Technical Data
284Engine oil filling capacityDiesel engine 1.9l TDI 77 kW (105 bhp)Engine specifications
Performance figures
Weights Approximate engine oil capacity with oil filter change
4.3 litres
Power output in kW (bhp) rpm 77 (105) 4000
Maximum torque in Nm at rpm 250/1900
No. of cylinders, capacity in cm
3
4/1896
Fuel Min. 51 CZ
Maximum speed in km/h 185
Acceleration from 0-80 km/h in seconds 7,6
Acceleration from 0-100 km/h in seconds 11,3
Gross vehicle weight in kg 1868
Weight in working order (with driver) in kg 1365
Front gross axle weight in kg 1015
Rear gross axle weight in kg 896
Permitted roof load in kg 75
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Safety First
Controls and equipment
Practical tips
Technical Data
Trailer weights
Engine oil filling capacity
Diesel engine 1.9 TDI 77 kW (105 bhp). EcomotiveEngine specifications
Performance figures
Trailer without brakes
680
Trailer with brakes, gradients up to 8% 1500
Trailer with brakes, gradients up to 12% 1400
Approximate engine oil capacity with oil filter change 4.3 litres
Power output in kW (HP) rpm 77 (105) 4000
Maximum torque in Nm at rpm 250/1900
No. of cylinders, capacity in cm
3
4/1896
Fuel Min. 51 CZ
Maximum speed in km/h 188
Acceleration from 0-80 km/h in seconds 7,3
Acceleration from 0-100 km/h in seconds 10,9
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Technical Data
286Weights
Trailer weights
Engine oil filling capacityDiesel engine 1.9 litre TDI 77 kW (105 bhp). AutomaticEngine specifications Gross vehicle weight
in kg 1820
Weight in working order (with driver) in kg 1325
Front gross axle weight in kg 970
Gross rear axle weight in kg 875
Permitted roof load in kg 75
Trailer without brakes 660
Trailer with brakes, gradients up to 8% 1500
Trailer with brakes, gradients up to 12% 1400
Approximate engine oil capacity with oil filter change 4.3 litres
Power output in kW (HP) rpm 77 (105) 4000
Maximum torque in Nm at rpm 250/1900
No. of cylinders, capacity in cm
3
4/1896
Fuel Min. 51 CZ
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Safety First
Controls and equipment
Practical tips
Technical Data
Performance figures
Weights
Trailer weights
Engine oil filling capacity
Maximum speed
in km/h 185
Acceleration from 0-80 km/h in seconds 7,7
Acceleration from 0-100 km/h in seconds 11,7
Gross vehicle weight in kg 1890
Weight in working order (with driver) in kg 1395
Front gross axle weight in kg 1044
Rear gross axle weight in kg 894
Permitted roof load in kg 75
Trailer without brakes 690
Trailer with brakes, gradients up to 8% 1500
Trailer with brakes, gradients up to 12% 1400
Approximate engine oil capacity with oil filter change 4.3 litres
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Safety First
Controls and equipment
Practical tips
Technical Data
Trailer weights
Engine oil filling capacity
Diesel engine 2.0l 125 kW (170 bhp)Engine specifications
Performance figures
Manual
Automatic
Trailer without brakes 690710
Trailer with brakes, gradients up to 8% 15001500
Trailer with brakes, gradients up to 12% 14001400
Approximate engine oil capacity with oil filter change 4.3 litres
Power output in kW (bhp) rpm 125 (170)/ 4200
Maximum torque in Nm at rpm 350/ 1750-2500
No. of cylinders, capacity in cm
3
4/ 1968
Fuel Min. 51 CZ
Maximum speed in km/h 214
Acceleration from 0-80 km/h in seconds 5,9
Acceleration from 0-100 km/h in seconds 8,2
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Technical Data
290Weights
Trailer weights
Engine oil filling capacity Gross vehicle weight
in kg 1915
Weight in working order (with driver) in kg 1420
Gross front axle weight in kg 1075
Gross rear axle weight in kg 895
Permitted roof load in kg 75
Trailer without brakes 690
Trailer with brakes, gradients up to 8% 1500
Trailer with brakes, gradients up to 12% 1400
Approximate engine oil capacity with oil filter change 4.8 litres
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Index
294Braking distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Bulb changes
general notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Bulb defect warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Buzzer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118, 157CCar care Exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Central locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Automatic locking system for involuntary unlocking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Automatic speed dependent locking and un- locking system* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Emergency unlocking system . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Selective unlocking system* . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Unlocking system* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Central locking button Central locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
unlocking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Centre console with drinks holder . . . . . . . . . . 135
Cetane number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Changing gear See Manual gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Changing gear with the Tiptronic gear system 169
Changing the lamps Main headlight lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
rear lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258 Changing the main headlight lamps
dipped beam lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
main beam lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Side lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
turn signal lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Changing the rear light lamps Position light, fog light and rear light on the tailgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Changing the rear lights Indicator, side and brake lights on the bodywork . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
luggage compartment lights . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Chassis number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Checking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Checking battery electrolyte level . . . . . . . . . . 230
Checking engine oil level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Child safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Child seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Categorisation in groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Group 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Group 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Group 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Groups 0 and 0+ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
ISOFIX system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Securing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Child seats on the front passenger seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Cigarette lighter* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Cleaning alloy wheel rims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Cleaning and caring for your vehicle . . . . . . . . 197 Cleaning chrome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Cleaning engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Cleaning steel wheel rims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Cleaning windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Climatic* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Climatronic
General notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Cloth seat covers cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Clothes hook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Cockpit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Coming/leaving home function . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Control lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Control lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Controls Electric windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Light switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Convenience closing Sliding/tilting roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Convenience opening Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222, 223 Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Coolant Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Coolant level warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Coolant Loss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
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296Engine compartment
Working in the engine compartment . . . . . 215
Engine coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Engine fault Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Engine management Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218 Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Checking level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Oil properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Topping up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Engine oil dipstick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Engine oil pressure monitor indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190 Environmental friendliness . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Environmental tip Avoiding pollution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Environmentally friendly driving . . . . . . . . . . . 190
ESP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83, 183
Example of menu use Program a speed limit warning . . . . . . . . . . 67
To activate and deactivate the speed limit warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Example of the use of the menus
Open the Configuration menu with the MFD lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Open the Configuration menu with the steering wheel controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Examples of menu use Open the main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Open the winter tyres menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
To close the winter tyres menu . . . . . . . . . . 67
Exhaust gas purification system . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
FFabric trim cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Fastening rings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Fire extinguisher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
First-aid kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Floor mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Fog lights with cornering function . . . . . . . . . . 116
Foot brake Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Four wheel drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Front airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Front drinks holders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Front interior light Switching off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Switching on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Front passenger airbag deactivation . . . . . . . . . 42 Front reading lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Front seat adjustment
Lumbar support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Frontal airbags Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Fuel Diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Petrol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Fuel level Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Fuel reserve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 warning message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Fuel Tank Opening the fuel tank flap . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Fuel tank See Fuel reserve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Fuel: save . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
GG 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Gear shift pattern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
General overview of the engine compartment 273
Glove compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Glow plug system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
GRA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
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