Seats and storage compartments
122Rear shelfRemoving the shelf
– Unhook the loops ⇒ fig. 93 from housings
– With the half open position, pull the shelf upwards.
WARNING
Do not place heavy or hard objects on the rear shelf, because they will
endanger the vehicle occupants in case of sudden braking.
Caution
•Before closing the tailgate, ensure that the rear shelf is correctly fitted.•An overloaded luggage compartment could mean that the rear shelf is not
correctly seated and it may be bent or damaged.•If the luggage compartment is overloaded, remove the tray.
Note
•Ensure that, when placing items of clothing on the luggage compartment
cover, rear visibility is not reduced.
Fig. 93 Rear shelf
AB
AA
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Safety First
Operating Instructions
Practical Tips
Technical Specifications
Rear shelf with storage compartment*
To remove the storage compartment
– Remove the rear shelf and pull the storage compartment
upwards holding it by the edges ⇒fig. 94 .The storage compartment can be accessed from the rear seats by lifting the
front side of the rear shelf ⇒fig. 95 .
WARNING
Do not place heavy or hard objects on the rear shelf, because they will
endanger the vehicle occupants in case of sudden braking.
Caution
•Before closing the tailgate, ensure that the rear shelf is correctly fitted.•An overloaded luggage compartment could mean that the rear shelf is not
correctly seated and it may be bent or damaged.•If the luggage compartment is overloaded, remove the tray.•The load in the storage compartment should not exceed 3 kg.Note
•Ensure that, when placing items of clothing on the luggage compartment
cover, rear visibility is not reduced.•If your vehicle has a storage compartment*, only place light objects
inside.Roof rack*Please observe the following points if you intend to carry loads on the roof:
Fig. 94 Removing
storage compartmentFig. 95 Accessing
storage compartment
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Vehicle maintenance and cleaning
174•Water, ice and salt on the brakes can reduce braking efficiency. Risk of
accident.Caution
•Never remove dirt, mud or dust if the vehicle surface is dry. Never use a
dry cloth or sponge for cleaning purposes. This could scratch the paintwork
or glass on your vehicle.•Washing the vehicle in low temperatures: when washing the vehicle with
a hose, do not direct water into the lock cylinders or the gaps around the
doors, tailgate, or sunroof. Risk of freezing.For the sake of the environment
To protect environment, the vehicle should be washed only in specially
provided wash bays. This prevents toxic, oil-laden waste water entering the
sewerage system. In some places, washing vehicles outside wash bays is
prohibited.
Note
Do not wash the vehicle in direct sunlight.Washing the vehicle with a high pressure cleaner
Be particularly careful when using a high pressure cleaner!– Always observe the instructions for the high-pressure cleaner,
particularly those concerning the pressure and the spraying
distance. – Increase the spraying distance for soft materials and painted
bumpers.
– Do not use a high pressure cleaner to remove ice or snow from windows ⇒page 175.
– Never use concentrated jet nozzles (“rotating jets”) ⇒.
– After washing, avoid sudden and sharp braking. Dry the brakes by braking several times ⇒page 164.
WARNING
•Never wash tyres with a concentrated jet (“rotating nozzle”). Even at
large spraying distances and short cleaning times, visible and invisible
damage can occur to the tyres. This may cause an accident.•Water, ice and salt on the brakes can reduce braking efficiency. Risk of
accident.Caution
•Do not use water hotter than 60 °C. This could damage the vehicle.•To avoid damage to the vehicle, keep a sufficient distance from sensitive
materials such as flexible hoses, plastic, soundproofing material, etc. This is
also important for bumpers painted in the colour of the bodywork. The closer
the nozzle is to the surface, the greater the wear on the material.Vehicle paint maintenance
Regular waxing protects the paintwork.You need to apply wax to your vehicle if water does not form small drops and
run off the paintwork when it is clean .
WARNING (continued)
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176If possible, use a de-icing spray to remove ice. If you use an ice scraper, push
it in one direction only without swinging it.
Use window cleaner or a silicone remover to clean rubber, oil, grease and sili-
cone deposits off.
Wax deposits can be removed with a special cleaner available in your Author-
ised Service Centre. Wax deposits on the windscreen could cause the wiper
blades to judder. Adding a window clea ner that dissolves wax to the wind-
screen washer fluid prevents wiper blades from juddering, but wax deposits
are not removed.
Caution
•Never use warm or hot water to remove snow and ice from windows and
mirrors. This could cause the glass to crack!•The heating element for the rear window is located on the inner side of the
window. To prevent damage, do not put stickers on the heating elements
inside the window.Cleaning windscreen wiper bladesClean wiper blades improve visibility.
1. Use a soft cloth to remove dust and dirt from the windscreen wiper blades.
2. Use window cleaner to clean the windscreen wiper blades. Use a sponge or a cloth to remove stubborn dirt.
Rubber seals maintenance
If rubber seals are well looked after, they will not freeze so
quickly.1. Use a soft cloth to remove dust and dirt from the rubber seals.
2. Apply a specialist care product to the rubber seals.The rubber strips on the doors, windows, bonnet and tailgate will remain
pliable and last longer if they are treated with a suitable care product (for
example silicone spray).
