If and when279
Safety First
Operating instructions
Practical tips
Technical Data
Do not pull too hard with the towing vehicle and take care to avoid jerking the
tow-rope. When towing on an unpaved road, there is always a risk of over-
loading and damaging the anchorage points.
The ignition of the vehicle being towed must be switched on to prevent the
steering wheel from locking and also to allow the use of the turn signals,
horn, windscreen wipers and washers.
As the brake servo does not work if the engine is not running, you must apply
considerably more pressure to the brake pedal than you normally would.
As the power assisted steering does not work if the engine is not running, you
will need more strength to steer than you normally would.
Towing vehicles with an automatic gearbox
•Put the selector lever into position “N”.•Do not drive faster than 50 km/h when towing a vehicle.•Do not tow further than 50 km.•If a breakdown vehicle is used, the vehicle must be towed with the front
wheels raised.Note
•Observe legal requirements when towing or tow-starting.•Switch on the hazard warning lights of both vehicles. However, observe
any regulations to the contrary.•For technical reasons, vehicles with an automatic gearbox must not be
tow-started.•If damage to your vehicle means that there is no lubricant in the gearbox,
you must raise the drive wheels while the vehicle is being towed.•If the vehicle has to be towed more than 50 km, the front wheels must be
raised during towing, and towing should be carried out by a qualified person.•The steering wheel is locked when the vehicle has no electrical power. The
vehicle must then be towed with the front wheels raised. Towing should be
carried out by a qualified person.
•The towing eye should always be kept in the vehicle. Please refer to the
notes on ⇒ page 278, “Tow-starting”.Trailer eyes
Fig. 205 The front right
section of the vehicle:
Fitting the front towing
eyeFig. 206 Fitting the
towing eye to the rear of
the vehicle
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Technical Data
286Petrol engine 1.4 63 kW (85 bhp)Engine specifications
Performance figures
Weights
Trailer weights Power output in kW (bhp)
rpm 63 (85)/ 5000
Maximum torque in Nm at rpm 132/ 3600-3800
No. of cylinders, capacity in cm
3
4/ 1390
Fuel Premium unleaded 95 RON or regular unleaded 91 RON
a)
a)Slight power loss.Maximum speedin km/h 169
Acceleration from 0-80 km/h in seconds 9,7
Acceleration from 0-100 km/h in seconds 14,8
Gross vehicle weight in kg 1886
Weight in working order (with driver) in kg 1366
Front gross axle weight in kg 940
Rear gross axle weight in kg 984
Permitted roof load in kg 75
Trailer without brakes 680
With brakes, gradients up to 8% 1200
Trailer with brakes, gradients up to 12% 1000
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Technical Data
288Trailer weights
Engine oil capacityPetrol engine 1.6 75 kW (102 bhp)Engine specifications
Performance figures Trailer without brakes
710
With brakes, gradients up to 8% 1500
Trailer with brakes, gradients up to 12% 1300
Approximate engine oil capacity with oil filter change 3.3 litres
Running on LPG Running on petrol
Power output in kW (bhp) rpm 72 (98)/ 560075 (102)/ 5600
Maximum torque in Nm at rpm 144/ 3800148/ 3800
No. of cylinders, capacity in cm
3
4/ 15954/ 1595
Fuel LPGSuper 95 octane rating or Regular 91
octane rating
a)
a)Slight power loss.
Running on LPG
Running on petrol
Maximum speed in km/h 178181
Acceleration from 0-80 km/h in seconds 9,28,9
Acceleration from 0-100 km/h in seconds 13,813,2
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Safety First
Operating instructions
Practical tips
Technical Data
Weights
Trailer weights
Engine oil capacity
Petrol engine 1.8 l 118 kW (160 HP)Engine specifications
Gross vehicle weight
in kg 1951
Weight in working order (with driver) in kg 1456
Gross front axle weight in kg 965
Gross rear axle weight in kg 1000
Permitted roof load in kg 75
Trailer without brakes 720
Trailer with brakes, gradients up to 8% 1500
Trailer with brakes, gradients up to 12% 1200
Approximate engine oil capacity with oil filter change 4.1 litres
Power output in kW (HP) rpm 118 (160)4500-6200
Maximum torque in Nm at rpm 250/1500-4500
No. of cylinders, capacity in cm
3
4/1798
Fuel Premium unleaded 95 RON or regular unleaded 91 RON
a)
a)Slight power loss.
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Index299
Index
AABS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Acoustic signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Acoustic warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Adaptive headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Adjusting the seat belt height . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
AFS (curve lights) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Air conditioner* 2C-Climatronic* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Air conditioning system General notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Air conditioning* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Air recirculation mode 2C-Climatronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Manual air conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Airbag covers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Curtain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Front airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Alarm system Switching off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Alternator Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Ambient temperature display . . . . . . . . . . . . 65, 73
Anti-freeze . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Anti-lock brake system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Anti-puncture tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Anti-theft alarm system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 Switching off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Anti-theft wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Aquaplaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Ashtray* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Automatic anti-dazzle interior mirror* Activating the anti-dazzle function . . . . . . 129
Deactivating anti-dazzle function . . . . . . . . 129
Automatic car wash tunnel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Automatic gearbox Kick-down feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Automatic gearbox / DSG automatic gearbox . 178
Automatic lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Automatic mode 2C-Climatronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Automatic wiper/wash function for the rear window 128
Auxiliary audio connection: AUX-IN . . . . . . . . . 149
BBall coupling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
BAS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193 Battery
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Winter conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Belt tension device Disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Belt tension devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Biodiesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Biodiesel fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Bonnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Brake assist system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239 Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Brake servo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193, 200
Brake system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239 Brake servo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Braking distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Bulb changes general notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Bulb defect warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Buzzer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120, 169
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Index
302Engine fault
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Engine management Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229 Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Checking level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Oil properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Topping up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Engine oil dipstick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Engine oil pressure monitor indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Environmental friendliness . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Environmental tip Avoiding pollution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
ESP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85, 195
Example of menu use Program a speed limit warning . . . . . . . . . . 69
To activate and deactivate the speed limit warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Example of the use of the menus Open the Configuration menu with the MFD lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Open the Configuration menu with the steering wheel controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Examples of menu use
Open the main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Open the winter tyres menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
To close the winter tyres menu . . . . . . . . . . 69
Exhaust gasses purification system . . . . . . . . 201
Exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
FFabric trim cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Fastening rings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Fire extinguisher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
First-aid kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Floor mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Fog lights with cornering function . . . . . . . . . . 118
folding table* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Folding the seat backrests down . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Foot brake Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Four wheel drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Front airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Front passenger airbag deactivation . . . . . . . . . 44
Front reading lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Front seat adjustment Lumbar support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Frontal airbags Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Fuel
Diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Petrol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Fuel level Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Fuel reserve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 warning message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Fuel Tank Opening the fuel tank flap . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Fuel tank See Fuel reserve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Fuel: saving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
GG 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Gear shift pattern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
General overview of the engine compartment 285
Glove compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Glow plug system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
GRA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188HHandbrake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183 Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83, 183
Hazard warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
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