
Checking and refilling levels
202charge. 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 188 ⇒ in “Warnings on handling the battery” on
page 201.
– 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 241.
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.•Transparent/clear yellow: the battery must be replaced. Contact a special-
ised workshop.
WARNING (continued)
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256Floor mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Fog lights with cornering function . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Front airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Front drink holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Front interior light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Front passenger airbag deactivation . . . . . . . . . 37
Front reading light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Front seat adjustment Lumbar support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Fuel Diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Petrol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Fuel level Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Fuel reserve Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Fuel Tank Opening the fuel tank flap . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Fuel tank See Fuel reserve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Fuel: save . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218GG 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Gear shift pattern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142 General overview of the engine compartment 241
Glove compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Glow plug system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
GRA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
HHandbrake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150 Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65, 151
Hazard warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
HBA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Head restraints Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107, 108
Adjustment of the head restraint angle . . . 108
Removing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Headlight flashers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Headlight range control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Headlights Driving abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Headlight washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Heated exterior mirrors* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Heated front seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Heated rear window Heating element wires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Heating system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
High pressure cleaners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Hill-start assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 How to jump start description . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Hydraulic Brake Assist
Automatic hazard warning lights activation . . .159
IIdentification number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Identification plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Ignition key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Ignition lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Information in the multifunction display
Memory displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Instrument and switch lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Instrument lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Instrument panel Service interval display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Interior mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Interior monitoring and anti-towing alarm* Activation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
ISOFIX system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44JJump leads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Jump-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231KKeys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
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LLeather cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Load compartment in the luggage compartment
See Loading the luggage compartment . . . . 15
Loading the luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . 15
Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 Fastening rings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Loading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Luggage net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
See also Loading the luggage compartment 15
Luggage compartment light* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99MMain beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91, 97
Main beam headlights Indicator lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Maintenance Airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Maintenance and cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Manual gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Manual heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Manual heating system Defrosting the windscreen . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Demisting the windscreen and side windows . .126
MFI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
54 Mirrors
Exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Interior mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
vanity mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Mobile phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Multifunction display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
NNavigator bracket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Number of seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17OObservations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Octane number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Oil change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Oil properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
One-touch opening and closing Electric windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Opening and locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Operation when a fault occurs Panorama/ tilting sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Outside temperature display . . . . . . . . . . . . 53, 55
Overview Control lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Dash panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Warning lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
PPaintworkPolishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Panorama sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Parking lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Passenger See Correct sitting position . . . . . . . . . . . 10, 11
Pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Petrol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186 Driving abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Petrol additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Physical principles of a frontal collision . . . . . . 19
Plastic parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Plastic parts cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Pollen filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Pollution filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Power socket in centre console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
in the luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Products for vehicle maintenance . . . . . . . . . . 172RRadio frequency remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Changing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Rain sensor* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Rear drink holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
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258Rear fog light
Indicator lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Rear head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Rear seat folding down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Rear seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Rear shelf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Rear shelf with storage compartment Storage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Rear view mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Rear window automatic wiper/washer . . . . . . 102
Rear window wiper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Recommended gear display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Refuelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Remote control key Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Synchronising . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Removing and fitting the wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Repairs Airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Replacement keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Replacement of parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Rev counter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Reverse gear Manual gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Roll-back function Panorama/ tilting sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Roof aerial* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182 Roof rack* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Rubber seals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Running in
Brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Running in tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
SSafe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Safe driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Safe Security system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Safety equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Safety instructions Coolant temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Safety notes Airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Deactivating front passenger airbag . . . . . . 38
Front airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Seat belt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Using child seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Using seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Seals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Seat adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106, 109
Seat belt cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Seat belt position Pregnant women . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Seat belt protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Seat belt release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Seat belt tensioner
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Seat belt warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Incorrectly fastened . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Not worn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Seat heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Selective opening* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Semiautomatic air conditioning controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Service interval display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Side lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Sitting position Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Front passenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Sitting position, occupants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208, 240
Soot accumulation in the diesel engine particulate filter
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Spanner symbol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Spare parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
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