3 Contents
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Co
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Th
he
e sst
tr
ru
uc
ct
tu
ur
re
e oof
f tth
hi
is
s mma
an
nu
ua
al
l . . . . . . 5
C
Co
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te
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t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
S
Sa
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y FFi
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Introduction to the subject . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Air Bag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
Safety for children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Front seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Head restraints* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33
C
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tr
ro
ol
ls
s aan
nd
d eeq
qu
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pm
me
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t . . . . . . . . . . 37
Instrument panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Digital display in the instrument panel . . . . . . . . 41
Warning lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Controls on the steering wheel* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Opening and closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Central locking* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Tailgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Anti-theft alarm system* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63Radio-frequency remote control key* . . . . . . . . . . 65
Electric windows* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Opening roof* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Lights and visibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Switches in the central console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Visibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Interior lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Windscreen washers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80
Wiper blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Rear-view mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Seats and luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . 87
Front seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Head restraints* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Adjustable steering column* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Pedal area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Rear seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Roof rack* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Ashtrays*, cigarette lighter* and electrical sockets95
Stowage box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Climate control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99
Heating and ventilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Air conditioning* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Climatronic* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Manual gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Automatic gearbox* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113Handbrake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Ignition lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Starting the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Stopping the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Cruise control system* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
T
Ti
ip
ps
s aan
nd
d MMa
ai
in
nt
te
en
na
an
nc
ce
e . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Refuelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Filling the tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Petrol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Intelligent technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Anti-lock brake system and traction control ABS . 131
Electronic stabilisation programme (ESP)* . . . . . 132
Power steering* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Your vehicle and the environment . . . . . . . . . 135
The first 1,500 km – and afterwards . . . . . . . . . . 135
Cleaning the exhaust fumes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Environment-friendly and economical driving . . . 137
Trailer towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Driving abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Care and maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Care of the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Checking and refilling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Engine bonnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Cooling system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
7 Introduction to the subject
Safety FirstControls and equipment Tips and Maintenance Technical Data
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t
You will find important information, tips and notes on passive
safety in your new CORDOBA in this chapter.
We have detailed everything you need to know about, for example,
seat belts, Air Bags, child seats, safety for children and head
restraints.
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n yyo
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27 Safety for children
Safety FirstControls and equipment Tips and Maintenance Technical Data
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1)44.03 regulation applies to child restraint systems. This
regulation divides child restraint systems into four groups.
Group 0: 0-10 kg
Group 0+: 0-13 kg
Group I: 9-18 kg
Group II: 15-25 kg
Group III: 22-36 kg
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Group 0/0+
For babies weighing up to 10/13 kg it is advisable to use infant
seats which can be reclined to the horizontal position
⇒fig. 24.
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W
WA
AR
RN
NI
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235 General index
G
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l iin
nd
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x
A A
ABS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Accelerator pedal faults (EPC)* . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Accessing battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Accessories and parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Accessories, modifications and replacement
of parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Additional brake light* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Adjustable steering column* . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Adjusting mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Adjusting the seat belt height . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Adjusting the steering wheel position . . . . . . 90
Adjusting washer jets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
After the running-in period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Air Bag system* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17, 51
Air conditioning* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Alloy wheels* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .153
Altering stored speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Alternator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Anti-dazzle interior mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Anti-lock brake system (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . . 50, 131
Anti-theft alarm system* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Anti-theft* wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Ashtrays*, cigarette lighter* and electrical
sockets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95Attaching child seats with the ISOFIX system 30
Audio control from controls on the steering
wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Authorization for use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Automatic fuse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Automatic gearbox* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Automatic* anti-dazzle interior mirror . . . . . . 83
B B
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Belt tensioner* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50, 130
C
C
Care and maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Care of the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Cavity preservation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Central locking button* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Central locking* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Central rear head rest* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Changing a fuse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Changing bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Changing engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Changing the wheels round . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Changing wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180Changing wiper blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Checking acid level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Checking and refilling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Checking coolant level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Checking fluid level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Checking oil level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Child safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Cigarette lighter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .96
Cleaning and anti-corrosion treatment of
engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Cleaning seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Cleaning the exhaust fumes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Climate control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99
Climatronic* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Closing the bonnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Comfort locking* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Controls on the steering wheel* . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Coolant losses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .162
Coolant specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Coolant temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Coolant temperature/level* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Cooling system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .161
Correct adjustment of head restraints . . . . . . 89
Cover headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Cruise control system* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122