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When jump starting or charging the battery,
never connect the negative ground cable to
the battery negat ive post because the battery
manager system must be able to detect the
battery's state of charge. Always connect the
negative g round cab le to the negative ground
post of the battery manager control unit.
Use of jumper cables
Make sure to connect the jumper cable clamps in
exactly the order described below!
Fig. 187 Engine compa rtment: Connectors for jumper ca­
b les and c harger
Fig. 188 Ju m p sta rting with the battery of anot her veh icle :
@ boos te r ba ttery, @ discharged veh icle battery
The procedure described below for connecting
jumper cables is intended to provide a jump start
for your vehicle.
Vehicle with discharged battery :
.. Turn
off lights and accessories, move lever of
automatic transmission to N (Ne utra l) or P
(Park) and set parking brake.
Connect POSITIVE(+) to POSITIVE(+) (red)
.. Remove the cover above the jump start connec­
t ion.
.. Open the cover on the posit ive pole ¢
fig. 187.
Emergency situations
1. Connect one end of the red positive cable on
the jump start bolt~
fig. 188 (D (Bolts un­
der cover= "positive") of the vehicle to be
started @.
2. Connect the other end to the positive termi- nal@of the booster battery @.
Connect NEGATIVE (-) to NEGATIVE(-)
(black)
3. Connect one end of the black negative cable
to the negative terminal ® of the booster
battery @.
4 . Connect the other end to the jump start bolt
@ (Bolts with hex head= "negative") of the
vehicle to be started @.
Starting the engine .. Start the engine of the veh icle with the booster
battery @. Run the eng ine at a moderate
speed .
.. Start engine with discharged vehicle battery @
in the usual manner.
.. If the engine fails to start: do not keep the
starter cranking for longer than 10 seconds.
Wait for about 30 seconds and then try again .
.. With engine running, remove jumper cables
from both vehicles in the exact
reverse order .
.. Close the cover on the positive pole.
The battery is vented to the outside to prevent
gases from entering the vehicle inter ior. Make
sure that the jumper clamps are well connected
with their
metal parts in full contact with the
batte ry terminals.
A WARNING
To avoid serious personal injury and damage
to the vehicle, heed all warnings and instruc­
tions of the jumper cable manufacturer. If in
doubt, call for road service.
- Jumper cables must be long enough so that
the vehicles do not touch .
- When connecting jumper cables, make sure
that they cannot get caug ht in any moving
parts in the eng ine compartment.
- Do not bend over the batteries -danger of
chemi cal burns!
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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
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Electromechanical parking brake
Emergency braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 5
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Releasing and closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Starting assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Starting from rest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Electronic differential lock
Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Electronic Differential Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
E lect ronic different ial lock (EDL)
Warn ing/ indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Electronic immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12, 36
Electronic power control
(EPC) warning/indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Electronic stabilization control
Sport mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Electro nic Stabilization Control . . . . . . . . . . 169
E lectronic Stabilization Control (ESC)
Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Emergency actuation
Doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
I gnition key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Panoram ic tilting sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Sun shade (roof) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Emergency braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Emergency flasher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Emergency key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Starting engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
E mergency operation
Emergency braking function (parking brake) .7.7
Emergency sta rting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Energy management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 5
Battery power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Driver notification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
E ng ine
Compartment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Starting . .. .... ............. .. .. . 71, 73
Starting with jumper cables . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Stopping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73, 74
Engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Working the engine compartment . . . . . . 187
Index
Engin e coolant
In dicato r light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Engine coolant system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Adding coolant. .. ............. .. .. .. 193
Checking coolant level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Checking the engine coo lant level. . . . . . . 193
Radiator fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Engine coolant temperature
Temperature gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Engine hood Closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
How to release the hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Adding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Additives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Check oil level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Indicator light . .. ............. .... 17 , 20
Oil consumpt ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Pressure malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Sensor defective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Specification and viscosity . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
temperature indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Engine speed limitation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
E nvironment
Catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Disposing of your vehicle battery ....... 199
Driving at high speeds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Fuel ............................... 185
Leaks under your vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Letting the vehicle stand and warm up . . . 179
Proper disposal of drained brake fluid . . . 196
Proper disposal of drained engine coolant 193
Proper disposal of drained engine oil 191,192
Recycling used engine oil.......... .. . . 191
Roof rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Unleaded fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
What should I do with an old battery? . . . 199
EPC
refer to Electronic power control . . . . . . . . 20
Event Data Recorder (EDR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Expansion tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Exterior lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
243

Index
Lights Emergency flashers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
H igh beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Turn signa ls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
L ocking
R ear lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
36
Locking/unlocking
at the lock cylinder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
35
by remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
with the central locking switch . . . . . . . . . . 34
with the convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Low beams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Lower anchorage locator button
L uggage compartment 164
Cargo net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Enla rging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Loading .. .. .. ................. .. ... 117
Pass-through . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Ski sack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Storing cargo correctly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Tie-downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64, 118
Va let parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Lumbar suppor t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
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Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Malfunct ion Indicator Lamp (MIL) . . . . . 20, 28
Mechanical key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
31, 32
Memory function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Mileage
Average .. .. .. .. ... .......... .. .. .. ..
