
Technical Data237
Using the systemSafetyDriving TipsGeneral MaintenanceBreakdown assistanceTechnical Data
Capacities (in liter)
Weight (in kg)
Fuel tank capacity/of which spare62/8
Windshield washer fluid reservoir3,4
Engine oila)
a)Oil capacity with oil filter change. Inspec
t oil level when filling; do not fill up too much. The oil level must be between the markings ⇒page 187.
5,7
Cooling system of the vehicle10,5
AG5
Permissible gross weight2136
Unloaden weight ready for work1551
Loading capacity585
Loading capacity when using the TLC510
Permissible front axle load1160
Permissible rear axle load1060
Permissible trailer loads, trailer braked1600a)/1600b)
a)for uphills up to 12%b)only country specific up to 8% uphill
Permissible trailer loads, trailer unbraked750
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Technical Data239
Using the systemSafetyDriving TipsGeneral MaintenanceBreakdown assistanceTechnical Data
Capacities (in liter)
Weight (in kg)
Fuel tank capacity/of which spare62/8
Windshield washer fluid reservoir3,4
Engine oila)
a)Oil capacity with oil filter change. Inspec
t oil level when filling; do not fill up too much. The oil level must be between the markings ⇒page 187.
3,6
Cooling system of the vehicle6,5
M5
Permissible gross weight2050
Unloaden weight ready for work1465
Loading capacity585
Loading capacity when using the TLC510
Permissible front axle load1080
Permissible rear axle load1060
Permissible trailer loads, trailer braked1400a)/1600b)
a)for uphills up to 12%b)only country specific up to 8% uphill
Permissible trailer loads, trailer unbraked650
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Technical Data241
Using the systemSafetyDriving TipsGeneral MaintenanceBreakdown assistanceTechnical Data
Capacities (in liter)
Weight (in kg)
Fuel tank capacity/of which spare62/8
Windshield washer fluid reservoir3,4
Engine oila)
a)Oil capacity with oil filter change. Inspec
t oil level when filling; do not fill up too much. The oil level must be between the markings ⇒page 187.
3,6
Cooling system of the vehicle6,5
M5
Permissible gross weight2050
Unloaden weight ready for work1465
Loading capacity585
Loading capacity when using the TLC510
Permissible front axle load1080
Permissible rear axle load1060
Permissible trailer loads, trailer braked1400a)/1600b)
a)for uphills up to 12%b)only country specific up to 8% uphill
Permissible trailer loads, trailer unbraked650
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Technical Data243
Using the systemSafetyDriving TipsGeneral MaintenanceBreakdown assistanceTechnical Data
Capacities (in liter)
Weight (in kg)
Fuel tank capacity/of which spare62/8
Windshield washer fluid reservoir3,4
Engine oila)
a)Oil capacity with oil filter change. Inspec
t oil level when filling; do not fill up too much. The oil level must be between the markings ⇒page 187.
3,6
Cooling system of the vehicle6,5
M5AG5
Permissible gross weight20502106
Unloaden weight ready for work14651521
Loading capacity585585
Loading capacity when using the TLC510510
Permissible front axle load10801160
Permissible rear axle load10601060
Permissible trailer loads, trailer braked1600a)/1600b)
a)for uphills up to 12%b)only country specific up to 8% uphill
1600a)/1600b)
Permissible trailer loads, trailer unbraked650650
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Technical Data245
Using the systemSafetyDriving TipsGeneral MaintenanceBreakdown assistanceTechnical Data
Capacities (in liter)
Weight (in kg)
Fuel tank capacity/of which spare62/8
Windshield washer fluid reservoir3,4
Engine oila)
a)Oil capacity with oil filter change. Inspec
t oil level when filling; do not fill up too much. The oil level must be between the markings ⇒page 187.
3,5
Cooling system of the vehicle6,5
M6
Permissible gross weight2103
Unloaden weight ready for work1518
Loading capacity585
Loading capacity when using the TLC510
Permissible front axle load1160
Permissible rear axle load1060
Permissible trailer loads, trailer braked1600a)/1600b)
a)for uphills up to 12%b)only country specific up to 8% uphill
Permissible trailer loads, trailer unbraked650
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Technical Data247
Using the systemSafetyDriving TipsGeneral MaintenanceBreakdown assistanceTechnical Data
Capacities (in liter)
Weight (in kg)
Fuel tank capacity/of which spare62/8
Windshield washer fluid reservoir3,4
Engine oila)
a)Oil capacity with oil filter change. Inspec
t oil level when filling; do not fill up too much. The oil level must be between the markings ⇒page 187.
5,4
Cooling system of the vehicle8,6
M6AG5
Permissible gross weight21552189
Unloaden weight ready for work15701604
Loading capacity585585
Loading capacity when using the TLC510510
Permissible front axle load12101210
Permissible rear axle load10601060
Permissible trailer loads, trailer braked1600a)/1600b)
a)for uphills up to 12%b)only country specific up to 8% uphill
1600a)/1600b)
Permissible trailer loads, trailer unbraked750750
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Index
250
CargoFlex folding box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
CD changer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Central locking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
unlock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Changing Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Changing a wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Changing bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Changing oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Changing wheels around . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Charging the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Check engine oil level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Child safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146 Side airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Child safety lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Child safety seat on the front passenger seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Safety information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Use of child safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Child seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 Child seat protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Classification into groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
ISOFIX system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Children and safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Chrome parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Cigarette lighter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 Climatronic
Air outlet vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Blower . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Defrosting windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
economic use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Keeping windows demisted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Operational faults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Recirculated air mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Setting temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Climatronic (automatic air co nditioning) . . . . . . . . 93
Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Clothes hooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Cockpit General view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Coming Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Convenience operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Converting/masking over headlights . . . . . . . . . . 168
Cool box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189 replenishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Coolant level Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Coolant quantity Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Coolant temperature gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Coolant temperatur e/coolant level
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Cooling
Air conditioning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Climatronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Correct seated position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Counter for distance driven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Cruise control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Cup holder front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
D
Deactivatingan airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Deactivating an airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Defrosting rear window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Defrosting windows Air conditioning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Defrosting windscreen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
De-icing the windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Detachable towing device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Diesel engines Starting the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Diesel particle filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Digital clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Direction indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Disconnecting and reconnecting the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
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Index251
Distance driven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13, 18
Door
Child safety lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Driving economically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Driving time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
E
EDL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Electric power-operated window Operational faults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Electric sliding/tilting roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Electrically adjustable rear mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Electrically adjustable seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Electronic Differential Lock Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Electronic Differential Lock (EDL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Electronic immobiliser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29, 32 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Electronic stability programme (ESP) . . . . . . . . . . 155 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Emergency operation Fuel filler flap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Engine starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
switching off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Engine compartment Safety information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Engine electronics Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
replenishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Engine revolutions counter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Environmental compatibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163, 167
ESP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Exhaust gas Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Exhaust gas inspection Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Explanations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Exterior mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Exterior mirror heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
F
First-aid box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Folding box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Folding down rear seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Front airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Front armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 Diesel fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Fuel gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Petrol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Fuel consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17, 163 Saving energy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163 Fuel gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Fuel reserve
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Full wheel trim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Fuse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220 Assignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
G
Gearboxautomatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
mechanical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
General view Cockpit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Glass roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Glow plug system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
H
Handbrake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Hazard warning light system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Head airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Head restraint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Headlight cleaning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Headlight flasher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Headlights Fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Headlight cleaning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Heated windscreen washer nozzles . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
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