General notes on the technical data
228Towing a trailerTrailer 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 figures may be different in other coun-
tries. All data in the official vehicle 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 load cannot be met (e.g. with small,
empty and light-weight single axle trailers o r ta n d e m a x l e t r a i l e r s wi t h a n a x le
base of less than 1 metre), at least 4% of the actual trailer weight is a legal
stipulation for a drawbar load.
WARNING
•For safet y reas ons , d o not excee d the 8 0 k m/h limit . Th is is als o 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.
WheelsTyre pressure, snow chains, wheel boltsTyre pressures
The sticker with the tyre pressure values can be found on the inside of the
tank flap. The tyre pressure values given there are for cold tyres. The slightly
raised pressures of warm tyres must not be reduced. ⇒
Snow chains
Snow chains may be fitted only to the front wheels, and only for the following
tyres:
Wheel bolts
After the wheels have been changed, the tightening torque of the wheel bolts
s ho uld b e che cke d as s o on as p ossible wit h a to rqu e w re nch ⇒ . The tight-
ening torque for steel and alloy wheels is 120 Nm.
WARNING
•Check the tyre pressure at least once per month. Checking tyre pressure
value is very important. If the tyre pressure is too high or too low, there is
an increased danger of accidents, particularly at high speeds.175/70R14
185/60R15
Chains with links not exceeding 15 mm (including the
chain closure)
215/45R16
Chains with links not exceeding 9 mm (including the
chain closure)
215/40R17
Chains with links not exceeding 7 mm (including the
chain closure)
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Safety First
Controls and equipment
Practical tips
Technical Data
•If the torque of the wheel bolts is too low, they could loosen while the
vehicle is in motion. Risk of accident! If the tightening torque is too high,
the wheel bolts and threads can be damaged.Note
We recommend that you ask your Authorised Service Centre for information
about appropriate wheel, tyre and snow chain size.
WARNING (continued)
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Index
AABS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Acoustic signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Acoustic warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Adaptive headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Adjustable service interval display . . . . . . . . . . 54
Air conditioning system Climatronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
General notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Air conditioning* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Air outlets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Air recirculation Semi-automatic air conditioning . . . . . . . . 121
Air recirculation mode Climatronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Curtain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Front airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Alarm system Switching off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Alternator Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Ambient temperature display . . . . . . . . . . . . 51, 53 Anti-freeze . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Anti-lock brake system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Anti-theft alarm system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Switching off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Anti-theft wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Aquaplaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Automatic anti-dazzle interior mirror* Activating the anti-dazzle function . . . . . . . 98
Deactivating anti-dazzle function . . . . . . . . . 98
Automatic car washing tunnel . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Automatic gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 Kick-down feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Selector lever positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Automatic wiper/wash function for the rear window 97
AUX input connection/USB* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Auxiliary audio input connection: AUX . . . . . . . 112
BBall coupling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
BAS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Battery Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Winter conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191 Belt tension device
Disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Belt tension devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Biodiesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Biodiesel fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Bonnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Boot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Boot* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94, 219
Brake Assist System Automatic warning lights on . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190 Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Brake servo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149, 154
Brake system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190 Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Braking distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Bulb changes general notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Bulb defect Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Buzzer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92, 129
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Steering wheel height adjustment . . . . . . . . . . 127
Stowage compartment
Front passenger side . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Sun visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Sunroof blind Sliding/tilting roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Switch Hazard warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Rear window heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Switches Electric windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Sliding/tilting roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Switching off the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131TTailgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Emergency opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Tank fuel level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
reserve indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
tank capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
TCS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
TCS (Traction control system) Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Technical modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
The danger of not using the seat belt . . . . . . . . 18
Tightening torque of wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Tilting roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199 Tow starting
Comments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Towing a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158, 228
Towing bracket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Towing bracket, fitting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Towing eye . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Tow-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Traction control system warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Trailer eyes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Trailer turn signals Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Trailer weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Trips, checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Turn signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64, 92
Two-way radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Type plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Tyre Mobility-System (Tyre repair kit) . . . . . . . . 200
Tyre monitor indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Tyre pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Tyre pressures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Tyre repair kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200, 205
Tyre-Mobility-System (Tyre repair kit) . . . . . . . . 205
Tyres and wheels Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Tyres service life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Tyres tread depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Tyres with directional tread pattern . . . . . . . . . 194
UUnderbody maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167VVehicle battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Vehicle data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Vehicle identification data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Vehicle identification number . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Vehicle interior heating or cooling system . . . 120
Vehicle modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Vehicle paintwork Products for vehicle maintenance . . . . . . . 161
Waxing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Vehicle tools Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Vehicle wallet storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Vehicle washing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Ventilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Ventilation slits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15WWarning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Warning lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Warning triangle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Washer fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Washing by hand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Washing the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Washing tunnel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
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254Washing with high pressure cleaners . . . . . . . 163
Water in the windscreen washer tank . . . . . . . 187
Wear indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202, 228
Torque . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Wheel change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193, 228
Why assume the correct sitting position? . . . . . 25
Why should head restraints be correctly adjusted? 12
Why wear seat belts? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17, 25
Why wear seatbelts? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Windscreen defrosting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Windscreen wiper blades Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Windscreen wipers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 Changing blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Changing the rear blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Winter driving Diesel engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Winter tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Wiper/wash automatic function . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Wooden trim cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Working in the engine compartment . . . . . . . . 178
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