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@ Booklet 3.1 Controls and Equipm ent
Appl ies to vehic les: wi th Homelink Universol Tronsmitter
Homelink ® Universal Transmitter
The Hom eLink ® will le arn the radio frequency codes of to three tran s­
mitter s.
BJK-00 11
Fig. 23 H ome link buttons in driver 's su n visor
23 th e dr iver 's
s un viso r ca n b e use d to pr ogram th e se t­
tin gs of remote co ntrols , for exa mple for a
home safet y ala rm or an automati c garage
door opener.
Programming
I. Simultaneou sly pre ss and hold button s
until the indi cator light above
button m b egins to fla sh. R ele ase the but­
ton s.
2. Hold th e end of th e hand-h eld tran s­
mitter appro x. 2
(5 cm) from th e
m emo, y butt ons keepi ng th e ind icato r
li gh t in view.
3 . Simult an eously press and hold the
button on your remote control whose
fun ction you wo uld like to ass ign to a
m emor y button and button
th e HomeLink ® indi cator light ab ove
button
s ta rts to flas h slow ly a nd t hen
rap idly.
Reprogramming a remote control
1. Pre ss button m
2. Ho ld your remot e control , fo r exa mple
fo r the garage door, appr ox. 2 inch es (5 c m)
from the m emor y button s.
3. Pre ss the button on yo ur r emot e contro l
w ho se function you would lik e to ass ig n to
a m emory button and press button
or
at the sam e tim e.
4 . Hold down both button s until the
Hom eLin k® indi cator ligh t abo ve but ton
s ta rts to flash slowly and then qui ckly.
Op erating the Homelink ® Universal
Transmitter
l. Turn the ign ition switch on.
2. Press button
to activa te th e
d es ired re mote control
Deleting all programmed remote con­
trols
I. Turn th e ig niti on sw itch on.
2 . Sim ultan eo usly pr ess and h old butt ons
until the light s in the m emor y
bu ttons flash rapidly.
3 . Rel ease the butt ons.
Th e Hom eLin k® Uni vers a l Tr an sm ill er is lo­
ca ted in th e dri ver's sun viso r.
Thi s inn ova tive fea ture
lea rn radio fr e­
qu en cy co des of most c urr clll tran sm itte rs use d
to act iva te g ara ge doors. en try door locks, es tate
gates.
syste ms, and hom e or lighti ng.
Depending on the hand -hel d 1ransmi11cr. the distan ce O 12 in che s (0 3 0
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WARNING
Cras hes a nd oth er acci dcn t s ca n hap pen w hen
yo u cann ot sec the road a head a nd when yo u
ca nn ot b e see n by other m otor is ts.
• Never use day time runn ing ligh ts to sec
w here yo u are goi ng. Th ey a rc no t b right
eno ugh an d w ill n ot let y ou sec fa r eno ugh
a h ea d for safety especia lly a l dusk or w hen it i s
dark. Always sw itch on the low bea m at du sk
or w hen it is dark .
•
t a il li ght s do not ligh t u p w hen da y­
tim e runnin g lig ht s arc o n. A ve hicle w ithout
r ear ta il li gh ts turne d on ca nn ot b e see n by
ot hers in b ad wea the r at dusk o r w hen it s d ark .
Applies to ve hicles: with Highline instrument clus ter
WARN ING (continued)
• If aut oma tic head light cont rol is sw itch ed
o n, th e low bea m and w ill n ot be
switc hed on in fog or heavy You have to
sw itc h on t he low bea m using t he light sw itch .
• J\lways tu rn on th e he adli ght s befo re d usk
a n d in ra in or fo g so th at yo u ca n see a head
and so that oth ers can see your vehicl e from
t h e bac k.
Tip s
I f yo u re m ove the key from t he ig n ition lock w ith
t he ligh ls s till on, a b uzze r w iU sou nd when you
o pen
dri ver's door re mi nd yo u turn light s off .
• Always observe loca l o rdin an ces a nd traffi c
regu la tion s w hen using yo ur lights. •
Coming /leaving home function (orientation lighting)
T he comi ng hom e/ leav ing home functio n is ro lled by ligh t sensor.
Coming h om e function
If th e hea dlight s sw itc h
46, is in th e
"Au to ma tic headligh t co ntrol" (AUTO or po­
sition whe n the ig n it ion is sw itc hed off an d th e
driver's door is opened and closed,
co ming
h o m e fun ction (sw itc h-off delay) switch es on
th e orientat ion ligh ti n g. The le ngth of
sw itch-o ff delay ca n be adju sted, o r sw itch ed off
co mple te ly, in Lights a nd vis io n 17.
