
Fuses and light bulbs
240
Removing the light bulb for the parking light (halogen headlight)– Switch the ignition and all lights off. – Turn the protective cap in direction of arrow
OPEN
and remove it
⇒page 239,
fig. 198
.
– Pull out the fixture in direction of arrow
⇒page 239, fig. 198
.
– Take the faulty bulb out of the fixture and insert a new one.– Insert the protective cap.Removing the light bulb for the parking light (Xenon headlight)– Switch the ignition and all lights off.– Remove the rubber protective cap
⇒page 239, fig. 197
.
– Pull out the fixture in direction of arrow
⇒fig. 199
.
– Take the faulty bulb out of the fixture and insert a new one. – Insert the protective cap.
Note
In order to facilitate the removal of the fi
xture with the bulb for the parking light
(halogen headlight), we recommend to remove first of all the connector of the bulb for the low beam light.
Main beam light and low beam light– Switch the ignition and all lights off. – Turn the protective cap in direction of arrow
OPEN
⇒page 239, fig. 198
and
remove it.
– Unplug plug .– Press the wire clamps down until they
are released from the secured position.
– Remove the light bulb and insert the new light bulb in such a way that the fixing
lugs of the light bulb socket fit
into the recesses at the reflector.
Installation takes place in the reverse order.Fog lights*
Fig. 199 Removing the fixture for the parking light (Xenon headlight)A1
A2
AB
A3
Fig. 200 Removing the bulb for the main beam light and low beam light
AA
ABAC
Fig. 201 Removing the bulb for the fog light
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241
Using the system
Safety
Driving Tips
General Maintenance
Breakdown assistance
Technical Data
Removing the bulb for the fog light– Switch the ignition and all lights off. – Remove the rubber protective cap
⇒page 239, fig. 197
.
– Unplug plug . – Take the faulty bulb out of the fixture
by pressing the li
ght socket downwards
and insert a new one.
– Insert the protective cap.Daylight driving lightsRemove the bulb for daylight driving lights– Switch the ignition and all lights off. – Remove the rubber protective cap
⇒page 239, fig. 197
.
– Unplug plug .– Take the faulty bulb out of the fixture by turning in direction of arrow and insert
a new one in the reverse procedure.
– Insert the protective cap.
Rear light unitFig. 203 Removing the rear light unit
/ disconnecting the plug connection
– Open the boot lid. – Unscrew the light with the aid of the Torx
wrench from the vehicle tool kit. The
shorter side of the wrench is used for loosening the screws and the longer side for screwing the screws out completely
⇒fig. 203
.
– Grasp the light at the top and bottom part and pull it slightly to the rear.– Disconnect the plug connection by pressing the catches in direction of arrow
and by pulling them in direction of arrow
⇒fig. 203
.
Changing light bulbs in the rear light unitFig. 204 Remove the middle part
of the light / rear light unit:
Fitting position of the bulbs
AA
A1
A2
Fig. 202 Remove the bulb for daylight driving lights
AA
A1
A2
A1
A2
A3
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– Unscrew the securing screw with the aid of the Torx wrench and press the three
catches in direction of arrow
⇒page 241, fig. 204
.
– Remove the plastic lamp holder.– Replace the defective light bulb. – In order to replace a bulb for the brake light, reversing light, rear fog or turn signal
light, turn the fixture of the bulb to the left up to the stop and take the bulb out of the housing or pull the bulb for the parking light out of the fixture
⇒page 241,
fig. 204
.
– Change the bulb, install again the fixture with
the bulb in the housing and turn it to
the right up to the stop or insert it.
– Insert the plastic lamp holder into the
illumination unit until the interlocks are
heard to engage and screw in the securing screw with the aid of the Torx wrench ⇒ page 241, fig. 204
.
– Reconnect the plug connector and insert
the bulb in the original position.
– Screw on the light
⇒page 241, fig. 203
on the left.
Fitting position of the light bulbs in the rear light unit
⇒page 241, fig. 204
- Brake lights - Reversing lights - Rear fog light - Turn signal lights - parking lights
Licence plate light– Unscrew the glass
cover of the light
⇒fig. 205
.
– Take the faulty bulb out of the holder and insert a new one.– Replace the the glass cover of the light and press it down to the stop - ensure that
the glass cover is correctly installed.
– Screw the glass cover tight.
AA
A1A2A3A4A5
Fig. 205 Licence plate light
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Index259
Using the system
Safety
Driving Tips
General Maintenance
Breakdown assistance
Technical Data
Index
AAbroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
ABS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Active driver-steering recommendation . . . . . . . 166
Adjusting seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69, 76, 138
electrically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Adjusting the seat backrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Adjusting the steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Air conditioning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Air outlet vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Recirculated air mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Deployment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Front airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Head airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Knee airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Side airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Alternator
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Antilock brake system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Antilock brake system (ABS)
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36Anti-theft alarm system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Ashtray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Auto Check Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Auto Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Automatic driving lamp control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Automatic gearbox
Emergency programme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Kickdown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Selector lever-emergency unlocking . . . . . . . 125
Tiptronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Automatic gearbox DSG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Automatic rear window wiper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Automatic seat adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Automatic vehicle wash systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Automatic wiper/washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
AUX-IN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Avoiding damage to your vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
BBattery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37, 210
change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Charge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Inspecting the electrolyte level . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Operation in winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Before setting off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Belt
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Belt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141Bluetooth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Bonnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14, 203
Boot lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Brake
Handbrake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Brake Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Brake booster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Brake pads
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Bulbs
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Button for the central locking system . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Buttons on the driver's door
Power windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
CCar state . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
CD changer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Central locking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
unlock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Changing a wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Changing bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Changing the engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
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KKey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Knee airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149LLashing eyes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Leather care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Lifting jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223, 227
Light
automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Changing bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Lighting of the interior of the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Lights
converting/masking over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Range adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
switching on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Lights and Visibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Liquid in reservoir for windshield washer system
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Loading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Lock
Central locking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
lock
Central locking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Locking and unlocking from inside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Low beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Lugagge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44Luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44, 78
Folding hooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Lashing eyes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Luggage compartment - variable loading floor 82, 83
MMain beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53, 59
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Manual gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Manual shifting of gears . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
MDI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Memory for the on-board computer . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Mobile phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Bluetooth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Motoring abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Multifunction steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Multi-functional indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20NNote holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86OOff-road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Off-road driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170, 180, 183
Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Oil dipstick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Onboard computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Open door
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37Opening a single door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Operation in winter
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Biodiesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
De-icing windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Outside temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Overview of the engine compartment . . . . . . . . . 205
PPaint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Paint damage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Park Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Parking aid
rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
parking aid
Front and rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Parking light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Parking the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Passive Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Petrol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Petrol engines
Starting the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Polishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Power steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Power window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Power windows
Button in front passenger door and in rear doors 48
Buttons on the driver's door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Central locking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
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