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Safety FirstControls and equipment Tips and Maintenance Technical Data
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In vehicles with automatic gearbox the key can only be turned to
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Before the starter can be operated a second time the key must be
turned back to position 1. This prevents the starter motor from
engaging while the engine is running, as this could damage the
starter.
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Ignition key lock*
On vehicles with an automatic gearbox* after switching off the
ignition the ignition key can only be withdrawn if the selector lever
is in the “P P
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locked in this position.
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General notes
• Before starting, move gear lever to neutral (with automatic
gearbox, selector lever in “P P
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firmly.
• On vehicles with a manual gearbox depress the clutch pedal
when operating starter so that starter only has to turn engine.
• As soon as engine starts, release the ignition key so that starter
can disengage.
• After starting a cold engine it may sound noisy for a moment or
two because the oil pressure has to build up in the hydraulic
tappets first. This is normal and no cause for alarm.

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Do not warm engine up by running it with vehicle stationary. Drive off
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• Do not over-rev or use full throttle until the engine has reached
the normal operating temperature.
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Petrol engines
These engines are equipped with a petrol injection system that
automatically supplies the correct fuel/air mixture at all ambient
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before or during the starting procedure.
If the engine does not start at once, stop using the starter after 10
seconds. wait about half a minute and then try again.
If the engine still does not start, the electric fuel pump fuse may
have blown
⇒"Fuses" chapter.
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by the coolant temperature
⇒"Instruments" chapter.
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Ambient temperature above +5°C:
The engine can be started without preglow. Do not depress throttle
during the starting procedure.
Ambient temperature below +5°C:
• Turn the key in the ignition lock to position
2⇒ fig. 146⇒
"Ignition lock" chapter – the glow plug warning lamp comes on. It
goes out when the ignition temperature is reached.
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If despite this the engine does not start, the fuse may have blown
⇒"Fuses" chapter.
• When the warning lamp goes out, start the engine immediately.
Do not depress the accelerator while starting.
If the engine only fires irregularly, continue to operate the starter a
few seconds longer (30 seconds at maximum) until the engine
runs under its own power.


262General index
Cruise control system* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58,154
D
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Data-carrying adhesive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Deactivate Air Bags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Description of anti-theft alarm system* . . . . . 79
Description of front airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Description of side and head airbags . . . . . . 20
Detachable seat belts for the third row of
seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Diagnosis* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59
Digital clock* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Door lock cylinder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Door release lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75
Door, boot and window seals . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Doors, central locking* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Drink can holder* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Driver’s seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Driving a car with a manual gearbox . . . . . . . 143
Driving abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .176
Driving in winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Driving programmes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Driving tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Dust and pollen filter* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
E E
EDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Electric folding wing mirrors* . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104Electric socket in the centre console . . . . . . . 125
Electric sockets in luggage compartment* . . 126
Electric windows* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Electrically adjustable mirrors* . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Electrically operated vent wing windows* . . . 88
Electronic engine block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Electronic immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60,72
Electronic stability program (ESP)* . . 59,94,165
Emergency operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Emergency starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Engine bonnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .183
Engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Engine data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Engine failure* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Engine oil pressure/level* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Environment-friendly and economical driving 169
ESP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
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Filling the container . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Filling the tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Filter preheating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
First aid kit, warning triangle* . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Fixing points for tow bar* . . . . . . . . . . . . 173,233
Foldable key* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Folding backrest forwards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110Folding seat back . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Folding seat forwards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Folding table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Four-wheel drive* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
From 1,000 – 1,500 km . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Front interior light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .97
Front passenger seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Front reading light* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Front seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39,105
Front windscreen wipers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Frontal collisions and the laws of physics . . . 8
Fuel Consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Fuel gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Fuel reserve* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Function of electric windows with ignition on 85
Function of front airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Function of head airbags* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Function of side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Function of the electric windows with ignition
switched off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Fuse colour code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .215
Fuse layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
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Hand brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60,149
Hazard warning lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

263 General index
Head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40,117
Headlight covering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Headlight failure* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Headlight range control* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Headlight washer system* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Heated seats* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
How to fasten on the three point seat belt . . 16
How to jump start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
How to unfasten the three point seatbelt . . . 16
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If and when . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
If the battery is disconnected and then
reconnected... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Ignition key lock* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Ignition lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Indicators and dipped beam lever . . . . . . . . . 96
Individual opening of the doors . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Installing a radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Installing luggage compartment cover . . . . . 121
Installing seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112
Installing spare wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Instrument lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Instrument overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Instrument panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45Integrated child seat* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Intelligent technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Interior light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98,221
Interior light control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Isofix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
J
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Jump leads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
K
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Key set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Keys with remote control* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Kick-down device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Knurled wheel for seat heating* . . . . . . . . . . 94
L L
Lashing eyes* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Lifting points for workshop hoist and trolley
jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Lifting the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Lights in the body . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Lights in the tailgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Lights next to the roof handle . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Locking and unlocking the vehicle . . . . . . 73,81
Long-term parking of the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . 195
Luggage compartment cover* . . . . . . . . . . . . 120Luggage compartment light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Luggage compartment/Mesh partition* . . . . 119
M M
Main beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59
Manual gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Measurements and capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Mechanically operated vent wing windows . . 87
Mesh partition* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Mileage clock/Trip mileage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Mirror heating* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Mobile telephones and radio telephones . . . 223
Multi-function indicator* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Multifunctional* steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . 54
N N
Natural leather* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Navigation system* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Notes for tyres where the direction of rotation
is stipulated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Number plate light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
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Oil properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .186
Onboard computer with multi-function
indicator* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Open door warning lamp* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Open tailgate warning lamp* . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

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