Table of Contents
About this manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Safety First . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Safe driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Brief introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Sitting position for vehicle occupants . . . . . . . . . 10
Pedal area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Storing objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Brief introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Why wear seat belts? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Seat belt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Brief introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Front airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Side airbags* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Curtain airbags* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Deactivating airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Child safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Brief introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Child seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Securing child seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Operating instructions
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Controls and displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Instruments and warning lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Multi-function display* (on board computer) . . . 61
MAXI DOT* (Informative display) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Control lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Communication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Steering wheel controls* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Multimedia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Voice control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Opening and closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Central locking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Anti-theft alarm system* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Vehicle interior monitoring and tow-away
protection system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Rear lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Opening and closing electric windows . . . . . . . . 95
Lights and visibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Interior lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Visibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Windscreen wipers and windscreen washers . . . 106
Rear vision mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Seats and storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Front seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Rear seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Roof carrier* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Drink holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 Cigarette lighter, 12V power socket . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Storage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Coat hooks* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Heating and air conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Heating and air conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Air vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Air conditioning (manual)* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Climatronic* (automatic air conditioning) . . . . . . 135
Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Starting and stopping the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Brakes and brake servo systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Manual gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Automatic gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Foot pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Parking aid* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Cruise control (Cruise control system)* . . . . . . . . 152
START-STOP* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Practical Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Driving and the environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
The first 1500 km (900 miles) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Economical and ecological driving . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Environmental friendliness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Driving abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Preventing damage to the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Driving through water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Driving the vehicle with a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Driving the vehicle with a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Towing bracket device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
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Care of the vehicle and cleaning
Plastic parts
Exterior plastic parts will come clean using a damp cloth. If this is not suffi-
cient, plastic parts can also be treated with special solvent-free plastic
cleaning detergents.
Do not use paint cleaners, polishes or wax on plastic parts.
Windows and exterior mirrors
Remove snow and ice from windows and rear vision mirrors with a plastic
scraper only. To avoid damaging the surface of the glass, the scraper should
only be pushed in one direction and not moved to and fro.
The windows should also be cleaned on the inside at regular intervals.
Use a separate cloth or chamois to dry the windows and rear vision mirrors.
Do not use the chamois used to polish the bodywork to dry the windows.
Waxing and polishing residues could cause smears on the glass and hinder
visibility.
CAUTION
● Never use warm or hot water to remove snow and ice from the windows
and mirrors. Risk of cracking glass!
● Make sure you do not damage the paintwork on the vehicle on removing
snow and ice from the windows and rear vision mirrors.
● Do not remove the snow or ice from windows and mirrors that are dirty
with thick particles, e.g. gravel, sand or road salt. Risk of damage to surface
of glass and windows. Radio reception and aerial
In vehicles factory-fitted with an audio and navigation system, the aerial
may be installed in different places:
●
Inside the rear window next to the heating elements
● on the roof of the vehicle.
Headlights
Use soap and clean, hot water to clean the front headlights.
CAUTION
● Never rub the headlights dry and do not use sharp objects to clean the
plastic glass material. These could damage the protective paint and cause
the headlights to crack.
● Do not use aggressive cleaning products or chemical solvents to clean
the glass. This could damage the headlights.
Care of rubber seals
The weatherstrips on doors and windows will remain pliable and last longer
if they are occasionally treated with a suitable rubber care product. This will
prevent premature ageing and leaks. If they are correctly cared for, the seals
will be less likely to freeze up in the winter.
Door lock cylinder
Special products must be used to defrost lock cylinders.
Safety FirstOperating instructionsPractical TipsTechnical specifications
234Description of the data
Vehicle identification data on the data sticker
Fig. 173 Data sticker
Fig. 174 Type plate
Vehicle data sticker
The vehicle data sticker ⇒ Fig. 173 is located on the luggage compartment
floor and is also attached to the Service Plan.
The following information is provided on the vehicle data sticker:
Vehicle identification number (VIN)
Vehicle model
Identifying letters of the gearbox/number of the original paint finish/In-
terior equipment number/engine power/engine identifying letter
1
23
Partial description of the vehicle
Weight in running order
Fuel consumption (in litres per/100 km (miles)) – urban/on the motor-
way/combined
Combined CO
2 emissions (g/km (miles))
Type plate
The type plate ⇒ Fig. 174 is located at the bottom of the front driver side
door pillar between the front and rear door.
The type plate indicates the following weights:
Total permitted weight of the vehicle when loaded
Maximum authorised weight of the vehicle with a trailer, when the vehi-
cle operates as a tractor
Maximum permitted load of the front axle
Maximum permitted load of the rear axle
Weight in running order
The weight in running order only has one approximate value. This value cor-
responds to the minimum operative weight of the vehicle without additional
equipment that increases its weight, i.e. air conditioning, spare wheel, tow-
ing bracket.
The weight in running order also includes 75 kg of the weight of the driver
and the service liquids, in addition to a fuel tank at 90 % capacity.
From the difference between the total permitted weight in running order the
approximate carrying capacity can be calculated ⇒
.
The carrying capacity must include:
● occupants
● all pieces of equipment and other weights
● roof loads incl. roof rack
4
56
7
89
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