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InstrumentIllumination
Theilluminationisautomaticallyadjustedtothe
ambientbrightnessbythelightsensorinthe
tachometer.
Inaddition,whenthecarlightsareswitchedon,
theinstrumentandswitchsymbolbrightnesscan
bemanuallyadjusted.
/?\.Warning!
Riskofanaccident,personalinjuryand
lossofcontrol.
[>
Donotreachthroughthesteering-wheel
spokeswhiledriving.
Dimminginstrumentillumination
[>
TurnadjustmentbuttonAintheappropriate
directionandholdituntilthedesiredbright-
nesshasbeenreached.
Thechosenlevelofbrightnessisindicatedby
abardisplayinthedisplayfieldofthe
on-boardcomputer.
TripOdometer
/?\.Warning!
Riskofanaccident,personalinjuryand
lossofcontrol.
[>Donotreachthroughthesteering-wheel
spokeswhiledriving.
Resetting
tozero
[>PressadjustmentbuttonAforapproximately
onesecondor
[>
Resetthedistanceinthe"SET"menuofthe
on-boardcomputer.
Refertothechapter"On-boardcomputer".
Afterexceeding
6213
milesor
9999
kilometers,
thecounterreturnsto"0".
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A-Adjustmentbuttonforchange-overbetween
kilometers/miles
Speedometer
Thedigitalspeedometerisintegratedinthe
pointerinstrument.
Theindicationchangesfrommphtokm/hwhen
theunitsarechangedfrommilestokilometres.
Changingoverbetween
Miles/Kilometers
YoucanuseadjustmentbuttonAtochangethe
unitsofthedistanceandspeeddisplaysinthe
on-boardcomputeranddigitaltachometer.
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A.Warning!
Riskofanaccident,personalinjuryand
lossofcontrol.
t>Donotreachthroughthesteering-wheel
spokeswhiledriving.
Switching
betweenunits
t>Withtheignitionon,holdadjustmentbuttonA
turnedtotheleftforapprox.5seconds.
Note
Theunitsofthedistanceandspeeddisplays
canalsobechangedinthe"SET"menuofthe
on-boardcomputer.
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A-Adjustmentbuttonforclock
B-Clock
Clock
Theclockisblankedoutapproximatelyfour
minutesaftertheignitionisswitchedofforwhen
thecarislocked.
Settingthetime
A
Warning!
Riskofanaccidentandlossofcontrol.
I>Donotreachthroughthesteering-wheel
spokeswhiledriving.
Settinghours
I>PressadjustmentbuttonAforaboutonesec-
ond.
Hourdisplayflashes.
I>Turnbuttonintheappropriatedirection:
toright-increasehoursfigure
toleft-decreasehoursfigure.
Adjustmentinhours-turnbuttonbriefly
Fastadjustment(displaycycles)-
turnandholdbutton.
Settingminutes
I>Pressadjustmentbuttonagain.
Minutesdisplayflashes.
I>Setbyrotatingasinhoursmode.
Leavingadjustmentmode
Automaticallyafteroneminuteor:
I>Pressadjustmentbuttonagain.
Whenadjustmentmodeisdeliberatelyleftby
pressingthebutton,thetimebeginspreciselyto
thesecond.
Note
Thetimemodecanbechangedbetween12h
and24hintheon-boardcomputer.
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TurnSignal/
HeadlightDimmer/FlasherLever
Turnsignals,lowbeamandhighbeamareready
foroperationwhentheignitionison.
1-Turnsignalleft
2-Turnsignalright
3-Highbeam
4-Headlightflasher
Leverincenterposition-Lowbeam
Whenhighbeamandheadlightflasherarese-
lected,theblueindicatorlightinthetachometer
islit.
Theturnsignalleverturnsoffautomatically
whenthesteeringwheelisstraightenedout
aftercompletingaturn.
Lanechanger
[>
Toindicateyourintentionwhenchanging
lanesonthefreeway,slightlyliftordepress
thelevertotheresistancepoint.
TheleverwillreturntotheOFFpositionwhen
released.
[>
Ifthefrequencyofthedisplaybecomesno-
ticeablefaster,checktheoperationofthe
turnsignalbulbs.
Headlightflasher
(Withignitiononoroff)
[>
Toflashtheheadlightstooncommingmotor-
ists,slightlypullthelevertowardthesteering
wheelandthenreleaseit.
Theblueindicatorlightinthetachometerwill
goon/offasyoupull/releasethelever.
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102Controls,Instruments
WindshieldWiper/WasherLever
/!\Warning!
Dangerofinjurywhenthewindshieldwipers
operateunintentionally.
Riskofdamagetothewindshieldandwiper
system.
I>Avoidrunningthewiperbladesoveradry
windshieldtopreventscratchingtheglass.
Spraywasherfluidonthewindshieldfirst.
Ascratchedwindshieldwillreducevisibility.
I>Alwaysloosenwiperbladesfromfrozenglass
beforeoperatingwiperstopreventdamageto
thewipermotororblades.
I>Alwaysswitchoffwindshieldwipersincar
washtopreventthemwipingunintentionally
(intermittentorsensoroperation).
I>Alwaysswitchoffwindshieldwipersbefore
cleaningthewindshieldtoavoidunintentional
operation(intermittentorsensoroperation).
I>Donotoperatetheheadlightwasherincar
washes.
I>Donotoperateheadlightwasherwhenitis
frozen.
0-
Windshieldwipersoff
1-Windshieldwipersslow
2-Windshieldwipersfast
3-Intermittentoperation
4-Windshieldwashersystem:
Sprayswhiletheleverispulledtowardsthe
steeringwheelinthefirstposition.
Whentheleverisreleased,afewdrying
wipesareexecuted.
