Table of Contents
Table of Contents
The e s
senti
als . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Exterior view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Exterior view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Interior view (left guide) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Interior view (right-hand drive) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
How it works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Unlocking and locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Before driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Child seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Starting the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Lights and visibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Easy Connect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Driver information system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Journey data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Warning lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Gearbox lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Air conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Level control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Emergencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Action in the event of a puncture . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Changing a wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Emergency towing of the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . 50
How to jump start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Changing the windscreen wiper blades . . . . . . 53
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Safe driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Safety first! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Advice about driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Correct position for passengers . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Pedal area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Seat belts
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
The whys and wherefores of seat belts . . . . . . . 61
How to properly adjust your seatbelt . . . . . . . . 64
Seat belt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Brief introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Airbag safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Deactivating airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Transporting children safely . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Safety for children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Child seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Emergencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Self-help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Emergency equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Changing a wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Tyre repairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Towing the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Fuses and bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Changing bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Changing the fog light bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Changing the rear lights (on the side panel) . . 87
Changing tail lights (on the rear lid) . . . . . . . . . 89
Changing the bulb on the number plate . . . . . . 91
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Controls and displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
General instrument panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Instruments and warning lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Control lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Introduction to the Easy Connect system* . . . . 104
System settings (CAR)* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 Communications and multimedia
. . . . . . . . . . . 105
Steering wheel controls* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Multimedia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Opening and closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Central locking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Anti-theft alarm system* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Rear lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Opening and closing of electric windows . . . . . 120
Lights and visibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Interior lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Visibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Windscreen wipers and windscreen wash-
ers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
R
ear vision mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Seats and head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Adjusting seats and head restraints . . . . . . . . . 131
Seat functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Transport and practical equipment . . . . . . . . . 135
Practical equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Storing objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Roof rack* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Air conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Heating and air conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Heating and fresh air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Air conditioning (manual)* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Climatronic* (automatic air conditioning) . . . . 151
Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Starting and stopping the engine . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Brakes and brake servo systems . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Manual gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Automatic gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Run-in and economical driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Wading and driving off-road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
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Driver assistance systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Braking and stability systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Parking aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Rear Assist “Rear View Camera”* . . . . . . . . . . . 173
cruise speed (Cruise control)* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Monitoring system Front Assist* . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Start-Stop System* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Tiredness detection (break recommenda-
tion)* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
184
T o
wing bracket device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Driving with a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Towing bracket device for trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Advice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Care and maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Accessories and modifications to the vehi-
cle
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Care and cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Checking and refilling levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Windscreen washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Wheels and tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Spare wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Tyre monitoring systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Winter service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Technical specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Important information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Information on fuel consumption . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Driving with a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224 Engine data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
4
The essentials
Left turn signal: Left-hand parking light
(ignition sw it
c
hed off).
Main beam switched on: Control lamp
lit up on the instrument panel.
Headlight flasher: lit up when the lever is
pushed. Control lamp lit up.
Lever all the way down to switch it off.
››› page 123 Hazard warning lights
Fig. 29
See position on page 7-8 Switched on, for example:
● When approaching a traffic jam
● In an emergency
● The vehicle has broken down
● When towing or being towed
2 3
4
›››
page 126 Interior lights
Fig. 30
Detail of headliner: version 1 Fig. 31
Detail of headliner: version 2
KnobFunction
Switches interior lights off.
KnobFunction
Switches interior lights on.
Switches door contact control on (central po-
sition).
The interior lights come on automatically
when the vehicle is unlocked, a door is
opened or the key is removed from the igni-
tion.
The lights go off a few seconds after all the
doors are closed, the vehicle is locked or the
ignition is switched on.
Turning the reading light on and off
›››
page 127 Windscreen wipers and window wiper
b
l
a
de Fig. 32
Operating the windscreen wiper and
r e
ar w
iper » 19
The essentials
Vehicles with an automatic gearbox*
The di s
p
lay is only visible in tiptronic mode
››› page 161.
