Checking and refilling levels
220•High engine speed and full throttle can damage the engine when using
petrol with an octane rating lower than the correct grade for the engine.For the sake of the environment
Just one full tank of leaded fuel would seriously impair the efficiency of the
catalytic converter.Petrol additives
Petrol additives improve the quality of the petrol.The quality of the petrol influences the performance, power and life of the
engine. For this reason, you should use good quality petrol containing addi-
tives. These additives will help to prevent corrosion, keep the fuel system
clean and prevent deposits from building up in the engine.
If good quality petrol with additives is not available or engine problems occur,
the required additives must be added during refuelling.DieselDiesel*Diesel fuel must conform to DIN EN 590 (EN = “European Standard”). It must
have a cetane number (CN) of at least 51. The cetane number indicates the
ignition quality of the diesel fuel.
Notes on refuelling ⇒page 214.
Biodiesel*
Caution
•Your vehicle is not designed to use biodiesel fuel. Never, under any
circumstances refuel with biodiesel. The use of biodiesel fuel could damage
the engine and the fuel system. The addition of biodiesel to diesel fuel by the
diesel manufacturer in accordance with standard EN 590 or DIN 51628 is
authorised and will not cause damage to the engine or the fuel system.•The diesel engine has been designed to be used exclusively with diesel
fu el con for m i ng to sta nda rd E N 59 0 . Never refuel or use petrol, kerosene, fuel
oil or any other type of fuel. If you accidentally fill up the vehicle with the
wrong type of fuel, do not start the engine. Seek assistance from specialised
personnel. The composition of these fuels may severely damage the fuel
system and the engine.Winter driving
Diesel can thicken in winter.Winter diesel
When using summer diesel fuel, difficulties may be experienced at tempera-
tures below 0 °C because the fuel thickens due to wax separation. Therefore,
winter diesel fuel is available in some countries during the cold months. It can
be used at temperatures as low as -22 °C.
In countries with different climatic conditions the diesel fuel generally sold
has different temperature characteristics. Check with an Authorised Service
Centre or filling stations in the country concerned regarding the type of diesel
fuels available.
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Headlights
Driving abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Headlight washer system* . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Heated front seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Heated rear window 2C-Climatronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Heating element wires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
High pressure cleaners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Hill-start aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
How to jump start description . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Hydraulic Brake Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185IIdentification number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Identification plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Ignition key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Ignition lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Information in the multifunction display Memory displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Information messages in the display . . . . . . . . . 66
Instrument and switch lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Instrument lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Instrument panel menus Configuration menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Example of menu use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Lights and visibility menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Vehicle status menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Interior lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Interior mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
ISOFIX system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
JJump leads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Jump-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267KKeys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105LLeather cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Load compartment in the luggage compartment See Loading the luggage compartment . . . . 16
Loading the luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . 16
Locker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
LPG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60, 166, 216
LPG system Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Filler neck adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Level indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Refuelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216 Luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
See also Loading the luggage compartment 16
MMain beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117, 124
Main beam headlights
Indicator lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Main headlight bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Maintenance Airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Maintenance and cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Manual gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Manual mode 2C-Climatronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
MEDIA-IN connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
MFI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Mirrors Exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Interior mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Vanity mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Mobile phones and two-way radios . . . . . . . . . 213
Multifunction display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63NNumber of seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19OObservations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
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302Octane number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
224
Oil change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Oil properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
One-touch opening and closing
Electric windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Opening and locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Outside temperature display . . . . . . . . . . . . 65, 73
Overview Control lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Dash panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Indicator lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Warning lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77, 80PPaintworkPolishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Parking lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Parking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Parking system plus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Parts replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Passenger See Correct sitting position . . . . . . . . . . 11, 12
Pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Petrol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219 Driving abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Petrol additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220 Physical principles of a frontal collision . . . . . . 21
Plastic parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Plastic parts cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Pollen filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Pollution filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Power steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Products for vehicle maintenance . . . . . . . . . . 203
RRadio frequency remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 Changing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Radio navigation steering wheel controls Audio + telephone version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Audio version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Rain sensor* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Rear fog light Indicator lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Rear interior lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Rear reading lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Rear seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Rear shelf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Rear window automatic wiper/washer . . . . . . 130
Rear window wiper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Recommended gear display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Refuelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Registration light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266 Remote control key
Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Synchronising . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Removing and fitting the wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Repairs Airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Replacement keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Rev counter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Reverse gear Manual gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Roll-back function Sliding/tilting sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Roof aerial* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Roof rack* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Rubber seals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Run-flat tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Running in Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
SSafe driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Safe security system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Safety equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Safety instructions
Coolant temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Safety notes Airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Curtain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
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