Technical data
282Diesel engine 2.0l 103 kW (140 bhp). ManualGeneral engine data
Performance figures
Weights
Trailer weights 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 ratio 18,5 ± 0,5
Fuel Min. 51 CZ
Maximum speed in km/h 205
Acceleration from 0-80 km/h in sec. 6,3
Acceleration from 0-100 km/h in sec. 9,3
Gross vehicle weight in kg 1885
Weight in working order (with driver) in kg 1390
Gross axle weight, front in kg 1042
Gross axle weight, rear in kg 885
Permitted roof load in kg 75
With no brakes, gradients up to 12% 690
With brakes, gradients up to 12% 1400
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284Trailer weights
Engine oil capacityDiesel engine 2.0l 100 kW (136 bhp). ManualGeneral engine data
Performance figures With no brakes, gradients up to 12%
710
With brakes, gradients up to 12% 1400
Approximate engine oil capacity with oil filter change 4.3 litres
Power output in kW (bhp) rpm 100 (136)/ 4000
Maximum torque in Nm at rpm 320/ 1750 - 2500
No. of cylinders, capacity in cm
3
4/ 1968
Compression ratio 18,5 ± 0,5
Fuel Min. 51 CZ
Maximum speed in km/h 203
Acceleration from 0-80 km/h in sec. 6,4
Acceleration from 0-100 km/h in sec. 9,4
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Safety First
Operating instructions
Tips and Maintenance
Te c h n i c a l D a t a
Weights
Trailer weights
Engine oil capacity
Diesel engine 2.0l 100 kW (136 bhp). AutomaticGeneral engine data
Gross vehicle weight
in kg 1885
Weight in working order (with driver) in kg 1390
Gross axle weight, front in kg 1042
Gross axle weight, rear in kg 885
Permitted roof load in kg 75
With no brakes, gradients up to 12% 690
With brakes, gradients up to 12% 1400
Approximate engine oil capacity with oil filter change 4.3 litres
Power output in kW (bhp) rpm 100 (136)/ 4000
Maximum torque in Nm at rpm 320/ 1750 - 2500
No. of cylinders, capacity in cm
3
4/ 1968
Compression ratio 18,5 ± 0,5
Fuel Min. 51 CZ
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286Performance figures
Weights
Trailer weights
Engine oil capacity Maximum speed
in km/h 203
Acceleration from 0-80 km/h in sec. 6,4
Acceleration from 0-100 km/h in sec. 9,4
Gross vehicle weight in kg 1925
Weight in working order (with driver) in kg 1430
Gross axle weight, front in kg 1077
Gross axle weight, rear in kg 890
Permitted roof load in kg 75
With no brakes, gradients up to 12% 710
With brakes, gradients up to 12% 1400
Approximate engine oil capacity with oil filter change 4.3 litres
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Safety First
Operating instructions
Tips and Maintenance
Te c h n i c a l D a t a
Diesel engine 2.0l 125 kW (170 bhp)General engine data
Performance figures
Weights
Trailer weightsPower output in kW (bhp)
rpm 125 (170)/ 4200
Maximum torque in Nm at rpm 350/ 1750 - 2500
No. of cylinders, capacity in cm
3
4/ 1968
Compression ratio 18,5 ± 0,5
Fuel Min. 51 CZ
Maximum speed in km/h 214
Acceleration from 0-80 km/h in sec. 5,9
Acceleration from 0-100 km/h in sec. 8,2
Gross vehicle weight in kg 1901
Weight in working order (with driver) in kg 1406
Gross axle weight, front in kg 1048
Gross axle weight, rear in kg 894
Permitted roof load in kg 75
With no brakes, gradients up to 12% 700
With brakes, gradients up to 12% 1400
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Index293
Convenience closing
Sliding/tilting roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Convenience opening Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212 Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Coolant Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Coolant level warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Coolant Loss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Coolant temperature Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Cruise control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167 Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Cruise control* Turning off the cruise control system . . . . . 169
Curtain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42DDanger of fitting a child seat on the front passenger seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Diesel engine Winter driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Diesel engine particulate filter* . . . . . . . . . . . . 179 Differential lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Differential lock fault (EDL)
warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Digital clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Dipped headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Disabling front passenger airbag Safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Disabling the airbag Disabling front passenger airbag . . . . . . . . . 44
Display (without warning or information texts) . 59
Displays in the Mult i-function display
Memory displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Door lock cylinders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Door release lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Doors Childproof locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Drive wheels traction control system . . . . . . . . 172
Driving Driving abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Economically / With Respect for the Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
With a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Driving abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179 Headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Driving economically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Driving programmes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Driving safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Driving with an automati c gearbox / DSG automatic
gearbox* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Driving with respect for the environment . . . . . 183 Duplicate keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Dust filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Dynamic headlight range control . . . . . . . . . . . 115
EEDL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
EDS
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Electric steering system warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Electrical sockets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Electronic differential lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174 Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Electronic immobiliser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83, 155 warning message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Electronic stabilisation program . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Electronic stabilisation programme . . . . . . . . . . 81 Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Electronic stabilisation programme (ESP) warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
emergency manual locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Emergency opening Doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Emission control system warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Engine Running in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Engine compartment Working in the engine compartment . . . . . 204
