
Everything from A to Z
304
Height adjustment
– seats
49
– steering wheel 58
High beams 73,112
– headlamp flasher 73
– indicator lamp 13
High Definition Radio 181
High-pressure cleaning 
jets 266
Highs, refer to Treble and  bass 175
High water, refer to Driving  through water 140
Highway, refer to Route  criteria 160
Hill Descent Control HDC 98
Hills 140
Holder for cups 127
Home address 160
"Home address" in  navigation 160
Homepage 4
Hood 258
Horn 10
Hot exhaust system 139
"Hour memo" 88
"House number" for  destination entry 153
Hydraulic brake assistant,  refer to Brake assistant 96
Hydroplaning 139
I
IBOC, refer to High Definition 
Radio 181
Ice, refer to Outside 
temperature warning 78
Ice warning, refer to Outside  temperature warning 78
ID3 tag, refer to Information on  track 188
Identification, tire 257
Identification mark, run-flat  tires 256 iDrive
16
– assistance window 20
– changing language 90
– changing menu page 19
– changing settings 88
– changing units of measure  and display type 89
– confirming selection or 
entry 19
– controller 16
– controls 16
– displays, menus 17
– selecting menu item 19
– setting brightness 89
– setting date 89
– setting time 88
– start menu 17
– status information 20
– symbols 18
Ignition 65
– switched off 65
– switched on 65
Ignition key, refer to Keys/ remote control 28
Ignition key position 1, refer to 
Radio readiness 65
Ignition key position 2, refer to  Ignition on 65
Ignition lock 65
– starting engine with comfort  access 40
Indicator/warning lamps 13
– active steering 104
– airbags 107
– DSC 13,97
– DTC 97
– fasten safety belt 55
– Flat Tire Monitor 101
– fog lamps 13
– TPM Tire Pressure 
Monitor 103
Individual air distribution 117
Individually programmable 
buttons on steering 
wheel 59
Individual settings, refer to 
Personal Profile 28
I
nflation pressure, refer to Tire  inflation pressure 249Inflation pressure monitoring
– refer to FTM Flat Tire 
Monitor 100
– refer to TPM Tire Pressure  Monitor 101
Information
– on another location 156
– on country 156
– on current position 156
– on destination location 156
"Information on 
destination" 157
"Info sources" 83
Initializing
– Flat Tire Monitor 100
– refer to Power failure 278
– refer to Setting date 89
– refer to Setting time 88
– seat, mirror and steering 
wheel memory 50
Installation location
– drive for navigation DVD 148
– DVD changer 193
– mobile phone 127
Instructions for navigation 
system, refer to Voice 
instructions 165
Instrument cluster
– refer to Cockpit 10
– refer to Instrument panel 12
Instrument illumination, refer 
to Instrument lighting 113
Instrument lighting 113
Instrument panel 12
– refer to Cockpit 10
Integrated key 28
Integrated universal remote 
control 123
Interesting destination for  navigation 156
"Interim time" 87
Interior lamps 113
– switching on with remote 
control 30
Interior motion sensor 39
– switching off 39 

Reference 309
At a glance
Controls
Driving tips
Communications
Navigation
Entertainment
Mobility
"Redial" for mobile phone228
Reflectors, refer to Tail 
lamps 270,273
Refueling 244
Releasing
– hood 258
– refer to Unlocking 40
"Relock door if not 
opened" 32
Remaining distance, refer to  Cruising range 80
Remaining distance to  destination, refer to 
Computer 80
Remote control 28
– comfort access 39
– DVD system in rear 205
– garage door opener 123
– liftgate 30
– malfunction 31,41
– replacing battery 41
Removing condensation on 
the windows 116
"Repeat directory"
– for DVD system in 
rear 210,212
– in audio mode 190
"Repeat" for DVD system in 
rear 211
"Repeat track"
– for DVD system in 
rear 210,212
– in audio mode 190
Replacement fuses 278
Replacement of tires 256
– changing wheels 275
– new wheels and tires 256
Replacing bulbs, refer to  Lamps and bulbs 269
Replacing wheels/tires, refer 
to New wheels and tires 256
Replacing wiper blades 269
Reporting an accident, refer to 
Initiating an emergency 
request 279
Reporting safety defects 7
Reserve warning, refer to Fuel  gauge 80 "Reset"
101,103
– DVD changer 196
– DVD system in rear 209
– the stopwatch 87
– tone settings 177
Reset, refer to Resetting tone  settings 177
Residual heat 118
R
estraint systems
– for children 61
– refer to Safety belts 54
Retreaded tires 256
"Return"
– DVD changer 197
– DVD system in rear 209
Reverse
