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Working in the engine compartment
Particular care is required when carrying out any work in the engine
compartment!There is a risk of injuries, scalding, acci dents and fire when working in the engine
compartment, e.g. inspecting and replenishing oil and other fluids. For this
reason, it is essential to comply with the warning instructions stated below and
with the general applicable rules of safe ty. The engine compartment of your car
is a hazardous area  .
WARNING

Never open the bonnet if you see that steam or coolant is flowing out of the
engine compartment - risk of scalding! Wait long enough until the steam or
coolant has stopped escaping.
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Switch off the engine and pull out the ignition key.

Apply the handbrake firmly.
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If your vehicle is fitted with a manual gearbox, move the gearshift lever into
Neutral, or if it is fitted with automatic gearbox, move the selector lever into
position P.
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Allow the engine to cool down.

Keep children clear of the engine compartment.

Never spill oil and other fluids over the hot engine. Such fluids (e.g. the anti-
freeze contained in the coolant) may ignite!

Avoid short circuits in the electrical system - particularly on the battery.

Never place your hand into the radiator fan as long as the engine is still
warm. The fan might suddenly start running!

Never open the cap of the coolant expans ion bottle as long as the engine is
still warm. The cooling system is pressurized!

Cover over the cap of the coolant expansion reservoir with a large cloth
when opening it as protection for your face, hands and arms from hot steam or
hot coolant.
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Do not let objects, such as e.g cleaning cloth or tools lie in the engine
compartment.
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If you wish to work under the vehicl e, you must secure the vehicle from
rolling away and support it with suitable supporting blocks: the car jack is not
sufficient for this - risk of injury!

In cases where it be necessary to carry out inspection work when the engine
is running there is an additional risk fr om rotating parts (e.g. the V-ribbed belt,
alternator, radiator fan) and from the high-voltage ignition system. Please
observe in addition the following.
Never touch the electrical cabl es of the ignition system.
 Absolutely avoid any jewellery, loose it ems of clothing or long hair from
getting into the rotating parts of the engine - Hazard! Therefore remove any
jewellery beforehand, tie up your hair and wear tight fitting clothing.

Please also comply with the warnin g instructions stated below when
carrying out any essential work on the fu el system or on the electrical system.
 Always separate the car battery from the electrical system.
 Do not smoke.
 Never carry out any work close to naked flames.
 Always keep a working fire extinguisher at hand.Caution
When replenishing fluids in the engine, always ensure that the fluids are on no account
mixed up. This may result in major oper ating problems and also vehicle damage!
WARNING (continued)
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Inspecting the coolant levelThe coolant expansion bottle is located in the engine compartment on the right.
– Switch the engine off.
– Open the bonnet page 216, “Working in the engine compartment”.
– Check the level of coolant in the coolant expansion bottle fig. 184 . The coolant
level when the engine is cold must lie between the (MIN) and (MAX) mark-
ings. The level may also rise slightly ab ove the (MAX) marking when the engine
is warm.
If the coolant level in the reservoir is too lo w, this is indicated by the warning light in
the instrument cluster
  page 32. We nevertheless recommend inspecting the
coolant level directly at the reservoir from time to time.
Loss of coolant
A loss of coolant is first and foremost an indication of a leak in the system. You should
not merely top up the coolant in the reservoir. It is also important to have the cooling
system inspected without delay by a specialist garage.
Losses can only occur through the pressure relief in the cap of the coolant expansion
bottle which is completely free of leaks if the coolant boils as a result of overheating
and is forced out of the cooling system.
WARNING
Read and observe the warning notes page 216, “Working in the engine
compartment” before working in the engine compartment.
Caution
One should contact a specialist garage as s oon as possible if the source of overheating
itself cannot be determined and removed, since there may be grave damage to the
engine.Replenishing the coolant– Switch the engine off.
– Allow the engine to cool down.
– Place a cloth over the cap of the coolant expansion reservoir fig. 184 and
unscrew the cap carefully by turning it to the left .
–Top up the coolant.
– Screw the cap tight until it is heard to lock.
The coolant which you use for replenishing the system, must comply with one specific
specification page 219, “Coolant”. Do not use an al ternative additive if the coolant
additive G13 is not available in exceptional cases. Just top up the system with water
and as soon as possible arrange adjustment to correct the mixing ratio of water and
coolant additive again by a specialist garage.
Only use fresh coolant for topping up the system.
Do not fill up over the “MAX” marking! Excess coolant which is heated up is forced out
of the cooling system through the pressure relief valve in the cap of the coolant
compensation bottle.
Wait until the engine has cooled down for a system which has suffered a major loss of
coolant before pouring in coolant. This is necessary to avoid engine damage.
WARNING

