
Everything from A to Z
204 Instructions for navigation 
system, refer to 
Voice instructions 119
Instrument cluster 12
Instrument illumination, 
refer to Instrument 
lighting 87
Instrument lighting 87
Instrument panel, refer to 
Instrument cluster 12
Instrument panel lighting, 
refer to Instrument 
lighting 87
Integrated universal remote 
control 94
Interesting destination 113
"Interim time" 72
Interior lamps 87
– remote control 28
Interior mirror, automatic 
dimming feature 48
Interior rearview mirror 48
Interlock, refer to 
Steering locked 54
Interlock on automatic 
transmission 54
Intermittent mode of the 
wipers 61
J
Jacking points 181
Joystick, refer to 
Control Center 16
Jump-starting 184
K
Key Memory 26
"Keypad" 150
Keys 26
Kickdown
– automatic transmission 
with Steptronic 59
– SMG Sequential manual 
transmission 57
Knock control 163
L
Lamps, refer to Parking 
lamps/low beams 85
Lamps and bulbs 178
"Languages" 73
– for navigation 119
Lashing down loads, refer 
to Securing the load 105
Lashing eyes, refer to 
Securing the load 105
Last destinations, refer to 
Destination list 113
"Last seat pos." 44
LATCH child-restraint 
fixing 52
LEDs light-emitting 
diodes 181
Length, refer to 
Dimensions 191
Letter symbol with portable 
phone 150
License plate lamps, 
replacing bulbs 180
Light-emitting diodes 
LEDs 181
Lighter 97
Lighter socket 97
"Lighting" 60, 85
Lighting
– instruments 87
– vehicle, refer to Lamps 85
Lights on warning 85
Light switch 85
"Limit" 71
Loading
– securing the load 105
– stowing cargo 105
– vehicle 104
Location, navigation 
drive 108
"Lock after driving" 29
Lock buttons in the doors, 
refer to Locking 30
Locking
– from inside 30
– from outside 28
Locking and unlocking 
doors
– from inside 29
– from outside 27"LOGIC7", refer to 
Adjusting the tone 128
Low beams 85
– automatic 85
– replacing the bulbs 178
Lower back support, refer 
to Lumbar support 43
Luggage compartment
– capacity 190
– emergency release 31
– hotel function 30
– increasing the capacity, 
Convertible 32
– opening/closing, refer to 
Luggage compartment 
lid 31
– opening from inside 31
– opening from outside 31
– opening with remote 
control 28
Luggage compartment 
lid 30
– emergency operation 31
– emergency release 31
– opening from inside 31
– opening from outside 31
– opening with remote 
control 28
– unlocking manually 31
Lumbar support 43
LW, waveband 130
M
M+S tires, refer to 
Winter tires 169
Maintenance, refer to the 
Service and Warranty 
Information Booklet for 
US models or to the 
Warranty and Service 
Guide Booklet for 
Canadian models 174
Maintenance system 174
Malfunction warnings, refer 
to Check Control 66
Manual air distribution 90
Manual mode with 
automatic transmission 
with Steptronic 59
"Manual" on the radio 131 

Reference 207
At a glance
Controls
Driving tips
Communications
Navigation
Entertainment
Mobility
Random play
– CD changer 140
– CD player 140
Reading lamps 87
Rear lamps, refer to 
Tail lamps 180
Rearview mirror 48
Rear window defroster 89
"Received calls" 149
Receiving level of portable 
phone, refer to Status 
information 19
Reception
– quality 133
– radio stations 133
– regional station 132
Rechargeable flashlight 95
Recirculated-air mode, 
refer to AUC Automatic 
recirculated-air 
control 89
Recirculation of air, refer to 
AUC Automatic recircu-
lated-air control 89
Reclining seat, refer to 
Backrest 43
Recording times, refer to 
Stopwatch 72
"Redial" for portable 
phone 149
Redialing with portable 
phone 149
Refueling 162
Releasing, engine 
hood 170
"Relock door if not 
opened" 29
Remaining distance
– refer to Computer 70
– refer to Cruising range 69
Remote control 26
– garage-door opener 94
– luggage compartment 
lid 28
– malfunctions 28
"Repeat" in audio 
mode 139
"repeat track" in audio 
mode 139
Replacement fuses 182Replacement of tires, 
changing a wheel 181
Replacing bulbs, refer to 
Lamps and bulbs 178
Replacing wheels/tires 168
Reporting an accident, 
refer to Initiating an 
emergency call 183
Reporting safety defects 7
Reserve warning, refer to 
Fuel gauge 65
"Reset"
– for stopwatch 72
– in audio mode 129
Residual heat mode 90
Restraint systems
– for children 51
– refer to Safety belts 47
