2015 AUDI S3 SEDAN engine

Consumer informat ion
@ For the sake of the environment
- Changing the engine settings wi ll adversely
affect emission levels . This is detrimental to
the env ironment and increases fuel con­
sumption.
- A lways observe environmental regulations
when disposing of o ld engine o il, used brake
flu id, d irty engine coo lant, spent batteries
or worn out tires .
- Undeployed airbag modules and pretension­
ers might be classified as Perchlorate Mate­
rial -specia l ha ndl ing may apply, see
www .dtsc .ca .gov/ha zardouswaste/perchlo­
r ate. When t he vehicle or p arts of the re­
strai nt system incl uding airbag modules
s a fe ty be lts wi th pre tensioners are s crap ­
ped, a ll applicab le laws and regulations
must be observed. Your author ized A udi
dealer is familiar with these req uirements
and we recommend that you have your deal­
er perform this serv ice for you .
Accessories and
technical changes
Additional accessories and parts
replacement
Always consult an authori zed Audi dealer before
purcha sing accessories.
Your vehicle incorporates t he latest safety design
features ensuring a high st anda rd of active and
passive safety.
This safety could be compromised by non-a p­
proved changes to the ve hicle . For this reason, if
parts have to be replaced, p lease observe the fo l­
lowing points when insta lling addit ional accesso­
ries:
Approved A udi accessories and genuine Audi
parts are ava ilab le from a uthori zed Audi dea lers.
T hese dealers also have the necessary fac ilities ,
too ls and trained specialists to insta ll th e parts
a nd accessories properly .
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A WARNING
-
Using the wrong spare parts or usi ng non-ap-
proved accessories can ca use damage to the
vehicle and serio us pe rsonal i njury .
- Use o nly accessories express ly approved by
Aud i and genuine Audi spare parts
- These parts and accessories have been spe­
cially designed to be used on your vehicle.
- Never install accessor ies such as telephone
crad les or beverage ho lde rs on airbag covers
or w ith in the airbag deployment zones . Do ­
ing so will increase the r is k of injury if a ir­
bags are triggered in an acc ident!
- Before you check anything in the engine
compa rtment, always read an d heed a ll
WAR NINGS <:::>
page 198 .
(D Note
-If items other than genu ine A udi spare
parts, add-on equipmen t and accessory
i t ems are used o r if repair wo rk is not pe r­
formed a ccor ding to spe cifie d met hods, t his
c an re su lt in severe d amage to yo ur vehicle's
eng ine and bo dy (su ch as corrosion) an d ad ­
verse ly a ffec t your veh icle's war ranty .
- I f emergency repa irs mus t be perfo rme d
elsewhere, have the vehicle examine d by an
autho rized A udi dealer as soon as possib le .
- T he manufac turer cannot be held liable fo r
damage wh ich occu rs d ue to fail ure to com ­
ply with these stipulations .
Technical Modifications '
Our guidelin es must be complied with when tech ­
nical modifications are made .
Always consult an author ized A udi dealer before
st arti ng wor k on any modific ations.
This w ill help ensure t hat veh icle function , pe r­
fo rmance and safety a re not impa ired <:::>&, .
Attempting to work on e lectronic components
and t he software used with them can cause mal­
funct ions. Beca use of the way e lectronic compo­
nents are inte rconnected wi th each other, su ch
malfunctions ca n also have an a dverse a ffect on
othe r systems tha t are not direc tly invo lve d. This ..,_

Index
A
A/C
refer to Climate control system (automatic) .66
re fer to Climate control system (manual) . 65
A/C (automatic climate control system) . . . . 66
A/C (manual climate control system) . . . . . . 65
Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 7, 2 64
Active lane ass ist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Activating vibration warning . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Adjusting steering time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Clean ing the camera area . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Driver messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
switching on and
off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Adapt ive cruise control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Automatic transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
C leaning the sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Driver messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Request for driver intervention . . . . . . . . . 102
Stop-and-go traffic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Adaptive dampers.................. ... 112
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Adaptive light .. .... .... ..... .. .. .. 43, 112
I ndicator l ight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
AdBlue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Filling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Adjusting air distribution (Climate control sys-
t em).... .. .. .. ................. .. .... 67
Ad justing air vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Adjusting air vents (manual climate control
system) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Adjusting automatic headlights . . . . . . . . . . 45
Adjusting the center console lighting . . . . . . 47
Adjusting the temperature manual climate control system . . . . . . . . . . 65
advanced key
refer to Convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Advanced Airbag-System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Advanced Airbag System components . . . 155
Ca re. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
266
Child restraints ..... .. .............. . 174
Components (front airbags) . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Danger of fitting a ch ild seat on the front
passenger seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Front airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152, 153
How do the front airbags work? . . . . . . . . 158
How many a irbags does my vehicle have? 155
How the Advanced Airbag System compo-
nents work together . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Important information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Important safety instructions on the knee
airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Knee a irbags. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light . . . . . . . . . 160
Repairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Side a irbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Side curtain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Warning/Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
When must the system be inspected? . . . 160
Alarm system
refer to Anti-theft alarm system . . . . . . . . . 33
Alignment pin (changing the whee l) . . . . . . 241
All-weather lights (LED headlights) . . . . . . . . 43
All season tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
All wheel drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Alternator
refer to A lternator (indicator light) . . . . . . 19
Alternator (indicator light) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Ambient lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Ant i-freeze
refer to Engine coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Anti-lock braking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Ind icator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Anti-slip regulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Ant i-theft alarm system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Anti -theft protection
Electronic immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Audi active lane assist
refer to Active lane assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Audi adaptive cruise control
refer to Adaptive cruise control. . . . . . . . . . 96
Audi adaptive light
refer to Adapt ive light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Index
Cargo net. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 1
Catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
CD -ROM playe r (navigation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
C D change r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Ce ntra l ind icator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Centra l locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Centra l locking sw itch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Conven ience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Emergency locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Folding the exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 7
