2015 AUDI S3 SEDAN warning lights

Care and cleaning
Component S ituation Solution
Te xtiles
Deposits adhering to Vacuum cleaner
arti ficial leath er, the surface
Alca ntara Wate r-based depos its Absorben
t cloth and mild soap solutional
such as coffee, tea,
blood, etc.
Oil-based deposits Apply a m ild soap solution al, blot away the d issolved oil or
such as oil, make-up, dye, treat afterwa rd with water, if necessary
etc.
Special deposits such Special stain remover, blot w ith absorbent materia l, treat
as ink, na il polish, la- afterward with mild soap so lution, if necessary a)
tex paint, shoe pol-
ish, etc.
Natural leather Fres h stains Wool cloth with a mild soap solutional
Wate r-based depos its fresh stains: absorbent clot h
such as coffee, tea, d ried stains: stain remover suitable for leathe r
blood, etc.
Oil-based deposits Fresh stains: absorbent cloth and stain remover suitab le
such as oil, make- up, for leather
etc. dried stains: oil cleaning spray
Special deposits such Spot remover sui table for leather
as ink, nai l polish, la -
tex paint, shoe pol-
ish, etc.
Care Regularly app ly condi tioning cream that protects from
lig ht and penet rates in to the mate rial. Use specially -col -
ored conditioning cream, if necessary.
Carbon part s Deposits clean the same way as plastic parts
al Mild soap sol ution: maxim um two tablespoons of neutral soap in 1 quar t (1 liter ) of water
_& WARNING
The windshie ld may not be tre ate d wit h wa­
t er- repelling win dsh ield co ating agents. Un­
favorab le conditions such as wetness, dark­
ness, or low s un can resu lt in increased glare.
Wiper blade chatter is also possible.
(D Note
- Headlights/tail light s
-Never clean headlights or ta il lights with a
dry cloth or sponge.
- Do not use any cleaning prod uct that con­
tains alcohol, because they could cause cracks to form.
- Wheels
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- Never use any paint polish or other abra­
sive mate rials.
- Damage to the protective layer on the
rims such as sto ne chips or sc ratches must
be repaired immediately.
- Sensors /camera lenses
- N eve r use warm or ho t w at er to remove
snow or ice from the camera lens . This
could ca use the lens to crack.
- N eve r use abras ive cle an ing m ateria ls or
a lcohol to clea n the camera lens. This
could ca use scratches and cracks .
-Doo r windows
- Remove snow and ice on windows and ex-
terio r mirro rs with a p lastic scraper. To

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enter housings that have not been properly re­
sealed .
F or your safety, we recommend that you have
your author ized Audi dealer replace any bulbs for
you, since your dealer has the proper tools, the
correct bulbs and the expertise .
Gas disc har ge la mps (X enon li g ht s):
Due to the high electrical voltage, have the bulbs
replaced by a qualif ied techn ician . H eadlights
with Xenon light can be identified by the high
voltage sticke r.
L ED headlights* requ ire no ma intenance . Please
contact your authorized Audi dealer if a bulb needs to be replaced .
_& WARNING
Contact with high-voltage components of the
electrical system and improper replacement
o f gas discharge (Xenon) headlight bu lbs can
cause serious personal injury and death.
- Xenon bulbs are pressurized and can ex -
plode when being changed.
- C hang ing Xenon lamps requires the spe cial
training, instructions and equipment .
- Only an authorized Aud i dea ler or othe r
qualified workshop shou ld change the bulbs
in gas discharge lamps.
_& WARNING
There are parts with sharp edges on the open­ ings and on the b ulb holders that can cause
ser ious c uts.
- If you are uncertain about what to do, have
the work performed by an author ized Audi
dealer or other qualif ied workshop. Ser ious
persona l injury may result from improperly
performed work .
- If you still pre fer to replace the light bulbs
yourself, be aware that the engine compart­
ment is a hazardous area to work in
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-It is best to ask your authorized A udi dealer
whenever you need to change a bulb.
Fu ses a nd bulb s
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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

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Audi drive select
refer to Drive select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Aud i magnetic ride
refer to Adaptive dampers . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Aud i Service Repair Manuals and Literature 262
Aud i side assist
refer to Side assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
AUTO
Automatic climate control system . . . . . . . 66
Automatic headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Auto Lock (central locking system) . . . . . . . . 34
Automatic belt retractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Automatic climate control system
refer to Climate control system (automatic) .66
Automatic headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Automatic post-collision braking system . . 123
Automatic transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Driving tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Emergency mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Hill descent control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Ignition key safety interlock . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Kick-down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 7
Launch Control-Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
83
Selector lever emergency release . . . . . . . . 89
Selector lever lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Selector lever pos it ions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Shifting manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Steer ing whee l w ith shift paddles . . . . . . . . 87
S tronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
tiptronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Automatic wipe/wash system . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Auto Safety Hotline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Auxiliary heater (vehicles w ith diese l eng ines) .69
Average consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Average speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
B
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Charge level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Charging ... .. .............. ... .. 19,210
Energy management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Important warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Jump starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
L ocat ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Index
Replacing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Winter operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Working on the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Before driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Belt tens ioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
B lended gasol ine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
B lower
automatic Climate control system . . . . . . . 67
Manual climate control system . . . . . . . . . . 65
Boost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Booster seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Boost pressu re indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Brake fluid Changing the brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Checking the brake fluid level . . . . . . . . . . 207
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Brake assist system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Brake booster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Indicator ligh t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
New brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Brake system Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 7
Brake fluid specifications for refill and re­
placement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Fluid reservoir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Worn brake pads symbol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Braking Emergency braking function . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Starting on inclines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Break-in per iod . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Breaking in New t ires ..... .. ............. .... .. 221
Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
C
California Proposition 65 Warning . . . . . . . 199
Battery specific . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Capacities AdBlue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Fuel tank. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Washer fluid reservoir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
olso refer to Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Cargo area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
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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
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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
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1.1'1
1.1'1
,....,
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
w
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
278
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