
If and when
222
– First fit the glass with the fastening tabs over the frame of the switch. Next press the front part until the two long tabs click on
the support.Additional brake lights*Given the difficulty involved in the replacement of this light it should be done
by the Technical Service.Luggage compartment light
– Extract the tulip shaped fitting by pressing on the inside edge of this -arrow- using the flat side of a screwdriver ⇒fig. 157 .
– Press the bulb sideways and remove it from its housing ⇒fig. 158 .Jump-startingJump leads
The jump lead must have a sufficient wire cross section.If the engine fails to start because of a discharged battery, the battery can be
connected to the battery of another vehicle to start the engine.
Fig. 157 Luggage
compartment light
Fig. 158 Luggage
compartment light
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General notes on the technical data233
Safety First
Operating instructions
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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Technical Data
234Technical DataChecking fluid levelsFrom time to time, the levels of the different fluids in the
vehicle must be checked. Never fill with incorrect fluids,
otherwise serious damage to the engine may be caused.
Coolant expansion tank
Engine oil dipstick.
Engine oil filler cap
Brake fluid reservoir
Vehicle battery
Windscreen washer fluid container
The checking and refilling of service fluids are carried out on the components
mentioned above. These operations are described in the ⇒page 179. Overview
You will find further explanations, instructions and restrictions on the tech-
nical data as of
⇒page 229.
Note
The layout of parts may vary depending on the engine.
Fig. 163 Diagram for the
location of the various
elements
A1A2A3A4A5A6
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Index241
Index
AABS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Acoustic signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Acoustic warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Adaptive headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Adjustable service interval display . . . . . . . . . . 54
Air conditioner Climatronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
General notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Air conditioning* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Air outlets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Air recirculation Semi-automatic air conditioning . . . . . . . . 125
Air recirculation mode Climatronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Front airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Alarm system Switching off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Alternator Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Anti-freeze . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186 Anti-lock brake system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Anti-theft alarm system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Switching off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Anti-theft wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Aquaplaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Ashtray* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Automatic anti-dazzle rear vision mirror* Activating the anti-dazzle function . . . . . . . 98
Deactivating anti-dazzle function . . . . . . . . . 98
Automatic car washing tunnel . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Automatic gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 Kick-down feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Selector lever positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Automatic wiper/wash function for the rear window 97
AUX/USB input connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Auxiliary audio input connection (AUX) . . . . . . 113
BBall coupling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
BAS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Battery Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Winter conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192 Belt tensioner
disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Belt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Biodiesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Biodiesel fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Bonnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Boot* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Brake Assist System Automatic warning lights on . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191 Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Brake servo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151, 156
Brake system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191 warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Braking distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Bulb change general notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Bulb defect Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Buzzer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92, 132
CCar care Exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
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Soot accumulation in the diesel engine particulate
filter
warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Spare parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Spare wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Speed selector lever lock warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Starting Petrol engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Starting the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133, 134 After the fuel tank has been run dry . . . . . . 134
Steam jets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 Steering lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Steering column controls Audio Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Steering wheel height adjustment . . . . . . . . . . 130
Storage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 Front passenger side . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
front seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Sun visor Sliding/tilting sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Sun visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Switch Hazard warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Heated rear window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Switches Electric windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Sliding/tilting sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Switching off the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
TTank fuel level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
reserve indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
tank capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
TCS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
TCS (Traction control system) warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Technical modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
The danger of not using the seat belt . . . . . . . . 19
Tightening torque of wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Tilting roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Tow starting Comments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Towing a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160, 232
Towing bracket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Towing bracket, fitting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Towing eye . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Tow-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Traction control system warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Trailer eyes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Trailer turn signals Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Trailer weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Trips, checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Turn signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64, 92
Two-way radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Type plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Tyre Mobility-System (Tyre repair kit) . . . . . . . . 202
Tyre pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195 warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Tyre pressures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Tyre repair kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202, 207
Tyre-Mobility-System (Tyre repair kit) . . . . . . . . 207
Tyres and wheels Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Tyres service life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Tyres tread depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Tyres with directional tread pattern . . . . . . . . . 195
UUnderbody protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169VVehicle battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Vehicle data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Vehicle identification data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Vehicle identification number . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Vehicle interior heating or cooling system . . . 124
Vehicle modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Vehicle paintwork Products for vehicle maintenance . . . . . . . 163
Waxing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
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