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Brake fluid
Checking brake fluid level
Fig. 165 Engine compartment : cover on t he brake fluid
reservoir (examp le)
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Before you check anything in the engine compart
ment,
always read and heed all WARNINGS
¢page 188, Working in the engine compart
ment.
.,. Read the brake fluid level from the brake fluid
reservoir
~fig. 165, ¢page 191, fig. 161 . The
brake fluid level must be between the "MIN"
and "MAX" markings .
The location of the brake fluid reservoir can be
seen in the engine compartment illustration
¢page 191.
The fluid level may drop slightly after some time
due to the automatic adjustment of the brake
pads . This is not cause for alarm.
I f the brake fluid level falls
considerably below
the "MIN" mark, the brake warning/indicator
light
1111 (U.S. mode ls)/ . (Canadian models)
will come on¢
page 15. Do not continue to oper
ate the vehicle . The complete brake system
should be thoroughly checked by an authorized
Audi dealer or other qualified facility and the
cause corrected. If the brake fluid level is too
low, the brake warning/indicator light will illumi
nate. Contact an authorized Audi dealer
immedi
ately.
Checking and Filling
Changing brake fluid
Have the brake fluid changed by an experienced
technician.
Brake fluid absorbs moisture from the air. If the
water content in the brake fluid is too high, cor
rosion in the brake system may result after ape
riod of time . The boiling point of the brake fluid
will also decrease considerably and decrease braking performance.
Therefore, the brake fluid must be changed
every
two years. Always use new brake fluid which con
forms to Federal Motor Vehicle Standard "FMVSS
116 DO T 4" .
The brake fluid reservoir can be difficult to reach,
therefore, we recommend that you have the
brake fluid changed by your author ized
Audi
dealer. Your dealer has the correct tools, the
right brake fluid and the know-how to do this for
you.
A WARNING
- Brake fluid is poisonous. It must be stored
only in the closed original container out of
the reach of children!
- Brake failure can result from old or inappro
priate brake fluid . Observe these precau
tions:
- Use only brake fluid that meets SAE speci
fication
J 1703 and conforms to Federal
Motor Vehicle Standard 116. Always check
with your authorized Audi dealer to make
sure you are using the correct brake fluid .
The correct type of brake fluid is also indi
cated on the brake fluid reservoir.
- The brake fluid must be new. Heavy use of
the brakes can cause a vapor lock if the
brake fluid is left in the system too long.
This can seriously affect the efficiency of
the brakes as well as your safety. This
could result in an accident.
(D Note
Brake fluid will damage the paint of your vehi-
cle. ..,.
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A
A/C
refer to Climate control system (automatic) .62
A/C (automat ic climate control system) . . . . 62
Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56, 255
Active lane assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Activating vibration warning . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Adjusting steering time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
C leaning the camera area . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Driver messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
switching on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Active rollover protection system . . . . . . . . 133
Retracting rollover protection . . . . . . . . . . 134
Adapt ive cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Automatic transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
C leaning sensors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Driver messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Request for driver intervention . . . . . . . . . . 96
Stop-and-go traffic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Adaptive dampers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Adaptive light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 , 106
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Adjusting air distribution (Climate control sys-
tem) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Adjusting automatic headlights . . . . . . . . . . 45
Adjusting the air vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Adjusting the center console lighting . . . . . . 47
Advanced key
refer to Convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
I ndicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Advanced Airbag -System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Advanced Airbag System components . . . 150
Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Ch ildr en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Ch ild restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Components (front airbags) . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Danger of fitting a child seat on the front
passenger seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Front airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147, 148
How do the front airbags work? . . . . . . . . 153
H ow many airbags does my vehicle have? 150
Index
How the Advanced Airbag System compo-
nents work together . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Important informat ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Important safety instructions on the knee
airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Knee airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light . . . . . . . . . 155
Repairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Warning/Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
When must the system be inspected? . . . 155
Alarm system
refer to Anti-theft alarm system . . . . . . . . . 27
Alignment pin (tire change) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
All-weather lights ( LED headlights) . . . . . . . 43
All season ti res . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
All wheel drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Alternator
refer to Alternator (indicator light) . . . . . . 17
Alternator (indicator light) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Ambient lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Anti-lock braking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Anti-slip regulat ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Anti-theft alarm system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Anti-theft protection Electronic immobilizer.............. .. . 31
Audi active lane assist
refer to Active lane assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Audi adaptive cruise control
refer to Adaptive cruise control . . . . . . . . . 90
Audi adaptive light
refer to Adaptive light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Audi dr ive select
refer to Drive select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Audi Service Repair Manuals and Literature 253
Audi side ass ist
refer to Side assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
AUTO Automat ic climate control system . . . . . . . 62
Automatic headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Auto Lock (central locking system) . . . . . . . . 28
Automatic belt retractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
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Remote control key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Safety central locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Sett ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Certification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Changing engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Child restraints Danger of using child restraints in the front
seat... .. .. .. ............... .. ..... 144
Where can I get additional information
about child restraints and their use? . . . . 183
Child restraint system anchors . . . . . . . . . . 179
Child safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Important safety instructions for using chi ld
safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Teth er anchors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Tether straps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Child safety seats Booster seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 4
Convertible ch ild seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Convertible locking retractor . . . . . . . . . . 177
How do I properly install a child safety seat
