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•Do not drive with this spare wheel at more than 80 km/h - risk of acci-
dent. Avoid accelerating at full throttle, sharp braking and fast cornering.
•The inflation pressure for this spare wheel is identical to the inflation
pressure of the standard tyres.
•Use this spare wheel only to reach the nearest specialist garage as it
is not intended for continuous use.
Changing a wheel
Preliminary work
The following steps should be carried out before actually
changing the wheel.
– If it is necessary to change a wheel, park the vehicle as far away as possible from the traffic flow. The place you choose
should be level.
– Have all the occupants get out. While changing a wheel, the
occupants of the vehicle should not stand on the road (e.g.
behind a crash barrier).
– Apply the handbrake firmly.
– Engage 1st gear or if your vehicle is fitted with an automatic
gearbox, position the selector lever into position P .
– If a trailer is coupled, uncouple it.
– Take the vehicle tool kit and the spare wheel ⇒ page 247
out of the luggage compartment.
WARNING
•If you find yourself in flowing traffic switch on the hazard
warning lights system and place the warning triangle on the side of
the road at the prescribed distance from your vehicle while
observing all national legal provisions. In this way you are
protecting not only yourself but also other road users.
•Never start the engine with the vehicle sitting on the raised jack
- danger of suffering injury!
Caution
If you have to change a wheel on a slope first block the opposite wheel
with a stone or similar object in order to secure the vehicle from unexpect-
edly rolling away.
Note
Comply with the national legal regulations.
Changing a wheel
Always change a wheel on a level surface as far as possible.
– Take off the full wheel trim* ⇒page 249 or the caps
⇒ page 251.
– In the case of light alloy wheels remove the wheel trim cap ⇒page 250.
– Slacken the wheel bolts ⇒page 251.
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– Jack up the vehicle until the wheel to be changed is clear of
the ground ⇒page 252.
– Unscrew the wheel bolts and place them on a clean surface (cloth, paper etc.).
– Take off the wheel.
– Fit on the spare wheel and tighten the wheel bolts slightly.
– Lower the car.
– Tighten the wheel bolts firmly, alternately and diagonally using the wheel wrench ⇒page 251.
– Mount the full wheel trim/wheel trim cap or the caps.
Note
•All bolts must be clean and must turn easily.
•You must never grease or oil the wheel bolts!
•When fitting on unidirectional tyres, ensure that the tyres rotate in the
correct direction ⇒page 235.
Subsequent steps
After changing the wheel, you must perform the following steps.
– Stow and attach the replaced wheel in the spare wheel well.
– Stow the vehicle tool kit in the space provided. –
Check the tyre pressure on the spare wheel just mounted as
soon as possible.
– Have the tightening torque of the wheel bolts checked with
a torque wrench as soon as possible. The tightening torque for
steel and light alloy wheels must be 120 Nm.
– Have the defective tyre repaired as soon as possible.
WARNING
It is necessary to observe the guidelines given on ⇒ page 238,
“New tyres and wheels” if the vehicle is subsequently fitted with
tyres which are different to those it was fitted with at the works.
Note
•If you find, when changing the wheel, that the wheel bolts are corroded
and difficult to turn, the bolts must be replaced before checking the tight-
ening torque.
•Drive cautiously and only at a moderate speed to a workshop where
the tightening torque can be checked.
Full wheel trim*
Pulling off
– Hook the clamp (found in the vehicle toolkit) into the reinforced edge of the full wheel trim.
– Push the wheel key through the clamp, support the wheel key at the tyre and pull off the wheel trim.
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•It is important to support the vehicle with suitable supporting
blocks if you wish to work under the lifted vehicle - risk of injury!
Taking off and fitting on wheel
After you have slackened the wheel bolts and have raised the car
with the car jack, replace the wheel as follows:
Changing a wheel
– Turn the wheel bolt which is farthest to the top fully out with
the hexagon socket in the screwdriver handle (car tool kit)
and place the bolt down on a clean surface ⇒fig. 196 .
– Screw the assembly pin (car tool kit) into the vacant hole ⇒fig. 197.
– Unscrew the remaining wheel bolts as described above.
– Take off the wheel.
Fitting on wheel
– Push the spare wheel over the assembly pin.
WARNING (continued)
Fig. 196 Changing a
wheel: Remove bolts
with hexagon in screw-
driver
Fig. 197 Changing a
wheel: assembly pin
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Index
276
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
T
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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Two-way radio sets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Two-way radio systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Type plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Tyre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
U
Underbody protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Unidirectional tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Unlocking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
V
Vanity mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Vehicle data sticker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Vehicle identification data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Vehicle tool kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
W
Warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Warning symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Warning triangle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
WashingWash systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
with a high-pressure cleaner . . . . . . . . . 207
Washing the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Washing vehicle by hand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Wax treatment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207 Wheel
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Spare wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239 Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
slackening and tightening . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Wheel bolts lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Wheel trim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235, 249
Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Windows de-icing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Windscreen heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Windscreen heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Windscreen washer nozzles . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Windscreen Wiper and Washer System Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Windshield washer fluid reservoir . . . . . . . . 233 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Windshield washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Windshield wiper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Winter tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Wiper blades Replacing the wiper blades . . . . . . . . . . . 67
X
Xenon headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
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