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Safety First
Operating instructions
Tips and Maintenance
Te c h n i c a l D a t a
Performance figures
Consumption (litres/100 km)/ CO
2 (g/km)
Weights
Trailer weights
Engine oil capacity Maximum speed
in km/h 199
Acceleration from 0-80 km/h in sec. 6,8
Acceleration from 0-100 km/h in sec. 9,9
Urban cycle 7,5/ 203
Extra urban cycle 5,1/ 138
Combined 6,0/162
Gross vehicle weight in kg 2060
Weight in working order (with driver) in kg 1540/ 1608
Gross axle weight, front in kg 1105
Gross axle weight, rear in kg 980
Permitted roof load in kg 75
With no brakes, gradients up to 12% 750
With brakes, gradients up to 12% 1400
Engine oil capacity with oil filter change. 4.3 litres
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Technical Data
272Diesel engine 2.0l TDI 103 kW (140 bhp)General engine data
Performance figures
Consumption (litres/100 km)/ CO
2 (g/km)
Power output in kW (bhp)
rpm 103 (140)/ 4000
Maximum torque in Nm at rpm 320/ 1750 - 2500
No. of cylinders, capacity in cm
3
4/ 1968
Compression 18,5 ± 0,5
Fuel Min 49 CN
a)
a)Cetane-Number (cetane index) = Measure of the co mbustion power of the diesel.Maximum speed in km/h 201
Acceleration from 0-80 km/h in sec. 6,9
Acceleration from 0-100 km/h in sec. 9,9
Urban cycle 7,6/ 2057,7/ 208
Extra urban cycle 4,7/ 1274,8/ 130
Combined 5,8/ 1575,9/ 160
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Te c h n i c a l D a t a
Weights
Trailer weights
Engine oil capacity
Diesel engine 2.0l TDI 1
03 kW (140 bhp). AutomaticGeneral engine dataGross vehicle weight
in kg 2025
Weight in working order (with driver) in kg 1505/ 1585
Gross axle weight, front in kg 1070
Gross axle weight, rear in kg 975
Permitted roof load in kg 75
With no brakes, gradients up to 12% 750
With brakes, gradients up to 12% 1400
Engine oil capacity with oil filter change. 4.3 litres
Power output in kW (bhp) rpm 103 (140)/ 4000
Maximum torque in Nm at rpm 320/ 1750 - 2500
No. of cylinders, capacity in cm
3
4/ 1968
Compression 18,5 ± 0,5
Fuel Min 49 CN
a)
a)Cetane-Number (cetane index) = Measure of the co mbustion power of the diesel.
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274Performance figures
Consumption (litres/100 km)/ CO
2 (g/km)
Weights
Trailer weights
Engine oil capacity Maximum speed
in km/h 201
Acceleration from 0-80 km/h in sec. 6,7
Acceleration from 0-100 km/h in sec. 9,8
Urban cycle 7,5/ 203
Extra urban cycle 5,1/ 138
Combined 6,0/ 162
Gross vehicle weight in kg 2060
Weight in working order (with driver) in kg 1540/ 1608
Gross axle weight, front in kg 1105
Gross axle weight, rear in kg 980
Permitted roof load in kg 75
With no brakes, gradients up to 12% 750
With brakes, gradients up to 12% 1400
Engine oil capacity with oil filter change. 4.3 litres
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Operating instructions
Tips and Maintenance
Te c h n i c a l D a t a
Dimensions and capacities
Dimensions
Length, width 4,282 mm/ 1,768 mm
Height at kerb weight 1,546 mm
Front and rear projection 916 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
Capacities
Fuel tank 55 litres, reserve 7 litres
Windscreen washer fluid container with headlight washer 3 l/ 5.5 l
Tyre pressure
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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Index277
Index
AABS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Acoustic signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Acoustic warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Adjusting headlights driving on the left . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
driving on the right . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Adjusting the seat belt height . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Air conditioner* 2C-Climatronic* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Air conditioning system General notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Air conditioning* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Air recirculation mode 2C-Climatronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Manual air conditioner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Airbag covers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Curtain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Front airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Airbags
Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Alarm system Switching off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Alterations to the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Alternator Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Ambient temperature display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Anti-freeze . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Anti-lock brake system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176 Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Anti-theft alarm system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 Switching off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Anti-theft wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Aquaplaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Ashtray* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Automatic anti-dazzle interior mirror* Activating the anti-dazzle function . . . . . . 124
Deactivating anti-dazzle function . . . . . . . . 124
Automatic car washes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Automatic gearbox / DS G automatic gearbox . 164
Automatic lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Automatic mode 2C-Climatronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Automatic wiper/wash function for the rear window 123
BBall coupling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
BAS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Battery
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Winter conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Belt tension device Disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Belt tension devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Biodiesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Bonnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Brake assist system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216 Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Brake pad wear indicator* Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Brake servo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175, 179
Brake system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216 Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Braking distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Bulb defect warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
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278Buzzer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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
Unlocking system* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Central locking button Central locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
unlocking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
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 . . . . . . . . . . . 249
rear fog light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
reverse light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
side lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Changing windscreen wiper blades . . . . . . . . . 214
Chassis number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Checking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Checking battery electrolyte level . . . . . . . . . . 219
Checking engine oil level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Child safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Child seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Categorisation in groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Group 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Group 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Group 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Groups 0 and 0+ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
ISOFIX system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
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 Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Coolant Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Coolant level warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
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