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out the battery being ignited by the strong spark which results from
the engine being started.
•Do not affix the cable end to parts of the fuel and brake
system.
•Run the jump-start cables so that they cannot be caught by any
rotating parts in the engine compartment.
•Do not bend over the batteries - risk of caustic burns!
•The vent screws of the battery cells must be tightened firmly.
•Keep any sources of ignition (naked flame, smouldering ciga-
rettes etc.) away from the battery - risk of an explosion!
Tow-starting and towing vehicle
General
Please pay attention to the following instructions if you are going
to use a tow rope:
Driver of the towing vehicle
– Do not drive off until the tow rope is taught.
– Release the clutch particularly gently when starting off or depress the accelerator particularly gently if your vehicle is
fitted with an automatic gearbox. Driver of the towed vehicle
– Switch the ignition on so that the steering wheel is not blocked
and you can also operate the turn signal lights, the headlight
flasher, the windscreen wipers and windscreen washer
system.
– Take the vehicle out of gear or move the selector lever into position N if your vehicle is fitted with an automatic gearbox.
– Note that the brake servo unit and power steering only operate if the engine is running. You will require significantly greater
physical force to depress the brake pedal and to steer the
vehicle if the engine is not running.
– Ensure that the tow rope is always kept taught.
Tow rope or tow bar
A tow bar is safest way of towing a vehicle and also minimizes any
shocks. You can use a tow rope only if a suitable tow bar is not available.
The tow rope must be elastic to protect the vehicle. Thus one should only
use plastic fibre rope or a rope made out of a similarly elastic material.
Attach the tow rope or the tow bar only to the towing eyes provided for
this purpose ⇒page 229, “Front towing eye” and ⇒ page 230, “Rear
towing eye”.
Driving style
Towing another vehicle requires a certain amount of practice. Both drivers
should be familiar with the particular points about towing a vehicle.
Unskilled drivers should not attempt to tow in another vehicle or to be
towed in.
One should be constantly vigilant not to allow impermissibly high towing
forces or jerky loadings. There is always a risk of excessive stresses and
WARNING (continued)
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damage resulting at the points to which you attach the tow rope or tow bar
when you attempt to tow a vehicle which is not standing on a paved road.
Caution
If the gearbox of your vehicle no longer contains any oil because of a
defect, your vehicle must only be towed in with the driven wheels raised
clear of the ground, or on a special vehicle transporter or trailer.
Note
•Please comply with any legal requirements particularly regarding the
switched on signal systems, when towing in or tow-starting another
vehicle.
•The tow rope must not be twisted as it may in certain circumstances
result in the front towing eye being unscrewed out of your vehicle.
Front towing eye
The towing eye is stored in the box for the vehicle tool kit.
Fig. 164 Front
bumper: Protective
grille
Fig. 165 Front
bumper: Installing the
towing eye
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Installing the towing eye
– Grasp the protective grille at the point ⇒page 229, fig. 164
marked with the arrow.
– Remove the protective grille (arrow ).
– Screw in the towing eye by hand to the left up to the stop ⇒page 229, fig. 165 .
– Tighten up the towing eye using the wheel wrench (push the wheel wrench through eye).
Removal of the towing eye
– Unscrew the towing eye.
– Put the protective grille in place on the side opposite the marking.
– Press into place the protective grille onto the side facing the marking.
– The protective grille must engage firmly.
Rear towing eye
The rear towing eye is located below the rear bumper on the right
⇒ fig. 166 .
Tow-starting a vehicle
If the engine does not start, we generally do not recommend to
tow-start your vehicle. One should attempt to start the engine
using jump start cables ⇒page 226 or call on the services of the
SERVICE mobile.
If your vehicle has to be towed:
– Engage 2nd or 3rd gear with the vehicle stationary.
– Depress the clutch pedal fully and keep it depressed.
AA
Fig. 166 Rear towing
eye
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– Switch on the ignition.
– Wait until both vehicles are moving then release the clutch
pedal slowly.
– Depress the clutch pedal fully when the engine fires and take the vehicle out of gear.
For technical reasons it is not possible to tow-start a car fitted with an
automatic gearbox .
WARNING
There is high risk of having an accident when tow-starting a
vehicle, when for example the towed vehicle runs into the towing
vehicle.
Caution
Vehicles which are fitted with a catalytic converter should not be tow-
started over a distance of more than 50 metres. Unburnt fuel may get into
the catalytic converter and damage it.
