2015 AUDI S3 SEDAN airbag off

Checking and F ill in g
sure you are using the correct brake f luid .
The correct type of brake fluid is also indi­
cated on the brake fluid reservoir .
- The brake fluid must be new. Heavy use of
the brakes can cause a vapor lock if the
brake fluid is left in the system too long.
This can ser iously affect the effic iency of
the brakes as well as your safety . This
could res ult in an accident.
(D Note
Brake flu id will damage the paint of your vehi­
cle .
@ For the sake of the environment
Because of the problem of proper d isposa l of
brake fluid as well as the spec ia l tools re-
quired and the necessary expertise, we rec ­
ommend tha t you have the b rake fluid
changed by your author ized Audi dealer.
Battery
General information
The battery in yo ur Audi does not need any ma in­
tenance under normal operating conditions. Aud i
recommends having the electro lyte level check by
an author ized Audi dealer or author ized Audi
Service Fac ility when the re a re
high outside tem­
pe ratu res or when dr iv ing a ll day. The electroly te
leve l sho uld also be checked ea ch t ime the bat ­
t ery is charged
9 page 210 .
Have the battery checked when you br ing you r ve­
hicle in fo r an inspec tio n. It is a good idea to re­
p la ce the batte ry if i t is more than 5 ye ars old .
During certai n types of a irbag dep loyments, the
battery is disconnect ed from the vehicle electr i­
cal system fo r safety reasons
9 .&. in Repair, care
and disposal of the airbags on page 163.
Disconnecting the battery terminals
Some veh icle functions (such as power windows)
are not ava ilable when the batte ry is disco nnect­
ed. These functions must be programmed after
the ba ttery is reconnec ted. To avoid havi ng to do
t his , on ly disconnect the b attery from the veh icle
208
electrica l sys tem when that is necessa ry to pe r­
form repairs.
To reprogram the func tion s, proceed as fo llows:
Function Reprogramming
P owe r window one-
9 page 41, Correcting
to uch up/down f unc-power window malfunc-
tion tions
Remote control key o r If the vehicle does not
Conve nience key reac t to the key , it must
be synchronized
9 page 35
Digita l clock 9 page 10
ESC indi cato r light The ind icator lig ht goes
o ut afte r driving a few
meters
Not running the vehicle for long periods of
time
If you do not d rive yo ur vehicle for several days or
weeks, e lectr ica l components are gradua lly re­
duced or switched off. Th is red uces energy con­
s u mption and maintains the vehicle's ability to
start over a long per iod of t ime ¢
page 128.
Some conven ience functions , such as inter ior
li ght ing or power seats* may not wo rk . These
convenienc e functions w ill be availabl e agai n
o nce you swi tch the ig nition on and sta rt the en ­
gine.
Winter operation Du ring the winter months , it is common for the
batte ry capaci ty to dec rease as the tempe rat ur es
become lower . This is because more powe r is
needed to start the vehicle and componen ts such
as the he ad lights and the rear window defogger
are used more frequent ly.
Avoid using powe r unnecessar ily, especially in
c ity dr iv ing o r o n short trips . H ave yo ur au thor­
iz ed Audi de aler or author ized A udi Se rv ice Facili­
ty check the ba ttery capacity before the start of
winter ¢
page 210. A well-charged battery will
not only reduce starting problems in co ld weath­
er, but it will a lso last longer .

Fuses and bulbs
Fuses and bulbs
Electrical fuses
Replacing fuses
A fuse that has blown will have metal strips that
have burned through.
Fig. 184 Steering column area: cover
Fig. 1 85 Left side of the engine compartment: fuse cover
Fuses in the interior
The fuses are behind the cover in the steering col­
umn a rea
r::;,fig. 184.
" Switc h the ignition and all e lectr ica l equipment
off .
" Check the following table to see which fuse be­
l o ngs to the equipment
r::;, page 249.
"Remove the cover ("AIRBAG" label) r::;,fig. 184 .
Begin at the bottom right corner -arrow-.
" Remove the plastic clip from the fuse panel
cover in the engine compartment<=>
fig. 185.
"Remove the fuse using the plastic clamp.
" Rep lace the bur ned fuse with an identical new
one .
" Install the cover .
Fuses in the engine compartment
"Turn off the ignit ion and the failed electrical
equipment.
248
" Check the following tab le to see wh ich fuse be­
longs to the equipment¢
page 250.
" Remove the fuse panel cover ¢fig . 185.
" Remove the plastic clip from the fuse pane l
cover
r::;, fig. 185 .
.. Remove the fuse using the plastic clamp .
" Replace the burned fuse with an identical new
one .
.. Reins tall the cover.
The ind iv idual circuits are protected by safety
fuses . The fuses a re located under the steering
whee l beh ind a cover and in the left s ide of the
engine compa rtment.
Fuse color identification
Color Current rating
in amps
Bla ck 1
Purple 3
Light brown 5
Brown 7,5
Red 10
Blue 15
Yellow 20
Wh ite or transparent 25
green 30
orange 40
&, WARNING
Do not repa ir fuse s and never replace a blown
f u se w ith one that has a hig her amp rating.
T his c an c ause damage to t he e lectr ica l sys­
tem and a fi re .
(D Note
If a new fuse blows again shortly after you
h ave installed i t, have the ele ct ric al sys tem
checked by an a uth orized Audi deale r o r au ­
thorized Audi Service Facili ty.
{!) Tips
- Th e followi ng table does not l ist fuse loca­
t ions tha t are not u sed.

