Technical Data279
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/ 788mm
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 l. Reserve 7 l.
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
288Two-way radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Type plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Tyre Mobility-System (Tyre repair kit) . . . . . . . 223
Tyre monitor indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Tyre pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Tyre pressures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Tyre repair kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223, 230
Tyre-Mobility-System (Tyre repair kit) . . . . . . . 230
Tyres and wheels
Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Tyres service life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Tyres tread depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Tyres with directional tread pattern . . . . . . . . . 215UUnderbody sealant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
USB* connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Using the Tiptronic gear system . . . . . . . . . . . . 161VVehicle battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Vehicle data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Vehicle identification data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Vehicle identification number . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Vehicle paint Car care products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Vehicle tools Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Vehicle wallet storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 Ventilation slits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Volumetric sensor*
Activation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Deactivation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
WWarning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Warning lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Warning reportsRed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Yellow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Warning texts in the display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Warning triangle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Washer fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Washing by hand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Washing the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Washing with high pressure cleaners . . . . . . . 184
Water warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Water in the windscreen washer tank . . . . . . . 208
Wear indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226, 259 Torque . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Wheel change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Wheel trims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214, 258
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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Windscreen washer fluid
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Windscreen wiper blades Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Windscreen wipers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 Changing the front blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Changing the rear blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Winter driving Diesel engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Winter tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Wiper/wash automatic function . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Working in the engine compartment . . . . . . . . 198
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