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If and when
The vehicles should not touch. Otherwise, current may be allowed to flow
when the positive poles are connected.
Connect the clamps so they have good metal-to-metal contact with the ter-
minals.
If the engine fails to start straight-away, switch off the starter after about 10
seconds and try again after about a minute.
Complete operations only in the sequence given.
Jump lead terminal connections
● Switch off the ignition of both vehicles ⇒ page 172.
● Likewise, open the battery cover in the engine compartment
⇒  page 292, or remove the positive pole cap from one side 1)
, in the direc-
tion of the arrow ⇒ fig. 217.
● Connect one end of the red jump lead to the positive terminal
⇒  fig. 218 +
or ⇒ 
fig. 217 + of the vehicle with the flat battery A ⇒ .
● Connect the other end of the red jump lead to the positive terminal + in
the vehicle providing assistance B.
● For vehicles without Start-Stop system: Connect one end of the black
jump lead to the negative terminal -
in the vehicle providing assistance
B ⇒ fig. 218.
● For vehicles with Start-Stop system: Connect one end of the black X
jump lead to a suitable ground connection, a solid piece of metal in the en-
gine block, or to the engine block
⇒ fig. 219.
● Connect the other end of the black jump lead X
to a solid metal compo-
nent connected to the engine block, or onto the engine block itself of the
vehicle with the flat battery however, connect it as far away as possible from
the battery A
⇒ .
● Place the leads so that they cannot be caught by any moving parts in the
engine compartment. Switching on
●
Start the engine of the vehicle supplying current and let it run at idling
speed.
● Start the engine of the car with the flat battery and wait two or three mi-
nutes until the engine is “running smoothly”.
Removing the jump leads
● Before you remove the jump leads, switch off the headlights (if they are
switched on).
● Turn on the heating and rear window heater in the vehicle with the flat
battery. This helps minimise voltage peaks which are generated when the
leads are disconnected.
● With the engines running, disconnect the leads in reverse order to con-
nection.
● Close the battery cover, or replace the positive pole cap 1)
.
WARNING
Incorrectly jump starting could cause the battery to explode resulting in
serious injury. Please observe the following rules to minimise the risk of
a battery explosion:
● All work involving the vehicle battery and electrical system can cause
corrosion, fire and serious electric shocks. Always read and take into ac-
count the safety warnings and standards before beginning work on the
battery ⇒ page 292, Vehicle battery.
● Always protect your eyes with suitable working goggles and never
lean over the vehicle battery.
● The jump leads must be connected in the correct order: first the posi-
tive cable, then the negative cable. 
1)
Vehicles whose battery is not located in the engine compartment ⇒ page 342.
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Fitting the tow ring to the rear for vehicles without factory fitted tow hitch
● Take the tow ring from the on-board tools ⇒ page 324.
● Press on the upper cover and carefully remove it back. This may require
some strength. Allow the cover to hang.
● Screw in the tow ring into its position anticlockwise as far as it will go
⇒ 
. Use a suitable tool to firmly tighten the tow ring in its location.
● After towing, remove the tow ring by turning it clockwise and put the
cover back in place.
CAUTION
● The tow ring must always be completely and firmly tightened. Other-
wise, it could be released while towing and tow-starting.
● Vehicles with a factory fitted towing device, can only be used for towing
with a tow-bar, specially designed to fit on a tow hitch ball. Otherwise, the
tow hitch ball and the vehicle may be damaged. Otherwise, a tow rope
should be used. 
Towing advice
Towing requires some experience, especially when using a tow-rope. Both
drivers should be familiar with the technique required for towing. For this
reason, inexperienced drivers should abstain.
While driving, avoid excessive traction forces and jerking. When towing on
an unpaved road, there is always a risk of overloading and damaging the
anchorage points.
If the vehicle is towed, with the hazard warning lights on and the ignition
switched on, the turn signal may be used to indicate changes of direction.
Simply operate the turn indicator lever as usual. Meanwhile, the hazard
warning lights will go off. When the turn signal lever is returned to the rest
position, the hazard warning lights will be turned on automatically. Notes for the driver of the towed vehicle
●
Leave the ignition on to avoid locking the steering wheel, to release the
electronic parking brake and to activate the turn signal indicators, the horn
as well as the window wipers and window washers.
● As the power assisted steering does not work if the engine is not run-
ning, you will need more strength to steer than normally.
● The brake must be depressed must harder as the brake servo does not
operate. Avoid hitting the towing vehicle.
● Note the instructions and information contained in the instruction man-
ual for the vehicle to be towed.
Notes for the driver of the towing vehicle
● Accelerate gently and carefully. Avoid sudden manoeuvres.
● Brake well in advance than usual and brake gently.
● Note the instructions and information contained in the instruction man-
ual for the vehicle to be towed. 
