Inspecting and replenishing
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Using the system
Safety
Driving Tips
General Maintenance
Breakdown assistance
Technical Data
WARNING
•
Never open the bonnet if you see that steam or coolant is flowing out of
the engine compartment - risk of scaldi
ng! Wait long enough until the steam
or coolant has stopped escaping.•
For safety reasons, the bonnet must always be properly closed when
driving. One should therefore check that
the lock has in fact engaged prop-
erly after closing the bonnet.•
Stop your vehicle immediately while driv
ing if you notice that the lock is
not properly engaged and close the bonne
t properly - risk of an accident!
Caution
Ensure that the arms of the windscreen
wipers are correctly
in place against the
windscreen before opening the bonnet otherwise damage could occur to the paintwork.Working in the engine compartment Particular care is required when carrying out any work in the engine compartment!There is a risk of injuries, scalding,
accidents and fire when working in the
engine compartment, e.g. inspecting and replenishing oil and other fluids. For this reason, it is essential to comply with the warning instructions stated below and with the general applicable
rules of safety. The engine compart-
ment of your car is a hazardous area
⇒
.
WARNING
•
Never open the bonnet if you see that steam or coolant is flowing out of
the engine compartment - risk of scaldi
ng! Wait long enough until the steam
or coolant has stopped escaping.•
Switch off the engine and pull out the ignition key.
•
Apply the handbrake firmly.
•
If your vehicle is fitted with a ma
nual gearbox, move the gearshift lever
into Neutral, or if it is fitted with
automatic gearbox, move the selector lever
into position P.•
Allow the engine to cool down.
•
Keep children clear of the engine compartment.
•
Never spill oil and other fluids over the hot engine. Such fluids (e.g. the
antifreeze contained in the coolant) may ignite!•
Avoid short circuits in the electrical system - particularly on the battery.
•
Never place your hand into the radiator fan as long as the engine is still
warm. The fan might suddenly start running!•
Never open the cap of the coolant expa
nsion bottle as long
as the engine
is still warm. The cooling system is pressurized!•
Cover over the cap of the coolant expansion reservoir with a large cloth
when opening it as protection for your
face, hands and arms from hot steam
or hot coolant.•
Do not let objects, such as e.g cleani
ng cloth or tools lie in the engine
compartment.•
If you wish to work under the vehicle, you must secure the vehicle from
rolling away and support it with suitable supporting blocks: the car jack is not sufficient for this - risk of injury!•
In cases where it be necessary to carry out inspection work when the
engine is running there is an additional risk from rotating parts (e.g. the V- ribbed belt, alternator, radiator fan) and from the high-voltage ignition system. Please observe in addition the following.
− Never touch the electrical cabl
es of the ignition system.
− Absolutely avoid any jewellery, loose items of clothing or long hair from getting into the rotating parts of the engine - Hazard! Therefore remove any jewellery beforehand, tie up your hair and wear tight fitting clothing.
•
Please also comply with the warnin
g instructions stated below when
carrying out any essential work on th
e fuel system or on the electrical
system.
WARNING (continued)
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Index285
Using the system
Safety
Driving Tips
General Maintenance
Breakdown assistance
Technical Data
Index
AAbroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
ABS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Active driver-steering recommendation . . . . . . . 195
Adaptive headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Adjusting seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78, 164
electrically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Adjusting the steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
AHL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Air conditioning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Recirculated air mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Deployment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Front airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Head airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Knee airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Side airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Alternator
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42Antilock brake system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Antilock brake system (ABS)
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Anti-theft alarm system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Ashtray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Auto Check Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Auto Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Automatic gearbox
Emergency programme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Automatic gearbox DSG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Kickdown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Selector lever-emergency unlocking . . . . . . . 136
Tiptronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Automatic light control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Automatic seat adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Automatic vehicle wash systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Automatic wiper/washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
AUX-IN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Avoiding damage to your vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
BBattery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42, 229
change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Charge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Inspecting the electrolyte level . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Operation in winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Before setting off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164Belt
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Belt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Bluetooth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142, 152
Bonnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15, 222
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Boot lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48, 49
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Brake
Handbrake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Brake Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Brake booster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Brake pads
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Button for the central locking system . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Button in the driver's door
Power windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
CCar jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244, 249
Car state . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
CD changer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
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Index 290Towing device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Towing protection monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
towing vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Tow-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Tow-starting and towing vehicle
Automatic gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Traction Control System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Traction control system (TCS)
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
General Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Transporting children safely . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Tread depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Turn signal lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Twindoor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Two-way radio systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Tyre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Tyre inflation pressure
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Tyres
Winter tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239UUnderbody protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Unlocking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Uphill-Start off-Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198VVanity mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71Vehicle tool kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Ventilation
Auxiliary ventilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
WWarning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Warning symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Warning triangle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Washing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
with a high-pressure cleaner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Washing the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Washing vehicle by hand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Wax treatment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Wheel
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Spare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Wheel trim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235, 247
Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
de-icing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Windscreen
Heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Windscreen heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Windscreen washer nozzles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Windshield washer fluid reservoir . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Windshield washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Windshield wiper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Winter tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239Wiper blades
Replacing the wiper blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
XXenon headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
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