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Starting
5. Start the engine of the vehicle with the boosting battery and let it run at idling speed.
6. Start the engine of the vehicle with the flat battery and wait two or three minutes until the engine is “running”.
Removing the jump leads
7. Before you remove the jump leads, switch off the dipped beam headlights (if they are switched on).
8. Turn on the heater blower and heated rear window in the vehi- cle with the flat battery. This helps minimise voltage peaks
which are generated when the leads are disconnected.
9. When the engine is running, disconnect the leads in reverse or- der to the details given above.
Connect the battery clamps so they have good metal-to-metal contact with
the battery terminals.
If the engine fails to start, switch off the starter after about 10 seconds and
try again after about half a minute.
WARNING
● Please note the safety warnings referring to working in the engine
compartment ⇒ page 193, Working in the engine compartment.
● The battery providing assistance must have the same voltage as the
flat battery (12V) and approximately the same capacity (see imprint on
battery). Failure to comply could result in an explosion.
WARNING (Continued)
● Never use jump leads when one of the batteries is frozen. Danger of
explosion! Even after the battery has thawed, battery acid could leak and
cause chemical burns. If a battery freezes, it should be replaced.
● Keep sparks, flames and lighted cigarettes away from batteries, dan-
ger of explosion. Failure to comply could result in an explosion.
● Observe the instructions provided by the manufacturer of the jump
leads.
● Do not connect the negative cable from the other vehicle directly to
the negative terminal of the flat battery. The gas emitted from the battery
could be ignited by sparks. Danger of explosion.
● Do not attach the negative cable from the other vehicle to parts of the
fuel system or to the brake line.
● The non-insulated parts of the battery clamps must not be allowed to
touch. The jump lead attached to the positive battery terminal must not
touch metal parts of the vehicle, this can cause a short circuit.
● Position the leads in such a way that they cannot come into contact
with any moving parts in the engine compartment.
● Do not lean on the batteries. This could result in chemical burns.
Note
The vehicles must not touch each other, otherwise electricity could flow as
soon as the positive terminals are connected.
Safety FirstOperating InstructionsPractical TipsTechnical Specifications
Single headlight bulb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Sitting positiondriver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Sitting position, occupants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214, 250
Soot accumulation in the diesel engine particu- late filter
control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Spanner symbol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Spare parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Spare wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Speed selector lever lock control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Start-Stop Activating and deactivating . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Starting petrol engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140, 141
Starting the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140, 141 After the fuel tank has been run dry . . . . . 141
Steam jets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 Steering lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Steering column controls Audio Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Steering wheel height adjustment . . . . . . . . . 137
Storage compartment Front passenger side . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Right-hand front seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Sun visor Sliding/tilting sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Sun visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 Switch
Hazard warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Heated rear window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Light switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Switches Electric windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
panoramic/tilting sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Switching off the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
T Tail lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Tank Fuel level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Reserve indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Tank capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Technical modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
The danger of not using the seat belt . . . . . . . . 21
Tightening torque of wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . 250
Tilting sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Top Tether system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Tow-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Towing a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172, 249
Towing bracket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Towing bracket, fitting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Towline anchorage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Towline anchorages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Tow starting Comments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244 Traction control system
control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Trailer turn signals control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Trailer weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Turn signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75, 104
Two-way radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Tyre-Mobility-System (Tyre repair kit) . . . . . . . 222
Tyre Mobility-System (Tyre repair kit) . . . . . . . 217
Tyre pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Tyre pressure control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Tyre pressures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Tyre repair kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217, 222
Tyres and wheels Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Tyres tread depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Tyres useful life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Tyres with directional tread pattern . . . . . . . . 210
U Underbody protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
V
Vehicle battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Vehicle data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Vehicle identification data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Vehicle identification number . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Vehicle interior heating or cooling system . . . 131
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