Towing in a vehicle fitted with a manual gearbox
Please refer to the notes ⇒page 228.
The car can be towed in with a tow bar or a tow rope or with the front or
rear wheels raised. The maximum towing speed is 50 km/h.
Towing of a vehicle with an automatic gearbox
Please refer to the notes ⇒page 228.
The car can be towed in with a tow bar or a tow rope. Refer at the same
time to the following guidelines:
•Move selector lever into N .
•The maximum towing speed is 50 km/h .
•The maximum permissible towing distance is 50 km. The gear oil
pump does not operate when the engine is not running and the gear would
not be adequately lubricated at higher speeds and over longer towing
distance.
Caution
If the vehicle is towed in by a recovery vehicle, it should only be towed in
with the front wheels raised. If the vehicle is raised at rear, the automatic
gearbox is damaged!
Note
The vehicle must be transported on a special vehicle or trailer if it is not
possible to tow in the vehicle in the way described or if the towing distance
is greater than 50 km.
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Replaces fuses at the battery
– Open the positive terminal cover ⇒fig. 169 or the battery
cover ⇒page 203.
55Not assigned
56Control unit - petrol engine20
57Towing device25
58Electrical power window (at the front on the left)25
59Not assigned
60Horn for the anti-theft alarm system15
61Fuel pump - petrol engine15
62Electric sliding/tilting roof25
63Seat heaters15
64Headlight cleaning system20
65Fog lights15
66Electrical power window (at the rear on the left)25
67Not assigned
68Fresh air blower25
a)For power consumers, e.g. the radio, which can be operated with the ignition
switched off as long as the ignition key is not withdrawn.
b)For vehicles with an electrical power window systemc)It is 15 amps for a vehicle with a 1.2 litre engine.
No.Power consumerAmperes
Fig. 169 The battery:
Opening of the positive
terminal cover.
Fig. 170 The battery:
fuse cover
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Index
252
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Clothes hooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Cockpit
An overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Convenience operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Converting/masking over headlights . . . . . . 171
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196 replenishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Coolant level Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Coolant temperature gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Coolant temperature/coolant level Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Correct seated position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Counter for distance driven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Cruise control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
D
Deactivating an airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Defrosting rear window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Defrosting windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94, 98
De-icing the windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Detachable towing device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186 Diesel engines
Starting engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Digital clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Dipstick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Direction indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Distance driven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Door Child safety locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Door open Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Drinks can holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Driving economically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Driving time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Dynamo Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
E
EDL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Electric sliding/tilting roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Electrically adjustable rear mirror . . . . . . . . . 66
Electronic Differential Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Electronic Differential Lock (EDL) . . . . . . . . 159
Electronic immobiliser Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Electronic stability programme (ESP) . . . . . 157
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Emergency locking of the door . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Engine Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
switch off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Engine compartment Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Engine electronics Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193 changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
replenishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Engine revolutions counter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Environmental compatibility . . . . . . . . . 166, 170
ESP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Exhaust gas inspection Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Exhaust gases Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Explanations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
F
First-aid box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
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S
Safe securing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Safety instructions
Engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Safety wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Saving electrical energy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Seat belt height adjuster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Seat belt warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
fasten . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Height adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
taking off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Selector lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Selector lever positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Service Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Service Interval Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Setting temperature Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
The air conditioning system . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Setting the clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Shifting of gears . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Spare wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220 Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Stability programme (ESP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Starting engine
Petrol engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Starting the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 Diesel engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Steering force assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Storage compartment Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Storage compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Storage facilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Sun visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Switch on the driver's door Power windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Switching lights on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Switching off the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
T
Taking care of your vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
TCS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Temperature Outside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
The air conditioning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
The automatic wiper/washer system . . . . . . . 63
The battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30, 201 changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Charge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Inspecting the electrolyte level . . . . . . . . 204
Operation in winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204 The CD changer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
The electronic immobiliser . . . . . . . . . . . . 32, 40
The outside temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
The radiator fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
The roof luggage rack system . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Thickness of brake pads
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Tilting roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Towing a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Towing a vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Towing device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Towing eye at the front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
at the rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Tow-starting a vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Traction control system (TCS) . . . . . . . . . . . 158 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172 General Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Transporting children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Tread depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Turn signal lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Turn signal system for vehicles towing a trailer Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Turn signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Two-way radio systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Type plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
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