L uggage compa rtment lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
P anorama sun roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
4 1
p ' d owe r win ows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Remote control key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Safety cen tral lock ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 8
Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 7
Cert ification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
265
Changing engine o il . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Ch ild restr aints
D anger o f using c hild restra ints in the front
seat ... .. .... .. ... .. ..... ... .. .. ...
149
Where can I get additiona l information
about child restra ints and their use? . . . .
189
Ch ild restra int sys tem an chors . . . . . . . . . . 185
Ch ild safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Important safety instructions fo r using ch ild
safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
17 5
Tet he r an chors
188
Tethe r str aps . .... ......... .. .. .. .. . 188
Ch ild safety lock
Powe r windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 0
Rear doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Ch ild safety seats
Booster seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
181
Convertible ch ild seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
H ow do I p roperly install a ch ild safety seat
. h' l ? m myve 1c e . ................. ... .. . 175
Infant seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Insta lling a child res traint using the LA T CH
system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
18 7
LA T CH system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Lower anchorages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Mounting and re leasing the anchorage
hook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
187
Safety instructions.............. .. ... 175
Unused safety belts on the rear seat . . . . 177
268
Child seats
Securing 178
182
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 35
Cleaning/removing ice from windows . . . . . 237
Cleaning Alcan tara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Cleaning art ificial leathe r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
C leaning carbon parts . ... . ..... ... 237, 238
Cleaning con trols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 3 7
Cleaning decorative parts and trim . ..
236, 237
Cleaning disp lays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 3 7
Cleaning exhaust tail pipes . . . . . . . . . . . . .
236
Cleaning plastic parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Cl eaning r ims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 36
Cleaning seat covers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Cleaning tail lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Cleaning textiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 38
Cli mate control system
Key recognition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Climate co ntrol system (automatic)
Adjusting air vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
67, 68
Air distrib ution, air vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
A UTO (climate control system) . . . . . . . . . . 66
Blower . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Defrost ing t he w indshie ld . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
D rive select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Re ar window defogger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Recirc ulation mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Setting the temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
synch ronizing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Cli mate co ntrol system (ma nual)
Adjus ting air vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
65 , 68
Adjus tin g the tempera ture . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Air distrib ution, air vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
B lower . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Defrost ing windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Rear window defogger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Recircu lation mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Closi ng
Hood ..... .. .... .. .. ... .......... .. 200
P a no rama sunroo f . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Windows ... .... .. .. ... . .. .... ... .. . 40
Closi ng/ope ning
by remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
35
wi th the centra l locking sw itch . . . . . . . . . . 3 7

with the convenience key. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
with the door lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 7
Cockpit (overview) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Coming home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Compass in the mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Consumer information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Consumer Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Consumption (fuel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Contacting NHTSA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Convenience key Emergency operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Starting the engine (START ENGINE STOP button) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Stopping the engine (STAR T ENGIN E STOP
button) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Sw itching on the ignit ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
un locking/locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Convenience opening/closing . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Convertible child safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Convertible locking retractor
Activating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Deact ivating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Using to secure a child safety seat . . . . . . 184
Coolant
refer to Engine coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Cooling mode (automatic climate control sys-
tem) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Cooling mode (manua l climate control sys -
tem)................................. 65
Cooling system Adding coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Coolant leve l checking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Coolant temperature indicator . . . . . . . . . . 12
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Cornering light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Cruise control system Changing speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
D escr iption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Preselecting speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Sw itch ing off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
~ switching on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 0
iii Cup holders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 ,....,
~ Current consumpt ion ................ 27, 28
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Index
D
Data recorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Date display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Daytime running lights. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Declaration of compliance
Adaptive cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Audi side assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Cell phone package . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
E le ctronic immobili zer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Homelink universal remote control . . . . . 265
Remote control key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Defective light bulb warning
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Defrost ing (windshield)
automatic climate control system . . . . . . . 67
manual climate control system . . . . . . . . . . 65
DEF (instrument cluster) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Deluxe automatic cl imate control
refer to Climate control system (automatic) .66
Determining correct load limit . . . . . . . . . . 228
Diesel
