Airbag system179
Using the system
Safety
Driving Tips
General Maintenance
Breakdown assistance
Technical Data
Deactivating an airbag– Switch off the ignition.
– Turn the slot of the airbag switch using the key in the position ( OFF) fig. 161
- left.
– Check whether the airbag indicator light in the display
in
the middle of the dash panel lights up when the ignition is switched on fig. 161
- right.
Switching on an airbag– Switch off the ignition.
– Turn the slot of the airbag switch using the key in the position ( ON) fig. 161 -
left.
– Check whether the airbag indicator light
in the display
in
the middle of the dash panel does not ligh t up when the ignition is switched on
fig. 161 - right.
The airbags should only be switched off under exceptional circumstances.
Indicator light
in display
(airbag switched off)
The airbag indicator ligh t is located in the middle of the dash panel page 178,
fig. 161 - right.
If the front passenger airbag is switched off, the warning light comes on about 4
seconds after the ignition is switched on.
There is a system fault present in the airbag switch off if the indicator light
flashes. Please have the car inspected immediately by a specialist garage.
WARNING
The driver is responsible for whether the airbag is switched on or switched
off.
Only switch off the airbag when the ignition is switched off! Otherwise a
fault can occur in the system for the airbag deactivation.
If the indicator light
in display
(airbag switched off)
flashes.
Front passenger airbag is not deployed in the event of an accident!
It is also important to have the system inspected without delay by a
specialist garage.
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WARNING (continued)
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Inspecting and replenishing
216
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.
Switch off the engine and pull out the ignition key.
Apply the handbrake firmly.
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.
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.
Do not let objects, such as e.g cleaning cloth or tools lie in the engine
compartment.
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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Breakdown assistance
238
– Take off the wheel.
– Fit on the spare wheel and ti ghten the wheel bolts slightly.
–Lower the car.
– Tighten the wheel bolts firmly, alternately and diagonally using the wheel wrench (crosswise) and last the safety wheel bolt* page 239.
– Mount the full wheel trim/wheel trim cap or the caps.
Note
All bolts must be clean and must turn easily.
You must never grease or oil the wheel bolts!
When fitting on unidirectional tyres, ensu re that the tyres rotate in the correct
direction page 228.
Subsequent stepsAfter changing the wheel, you must perform the following steps.
– Stow and attach the replaced wheel in the spare wheel well using a special screw
page 236, fig. 195 .
– Stow the vehicle tool kit in the space provided.
– Check the tyre pressure on the spare wheel just mounted as soon as possible.
– Have the tightening torque of the wheel bolts checked with a torque wrench as
soon as possible. Steel and light alloy wh eels must be tightened to a tightening
torque of 120 Nm .
– Change the damaged wheel or consult a specialist garage about possibilities for getting repairs done.
WARNING
It is necessary to observe the guidelines given on page 230 if the vehicle is
subsequently fitted with tyres which are different to those it was fitted with at
the works.
Note
If you find, when changing the wheel, that the wheel bolts are corroded and diffi-
cult to turn, the bolts must be replaced before checking the tightening torque.
Drive cautiously and only at a moderate speed to a workshop where the tightening
torque can be checked.
Full wheel trim*Pulling off– Hook the clamp found in the vehicle tool ki t into the reinforced edge of the full
wheel trim.
– Push the wheel key through the clamp, support the wheel key at the tyre and pull off the wheel trim.Installing– First press the full wheel trim onto the wheel at the valve opening provided. Then
press the full wheel trim into the wheel in such a way that its entire circumference
locks correctly in place.
Caution
Use the pressure of your hand, do not knock on the full wheel trim! Heavy knocks
mainly on the points where the full wheel trim has not been inserted into the wheel,
can result in damage to the guide and centering elements of the full wheel trim.
Check for yourself that the safety wheel bolt is located in the hole in the area of the
valve before fitting the full wheel trim onto a steel wheel which is attached with a safety
wheel bolt page 240, “Securing wheels against being stolen*”.
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Index277
Using the system
Safety
Driving Tips
General Maintenance
Breakdown assistance
Technical Data
Index
AAbroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
ABS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Active driver-steering recommendation . . . . . . . 189
Adaptive headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Adjusting seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80, 162 electrically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Adjusting the steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
AHL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Air conditioning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 Recirculated air mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170 Deployment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Front airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Head airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Knee airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Side airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Alternator Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Antilock brake system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Antilock brake system (ABS) Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Anti-theft alarm system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Ashtray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Assigning the remote control key to the memory buttons
82
Auto Check Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Auto Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Automatic driving lamp control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Automatic gearbox Emergency programme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Automatic gearbox DSG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 Kickdown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Selector lever-emergency unlocking . . . . . . . 140
Tiptronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Automatic rear window wiper (Combi) . . . . . . . . . . 75
Automatic seat adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Automatic vehicle wash systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Automatic wiper/washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
AUX-IN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Avoiding damage to your vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
BBattery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36, 222 change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Charge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Inspecting the electrolyte level . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Operation in winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Before setting off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Belt Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Belt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Bonnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13, 215
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Boot lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Brake Handbrake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Brake Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Brake booster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Brake pads Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Bulbs Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Button for the central locking system . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Button in the driver's door Power windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
CCar state . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
CD changer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Central locking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Changing a wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Changing bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
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Index
280
KKESSY system
Starting the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Switching the engine off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Switching the ignition off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Switching the ignition on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Unlocking and locking the steering . . . . . . . . 125
Unlocking and locking the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Knee airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173LLashing eyes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Leather care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Lifting jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236, 240
Light automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Changing bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Lighting of the interior of the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Lights converting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Range adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
switching on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Liquid in reservoir for windscreen washer system Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Loading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Locking and unlocking from inside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Low beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Low beam light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Lugagge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44, 87 Automatic foldable luggage compartment cover (Combi) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Fixing of the floor covering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Foldable luggage compartment cover (Combi) 91
Folding hooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Lashing eyes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Removing the variable loading floor . . . . . . . . 92
variable loading floor (Combi) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Luggage compartment light (Combi) Removeable lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Luggage rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
MMain beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60, 66 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Manual gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Manual shifting of gears . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
MDI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Memory for the on-board computer . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Mobile phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145, 152 Connection to the hands-fr ee system . . . . . . 152
Connection with the hands-free system . . . . 146
Voice control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Motoring abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Multifunction steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Multi-functional indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Multimedia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
NNet partition (Combi) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Note holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99OOil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Oil dipstick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Onboard computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Open door Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Opening a single door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Opening for skis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Operation in winter Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Biodiesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
De-icing windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Operational faults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Outside temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Overview of the engine compartment . . . . . . . . . 217PPaint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Paint damage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Panoramic sliding roof (Combi) closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
opening and tilting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Sun screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
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