L e a vi ng h om e fu ncl ion
th e ve hicl e is un locked, the leav ing hom e
func tion switch es on orie nt atio n li gh tin g. The lig
htin g is switched off as soo n as t he ign i­
t ion is s witched on.
Tips
I f th e co min g home or le aving hom e fu nct ion is
sw itched on, the head ligh ts, s ide mar ke r ligh t,
t ai lli g h t a nd lice nse pla te ligh ts w ill come on.
• If yo u r em ove t he ignitio n key and open t he
dr iver door while the vehicle ligh ts are on , you
w ill not h ear an acoust ic warning if the comi ng
home funct io n is sw itched on.
• You can set th e com ing hom e fu ncti on
s wit ch off delay in th e Lights and vis io n
menu , provid ed yo ur ve hicl e has th is m en u in t he
di spla y.•
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• If 1h e sig nal l eve r is le ft on, a buzzer
so und s when 1 he drive r doo r is op en ed, eve n if
1h e key is lef l in !h e ig ni tio n l ock, and !he r espec-
Interior lights
Inte rio r light in the front
.
Fig . 28 Section of roof: fr ont inter ior lig ht
U se lhe ro cke r sw itch !h e fo l­
l ow ing pos itio ns:
Co urtesy light positi on
C oun esy w ill on w hen yo u u nlock ve hicl e and will go off ap prox ima te ly 30 sec­
on ds af ter yo u close 1he doors w hen sw itch i s
in 1h e ce nter posi tion. T he in te ri or go off
w he neve r yo u loc k 1h e ve hicle o r w hen you
on 1h e ig n iti on.
50 Lights and a clear view
li ve head light and 1 aill igh1 w ill be illum in a1e d re du ced bri gh tn ess. These a re re mind ers 10 o ff !h e
Interior light switch ed on
Press 1 he sy mbol "li':' on 1h e roc ker sw itch 1 0 on a fro nl or rea r The w ill on .
Int erio r li ght sw itch ed off 0
Press 1he sy mbol O o n the ro cke r to off a or re ar lig h1.
Glo ve comportm ent li ght
T he co mes o n au 1o m a1ica lly w hen !h e is opened a nd off w hen
yo u cl ose 1he co mpanm en l.
Lu ggage comportmen t lighting
T he co mes on a utoma tica lly w hen yo ur
o pen !h e rea r lid and go es off w hen yo u cl ose
Tips
If yo u sh ould l eave o ne of 1h e ve hicle doors
o pen, 1h e i nteri or l ig h ts w ill swi tc h off ap ­
prox . 10 mi nut es, prov id ed yo u h ave taken your
key yo u and 1h a1 lig ht in co unesy pos it io n. T hi s preve nts th e balt ery
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WARN ING (continued)
• Always rep lace w iper b lades that a re worn,
damaged o r do not keep the wind shi eld clear.
th e wind shi eld. T o pr eve nt damag e the wipe r blad es and the wipe r always
l oose n blad es frozen to the windshi eld befor e
operati ng th e w iper s.
Tips
• The w ind shi eld wipers will only funct io n
when the igniti on is sw itch ed on and the en gin e
hood i s clo sed.
App lies lo vehicles: ro in sensor
Rain sensor
• The previou s wiping spe ed will be ca lly se lec ted when the veh icle stops. reg arding
w ipin g spee d 53, fig. 33 or is lected. The s elected speed will be resumed when
th e ve hicle dri ves off aga in.
• The windshi eld will b e wip ed again after
a bout five seconds once the wind shi eld w iper
and washer syste m ha s been operat ed if th e
hicle is in mo tion.
• If th e "inter mittent w iping" function has
b een selec ted, the intervals ar e lin ked to the
s p ee d of th e ve hicle i.e. the int erva ls will be
s horter when th e vehicle is trave lling fas te r.
• The w iper will
wipe away any obstacle s
that are on th e wi nd shi eld. Th e wiper w ill stop
moving if the ob stacl e blocks it s path.
th e ob stacle and switch the wipe r back on
The rain sensor automatically either or lengthens the intervals between
wipes depending on how hard it is raining.
