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Vehicle care277
■Never expose the vehicle battery to
naked flames or sparks.
■ A discharged vehicle battery can already freeze at a temperature of
0 °C. Defrost the frozen vehicle
battery before connecting jump
leads.
■ Wear eye protection and protective
clothing when handling a vehicle
battery.
■ Use a booster vehicle battery with the same voltage (12 Volts). Its
capacity (Ah) must not be much less than that of the discharged
vehicle battery.
■ Use jump leads with insulated terminals and a cross section of at
least 16 mm 2
(25 mm 2
for diesel
engines).
■ Do not disconnect the discharged vehicle battery from the vehicle.
■ Switch off all unnecessary electrical
consumers.
■ Do not lean over the vehicle battery
during jump starting.■ Do not allow the terminals of one lead to touch those of the other
lead.
■ The vehicles must not come into contact with each other during the
jump starting process.
■ Apply the parking brake, transmission in neutral, automatic
transmission in P.
■ Open the positive terminal protection caps of both vehicle
batteries.Lead connection order:
1. Connect the red lead to the positive terminal of the booster
vehicle battery.
2. Connect the other end of the red lead to the positive terminal of the
discharged vehicle battery.
3. Connect the black lead to the negative terminal of the booster
vehicle battery.
4. Connect the other end of the black
lead to a vehicle grounding point,
such as the engine block or an
engine mounting bolt. Connect as far away from the discharged
vehicle battery as possible,
however at least 60 cm.
Route the leads so that they cannot
catch on rotating parts in the engine
compartment.
To start the engine: 1. Start the engine of the vehicle providing the jump.
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Vehicle care279Caution
Drive slowly. Do not drive jerkily.
Excessive tractive force can
damage the vehicle.
When the engine is not running,
considerably more force is needed to
brake and steer.
To prevent the entry of exhaust gases from the towing vehicle, switch on the
air recirculation and close the
windows.
Vehicles with automatic transmission: The vehicle must be towed facing
forwards, not faster than 80 km/h nor further than 100 km. In all other cases
and when the transmission is
defective, the front axle must be
raised off the ground.
Seek the assistance of a workshop.
After towing, unscrew the towing eye.
Insert cap at the top and engage
downwards.
Towing another vehicle
Insert a screwdriver in the slot at the
lower bend of the cap. Release the
cap by carefully moving the
screwdriver downwards.
The towing eye is stowed with the
vehicle tools 3 256.
Screw in the towing eye as far as it will
go until it stops in a horizontal
position.
The lashing eye at the rear
underneath the vehicle must never be used as a towing eye.
Attach a tow rope – or even better a
tow bar – to the towing eye.
The towing eye must only be used for
towing and not for recovering a
vehicle.
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Technical data295Performance3-door hatchbackEngineA14XERA14NELA14NETA16XHTA16SHTMaximum speed 4)
[km/h]Manual transmission178 5)192201219230Automatic transmission––200210–4)
The maximum speed indicated is achievable at kerb weight (without driver) plus 200 kg payload. Optional equipment could reduce the specified maximum
speed of the vehicle.
5) 4th gear.EngineA18XERA20NFTB16DTHB16DTLA17DTEA17DTCMaximum speed 4)
[km/h]Manual transmission200250198182183182Automatic transmission––––––4) The maximum speed indicated is achievable at kerb weight (without driver) plus 200 kg payload. Optional equipment could reduce the specified maximum
speed of the vehicle.
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296Technical data
EngineA17DTFA17DTSA20DTHA20DTRMaximum speed4)
[km/h]Manual transmission197196210225Automatic transmission––207–4) The maximum speed indicated is achievable at kerb weight (without driver) plus 200 kg payload. Optional equipment could reduce the specified maximum
speed of the vehicle.
5-door hatchback
EngineA14XELA14XERA14NELA14NETA16XERMaximum speed 4)
[km/h]Manual transmission168 5)1785)192202188Automatic transmission–––2001824)
The maximum speed indicated is achievable at kerb weight (without driver) plus 200 kg payload. Optional equipment could reduce the specified maximum
speed of the vehicle.
5) 4th gear.
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Technical data297
EngineA16XHTA13DTEB16DTHB16DTLA17DTEA17DTCMaximum speed4)
[km/h]Manual transmission220175200184188186Automatic transmission212–––––4) The maximum speed indicated is achievable at kerb weight (without driver) plus 200 kg payload. Optional equipment could reduce the specified maximum
speed of the vehicle.EngineA17DTFA17DTSA20DTHA20DTRMaximum speed 4)
[km/h]Manual transmission201198215226Automatic transmission––209–4) The maximum speed indicated is achievable at kerb weight (without driver) plus 200 kg payload. Optional equipment could reduce the specified maximum
speed of the vehicle.
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298Technical data
4-door notchback
EngineA14XERA14NET
A14NET
LPG
A16XERA16XHT
Maximum speed 4)
[km/h]Manual transmission183 5)207202193222Automatic transmission–205–1852154)
The maximum speed indicated is achievable at kerb weight (without driver) plus 200 kg payload. Optional equipment could reduce the specified maximum
speed of the vehicle.
5) 4th gear.EngineA13DTEB16DTHB16DTLA17DTEA17DTCA17DTFA17DTSMaximum speed 4)
[km/h]Manual transmission180205189191188206203Automatic transmission–––––––4) The maximum speed indicated is achievable at kerb weight (without driver) plus 200 kg payload. Optional equipment could reduce the specified maximum
speed of the vehicle.
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Technical data299
Sports tourerEngineA14XERA14NELA14NETA16XERA16XHTMaximum speed [km/h]4)Manual transmission175190200185220Automatic transmission––1981802114)
The maximum speed indicated is achievable at kerb weight (without driver) plus 200 kg payload. Optional equipment could reduce the specified maximum
speed of the vehicle.EngineA13DTEB16DTHB16DTLA17DTNA17DTEA17DTFMaximum speed 4)
[km/h]Manual transmission174200184182186198Automatic transmission––––––4) The maximum speed indicated is achievable at kerb weight (without driver) plus 200 kg payload. Optional equipment could reduce the specified maximum
speed of the vehicle.EngineA17DTCA17DTSA20DTHA20DTRMaximum speed 4)
[km/h]Manual transmission184195212224Automatic transmission––207–4) The maximum speed indicated is achievable at kerb weight (without driver) plus 200 kg payload. Optional equipment could reduce the specified maximum
speed of the vehicle.
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300Technical dataVehicle weight
Kerb weight, basic model without any optional equipment3-door hatchbackEngineManual transmissionAutomatic transmissionwithout/with air conditioning
[kg]A14XER1393/1408–A14NEL–/1437–A14NET–/1437–/1471A16XHT–/1503–/1503A16SHT–/1503–A18XER–/1437–A20NFT–/1550–B16DTH1503/1518–B16DTL1503/1518–