side far away from the marking of the vehicle.
– Press into place the headlight onto the side facing the marking.
– In order to reinstall the cover, first of all insert one part of the cover starting on the side of the marking. Then press the cover closed on the
side to the fog lights. The cover must engage firmly.
Light unit (Octavia)
Changing light bulbs in the lamp holder
– Switch the ignition and all lights off.
– Unlock the locking button and open the cover of the lamp holder ⇒fig. 247 .
– Press the catches in the direction of arrow and take out the lamp holder ⇒fig. 248 .
– Press the defective light bulb into the socket, turn to the left and remove.
– Press a new light bulb into the socket and turn the light bulb to the right as far as the stop.
– Insert the lamp holder in such a wa y that the catches lock in place in
the housing.
– Close and lock the cover of the lamp holder.
Changing light bulb for tail light
– Switch the ignition and all lights off.
– Unlock the locking button and open the cover of the lamp holder ⇒fig. 247 .
– Take the defective light bulb (arrow or ⇒fig. 248 ) out of the
housing and replace it with a new one.
– Close and lock the cover of the lamp holder.
Fig. 247 Luggage compart-
ment: Cover for the lamp
holder
Fig. 248 Removing the lamp
holder
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Rear light unit (estate car)
Changing light bulbs in the lamp holder
– Switch the ignition and all lights off.
– Remove the side compartment cover by turning the locks in the direc-
tion of arrow ⇒ fig. 249.
– Take out the cover of the lamp holder on the luggage compartment side.
– Take out the light bulbs of the tail light (arrow and ) ⇒fig. 250 .– Press the catches in the direction of arrow and take out the lamp
holder.
– Press the defective light bulb into the socket, turn to the left and remove.
– Press a new light bulb into the socket and turn the light bulb to the right as far as the stop.
Changing light bulb for tail light
– Switch the ignition and all lights off.
– Remove the side compartment cover by turning the locks in the direc- tion of arrow ⇒fig. 249 .
– Take out the cover of the lamp holder on the luggage compartment side.
– Take the defective light bulb (arrow or ⇒page 267, fig. 248 ) out
of the housing and replace it with a new one.
– Remove the lamp holder cover on the luggage compartment side and close the side compartment.
Fig. 249 Luggage compart-
ment: Side compartment
Fig. 250 Removing the lamp
holder
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Technical Data
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The vehicle data sticker co ntains the following data:
Vehicle identification number (VIN)
Vehicle type
Gearbox code, paint number, interior equipment number, engine output,
engine code
Partial description of the vehicle
7GG, 7MB, 7MG - vehicles with DPF ⇒page 200
Vehicle identification number (VIN)
The vehicle identification num ber - VIN (vehicle body number) is stamped into the
engine compartment on the right hand shoc k absorber dome. This number is also
located on a sign on the lower left hand edge below the windscreen.
Engine number
The engine number is stamped into the engine block.
Type plate (production plate)
The type plate is located in the lower area of the left centre column.
Homologation sign
The homologation sign is located on the in side of the bonnet next to the lock. Vehi-
cles for certain countries do not have an homologation sign.
Sticker on inside of fuel filler flap
The stickers are affixed to the inside of th e fuel filler flap and contain the following
information:
•The prescribed types of fuel,
•Tyre si z e,
•Tyre pressure.
Fuel consumption according to the regulations
(99/100/EU)
Depending on the range of the special equipment, style of driving, traffic situation,
weather influences and vehi cle condition, the consumption values which in prac-
tice result when using the vehicle ca n deviate from the indicated values.
Urban traffic
The consumption measurement in urban traf fic begins with starting of the cold
engine. Afterwards the normal urban traffic is simulated.
Non-urban traffic
For the consumption measurement in non-ur ban traffic the vehicle, as in daily
motoring, is accelerated and braked several times in all gears. The vehicle speed
changes within the range from 0 to 120 km/h.
Combined traffic
The consumption value in the combined traf fic consists of 37% from the value for
the urban traffic and of 63% from the value for the non-urban traffic.
