
Lights and visibility93
Safety First
Operating instructions
Practical tips
Te c h n i c a l D a t a
Turn signal and main beam headlight lever
The turn signal and main beam lever also operates the
parking lights and the headlight flasher.The turn signal and main beam headlight lever has the following
functions:
Switching on the turn signals
– Move the lever all the way up ⇒fig. 55 to indicate right, and
all the way down to indicate left .
Signalling a lane change
–Push the lever up or down to the point where you incur
resistance and then release it. The turn signal will flash several
times. The corresponding warning lamp will also flash. Switching main beam on and off
– Turn the light switch to position
.
– Press the lever forward ⇒fig. 55 to switch on the main
beams.
– Pull the lever back towards you to switch the main beam head- lights off again.
Headlight flashers
– Pull the lever towards the steering wheel to operate the flasher.
Switching on parking lights
– Switch the ignition off and remove the key from the lock.
– Move the lever up or down to turn the right or left-hand parking lights on, respectively.
WARNING
The main beam can dazzle other drivers. Risk of accident! Never use the
main beam headlights or the headlight flasher if they could dazzle other
drivers.
Note
•
The turn signals only work when th e ignition is switched on. The corre-
sponding warning lamp
or flashes in the combi-instrument. The
warning lamp
flashes when the indicators are operated, provided a trailer
is correctly attached and connected to the vehicle. If a turn signal bulb is
defective, the warning lamp flashes at double speed. If the trailer turn signal
bulbs are damaged, warning lamp
does not light up. Change the bulb.
Fig. 55 Indicator and
main beam headlight
lever
A1
A2A1
A2
A4
A3
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Index
248Central locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Automatic speed dependent locking and un-locking system* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Locking system for invo luntary unlocking . . 74
Selective unlocking system* . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Unlocking system* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Central locking button Central locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
unlocking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Cetane number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Changing bulbs on rear lights . . . . . . . . . 224, 225
Changing double headlight lamps dipped headlights and side lights . . . . . . . 220
main headlights and side lights . . . . . . . . 221
Changing gear See Manual gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Changing gear with Tiptronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Changing lamps interior light and reading light . . . . . . . . . . 226
Changing the lamps Main headlight lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219, 221
number plate light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Side indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Changing the main headlight lamps
turn signal lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Changing the singl e headlight lamps
dipped/main beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
indicator lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Side lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Changing windscreen wiper blades . . . . . . . . . 191
Chassis number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234 Checking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Checking battery electrolyte level . . . . . . . . . . 196
Checking engine oil level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Child safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Child seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Categorisation in groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Group 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Group 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Group 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Groups 0 and 0+ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
ISOFIX system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Securing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Child seats on the front passenger seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Cigarette lighter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Cleaning alloy wheel rims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Cleaning chrome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Cleaning engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Cleaning steel wheel rims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Cleaning windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Climatronic automatic mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
General notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
manual mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Cloth seat covers cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Cockpit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Coming home function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Control
wing mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Control lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Control lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Controls Electric windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Light switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Convenience closing Sliding/tilting roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Convenience opening Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188, 189
Coolant Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Coolant level warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Coolant Loss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Coolant temperature Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Correct adjustment of fron t head restraints . . . 12
Covering single headlights driving on the left . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
driving on the right . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Cruise control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Curtain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
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