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FUEL QUALITY .............................................. 174
ALTERNATIVE FUELS FOR PETROL ENGINES .....
175
DIESEL ENGINED VEHICLES......................... 176
RUNNING OUT OF FUEL ............................... 177
FUEL CUT-OFF .............................................. 177
FUEL FILLER FLAP........................................ 178
REFUELLING ................................................. 179
DIESEL MISFUELLING PROTECTION DEVICE......
180
FUEL CONSUMPTION ................................... 181
Load carrying
GENERAL INFORMATION ............................. 182
LUGGAGE ANCHOR POINTS ......................... 182
REAR UNDER FLOOR STORAGE ................... 182
Towing
TOWING A TRAILER (V6 petrol and diesel
vehicles only) ................................................ 183
LEVELLING ................................................... 184
RECOMMENDED TOWING WEIGHTS ........... 185
ESSENTIAL TOWING CHECKS ...................... 185
TOW BAR ...................................................... 186
Vehicle care
CLEANING THE ALLOY WHEELS .................. 187
CLEANING THE EXTERIOR ........................... 187
CLEANING THE INTERIOR ............................ 189
REPAIRING MINOR PAINT DAMAGE ............ 191
Maintenance
GENERAL INFORMATION ............................. 192
OPENING AND CLOSING THE BONNET ........ 195
ENGINE COMPARTMENT OVERVIEW ........... 196
ENGINE OIL CHECK - V6 Petrol engines ....... 197
ENGINE OIL CHECK - V8 Petrol engines ....... 199
ENGINE OIL CHECK - V6 Diesel engines ....... 201
ENGINE OIL SPECIFICATION ........................ 203
ENGINE COOLANT CHECK ............................ 204
BRAKE FLUID CHECK ................................... 206
POWER STEERING FLUID CHECK ................ 208
WASHER FLUID CHECK ................................ 209
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS ...................... 210
Vehicle battery
BATTERY WARNING SYMBOLS ................... 212 BATTERY CARE ............................................ 212
USING BOOSTER CABLES ............................ 214
CHARGING THE VEHICLE BATTERY ............. 215
CHANGING THE VEHICLE BATTERY ............. 215
Wheels and tyres
GENERAL INFORMATION ............................. 216
TYRE CARE................................................... 217
USING WINTER TYRES ................................ 223
USING SNOW CHAINS ................................. 223
RUN FLAT TYRES ......................................... 224
TOOL KIT ...................................................... 224
CHANGING A ROAD WHEEL ......................... 225
TYRE REPAIR KIT......................................... 229
TYRE PRESSURE MONITORING SYSTEM.... 234
TYRE GLOSSARY ......................................... 238
TYRE SPECIFICATIONS - ARDUOUS TERRAIN ...
239
Fuses
CHANGING A FUSE....................................... 241
FUSE BOX LOCATIONS................................. 242
FUSE SPECIFICATION CHART ...................... 245
Emergency equipment
HAZARD WARNING FLASHERS.................... 250
WARNING TRIANGLE ................................... 250
FIRST AID KIT .............................................. 250
FIRE EXTINGUISHER .................................... 250
Status after a collision
DRIVING AFTER A COLLISION ..................... 251
INSPECTING SAFETY SYSTEM COMPONENTS ...
252
Vehicle recovery
TOWING POINTS .......................................... 253
TRANSPORTING THE VEHICLE .................... 254
TOWING THE VEHICLE ON FOUR WHEELS .. 256
Vehicle identification
VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION PLATE ................ 257
ENGINE NUMBER ......................................... 257
TRANSMISSION NUMBER ........................... 257
VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION
NUMBER (VIN)... 257
VEHICLE BUILD DATE PLATE ....................... 257
Fuses
242
FUSE BOX LOCATIONS
There are three separate fuse boxes fitted to the
vehicle, each one containing fuses protecting a
different group of circuits.
They are located in:
1.The engine compartment
2. The passenger compartment.
3. The luggage compartment.
Engine compartment fuse box
The fuse box is located underneath a cover on
the right-hand side of the engine compartment.
Remove the engine compartment right-hand
cover by releasing the turnbuckles (1).
Remove the fuse box lid by pressing the
retaining lugs (solid arrows) and lifting.
When refitting, press the fuse box lid in the
area of the retaining l ugs until the lid engages.CAUTION
When a fuse box lid is removed, take
care to protect the box from moisture,
and refit the lid at th e earliest opportunity.
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Index
384
Essential towing checks . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Event data recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95adjusting and folding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
mirror dip when reversing. . . . . . . . . . . 96
F
Fascia - controls overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Fastening the seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51releasing the seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Ferry disarming the tilt alarm sensor . . . . . . . 22
Fire extinguisher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
First aid kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Forward alert function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Fuel
octane rating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
petrol fuel guard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
refuelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Fuel cut-off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177 resetting the fuel cut-off . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Fuel filler flap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Fuel guard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Fuel quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174 alternative fuels for pe trol engines . . . 175
diesel engined vehicles . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
petrol engined vehicles . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
unleaded fuel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Fuse box locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242 engine compartment fuse box. . . . . . . 242
fuse and relay positions . . . . . . . . . . . 244
luggage compartment fuse box. . . . . . 243
passenger compartment fuse box . . . . 243
Fuse specification chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
G
Garage door transceiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 before programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
entry gate programming . . . . . . . . . . . 130
information and assistance . . . . . . . . . 130
programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
reprogramming a single garage door opener
button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
rolling code device equipment
programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
to erase all programming . . . . . . . . . . 129 General information on
radio frequencies . . 16
Global opening and closing. . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 cancelling global opening/closing . . . . . 36
window global closing (not Japan). . . . . 36
window global opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Glove box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
H
Hazard warning flashers . . . . . . . . . . . 77, 250
Head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
head restraint removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
manual head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
tilt adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
whiplash protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Headlamp adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Headlamp levelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
halogen headlamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
xenon headlamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Headlamp removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Headlamp washers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Heated seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Heated steering wheel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Hints on driving with ABS . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 ABS braking techniques . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
ABS warning indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
brake vacuum assist (V6 petrol models
only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Electronic Brakeforce Distribution (EBD) . .
145
Emergency Brake Assist (EBA) . . . . . . . 146
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
I
Information displays general information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Information messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Inspecting safety syst em components . . . 252
Instrument lighting dimmer . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Instrument panel overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 instrument panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Interior lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
rear interior lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Interior mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 auto dimming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
manual dimming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Isofix child restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62