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Vehicle Care
General Information
Accessories andModifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Vehicle Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
End-of-Life Vehicle Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Vehicle Checks
Doing Your OwnService Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Bonnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Engine Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Engine Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Washer Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Brake Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Wiper Blade Replacement . . . . 166
Bulb Replacement
Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Headlamps and Parking Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Fog Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Front Indicator Lamps . . . . . . . . 169
Taillights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Side Indicator Lamps . . . . . . . . . 171 Centre High-Mounted Brake
lamp (CHMBL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Number Plate Lamp . . . . . . . . . . 172
Interior Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Instrument Panel Illumination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Electrical System
Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Engine Compartment FuseBlock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Instrument Panel Fuse Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Vehicle Tools
Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Wheels and Tyres
Wheels and Tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Winter Tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Tyre Designations . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Tyre Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Tyre Pressure MonitorSystem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Tread Depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Wheel Covers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Tyre Chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Tyre Repair Kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Tyre Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Compact Spare Tyre . . . . . . . . . 191
Jump Starting
Jump Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Towing the Vehicle
Towing the Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Appearance Care
Exterior Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Interior Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197

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2. Detach bulb from the bulbholder and replace it.
3. Insert the bulb holder into the reflector and rotate clockwise.
Fog Lamps
Have bulbs replaced by a workshop.
Front Indicator Lamps
1. Rotate the bulb holderanticlockwise and remove it.
2. Rotate bulb anticlockwise andremove from bulb holder.
3. Replace bulb.
4. Insert the bulb holder into the reflector and rotate clockwise.
Taillights
Tail lights, indicator, brake
lamps, and reversing lamps
1. Unscrew both screws.
2. Remove tail light assembly.Take care that the cable duct
remains in position.

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3. Tail light/brake lamp (1)Indicator lamp (2)
Auxiliary Tail light (3)
Reversing lamp (Passenger's
side)/Rear fog lamp(Driver's
side) (4).4. Rotate bulb holderanticlockwise.
5. Remove bulb holder. Push bulbinto socket slightly, rotate
anti-clockwise, remove and
renew bulb.
6. Insert bulb holder into the tail light assembly and screw into
place.
Connect wiring plug. Install tail
light assembly in body and
tighten screws. Close covers
and engage.
7. Switch on ignition, operate and check all lights.

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Brakes (cont'd)Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Bulb Replacement Centre High-Mounted
Brake lamp (CHMBL) . . . . . . . 171
Fog Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Front Indicator Lamps . . . . . . . . 169
Headlamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Headlamps and Parking Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Instrument Panel Illumination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Interior Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Number Plate Lamps . . . . . . . . . 172
Position Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Side Indicator Lamps . . . . . . . . . 171
Taillights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Buzzers, Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
C
Capacities and
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Car Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Carbon Monoxide Engine Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Fuel Consumption CO2Emissions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Catalytic Converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Caution, Danger, and Warning . . . . 4 Central Locking System . . . . . . . . . 21
Centre Console Lighting . . . . . . . . . 90
Centre High-Mounted Brake
lamp (CHMBL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Chains, Tyre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Charging System Light . . . . . . . . . . 70
Check Engine Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Child Restraint Installation Locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Child Restraint Systems
Top Tether . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Child Restraints Installation Locations . . . . . . . . . . . 46
ISOFIX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Cleaning Exterior Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Interior Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Climate Control System Electronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Climate Control Systems Heating and Ventilation . . . . . . . 129
Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Compact Spare Tyre . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Compartments
Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Conformity Declaration of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Control Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Control of a Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Convenience Net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Convex Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Coolant Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Engine Temperature Gauge . . . . 68
Engine TemperatureWarning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Cornering Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Covers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 Misted Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Rear Compartment/Storage
Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152 Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Cupholders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Curtain Airbag System . . . . . . . . . . . 42

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D
Danger, Warning, and Caution . . . . 4
Data Recorders, Event . . . . . . . . . 211
Daytime RunningLamps (DRL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Declaration of Conformity . . . . . . . 210
Devices Auxiliary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Dimensions Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Displays Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Door Ajar Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Central Locking System . . . . . . . . 21
Driver Assistance Systems . . . . . 152
Driver Information Centre (DIC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
E
Electrical SystemEngine Compartment FuseBlock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 Electrical System (cont'd)
Instrument Panel Fuse
Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Electronic Climate Control
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Electronic Stability Control . . . . . . 148
Electronic Stability Control (ESC) Off Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Electronic Stability Control
Indicator Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Emissions - CO2 Fuel Consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
End-of-Life Vehicle Recovery . . . 161
Engine Automatic Start/StopFeature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Check and Service Engine Soon Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Coolant Temperature Gauge . . . . 68
Coolant Temperature Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Reduced Power Light . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15, 140
Engine Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Engine Identification . . . . . . . . . . . . 205 Entry Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Event Data Recorders . . . . . . . . . . 211
Exit Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Exterior Lamp Controls . . . . . . . . . . 85
F
First Aid Kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Fixed Air Vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Flat Tyre
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Fluid Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Fog Lamp Light, Rear . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Fog Lamps Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Folding Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Front Airbag System . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Front Fog Lamp Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Front Indicator Lamps . . . . . . . . . . 169
Front Seat Position Seats Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Front Seats
Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Heated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156