The cooling system is pressurized! Do not open the cap of the coolant
expansion bottle if the engine is still hot - risk of scalding!

The coolant additive and thus all of the coolant is harmful to your health.
Avoid contact with the coolant. Coolant vapours are also harmful to the health.
It is important, therefore, to always safely store any coolant additive in its orig-
inal container out of the reach of children - risk of poisoning!
Fig. 184 Engine compartment: Coolant
expansion bottle
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Changing the engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Changing wheels around . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Charging the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Check engine oil level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Child safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180 Side airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Child safety lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Child safety seat on the front passenger seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Safety information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Child seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182 Classification into groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
ISOFIX system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Use of child safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Children and safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Chrome parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Cigarette lighter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Climatic Air outlet vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Climatronic Defrosting windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Recirculated air mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Climatronic (automat ic air conditioning) . . . . . . 114
Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Clothes hooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Cockpit General view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Connection to the internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158 Convenience operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Converting/masking over headlights . . . . . . . . . . 200
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
replenishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Coolant level Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Coolant quantity Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Coolant temperature gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Coolant temperature/coolant level Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Correct seated position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Counter for distance driven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Cruise control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Cup holder front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Ddaylight driving lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Deactivatingan airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Deactivating an airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Defrosting rear window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Defrosting windscreen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
De-icing rear window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
De-icing the windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
De-icing windscreen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Description of the operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Detachable towing device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204 Diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Diesel engines
Starting the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Diesel particle filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Digital clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Direction indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Distance driven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Door Child safety lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Driving economically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
EEDL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Electric boot lid (Combi) - Description . . . . . . . . . . 45
Electric sliding/tilting roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Electrically adjustable exterior mirror . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Electronic Differential Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Electronic immobiliser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Electronic stability programme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Electronic stability programme (ESP) Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Emergency wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Engine starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
switching off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Engine compartment Safety information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
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Sun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Sun screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Switching lights on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Switching off the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123TTaking care of your vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Taking out the lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
TCS
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145, 152
Temperature outside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
the first 1 500 kilometres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
The roof luggage rack system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Thickness of brake pads Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Through-loading bag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Tilting roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Tiptronic automatic gearbox DSG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Top Tether . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Towing a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Towing device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Towing protection monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
towing vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Tow-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Tow-starting and towing vehicle Automatic gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Traction control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188 Traction control system (TCS)
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 General Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Transporting children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Tread depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Turn signal lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Twindoor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Two-way radio systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Tyre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Tyre inflation pressure Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Tyre repair kit Tyre repair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Tyres Winter tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
UUnderbody protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Unlocking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38Remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Uphill Start Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192VVanity mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Vehicle tool kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Ventilation Auxiliary ventilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
WWarning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Warning symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Warning triangle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Washing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205 with a high-pressure cleaner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Washing the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Washing vehicle by hand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Wax treatment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Wheel Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Spare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Wheel trim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228, 238
Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 de-icing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Windscreen Heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Windscreen heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Windscreen washer nozzles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Windshield washer fluid reservoir . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Windshield washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Windshield wiper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Winter tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Wiper blades Replacing the wiper blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76XXenon headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
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