Checking and refilling levels
212
Opening the coolant expansion tank
– Switch off the engine and allow it to cool.
– To prevent scalding, cover the cap on the expansion tank with a thick cloth and carefully unscrew the cap ⇒ .
Checking coolant level
– Look into the open coolant ex pansion tank and read off the
coolant level.
– If the level is underneath the “MIN” mark, top up with coolant.
Topping up coolant
–Only use new coolant.
– Do not fill above the “MAX” mark.
Closing the coolant expansion tank
– Screw the cap on again tightly.The position of the coolant expansion tank is shown in the corresponding
engine compartment diagram ⇒page 264.
Make sure that the coolant meets the required specifications ⇒page 211.
Do not use a different type of additive if coolant additive G 12+ is not avail-
able. In this case use only water and bring the coolant concentration back up
to the correct level as soon as possible by putting in the specified additive
⇒ page 211.
Always top up with new coolant.
Do not fill above the “MAX” mark. Otherwise the excess coolant will be forced
out of the cooling system when the engine is hot. The coolant additive G 12+ (dyed purple
) may be mixed with G 12 (dyed red)
and also with G 11.
WARNING
Any work carried out in the engine compartment or on the engine must be
carried out cautiously.•
When working in the engine compartment, always observe the safety
warnings ⇒page 203
•
When the engine is warm or hot, the cooling system is pressurised! Do
not unscrew the cap on the expansion tank when the engine is hot. This is
a burn injury risk.Caution
•
When mixed with other additives the colour of G 12 will change to brown.
If this occurs you should have the coolant changed immediately. Failure to do
so will result in engine damage!
•
If a lot of coolant has been lost, wait for the engine to cool down before
putting in cold coolant. This avoi ds damaging the engine. Large coolant
losses are an indication of leaks in the cooling system. See a specialised
workshop immediately and have the cooling system checked. Otherwise,
there is a risk of engine damage.
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216If this is not sufficient, refer to a qualified workshop.
WARNING
Do not drive unless you have good visibility through all windows!•
Clean the windscreen wiper blades and all windows regularly.
•
The wiper blades should be changed once or twice a year.Caution
•
A damaged or dirty window wiper could scratch the rear window.
•
Never use fuel, nail varnish remover, paint thinner or similar products to
clean the window.
•
Never move the windscreen wiper by hand. This could cause damage.
Brake fluidChecking the brake fluid level
The brake fluid is checked at the intervals given in the service
schedule.– Read off the fluid level at the transparent brake fluid reservoir. It should always be between the “MIN” and “MAX” marks.The position of the coolant expansion tank is shown in the corresponding
engine compartment diagram ⇒page 264. The brake fluid reservoir has a
black and yellow cap.
The brake fluid level drops slightly when the vehicle is being used as the
brake pads are automatically adjusted as they wear.
Fig. 161 In the engine
compartment: Brake fluid
reservoir cover
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280Buzzer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116, 159CCar care
Exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Car care products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Car phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Car washes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
CD changer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Central locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 Automatic speed dependent locking and un-locking system* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Emergency unlocking system . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Locking system for invo luntary unlocking . . 94
Selective unlocking system* . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Central locking button Central locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
unlocking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Central locking system Automatic speed dependent locking and un-locking system* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Centre arm rest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Cetane number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Changing gear See Manual gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Changing the lamps Main headlight lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
rear lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246 Changing the main headlight lamps
dipped beam lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
main beam lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Side lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
turn signal lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Changing the rear lights indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
luggage compartment lights . . . . . . . . . . . 250
rear fog light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
reverse light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
side lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Changing windscreen wiper blades . . . . . . . . . 214
Chassis number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Checking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Checking battery electrolyte level . . . . . . . . . . 219
Checking engine oil level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Child safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Child seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Categorisation in groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Group 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Group 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Group 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Groups 0 and 0+ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
ISOFIX system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Securing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Child seats on the front passenger seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Cigarette lighter* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Cleaning alloy wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Cleaning and caring for your vehicle . . . . . . . . 187 Cleaning chrome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Cleaning cloth seat covers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Cleaning dash panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Cleaning engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Cleaning fabric trim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Cleaning leather . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Cleaning plastic parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Cleaning seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Cleaning steel wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Cleaning windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Cleaning wooden trim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Climatic* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Climatronic
General notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Clothes hook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Cockpit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Control Light switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Control lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Control lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Controls Electric windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Convenience closing Sliding/tilting roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Convenience opening Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211 monitor indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
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Coolant Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Coolant level
warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Coolant Loss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Coolant temperature Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Cruise control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Cruise control* Turning off the cruise control system . . . . . 174
Curtain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43DDanger of fitting a child seat on the front passenger seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Diesel engine Winter driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Differential lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Differential lock fault (EDL) warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Digital clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Dipped headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Disabling front passenger airbag Safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Disabling the airbag
Disabling front passenger airbag . . . . . . . . . 45
Display (without warning or information texts) . 59
Displays in the Mult i-function display
Memory displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Door lock cylinders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Door release lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Doors Childproof locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Drawer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Drinks holders at the front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Drive wheels traction control system . . . . . . . . 176
Driving Driving abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
With a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183, 184
Driving abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 Headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Driving economically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Driving programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Driving safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Driving with an automati c gearbox / DSG automatic
gearbox* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Driving with respect for the environment . . . . . 185
Duplicate keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Dust filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Dynamic headlight range control . . . . . . . . . . . 113
EEDL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178 EDS
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Electric steering system warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Electrical sockets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Electronic differential lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178 Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Electronic immobiliser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81, 160 warning message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Electronic stabilisation program . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Electronic stabilisation programme . . . . . . . . . . 80 Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Electronic stabilisation programme (ESP) warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
emergency manual locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Emergency opening Doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Emission control system warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Engine Running in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Engine compartment Working in the engine compartment . . . . . 203
Engine coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Engine fault Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Engine management Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
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284Overview
Control lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Instrument panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Warning lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71PPaintworkPolishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Waxing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Parking lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Parts replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Petrol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201 Trips to foreign countries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Petrol additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Petrol engines, starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Physical principles of a frontal collision . . . . . . 21
Plastic key tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Plastic parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Pollen filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Pollution filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156RRadio frequency remote control Changing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 Radio navigation Steering wheel controls
audio + telephone version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
audio version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Radio wave remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Rain sensor* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Rear drink holder* Armrest* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Rear fog light Indication lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Rear interior lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Rear lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Rear reading lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Rear seat bench . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Rear window heating Heating element wires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Rear window wiper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Rear-view mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Refuelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Registration light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Remote control key Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Synchronising . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Removing and fitting the wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Repairs Airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Replacement keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Rev counter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Reverse gear Manual gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163 RME fuel (biodiesel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Roll-back function
Sliding/tilting roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Roof aerial* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Roof carrier* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Rubber seals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Running in Brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Running in tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
SSafe driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Safety equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Safety instructions Coolant temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Safety notes Belt tension devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Curtain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Disabling front passenger airbag . . . . . . . . 46
Front airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Using child seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Using seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Safety system- safe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Seals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Seat adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127, 130, 131
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