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brake compartment,
illustration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Automatic
transmission ............. 51 ......................
Warning and indicator ........... 8 Coat hooks, ....... 91
Keys, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 12 steering ........... 92
Anti-theft switch ... 58 Roof rack Roof ............. 93
Do ors , R ea r
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15, 16
........................
Sta rting procedures ................. 59
S topping engine .
....... ............ 61
.................. 62 T he first km) -
and afterwards ..................... 94
Air bag system
..................... Warning ............ 67 .......... 95
safety ........................ 36
H ea d r estra ints
..................... 43
Front seats
........................ 44
Rear seat
......................... 46
Lugga ge compartm ent
.............. 49
dimmer
switch .................... .... 78
Cruise
Air conditioning .................... 82
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Difficult operating conditions ........ 154
tank ,
and protection ............ 114
Ma
int enance , Engine hood . . . . 122 , 124
Engine compartment
............... 126
accesso ries, Mod ificatio ns
and Parts ............. 154
and CB radios .... 155
Engine data ...................... 177
Capaci ties
...... .................. 178
D ime nsions ..
..................... 179
Weights
..........................
........................ 1 28 J
ack and
system ................... 133
Tr ansmission
................ 135
Brake
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . 136 , 138 Compac
t spare
................. 159
Fuses
........................... 1 63 R eporting safety defects ............ 182
Operating your
outside
t he
................ 142
Windshield /rear window washer
container
................ ......... 143
I a radio ...........................
Emergency sta rting ................ 171
....... 183
Wiper ..................... 144
Dust and
............... 145
Tires
I .................... 146
Eme rgency towing with tow truck .............. 173
Lifting
..................... 175
..................... ....... 187
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Anti-theft alarm system
The anti-theft system triggers an
acoustic
When the is
engine compartme nt
ignition
when the driver 's or front passenger 's door is position for at seco nds after
the
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An indicator of the driver 's door , and a sound when the
does not sound , check the
doors, a nd hood and
To see if your system is on or not , insert your key into either front door and in the if th e
or hood are switched
on .
with the key even when the system is active.
This When the rear is circuit. The
The are
ope ned without the key, or if th e ignition is
switched on. When the
the syste m i s
swi tc h ed off with the key at eithe r the dri ver 's
o r front passenger 's door.
The is
interfered with again after the has
s topped (for instan ce if the rear is opened
afte r one of the doors has been forced
open).
To make certain that the is se­
cured, make sure that the doors are
is in the

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For safety reasons , the automatic opening and features work when the ignition is switched on.
Convenience
feature
can with your ignition key after making sure that
the windows are not obstructed: insert the
key into
the position.
If the
roof direction . The
windows and sunroof
Convenience open feature
As a
aid in hot weather, both front
w in d ows can be Insert the key into
the doo r and in the unlock position.
B oth windows be lowered at the same
time. The windows stop as soon as the
key is
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Do not
keys . Unsupervised use of the keys can result in starting of the
engine and use of systems such as power windows, power sunroof, etc . which
after
the ignition key has been removed
and one of the doors have been
opened.
Do not stick anything on the windows or the windshield that may
interfere with the driver 's vision.

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Safety
for reducing the potential for serious injury and death in automobile accidents. Therefore, for your own protection as properly wear safety when the vehicle is in motion.
Pregnant women, injured or impaired persons use safety Like to be seriously injured if they do not wear
safety The best way to protect the fetus is to protect the mother.
instructions and warnings pertaining to the use of the
safety
i s headed for a
brick They are not using safety belts.
T
he physical principles involved are simple . Both the vehicle and the passengers speed
and body weight. Engineers this energy
The higher the speed of the and the greater the passenger's weight, the more ki­
netic energy there is and the more energy
which must be in an accident.

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also move forward
where they can hit and injure the driver or
front seat passenger.
also help to keep passengers in
their seats.
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attach passengers to the car
and give them the benefit of being slowed
down more
through the give
in the safety crumple zones and other
sa fety features engineered into today's
cars. By
reducing the kinetic energy over a
longer period of time , the force s on the body
become more
and less likely to
produce injury.
addition , safety belts reduce the danger of
being thrown out of the car. Although
these examples are based
on a
fron tal
red uce the risk of injury in other
types of accide nts. regardless of er you are on a long trip or just going to the
corne r store , always buckle up and make
sure others do , too.
Th e
page s provide important structions which
To further inc rease the safety for the front
passengers, the vehicle is equipped with a
supplementa l ai r bag system.
page
provided must
vated only by severe frontal co llisions. The
air bags are not ac tivated
by a roll
over or by cases where there is no rable impact on the fr ont of the vehicle.

Kick-down device
The kick-down device gives maximum
on road speed and engine
s peed, the upshi ft is either delayed (forced
t h ro t
tle) or the transmission change s down 1nto the next lower gear.
one of the driving positions is gaged a safety switch will prevent the
ing lock if you depre ss the button in the tor _lever and hold it in while swi tching on the
Selec ting a driving position
to move , because power is transmitted
to the wheels as soon as a driving position is engaged .
the
transmission.

stop and the engine is running at id le speed.
Stuck in snow, mud or sand
When alternating between forward and re­
verse in an effort to free the vehicle, depress
the accelerator pedal slightly while the tran
s­miss ion is in gear, and release the accele ra­
t o r p ed al whi le sh ifti ng. D o not race th e en­gine a nd avo id spinni ng th e wheels.
Do
not repeat back and forth with wheels spinning at high engine
speed and heavy throttle, as serious damage may be caused to the Automati c transmission and othe r crit ical parts.
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Parking
a very steep incline, however, you
should first depress the brake pedal, en­
gage the parking bra ke and the n move the
selector lever completely to posit ion P. By
do ing
this , the mechanism and it be easier to rele ase
the park ing brake .
Stopping
When stopping briefly, a t a traffic light for
example , it is not necessary to move these­
l ec t
or lever to N (Neutra l).
The driving pos itions must never be used
for holding the vehicle on a hill. Always use
your foot brake when stopped on inclines.

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Manual transmission
Gearshift lever
engine with gearshift in
when changing gears. Do not the
knob
tion is required (when passing , for example) ,
shift down .
To engage 5th gear , move shift to the
right beyond the spring pressure point and
push forwa
rd.
Reverse
into R (Reverse) when the is not moving.
To engage R (R eve rse), move to press down , move further to
press the
verse gea r with ignition on.

Starting procedures
Never leave engine
To avoid unnecessary engine wear
only s tart with se le ctor
Do not depress the accelerat or At extreme low temper atures, the eng press acceler ator pedal slig htly .
As soon as the engine starts , release the ignitio n key .
Opera te the starte r for no m ore than 1
When starting a ver y hot eng ine, it ma y
b e necessa ry to
the engi ne d oes not start , th e fuse fo r
t h e fuel pu mp may be
vehicles with a catalytic converter,
the engine must not be started by for a distance of more than
Before you try starting the engine by pushing, you should try jump starting the
engine using the battery from another hicle-see page 172.
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