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
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

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1.1'1
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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

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R
Radiator fan
Radio clock 206
refer to Clock
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Rain/light sensor
Headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Intermittent (windshield wipers) . . . . . . . . 49
Sw itching on/off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Raising the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Range (tank contents) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Rear armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Rear lid
refer to luggage compartment lid . . . . . . . 39
Rear light
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Rearview camera
refer to Parking systems 116,117
Rearview mirror
refer to Mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Rearview mirror dimming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Rear window defogger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Recirculation mode
automatic control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
manual climate control system . . . . . . . . . . 65
Reducing fue l consumption
Efficiency program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Remote control
refer to Remote control key . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Remote control key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33, 34
Replacing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Synch ron izat ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
u nl ocking/locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Repair manuals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Repairs Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Replacement key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Replacing Light bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Replacing windshield wiper blades . . . . . . . . 50
Report ing Safety Defects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Reset button (tr ip odometer) . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Resetting the tr ip odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Retract New brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Ind ex
Retractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Reve rse (automatic transmission) . . . . . . . . . 82
Reversible mat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Right hand dr ive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Rims ......... ... .. ................. 229
Roof rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Load ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Roof weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
s
Saddlebag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Safe drivi ng habits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Safety Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Cargo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Co rrect seating position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Pedal a rea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Safety be lt pos ition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Safety belt height adjustment . . . . . . . . . 146
Safety be lts worn by pregnant women 145
Safety be lt pretensioner
Serv ice and disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Safety be lts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 40, 143
Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
7
Danger to passengers who do not wear a
safety belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Fastening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Height ad justment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Improperly wo rn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Indicator lig ht . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Not worn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Sa fe ty be lt pos ition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Safety instr uctions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Securing child safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Special considerations for pregnant wom-
en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Unfastening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Warning/ind icator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Worn properly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Safety be lt warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Safety centra l locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Safety compliance sticker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Safety eq uipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
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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
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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

Index
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Warning/ indicator lights
System indicator light (MIL) . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Warn ing/Ind icator lights
A irbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
PASSENG ER AIR BAG OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Warn ing lights
refer to Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 3
Warranty coverages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Washer fluid level (indicator l igh t) . . . . . . . . 24
Washing matte finish paint . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
What happens if you wear your safety belt too
loose? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
What happens to unbelted occupants? . . . . 141
What impairs driving sa fety? . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 1
Wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Wheels . .. .. .. ................. .. ... 214
All wheel dr ive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Clea ning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Glossa ry of t ire and load ing terminology . 216
Replacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 1
Ti res and vehicle load limits . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Wheel wrench . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
When mus t a safety belt be rep laced? . . . . 1 42
When must the airbag system be inspected? 1.60
Where are lower anchorages located? . . . . . 186
W indows
C lea ning/remov ing ice ................ 237
W indshield
cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
defrosting (automatic climate cont rol sys-
tem) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
defrosting (man ual climate contro l system) .65
also refer to Windshield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 9
W indshield washe r system .......... 49, 212
Fil ling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Reservoir capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
W indshield wipers
Clea ning wipe r blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Folding up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
I ndicato r light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Replacing w indshield wiper blades . . . . . . . 50
Sw itching on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
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Win ter driving
Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Win ter operation
B att ery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Cooling system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Windshie ld washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Winter t ires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Winter use
Car washes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
defrost ing the windsh ield (automat ic cli -
mate control system) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Remov ing ice from windows . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Seat heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
X
Xenon-L ights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Xenon headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43, 46