Caring for rubber seals will also prevent premature ageing and leaks. The
doors will be easier to open. If rubber seals are well looked after, they will not
freeze so quickly in winter.Door lock cylinders
The door lock cylinders can freeze up in winter.To de-ice the lock cylinders you should only use spray with lubricating and
anti-corrosive properties.Cleaning chrome parts1. Clean chrome parts with a damp cloth.
2. Polish chrome parts with a soft, dry cloth.
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If and when227
Safety First
Operating Instructions
Practical Tips
Technical Specifications
– Remove the bulb holder ⇒page 226, fig. 152 outwards.
– Replace the bulb by pulling it out and inserting the replacement.
– Installation is done in the reverse order.Turn signal bulb– Raise the bonnet.
– Rotate the bulb holder ⇒fig. 153 to the left and pull.
– Remove the bulb by pressing on the bulb holder and rotating at the same time to the left.
– Installation is done in the reverse order.
Changing the rear lights (on the wing)Overview of tail lightsTail lights on side panel•Brake lights•Side lights•Turn signalAccessing the side light bulbs–Open the tailgate.
– Look for a lid with a grill behind the side lights.
A4
Fig. 153 Single turn
signal lamp
AA
Fig. 154 Side lights
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If and when
228
– Remove the lid with a flat screwdriver, placing it in notch ⇒page 227, fig. 154.Changing bulbs– Remove the bulb holder by pressing the clip ⇒fig. 155 and
pulling outwards.
– Replace the faulty bulb, rotating it to the left and outwards.
– To refit follow the steps in reverse order, taking special care when fitting the bulb holder.
Changing the rear lights (on the tailgate)Overview of tail lightsLights on the tailgate•Reverse lights•Side lights•Fog lightsAccessing the tailgate lights–Open the tailgate.
– On the tailgate lining there is a lid behind each light.
AA
Fig. 155 Removing the
bulb holderAB
Fig. 156 Lights on the
tailgate
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Index
254Selective unlocking system* . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Unlocking system* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Central locking button Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Unlocking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Cetane number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Changing a wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Changing bulbs interior light and front reading lights . . . . 230
Changing double headlight bulbs . . . . . . . . . . 223 dipped beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
main beam and side lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
turn signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Changing gear See Manual gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Changing gear in tiptronic mode . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Changing rear lights on the tailgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
on the wing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Changing single headlight bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . 225 turn signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Changing the bulbs Luggage compartment light . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Number plate light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Side turn signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Changing the single headlight bulbs dipped/main beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Side lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Changing windscreen wiper blades . . . . . . . . . 198
Chassis number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Checking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Checking battery electrolyte level . . . . . . . . . . 202
Checking engine oil level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Child safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Child seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Categorisation in groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Group 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Group 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Group 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Groups 0 and 0+ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
ISOFIX system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Securing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Child seats on the front passenger seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Top Tether system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Cigarette lighter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Cleaning alloy wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Cleaning chrome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Cleaning engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Cleaning steel wheel rims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Cleaning windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Climatronic automatic mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
General notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
manual mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Cloth seat covers cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Cockpit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Coming home function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Compartment for on-board documentation . . 112 Control
Exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Control lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Control lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Controls Electric windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Convenience closing Sliding/tilting sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Convenience opening Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195, 196
Coolant level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196 Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Coolant loss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Coolant temperature Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Correct adjustment of front head restraints . . . 12
Correct sitting position Front passenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Incorrect sitting position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Cruise control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154 Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
DDanger of fitting a child seat on the front passenger seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Dash panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
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Spare wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Speed selector lever lock
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Starting Petrol engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Starting petrol engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Starting the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 After the fuel tank has been run dry . . . . . . 139
Start-Stop Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Switching on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Steam jets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 Steering lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Steering column controls Audio Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Steering wheel height adjustment . . . . . . . . . . 135
Storage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 Front passenger side . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
front seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Sun visor Sliding/tilting sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Sun visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Switch Hazard warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Heated rear window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Light switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Switches Electric windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Sliding/tilting sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Switching off the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
TTailgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 Emergency opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Tank Fuel level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Reserve indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Tank capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
TCS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
TCS (Traction control system) Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Technical modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
The danger of not using the seat belt . . . . . . . . 20
Tightening torque of wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Tilting sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Top Tether system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Tow starting Comments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Towing a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169, 239
Towing bracket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Towing bracket, fitting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Towing eye . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Towing eyes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Tow-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Traction control system Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Trailer turn signals
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Trailer weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Turn signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Indicator lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Two-way radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Tyre Mobility-System (Tyre repair kit) . . . . . . . . 211
Tyre pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204 Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Tyre pressures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Tyre repair kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211, 216
Tyre-Mobility-System (Tyre repair kit) . . . . . . . . 216
Tyres and wheels Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Tyres service life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Tyres tread depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Tyres with directional tread pattern . . . . . . . . . 204
UUnderbody protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178VVehicle battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Vehicle data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Vehicle identification data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Vehicle identification number . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Vehicle interior heating or cooling system . . . 129
Vehicle modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
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