24
Instantaneous . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Mirrors
Adjusting the exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . .
46
Compass. .. .. .. ... .. ..... ..... .. .. .. 5 1
d imm ing . .. .. .. ............. .. .. .. .. 47
Vanity mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Monitoring the Advanced Airbag System . . 138
N
Net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
NHTSA
Contacting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
118
Number of seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
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Occupant seating positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Octane rating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
OFF (autom atic clima te control) . . . . . . . . . . 68
Oil
refer to Engine oil ............ ... 189, 191
Oil consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
On-Board Diagnostic System (OBD)
Data Link Connecto r (D LC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
28
Malfunction Indicator Lamp (MIL) . . . . . . . 28
Open door or front lid warning . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Opening..... ....... .. ................ 30
Sun blind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Su n shades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Opening/closing
at the lock cylinder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
35
by remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
with the central locking switch . . . . . . . . . . 34
with the conven ience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Outside temperature display . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
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Pa int No . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Panorama roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Panoramic tilting sunroof
Convenience opening/clos ing . . . . . . . . . . .
38
Eme rgency closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Sun blind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Tilting and closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Parcel shelf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
S tronic transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Valet parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
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parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
75
Parking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Parking System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Pa rking system plus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Adjusting the display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Adjusting the warning tones . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Parking system plus with rearview camera . 105

Index
Trunk lid
re fe r to R ea r lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Turn signa ls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Warn ing/ indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
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Unfastening safety belts
Uniform tire quality grading
Unlocking 125
212
R ear lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Unlock ing/locking
at the lock cylinder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
by remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
with the central locking switch . . . . . . . . . . 34
with the convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Use of jumper cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
V
Valet parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Vanity mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Vehicle Care/clean ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Out of service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Vehicle control modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Vehicle electrica l system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Vehicle ident ificat ion labe l. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) . . . . . . 233
Vehicle jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Vehicle key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Vehicle shut-down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Vehicle tool kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Ventilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
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Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Anti-lock braking system (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . 18
Brake system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Electromechanical parking brake . . . . . . . . 16
E lectronic power control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
E lectronic Stabilization Control (ESC) . . . . . 18
G ene rator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Malfunction Indicator Lamp (MIL) . . . . . . . 20
Safety belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
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Safety systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Turn signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Warranty coverages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Washer reservoir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Washing matte finish paint . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
We ights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
What happens if you wear your safety belt too
loo se? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
What happens to unbelted occupants? . . . . 121
What impair s driving safety? ............ 112
Wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Replacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
T ires and vehicle load limits . . . . . . . . . . . 208
When must a safety belt be replaced? . . . . 122
When must the airbag system be inspected? .138
Window regulators. .. ... .......... .. .. . 37
Windows defrosting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Windshie ld
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
defrosting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Windshie ld washer fluid
Low level. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Windshield washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Windshie ld wipers
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Fo lding up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Replacing windshield wiper blades . . . . . . . 50
Switching on/off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Washer reservoir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Winter driving Snow cha ins ...................... .. 211
Ti res ........ ... ................. .. 211
Winter operation Coolant system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Defrosting windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Seat heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Tires ........ ... ..... ........... ... 174
Winter tires . .. .... .. .. ............. .. 211
Winter use Car washes 181
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Xenon headlights .. .. .. ......... 43, 45, 227