Fig . 3 4 Windshield wiper and windshield washing
l e ve r ad jus ting the rai n se nsor sett in g s
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wi tching on th e rain sensor
- Move the wiper lever up to position
34
Turn the leve r to
the left decrease sensit ivity. Turn the lever
to th e right to in crease sensitivit y.
Sw itch ing off th e rain sensor
- Move the wip er lever down to position
34
Th e rain senso r is part of th e "intermitt ent
w iping" function . If yo u sw itc h off the igni tion
an d th en sw itch it ba ck on aga in, then you w ill
h ave
re activate th e rain senso r also . Lik ewis e,
yo u must swit ch off th e int ermittent wiping and
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a
safety belt.
Th e dri ver sea t and front pa ssenger seat can be
adjusted in many ways to sui t the physi cal need s
of the ve hicle occupams . Seat position i s very
i mporta nt:
• fast and easy operation of all control s on th e
in strum ent panel,
• relax ed posture that does not ca use drow si­
ness,
• safe driving,
• opt imum protection from the seat belts and
airbag syste m
2.1 "Safety fir st."
WARNING
Drivers or passe ngers who arc unbelted , out of
position or too close to the airbag can be seri­
ously injured or killed by an airba g as it un­
folds. To help reduce the risk of ser iou s per­
so nal injur y:
• Alwa ys adjust the driver's seat and the
s teering wheel so that th ere a re at least 10
inches (25 cm) betwe en yo ur breastbone and
the steeri ng w heel.
• Alwa ys hold th e steer ing wheel on th e out­
s id e of the s teer ing wheel rim with your hand s
at the 9 o'clock and 3 o'clock positions to help
reduce the risk of personal injury if the
driver 's airbag inflates.
• Neve r hold th e steer ing wheel at the 12
o'clock position or with your hands at other
pos ition s in sid e the steer ing w hee l rim or on
the steer ing wheel hub. Holding the ste ering
w hee l th e wrong way can cause serio us inju­
ries to the h ands, ar ms and head if the driver's
airbag inflates.
• P assengers must alway s sit in an upright
po sitio n and ne ver lean against or place any ,0.
WARNING
(continued)
part of th eir body too close to the area where
the airbags arc located.
• Passengers who are unbelt ed, out of posi­
tion or too close to the airbag can be seriously
injured by an
as it unfo lds with great
force in the blink of an eye.
• Always make sure th at there arc at least 10
in ch es (25 cm) between the front passeng ers
breastbone and the instrum ent panel.
• Each passenger must always sit on a sca t of
th eir ow n and properly fasten and wear the
safety belt belonging to that seat.
• Before driving, a lways adjust the front
seats an d head restra ints pr operl y.
• Neve r adjust the seats while the vehicle is
moving. Your scat may mo ve unexpectedl y
and you could lose control of the vehicle .
• Always keep your feet on the floor in front
of the scat. Neve r rest them on the seat, instru­
m ent panel, out of the window, etc. The airbag
s ystem and safety belt will not be able to pro­
t ect you properl y a nd can even increase the
ri sk of injur y in a crash.
• Never drive with the backrest recl ined or
tilt ed far back! The farther the backrests arc
tilt ed back, the greater the risk
due to
in cor rect positionin g of the safety belt and im­
proper seating position.
• Safety belts only offer max imum protec­
ti on wh en th e sea t back is sec urely latched in
th e upri ght position and the safety belts arc
proper ly positioned on the bod y. By not sitting
upright, a rear scat passenger increase s th e
r is k of per sonal injury from improperly pos i­
ti oned safet y belts!
• Children must always ride in child seats.
Specia l precautions apply when insta lling a
child scat on the front pas senger sea t
2.1, ch ap ter "Chi ld
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Appl ies to vehicles: with electrically adjusta ble fron ts sea t an d memory bu ttons
Assigning dr iver seat settings to a remote control key
S eat settings can be assigned to each remote control key so that the driver seat is
automatically adjusted to fit a particular driver's size and height.
Ass igning remote control keys
-Do not take more than 10 second s when
performing steps 1-4, othe rw ise the re­
mote control key will not be assign ed and
your setting s will not be stored .
- Adju st y our seat and a ssign the adjust­
ments to a memory button.
Applies to vehicles: with seat heating
Heated front seats
-Remove the key from the ignition lock.
- Push the unlock symbol
32,
14 the remote contro l twice . You
will hear an acou sti c s igna l to let you k now
that the seat positions have be en ass ign ed.
The remote key is s et. •
The seat cushions and backrests of the front seats can be heated electrically.
