2008 SKODA ROOMSTER airbag

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Universal category - seat is suitable for all approved types of child safety seats.
The seat can be fitted wi th fixing eyes for the “ISOFIX*”system.
The seat is equipped as standa rd with the fixing system “To p Te t h e r”.
Child seats of group 0/0+
The optimal solution for babies of up to about 9 months old weighing up to 10 kg or babies up to about 18 mont hs old weighing up to 13 kg is a child safety seat which is fastened in the opposite direction of travel ⇒fig. 138.
Child seats in which the child is facing with its back towards the direction of travel should not be used on the front pa ssenger seat when the vehicle is fitted with a front passenger airbag ⇒page 138, “Use of child safety seats on the front passenger seat”.
WARNING
•It is essential to always switch off the front passenger airbag (airbags) at a specialist garage or with the switch for front passenger airbag(s)* when attaching in exceptional circumstances a child safety seat on the front passenger seat where the child is seated with its back facing in direction of travel (in some countries also when the child is facing the direction of travel) ⇒ page 136.
•In certain countries national legal provisions require that besides the front passenger airbag also the side or head passenger airbags are deacti- vated. Please comply with any differin g national legal regulations regarding the use of child safety seats.
•If this is not done, a child seated on the front passenger seat may suffer severe or even fatal injuries if the front passenger airbag or airbags are deployed.
•You should have the front passenger ai rbag (or airbags) reactivated just as soon as you no longer use a child sa fety seat on the front passenger seat.
Child safety seats in Group 1
Child seats in Group 1 are for babies and small children up to 4 years of age with a weight of between 9 and 18 kilograms. It is best for children in the lower range of this group, to use a child seat which allows the child to sit with its back to the direc- tion of travel. It is best for children in the upper range of the Group 0+, to use a child seat which allows the child to sit ⇒fig. 139 in the direction of travel.
Child seats in which the child is facing with its back towards the direction of travel should not be used on the front pa ssenger seat when the vehicle is fitted with a front passenger airbag ⇒page 138, “Use of child safety seats on the front passenger seat”.
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Fig. 138 Child seats of group 0/0+
WARNING (continued)
Fig. 139 Child seat with padded table in Group 1 installed on rear seat bench facing the direc-tion of travel
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WARNING
•It is essential to always switch off the front passenger airbag (airbags) at a specialist garage or with the switch for front passenger airbag(s)* when attaching in exceptional circumstances a child safety seat on the front passenger seat where the child is seated with its back facing in direction of travel (in some countries also when the child is facing the direction of travel) ⇒ page 136.
•In certain countries national legal provisions require that besides the front passenger airbag also the side or head passenger airbags are deacti- vated. Please comply with any differin g national legal regulations regarding the use of child safety seats.
•If this is not done, a child seated on the front passenger seat may suffer severe or even fatal injuries if the front passenger airbag or airbags are deployed.
•You should have the front passenger ai rbag (or airbags) reactivated just as soon as you no longer use a child sa fety seat on the front passenger seat.
Child safety seats in Group 2
For children up to about 7 years of age weighing between 15 and 25 kg the optimal solution is a child safety seat in comb ination with the three-point seat belt ⇒ fig. 140.
WARNING
•When transporting a child on the front passenger seat, please comply with the appropriate national regulati ons regarding the use of child safety seats. Switch off the front passenger airb ag if necessary at a specialist garage or switch it off with the switch for front passenger airbag* ⇒page 136.
•The shoulder part of the seat belt must run approximately across the middle of the shoulder and fit snugly agai nst the chest. It must on no account run across the neck. The lap part of the seat belt must run across the pelvis and fits snugly; it must not run over the belly. Tighten the belt webbing over your hip if necessary.
•Please comply with any differing nati onal legal regulations regarding the use of child safety seats.
Child safety seats in Group 3
For children of about 7 years of age weighi ng between 22 and 36 kg and of a height of less than 150 cm, the optimal solution is a child safety seat (seat bolster) in combination with the three-point seat belt ⇒fig. 141.
Fig. 140 Child seat in Group 2 installed on the rear seat facing the direc-tion of travel
Fig. 141 Child seat in Group 3 installed on the rear seat facing the direc-tion of travel
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Children of more than 150 cm in height may use the seat belts fitted to the vehicle without a seat bolster.
WARNING
•When transporting a child on the front passenger seat, please comply with the appropriate national regulations regarding the use of child safety seats. Switch off the front passenger airbag if necessary at a specialist garage or switch it off with the switch for front passenger airbag* ⇒page 136.
•The shoulder part of the seat belt must run approximately across the middle of the shoulder and fit snugly against the chest. It must on no account run across the neck. The lap part of the seat belt must run across the pelvis and fits snugly; it must not run over th e belly. Tighten the belt webbing over your hip if necessary.
•Please comply with any differing nati onal legal regulations regarding the use of child safety seats.
Attaching a child seat us ing the “ISOFIX” system*
There are two fixing eyes between the backrest and the seat itself on both
of the outer rear seats for fixing the “ISOFIX” system child seat in place.
– Insert the mounting funnels onto the locking eyes between the
backrest and seat cushion ⇒fig. 142.
– Push the notched arms of the chil d seat over the mounting funnels
into the locking eyes, until it is heard to lock ⇒fig. 143.
