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
On-Board Diagnostic System (OBD) Data Link Connector (DLC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Electronic speed lim iter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Opening. .. .. .. .. .... .. ... .... .. .. .. .. 33
F ue l filler door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Luggage compartment lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Panorama sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Windows .. .. .... ........... .. .. .... 40
Opening/closing with the central locking switch . . . . . . . . . . 3 7
with the convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
with the door lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 7
Othe r equipment (eff iciency program) . . . . . 30
Outside temperature display . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Overview (Cockpit)
Owner's Literature
p
Paint damage ..............
... .... . 8
s
237
Paint No. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Panorama sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Conven ience opening/closing . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Emergency closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Parking aid Cleaning sensors/camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Emergency braking function . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Power supply fa ilure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Setting/releasing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Starting from a stop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
also refer to Parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Parking light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Parking system Adjusting the display/warning tone . . . . . 121
Cleaning the rearview camera . . . . . . . . . . 118
Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Parking system plus .. ...... .... ... .. . 116
Peripheral display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Rearview camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
a/sorefertoPark ingsystems ... .. . 116,117
Parking systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Rear parking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Parking (automatic transmission) . . . . . . 84, 85
274 particulate
filter
refer to Diesel particu late filter . . . . . . . . 195
Parts replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Pass-through . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
PASSENGER A IR BAG OFF light . . . . . . . . . . 160
Pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Peripheral display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Physical principles of a frontal collision . . . 141
Polishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Pollen filter
refer to Pollutant filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Pollutant filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Power seat adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Windows . .. .. .. .. .. ........ ..... .. . 40
Power windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Convenience opening/closing . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Pregnant women Special considerations when wearing a safe-
ty belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Preheating With button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
with key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Pre sense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Basic (description) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Driver messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102, 106
Front (description) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
General information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Pressure (tires) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Proper occupant seating positions . . . . . . . 131
Proper safety belt position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Proper seating posit ion
Front passenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Occupants. .... .. .. .. ............. .. 131
Rear passengers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Protecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Protection mat
refer to Reversible mat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Q
Question
What happens to unbelted occupants? . . 141
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