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Index
A
AbroadExtended stay abroad with your vehicle . . 259
Sale of vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
ABS See "Brake assist systems" . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Acoustic warnings Headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Adaptive headlights Dynamic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
AdBlue Control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Minimum quantity for a refill . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Refilling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Tank filling capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Additional equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Additional heater See "Auxiliary heater" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Adjusting passenger exterior mirror . . . . . . . . 112
Adjustment Correct sitting position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Electric front seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Mechanical front seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Rear seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 Seat with position memory . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Adjustments Folding the backrest of the front passengerseat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Headlight range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Aerial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Aerial built into the window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
AFS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28, 31 Cleaning instrument panel . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Curtain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Deactivating the front passenger airbag . . 35
Deactivating using the key switch . . . . . . . . 35
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Differences between front passenger airbagsystems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Faults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Front airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Knee airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Locking the vehicle after airbag deploy- ment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Repairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Use of child seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Vehicle care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Air conditioner Faults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162 Air conditioning
see "Climate control" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Air recirculation mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Air vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Alarm system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Alcantara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
All-wheel drive Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
Winter tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304
Alternator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Ambient lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Anodized surfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Anti-lock brake system (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Anti-theft alarm Trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Anti-theft alarm system False alarms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Anti-theft bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325
Anti-theft locking bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
Anti-theft wheel locking bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311
Anti-tow system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Anti-trap function Electric windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Panorama sliding sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Sunshade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Antifreeze . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Antitheft alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
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Index

Seat upholstery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Transporting children in the vehicle . . . . . . 40
Child safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Child safety seat Securing with seat belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Child seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Integrated child seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
ISOFIX child seat on rear seats . . . . . . . . . . 43
Mounting child seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Mounting systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
On rear seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
On the front passenger seat . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Securing using a Top Tether retaining strap 45
Securing using ISOFIX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Securing using LATCH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Transporting children in the vehicle . . . . . . 40
Weight categories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Child seats Disabling the front passenger airbag . . . . . 35
Cigarette lighter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151, 152
Cleaning Engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
instrument panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
See "Care of your vehicle" . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Windscreen wiper blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Cleaning chrome parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Cleaning the vehicle Folding exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 Climate control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Air recirculation mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Air vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Climatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Climatronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Indirect ventilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Things to note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
User instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Climatic see "Climate control" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Climatronic see "Climate control" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Closing Doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Electric sliding door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Electric windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Panorama sliding sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
See "Locking" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Sliding doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Sunshade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Tailgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Coat hooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Cockpit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Code number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325
Collection of end-of-life vehicles . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Combined weight rating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Coming Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Compartment Glove compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Compartments Card compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Centre console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 Drawers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Folding table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Front central armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Instrument panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Other storage compartments . . . . . . . . . . 149
Portable waste bin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Rear floor area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Roof console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Spectacle case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Connectors Faults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Consumer disconnection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Consumption How it is determined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Control lamp AdBlue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Brake pad wear indication . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Brake system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Changing gear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
Cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Engine oil sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
ESC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Filling the tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Fuel level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Lane assist system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Pressing the brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Steering column lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Tyre monitoring indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
372 Index

Tyre monitoring systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Windscreen wiper fluid level . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Controlling function Electric exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Control of function Rain sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Control units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264 Reprogramming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Convenience closing Electric windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Panorama sliding sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Convenience functions Reprogramming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Convenience opening Electric windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Panorama sliding sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Convenient entry function for the third row of seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Coolant Control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
See engine coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
Temperature gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
Counter steering assistance system . . . . . . . . 170
Crossing a river Salt water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214 Control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Cruise control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Cup holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 Cup holders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150, 151
Curb weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Curtain airbags
See "Airbag system" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
D Damaged tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
Dangers of not using the seat belt . . . . . . . . . . 20
Dash panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Data link connector (DLC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Data plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349 Model identification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
Technical specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
Vehicle chassis number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
Data registry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Data storage during the journey . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Data stored by the control units . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Daytime driving light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
De-icing the door lock cylinder . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
De-icing the locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Details Driving with a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Diagnostics connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273 Auxiliary heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Biodiesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Filling the tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Filter pre-heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Fuel gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Winter-grade diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273 Diesel particle filter
Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Diesel particulate filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233 Recommended gear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Things to note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Differential lock See "Brake assist systems" . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Digital clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Dipped beam headlight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Dipstick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57, 58
Disposal Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Belt tension device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
End-of-life vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Door release lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Child safety lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Emergency locking and unlocking . . . . . . 319
Warning indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Drawbar load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235 Loading the trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Drawers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Driving Automatic gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Check list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Cross country . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Data storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Driving abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Driving through water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Ecological . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
