
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 in-
to Neutral, or if it is fitted with automatic gearbox, move the selector lever in-
to position P
.
● Allow the engine to cool down.
● Keep children clear of the engine compartment.
● Do not touch any hot engine parts - risk of burns!
● Never spill oil and other fluids over the hot engine. Such fluids (e.g. the an-
tifreeze 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 reservoir so long as the en-
gine is still warm. The cooling system is pressurized!
● Cover over the cap of the 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 com-
partment.
● If you wish to work under the vehicle, 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! WARNING (Continued)
● In cases where it be necessary to carry out inspection work when the en-
gine is running there is an additional risk from 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 cables of the ignition system.
– Absolutely avoid any jewellery, loose items 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 warning instructions stated below when car-
rying out any essential work on the fuel 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 ac-
count mixed up. This may result in major operating problems and also vehicle
damage!
Overview of the engine compartment The main inspection points.
Fig. 128 Diesel engine 1.6 ltr./77 kW
£154
Inspecting and Replenishing

Index
A
Abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
ABS
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Adjusting seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52, 106
Adjusting the steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 Deployment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Front airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Head airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Side airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Air conditioning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Recirculated air mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Alternator Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Anti-theft alarm system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Antilock brake system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Antilock brake system (ABS) Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Ashtray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Assistance systems Start-stop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Auto Check Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Auto Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Automatic gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Emergency programme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Kickdown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Selector lever-emergency unlocking . . . . . . . . . . 96
Tiptronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Automatic vehicle wash systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Automatic wiper/washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 AUX-IN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Avoiding damage to your vehicle
. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
140
B
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22, 159 change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Charge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Operation in winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Before setting off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Belt tensioner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Belt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Bicycle holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Bonnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Boot lid Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Brake Handbrake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Brake Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Brake booster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Brake system Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Button on the driver's door Central locking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Electrical power windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
C Car jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170, 174
Car state . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 Central locking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
unlock
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Changing a wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Changing wheels around . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Charging the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Check engine oil level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Children and safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Child safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 Side airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Child safety lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Child safety seat on the front passenger seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Safety information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Child seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 Classification into groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
ISOFIX system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Chrome parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Cigarette lighter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Climatronic Defrosting windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Recirculated air mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Setting temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Climatronic (automatic air conditioning) . . . . . . . . . 79
Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Clothes hooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Cockpit General view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Convenience operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Converting/masking over headlights . . . . . . . . . . 140 208
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