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6. Position the leads in such a way that they cannot come into contact with any moving parts in the engine compartment.
Starting
7. Start the engine of the vehicle with the boosting battery and let it run at idling speed.
8. 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
9. Before you remove the jump leads, switch off the dipped beam headlights (if they are switched on).
10.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.
11.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 251.
● 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.
● 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

Folding table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Fold the back seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Front airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Front armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Front Assist city emergency braking function . . . . . . . . 206
malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
messages on the display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
radar sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
see monitoring system Front Assist . . . . . 202
system limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
temporarily switching off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
using . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Front Assist Monitoring system malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
messages on the display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
radar sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
using . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Front Assist Monitoring System city emergency braking function . . . . . . . . 206
system limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
temporarily switching off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Front seats see Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246 Consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
Diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Ethanol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Fuel gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
natural gas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247 Fuel consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
Full-LED headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
Fuse box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
Identifying blown fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Identifying by colours . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
Preparation before replacing . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
G Gear-change indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Gearbox DSG see Automatic gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Gear recommendation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Gearshift paddles (automatic gearbox) . . . . . 178
General overview of the engine compartment 309
Glass Cleaning/De-icing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Glove box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Glove compartment lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
H Handbrake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Hazard warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Headlight range control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Headlights Changing a bulb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Dipped beam headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Driving abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 Headlight control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Headlight washers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Side light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Heated rear window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155, 157
Hill driving assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Hill hold assist see Hill driving assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
How to jump start description . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
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Identification plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
Identifying letters of engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
Ignition lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Increase capacity of luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Indicator Vehicle key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Inertia mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Information on emissions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
Inspection service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Installation of exhaust gas filtration systems Catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Particulate filter Diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Instrument cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Instrument panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61, 62
Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Service interval display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Instrument panel lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
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