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206Gearbox code, paint number, interior eq uipment number, engine output, engine
code
Partial description of the vehicle
7GG, 7MB, 7MG - vehicles with DPF page 139
Vehicle identification number (VIN)
The vehicle identification number - VIN (veh icle body number) is stamped into the
engine compartment on the right hand sh ock absorber dome. This number is also
located on a sign on the lowe r left hand edge below the windscreen (together with a
VIN bar code).
Engine number
The engine number is stam ped into the engine block.
Type plate (production plate)
The type plate is located in the engine compartment at the front on the left hand shock
absorber dome.
Sticker on inside of fuel filler flap
The sticker is affixed to the inside of the fuel filler flap. They contain the following data:
the prescribed type of fuel;
tyre size;
Tyre pressure.
Fuel consumption according to the ECE standards and EU guidelinesDepending on the range of the special equipment, style of driving, traffic situation,
weather influences and vehicl e condition, the consumption values which in practice
result when using the vehicle can deviate from the indicated values.
Urban traffic
The consumption measurement in urban traffic begins with starting of the cold engine.
Afterwards the normal ur ban traffic is simulated. Non-urban traffic
For the consumption measurement in non-ur
ban traffic the vehicle, as in daily
motoring, is accelerated and braked severa l times in all gears. The vehicle speed
changes within the range from 0 to 120 km/h.
Combined traffic
The consumption value in the combined traffic consists of 37% from the value for the
urban traffic and of 63% from th e value for the non-urban traffic.
Note
Please note that the information stated in the official vehicle registration docu-
ments always takes priority.
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Weight (in kg)
ROOMSTER
PRAKTIK
Permissible gross weight
1655/1760
a)
a)Vehicles of category N1.
1645/1745
b)
b)Valid for vehicles, which ha
ve factory-fitted 15" wheels.Unloaden weight ready for work
1200/1215
a)
1170/1180
b)
Loading capacity
c)
c)Depending on special equipment.
530/620
a)
550/640
b)
Loading capacity when using the TLC
c)
480
465
Permissible front axle load
920/960
a)
920
Permissible rear axle load
900/1000
a)
900/1000
b)
Permissible trailer load, trailer braked/unbraked
(700/450)
d)
(900/450)e)
d)Uphills up to 12%e)Uphills up to 8%
(700/450)
d)
(900/450)
e)
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Weight (in kg)
ROOMSTER
PRAKTIK
Permissible gross weight
1676/1782
a)
a)Vehicles of category N1.
1666/1766
b)
b)Valid for vehicles, which ha
ve factory-fitted 15" wheels.Unloaden weight ready for work
1221/1237
a)
1191/1201
b)
Loading capacity
c)
c)Depending on special equipment.
530/620
a)
550/640
b)
Loading capacity when using the TLC
c)
480
465
Permissible front axle load
920/960
a)
920/920
b)
Permissible rear axle load
900/1000
a)
900/1000
b)
Permissible trailer load, trailer braked/unbraked
(900/450)
d)
(1100/450)
e)
d)Uphills up to 12%e)Uphills up to 8%
(900/450)
d)
(1100/450)
e)
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Weight (in kg)
M5
DQ7
Permissible gross weight
1692/1782
a)
a)Vehicles of category N1.
1726/1816
a)
Unloaden weight ready for work
1237
1271
Loading capacity
b)
b)Depending on special equipment.
530/620
a)
530/620
a)
Loading capacity when using the TLC
b)
480
480
Permissible front axle load
960
960
Permissible rear axle load
900/1000
a)
900/1000
a)
Permissible trailer load, trailer braked/unbraked
(900/450)
c)
(1100/450)
d)
c)Uphills up to 12%d)Uphills up to 8%
(900/450)
c)
(1100/450)
d)
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Weight (in kg)
ROOMSTER
PRAKTIK
Permissible gross weight
1777/1867
a)
a)Vehicles of category N1.
1857
Unloaden weight ready for work
1322
1292
Loading capacity
b)
b)Depending on special equipment.
530/620
a)
640
Loading capacity when using the TLC
b)
480
465
Permissible front axle load
960
960
Permissible rear axle load
900/1000
a)
1000
Permissible trailer load, trailer braked/unbraked
(1200/450)
c)
(1200/450)
d)
c)Uphills up to 12%d)Uphills up to 8%
(1200/450)
c)
(1200/450)
d)
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Weight (in kg)
Permissible gross weight
1777
Unloaden weight ready for work
1322
Loading capacity
a)
a)Depending on special equipment.
530
Loading capacity when using the TLC
a)
480
Permissible front axle load
960
Permissible rear axle load
900
Permissible trailer load, trailer braked/unbraked
(1200/450)
b)
(1200/450)
c)
b)Uphills up to 12%c)Uphills up to 8%
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Index
AAbroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
ABS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Adjusting seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57, 61, 110
Adjusting the seat backrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Adjusting the steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Air conditioning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 Deployment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Front airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Head airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Side airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Alternator Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Antilock brake system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Antilock brake system (ABS) Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Anti-theft alarm system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Ashtray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Auto Check Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Auto Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Automatic gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Emergency programme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Kickdown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Selector lever-emergency unlocking . . . . . . . . 98
Tiptronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Automatic vehicle wash systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Automatic wiper/washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
AUX-IN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Avoiding damage to your vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
BBattery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27, 168 change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Charge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Inspecting the electrolyte level . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Operation in winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Before setting off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Belt tensioner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Belt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Bicycle holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Bonnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14, 161
Boot lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Brake Handbrake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Brake booster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167 Brake system
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Button on the driver's door Central locking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Electrical power windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
CCar state . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Central locking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
unlock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Changing a wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Changing wheels around . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Charging the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Check engine oil level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Child safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 Side airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Child safety lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Child safety seat on the front passenger seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Safety information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Child seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 Classification into groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
ISOFIX system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
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Exterior mirror heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
FFastening elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
First-aid box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Fixing net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48, 198
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Fog lights with the function CORNER . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Folding seats forwards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Force limiter of the power windows . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Front airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Front armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Front headlight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158 Diesel fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Fuel gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Petrol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Fuel consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20, 142 Saving energy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Fuel gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Fuel reserve Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Full wheel trim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Fuse Assignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
GGearbox mechanical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
General view Cockpit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Glow plug system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
GSM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101HHalogen projector headlights with cornering light function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Handbrake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Hazard warning light system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Head airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Head restraint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Headlight cleaning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Headlight flasher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Headlights Fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Headlight cleaning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Heated windscreen washer nozzles . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Heating the front seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9IIgnition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Ignition lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Immobiliser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Information display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Instrument cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Interior light
Luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Interior lighting front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Interior monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Intermittent wiping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
ISOFIX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
ISOFIX system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
JJacking points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Jump-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186, 187KKey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34LLashing eyes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Leather care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Lifting jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Lighting of the interior of the vehicle front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Lights converting/masking over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Range adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
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