2015 OPEL KARL oil

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Use of engine oil with only ACEA
A1/B1 or only A5/B5 quality is
prohibited, since it can cause
longterm engine damage under
certain operating conditions.
Select the appropriate engine oil
based on its quality and on the
minimum ambient temperature
0
Recommended Fluids and
Lubricants0195.
Additional engine oil additives
The use of additional engine oil
additives could cause damage and
invalidate the warranty.
Engine oil viscosity grades
The SAE viscosity grade gives
information of the thickness of
the oil.
Multi-grade oil is indicated by two
figures, e.g. SAE 5W-30. The first
figure, followed by a W, indicates
the low temperature viscosity and
the second figure the high
temperature viscosity. Select the appropriate viscosity
grade depending on the minimum
ambient temperature
0
Recommended Fluids and
Lubricants
0195.
All of the recommended viscosity
grades are suitable for high ambient
temperatures.
Coolant and antifreeze
Use only organic acid type-long life
coolant (LLC) antifreeze approved
for the vehicle. Consult a workshop.
The system is factory filled with
coolant designed for excellent
corrosion protection and frost
protection down to approx. -36 °C.
In northern countries with very low
temperatures the factory filled
coolant provides frost protection
down to approx. -50 °C. This
concentration should be maintained
all year round. The use of additional
coolant additives intended to give
additional corrosion protection or
seal against minor leaks can cause
function problems. Liability for consequences resulting from the
use of additional coolant additives
will be rejected.
Brake and clutch fluid
Over time, brake fluid absorbs
moisture which will reduce braking
effectiveness. The brake fluid
should therefore be replaced at the
specified interval.

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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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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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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