Index
Driving at high speeds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Leaks under your veh icle ....... .. .. ... 191
Letting the vehicle stand and warm up... 179
Proper disposal of drained brake fluid . . . 200
Proper disposal of drained engine coolant 198
Proper disposal of drained engine oil 195, 196
Recycling used engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Roof rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Unleaded fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
What should I do with an old battery? . . . 203
EPC
refer to Electronic power control . . . . . . . . 20
Ethyl alcohol (Fuel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Event Data Recorder (EDR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
E xpansion tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Exterior lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Exterior mirrors
Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
D immi ng ... .. .. ................ ..... 48
Heating. ... .... ................ ..... 47
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Fan
Radiator
Fastening 199
Booster seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Convertible ch ild safety seats . . . . . . . . . . 157
I nfant seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
flexible fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Floor mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Fog lights/rear fog light(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Folding the rear seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Foot pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
For the sake of the environment Environmentally-friendly driving . . . . . . . 179
Gasoline fumes and the environment . . . . 188
L ett ing the engine warm up . . . . . . . . . 72, 75
Refueling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Saving fuel by early upshifting . . . . . . . . . . 11
Fro nt airbags
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
H ow they work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Fronta l collisions and the laws of physics . . 122
Front passenger's door emergency locking . . 36
252
Front seats
Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Child restraints in the front seat . . . . . . . . 130
Fuel Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
B lended gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
F u el gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Gasoline additive s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Low fuel level symbol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Octane rat ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Recommendation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Refuelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Reserve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Saving fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Tank capac ity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Tank system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Unlock ingthefuelfi llerflapbyhand .. .. 190
Fuel economy messages (efficiency program) 28
Fuel filler flap
Unlocking the fuel filler flap by hand . . . . 190
Fuses Assignment ..... .. .. ....... 232, 233, 234
Rep lacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
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Garage door opener (Homelink) . . . . . . . . . . 41
Garment hooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Gas discharge lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Gauges Engine coolant temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Fuel gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Gear recommendation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Gearshift indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Gearshift leve r
6-speed manual transmission . . . . . . . . . . . 82
General illustration
Instruments and controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Generator Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Glossary of tire and loading terminology . . 207
G love compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Valet parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
GPS controlled clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR) . . . . . 241
Index
Launch Contro l Progr am . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Leaving home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Left hand drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
L ift in g jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Light adapt ive light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Com ing/ Leaving home .......... .. . . . . . 45
D aytime running lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44, 45
E xte rior l ighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
F og lights/rear fog light(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Interior/reading lig hts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Low beam . ..... ... .. ..... ... .. .. .... 44
Rear fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Side marker lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Travel mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Light/rain sensor Headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Intermittent (windshield wipers) . . . . . . . . 50
Sensor defective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Lighting Exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 4
Interior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Lights Eme rgency flashers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
H igh beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
T urn signa ls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Locking Rear lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Locking/unlocking at t he lock cylinder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
by remote contro l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
w ith the central locking switch . . . . . . . . . . 35
w ith the convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Low beams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
L ower anchorage locator button
L uggage compa rtment 165
Ca rgo net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
E nlarg ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 7
L oading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Pass -t h ro ugh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Ski sack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Storing cargo correctly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Tie-downs .. .. ............... .. .. 65, 119
Va let park ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
L umba r su pport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
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Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Malfunction Ind icator Lamp (MIL) . . . . . 20 , 29
Manua l transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Mechan ica l key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 , 33
Memory function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Mileage Ave rage ... .. .... .. .. .. . ... .. ... .. .. . 24
Instantaneous . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Mirro rs
Adjusting the exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
dimming . ... .... .. .. .. .. .. .. ... .. .. . 48
Vanity mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Moni toring the Advanced Ai rb ag System . . 139
N
Net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
NHTSA Contacting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Number of seats ..... .. .. .. .... ... .. .. 121
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Occu pan t se ating positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Octane rat ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
OFF (automatic climate con trol) . . . . . . . . . . 69
Oil
refer to Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193, 195
Oil consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
On-Boa rd D iagnost ic System (OBD)
Data Link Conne ctor ( DLC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
El ec tronic speed limi ter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Malfunc tion Ind icator Lamp (MIL) . . . . . . . 29
Open door o r front lid warning . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Sun blind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Su n shades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Opening/closing at the lock cyli nder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
by remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
with the central locking switch . . . . . . . . . . 35
with th e conven ience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Other equipment (efficiency program) . . . . . 27
Outs ide temperature display . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
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Panoramic til ting sunroof
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40
Conveni enc e op ening/closing . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Emergency closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Sun blind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Tilting and closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Parce l shelf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Park ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Automatic transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Valet park ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Park ing brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
also refer to Electromechanical
parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Parking system 105
Park ing System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Park ing system (rear)
Adjusting the warning tones . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Pa rking system (rear, with rear view camera)
Park ing mode l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Park ing mode 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Safety precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Sw itching on/off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Sw itching rear view camera on/off . . . . . . 1 11
Pa rts rep lacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
P ass-thro ugh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light . . . . . . . . . . 139
Peda ls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Phys ica l pr inc iples of a frontal coll is io n 122
Pollutant filter (automatic A/C system) . . . . 68
Power seat adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Windows .. .... ......... .... .. .. .. .. 38
Powe r locking system
E mergency locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Panoramic tilting s unroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Power windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Rear lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Selective unlock feature
. .. .. .. .. .. .... 36
Se ttings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Power steering
refer to Electro-mechanical power assist . 17 4
Ind ex
Power w indow
Convenience opening/closing . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Power w indows
Malfunctions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Pregnant women Spec ial considerations when wear ing a safe -
ty belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Pressure (ti res) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Proper occ upant seating positions . . . . . . . 113
Proper safety belt position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Proper seating position Front passenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Occ upants. .. .. .. ... ...... .... .... .. 113
Rear passengers ... .............. .. . . llS
Q
Quartz clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
qua tt ro
refer to all-whee l drive
174
Question What happens to unbelted occupants? 122
R
Radiator fan 199
Rain/light sensor Head lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Intermittent (w indshield w ipers) . . . . . . . . SO
Sensor defective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Raising the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 40
Reading lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Rear fog lights
Rea r lid 44
E scape handle ... .. .... .... ... .. .. ... 38
Opening and closing
Rea r light
Defective
. .... .. ............. .... .. .
Rear parking system ............. .... . .
Rear parking sys tem w ith rearv iew camera .
Rear view camera Pa rking mode 1
Pa rking mode 2
Rear view m irror
. .. ............. .. .. .. .
37
21
lOS
106
109
110 48
Rea r window heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Rea r window sun shade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
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