Retreaded tires 168
Reverse, fast
– CD changer 140
– CD player 140
Reverse gear
– automatic transmission 
with Steptronic 59
– manual transmission 56
– SMG Sequential manual 
transmission 57
Road map 120
"Roadside Assistance" 157
Roadside Assistance 184
Roadside parking lamps 86
"Roaming" 158
Rollover protection system 
on Convertible 82
– lowering 82
Rope, refer to Towing and 
tow-starting 185
Rotary pushbutton, refer to 
Control Center 16
Route
– bypassing sections 120
– changing 116, 120
– display 120
– displaying map 120
– displaying the arrow 
view 119
– list 120
– selecting 116
– selecting criteria 116"Route list" for 
navigation 120
Route map 119
"Route preference" 116
Route selection 116
Run-flat tires 168
– continuing driving with a 
damaged tire 168
– flat tire 80
– tire inflation 
pressure 164, 168
– tire replacement 168, 169
– winter tires 169
S
Safety belts 47
– damage 47
– sitting safely 42
– warning lamp 47
Safety belt tensioners, refer 
to Safety belts 47
Safety systems
– ABS Antilock Brake 
System 76
– airbags 81
– DSC Dynamic Stability 
Control 77
– rollover protection 
system, convertible 82
– safety belts 47
Satellite radio 133
– activating 134
– selecting channel 134
– storing channel 134
"SAT" on the radio 134
"Scan"
– playing stations 131
– playing tracks 139
Scan
– CD changer 139
– CD player 139
– radio 131
"scan directory" in audio 
mode 139
Screen, refer to 
Control Center 16
"Screen on / off" 49
Screw-on valve caps 181 

Everything from A to Z
210 Tools, refer to 
Onboard tool kit 178
"Top 8" for portable 
phone 149
Torque, refer to 
Engine specifications 190
Touch tone dialing 150
Tow fitting 186
Towing 185
– tow fitting 186
– vehicles with automatic 
transmission 186
– vehicles with SMG 
Sequential manual 
transmission 186
– with tow bar 186
– with tow-rope 187
– with tow truck 187
"Town / City" for desti-
nation entry 111
Tow-starting 187
Tracks
– random play 
sequence 139, 140
– sample scan 139
Track width, refer to 
Dimensions 191
Traction control, refer to 
DSC Dynamic Stability 
Control 77
Traffic congestion, refer to 
Bypassing route 
sections 120
Transmission
– automatic transmission 
with Steptronic 58
– manual transmission 56
– SMG Sequential manual 
transmission 56
Transporting children 
safely 51
Transport securing device, 
refer to Securing the 
load 105
Tread depth, refer to 
Minimum tread depth 167
"Treble", refer to 
Adjusting the tone 128
"Trip computer" 70Trip computer 70
Trip-distance counter, refer 
to Trip odometer 64
"Triple turn signal 
activation" 60
Trip odometer 64
Trunk, refer to Luggage 
compartment 30
Trunk lid, refer to Luggage 
compartment lid 30
Turning circle, refer to 
Dimensions 191
Turn signals 60
– indicator lamp 13
– replacing the bulbs 179
U
Underbody protection, 
refer to the Caring for 
your vehicle brochure
Uniform Tire Quality 
Grading/UTQR 166
"Units" 72
Units
– average fuel 
consumption 72
– temperature 72
Universal garage-door 
opener, refer to 
Integrated universal 
remote control 94
Universal remote control, 
refer to Integrated 
universal remote 
control 94
"Unlock button" 27
Unlock code 147
Unlocking
– from inside 30
– from outside 27
Unlocking and locking 
doors, setting confir-
mation signals 28
"Update services" 158
V
Vehicle
– battery 181
– break-in procedure 102
– care 175
– care, refer to the Caring 
for your vehicle brochure
– decommissioning, refer to 
the Caring for your 
vehicle brochure
– dimensions 191
– loading 104
– parking 55
– position, refer to 
Displaying current 
position 109
– washing, refer to the 
Caring for your vehicle 
brochure
– weights 190
"Vehicle settings" 27
"Ventilation" 92
Ventilation 92
– draft-free 92
– independent 
ventilation 92
Vent outlets of automatic 
climate control 88
"Vent settings" 91
Voice command system 20
Voice instructions for 
navigation system 119
– muting 50, 119
– repeating 50, 119
– switching on/off 50, 119
– volume 119
Voice phone book 153
Volume 126
– audio sources 126
– portable phone 146
– setting speed-
dependent 128
– setting using buttons on 
steering wheel 11
– voice instructions 119
Volume adjustment in audio 
mode, front-to-rear 128
Volume of the luggage 
compartment 190