2015 AUDI S3 SEDAN fold seats

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seriously injured or killed by the airbag as it
unfolds. To help reduce the risk of serious per­
sonal injury:
- Passengers must always sit in an upright po­
sition and never lean against or place any
part of their body too close to the area
where the airbags are located.
- Passengers who are unbelted, out of posi­
tion or too close to the airbag can be seri­ ously injured by an airbag as it unfolds with
great force in the blink of an eye.
- Always make sure that there are at least 10 inches (25 cm) between the front pas­
senger's breastbone and the instrument panel.
- Always make sure that there are at least
4 inches (10 cm) between the front passen­
ger's knees and the lower part of the instru­
ment panel.
- Each passenger must always sit on a seat of
their own and properly fasten and wear the
safety belt belonging to that seat.
- Before driving, always adjust the front pas­
senger seat properly.
- For adjustable head restraints: before driv­
ing, always also adjust the head restraints
properly.
- Always keep your feet on the floor in front
of the seat. Never rest them on the seat, in­
strument panel, out of the window, etc. The
airbag system and safety belt will not be
able to protect you properly and can even in­
crease the risk of injury in a crash.
- Never drive with the backrest reclined or
tilted far back! The farther the backrests are
tilted back, the greater the risk of injury due
to incorrect positioning of the safety belt
and improper seating position.
- Children must always ride in child seats
<=> page 172. Special precautions apply
when installing a child seat on the front pas­
senger seat
r=> page 148.
Driving safety
Proper seating positions for passengers in
rear seats
Rear seat passengers must sit upright with both
feet on the floor consistent with their physical
size and be properly restrained whenever the ve­
hicle is in use.
To reduce the risk of injury caused by an incorrect
seating position in the event of a sudden braking
maneuver or an accident, your passengers on the
rear bench seat must always observe the follow­
ing :
.,. For adjustable head restraints: adjust the head
restraint so the upper edge is as even as possi­
ble with the top of your head. If that is not pos­
sible, try to adjust the head restraint so that it
is as close to this position as possible
<=>page 134 .
.,. Keep both feet flat in the footwell in front of
the rear seat .
.,. Fasten and wear safety belts properly
Qpage 143 .
.,. Make sure that children are always properly re­
strained in a child restraint that is appropriate
for their size and age
Q page 172.
A WARNING
P assengers who are improperly seated on the
rear seat can be seriously injured in a crash.
- Each passenger must always sit on a seat of
their own and properly fasten and wear the
safety belt belonging to that seat.
- Safety belts only offer maximum protection
when the safety belts are properly posi­
tioned on the body and securely latched. By not sitting upright, a rear seat passenger in­
creases the risk of personal injury from im­ properly positioned safety belts!
- For adjustable head restraints: always ad­
just the head restraint properly so that it can give maximum protection.
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_& WARNING
Objects between you and the airbag will in­
crease the risk of injury in a crash by interfer­
ing with the way the airbag unfolds and/or by
being pushed into you as the airbag inflates.
- Always make sure nothing is in the front air-
bag deployment zone that could be struck
by the airbag when it inflates.
- Objects in the zone of a deploying airbag
can become projectiles when the airbag de­
ploys and cause serious personal injury.
- Never hold things in your hands or on your
lap when the vehicle is in use.
- Never place accessories or other objects
(such as cup holders, telephone brackets,
note pads, navigation systems, or things
that are large, heavy, or bulky) on the doors; never attach then to the doors or the wind­
shield; never place them over or near or at­
tach them to the area marked ,,AIRBAG" on
the steering wheel, instrument panel or the
seat backrests; never place them between
these areas and you or any other person in
the vehicle.
- Never attach objects to the windshield
above the passenger front airbag, such as
accessory GPS navigation units or music
players. Such objects could cause serious in­
jury in a collision, especially when the air­
bags inflate.
- Never recline the front passenger seat to
transport objects. Items can also move into
the deployment area of the side airbags or
the front airbag during breaking or in a sud­ den maneuver. Objects near the airbags can
fly dangerously through the passenger com­
partment and cause injury, particularly
when the seat is reclined and the airbags in­
flate.
_& WARNING
A person on the front passenger seat, espe­ cially infants and small children, will receive
serious injuries and can even be killed by be­
ing too close to the airbag when it inflates.