– Pull on both sides of the child seat!
One can mount a child safety seat using the “ISOFIX” system quickly, easily and reli- ably. Please pay close attention to instru ctions from the manufacturer of the child safety seat when installing and removing the seat.
Child seats fitted with the “ISOFIX” clampi ng system can only be mounted and fixed in a vehicle fitted with an “ISOFIX system” when these child seats have been released for your type of vehicle according to the ECE-R 44 standard.
You can purchase child seat s with the “ISOFIX” attachment system from Škoda Service Partners who will install it as well.
Complete installation instructions are enclosed with the child safety seat.
Fig. 142 Locking eyes (ISOFIX system)
Fig. 143 The ISOFIX child seat is pushed into the mounting funnels
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Index
A
Abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
ABS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Adjusting seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54, 60, 119
Adjusting the seat backrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Adjusting the steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Air conditioning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Air outlet vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Deployment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Front airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Head airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Side airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Alternator
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Antilock brake system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Antilock brake system - ABS
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Anti-theft alarm system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Ashtray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Auto Check Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Auto Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Automatic gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Emergency programme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Kickdown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Tiptronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Automatic vehicle wash systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Automatic wiper/washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Avoiding damage to your vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
B
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22, 182
change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Charge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Inspecting the electrolyte level . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Operation in winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Before setting off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Belt tensioner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Belt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Bicycle carrier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Bluetooth™ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Bonnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Boot lid
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Brake
Handbrake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Brake booster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Brake pads
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Brake system
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Button on the driver's door
Central locking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
C
Car jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Car state . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
CD changer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Central locking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
unlock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Changing a wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Changing the engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Changing wheels around . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Charging the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Check engine oil level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Child safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Side airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Child safety lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
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Child safety seat
on the front passenger seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Safety information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Child seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Classification into groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
ISOFIX system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Children and safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Chrome parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Cigarette lighter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Climatronic
Air outlet vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Defrosting windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Recirculated air mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Setting temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Clothes hooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Cockpit
General view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Convenience operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Converting/masking over headlights . . . . . . . . . . 158
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
replenishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Coolant level
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Coolant temperature gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Coolant temperature/coolant level
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Cornering lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Correct seated position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Counter for distance driven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Cruise control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Cup holder
front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
D
Deactivating an airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Defrosting rear window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Defrosting windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79, 82
De-icing the windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Diesel engines
Starting the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Diesel particle filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Digital clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Direction indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Distance driven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Door
Child safety lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Door, luggage compartment door and bonnet ajar warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Driving economically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Driving time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
E
EDL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Electric power-operated window
Operational faults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Electrically adjustable rear mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Electronic Differential Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Electronic Differential Lock (EDL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Electronic immobiliser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24, 31
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Electronic stability programme (ESP) . . . . . . . . . . 145
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Emergency locking of the door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Engine
starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
switching off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Engine compartment
Safety information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Engine electronics
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
replenishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Engine revolutions counter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Environmental compatibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154, 157
ESP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
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Exhaust gas
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Exhaust gas inspection
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Explanations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Exterior mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Exterior mirror heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
F
Fastening elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
First-aid box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Fixing net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45, 213
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Fog lights with integrated turning light . . . . . . . . . . 46
Folding seats forwards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Force limiter of the power windows . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Front airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Front armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Front headlight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Diesel fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Fuel gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Petrol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Fuel consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15, 154
Saving energy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Fuel gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Fuel reserve
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Full wheel trim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Fuse
Assignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
G
Gauges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Gearbox
mechanical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
General view
Cockpit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Glow plug system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
H
Handbrake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Hazard warning light system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Head airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Head restraint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Headlight cleaning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Headlight flasher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Headlights
Fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Headlight cleaning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Heated windscreen washer nozzles . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Heating the front seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
I
Ignition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Ignition lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Immobiliser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Information display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Instrument cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Interior light
Luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Interior lighting
front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Interior monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Intermittent wiping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
ISOFIX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
ISOFIX system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
J
Jacking points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Jump-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
K
Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
L
Lashing eyes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Leather care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
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Radio systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Raise vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Rear armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Rear fog light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Rear mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Rear seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Rear window heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Recharge battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Recirculated air mode
Air conditioning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Refuelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Synchronisation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Removing seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Replacing bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Replacing fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Replacing the wiper blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Roof aerial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Running in the car . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
S
Safe securing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Safety information
Engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Saving electrical energy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Seat belt height adjuster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Seat belt warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
fastening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Height adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Safety information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
taking off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Selector lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Selector lever positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Service Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Service Interval Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Setting temperature
Air conditioning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Setting the clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Shifting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Side airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Side lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Spare wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Stability programme (ESP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Starting the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Diesel engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Petrol engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Steering force assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Storage compartment
Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Storage compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Storage facilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Sun visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Switch in the driver door
Power windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Switching lights on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Switching off the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
T
Tailgate
Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Taking care of your vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
TCS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Temperature
outside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
the first 1 500 kilometres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
The roof luggage rack system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Thickness of brake pads
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Tiptronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Towing a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Towing eye
front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Towing protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
towing vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Tow-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Tow-starting and towing vehicle
Automatic gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Traction control system (TCS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
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