
If and when
266Do not pull too hard with the towing vehicle and take care to avoid jerking the 
tow-rope. When towing on an unpaved ro ad, there is always a risk of over-
loading and damaging the anchorage points.
The ignition of the vehicle being towed must be switched on to prevent the 
steering wheel from locking and also to allow the use of the turn signals, 
horn, windscreen wipers and washers.
As the brake servo does not work if the engine is not running, you must apply 
considerably more pressure to the br ake pedal than you normally would.
As the power assisted steering does not wo rk if the engine is not running, you 
will need more strength to steer than you normally would.•
The vehicle must not be towed faster than 50 km/h.
•
The vehicle must not be towed faster than 50 km/h.
Towing vehicles with an automatic gearbox
•
Put the selector lever into position “N”.
•
Do not drive faster than 50 km/h when towing a vehicle.
•
Do not tow further than 50 km.
•
If a breakdown vehicle is used, the vehicle must be towed with the front 
wheels raised.Note
•
Observe legal requirements when towing or tow-starting.
•
Switch on the hazard warning lights  of both vehicles. However, observe 
any regulations to the contrary.
•
For technical reasons, vehicles with  an automatic gearbox must not be 
tow-started.
•
If damage to your vehicle means that there is no lubricant in the gearbox, 
you must raise the drive wheels while the vehicle is being towed.
•
If the vehicle has to be towed more than 50 km, the front wheels must be 
raised during towing, and towing should  be carried out by a qualified person.
•
The steering wheel is locked when the vehicle has no electrical power. The 
vehicle must then be towed with the front wheels raised. Towing should be 
carried out by a qualified person.
•
The towing eye should always be kept in the vehicle..
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If and when267
Safety First
Operating instructions
Practical tips
Te c h n i c a l  D a t a
To w i n g  r i n g sFitting the towing eye
– Take the towing ring from the onboard tool set. – Pull the lower front cover down and leave the cover hanging on 
the vehicle.
– Remove the cover of the screw hole, insert a screwdriver into the  lower slot and lever gently.
– Screw the towing eye as shown by the arrow  anti-clockwise to the 
limit position in the front  ⇒fig. 200  or rear ⇒fig. 201 threaded 
hole.
Fig. 200  The front right 
section of the vehicle: 
Fitting the front towing 
eyeFig. 201  Fitting the 
towing eye to the rear of 
the vehicle
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General notes on the technical data
272To w i n g  a  t r a i l e rTrailer weightsTrailer weights
The trailer weights and drawbar loads approved are selected in intensive 
trials according to precisely defined criteria. The approved trailer weights are 
valid for vehicles in the  EU for maximum speeds of 80 km/h (in certain 
circumstances up to 100 km/h). The figu res may be different in other coun-
tries. All data in the official vehicl e documents take precedence over these 
data  ⇒ .
Drawbar load
The  maximum  permitted weight exerted by the trailer drawbar on the ball joint 
of the towing bracket must not exceed  75 kg.
In the interest of road safety, we recommend that you always tow 
approaching the maximum drawbar load. The response of the trailer on the 
road will be poor if the drawbar load is too small.
If the maximum permissible drawbar loa d cannot be met (e.g. with small, 
empty and light-weight single axle trailers or tandem axle trailers with an axle 
base of less than 1 metre), at least 4% of the actual trailer weight is a legal 
stipulation for a drawbar load.
WARNING
•
For safety reasons, do not exceed the 80 km/h limit. This is also valid in 
countries where higher speeds are permitted.
•
Never exceed the maximum trailer weights or the draw bar loading. If 
the permissible axle load or the permissible total weight is exceeded, the 
driving characteristics of the vehicle may change, leading to accidents, 
injuries and damage to the vehicle.
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Index291
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
High pressure cleaners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Horn  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53IIdentification number  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Ignition key  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Ignition lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Indicators
indication lamp  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Information texts in the display  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Instrument and switch lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Instrument lighting  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Instrument panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Instrument panel menu Configuration menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Example of menu use  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Lights and visibility menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Instrument panel menus Main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Vehicle status menu  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Instruments  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Interior lights  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Intermittent wipe, windscreen  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
ISOFIX system  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50JJack position points Skirting with cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245 Jump leads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Jump-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
KKey tab  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Keys  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97LLeather cleaning  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Lights  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Load compartment in the boot
See Luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Locks  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Luggage compartment  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17, 148 See also Luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . 17
Luggage compartment cover  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Luggage compartment retaining net  . . . . . . . . 139MMain beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  109, 116
Main beam headlights Indicator lamp  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Main headlight lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Maintenance airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Manual gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Manual mode 2C-Climatronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160 MEDIA-IN* connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
MFD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Mileage display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Mirrors
Exterior mirrors, electrical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Interior mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Make-up mirrors  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Mobile telephone  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Multi-function display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Multi-purpose* mobile  stowage compartment 142
Closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Fitting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Opening  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Removal  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Uses  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
NNumber of seats  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19OObservations  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Octane number  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Oil change  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Oil properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
One-touch opening and closing Electric windows  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Opening and locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
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292Overview
Control lamps  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  73
Instrument panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  53
Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  55
Warning lamps  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  73PPaintworkPolishing  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  202
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  175
Parking lights  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  116
Parking system  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  177
Parking system plus  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  177
Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  208
Parts replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  208
Pedals  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  16
Petrol  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  211 Driving abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  194
Petrol additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  212
Petrol engines, starting  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  166
Physical principles of a frontal collision  . . . . . .  20
Plastic key tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  97
Plastic parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  202
Plastic parts cleaning  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  206
Pollen filter  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  161
Power steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  189
Products for vehicle maintenance  . . . . . . . . . .  199
RRadio frequency remote control Changing the battery  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  99
Radio navigation Steering wheel controls audio + telephone version  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  87
audio version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  87
Radio wave remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  98
Rain sensor*  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  123
Rear drink holder* Armrest* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  140
Rear fog light Indication lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  109
Warning lamp  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  76
Rear interior lights  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  119
Rear lights  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  257
Rear reading lights  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  119
Rear seat bench . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  133
Rear window heating Heating element wires  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  203
Rear window wiper  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  124
Rear-view mirror  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  125
Recommended gear display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  59
Refuelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  210
Registration light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  261
Remote control key Buttons  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  98
Synchronising . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  99
Removing and fitting the wheel . . . . . . . . . . . .  245 Repairs
airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  31
Replacement keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  97
Rev counter  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  57
Reverse gear Manual gearbox  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  169
Roll-back function Sliding/tilting roof   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  108
Windows  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  105
Roof aerial*  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  209
Roof carrier*  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  150
Roof stowage compartment*  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  137
Rubber seals  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  203
Running in Engine  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  190
SSafe driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  7
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  8
Safety equipment  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  7
Safety instructionsCoolant temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  76
Safety notes Airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  31
Belt tension devices  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  27
Curtain airbags  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  41
Disabling front passenger airbag  . . . . . . . .  44
frontal airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  36
side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  39
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Using child seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Using seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Safety system- safe  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Seals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Seat adjustment  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  128, 131, 133
Seat belt position Pregnant women  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Seat belt release  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Seat belt warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Incorrectly fastened . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Not worn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Seat belts cleaning  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Seat belts protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Seat heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Selective opening*  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Selector lever locking  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Selector lever positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Self directional headlights  .  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Service interval display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
servotronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Shoes  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Function  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Side lights  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Sitting position Driver  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Front passenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Incorrect sitting position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Passengers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Sitting position, occupants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Sliding/tilting roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Soot accumulation in the  diesel engine particulate 
filter
Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Spare wheel* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Starting on an uphill  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Starting Petrol engines  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Starting the engine  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  166, 167 After the fuel tank has been run dry . . . . . . 167
Steam jets  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Steering  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163 Steering lock  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Steering wheel audio controls audio + telephone version  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
audio version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Steering wheel height adjustment . . . . . . . . . . 163 Stowage area
Centre arm rest  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Front seats  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Other stowage areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Stowage compartment Front passenger side . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Stowage in the luggage compartment . . . . . . . 138
Sun visor  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Sun visors  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Sunroof blind Sliding/tilting roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Switch Hazard warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Switches Electric windows  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Electrical exterior mirrors  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Sliding/tilting roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Switching off the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
TTailgate  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 Emergency opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Warning lamp  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Tank fuel level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
reserve indicator  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
tank capacity  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
TCS  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
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294TCS (Traction control system)
Warning lamp  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  82
Technical modifications  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  208
The danger of not using the  seat belt  . . . . . . . .  21
Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  238
Towing  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  265
Towing a trailer  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  272
Towing bracket  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  196
Towing bracket, fitting  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  197
Towing eye . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  265
Tow-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  265
Traction control system warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  82
Trailer Trailer towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  195
Trailer turn signals Warning lamp  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  116
Trailer weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  272
Trips, checklist  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  8
Turn signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  116 Warning lamp  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76, 116
Turning light  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  114
Type plate  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  270
Tyre Mobility-System (Tyre repair kit)  . . . . . . .  239
Tyre monitor indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  78
Tyre pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  230 Loss  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  232
Tyre pressure monitoring  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  231
Tyre repair kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239, 247
Tyre-Mobility-System (Tyre repair kit)  . . . . . . .  247 Tyres and wheels
Dimensions  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  235
Tyres service life  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  232
Tyres tread depth  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  233
Tyres with directional tread pattern . . . . . . . . .  230
UUnderbody sealant  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  205
Unlocking and locking Personalisation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  94
Using the Tiptronic gear syst em  . . . . . . . . . . .  173VVehicle battery  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  227
Vehicle data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  270
Vehicle identification data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  270
Vehicle identification number  . . . . . . . . . . . . .  270
Vehicle Maintenance
Exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  200
Vehicle modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  208
Vehicle paintwork Products for vehicle maintenance  . . . . . . .  199
Waxing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  201
Vehicle tools Storage  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  238
Vehicle wallet storage  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  135
Vehicle washing  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  200
Ventilation slits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  18 Volumetric sensor*
Activation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  100
Deactivation  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  100
WWarning lamp  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  30
Warning lamps  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  73
Warning reportsRed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  63
Yellow  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  63
Warning texts in the display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  62
Warning triangle and first-aid kit . . . . . . . . . . .  147
Washer fluid  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  222
Washing by hand  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  200
Washing with high pressure cleaners . . . . . . .  201
Water warning  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  63
Water in the windscreen washer tank  . . . . . . .  222
Wear indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  233
Wheel bolts  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  242 Torque  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  236
Wheel change  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  240
Wheel trims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  241
Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  230
Why assume the correct sitting position? . . . . .  29
Why should head restraints be correctly adjusted? 13
Why to wear seat belts?  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  19
Why wear seat belts?  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20, 29
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