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Index
Vol ume
Adj usting (multi- func tion
st eering wh eel) . . . . ..... . . . . . . .273
Se tting (C OMAND) . ..... . . . . . . . .68 W
Wa rningtria ng le . . . .... . . . . . . . .400
Wash erfluid
Disp laymessag e. . ..... . . . . . . . .439
To pping up . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . .379
Wash erflui d . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . .524
Wh eel bolts . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . .491
Ti ghtening torque . . ..... . . . . . . .491
Wh eel chock . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . .402
Wh eels . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . .381
In te rcha nging . . . . . ..... . . . . . . .387
Te chn ical data. . . . . ..... . . . . . . .512
Wind owbags . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . .35
Wind ows
Automati cca r wash ..... . . . . . . .379
Cleaning the windscreen . . . . . . . .395
Misti ngup . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . .338
Si de windows . . . . . ..... . . . . . . .254
Wind screen
Cleanin g. . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . .395
In frared reflective . . ..... . . . . . . .366
Wi nds cree nwash ersyst em..253, 379
Wash erflui d . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . .524 Wi
ndscre enwipe rs .. . . . . . . . . . . .253
Cleanin g. . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . .395
Fa ult. . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . .460
Intermittent wip e... . . . . . . . . . . .253
Ra insens or . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . .253
Re plac ing the wip erblad es . . . . . . .481
Win terdr iving . ..... . . . . . . . . . . . .388
Win terty res . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . . .388
Li mi ting th evehicl espeed
(on -board comp uter) . . . . . . . .28 7,311
Wi per blades . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . . .481 X
Xenon hea dlamps
Ov erview . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . .477 216_R
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50 Safety
Driving safety sys
tems
Whe nyo u deact ivat eESP ®
:
! ESP ®
no longe rim prove sdr ivin gst abil-
ity
! the engine’s torque isthen no longer
li mi ted and the dri vewheels could spin.
Th isresults in a cutting action of the
sp inning wh eelsfor be tter grip.
! traction control is st illa ctivated
! you can still brake with supp ort from
ESP ®
i IfESP ®
is deactivat edand on eorm ore of
th ewh eels are spinning, thev warning lamp
in the instrumen tcl us ter flas hes.ESP ®
does not
th en stabili setheve hicle. 1
To deac tivat e/a ctivat eE SP®
6 To dea ctivat e/ activa te: press
button 1.
The v warning la mp in the in stru-
me ntclus terc om eson wh enESPisde-
ac tivated. EB
V mo nitors andco ntrol sth ebrake pre s-
sure atthe rear wh eelsto improv edriving
sta bilitywh en braki ng.
ADAPT IVEB RAKE im proves brak ing safety
an den ha nces bra king comf ort.In addit ion
to th ebra king func tion, ADAP TIVE BRAKE
also offers the HOL Dco nve nien ce func tion
( = page 311). G
Risk of acc ident Ac
tivate ESP ®
as soon as the situatio nsde-
scr ibed aboveno longer apply. ESP®
will
othe rwise not beable to st abilise the vehicle
if the vehi cles tart sto skid or wh en a whee l
is spinn ing. G
Risk of accident If
the v warning lamp inthe instru ment
cluster li ghts up continuously whe nthe
en gine isrunn ing, ESP ®
has been deactivat-
ed or is unavaila bledu eto a malfun ction.
The risk of your ve hicleskidding is thenin-
cr ea sed in certain si tuations.
Al wa ys adap tyour driving style to suit the
pr evailing road andwe athe rcon dition s.
P54.25-5452-31 EB
V(electr onicbrak e-power
dist ribu tio n) G
Risk of accident If
EB Vis faulty, the braking system re mains
availa ble with full brak eb oost inge ffect.
Ho wever, the wheels could lock, forin-
stan ce, in the ev ent of a full brak eap plica-
ti on . You could lose control ofthe veh icle
an d ca usean ac cident. Adapt your dr iving
style to the chan ge inha nd ling charac teris-
ti cs. ADAPTIV
EBRAKE 216_R
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