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Preheating (button) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Preheating (key) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Diesel fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Diesel particulate filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Digital compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Dimming the rearview mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Door/luggage compartment lid warning . . . 27
Door contact sw itch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Doors Child safety lock (mechanical) . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Driver informa tion system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Boost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
CD/rad io display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Door/luggage compartment lid warning . . 27
Efficie ncy program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Engine oil temperature indicator . . . . . . . . 30
Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Lap timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
On -board computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Outside temperature display . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
269

Index
Service in terval disp lay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Using the multif unction steering whee l . . . 27
Driver seating posit ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 1
Drive select .. .. ................. .. ... 112
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Driving economically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Driving safely . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Driving through water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Driving t ime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Dust filter
refer to Po llutant filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
E
ECO mode (automatic climate control
system) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Efficiency program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Descr ipt ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Fue l economy messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Other equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Electrical accessories
refer to Socket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Elect romechanica l par king b rake
refer to Parking bra ke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
E lectromechanical steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Indicator l ights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
E lectronic different ia l lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Elect ron ic immobili ze r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
also refer to Immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Elect ron ic speed lim ite r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
E lectron ic stabilization control ( ESC)
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Sport mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Elect ronic Stabilization Control (ESC) . . . . . 123
E me rgency ass istance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
E mergency flasher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
E me rgency flashers
I ndicator ligh t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
E me rgency operation
E me rgency braking fu nction . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Fr ont passenge r's door/ rear doo rs . . . . . . . 39
L ugg age compartmen t lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 0
P anorama sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
with convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
270
Emergency re lease
Fuel f iller door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Se lector lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
E merge ncy s tarting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Energy management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Ind icator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Engine Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20S
Preheating (button) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Preheating (key) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Star ting with jumper cables . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Starting (button) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Start ing (dr iver messages w ith conven ience
key) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Star ting (key) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
stopp ing (b utton) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
stopp ing (key) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 4
Engine compartment Clos ing the hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Open ing the hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Overview . ... .... .. .. ... . .. .... . 200, 201
Safety preca utions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
E ngin e co ntrol ( indicato r light) . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Engine coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Radiator fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Engine o il . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
adding ... .. .... .. ... .. .. ..... ... .. 203
Changi ng . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Checking the oi l level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Dipst ick ... .. .... .. .. ....... 200, 201, 203
Ind icator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Oil consumpt ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Spec ificat io n and viscosity . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
T empe rat ure indica to r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
U se ...... .. .... .. .. .. ........... .. 203
Engine speed lim itation ( indicato r light) . . . 23
Environment Break-in per iod . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Diesel pa rticulate f ilter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19S
Dispos ing of your veh icle battery . . . . . . .
211
D rivi ng at high speeds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Letting the vehicle stand and warm up . . . . 71
P roper disposal of d ra ined bra ke fl uid . . . 20 7
Proper disposal of d ra ined eng ine oi l . . . . 204
U nleaded fuel .. .. .. ................. 190
Wha t shou ld I do with an o ld battery? ... 211
EPC (engine cont ro l) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Index
Heated exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Rear window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Washer fluid nozzles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Heating (diesel engine auxiliary heater) . . . . 69
Heavy clothing and safety belts . . . . . . . . . . 142
Hex socket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
High voltage warning label . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Highway light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
44
Hill descent control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Hill hold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Hill hold assist
refer to Hill hold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
8
How are child restraint system anchors relat-
ed to child safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
How many airbags does my vehicle have? . . 155
How safety belt pretensioners work 146
I
Ignition
I ndicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Switching on/off (with button) . . . . . . . . . . 75
Ignition key safety interlock . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Ignition lock
mechanical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
I mbalance (wheels) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Important things to do before driving . . . . 130
I mp roperly worn safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
I nfant seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Inflation pressure (tires) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Inspection interval with driver information system . . . . . . . . . 212
I nstalling chi ld safety seats
Safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
I nstalling the upper tether strap on the an­
chorage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Instrument cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Adjusting the lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
I nterior lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Intermittent (windshield wipers) . . . . . . . . . 49
272
J
Jump-starting
Jump start cables 252
253
K
Key........