Fig. 47 Detai l o f i ns trume nt panel : thu mb w heels
for front seat h eating
- Turn rhe left or right whe el 47
Th e se at heating i s switch ed off in the O po­
s it ion.
Th e se at heating only work s when the ignition is
s wit ch ed on. Th e le ft thumb whe el co ntrol s the
l e ft sea t and the right thumb whee l th e right seat
Note
D o no t kneel on the se at or apply sharp pressur e
at a sing le point to the seat cu shi on and back­
re st. Thi s can dama ge th e heating ele m en ts. •
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App lies to vehic les: with front armrest
Front center armrest
The front center armrest can be adju sted up and down orforwa rd and backward.
Fig. 48 Front center armrest
Rear seat bench
Adjust ing the height of the armrest
-th e armr est in the directio n of th e
arro w
48 gradua lly unti l it latche s
i n to the desi red pos ition .
- T o lowe r the armr est, you must
it all the wa y up. Then you will b e able to
l ow er it do wn.
Adjusting the armrest for ward or
backward
- Pull the armr est forward © fu lly unti l it
e ngage s or pus h it
Folding backrest forward and backward
The rear seat backrest can be folded forward to expand th e luggage compartment.
Fig. 49 Rea r seal backrest : un lock ing
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The rear sea tback i s split for folding. Both
sec tions can b e fold ed for ward individu ­
all y.
Folding the rear seatback forward
- Fir st mo ve th e dri ver's se at and front
pa sse nge r's se at as
for ward a s po ssible .
- Unlock th e ba ckrest u sing the mast er
ke y int o th e lock
49 tu rni ng the
lo ck
th e hori zontal po sit io n to the
v erti cal po sition.
- Pu ll the backre st re lea se lever in the di­
rec tio n of the arro w.
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Raising the backrest into place
Fig. 5 0 Rear seat backrest marking
-Fold the backrest back up firmly until it
engages. The red marking must not be vis­
ibl e
50. Make sure that the saf ety
bel ts do not get trapped.
- Lock the backrest using the master key
into lock
66, fig. 49 by turning
th e lock from the vertical position to the
horizonta l po sition.
WARNING
Improperl y positioned safety belts can ca use
serio us personal injury in an accident.
• Safety belts olTeroptimum protection only
w hen the scat back is upright and belts arc
correc tly positioned on the body.
• Always make sure that the rear scat back­
rest to which the center rear safety belt is at­
t ached is secure ly lat ch ed whenever the rear
center safe ty belt is being use d. If the backre st
is not secure ly lat ch ed, the passenger
will move forward with the backrest during
WARNING (continued)
sudde n braking, in a sudden maneuver and
es pecia lly in a cras h.
• Never attach the safety belt to the buckle
for another seat. Attac hing the belt to the
wrong buckle
will reduce safety belt effective­
n ess and can cause serious persona l injury.
• A passen ger who is not correc tly re strain ed
can be ser ious ly injured by the safety belt itself
when it move s from the stronger parts of the
bod y into sensitiv e areas like th e abdomen.
• Never le t the safety belts become trapped
between the scat and the side of the ve hicle
when raising the scat back s. A trapped safety
belt can be damag ed so that it can not help to
r ed uce the risk of injury in a cras h.
• Alway s mak e sure that rear seal safe ty belts
arc in their proper positio n and able lo be used
after the rear scat backr ests have been se­
c ur ely lat che d in the up right position.
• Neve r let passengers ride on the rear load
surface in the luggage compartment area or sit
on the folded clown backrests. Passengers who
are not properly wearing their safety belts risk
ser ious injuri es and even dea th in a co llisio n.
• Alwa ys make sure that the rear seat back­
r es ts are securely latched after moving them
back to the upright positio n. to properly latch
it back. Loose items in the
compart­
ment can fl y through th e passenger compart­
ment in a crash and cause ser ious injury.
• A red mark on the backre st latch show that
the back rest is not secur ely engaged. When
th e marker i s not visible th e backrest is prop ­
erly and securely latched. Always make sur e
the mark i s not visi bl e after raising the back ­
re sts to the upri ght
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Applies lo vehicles: with an opening in the rear backrest lo transport long objects
Transporting long items
Your vehicle has an opening in the center of the rear back rest, which ena bles y ou
to t ra n spor t long ob jects, which do not fi t in th e luggage c om partme nt.
