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Technical Data
General
Identification data
Vehicle data sticker
The vehicle data sticker ⇒fig. 211 is located on the floor of the luggage
compartment and is also stated in the Service schedule.
The vehicle data sticker contains the following data:
Vehicle identification number (VIN)
Vehicle type
Gearbox code, paint number, interior equipment number, engine
output, engine code
Partial description of the vehicle Vehicle identification number (VIN)
The vehicle identification number - VIN (vehicle body number) is stamped
onto the partition between the engine compartment and the passenger
compartment and on a sign on the lower left hand edge below the wind-
screen.
Engine number
The engine number is stamped into the engine block.
Type plate (production plate)
The type plate is affixed to the rear cross panel in the engine compartment
on the right looking in the direction of travel.
Vehicles for certain export countries do not have a type plate.
Sticker on inside of fuel filler flap
The sticker is affixed to the inside of the fuel filler flap. The sticker contains
the following data:•The prescribed types of fuel,
•Tyre size,
•Tyre pressure.
Note
•You will find the technical data of your vehicle in the separate brochure
"Technical Data".
•Please note that the information stated in the official vehicle registra-
tion documents always takes priority.
Fig. 211 Vehicle data
sticker
A1
A2
A3
A4
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Safety information
Engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Saving electrical energy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Seat belt height adjuster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Seat belt warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 Belt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
fastening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Height adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Safety information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
taking off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Seat heaters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Selector lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Selector lever positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Service Interval Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Service intervals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Service key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Setting temperature Air conditioning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Setting the clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Shifting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Side airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Side lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Ski bag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Spare wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247 Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Stability programme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Starting the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Diesel engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Petrol engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Steering booster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Storage compartment Centre console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Drawer compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Spectacles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Storage compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Storage drawer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Storage facilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Stowage compartment Armrest with stowage compartment . . . 106
Door panels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Umbrella . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Stowage compartment below steering wheel . . . 104
Sun screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Sun visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Switching lights on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Switching the engine off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Switching the engine off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
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Taking care of your vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205 TCS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Temperature outside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
the first 1 500 kilometres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
The roof luggage rack system . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Thickness of brake pads Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Through-loading bag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Tilting roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Tiptronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Towing a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Towing device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Towing eye front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
towing vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Tow-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Traction control system (TCS) . . . . . . . . . . . 186 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 General Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Transporting children safely . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Tread depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Turn signal lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Turn signal system for vehicles towing a trailer Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
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