138Seats and storage
Storage compartment
Storage compartment on the front passenger side
Fig. 99 Passenger side:
storage compartment
The compartment can be opened by pulling the lever ⇒ Fig. 99.
WARNING
Always keep the storage compartment cover closed while the vehicle is
in motion in order to reduce the risk of injury caused by a sudden braking
or by an accident.
Centre armrest at front with storage compartment
There is a storage compartment in the armrest.
Fig. 100 Front armrest
with storage compart-
ment
– To open the storage compartment, lift the armrest up in the di-
rection of the arrow ⇒ Fig. 100 and then lift the cover.
– To access the CD changer* or the lower storage compartment,
pull on the armrest cover without pressing on the button.
– To close the storage compartment, push the armrest down.
WARNING
Always keep the storage compartment closed while the vehicle is in mo-
tion to reduce the risk of injury from the armrest during a sudden braking
manoeuvre or in the event of an accident.
Note
The CD changer is located in this compartment.
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Car care Exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
CCS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
CD changer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Central lock button Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Unlocking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Central locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 Automatic locking system for involuntaryunlocking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Automatic speed dependent locking and unlocking system* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Emergency unlocking system . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Selective unlocking system* . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Unlocking system* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Centre armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Cetane number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Changing gear see Manual gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Changing gear in tiptronic mode . . . . . . . . . . 178
Changing the bulbs Main headlight bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Tail lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Changing the main headlight bulbs Main beam lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Side lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Turn signal bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Changing the main headlight lamps dipped lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264 Changing the tail light bulbs
Position light, fog light and tail light on therear lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Changing the tail lights Luggage compartment lights . . . . . . . . . . 269
Turn signal, side and brake lights on thebody . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Changing windscreen wiper blades . . . . . . . . 232
Chassis number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Checking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Checking battery electrolyte level . . . . . . . . . . 237
Checking engine oil level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Checklist Seat upholstery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Child safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Child seat Categorisation in groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Group 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Group 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Group 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Groups 0 and 0+ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Securing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Child seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 ISOFIX system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
on the front passenger seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Top Tether system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Cigarette lighter* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Cleaning alloy wheel rims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Cleaning chrome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Cleaning engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Cleaning steel wheel rims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210 Cleaning windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Climatic* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Climatronic
General notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Clothes hook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Cockpit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Compartment for on-board documentation . . 138
control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Control lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Control lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Controls electric windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Sliding/tilting sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Convenience closing Sliding/tilting sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Convenience opening Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229, 230 control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Coolant level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230 control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Coolant loss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Coolant temperature Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Correct adjustment of front seat head re- straints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Correct adjustment of rear seat head restraints In-use and non-use positions . . . . . . . . . . . 14
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