- Although the Advanced Airbag System in
your vehicle is designed to turn off the front
-
Airbag system
passenger airbag if an infant or a small child
is on the front passenger seat, nobody can
absolutely guarantee that deployment un­
der these special conditions is impossible in
all conceivable situations that may happen
during the useful life of your vehicle.
- The Advanced Airbag System can deploy in
accordance with the ,,low risk" option for 3-
and 6-year-old children under the U.S. Fed­
eral Standard if a child with electrical capac­
itance greater than the combined capaci­
tance of a typical one-year old infant re­
strained in one of the forward facing or rear­
ward-facing child seats with which your ve­
hicle was certified is on the front passenger
seat and the other conditions for airbag de­
ployment are met.
- Accident statistics have shown that children
are generally safer in the rear seat area than
in the front seating position .
- For their own safety, all children, especially
12 years and younger, should always ride in
the back properly restrained for their age
and size.
Advanced front airbag system
Your vehicle is equipped with a front Advanced
Airbag System in compliance with United States
Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 208 asap­
plicable at the time your vehicle was manufac­
tured.
The front Advanced Airbag System supplements
the safety belts to provide additional protection
for the driver's and front passenger's heads and
upper bodies in frontal crashes. The airbags in­
flate only in frontal impacts when the vehicle de­
celeration is high enough.
The front Advanced Airbag System for the front
seat occupants is not a substitute for your safety
belts. Rather, it is part of the overall occupant re­
straint system in your vehicle. Always remember
that the airbag system can only help to protect
you, if you are sitting upright, wearing your safe-
ty belt and wearing it properly . This is why you ..,.
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Airb ag syst em
More important things to know about front
airbags
Fig. 130 Inflated front airbags
Safety belts are important to help keep front seat
occupants in the proper seated position so that
ai rbags can unfold properly and provide supple­
mental protection in a frontal collision.
The front airbags are designed to provide addi­
tional protection for the chest and face of the
d river and the front seat passenger when:
- safety belts are worn properly,
- the seats have been posit ioned so that the oc-
cupant is properly seated as far as poss ible
from the a irbag,
- and for adjustable head restraints: the head re-
straints have been properly adjusted .
Because airbags inflate in the blink of an eye with
great force, things you have on your lap or have
placed on the seat could become dangerous pro­
jectiles, and be pushed into you if the airbag in­
flates.
When an airbag deploys, fine dust is released.
This is normal and is not caused by a fire in the
veh icle. This dust is made up mostly of a powder
used to lubricate the airbags as they deploy .
It
could irritate sk in .
It is important to remember that while the sup­
plemental a irbag system is designed to reduce
the likelihood of serious injuries, other injuries,
for example swell ing, bruising and m inor abra­
sions, can also happen when a irbags inflate. Air­
bags do not protect the arms or the lower parts
of the body. Front airbags supplement the three­ point safety belts only in some frontal collisions
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in which the vehicle dece le ration is high enough
to deploy the airbags.
Front airbags will not depl oy:
- if the ignition is sw itched off when a c rash oc-
curs ,
- in side co llisions,
- in rear-end col lisions,
- in rollovers,
- when the crash deceleration measured by the
airbag system is less than the minimum thresh­
old needed for airbag deployment as registered
by the electronic control unit.
The front pa ssenger a ir b ag als o will n ot
deploy:
- when the front passenger seat is not occupied,
- when the e lectrical capacitance measured by
the capacit ive passenger detection system for
the front passenger seat indicates that the pas ­
senger s ide frontal airbag must be switched off
by the electronic control unit (the
PASSENGER
A IR BAG OFF
light ¢ page 160 and how they
work comes on and stays on).
.&, WARNING
Sitt ing in the wrong position can increase the
risk of serious injury in cras hes.
- To reduce the risk of injury when the airbags
inflate, the driver and passenge rs must al­
ways sit in an upright position, must not lean aga inst or place any part of thei r body
too close to the area w here the airbags are
located.
- Occupants who are unbelted, out of position
or too close to the airbag can be seriously
injured by an airbag as it unfolds with great
force in the blink of an eye
~ page 149 .