The following display symbols mean:
● Shiftin g up a gear
●
Shifting down a gear CAUTION
The gear-change indicator is intended to help
sav e f
uel, but it is not intended to recom-
mend the right gear for all driving situations.
In certain situations, only the driver can
choose the correct gear (for instance when
overtaking, driving up a steep gradient or
towing a trailer). Note
The display disappears from the instrument
panel when
you press the clutch pedal. Bonnet, rear lid and doors open
Fig. 38
A: bonnet open; B: rear lid open; C:
fr ont
l
eft door open; D: rear right door open
(5-door vehicles only). When the ignition is switched on or when
driv
in
g, the bonnet, r
ear lid or doors that are
open will be indicated on the instrument pan-
el display, and, as applicable, this will be in-
dicated audibly. The display may vary accord-
ing to the type of instrument panel fitted.
Illustra- tionKey to ››› Fig. 38
A Do not continue driving!
The bonnet is open or is not properly
closed ››› page 203.
B Do not continue driving!
The rear lid is open or is not properly
closed ››› page 10.
C, D Do not continue driving!
A vehicle door is open or is not properly
closed ››› page 112. Warning and information messages
The system runs a check on certain compo-
nents
and f
u
nctions when the ignition is
switched on and while the vehicle is moving.
Faults in the operation are displayed on the
screen using red and yellow symbols and
messages on the instrument panel display
( ››› page 32, ››› page 32) and, in some ca-
ses, with audible warnings. The display may
vary according to the type of instrument pan-
el fitted.
Priority 1 warning (red symbols)
Symbol flashing or lit; partly combined with audible
warnings.
Stop the vehicle! It is dangerous ››› in Warning
and indication lamps on page 98 !
Check the function that is faulty and repair it. If necessa-
ry, request assistance from specialised personnel.
» 25
The essentials
How does the manual air conditioning* work? Fig. 46
See position on page 7-8 Temperature
Blow
er
Air di
stribution
– Air distribution towards the wind-
screen in order to demist or defrost.
– Air distribution to upper body.
– Air distribution to footwell
– Air distribution to the windscreen
and the footwell.
A B
C Air recirculation
A/C : Sw it
ching the cooling system on
1 2
Basic positionsControl positionButtonAir vents 4ABC12
Windscreen and side window de-
frost or demistFull right3 or 4
Switched offSwitched on automati-
callya)Open and direct towards the
side window
Mild heatingRequired tempera-ture2 or 3 / Do not switch onDo not switch onOpening
Cool as quickly as possibleAnti-clockwise as far
as it will goBriefly 4, then 2 or 3 It is switched on au-
tomatically b)Switched onOpening
Optimum coolingRequired tempera-
ture1 or 2 Do not switch onSwitched onOpen and direct towards the
roof
Fresh air mode - blowerAnti-clockwise as faras it will goRequired position Do not switch onSwitched offOpening
a)
The lamp in button 2 lights up, even if not all of the conditions for cooling system operations are met. Cooling is indicated as available once all of the conditions are met
››› page 149, General
notes.
b) In certain conditions, air recirculation mode can switch on automatically ›››
page 150, a lamp illuminates in the button.» 37
The essentials
››› in General notes on page 146
››› page 149 How does the heating and the fresh air system work?
Fig. 47
See position on page 7-8 Temperature
Blow
er
Air di
stribution
– Air distribution towards the wind-
screen in order to demist or defrost.
– Air distribution to upper body.
– Air distribution to footwell
– Air distribution to the windscreen
and the footwell.
A B
C Air recirculation
1
Basic positionsControl positionButton 1Air vents 4ABC
Windscreen and side window de-
frost or demistFull right3 or 4 Switched offOpen and direct towards the
side window
Mild heatingRequired temperature2 or 3 / Do not switch onOpening
Fresh air mode - blowerAnti-clockwise as far as it
will goRequired position Do not switch onOpening
38
The essentials
To replace a fuse
● Remove the fuse.
