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B
Battery ..... .. ................ ..... . .
16
Battery location inside the luggage compart-
ment. ..... .. ................ ..... . 197
Charge level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 5
Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Energy management .... .. .. .. .. .. .. .
Important warnings when working on the
battery .. ... ............. ...... ... .
Jump starting ............ .. .. .. .... .
Replacing the battery ..... .. .. .. .. .. .
Working on the battery .... .. .. .. .. .. .
Before driving ................ ... ... . .
Belt tensioners ...................... .
Blended gasoline .......... .... .. .. .. .
Blower (automatic climate control) .. .. .. . .
Booster seats ................ ... .... .
Brake flu id 175
197
228
199 197
111
126
183
69
158
Changing the brake flu id . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Checking the brake fluid level . . . . . . . . . . 195
Brake system Anti -lock braking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Brake fluid specifications for refill and re
placement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Brake light defect ive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Brake power assist unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Brakes ..... .. ................ ..... . 172
Ceramic brakes.............. ... .... . 172
Electromechanical parking brake . . . . . . . . 75
Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Worn brake pads symbol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Braking Brake assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Emergency braking function . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
brak ing guard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Messages
Settings
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
... ................ ... .... ..
Break-in period
Brake pads ............... ... ... ... .
Tires .... .. .......... · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·
Breaking in .. ............. .... .. .... . 95
95
172
177 177
New tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Index
C
California Proposition 65 Warning ... .. . .
Battery specific . ................. .. .
Capacities .. .. .. .. .... ...... ... .. .. . .
Engine oil ... .. . .. ............ .. .. . .
Care ... .... .... ................... . .
Cargo area 188
198
234 189
181
refer to Luggage compartment . . . . . . 62, 117
Catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Center armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Central locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Central locking switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Remote contro l key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Ceram ic brake rotors
New brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Certification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Changing engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Checking Engine coolant level. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Child restraints
Danger of using child restraints in the front
seat.. .. .. .. .. .. ............... .. .. 129
Where can I get additional informat ion
about child restraints and their use? . . . . 167
Child restraint system anchors . . . . . . . . . . 163
Child safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Important safety instructions for using child
safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Installing a child restraint using the LATCH
system ....... .. ..... ........... .. .
Lower anchorages ................ .. .
Mounting and releasing the anchorage
hook ..... .. .. .. .. ............... . .
Tether anchors
Tether straps .... ................ .. .
Child safety seats 164
164
164
165
165
Booster seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Convertib le child seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Danger of using child restraints in the front
seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
How do I properly install a child safety seat
in my vehicle? .... ................ ... 153
I nfant seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
LATCH system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Safety instruc tions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Unused safety belts on the rear seat 155
241
Index
Child seats
155
Secur ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 9
C igarette lig hte r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Clean ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Climate contro l sys tem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Automatic rec irculation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
synchron izing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
C lo ck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Closing Sun blind · · · · .. ................ ... .. 39
C losing/opening
at t he lock cylinder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
by remote contro l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
with the central locking switch . . . . . . . . . . 34
with the convenie nce key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Com ing home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Compa rtments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Compass in the mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Comp liance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Consume r information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Consumer Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 18
Con ta ct ing NHT SA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Convenience key Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 5
Starti ng engine (START ENGIN E STO P but-
ton) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
St opping the engine (S TA RT E NGINE STOP
button) · . .. .. ............... .. .. .. .. 7 4
Switching on ignition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
un locking/ locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Conven ience open ing/ closing . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Convertible child safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Conve rtible locking re trac to r
Ac tiva ting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
D eactivating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Using to secure a child safety seat . . . . . . 161
Coolan t sys tem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Cooling mode (automatic climate control) . . 68
Cooling System Expansion tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Corneri ng light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Cruise control
Changing speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Presetting your speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Sw itching off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Sw itchi ng on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
242
Cruising range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
(upholder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
D
Data recorder
Date disp lay 168
12
Daytime runn ing lig hts ............... 43, 44
Declarat ion of compliance
Adaptive cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Audi side ass ist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Cell phone package . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
El ec tronic immob ilizer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Homelin k unive rsal remote con trol . . . . . 239
Remote con trol key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 39
Defect ive light bulb wa rning . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Defrost ing (windows) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Dete rm ining co rrec t load limit . . . . . . . . . . 209
D igital clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Digital compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
D ime nsions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
D imm ing th e rearv iew mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Doors emergency locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
D river info rmat ion system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
En gine o il temperat ure indicator . . . . . . . . 26
Open door o r fron t lid wa rn ing . . . . . . . . . . 23
Outs ide temperature disp lay . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Soun d system disp lay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
D river seat
refer to Seating position ............ . .
Driving econom ically .............. .. . .
Driving safely ..... .. .. ... ..... ... .. . .
D rivi ng throug h water 112
179
111
177
D riving time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
D ust filte r
refer to Poll uta nt fil ter (autom atic A/C sys -
tem) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Dynam ic steeri ng .. .. .. ... .. .. 101, 169, 174
E
Easy entry funct ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
E lectro-mechan ica l powe r assist . . . . . . . . . 17 4