A WARNING
A child in a rearward-facing ch ild seat insta l­
led on t he front passenger seat w ill be ser i­
ously injured and can be k illed if the front a ir­
bag inflates -even with an Advanced Airbag
Sys tem.
- The infla ting air bag will hit the ch ild seat o r
infant carrier wi th grea t fo rce and will

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smash the child seat and child against the
backrest, center armrest, door or roof.
- Always install rear-facing child seats on the
rear seat.
- If you must install a rearward facing child
seat on the front passenger seat because of
exceptional circumstances and the
PASSEN­
GER AIR BAG OFF
light does not come on
and stay on, immediately install the rear­
facing child seat in a rear seating position
and have the airbag system inspected by
your Audi dealer.
A WARNING
Objects between you and the airbag will in­
crease the risk of injury in a crash by interfer­
ing with the way the airbag unfolds or by be­
ing pushed into you as the airbag inflates.
- Never hold things in your hands or on your
lap when the vehicle is in use.
- Never transport items on or in the area of
the front passenger seat. Objects could
move into the area of the front airbags dur­
ing braking or other sudden maneuvers and
become dangerous projectiles that can
cause serious personal injury if the airbags
inflate.
- Never place or attach accessories or other objects (such as cup holders, telephone
brackets, large, heavy or bulky objects) on
the doors, over or near the area marked "AIRBAG" on the steering wheel, instru­
ment panel, seat backrests or between
those areas and yourself. These objects could cause injury in a crash, especially
when the airbags inflate.
- Never recline the front passenger's seat to
transport objects. Items can also move into
the area of the side airbag or the front air­
bag during braking or in a sudden maneu­
ver. Objects near the airbags can become
projectiles and cause injury, particularly
when the seat is reclined.
- Never place or transport objects on the front passenger seat. Objects on the front passenger seat could cause the capacitive
sensor in the seat to signal to airbag system
Airbag system
that the seat is occupied by a person when it
in fact is not, or that the person on the seat
is heavier than he or she actually is. The
change in electric capacitance because of
such objects can cause the passenger front
airbag to be turned on when it should be off,
or can cause the airbag to work in a way that
is different from the way it would have
worked without objects on the seat.
-Always make sure that there is nothing on
the front passenger seat that will cause the
capacitive passenger detection system in
the seat to signal to the Airbag System that
the seat is occupied by a person when it is
not, or to signal that it is occupied by some­
one who is heavier than the person actually
sitting on the seat. The presence of an ob­
ject could cause the passenger front airbag to be turned on when it should be off, or
could cause the airbag to work in a way that is different from the way it would have
worked without the object on the seat.
_LD. WARNING
The fine dust created when airbags deploy can
cause breathing problems for people with a
history of asthma or other breathing condi­
tions.
- To reduce the risk of breathing problems,
those with asthma or other respiratory con­
ditions should get fresh air right away by
getting out of the vehicle or opening win­
dows or doors.
- If you are in a collision in which airbags de­
ploy, wash your hands and face with mild
soap and water before eating .
- Be careful not to get the dust into your eyes,
or into any cuts or scratches.
- If the residue should get into your eyes,
flush them with water.
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-Always make sure the seat backrest to which
the ch ild restraint is installed is in an up­
right position and securely latched into
place and cannot fold forward. Otherw ise,
the seatback with the ch ild safety seat at­
tached to it co uld f ly forward in the event of
an acc ident or o ther emergency si tuat ion.
- Always read and heed all WARNINGS when­
ever using a child rest rained in a vehicle is
being used
r=;, page 172. Spec ia l precautions
apply when ins talling a child s afety se at on
the front passenger seat¢
page 149, Child
restraints on the front seat -some impor­
tant things to know.
Deactivating the convertible locking
retractor
The convertible locking retractor for child re­
straints will be deactivated automatically when
the belt is wound all the way back in to the re­
tractor .
~ Press the red button on the safety belt buck le.
The belt tongue will pop out of the buckle.
~ Guide the safety belt all the way back into its
stowed position .
Always let the safety belt retract comp lete ly into
its stowed position . The safety be lt can now be
used as an ordinary safety belt without the con­
ve rtible locking retrac to r fo r child restra ints .
If the convert ible locking retractor shou ld be ac­
tivated inadvertently, the safety belt must be un­
fastened and gu ided completely back into its
stowed position to deact ivate this feature .
