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06 During your journey
 Towing and recovery
06
285 Towing eye
The towing eye is screwed into a threaded
socket behind a cover on the right-hand side
of the bumper, front or rear.
Attaching the towing eye
Take out the towing eye that is located
under the floor hatch in the cargo area.
The cover for the towing eye's attachment
point is available in two variants which
must be opened in different ways:
•Open the variant with a recess using a
coin or similar inserted in the recess,
turning it outwards. Then turn out the
cover completely and remove it.
•The second variant has a marking along
one side or in a corner: Press the mark-
ing with a finger and fold out the oppo-
site side/corner at the same time using
a coin or similar - the cover turns around
its axis and can then be removed.
Screw the towing eye right in up to its
flange. Turn in the towing eye firmly e.g.
using the wheel wrench.
After use, unscrew the towing eye and
return it to its place.
Finish by refitting the cover onto the
bumper.
IMPORTANT
The towing eye is only designed for towing
on roads - not for pulling the car unstuck or
out of a ditch. Call a recovery service for
recovery assistance.
NOTE
On certain cars with towbar fitted the towing
eye cannot be attached in the rear bracket.
Attach the towrope in the towbar.
For this reason it is advisable to store the
detachable towbar's towball in the car.
Recovery
Call a recovery service for recovery assistance.
IMPORTANT
Note that the car must always be transpor-
ted with the wheels rolling forward.
•An All Wheel Drive car (AWD) with raised
front suspension must not be towed at
speeds above 70 km/h. It should not be
towed further than 50 km.
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08 Maintenance and service
 Fuses
08
* Option/accessory, for more information, see Introduction.331
Box
AFunctionA
Power seat passenger
side*20
Folding head restraint*15
Infotainment control mod-
ule5
Audio control module*,
TV*
Satellite radio*, Digital
radio*10
Audio15
Phone*5
--
Sun roof*, Interior lighting
roof, Climate sensor5
12 V socket, tunnel con-
sole15
Seat heating (passenger
side)15
Seat heating (driver's side)15
Box
AFunctionA
--
Seat heating, rear passen-
ger side right*15
Seat heating, rear passen-
ger side left*15
Parking assistance*, Park-
ing camera*, Towbar con-
trol module *
BLIS*5
AWD control module*10
Active chassis Four-C*10
Box
BFunctionA
Rear window wiper15
--
Box
BFunctionA
Interior lighting, Driver's
door control panel, power
windows, Power seats,
front*, Remote controlled
garage door opener*7.5
Information display (DIM)5
Adaptive cruise control,
ACC*, collision warning
system*10
Interior lighting, Rain sen-
sor7.5
Steering wheel module7.5
Central locking system
rear, Central locking sys-
tem fuel filler flap10
Rear window washer15
Windscreen washers15
Opening tailgate10
--
Fuel pump20
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09 Specifications
 Dimensions and weights09
347 Weights
Kerb weight includes the driver, the fuel tank
90% full and all fluids.
The weight of passengers and accessories,
and towball load (when a trailer is hitched, see
table page 348) influences the payload and is
not included in the kerb weight.
Permitted max. load = Gross vehicle weight -
Kerb weight.
NOTE
The documented kerb weight applies to
cars in the standard version - i.e. a car with-
out extra equipment or accessories. This
means that for every accessory added the
loading capacity of the car is reduced cor-
respondingly by the weight of the acces-
sory.
Examples of accessories that reduce load-
ing capacity are the Kinetic/Momentum/
Summum equipment levels, as well as other
accessories such as Towbar, Load carriers,
Space box, Audio system, Auxiliary lamps,
GPS, Fuel-driven heater, Safety grille, Car-
pets, Cargo cover, Power seats, etc.
Weighing the car is a certain way of ascer-
taining the kerb weight of your own partic-
ular car.
WARNING
The car's driving characteristics change
depending on how heavily it is loaded and
how the load is distributed.
For information on decal location, see page 344.
Max. gross vehicle weight
Max. train weight (car+trailer)
Max. front axle load
Max. rear axle load
Equipment level
Max. load: See registration document.
Max. roof load: 75 kg.
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10 Alphabetical Index
10
384
Soot filter full............................................ 272
Spare wheel............................................. 293
Spin control............................................. 164
Spin control function...............................164
SST – Self Supporting run flat Tyres....... 298
Stability and traction control system....... 164
Stability system....................................... 164
Stains....................................................... 338
Start assistance....................................... 115
Steering force, speed related.................. 166
Steering force level, see Steering force... 166
Steering lock............................................ 113
Steering wheel........................................... 88
keypad.......................... 88, 142, 167, 220
keypad, adaptive cruise control......... 173
steering wheel adjustment.................... 88
Stone chips and scratches...................... 339
Storage spaces in the passenger compart-
ment......................................................... 211
Sunroof
opening and closing...........................107
pinch protection.................................. 108
sunscreen........................................... 108
ventilation position.............................. 107Sunscreen, sunroof.................................. 108
Surround.......................................... 216, 223
Symbols................................................... 165
indicator symbols................................. 76
information symbols............................. 76
warning symbols................................... 76
Symbols and messages
Collision Warning with Auto
Brake..........................................187, 193
Distance Alert..................................... 182
Driver Alert Control............................. 196
Lane Departure Warning..................... 199
Symbols and messages in the Adaptive
cruise control........................................... 179
T
Tailgate
locking/unlocking.................................. 63
Temperature
actual temperature.............................148
Temperature control................................ 154
Testing the alarm system........................... 68
Timer........................................................ 155
Total airing function...........................62, 149Towbar 
detachable, attachment ..................... 281
detachable, removal .......................... 282
Towbar, see Towing equipment.............. 279
Towing..................................................... 284
towing eye.......................................... 285
Towing capacity....................................... 347
Towing equipment................................... 279
specifications...................................... 280
Towing eye.............................................. 285
TPMS – Tyre Pressure Monitoring........... 297
Trailer.......................................................278
cable...................................................278
driving with a trailer............................278
snaking............................................... 283
Trailer stability assist ..............................164
Trailer Stability Assist..............................283
Transmission............................................ 116
Transponder............................................ 101
Trip computer.......................................... 162
Trip meter.................................................. 79
TSA - trailer stability assist .............164, 283
TV............................................................. 242
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