Checking and refilling levels197
Safety First
Operating Instructions
Practical Tips
Technical Specifications
charge. Never short the battery terminals. High-energy sparks can cause
injury.
•A highly explosive mixture of gases is released when the battery is
under charge. The batteries should be charged in a well-ventilated room
only.•Keep children away from acid and batteries.•Before working on the electrical system, you must switch off the
engine, the ignition and all consumers. The negative cable on the battery
must be disconnected. When a light bulb is changed, you need only switch
off the light.•Deactivate the anti-theft alarm by unlocking the vehicle before you
disconnect the battery! The alarm will otherwise be triggered.•When disconnecting the battery from the vehicle electrical system,
disconnect first the negative cable and then the positive cable.•Switch off all electrical consumers before reconnecting the battery.
Reconnect first the positive cable and then the negative cable. Never
reverse the polarity of the connections. This could cause an electrical fire.•Never charge a frozen battery, or one which has thawed. This could
result in explosions and chemical burns. Always replace a battery which
has frozen. A flat battery can freeze at temperatures around 0 °C.•Ensure that the vent hose is always connected to the battery.•Never use a defective battery. This could cause an explosion. Replace a
damaged battery immediately.•For vehicles with the battery in the luggage compartment: Check that
the battery gas ventilation hose is securely attached.Caution
•Never disconnect the battery if the ignition is switched on or if the engine
is running. This could damage the electrical system or electronic compo-
nents.
•Do not expose the battery to direct sunlight over a long period of time, as
the intense ultraviolet radiation can damage the battery housing.•If the vehicle is left standing in cold conditions for a long period, protect
the battery from freezing. If it freezes it will be damaged.Checking the electrolyte level
The electrolyte level should be checked regularly in high-
mileage vehicles, in hot countries and in older batteries.– Open the engine bonnet and the battery cover ⇒ in “Safety
instructions on working in the engine compartment” on
page 183 ⇒ in “Warnings on handling the battery” on
page 196. For vehicles with the battery under the spare wheel,
open the tailgate and lift the floor covering. The battery is located
next to the spare wheel.
– Check the colour display in the "magic eye" on the top of the battery.
– If there are air bubbles in the window, tap the window gently until they disperse.The position of the battery is shown in the corresponding engine compart-
ment diagram ⇒page 235. The location of the battery in the luggage
compartment can be seen in ⇒page 235, fig. 160 .
The “magic eye” indicator, located on the top of the battery changes colour,
depending on the charge state and electrolyte level of the battery.
There are two different colours:•Black: correct charge status.
WARNING (continued)
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258Front airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Front ashtray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Front cup holder* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Front interior light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Front passenger airbag deactivation . . . . . . . . . 37
Front reading light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Front seat adjustment Lumbar support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Fuel Diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Petrol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Fuel level Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Fuel reserve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Fuel Tank Opening the fuel tank flap . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Fuel tank See Fuel reserve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Fuel: save . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212GG 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Gear shift pattern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
General overview of the engine compartment 235
Glove compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 Glow plug system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
GRA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
HHandbrake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65, 146
Hazard warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
HBA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Head restraints Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106, 107
Adjustment of the head restraint angle . . . 107
Removing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Headlight flashers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Headlight range control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Headlights Driving abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Headlight washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Heated exterior mirrors* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Heated front seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Heated rear window Heating element wires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Heating system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
High pressure cleaners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Hill-start assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
How to jump start description . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226 Hydraulic Brake Assist
Automatic hazard warning lights activation . . .153
IIdentification number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Identification plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Ignition key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Ignition lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Information in the multifunction display
Memory displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Instrument and switch lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Instrument lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Instrument panel Service interval display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Interior mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Interior monitoring and anti-towing alarm* Activation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
ISOFIX system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44JJump leads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Jump-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225KKeys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
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LLeather cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Load compartment in the luggage compartment
See Loading the luggage compartment . . . . 15
Loading the luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . 15
Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 See also Loading the luggage compartment 15
Luggage compartment light* . . . . . . . . . . 98, 225MMain beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90, 96
Main beam headlights Indicator lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Main headlight bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217, 219
Maintenance Airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Maintenance and cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Manual gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Manual heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Manual heating system Defrosting the windscreen . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Demisting the windscreen and side windows . .121
MFI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
54 Mirrors
Exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Interior mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
vanity mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Mobile phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Multifunction display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
NNumber of seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16OObservations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Octane number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Oil change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Oil properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
One-touch opening and closing Electric windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Opening and locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Operation when a fault occurs Panorama/ tilting sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Outside temperature display . . . . . . . . . . . . 53, 55
Overview Control lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Dash panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Warning lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
PPaintworkPolishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Panorama sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Parking lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Passenger See Correct sitting position . . . . . . . . . . . 10, 11
Pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Petrol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 Driving abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Petrol additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Physical principles of a frontal collision . . . . . . 18
Plastic parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Plastic parts cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Pollen filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Pollution filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Products for vehicle maintenance . . . . . . . . . . 166RRadio frequency remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Changing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Rain sensor* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Rear cup holder* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Rear fog light Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63, 90
Rear head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Rear pilot lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
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260Rear seat
folding down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Rear seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Rear shelf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Rear view mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Rear window automatic wiper/washer . . . . . . 101
Rear window wiper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Recommended gear display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Refuelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Remote control key Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Synchronising . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Removing and fitting the wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Repairs Airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Replacement keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Replacement of parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Rev counter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Reverse gear Manual gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Roll-back function Panorama/ tilting sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Roof aerial* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Roof rack* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Rubber seals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Running in Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
SSafe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Safe driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Safe Security system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Safety equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Safety instructions
Coolant temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Safety notes Airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Deactivating front passenger airbag . . . . . . 38
Front airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Seat belt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Using child seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Using seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Seals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Seat adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105, 108
Seat belt cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Seat belt position Pregnant women . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Seat belt protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Seat belt release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Seat belt tensioner Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Seat belt warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Incorrectly fastened . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Not worn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Seat heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Selective opening* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Semiautomatic air conditioning controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Service interval display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Side lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Sitting position Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Front passenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Sitting position, occupants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203, 234
Soot accumulation in the diesel engine particulate filter *
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Spanner symbol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Spare parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Spare wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Speed selector lever lock warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Starting Petrol engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Starting petrol engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
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