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Seats and storage
Vehicle power sockets
Depending on your vehicle's version, you may have a 12-
volt power socket and/or a 230 volt power socket.
Fig. 121 Centre console,
rear section: 12 volt pow-
er socket
Fig. 122 Rear centre
console: 230 Volt Euro
power socket Maximum power consumption
Power socketMaximum power consumption12 Volts120 Watts230 Volts150 Watts (300 Watt peak)
The maximum capacity of each power socket must not be exceeded. The
power consumption is indicated on the rating plate of each appliance.
Where two or more appliances are connected at the same time, the total rat-
ing of all the connected devices must never exceed 190 Watts
⇒ 
.
12 volt power socket
The 12 Volt power socket will only work with the ignition on.
Using electrical appliances with the engine stopped and the ignition switch-
ed on will drain the battery. Therefore, electrical consumers connected to
the power socket must only be used when the engine is running.
To prevent voltage variations from causing damage, switch off the electrical
consumer connected to the 12 Volt power socket before switching the igni-
tion on or off and before starting the engine.
12 Volt power sockets can be found in the following locations in the vehicle:
● Compartment in the centre of the centre console.
● Compartment in the front centre console.
● Storage compartment in the front central armrest.
● Rear centre console ⇒ Fig. 121.
● At the rear right of the luggage compartment.
230 Volt Euro power socket*
The power socket only works when the engine is running ⇒ 
.
Connecting an electrical appliance: Plug the appliance into the power socket
as far as possible to unlock the built-in childproof lock. The current only
flows when the childproof lock is unlocked. 
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If and when
Starting assistance
Introduction
If the engine fails to start because of a discharged battery, the battery of an-
other vehicle can be used to start the engine. Before starting, check the
magic eye on the battery ⇒ page 292.
For starting assistance, jump lead cables conforming to the standard
DIN 72553 are required (see the cable manufacturer instructions). The jump
lead cable must be at least 25 mm 2
in section (0.038 inches 2
) for petrol en-
gines, and 35 mm 2
(0.054 inches 2
) for diesel engines.
For vehicles whose battery is not in the engine compartment, the jump
leads should only be connected to the starting assistance connection
points in the engine compartment.
Additional information and warnings:
● Starter assist systems (Start-Stop function) ⇒ page 196
● Working in the engine compartment ⇒ page 279
● Selective Catalytic Reduction (AdBlue) ⇒ page 275
● Vehicle battery ⇒ page 292
WARNING
Incorrect use of jump leads and incorrectly jump starting could cause the
battery to explode resulting in serious injury. Please observe the follow-
ing 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.
WARNING (Continued)
● The battery providing current must have the same voltage (12V) and
approximately the same capacity (see markings on battery) as the flat
battery.
● Never charge a frozen or recently thawed battery. A flat battery can al-
so freeze at temperatures close to 0 °C (+32 °F).
● If a battery is frozen and/or has been frozen then it must be replaced.
● A highly explosive mixture of gases is released when the battery is
being charged. Always keep lit cigarettes, open flames, sparks and fire
far from the battery. Never use a mobile telephone when connecting and
removing the jump leads.
● Charge the battery only in well ventilated areas given that when the
battery is charged by outside assistance, it creates a mix of highly explo-
sive gases.
● Jump leads should never enter into contact with moving parts in the
engine compartment.
● Never switch the positive and negative poles or connect the jump
leads incorrectly.
● Note the instruction manual provided by the manufacturer of the jump
leads.
CAUTION
To avoid considerable damage to the vehicle electrical system, note the fol-
lowing carefully:
● If the jump leads are incorrectly connected, this could result in a short
circuit.
● The vehicles must not touch each other, otherwise electricity could flow
as soon as the positive terminals are connected. 
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2. Connect one end of the red jump lead to the positive +
termi-
nal of the vehicle with the flat battery A ⇒ Fig. 219.
3. Connect the other end of the red jump lead to the positive ter-
minal +
in the vehicle providing assistance B.
