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Technical data303
Safety First
Operating instructions
Tips and Maintenance
Te c h n i c a l D a t a
Dimensions and capacities
Dimensions
Length, width 4,467 mm/ 1,768 mm
Height at kerb weight 1,575 mm
Front and rear projection 913 mm/ 976 mm
Wheelbase 2,578 mm
Turning circle 10.7 m
Track width
a)
a)This data will change depending on the type of wheel rim.
Front Rear
1,527 mm 1,506 mm
1,535 mm 1,514 mm
Capacities
Fuel tank 55 litres, reserve 7 litres
Windscreen washer fluid container with headlight washer 3 l/ 5.5 l
Tyre pressure
Summer-grade tyres:
The correct tyre pressure can be seen on the sticker on the inside of the tank flap.
Winter tyres:
The pressure of these tyres is the same as the summer tyre pressure plus 0.2 bar.
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Technical data
304Dimensions and capacities. Freetrack
Dimensions
Length, width 4,493 mm/ 1,778 mm
Height at kerb weight 1,615 mm
Front and rear projection 940 mm/ 977 mm
Wheelbase 2,576 mm
Turning circle 10,7
Track width Front
Rear
1,542 mm 1,527 mm
Capacities
Fuel tank 60 l. Reserve 8l.
Windscreen washer fluid container with headlight washer 3 l/ 5.5 l
Tyre pressure
Summer-grade tyres:
The correct tyre pressure can be seen on the sticker on the inside of the tank flap.
Winter tyres:
The pressure of these tyres is the same as the summer tyre pressure plus 0.2 bar.
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Index
312TTailgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Emergency opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Tank fuel level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
reserve indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
tank capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
TCS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
TCS (Traction control system) Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
The danger of not using the seat belt . . . . . . . . 22
Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Towing a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Towing bracket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Towing bracket, fitting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Towing eye . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Tow-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Traction control system warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Trailer Trailer towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Trailer turn signals Indicator lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Trailer weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Trips, checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Turn signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76, 117
Turning on the emergency indicators . . . . . . . 115
Type plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Tyre Mobility-System (Tyre repair kit) . . . . . . . 242
Tyre monitor indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Tyre pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233 Loss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Tyre pressure monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Tyre repair kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242, 250
Tyre-Mobility-System (Tyre repair kit) . . . . . . . 250
Tyres and wheels Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Tyres service life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Tyres tread depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Tyres with directional tread pattern . . . . . . . . . 233
UUnderbody sealant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
USB* connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Using the Tiptronic gear syst em . . . . . . . . . . . 172VVehicle battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Vehicle data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Vehicle identification data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Vehicle identification number . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Vehicle paint
Car care products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201 Vehicle tools
Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Vehicle wallet storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Ventilation slits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Volumetric sensor* Activation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Deactivation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
WWarning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Warning lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Warning reportsRed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Yellow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Warning texts in the display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Warning triangle and first-aid kit . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Washer fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Washing by hand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Washing the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Washing with high pressure cleaners . . . . . . . 203
Water warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Water in the windscreen washer tank . . . . . . . 225
Wear indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245 Torque . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Wheel change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Wheel trims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
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Index313
Why assume the correct sitt ing 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Windscreen wipers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 Changing blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Changing the rear blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Winter driving Diesel engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Winter tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Wiper/wash automatic function . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Working in the engine compartment . . . . . . . . 215
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