
Fuses and light bulbs227
Using the system
Safety
Driving Tips
General Maintenance
Breakdown assistance
Praktik
Technical Data
– Screw on the light glass slightly.Rear light unit– Open the boot lid.
– Unscrew the light ⇒fig. 212.
– Grasp the light at the top and bottom part and pull it slightly to the
rear.
– Disconnect the plug connector ⇒fig. 213.
Changing light bulbs in the rear light unit– Unscrew the middle part of the light and slacken the interlock in order
to reach the bulbs ⇒fig. 214.
– Replace the defective light bulb.
– To replace the bulb of the parking light, turn the fixture of the bulb
to the left up to the stop (in the direction of the arrows on the housing)
and take the fixture out of the housing ⇒fig. 215.
– Replace the light bulb, put the bulb connector back into the housing
and turn it to the right up to the stop (in the opposite direction of the
arrows on the housing).
Fig. 212 Remove the rear
light unitFig. 213 Disconnect plug
connection
Fig. 214 Remove the middle
part of the lightFig. 215 Rear light unit:
Fitting position of the bulbs
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Fuses and light bulbs 228
– Screw the middle part of the light onto the housing ⇒page 227,
fig. 214.
– Reconnect the plug connector and insert the bulb in the original posi-
tion.
– Screw on the light ⇒page 227, fig. 212.Fitting position of the light bulbs in the rear light unit ⇒page 227, fig. 215
- Brake lights
- Turn signal lights
- Reversing lights
- Rear fog light
- parking lightsLuggage compartment light– Open the boot lid.
– Insert a screwdriver into the slot below the light ⇒fig. 216. Lever out
the light carefully.
– Disconnect the plug connector.– Replace the defective light bulb.
– Recreate the plug connection.
– Insert the light from the rear and press it forwards up to the stop.A1A2A3A4A5
Fig. 216 Remove the luggage
compartment light
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Praktik 230Fixing of the loading floorYou can fix the loading floor with a hook on the top edge of the boot lid
cutout, in order to e.g. reach the spare wheel*.
– Raise the loading floor at the loop ⇒fig. 219 and fix it with a plastic
hook (it is located below the loading floor edge) to the top edge of the
tailgate cutout ⇒fig. 220.
Adjustment of the safety partitionOnly valid for some countries.
– Raise the loading floor part behind the safety partition.
– Unscrew on each side in the upper part of the body one screw
⇒fig. 221 and in the lower part one screw ⇒fig. 222.
– Move the safety partition into the desired position. Always ensure that
it has the same distance and the same number of holes on both sides
top and bottom.
Fig. 219 Loop for raising the
loading floorFig. 220 Fixing the loading
floor with a plastic hook
Fig. 221 Top support of the
safety partitionFig. 222 Bottom support of
the safety partition
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Index251
Using the system
Safety
Driving Tips
General Maintenance
Breakdown assistance
Praktik
Technical Data
Index
AAbroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
ABS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Adjusting seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63, 68, 128
Adjusting the seat backrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Adjusting the steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Air conditioning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Deployment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Front airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Head airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Side airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Alternator
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Antilock brake system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Antilock brake system - ABS
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Anti-theft alarm system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Ashtray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Auto Check Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Auto Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22Automatic gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Emergency programme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Kickdown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Tiptronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Automatic vehicle wash systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Automatic wiper/washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Avoiding damage to your vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
BBattery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31, 192
change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Charge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Inspecting the electrolyte level . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Operation in winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Before setting off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Belt tensioner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Belt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Bicycle carrier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Bluetooth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Bonnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16, 184
Boot lid
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Brake
Handbrake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Brake booster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191Brake system
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Button on the driver's door
Central locking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Electrical power windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
CCar state . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
CD changer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Central locking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
unlock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Changing a wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Changing wheels around . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Charging the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Check engine oil level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Child safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Side airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Child safety lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Child safety seat
on the front passenger seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Safety information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
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