● Replace the blown fuse by one with an
iden tic
a
l amperage rating (same colour and
markings) and identical size.
● Replace the cover again or close the fuse
box lid.
B
ulbs
Bul
bs (12 V) Full-LED headlights are designed to last the
lif
etime of
the c
ar and cannot be replaced. If
the headlight becomes damaged, go to a
specialised workshop.
Below, the light source used for all functions
is broken down.
Halogen headlightsType
Daytime driving light/side lightP21W SLL
Dipped beam headlightsH7 LL
Main beam headlightsH7 LL
Turn signalPY21W
Full-LED main headlightsType
No bulbs may be replaced. All functions are with LEDs
Front fog lightType
Fog/cornering lights*H8
Rear bulb lightType
Brake light/tail lightP21/5W
Side lightsP21/5W (side panel)
R5W (rear lid)
Turn signalPY21W
Retro fog lightP21W
Reverse lightsP21W
LED rear lightsType
Turn signalPY21W
Retro fog lightP21W
Reverse lightsP21W
The remaining functions work with LEDs Action in the event of a punc-
t
ur
e
Wh
at to do first ●
Park the vehicle on a horizontal surface
and in a s af
e p
lace as far away from traffic as
possible. ●
Apply
the handbrake.
● Switch on the hazard warning lights.
● Manual gearbox: select the 1s
t gear.
● Automatic gearbox: Move the sel
ector lever
to position P.
● If you are towing a trailer, unhitch it from
your v
ehicle.
● Have the vehicle tool kit* ›››
page 75
and the spare wheel ›››
page 218 ready.
● Observe the applicable legislation for each
countr
y (reflective vest, warning triangles,
etc.).
● All occupants should leave the vehicle and
wait in a s
afe place (for instance behind the
roadside crash barrier). WARNING
● Alw a
ys observe the above steps and pro-
tect yourself and other road users.
● If you change the wheel on a slope, block
the wheel on the oppo
site side of the car with
a stone or similar to prevent the vehicle from
moving. 44
The essentials
Changing a wheel V ehic
l
e tool kit* Fig. 58
Vehicle tool kit. The vehicle tool kit and the jack are stored in
a bo
x
on the s
pare wheel or in the spare
wheel well. There is also enough space for
the towing bracket ball coupling. The box is
strapped to the spare wheel with tape.
The vehicle tool kit includes the following
parts (depending on equipment):
Screwdriver
Adapter for anti-theft wheel bolts
Towline anchorage
Wire hook for removing hub caps
Jack
Box spanner for wheel bolts
Clip for wheel bolt cover
1 2
3
4
5
6
7 Spare set of bulbs
B ef
or
e stowing the jack again, screw down
the arm as far as it will go.
››› in What to do first on page 44
››› page 75 Wheel cover
Fig. 59
Remove the wheel cover. Removing
● Place the hook from the vehicle tool kit* on
the r einf
or
ced edge of the wheel trim.
● Insert the box spanner through the hook,
suppor
ting it on the tyre and remove the
wheel trim. 8 Fitting
●
Press the wheel trim onto the wheel at the
c ut
out
designed for the valve.
● Press the wheel trim on both sides in the
direction of the
valve so that it fits correctly
in place around all the perimeter. CAUTION
● Pre s
s down by hand, do not hit the wheel
trim! Knocking it sharply, particularly at
points where the wheel trim has not yet been
inserted, could result in damage to the wheel
trim guiding and centring elements.
● Before fitting the trim on a steel wheel at-
tached w
ith an anti-theft wheel bolt, make
sure the bolt is in the hole in the valve area
››› page 47, Anti-theft wheel bolts*.
● Where trim is fitted at a later date, ensure
enough air inflow is
guaranteed in order to
cool the brake system. 46