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Economic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Fuel gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Fuel level to low . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Parking downhill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Parking uphill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347
Trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Undercarriage guard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Driving abroad Check list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Driving advice For a loaded vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Driving in winter Fuel consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
Tread depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
Tyre pressures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Windscreen washer bottle . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Winter tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304
Driving through water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Driving with a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237 Extinguisher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Technical requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
DSG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
DSG automatic gearbox See "Automatic gearbox" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
DSG Automatic gearbox Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Dynamic headlight range control . . . . . . . . . . 101 Dynamic headlight range control . . . . . . . 101 E
Ecological driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Economic driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
EDL
See "Brake assist systems" . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Electrical components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154, 317
Electrical consumers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154, 168
Electrical sockets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Electric child safety lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Electric devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Electric sliding doors Opening and closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Rollback anti-trap function . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Electric sockets Trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Electric windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 Anti-trap function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Automatic one-touch operation . . . . . . . . . 89
Closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Convenience closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Convenience opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Fault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
One-touch opening/closing . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Electronic differential lock system (EDL and XDS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Electronic immobiliser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Electronic parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Electronic Stability Control (ESC) . . . . . . . . . . 191 Emergencies
Fire extinguishers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318
First aid kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318
Hazard warning triangle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318
Emergency brake indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317
Emergency braking function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Emergency locking and unlocking . . . . . . . . . 318 Driver's door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319
Manually unlocking the gear selection lev-er . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323
Panoramic sliding roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322
Passenger side door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320
Sliding doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320
Tailgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321
Engine Noises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Running-in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Engine and ignition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172, 175 12 Volt sockets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Ignition lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Immobiliser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Pre-heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Starting the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Unauthorised vehicle key . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279 Engine coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Preparation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Vehicle battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
Water box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Engine coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287 Checking the level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
Filler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
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G 12 plus-plus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Refilling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Engine fault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Engine management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232 Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283 changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
Checking the oil level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
Dipstick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Filler opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
Topping up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
ESC See "Assisted braking systems" . . . . . . . . 191
Event Data Recorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Exhaust gas purification system . . . . . . . . . . . 232 Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Exterior aerial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 Automatically folding exterior mirrors . . . 112
Controlling function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Synchronised mirror adjustment . . . . . . . . 112
Vehicle care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Extinguisher Driving with a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
F
Fastening rings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 Fault
Electric windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Park assist system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Parking sensor system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Rear assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Fault memory Connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Faults Air conditioner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Panorama sliding sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Filling capacity AdBlue tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Filling the tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268 Control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Fuel gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Petrol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Refilling precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Filter pre-heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Fire extinguisher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318
Fire extinguishers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318
First-aid kit Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318
First aid kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318
Fitting Tow hitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Floor mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Fluids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Fog light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Folding down rear seats Load space . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 Folding in exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Folding table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Folding the backrest of the front passenger
seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Four-wheel-drive Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345
Front airbags See "Airbag system" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Front passenger airbag Deactivating using the key switch . . . . . . . . 35
See "Airbag system" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271 Depending on the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Filling the tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Information on consumption . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Petrol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Type of fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Fuel consumption Economic driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Why does fuel consumption increase? . . . 233
Fuel gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269 Control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Fuel tank flap Closure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Function control Tow hitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326 Fuse box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
Identification using colours . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
Identifying blown fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328
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Preparation before replacing . . . . . . . . . . . 328
Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328
G G 12 plus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
G 12 plus-plus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
General overview of the engine compartment 352
Glove compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Glove compartment lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
H Handbrake See "Parking brake" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Hazard warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316
Hazard warning triangle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318
Headlamp range adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Headlight adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Headlight range control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Headlights Adaptive headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Dipped beam headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Driving abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Headlight control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Headlight washers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Side light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Turning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Head restraint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Heated rear window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Heated seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 Heated windscreen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
High pressure cleaning equipment . . . . . . . . . 248
Hitch ball
Electric release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
I
Ignition See "Engine and ignition" . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Ignition lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 Key removal lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Unauthorised vehicle key . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Immobiliser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176 Operating fault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
In case of a breakdown Securing the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316
In case of an emergency Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316
Hazard warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316
In case of a breakdown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316
Protecting yourself and securing the vehi-cle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316
In case of emergency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316
Indication on display Sign Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Indicator Changing bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330
Checking the engine oil level . . . . . . . . . . 283
Engine oil pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Vehicle key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Information on consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274 Initial operations
Changing bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331
Instrument panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57, 63 Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57, 58, 63
Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Service interval display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Integrated child seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Seat belt routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Setting up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Integrated seat belt Removing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Interior monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
ISOFIX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
J Jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309 Raising the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313
K
Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Assigning a key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Changing the battery (vehicle key) . . . . . . . 73
Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Spare key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Vehicle key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Key switch Deactivating the front passenger airbag . . 35
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