
If and when
216Compact temporary spare wheel*
The compact temporary spare wheel is only intended for
temporary use over short distances.If provided as part of the vehicle's equipment, the temporary spare wheel is
stored under the floor panel in the luggage compartment and is attached by
a thumbnut.
How to use the compact temporary spare wheel
Should you ever have a punctured tyre, the compact temporary spare wheel
is only intended for temporary use until you can reach a workshop. The
standard-size road wheel should be replaced as soon as possible.
Please note the following restrictio ns when using the compact temporary
spare wheel. This spare wheel has been specially designed for your vehicle,
thus, it cannot be changed with th e spare wheel from another vehicle.
No other type of tyre (normal summer or winter tyre) may be fitted on the
compact temporary spare wheel rim. Snow chains
For technical reasons, snow chains must
not be used on the compact tempo-
rary spare wheel.
If you should have a puncture on one of the front wheels when using snow
chains, fit the compact temporary spare in place of one of the rear wheels.
You can then attach the snow chains to the wheel taken from the rear and use
this wheel to replace the punctured front wheel.
WARNING
•
The tyre pressures must be checked and corrected as soon as possible.
The tyre pressure for the spare wheel is 4.2 bar. Failure to do so could result
in an accident.
•
Do not drive faster than 80 km/h. Higher speeds can cause an accident.
•
Avoid heavy acceleration, hard braking and fast cornering, risk of acci-
dent.
•
Never use two or more compact spare tyres at the same time, risk of
accident.
•
No other type of tyre (normal summer or winter tyre) may be fitted on
the compact temporary spare wheel rim.
Tyre repair ki t
The tyre repair kit is stored under the floor panel in the
luggage compartmentYour vehicle is equipped with the Tyre Mobility System “Tyre repair kit”.
The tyre repair kit consists of a container with sealing compound to repair the
puncture and a compressor to generate the required tyre pressure. The kit will
reliably seal punctures up to a size of about 4 mm caused by the penetration
of a foreign body into the tyre.
Fig. 145 Luggage
compartment. Access to
the spare wheel
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Technical Data267
Safety First
Operating instructions
Tips and Maintenance
Te c h n i c a l D a t a
Dimensions and capacitiesDimensions
Capacities
Tyre pressureLength, width
4,315 mm / 1,768 mm
Height at kerb weight 1,459 mm
Front and rear projection 949 mm / 788 mm
Wheelbase 2,578 mm
Turning circle 10.7 m
Track width
a)
a)This data will change depending on the type of wheel rim.
Front Rear
1,525 mm 1,509 mm
1,533 mm 1,517 mm
Fuel tank 55 litres, reserve 7 litres
Windscreen washer fluid container with headlight washer 3 l/ 5.5 l
Summer-grade tyres:
The correct tyre pressure can be seen on the sticker on the inside of the tank flap.
Winter tyres:
The pressure of these tyres is the same as the summer tyre pressure plus 0.2 bar.
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Index
272Engine fault
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Engine management Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196 Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Checking level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Oil properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Topping up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Engine oil dipstick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Engine oil pressure monitor indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Environmental tip Avoiding pollution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
ESP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80, 167
Example of menu use Open the configuration menu . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Program a speed limit warning . . . . . . . . . . 67
To activate and deactivate the speed limit warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Examples of menu use Open the main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Open the winter tyres menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
To close the winter tyres menu . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
External aerial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
FFastening rings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Fire extinguisher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
First-aid kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Floor mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Foot brake Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Front airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Front drinks holders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Front interior light Switching off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Switching on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Front passenger airbag deactivation . . . . . . . . . 45
Front reading lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Front seat adjustment Lumbar support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Fuel Diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Petrol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Fuel level Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Fuel reserve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 warning message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Fuel Tank Opening the fuel tank flap . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190 Fuel tank
See Fuel reserve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
GG 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Gear shift pattern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
General overview of the engine compartment 252
Glove compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Glow plug system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80HHandbrake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76, 158
Hazard warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
head restraints Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124, 125
adjustment of the head restraint angle . . . 125
Removing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
head restraints, correct adjustment . . . . . . . . . 13 In-use and non-use positions . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Headlight flasher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Headlight range control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 Driving abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Headlight washer system* . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Heated front seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
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276Turn signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75, 114
Two-way radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Type plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Tyre Mobility-System (Tyre repair kit) . . . . . . . 216
Tyre monitor indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Tyre pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Tyre pressures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Tyre repair kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216, 222
Tyres and wheels Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Tyres service life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Tyres tread depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Tyres with directional tread pattern . . . . . . . . . 210UUnderbody sealant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Using the Tiptronic gear system . . . . . . . . . . . . 157VVehicle battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Vehicle data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Vehicle identification data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Vehicle identification number . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Vehicle paint Car care products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Vehicle tools Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Vehicle wallet storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 Ventilation slits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Volumetric sensor*
Activation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Deactivation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
WWarning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Warning lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Warning reportsRed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Yellow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Warning texts in the display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Warning triangle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Washer fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Washing by hand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Washing the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Washing with high pressure cleaners . . . . . . . 179
Water warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Water in the windscreen washer tank . . . . . . . 203
Wear indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219, 251 Torque . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Wheel change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Wheel trims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209, 250
Why assume the correct sitting position? . . . . . 30
Why should head restraints be correctly adjusted? 13 Why wear seat belts? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19, 21
Why wear seatbelts? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Windscreen washer fluid
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Windscreen wiper blades Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Windscreen wipers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 Changing the front blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Changing the rear blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Winter driving Diesel engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Winter tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Wiper/wash automatic function . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Working in the engine compartment . . . . . . . . 193
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