
250If and when
Do not pull too hard with the towing vehicle and take care to avoid jerking
the tow-rope. When towing on an unpaved road, there is always a risk of
overloading and damaging the anchorage points.
The ignition of the vehicle being towed must be switched on to prevent the
steering wheel from locking and also to allow the use of the turn signals,
horn, windscreen wipers and washers.
As the brake servo does not work if the engine is not running, you must ap-
ply considerably more pressure to the brake pedal than you normally would.
As the power assisted steering does not work if the engine is not running,
you will need more strength to steer than you normally would.
Towing vehicles with an automatic gearbox
● Put the selector lever into position “N”.
● Do not drive faster than 50 km/h.
● Do not tow further than 50 km.
● If a breakdown vehicle is used, the vehicle must be towed with the front
wheels raised.
Note
● Observe legal requirements when towing or tow-starting.
● Switch on the hazard warning lights of both vehicles. However, observe
any regulations to the contrary.
● For technical reasons, vehicles with an automatic gearbox must not be
tow-started.
● If damage to your vehicle means that there is no lubricant in the gear-
box, you must raise the drive wheels while the vehicle is being towed.
● If the vehicle has to be towed more than 50 km, the front wheels should
be raised during towing, and towing should be carried out by a qualified
person. ●
The steering wheel is locked when the vehicle has no electrical power.
The vehicle must then be towed with the front wheels raised. Towing should
be carried out by a qualified person.
● The towing eye should always be kept in the vehicle.
Towing eyesFig. 180 Fitting the tow-
ing eye to front rear of
the vehicle
Fitting the towing eye
– Take the towing ring from the on-board tool set.
– Remove the front cover by pressing down on its left-hand side.
For FR finishes, press down and pull outwards.
– Bolt the eye to its limit to the left, in the direction of the arrow
⇒ fig. 180.

Central locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79Automatic speed dependent locking andunlocking system* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Emergency unlocking system . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Locking system for involuntary unlocking . 81
Selective unlocking system* . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Unlocking system* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Central locking button Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Unlocking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Cetane number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Changing bulbs interior light and front reading lights . . . . 245
Changing gear see Manual gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Changing gear in tiptronic mode . . . . . . . . . . 156
Changing rear lights on the tailgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
on the wing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Changing single headlight bulbs Turn signal bulb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Changing the AFS headlight bulbs Xenon lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Changing the bulbs AFS headlight bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
fog light bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Luggage compartment light . . . . . . . . . . . 246
number plate light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Side turn signal lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Changing the main headlight bulb turn signal lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Changing the main headlight bulbs turn signal lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240 Changing the single headlight bulbs
Dipped/main beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Side light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Changing windscreen wiper blades . . . . . . . . 209
Chassis number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Checking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Checking battery electrolyte level . . . . . . . . . . 214
Checking engine oil level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Child safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Child seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Categorisation in groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Group 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Group 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Group 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Groups 0 and 0+ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
ISOFIX system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Securing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Child seats on the front passenger seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Top Tether system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Cigarette lighter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Cleaning alloy wheel rims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Cleaning chrome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Cleaning engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Cleaning steel wheel rims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Cleaning windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Climatronic automatic mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
General notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
manual mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Cloth seat covers cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Cockpit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Coming Home function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Compartment for on-board documentation . . 120
Control
Exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Control lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Control lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Controls Electric windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Convenience closing Sliding/tilting sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Convenience opening Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Coolant level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206 Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Coolant loss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Coolant temperature Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Correct adjustment of front head restraints . . . 13
Correct sitting position Front passenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Incorrect sitting position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Cruise control Control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Cruise control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Cruise speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163 Control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
270 Index

Sitting positionDriver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Front passenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Sitting position, occupants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220, 255
Soot accumulation in the diesel engine particu- late filter
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Spanner symbol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Spare parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Spare wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Speed selector lever lock Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Start-Stop Activating and deactivating . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Starting petrol engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Starting Petrol engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Starting the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145, 146 After the fuel tank has been run dry . . . . . 146
Steam jets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142 Steering lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Steering column controls Audio Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Steering wheel height adjustment . . . . . . . . . 142
Storage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 Front passenger side . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
front seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Sun visor Sliding/tilting sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 Sun visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Switch
Hazard warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Light switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Rear window heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Switches Electric windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Sliding/tilting sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Switching off the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
T Tailgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Emergency opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Tank Fuel level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Reserve indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Tank capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
TCS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
TCS (Traction control system) Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Technical modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
The danger of not using the seat belt . . . . . . . . 22
Tightening torque of wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . 255
Tilting sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Top Tether system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Tow-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Towing a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178, 254
Towing bracket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179 Towing bracket, fitting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Towing eye . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Towing eyes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Tow starting
Comments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Traction control system Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Trailer turn signals Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Trailer weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Turn signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 Indicator lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Two-way radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Tyre-Mobility-System (Tyre repair kit) . . . . . . . 227
Tyre Mobility-System (Tyre repair kit) . . . . . . . 222
Tyre pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216 Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Tyre pressures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Tyre repair kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222, 227
Tyres and wheels Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Tyres service life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Tyres tread depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Tyres with directional tread pattern . . . . . . . . 215
U Underbody protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
275
Index