4. For vehicles without Start-Stop system: Connect one end of the
black jump lead to the negative terminal –
of the vehicle pro-
viding assistance B ⇒ Fig. 219.
– For vehicles with Start-Stop system: Connect one end of the
black jump lead X
to a suitable ground terminal, a solid piece
of metal in the engine block, or to the engine block ⇒ Fig. 220.
5. Connect the other end of the black jump lead X
to a solid met-
al component bolted to the engine block or to the engine block
itself of the vehicle with the flat battery. However, connect it to
a point as far as possible from the battery A
.
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 281.
● 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. 
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Plates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Polishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Portable waste bin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Power sockets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15312 Volts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Faults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Pre-heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Preparation Checking the engine coolant level . . . . . . 290
Vehicle battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
Work in the engine compartment . . . . . . . 281
Preparations Changing a wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310
Checking the engine oil level . . . . . . . . . . 285
Topping up the engine oil level . . . . . . . . . 285
Preparing for the journey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Principles of physics regarding a frontal colli- sion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Protection of vehicle undercarriage . . . . . . . . 252
Pushing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
R Radio reception Aerial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Operating faults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Rails and attachment element system Baggage net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Rails and attachment system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Rain sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 Control of function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 Raising the vehicle
Check list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314
Jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313
Raising vehicle Lifting platform . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
With a lifting platform . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Reading the Fault memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Rear assist Fault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Mode 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Mode 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Things to note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
User instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Rear Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Rear assist systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Rear lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 Driving with the rear lid open . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Electronic locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Electronic opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Emergency locking and unlocking . . . . . . 321
Opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
See "Rear lid" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Unlocking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Rear Lid Close . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Rear seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Rear shelf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Rear vision mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111, 112
Rear vision mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 Recommended gear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Recycling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Refilling precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Reflective vest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318
Reflective vests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318
Refuelling
Mistakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Remote control Auxiliary heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
See "Keys" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Removing ice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Removing snow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Removing wax deposits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Repairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261, 262 Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Lifting platform . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Plates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Replacement of parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Reprogramming control units . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Reservoir capacity Windscreen washer water reservoir . . . . . 110
Retaining hooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Retro-fitting Two-way radios . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Vehicle telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Rev counter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Reversing camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Rocker switches Tiptronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Rollback anti-trap function Electric sliding doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
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Service position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Special features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247, 248
Treating your upholstery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Vehicle paintwork . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Washing by hand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Washing the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Wooden trim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Vehicle chassis number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
Vehicle code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349 Vehicle data label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
Vehicle key Synchronising . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Vehicle key set See "Keys" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Vehicle maintenance electrically adjustable seats . . . . . . . . . . . 255
heated seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
natural leather . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
non-electrically adjustable seats . . . . . . . 255
seats with airbag components . . . . . . . . . 255
seats without airbag components . . . . . . 255
synthetic leather . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
trim fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
unheated seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Vehicle specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
Vehicle telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Vehicle tool kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324 Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325
Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324
Vehicle's battery Automatic consumer disconnection . . . . . 295
Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295 Connecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Disconnecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Replacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Running flat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
Vibrations Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
W Warning lamp AdBlue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Alternator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Brake system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Changing gear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
Cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Engine oil pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Pressing the brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Rear lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Vehicle battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Warning triangle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318
Washing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246 by hand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Washing the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247 Sensors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200, 205
Special features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
with high pressure cleaning equipment . . 248
Water box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Wear indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
Wear of tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304
Weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310, 311, 351
Caps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
Tightening torque . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
Wheel load capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
Wheel rims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300 Beadlock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
Bolted trims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
See "Wheels and tyres" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351
Wheels and tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297 Avoiding damage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Changing a wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310
Code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
Damaged tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
Errors in wheel alignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304
Foreign bodies in the tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . 304
Interchanging tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
New tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
Older tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
Replacing tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Run-flat tyre codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
Run-out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304
Serial number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
Speed rating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307, 308
Storing tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
Technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
Tread depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
Tyre code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
Tyre identification number (TIN) . . . . . . . . 307
Tyre load rating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308
Tyre pressures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
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