If the
convert ible lock ing retractor is not deactivated,
the safety belt w ill gradua lly become tighter and
uncomfo rt a ble to wear .
_& WARNING
-
Imprope rly insta lled child sa fe ty se ats in­
crease the risk of ser ious personal inju ry and
death in a co llision.
- Never unfasten the sa fe ty belt to deac tiva te
the conve rtible locking retractor for child re­
straints while the veh icle is moving. You
Child sa fety
wou ld not be restra ined and cou ld be ser i­
ously injured in an accident.
- Always read and heed all WAR NINGS when­
ever using a child restrained in a vehicle is
be ing used
¢ page 172. Special precaut ions
apply when install ing a child safety seat on
the front passenger seat
c:> page 149, Child
restraints on the front seat -some impor­
tant things to know .
LATCH system (Lower
anchorages and tethers
for children)
Child Restraint System anchors and how
are they related to child safety
T o provide a simpler and more practicable way to
attach the ch ild restra int on the veh icle seat, Fed ­
eral regulations require special lower anchorages
in vehicles a nd devices on new child restraints to
attach to the vehicle anchorages .
The combination of the tether anchorages and
the lower anchorages is now generally ca lled the
LATCH system f or " Lower Anchorages and
T ethers for Child ren ."
Forward -facing chi ld restraints manufactured af ­
ter September 1, 1999, are requ ired by U.S. fed­
eral regulations to comp ly w ith new ch ild head
movement performance requ irements . These
new pe rformance requ irements make a te ther
necessary on most new ch ild seats .
Installing a ch ild restra int that requires a top
tethe r without one can seriously impair the per­
fo rmance of the child restra int and its ability to
protect the ch ild in a co llision . Installing a ch ild
r est rain t that requ ires a top te ther w it h out t he
top tether m ay be a vio lation o f st ate l aw .
Child rest raint manufacturers offer LA T CH lower
anchorages on the ir chil d seats with hook-o n or
push-on connec tors attached to adjustab le
str aps.
In add ition to the LATCH lower anchorages, these
c hi ld restra int systems usually requ ire the use of
te the r straps to he lp keep the c hild restra int
firmly in pla ce. .,..
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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

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ESC Automatic post-collision braking system 123
Electronic stabilization control . . . . . . . . . 123
Spor t mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
also refer to Elec tronic Stabili za tion Control
( E SC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
ESP
r e fer to Electronic Stabilization
Control (ESC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Event Data Recorder (EDR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Exterior lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Exterior mirrors Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 7
Dimming ... .. .. ........... .. .. .. .. .. 48
f olding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
F
Fastening
Booster seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Convertible ch ild safety seats . . . . . . . . . . 179
Infant seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
F loor mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
F og lights/rear fog light(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Folding the exterior mirrors Center locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 7
Folding the rear seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Foot pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Footwell lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
F or the sake of the environment
Environmentally-friendly driving . . . . . . . . 70
Fue ling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Leaks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Rear window defogger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Freeze protection
Windshield washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Fr ont airbags
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
H ow they work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Frontal collisions and the laws of physics . . 141
Fr ont armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Fr ont passenger's door emergency locking . . 39
Front seats Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Ch ild restra ints in the front seat . . . . . . . . 149
also refer to Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53, 60
Index
Fuel
Additives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
B lended gaso line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Current consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Fuel filler neck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Fuel gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10, 1 1
Fuel tank capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Gasoline addit ives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Octane rating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Recommendation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Saving fuel . ..... ................ 70, 112
Fuel economy messages (efficiency program)
30
Fueling
Fuel filler door emergency release . . . . . . 194
Fuel gauge .. .. .. ..... ........... ... . 11
Fuel tank capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Open ing the fuel filler door . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Fuses Ass ignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Interior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
replacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
G
Garment hooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Gas discharge lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
G lossary of tire and loading terminology . . 216
Glove compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
CD changer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR) . . . . . 258
H
Head light range control system . . . . . . . . . . 43
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43, 45
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Headl ight range control system . . . . . . . . . 43
Left hand drive, right hand drive . . . . . . . . . 46
T rave l mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
removing and installing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
271

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