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Engine oil capacity Approximate engine oil capacity with oil filter change 4.6 litres
Diesel engine 2.0 TDI CR 88 kW (120 PS)
Engine specifications Power output in kW (PS) rpm 88 (120) / 4000
Maximum torque in Nm at rpm 290 / 1750-2500
No. of cylinders/capacity in cm3
4 / 1968
Fuel Min. 51 CN a)
a)
Cetane Number (cetane index) = Measure of the combustion power of the diesel
Performance Maximum speed in km/h 204
Acceleration from 0-80 km/h in sec. 7.2
Acceleration from 0-100 km/h in sec. 10.5
Weights
Gross vehicle weight in kg 1990
Weight in running order (with driver) in kg 1505
Gross front axle weight in kg 1100
Gross rear axle weight in kg 1015
Permitted roof load in kg 75
Trailer weight
Trailer without brakes in kg 750
Trailer with brakes, gradients up to 8% in kg 1500
Trailer with brakes, gradients up to 12% in kg 1300
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Engine oil capacity Approximate engine oil capacity with oil filter change 4.3 litres
Diesel engine 2.0 TDI CR 105 kW (143 PS)
Engine specifications Power output in kW (PS) rpm 105 (143) / 4200
Maximum torque in Nm at rpm 320 / 1750-2500
No. of cylinders/capacity in cm3
4 / 1968
Fuel Min. 51 CN a)
a)
Cetane Number (cetane index) = Measure of the combustion power of the diesel
Performance ManualAutomatic
Maximum speed in km/h 215 208
Acceleration from 0-80 km/h in sec. 6.3 6.3
Acceleration from 0-100 km/h in sec. 9.2 9.3
Weights
Manual Automatic
Gross vehicle weight in kg 1990 2030
Weight in running order (with driver) in kg 1505 1545
Gross front axle weight in kg 1100 1135
Gross rear axle weight in kg 1015 1030
Permitted roof load in kg 75 75
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Trailer weight ManualAutomatic
Trailer without brakes in kg 750 750
Trailer with brakes, gradients up to 8% in kg 1800 1900
Trailer with brakes, gradients up to 12% in kg 1400 1700
Engine oil capacity
Approximate engine oil capacity with oil filter change 4.3 litres
Diesel engine 2.0 TDI CR 125 kW (170 PS)
Engine specifications Power output in kW (PS) rpm 125 (170) / 4200
Maximum torque in Nm at rpm 350 / 1750-2500
No. of cylinders/capacity in cm3
4 / 1968
Fuel Min. 51 CN a)
a)
Cetane Number (cetane index) = Measure of the combustion power of the diesel
Performance Maximum speed in km/h 229
Acceleration from 0-80 km/h in sec. 5.9
Acceleration from 0-100 km/h in sec. 8.4
Weights
Gross vehicle weight in kg 2015
Weight in running order (with driver) in kg 1530
Gross front axle weight in kg 1115
Gross rear axle weight in kg 1030
Permitted roof load in kg 75
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Trailer weight Trailer without brakes in kg 750
Trailer with brakes, gradients up to 8% in kg 1800
Trailer with brakes, gradients up to 12% in kg 1600
Engine oil capacity
Approximate engine oil capacity with oil filter change 4.3 litres
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Dimensions and capacities
Dimensions
Length, width 4661-4741a)
mm/ 1772 mm
Height at kerb weight 1430 mm
Front and rear projection 976 mm/ 1043-1123a)
mm
Wheelbase 2642 mm
Turning circle 11.2 m
Track width b) Front
Rear
1522 mm 1523 mm
Capacities
Fuel tank 70 l. Reserve 10 l.
Windscreen washer fluid container with headlight washer 4.8 l.
Tyre pressure
Summer-grade tyres:
The correct tyre pressure can be seen on the sticker on the inside of the tank flap.
Winter tyres:
The pressure of these tyres is the same as the summer tyre pressure plus 0.2 bar.
a) With towing eye.
b) This data will change depending on the type of wheel rim.
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Index
Numbers and Symbols
230 V socket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
A
Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215 Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Adaptive headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 Faulty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Airbag Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Airbag covers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Curtain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Front airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Air conditioner 2C-Climatronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Air distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Air outlets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Air purity sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Air recirculation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Air recirculation (automatic) . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Automatic mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Blower . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Defrosting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
ECON Mode (economy) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 Economical use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Key settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Solar-powered blower/sunroof . . . . . . . . . 163
Temperature selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Air duct Fitting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260, 267
Removing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260, 266
Air purity sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Alternator Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Ambient lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Anti-lock brake system How it works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Anti-theft alarm system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 Interior monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Antifreeze . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Aquaplaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Armrest Storage compartment in front armrest . . . 142
Armrests Adjusting the front armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Ashtray Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Athermic windscreen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Auto-check system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Automatic car wash tunnel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207 Automatic gearbox
Dynamic gear control programme . . . . . . . 181
Kick-down feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
multitronic® . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Paddle levers (tiptronic mode) . . . . . . . . . 183
Safety interlock for ignition key . . . . . . . . . 166
Selector lever lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Selector lever positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Steering wheel with paddle levers . . . . . . 183
tiptronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
tiptronic mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Automatic headlight control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Auxiliary heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
B
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231 Battery voltage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Disconnection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Long periods of non-use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Replacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231, 232
Testing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Winter operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231, 232
Bicycle rack Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Biodiesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Biodiesel fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
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Bonnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220Closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Releasing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Brake light Failure control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191 Brake assist system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Worn brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Brake servo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Brake system Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Brake servo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Braking distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Bulb change general notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
C
Car care Exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
CCS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Central locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 Manual locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Sunroof: opening and closing . . . . . . . . . . 112
Central locking system Anti-theft security system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 Locking and unlocking the vehicle from in-
side . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Opening and closing the windows . . . . . . 110
Security central locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Switch on the driver door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Tailgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Unlocking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Cetane number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Changing tail light bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Changing the main headlight bulb Main headlight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Changing the main headlight bulbs Dipped beam headlight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Changing the tail lights Luggage compartment lights . . . . . . . . . . 278
Changing windscreen wiper blades . . . . . . . . 229
Chassis number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
Childproof lock Rear doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Child safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Child safety seat ISOFIX system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Child seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Categorisation in groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Group 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Group 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Group 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Groups 0 and 0+ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Securing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Child seats on the front passenger seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Cigarette lighter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Cleaning alloy wheel rims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Cleaning chrome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Cleaning engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Cleaning steel wheel rims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Cleaning windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Clock, setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Cloth seat covers cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Coat hooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Cockpit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152 In the door trim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
In the front seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Coolant Checking the level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Coolant fluid Antifreeze . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Coolant fluid additive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Topping up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Cooling system Coolant temperature gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Correct adjustment of front seat head re- straints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Correct adjustment of rear seat head restraints In-use and non-use positions . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Correct sitting position Front passenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Incorrect sitting position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
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