5-Windshieldwipersandwashersystem:
Spraysandwipeswhiletheleverispulled
towardsthesteeringwheelinthe
second
position.
6-Headlightwasher
(VehicleswithBi-Xenonheadlights):
Spraysonlywhilelowbeamorhighbeamis
switchedon.
Thespraydurationislimited.Ifheavily
soiled,repeatwash.
Persistentdirt(e.g.insectremains)should
beregularlyremoved.
Seethechapteron"CarCareInstructions".
Note
Thewindshieldwashernozzles
areheated
whentheignitionison,asaprecautionagainst
freezing.
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Wipeintervalcontrol
Inwindshieldwiperintermittentmode3thewipe
intervalscanbeinfinitelyadjusted(notinve-
hicleswitharainsensor).
Shorteningwipeintervals
[>
TurnthumbwheelAclockwise.
Lengtheningwipeintervals
[>
TurnthumbwheelAcounter-clockwise.
Rainsensor
Invehicleswitharainsensortheamountofrain
orsnowwhichhassettledonthewindshieldis
measured.Thewiperspeediscontrolled
accordinglybetweenintermittentandcontinuous
operation(wiperspeed
1and2).
Switchingrainsensoron
[>
Movewiperleverinposition
3.
Switchingrainsensoroff
[>
Movewiperleverinposition
O.
Note
The
rainsensorremainsswitchedoffifthe
wiperleverisalreadyinposition
3
whentheigni-
tionisswitchedon.
Toswitchtherainsensor
on:
[>
Movewiperlevertoposition
0and
thenback
toposition
3or
[>
Operatewindshieldwashersystem
or
[>
Changethesensitivityoftherainsensorwith
thethumbwheel.
Switch-onisconfirmedbyonewipeofthewind-
shield.
~
Changingthesensitivityoftherain
sensor
SensitivitycanbesetwiththethumbwheelAin
6stages.
[>TurnthumbwheelAcounter-clockwise-low
sensitivity
.
[>
TurnthumbwheelAclockwise-highsensitiv-
ity.
Thesettingisconfirmedbyonewipeofthe
windshield.
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A-Automaticspeedcontrolreadinessoff/on
1-Holdandstore/accelerate
2-Decelerate/resume
3-Interrupt
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Automatic
Speed
Control
Theautomaticspeedcontrolmaintainsany
selectedspeedbetween25mphand120mph
(40km/hand200km/h)withoutyouhavingto
usetheaccelerator.
Theautomaticspeedcontrolisoperatedwith
theleveronthesteeringwheel.
/!\Warning!
Aconstantspeedmaynotbesafeinheavy
traffic,oronwindingorslipperyroads.
Withthespeedcontrolsystemengaged,
theenginespeedwillnotreturntoidle
whenremovingthefootfromtheaccelera-
torpedal.
I>Donotusethespeedcontrolwhenitmaybe
unsafetokeepthecarataconstantspeed.
I>Observealllocalandnationalspeedlimits.
Switchautomatic
speedcontrol
readinesson
I>Press
buttonAontheautomaticspeed
controllever
.
~
Thisgreenindicatorlightinthe
t"speedometernowindicatesreadiness
Hold
andstorespeed
I>
Bringthecartothedesiredspeedwiththe
accelerator.
I>
Thenpushoperatingleverforward1briefly.
Accelerating(e.g.toovertake)
I>
Increasespeedasusualwiththeaccelerator.
Whentheacceleratorisreleased,thepreviously
savedvalueisagainset.
Automaticspeedcontroloperationisautomat-
icallyinterrupted,however,ifthespeedisin-
creasedbymorethanabout16mph(25km/h)
forlongerthan20seconds,
or:
I>Pressoperatinglever
forward1untilthe
desiredspeedisreached.
Thespeedreachedismaintainedandstored
whentheleverisreleased.
Speedcanbecorrectedinstepsof2km/h(ap-
proX.1mph)
bybriefly
pushingtheleverfor-
wardordown(upto10times).
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Decelerating
I>Pressoperatingleverdown2untilthedesired
speedisreached.
Thespeedreachedismaintainedandstored
whentheleverisreleased.
Speedcanbecorrectedinstepsof2kmjh(ap-
prox.1mph)bybrieflypushingtheleverfor-
wardordown(upto10times).
Interruptingautomaticspeedcontrol
operation
I>Pulloperatingleverbrieflytowardsthesteer-
ingwheel3or:
I>Operatebrakeorclutchpedalor,
withTiptronictransmission,selectposition
"N".Seealsothechapteron"Tiptronic".
Thespeeddrivenbeforetheinterruptionre-
mainsstoredinthememory.
Automaticspeedcontroloperationisinter-
ruptedautomatically:
-Iftheset
speedisexceededbymorethan
16mph(25km/h)forlongerthan20sec-
onds,
-iftheactualspeedfallsto6mph(10kmjh)
belowthesetvehiclespeedforlongerthan5
seconds(upwardslopes).
Resumingthestoredspeed
I>Pressoperatingleverbrieflydown2.
Thestoredspeedshouldonlybecalledupwhen
trafficconditionsandtheroadsurfacesoper-
mit.
Switchingautomaticspeedcontrol
readinessoff
I>
PressbuttonAontheautomaticspeedcon-
trollever.
Thegreenreadinesslightinthespeedometer
goesoff.
Whenthevehicleisparkedandtheignition
switchedoff,thememoryiscleared.
Importantnote
On
upwardordownwardslopes,thesetspeed
cannotalwaysbemaintainedbytheautomatic
speedcontrol.
Toobtainsufficientenginebrakingorabetter
engine-speedrange,therefore,youhavetose-
lectalowergear.
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