Heating, Ventilation and Air conditioning157
Safety First
Operating instructions
Tips and Maintenance
Te c h n i c a l D a t a
WARNING
Do not leave the air recirculation function on for long periods. In air recircu-
lation mode, no fresh air enters the vehicle interior. Also, if the cooling
system is switched off, the windows can quickly mist over. Stale or contam-
inated air inside the vehicle may cause drowsiness, increasing the risk of
accident.Climatronic for the passenger compartmentSetting the blower speed for the passenger compartment
– The temperature is selected with buttons ⇒fig. 120 and .
It remains stored until another temperature is selected. Setting the blower speed for the passenger compartment
– Buttons and are used to lower or raise the blower speed
and thus adjust the air volume.
The Climatronic for the rear works only in air recirculation mode. Fresh air is
not drawn into the vehicle.
Fig. 120 Instrument panel: Climatronic controls
A21
A22
A19
A20
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Index277
Gear selector lever
See Automatic gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
See Automatic gearbox with Tiptronic . . . . 173
General overview of the engine compartment . 262
Glove compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Glove compartment light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Glow plug system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Guide lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110HHand brake warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Handbrake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174 Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78, 174
Hazard warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
head restraints Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123, 124
fitting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Removing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Headlamp washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Headlight flasher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Headlight range control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Headlights Driving abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Heated rear window Heating elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
High pressure cleaners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Hubcaps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
IIdentification number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Ignition key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Ignition lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Illumination of instruments and switches . . . . 110
Indicator lights indication lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Individual opening of doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Information messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Instrument lighting control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Instrument panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Integrated child seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Adjusting belt routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Cleaning the child seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Fastening harness belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Group 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Group 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Group 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Releasing harness belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Interior light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Interior lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Interior monitoring system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Intermittent wipe rear window wiper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
windscreen wiper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117JJack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241 Jump leads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Jump-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
KKey tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Key with remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Kick-down function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173LLifting platform . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Lifting the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Lighting of controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Load compartment See Luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Loading area See Luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16, 144 See also Luggage compartment . . . . . . 16, 144
Luggage compartment cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147MMain beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Main beam headlights Indicator lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
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