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Seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Incorrectly fastened . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Not worn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Seat belts protect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Seat heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Selective opening* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Selector lever locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Selector lever positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Self directional headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Service interval display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
servotronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Shoes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Side lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Sitting position Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Front passenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Incorrect sitting position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Passengers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Sitting position, occupants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Sliding/tilting roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228, 265 Soot accumulation in the
diesel engine particulate
filter *
Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Spare wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Starting Petrol engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Starting the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155, 156 After the fuel tank has been run dry . . . . . . 157
Steam cleaners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152 Steering lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Steering wheel audio controls audio + telephone version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
audio version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Steering wheel controls Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Steering wheel height adjustment . . . . . . . . . . 152
Stowage area Other stowage areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Stowage compartment Front passenger side . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Stowage compartments Front left hand side seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Sun visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Sunroof blind Sliding/tilting roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Switch Hazard warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 Switches
Electric windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Electrical exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Sliding/tilting roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Switching off the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
TTailgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 Emergency opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Tank fuel level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
reserve indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
tank capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
TCS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
TCS (Traction control system) Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
The danger of not using the seat belt . . . . . . . . 22
Tightening torque of wheel bo lts . . . . . . . . . . . 265
To fold down the seat back . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Tow starting Comments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Towing a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Towing bracket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Towing bracket, fitting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Towing eye . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Tow-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
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298Traction control system
warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Trailer Trailer towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Trailer eyes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Trailer turn signals Indicator lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Trailer weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Turn signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76, 118
Turning on the emergency indicators . . . . . . . 116
Type plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Tyre Mobility-System (Tyre repair kit) . . . . . . . 230
Tyre monitor indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Tyre pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221 Loss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Tyre pressure monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Tyre pressures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Tyre repair kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230, 237
Tyre-Mobility-System (Tyre repair kit) . . . . . . . 237
Tyres and wheels Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Tyres service life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Tyres tread depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Tyres with directional tread pattern . . . . . . . . . 221UUnderbody sealant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196 USB* connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Using the Tiptronic gear syst
em . . . . . . . . . . . 163
VVehicle battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Vehicle data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Vehicle identification data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Vehicle identification number . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Vehicle paint
Car care products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Vehicle tools Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Vehicle wallet storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Ventilation slits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Volumetric sensor* Activation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Deactivation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103WWarning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Warning lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Warning reportsRed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Yellow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Warning texts in the display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Warning triangle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Washer fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Washing by hand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Washing the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191 Washing with high pressure cleaners . . . . . . . 192
Water
warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Water in the windscreen washer tank . . . . . . . 214
Wear indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233, 265 Torque . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Wheel change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Wheel trims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221, 264
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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Windscreen wipers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 Changing the front blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Changing the rear blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Winter driving Diesel engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Winter tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Wiper/wash automatic function . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Working in the engine compartment . . . . . . . . 204
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