Fig. 51 Opening from the inside
Opening from inside the vehicle
-Fold d own t he rear arm rest comp le te ly.
- Unl ock t he re lease han dle ::::)f1 g. 51
loca te d in th e plas tic cover be hind th e rear
a rmre st by turn ing the master key to th e
pos itio n.
- Gras p the hand le a nd lowe r the cove r
in to t he
The p last ic cover is in ­
tegra te d t o t he ce nte r rea r arm rest.
Opening from the luggage compart­
ment
- Ope n the rea r li d.
- Press d ow n th e re lease button in th e di-
r ec tion o f th e a rrow
an d fold th e
cove r towa rd th e int erior of th e ve hicle.
W hen th e cove r is unlo cked a red mark ing
w ill be vis ib le on t he re lease button .
Loading the long objects inside the ve­
hicle
- Place t he lo ng o bjec ts th roug h the
cente r open ing ca re full y and sec ure them
w ith an app ropriate strap .
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Fig. 52 Opening from the luggage c ompar tme nt
- Close th e rear lid .
Closing from the inside
- R em ove a ll objects.
- Fo ld the plast ic cover upward and press
u ntil you h ear it click into place.
- Lock t he co ver by tu rn ing the m aste r
key to the
- Fold t he rea r arm res t back into p lace .
WARNING
Loose luggage or oth er obj ect s in th e vehicle
ca n ca use se rious pers on al inju ry.
• Durin g sudd en braking mano euv res or ac­
cident s, loo se obje cts in th e passe nge r com­
partm ent can
for ward, injurin g vehicle
occ upant s.
• Sec ure heavy objects w ith suit abl e s trap s
s o that th ey cannot mo ve around while you
arc driving.
• When you tr an sport heavy o bjec ts, a lways
k ee p in mind that a chan ge in th e ce nter of
g rav ity ca n als o cau se chan ges in vehicle han-
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WARNING
Heavy load s will influ ence the way your ve­
hicle handl es and heavy loads t hat are not
properly stowe d or sec ured can cause loss of
contro l a nd se rious injury.
• Always keep in
when transporting
h eav y ob ject s, that a chan ge in th e center of
gravity can also cause c hanges in vehicle han­
dling:
-Always distribute the load as evenly as
po ssib le.
- Secur e heavy object s properly as far for­
ward in the lug gage compar tment as pos­
sible.
- Alwa ys s ecure heavy items securely
using the tie-downs provided wit h suitable
s trap s.
• Never excee d the Gross Axle Weight
or the Gross Ve hicle Wei ght Hating on the
s afe ty compliance sticker o n th e left d oor
jamb. Exceedi ng permi ssible weig ht can ca use
the vehicle to slide and handle difTerently.
• Always read and heed a ddition al imp or­
in forma tion on driving 2.1
" Safety first."
WARNING
To help p rev en t poisonou s exhaust gas from
being drawn into the vehicle , a lways ke ep the
rear lid clo sed w hile driving.
• Never transport objects larger than those
fitting completely into the luggage area be­
cause t he rear lid cannot be full y closed.
• If you abso lut ely must drive with the rear
li d open, observe the following notes to reduce
th e risk of poisoning:
WARNING (continued)
-Close all wind ows,
- Close the power roof,
- Open all air outlets in the in strumen t
panel,
- Switch off the air recirculation,
- Set the fresh air fan to the highest speed.
WARNING
Always make sur e that the doors and rear lid
are secure ly clo sed and locke d to redu ce the
risk of injury when the vehicle is not being
u sed.
• Afte r clo sing the rear lid , a lways mak e sur e
that it is p roper ly closed and locked.
• Never leave yo ur vehicle unattended espe­
cially with th e rear lid left open. A child could
craw l into the vehicle through the luggage
compartment a nd pull the re ar lid or window
s hut becoming trapped and unab le to get ou t.
Being trapped in a ve hicle can lead to serious
p ersona l inju ry.
• Never le t ch ildr en play in or around the ve­
hicle.
• Never let passe ngers ride in the luggag e
com par tmenl. Vehicl e occupants must always
be properl y re strained in one of the veh icle's
s eat ing po siti on s.
Note
o bj ec ts o n th e hat sh elf co uld d am age the
w ires of the re a r w ind ow d efogg er.
Tips
D o no t co ve r th e ve ntilatio n slo ts in front of th e
r e ar sid e w ind ows beca use this ca n pr event sta le
a ir fr om esca ping the vehi cle.
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