Reference 239
At a glance
Controls
Driving tips
Communications
Navigation
Entertainment
Mobility
Starting difficulties
– jump starting211
Starting the engine
– start/stop button49
Start menu17
State/province, for 
navigation117
Station, selecting
– radio139
Status of this Owner's Manual 
at time of printing5
Steam jet199,200
Steering wheel43
– adjustment43
– buttons on steering 
wheel11
– lock49
– locking with convenient 
access33
– MDrive button44
– shift paddles54
Steering wheel buttons, refer 
to Shift paddles54
Storage202
Storage compartments98
Storage nets101
"Store Channel"
on the radio143
Storing music151
Storing seat positions, refer to 
Seat and mirror memory40
Storing tires190
Stowage, refer to Storage 
compartments98
Street, entering, 
navigation118
Summer tires, refer to Wheels 
and tires186
Sun blinds97
Surface ice, refer to Outside 
temperature warning62
SVCD146
SW, waveband139
Switches, refer to Cockpit10
Switching off
– engine50Switching on
– audio136
– CD changer136
– CD player136
– radio136
Switching the cooling function 
on and off91
Switch-on times of parked car 
ventilation, preselecting93
Symbols4
– status information19
– traffic bulletins for navigation 
system130
T
Tachometer62
Tail lamp
– replacing bulb206
Tail lamps205
– replacing bulb205
Tank contents, refer to 
Capacities220
Technical data218
– capacities220
– dimensions219
Technical modifications, refer 
to For your own safety5
Telephone162
– installation location, refer to 
Center armrest98
– refer to separate Owner's 
Manual
TeleService Diagnosis176
TeleService Help176
Temperature
– automatic climate control90
– changing unit of measure65
– coolant, refer to Coolant 
temperature63
Temperature display
– outside temperature62
– outside temperature 
warning62
– setting the units65
Tempomat, refer to Cruise 
control60
Tensioning straps, refer to 
Securing cargo109The individual vehicle5
Third brake lamp, refer to 
Center brake lamp206
Through-loading system100
Tilt alarm sensor32
Tilt function, passenger-side 
mirror43
Timer, refer to Preselecting 
switch-on times93
Tire inflation pressure186
– loss79,80
Tire pressure monitoring, 
refer to Flat Tire Monitor78
Tire Pressure Monitor 
TPM79
– resetting the system80
– system limitations79
– warning lamp80
Tire puncture, refer to Flat Tire 
Monitor79
Tire Quality Grading188
Tires
– age188
– air loss80
– breaking in106
– changing, refer to Changing 
wheels208
– condition189
– damage189
– inflation pressure186
– labels188
– minimum tread depth189
– new wheels and tires189
– pressure monitoring, refer to 
Flat Tire Monitor78
– pressure monitoring, refer to 
Tire Pressure Monitor 
TPM79
– puncture79
– replacing189
– size188
– storage190
– tread depth189
– wear indicators, refer to 
Minimum tread depth189
– wheel/tire combination, refer 
to Correct wheels and 
tires190
– winter tires190
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