– CD changer 190
– CD player 190
– DVD changer 195
Reverse gear, automatic  transmission with 
Steptronic 71
Road map 164
"Roadside Assistance" 236
Roadside Assistance 280
Roadside assistance 236
Roadside parking lamps 112
Roller sun blinds 126
Roll-up cover 130
Roof load capacity 289
Roof-mounted luggage 
rack 143
Rope, refer to Tow-starting  and towing 281
Rotary pushbutto n, refer to 
iDrive 16
Route 160
– changing 166
– displaying 163
– displaying arrow display 163
– displaying map view 164
– displaying roads and towns/ cities 164
– displaying towns/cities 164
– list 164
– selecting 160
– selecting criteria 160RSC Runflat System 
Component, refer to Run-
flat tires 256
Runflat System Component  RSC, refer to Run-Flat 
Tires 256
Run-flat tires 256
– continuing driving with a 
damaged tire 101,103
– flat tire 101,103
– new wheels and tires 256
– tire inflation  pressure 101,103 ,249
– tire replacement 256
S
Safety5
Safety belts 54
– damage 55
– sitting safely 48
– warning lamp 55
Safety belt tensioners
– refer to Airbags 105
– refer to Safety belts 54
Safety systems
– ABS Antilock Brake  System 96
– airbags 105
– driving stability control  systems 96
– DSC Dynamic Stability  Control 96
– safety belts 54
Safety tires, refer to Run-flat  tires 256
"SAT" 175,184
Satellite radio 184
– displaying additional  information 185
– enabling 184
– selecting channel 185
– storing channel 185
"Scan"
– for DVD system in rear 211
– sampling stations in radio 
mode 179 

Everything from A to Z
312
3rd row seats
54
Tightening torque of the lug 
bolts, refer to After 
mounting 277
Tilt alarm sensor, switching 
off 39
Tilting down passenger-side  exterior mirror 58
"Time / Date" 88
"Time format" 89
Timer, refer to Preselecting 
activation times 122
"Timer 2" for parked-car 
ventilation 122
"Timer 1" for parked-car  ventilation 122
Tire inflation pressures 249
– checking 249
– monitoring, refer to Flat Tire 
Monitor 100
Tire Pressure Monitor  TPM 101
Tire Quality Grading 254
Tires
– age 254
– air loss 101,103
– breaking-in 138
– changing 256
– condition 255
– damage 255
– flat tire, refer to Changing 
wheels 275
– inflation pressure 249
– inflation pressure 
monitoring, refer to FTM 
Flat Tire Monitor 100
– new wheels and tires 256
– pressure loss 101,103
– pressure monitoring, refer to  TPM Tire Pressure 
Monitor 101
– replacing 275
– retreaded tires 256
– run-flat tires 256
– size 254
– tread 255
– wear indicators 255
– wheel/tire combination 256
– winter tires 257 "Title" for DVD system in 
rear 209
TMC station, refer to Traffic  information 166
Tone in audio mode
– adjusting 175
– middle setting 177
"Tone" in DVD system in 
rear 209
Tone on locking/unlocking 31
To
 ols, refer to Onboard 
toolkit 269
"Top 8" for mobile phone 228
Torque
– engine 286
– lug bolts, refer to After 
mounting 277
Touch tone dialing 230
Tow fitting 281
Towing 281
– tow fitting 281
"Town / City" for destination 
entry 151
Town/city for destination  entry 151
Tow-starting 281,282
"TPM" 102
TPM Tire Pressure 
Monitor 101
– resetting system 102
– system limits 102
– warning lamp 103
Tracks
– finding 189
– random sequence 190
– sampling, scan 189
Traction-assist feature, refer 
to DSC Dynamic Stability 
Control 96
Traction control, refer to 
DSC Dynamic Stability 
Control 96
Traffic congestion
– bypassing 169
– displaying traffic  information 166 Traffic information for 
navigation
– depiction in route map 167
– displaying 167
– during destination 
guidance 169
– switching on/off 166
– symbols 168
Transmission
– automatic transmission with  Steptronic 70
– manually releasing  transmission lock on 
automatic transmission with 
Steptronic 72
Transmission positions, refer 
to Automatic transmission 
with Steptronic 70
Transporting children 
safely 61
Transport securing device,  refer to Securing cargo 143
Tread depth, refer to Minimum  tread depth 255
Treble, refer to Tone 
control 175
"Treble / Bass" for DVD  system in rear 20
 9
"Trip computer" 81
Trip computer 81
Trip-distance counter, refer to 
Trip odometer 78
Trip odometer 78
Turning circle, refer to 
Dimensions 287
Turn signals 73
– indicator lamp 12
– replacing bulbs 270,273
U
Ultra-low sulfur diesel 245
Uniform Tire Quality Grading/
UTQR 254
"Units" 89
Units
– average fuel  consumption 89
– temperature 89