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165 Intelligent technology
Safety FirstControls and equipment Tips and Maintenance Technical Data
– To go up slopes where each traction wheel is on a surface with a
very different grip (I.e. ice on the left, dry asphalt on the right). The
EDS continues to function under these conditions.
Afterwards you should always reconnect this device.
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accelerating or in turns.
The ESP expands the functions of the ABS/TCS and decreases
under any circumstance the risk of skidding. This contributes to an
improved stability of the vehicle.The system works in the realm of speed in relation to the ABS. In
case of a failure of the ABS, the ESP will also fail.
The ESP connects automatically when the engine is switched on
and checks itself.
If needed, the system can be switched on or off by pressing the
button.
When the system is off, the ESP warning light will light up
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"Warning lights" chapter.
The ESP should always be connected. Only in exceptional cases,
when the skidding effect is desired under extremely sporty
conditions, the system can be disconnected.
Afterwards the system should be reconnected.
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The electronic stability program encompasses the ABS, EDS and
TCS. In addition to all available data for these functions, the ESP
control unit needs additional measurements supplied by high
precision sensors. The measuring data consists of the speed at
which the vehicle turns around its vertical axis, acceleration,
pressure on brakes and the turn of the steering wheel.
With the help of the steering wheel sensor and the vehicle’s
speed, the desired direction is determined and constantly
compared to the vehicle’s real behavior. When differences occur,
such as incipient skidding, the ESP automatically brakes the
adequate wheel.
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197 Checking and refilling
Safety FirstControls and equipment Tips and Maintenance Technical Data
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The fluid container is on the left in the engine compartment. It
holds about 3.5 liters; in vehicles with a headlight washer system*
it holds about 6 liters.
The rear windshield* has its own container located in the engine
compartment.
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because plain water is not usually sufficient to clean the glass and
headlight lenses quickly and thoroughly. The mixing ratios on the
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To avoid a possible error by the fluid level sensor, the proportion of alcohol
and water should be 35% alcohol and 65% water approximately.
We recommend you contact a Technical Service Centre for further advice.
Under no circumstances should you add coolant anti-freeze or other
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Fig. 163AL0-051

264General index
Opening and closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Opening and closing the opening roof . . . . . 89
Opening and closing your vehicle . . . . . . . . . 82
Opening the bonnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Opening/closing vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140,141
Operating faults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Outside temperature indicator* . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Overview of the instrument panel . . . . . . . . . 43
Overview of the warning lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
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Paint damage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Parking distance control (PDC)* . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Passenger side storage compartment . . . . . . 129
Pedal area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Petrol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Petrol additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .159
Plastic parts and leatherette . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Polishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Position of the ignition key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Power steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .166
Pre-heating system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Proper sitting position for occupants . . . . . . . 39
Properties of RME . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Protecting seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
R R
Radiator fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Radio-frequency remote control key* . . . . . . . 81
Rain sensor* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Raising the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Re-locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Reading light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Rear fog light* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58
Rear lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Rear window heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Rear windscreen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Rear-view mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Refuelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Releasing tank flap manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Releasing the harness belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Removable armrests* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Removing and fitting the wheel . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Removing and installing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40,117
Removing luggage compartment cover . . . . . 121
Removing seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Removing spare wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Renewing the brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Renewing wheels/tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Returning seat to normal position . . . . . . . . . 35
Revolutions counter* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
RME fuel (“diester”) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159Roof rack/Roof railing* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Running-in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
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Safety for children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25
Safety notes on using child seats . . . . . . . . . 25
Safety notes on using seat belts . . . . . . . . . . 11
Seat adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Seat arrangement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Seat belt position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Seat belt release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Seat belt retainer* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Seat belt warning lamp* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Seats and luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . 105
Seats in passenger compartment . . . . . . . . . 109
Securing the child seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Selector lever lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58,144,148
Selector lever positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51,145
Service interval indicator* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Servicing and replacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Servobrake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Setting the outside mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Side turn signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .218
Single door opening* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Sliding/tilting roof* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .211

265 General index
Spark plugs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Speed regulator* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Starting after running out of fuel . . . . . . . . . . 153
Starting the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Steel wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .181
Stopping the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Storing speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Stowage box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126-129
Stowage of spare wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Stowage of tow bracket* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Stowage of vehicle tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Sun visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Switches in the central console . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Switching lights on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Switching off the alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Switching on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Switching system off temporarily . . . . . . . . . . 155
Switching the system off completely . . . . . . . 156
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Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Tailgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
TCS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Temperature of the engine oil* . . . . . . . . . . . . 46The concept of four-wheel drives . . . . . . . . . . 163
The danger of not using the seat belt . . . . . . 9
The diversity of the Alhambra . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
The first 1,500 km – and afterwards . . . . . . . 167
The importance of correct seat adjustment . . 105
Three point seat belt for the second
row central seat* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Tiptronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
To move seat backwards and forwards . . . . . 109
Topping up coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Topping up engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Tow loads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Tow starting/towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Toy bag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Trailer towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Trailer turn signals* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58
Transport container for removable armrests* 109
Trolley jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Turn signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Tyre life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Tyre pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
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Undercoating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .182
Unlocking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73Up to 1,000 kilometres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Upholstery cloth and textile trim . . . . . . . . . . 180
Using Climatronic economically . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Using the handbrake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
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Vehicle data sticker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Vehicle hoist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Vehicle identification data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Vehicle jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Vehicle tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Vehicle tools, towing bracket*, spare wheel . 202
Vehicles with removable ball coupling*
on towing bracket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Vehicles without removable ball coupling
on towing bracket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Vent in roof* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Vent wing* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Voltmeter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Volumetric sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
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Warning lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Warning lamps display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Warning notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30
Warnings on handling the battery . . . . . . . . . 193
Washing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Washing the vehicle by hand . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178