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Index
A
Abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
ABS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Adjusting seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76, 164 electrically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Adjusting the steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Air conditioning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 Air outlet vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Recirculated air mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174 Deployment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Front airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Head airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Side airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Alternator Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Antilock brake system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Antilock brake system (ABS) Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Anti-theft alarm system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Ashtray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Auto Check Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Auto Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Automatic gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Emergency programme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Kickdown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Selector lever-emergency unlocking . . . . . . . 140
Tiptronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Automatic light control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Automatic seat adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Automatic vehicle wash systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Automatic wiper/washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Avoiding damage to your vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
B
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41, 232 change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Charge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Inspecting the electrolyte level . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Operation in winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Before setting off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Belt Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Belt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Bluetooth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144, 153 Bonnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15, 224
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Boot lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Brake Handbrake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Brake Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Brake booster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Brake pads Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Buttons for the central locking system . . . . . . . . . . 47
Buttons on the driver's door Power windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
C
Car jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246, 251
Car state . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
CD changer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Central locking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
unlock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Changing a wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Changing bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
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Changing the engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Changing wheels around . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Charging the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Check engine oil level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Child safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184 Side airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Child safety lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Child safety seat on the front passenger seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Safety information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Child seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187 Classification into groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
ISOFIX system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Use of child safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Children and safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Chrome parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Cigarette lighter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Climatronic Defrosting windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Recirculated air mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Climatronic (automatic air conditioning) . . . . . . 115
Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Clothes hooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Cockpit General view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Convenience operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Converting/masking over headlights . . . . . . . . . . 206 Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
replenishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Coolant level Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Coolant quantity Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Coolant temperature gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Coolant temperatur e/coolant level
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Cornering lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Correct seated position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Counter for distance driven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Cruise control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Cup holder front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
D
Daylight driving lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Deactivatingan airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Deactivating an airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Defrosting rear window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
De-icing the windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Detachable towing device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Diesel engines Starting the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 Diesel particle filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Digital clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Direction indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Distance driven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Door Child safety lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Driver-steering recommendation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Driving economically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
E
EDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Electric power-operated window Operational faults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Electric sliding/tilting roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Electrically adjustable exterior mirror . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Electronic Differential Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Electronic immobiliser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Electronic stability programme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Electronic stability programme (ESP) Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Engine starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
switching off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Engine compartment Safety information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Engine electronics Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
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Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
replenishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Engine oil level Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Engine revolutions counter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Environmental compatibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202, 206
ESP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Exhaust gas Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Exhaust gas inspection Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Explanations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Exterior mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Exterior mirror heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
F
First-aid box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Fog lights with the function Corner . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Front airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Front armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Diesel fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Fuel gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Petrol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Fuel consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Saving energy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Fuel gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Fuel reserve Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Full wheel trim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
G
Gauges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Gearbox mechanical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
General view Cockpit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Glass roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Glow plug system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
GSM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143, 152
H
Handbrake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Hazard warning light system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Head airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Head restraint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Headlight cleaning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Headlight flasher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Headlights
Fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Headlight cleaning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Heated windscreen washer nozzles . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 Auxiliary heating (auxiliary heating) . . . . . . . . 119
Defrosting windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Recirculated air mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
I
Ignition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Ignition lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Immobiliser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Information display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Instrument cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Instrument lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Interior light Luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Interior lighting front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
interior lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Interior mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Interior monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Intermittent wiping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
ISOFIX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
ISOFIX system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
J
Jacking points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
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Jump-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252, 253
K
Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
L
Lashing eyes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Leather care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Light
automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Changing bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Light bulbs Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Lights converting/masking over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Range adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
switching on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Lights and Visibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Liquid in reservoir for windscreen washer system Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Loading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Lock Central locking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
lock Central locking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Locking and unlocking from inside . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Low beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Lugagge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48, 85
Folding double hooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Folding hooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Lashing eyes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Luggage compartment door Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Luggage rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
M
Main beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59, 65 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Manual gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Manual shifting of gears . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Memory for the on-board computer . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Mobile phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143, 160 Bluetooth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144, 152
Motoring abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Multifunction steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Multi-functional indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
N
Navigation system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Note holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
O
Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Oil dipstick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Onboard computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Open door
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Opening a single door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Opening for skis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Operation in winter Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Biodiesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
De-icing windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Outside temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Overview of the engine compartment . . . . . . . . . 226
P
Paint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Paint damage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Parking aid rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
parking aid Front and rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Parking light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Parking the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Passive Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Petrol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Petrol engines Starting the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Polishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Power steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Power window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
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Using the systemSafetyDriving TipsGeneral MaintenanceBreakdown assistanceTechnical Data
Power windows
Button in front passenger door and in rear doors54
Buttons on the driver's door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Central locking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
R
Radiator fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Rear armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83, 103
Rear fog light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Rear window heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Rear window heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Rear-view mirror Exterior mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Interior mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Recharge battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Refuelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Synchronisation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Replacing fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Replacing the wiper blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Roof aerial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Running in the car . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
S
Safe securing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Safety information Engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225 Safety wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Saving electrical energy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Seat belt height adjuster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Seat belt warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168, 172
Belt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
fastening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Height adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Safety information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
taking off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Seat heaters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Selector lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Selector lever lock Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Selector lever positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Selector lever-emergency unlocking . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Service Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Service Interval Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Setting temperature Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Setting the clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Shifting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Side airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Side lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Spare wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Stability system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193 Starting the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
after fuel tank has run empty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Diesel engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Petrol engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Steering Driver-steering recommendation . . . . . . . . . 195
Steering force assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Storage compartment Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Storage compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Storage facilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Sun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Sun screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Switching lights on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Switching off the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
T
Taking care of your vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
TCS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143, 152
Temperature outside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Temporary spare wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
the first 1 500 kilometres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
The roof luggage rack system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Thickness of brake pads Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Tilting roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Tiptronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
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