.. .. .. .. .. ............. .. . 33
Checking the number. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Driver messages (mechanical ignition key) . 77
Driver messages (with convenience key) . . . 77
Key not recognized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Key replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Rep lacing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
unlocking/locking .. ............ 35, 36 , 37
Key recognition Cl imate control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Kick-down Automatic transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Knee airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
How they work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Important safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . 166
L
Lane assist
refer to Active lane assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Lap timer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Evaluating recorded times . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
LATC H . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Installing a child restraint . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Mounting and releasing the anchorage
hook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Launch Control-Program (automatic transmis-
s ion) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Leather care/cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Leaving home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
LED headlights All-weather lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Left hand drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Lifting jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Light Adaptive light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Adjusting automatic headlights . . . . . . . . . 45

M N
0 > co ,...., \!) 1.1'1
1.1'1
1.1'1
,....,
Coming/Leaving home................. 45
Fog lights/rear fog light(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Headlight flasher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43, 45
Highway light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Low beams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Park ing light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Switch ing daytime running lights on and off .45
Travel mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Light/ rain sensor
Headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Intermittent (windshield wipers) . . . . . . . . 49
Lighting Exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Interior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Lights Ambient lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Headlight range control system . . . . . . . . . 43
Interior/reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
L oading the roof rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
63
Locking/unlocking
by remote contro l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
with the central locking switch . . . . . . . . . . 37
with the convenience key. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
36
with the door lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
L ong-term memory
28
Low beam
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
L ow beams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Lower universal anchorages (Canada) . . . . .
185
Luggage compartment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Cargo net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Increasing the si ze . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Loading .. .. .. .... ...... ... .. .. .. .... 59
Pass -through . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Revers ible mat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Socket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Storage hooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
61
Storing cargo correctly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Stowing luggage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Tie-downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Luggage compartment lid
Central locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Emergency release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Lumbar support 54,55
Index
M
Magnetic ride
refer to Adaptive dampers
Maintenance
. . .. .. .... ...... ... .. .. ..
Maintenance intervals
with driver information system ..... .. . .
Mirror
112
262
212
Digital compass switching on and off. .. .. 51
d ' . 1mming .. .... .. ................ .... 48
Vanity mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Mirror compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
51
Mirrors
Adjusting the exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Monitoring the Advanced Airbag System . .
160
Motor
stopping (driver messages with mechanical
ignition key) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Multifunction steering whee l . . . . . . . . . . . . .
28
On-board computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
N
Natural leather care/cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Navigation system
CD-ROM player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
58
NH TSA
Contacting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
138
Nitrogen oxide (NOx) catalytic converter
refer to Ad Blue. .. ............. .. .. .. 195
Number of seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Number of vehicle keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
0
Occupant protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Occupant seating posi tions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Octane rating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Oil
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
23
also refer to Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . 201, 203
Oil change interval
with driver information system . . . . . . . . .
212
On-Board-D iagnost ic System (OBD)
System indicator light (MIL) . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
On-board computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Operation (multifunct ion steering wheel)
28
273

Index
Safety features for occupant restraint and
protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Safety guidelines Seat adjustment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S3
Safety instructions for side curta in airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
for using child safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
fo r using safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Monitoring the Advanced Airbag System . 162
Safety systems (indicator light) . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Screwdriver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Seat adjustment Driver's seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Fr ont passenger's seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Safety guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Seat heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Seating position Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Front passenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
How to adjust the front seats . . . . . . . . . . 132
Incorrect seat posit ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Occupants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Rear passengers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Seats
adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54, 55
Correct seating posit ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Folding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Seats (number) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Selective catalytic reduction
refer to Ad Blue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Select ive wheel torque control . . . . . . . . . . 123
Selector lever (automatic transmission)
Emergency operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Service and disposal Safety belt pretensioner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Service interval display
w ith driver information system . . . . . . . . . 212
Setting the clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Setting the date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Sett ing the temperature
automatic climate control system . . . . . . . 67
Setting the time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
SETUP (basic settings) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Shift paddles (automat ic transm iss ion) . . . . 87
Short-term memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
276
Side airbags
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Howtheywork ... .. ................. 168
Side assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Adjusting the brightness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Cleaning the sensors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Sensor range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
switching on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
also refer to Side assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Side curtain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
How they work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Sliding/tilting sunroof
refer to Panorama sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
All wheel drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Socket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Sources of information about child restraints
and their use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Speed limiter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Speed warning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Sport mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Stabilization program
refer to Electronic Stabilization
Control (ESC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Star button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
START ENGINE STOP button (conven ience
key) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
START ENGINE STOP (convenience key) . . . . . 76
Start ing
Hill ho ld . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Starting from a stop Hill start assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Starting (engine) Malfunction (button) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Malfunction (key) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
With button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7S
With key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Steering Electromechanical steering .......... 126, 0
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Locking steering (ignition key) . . . . . . . . . . 74
Locking the steering (button) . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Locking (mechanical ignition lock) . . . . . . . 73
also refer to Electromechanical steering . 126