Safe driving187
Controls
Safety
Driving tips
General maintenance
Self-help
Technical data
Before every trip
The driver is responsible for the safety of the passengers
and the safe operation of the vehicle at all times.For your own safety and the safety of your passengers,
always note the following points before every trip:
– Make sure that all lights and turn signals are working
properly.
– Check the tyre pressures.
– Make sure that all windows are clean and give good visi-
bility to the outside.
– Secure all luggage and other items carefully ⇒page 79.
– Make sure that no objects can interfere with the pedals.
– Adjust the front seat, head restraint and mirrors
correctly.
– Make sure that the head restraints for all passengers are
adjusted to the correct position.
– Make sure that children are protected with suitable
safety seats and properly worn seat belts ⇒page 210.
– Sit in the correct position in your seat and make sure that
your passengers do the same. ⇒page 73.
– Fasten your seat belt correctly. Make sure that your
passengers do the same ⇒page 194.
What affects driving safety?
Safety on the road is directly related to how you drive, and
can also be affected by the passengers in the vehicle.The driver is responsible for the safety of the vehicle and all
its occupants. If your ability to drive is impaired in any way,
you endanger yourself and other road users ⇒. There-
fore:
– Do not let yourself be distracted by passengers or by
using a mobile phone, etc.
– Never drive when your driving ability is impaired (by
medication, alcohol, drugs, etc.).
– Obey all traffic regulations and speed limits and always
maintain a safe distance to the vehicle in front.
– Always adjust your speed to suit the road, traffic and
weather conditions.
– Take frequent breaks on long trips. Do not drive for more
than two hours without a stop.
– If possible, avoid driving when you are tired or stressed.
WARNING
•
Distractions while driving or any kind of impairment to your
driving ability increase the risk of accident and injury.
•
Do not store loose objects on the dashboard. These objects
could fly around the interior when the vehicle is moving (under
acceleration or whilst cornering) and distract the driver – this
could lead to an accident.
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Fuses and bulbs315
Controls
Safety
Driving tips
General maintenance
Self-help
Technical data
Changing bulb / installing bulb carrier– Renew the defective bulb (pull to remove from plug-in
holder or turn to remove from bayonet holder)
⇒page 305.
– Insert the bulb carrier into the rear light. Make sure you
hear the retaining tab click into place.
– Fit the cover back in the interior trim so that it engages.
– Put the screwdriver back into the tool kit.
– Make sure that all bulbs for the rear lights are working.
Applies to vehicles: with halogen main beam headlightsNumber plate lightRemoving number plate light
– Take the screwdriver out of the vehicle tool kit
⇒page 283.
– Insert the flat-blade side of the reversible screwdriver
insert into the slot on the number plate light ⇒fig. 310.
– Using the screwdriver, start by pressing the number
plate light to the right -arrow 1- and then pull the number
plate light downwards from this position -arrow 2- and
out of the opening.
Fig. 309 Bulb carrier
Fig. 310 Boot lid:
Removing number
plate lightFig. 311 Number plate
light: Retaining
element
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Index335
Controls
Safety
Driving tips
General maintenance
Self-help
Technical data Hazard warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Indicator lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Head restraints
Front seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Rear seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Headlamp converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Headlight flasher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Headlight range control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
adaptive light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Changing dip settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Driving abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Headlight range control . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Heated
Exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Front seats (deluxe automatic air
conditioner) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Rear seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Rear window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98, 106
Washer jets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Heated rear window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98, 106
Heating
Deluxe automatic air conditioner . . . . 93
Deluxe automatic air conditioner plus . .
101
HomeLink . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
IIgnition key
Emergency release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Safety interlock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Ignition lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34, 39
Immobiliser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14, 43
Indicator lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
adaptive cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Cruise control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Glow plug system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Main beam headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Trailer turn signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Turn signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Inflation pressures (tyres) . . . . . . . . . 39, 268
Inspection intervals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Instrument cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Instrument lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Interior lights
Dimming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Interior mirrors
SeeMirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68, 69
Interior monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Intermittent wipe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Rain sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
ISOFIX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
JJack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283, 290
Jacking points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
Jump-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293KKey-operated switch for front passenger's
airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Emergency key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Replacement keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Replacing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Kick-down feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165Llane assist
Changing settings on the MMI . . . . . . 147
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Indicator lamp in instrument cluster . 145
Instrument cluster display . . . . . . . . . 146
Switching on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Leather care
Alcantara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Natural leather . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
leaving home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Light sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Light sensor defective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
coming home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Daytime running lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
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Exterior lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Front fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Headlight control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
leaving home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Rear fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Switching on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Loading luggage compartment . . . . . . . 192
Load-through hatch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Central locking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Locking and unlocking the vehicle from in-
side
Central locking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Locking doors manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
LongLife Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Extending . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Fastening rings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Loading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Side storage compartment . . . . . . . . . 80
Stretch net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Transport bag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
See alsoLoading luggage compartment .
192
Luggage rack
SeeRoof carrier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
MMain beam headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Indicator lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Make-up mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64Manual operation
Boot lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Fuel tank flap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Manual release
Selector lever (multitronic®) . . . . . . . 168
Maximum speed
SeePerformance, weights and
dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323
Memory for driver's seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Activating remote control key . . . . . . . 77
Recalling settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Storing settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Mileage recorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Minimising pollution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Mirrors
Anti-dazzle setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Automatic anti-dazzle exterior mirrors 71
Automatic anti-dazzle interior mirror . 69
Exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Interior mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Make-up mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
MMI control console, cleaning . . . . . . . . 247
MMI display, cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Mobile phones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
multitronic® . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Driving with multitronic® . . . . . . . . . 162
NNatural leather . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248Number plate light
Changing bulb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315
OOctane rating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Oil
SeeEngine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258, 259
Oil consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258, 259
Oil dipstick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Oil level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
On-board computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Opening
Bonnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Sun roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Outside temperature display . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9PPaddle levers
tiptronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Paint damage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Paint No. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Parking lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
parking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Reversing camera, parking mode 1 . . 174
Reversing camera, parking mode 2 . . 175
Safety notes on reversing camera . . . 172
Switching graphic display on and off 177
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