Inspecting and replenishing
204Caution
Never open the bonnet using the locking lever - danger of causing damage.
Ensure that the arms of the windscreen wipers are correctly in place against the
windscreen before opening the bonnet otherwise damage could occur to the
paintwork.
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 expansion 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 fuel system or on th e 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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Using the system
Safety
Driving Tips
General Maintenance
Breakdown assistance
Technical Data
Index
AAbroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
ABS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Active driver-steering recommendation . . . . . . . 166
Adjusting seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69, 76, 138 electrically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Adjusting the seat backrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Adjusting the steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Air conditioning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 Air outlet vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Recirculated air mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146 Deployment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Front airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Head airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Knee airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Side airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Alternator Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Antilock brake system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Antilock brake system (ABS) Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Anti-theft alarm system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Ashtray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Auto Check Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Auto Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Automatic driving lamp control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Automatic gearbox
Emergency programme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Kickdown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Selector lever-emergency unlocking . . . . . . . 124
Tiptronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Automatic gearbox DSG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Automatic rear window wiper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Automatic seat adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Automatic vehicle wash systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Automatic wiper/washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
AUX-IN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Avoiding damage to your vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
BBattery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36, 210 change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Charge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Inspecting the electrolyte level . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Operation in winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Before setting off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Belt Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Belt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Bonnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14, 203 Boot lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Brake Handbrake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Brake Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Brake booster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Brake pads Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Bulbs Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Button for the central locking system . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Buttons on the driver's door Power windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
CCar state . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
CD changer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Central locking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
unlock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Changing a wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Changing bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Changing the engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Changing wheels around . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
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Towing a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Towing device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
towing vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Tow-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Tow-starting and towing vehicle
Automatic gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Traction control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Traction control system (TCS) Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190 General Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Transporting children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Tread depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Turn signal lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Two-way radio systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Tyre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Tyre inflation pressure Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Tyre repair kit Tyre repair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Tyres Winter tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220UUnderbody protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Unlocking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39Remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Uphill Start Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
VVanity mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Vehicle tool kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Ventilation Auxiliary ventilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62WWarning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Warning symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Warning triangle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Washing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193 with a high-pressure cleaner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Washing the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Washing vehicle by hand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Wax treatment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Wheel Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Spare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Wheel trim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216, 226
Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 de-icing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Windscreen Heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Windscreen heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Windscreen washer nozzles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Windscreen washer system Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Windshield washer fluid reservoir . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Windshield washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Windshield wiper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Winter tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Wiper blades Replacing the wiper blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
XXenon headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
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