
M N
ci u.. co ,...., \!) er,
N er, ,....,
Determining correct load limit . . . . . . . . . . 223
Digital clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Digital compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Dimming the rearview mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Doors emergency locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Driver information system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Open doo r or front lid warning . . . . . . . . . . 23
Outside temperature display . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Sound system display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Driver seat
refer to Seating pos ition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Driving economically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Dr iving safely . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Driving through water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Driving time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
24
Dust filter
refer to Pollutant filte r (automatic A/C sys-
tem) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Dynamic steering .......... ... 103,170 ,174
E
E85 (Fuel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Easy entry function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
E fficiency program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Fuel economy messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
M emory levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Other equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Electro-mechanical power assist . . . . . . . . . 17 4
Electromechanical parking brake
Emergency braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Releasing and clos ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Starting assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Starting from rest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Starting off with a trai ler. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
E lect ronic different ial lock
Warn ing/ indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Electronic Differential Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Electronic differential lock (EDL)
Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
E lectronic immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12, 35
Index
Electronic pow er control
(EPC) warning/indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . 20
El ectronic speed limiter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Electronic stabilizat ion control
Sport mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
E lectronic Stabilization Contro l . . . . . . . . . . 170
Electronic Stabilization Control (ESC)
Warning/ind icator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Emergency actuation
Doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Ignition key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Emergency braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Emergency flasher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Warning/ind icator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Emergency key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Starting engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Emergency operation
Emergency braking funct ion (parking brake) .7.9
Luggage compartment lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Power top . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Emergency starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Energy management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17S
Battery power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Dr ive r notification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Engine Compartment .. .. ................ ... 197
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73, 75
Starting with jumper cables . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Stopping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 , 76
Engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Working the eng ine compartment . . . . . . 195
Engine coolant Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Engine coolant system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Adding coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Checking coolant level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Checking the engine coolant level . . . . . . . 201
Radiator fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Engine coolant temperature
Temperature gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Eng ine hood
Closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19S
How to release the hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
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Oil
refer to Engine oil ............ .. . 197, 199
O il consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
On-Boa rd Diagnostic Sys tem (OBD)
Data L ink Connector (DLC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Electronic speed limiter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Malfunction Indicator Lamp (MIL) . . . . . . . 28
Open door or front lid warning . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Opening. .. .. .... .. . .... ...... .. .. .... 29
Opening/closing at the lock cylinder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
by remote contro l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
with the central locking switch . . . . . . . . . . 33
with the convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Other equipment (efficiency program) . . . . . 26
Outside temperature display . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Owner's Literature
p
Paint damage
Paint No.
5
186
245
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Automatic transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Valet parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Park ing aid
C leaning sensors/camera lenses . . . . . . . . 185
Pa rking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
also refer to Elec tromechanical
parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Pa rking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Parking System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Pa rking sys tem (rear)
Adjusting the warning tones . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Parking system (rear, with rear view camera)
Parking mod e 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Pa rkingmode2 . .. . .... .. .. .. .. .. .. . 111
Safety precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Swi tching on/off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Sw itch ing rear view camera on/off . . . . . . 112
Parts rep lacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light . . . . . . . . . . 142
Ped als . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Physical principles of a frontal collision . . . 125
Polishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Pollutant filter (automatic A/C system) . . . . 68
Index
Power
seat adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Windows ... .. .. ................... . 37
Power locking system
Emergency locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Power windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Rear lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Se lectiv e unlock feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Power steering
refer to Electro-mechanical power assist . 17 4
Power top . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Convenience closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Convenience opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Emergency operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
G ene ral info rmation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Open ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Var iable power top storage bay . . . . . . . . . . 44
Wind deflector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Power window Convenience opening/closing . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Power windows
Malfunctions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Pregnant women
Special considerations when wear ing a safe -
ty belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Pressure (tires) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Proper occupant seating positions . . . . . . . 114
Proper safety belt position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Proper sea ting position
Front pa ssenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Occupants. ...... ................ ... 114
Rear passengers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Protecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Q
Quartz clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
quattro
refer to all-wheel d rive ..... .... .. .. .. 174
Question What happens to unbelted occupants? . . 125
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