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For safety reasons the lever must always be firmly pushed up to avoid the
steering wheel alteri ng its position unintentionally when driving - risk of
accident!
Seat belt height adjuster– To adjust the belt height press the height adjuster and move it up or down fig. 4 .
– Then pull firmly on the belt to ensure that the seat belt height adjuster has correctly
locked in place.
Further information page 115.
WARNING
Adjust the height of the belt in such a way that the shoulder part of the belt is
positioned approximately across the middle of your shoulder - on no account
across your neck!
Adjusting the front seats Adjusting a seat in a forward/back direction
Adjusting height of seat*
Adjust the angle of the seat backrest
Further information page 57, “Adjusting the front seats”.
WARNING
Only adjust the driver seat when the ve hicle is stationary - risk of injury!Electric exterior mirror adjustment*
WARNING (continued)
Fig. 4 Front seat: Seat belt height
adjuster
Fig. 5 Controls at seat
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Fig. 6 Inner part of door: Rotary knob
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Seats and StorageFront seatsBasic informationThe front seats have a wide range of differ ent settings and can thus be matched to the
physical characteristics of the driver and front passenger. Correct adjustment of the
seats is particularly important for:
safely and quickly reaching the controls;
a relaxed, fatigue-free body position;
achieving the maximum protection offered by the seat belts and the airbag
system.
The chapters which follow describe the procedure which you should adopt for
adjusting the seats.
WARNING
Never transport more occupants than the maximum seating in the vehicle.
Each occupant must correctly fasten the seat belt belonging to the seat.
Children must be fastened page 126, “Transporting children safely” with a
suitable restraint system.
The front seats and the head restraints must always be adjusted to match
the body size of the seat occupant as well as the seat belts must always be
correctly fastened in order to provide an optimal protection for you and your
occupants.
Always keep your feet in the footwell when the vehicle is being driven -
never place your feet on the instrument panel, out of the window or on the
surfaces of the seats. This is particular ly important for the front seat passenger.
You will be exposed to increased risk of injury if it becomes necessary to apply
the brake or in the event of an accident. If an airbag is deployed, you may suffer
fatal injuries when adopting an incorrect seated position!
It is important for the driver and front passenger to maintain a distance of at
least 25 cm from the steering wheel or dash panel. Not maintaining this
minimum distance will mean that the airbag system will not be able to properly protect you - hazard! The front seats and the head restraints must always also
be correctly adjusted to match the body size of the occupant.
Ensure that there are no objects in
the footwell as any objects may get
behind the pedals during a driving or braking manoeuvre. You would then no
longer be able to operate the clutch, to brake or accelerate.
Do not transport any objects on the front passenger seat except those
provided for this purpose (e.g. child safety seat) - risk of accident!
Adjusting the front seatsAdjusting a seat in a forward/back direction–Pull the lever fig. 47 up and push the seat into the desired position.
– Release the lever and push the seat further until the lock is heard to engage.Adjusting height of seat*– Lift the seat if required by pulling or pumping lever upwards.
– Lower the seat if required by pushing or pumping lever downwards.
WARNING (continued)
Fig. 47 Controls at seat
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Remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Synchronisation process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Removing seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Replacing bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Replacing fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Replacing the wiper blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Roof aerial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Running in the car . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
SSafe securing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Safety information Engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Saving electrical energy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Seat belt height adjuster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Seat belt warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
fastening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Height adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Safety information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
taking off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Selector lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Selector lever positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Selector lever-emergency unlocking . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Service Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Service Interval Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Setting temperature
Air conditioning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Setting the clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Shifting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Side airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Side lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Spare wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Stability programme (ESP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Starting the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 Diesel engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Petrol engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Static separation net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Steering force assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Storage compartment Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Storage compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Storage facilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Sun visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Switching lights on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Switching off the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
TTaking care of your vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
TCS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Temperature outside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 the first 1 500 kilometres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
The roof luggage rack system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Tiptronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Tourist light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Towing a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Towing eye
front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Towing protection monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
towing vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Tow-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Tow-starting and towing vehicle Automatic gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Traction control system (TCS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148 General Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Transporting children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Tread depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Turn signal light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Turn signal lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Two-way radio systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Tyre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Tyre inflation pressure Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Tyre pressure monitoring system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Tyre repair kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Tyres Winter tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
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