2015 OPEL KARL engine oil

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European service schedule
Required engine oil qualityAll European countries with European service interval
Engine oil quality Petrol engines (including CNG, LPG, E85)
dexos 1
dexos 2
V
In case dexos quality is unavailable you may use max. 1 litre engine oil quality ACEA C3 for topping up once between
each oil change.
Engine oil viscosity grades
All European countries with European service interval
Ambient temperature Petrol
down to -25 °C SAE 5W-30 or SAE 5W-40
below -25 °C SAE 0W-30 or SAE 0W-40
International service schedule
Required engine oil quality
All countries with international service interval
Engine oil quality Petrol engines (including CNG, LPG, E85)

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All countries with international service interval
dexos 1
V
dexos 2V
In case dexos quality is unavailable you may use the oil qualities listed below :
All countries with international service interval
Engine oil quality Petrol engines (including CNG, LPG, E85)
GM-LL-A-025
V
GM-LL-B-025 -
ACEA A3/B3
V
ACEA A3/B4V
ACEA C3V
API SMV
API SN resource conservingV

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Engine oil viscosity grades
All countries with international service interval
Ambient temperature Petrol
down to -25 °C SAE 5W-30 or SAE 5W-40
below -25 °C SAE 0W-30 or SAE 0W-40
down to -20 °C SAE 10W-30 1) or SAE 10W-40 1)
1) Permitted, but use of SAE 5W-30 or SAE 5W-40 with dexos quality is recommended.

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204 Technical Data
Capacities and Specifications
Engine oil1.0
including Filter [l] 4.5 L
between MIN and MAX [l] 1
Fuel tank
petrol, nominal capacity [l] 32
Tyre Pressure
TypeFront[kPa/bar] ([psi])
Rear[kPa]
Comfort ECO Full load Comfort ECO Full load
165/65R14 220/2.2 (32) 270/2.7 (39) 260/2.6 (38) 210/2.1 (30) 250/2.5 (36) 300/3.0 (43)
185/55R15 220/2.2 (32) 270/2.7 (39) 260/2.6 (38) 210/2.1 (30) 250/2.5 (36) 300/3.0 (43)
195/45R16 220/2.2 (32) 270/2.7 (39) 260/2.6 (38) 210/2.1 (30) 250/2.5 (36) 300/3.0 (43)
T105/70D14 (Spare) 420/4.2 (60)

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210 Index
D
Danger, Warning, and Caution . . . . 4
Data Recorders, Event . . . . . . . . . 206
Daytime RunningLamps (DRL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Declaration of Conformity . . . . . . . 205
Devices Auxiliary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Dimensions Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Displays Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Door Ajar Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Central Locking System . . . . . . . . 22
Driver Assistance Systems . . . . . 148
Driver Information Centre (DIC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
E
Electrical SystemEngine Compartment FuseBlock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169 Electrical System (cont'd)
Instrument Panel Fuse
Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Electronic Climate Control
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Electronic Stability Control . . . . . . 144
Electronic Stability Control (ESC) Off Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Electronic Stability Control
Indicator Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Emissions - CO2 Fuel Consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
End-of-Life Vehicle Recovery . . . 157
Engine Automatic Start/StopFeature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Check and Service Engine Soon Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Coolant Temperature Gauge . . . . 68
Coolant Temperature Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Oil Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Reduced Power Light . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18, 136
Engine Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Engine Identification . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 Entry Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Event Data Recorders . . . . . . . . . . 206
Exit Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Exterior Lamp Controls . . . . . . . . . . 85
F
First Aid Kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Fixed Air Vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Flat Tyre
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Fluid Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Fog Lamp Light, Rear . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Fog Lamps Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Folding Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Front Airbag System . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Front Fog Lamp Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Front Indicator Lamps . . . . . . . . . . 165
Front Seat Position Seats Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Front Seats
Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Heated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

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L
LampsCornering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Daytime Running (DRL) . . . . . . . . 86
Exterior Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Front Fog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Front Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Headlamps and ParkingLamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Interior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89, 168
Malfunction Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Misted Covers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Number Plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Rear Fog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Reversing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Side Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Taillights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Lane Departure Warning (LDW) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Lane Departure Warning Light . . . 72
Light Electronic Stability Control(ESC), Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Gear Shifting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Traction Control
System (TCS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Variable Effort Steering . . . . . . . . . 71
Light, Auto Stop Mode . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Lighting
Centre Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Exit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Illumination Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Airbag and Safety Belt
Tensioner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Airbag On-Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Antilock Brake System (ABS) Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Bonnet Ajar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Brake and Clutch System . . . . . . . 71
Charging System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Door Ajar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Engine Coolant Temperature Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Engine Oil Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Fog Lamp, Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Front Fog Lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Immobiliser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Lane Departure Warning . . . . . . . . 72
Low Fuel Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Main-Beam On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Main/Dipped Beam Changer . . . . 86
Reduced Engine Power . . . . . . . . 74
Seat Belt Reminders . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Lights (cont'd)
Service Vehicle Soon . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Tail lamp Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Tyre Pressure Monitoring
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Ultrasonic Parking Sensor . . . . . . 72
Lights, Hazard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Load Compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
LoadCompartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Loading the Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Locks Central Locking System . . . . . . . . 22
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Low Fuel Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . 73
M
Main-Beam On Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Maintenance Air Conditioning Regular
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Maintenance Schedule Recommended Fluids andLubricants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Malfunction Indicator Lamp . . . . . . 70
Manual Gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Manual Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Memorised Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Messages
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

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Mileometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64Trip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Mirrors Convex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Folding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Heated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Manual Rearview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Misted Lamp Covers . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Monitor System, Tyre Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
N
Net, Convenience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
New Vehicle Run-In . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
O
Oil
Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Operation, Infotainment System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Other Service Items Air Conditioning System . . . . . . 126
Outlets Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Outside Temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Overview, Infotainment
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
P
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Ultrasonic Sensor Light . . . . . . . . . 72
Parking Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Pass, Car . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Passenger Compartment Air
Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Personalisation Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Phone Bluetooth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116
Power
Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Outlets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Protection, Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Reduced Engine Light . . . . . . . . . . 74
Retained Accessory (RAP) . . . 137
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Pressure Tyre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Privacy Radio Frequency
Identification (RFID) . . . . . . . . . 206
R
RadioPersonalisation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115
Radio Data System (RDS) . . . . . . 106
Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) . . . . . . . . . . 206
Radio Remote Control . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Radios AM-FM Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Rear Compartment/Storage
Panel Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Rear Fog Lamp Light . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Rear Fog Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Rear Window Washer/Wiper . . . . . 62
Rear Windows Heated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Rearview Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Recommended Fluids and Lubricants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Reduced Engine Power Light . . . . 74
Remote Control Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Repair Kit Tyre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Retained Accessory Power (RAP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Rev Counter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Reversing Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89