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Infant seats .. .. ............. .. .. .. . 171
Installing a child restraint using the LATCH
system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
LATCH system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
L ower anchorages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Mounting and releasing the anchorage
hook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Unused safety belts on the rear seat . . . . 171
Child seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Securing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Cleaning/remov ing ice from windows . . . . . 226
Cleaning Alcantara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Cleaning artificial leather. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
C leaning carbon parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226 , 227
Cleaning controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Cleaning decorative parts and trim . . . . . . . 226
Cleaning displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Cleaning exhaust tail pipes . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
C lean ing plast ic parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Clea ning seat covers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
C leaning tai l lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
C lea ning textiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Cleaning the rims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Index
Cleaning the wind deflector . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Climate control system Key recognition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Climate control system (automatic)
Adjusting air vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Adjusting the air vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Air distribution, air vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
AUTO (cl imate control system) . . . . . . . . . . 62
Blower . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
D efrosting the windshield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Drive select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Rear window defogger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Recirculation mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Setting the temperatu re . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
synchroniz ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Clos ing
Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Windows . .. .. .. .. ............. .. .. . 34
Closing/ope ning
by remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
with the central locking switch . . . . . . . . . . 31
with the conven ience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Cockp it (overview) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Coming home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Compass in the mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Consumer information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Consumer Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Consumption (fuel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Contacting NHTSA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Conv enience key
Emergency operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Starting the engine (S TART ENGINE STOP
button) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Stopping the engine (START ENGINE STOP
button) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Switching the ignition on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
unlocking/lock ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Convenience opening/closing . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Convert ible child safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . 172
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Index
Convertible locking retractor
Activating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Deactivating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Using to secure a child safety seat . . . . . . 177
Cooling mode (au toma tic climate con trol sys -
t em) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Cooling system Add ing coolant ... ............ .... .. . 195
Coolan t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Coolan t leve l check ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Coolant temperature indicator . . . . . . . . . . 12
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 6
Corner ing light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Cruise control system Changing speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Descr ipt io n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Preselect ing speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Sw itchi ng off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
sw itch ing on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Cup holders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Curre nt cons umption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23, 24
D
D ata recorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 2
Date display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Daytime running lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
D eclaration of compliance
Adapt ive cr uise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Aud i side assis t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Ce ll phone package . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Elect ronic immob ilizer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Homelink universa l remote control . . . . . 256
Remote control key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Defective light bulb warning Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Defrost ing (windsh ield)
automatic clima te con trol system . . . . . . . 63
DEF (instrument cluste r) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
D eluxe a utomatic climate contro l
refer to Climate contro l system (automatic) .62
D etermin ing cor rec t load limit . . . . . . . . . . 2 18
Dig ita l compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
D imensions . ..... ... .. ..... ... .. .. ... 251
Dimmi ng the rea rview mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
260
Door/luggage compartment lid wa rning . . . 23
Door contact switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Doors Emergency locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Driver in fo rmat ion system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
CD/radio display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Door/luggage compartment lid warning . . 23
E fficiency program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Ind icator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
On-board computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Outs ide temperature display . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Se rvice in terva l display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
U sing the m ultifu nction stee ring wheel . . . 23
Driver seating position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
D rive select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
D rivi ng econom ica lly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
D riving safe ly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Drivin g throu gh wa ter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
D rivi ng time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
D ust filter
refer to Pollut ant fi lt er . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
E
ear window defogger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
E CO mode (a utomat ic cl ima te contro l
system) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Efficiency program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Descnptron . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Fuel economy messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Other equ ipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
E lectr ical accessories
refer to Socket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
E lectromechanical parking brake
refer to Parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
El ec trome chanical steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Ind icator lig hts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
E lectronic differentia l lock ........... .. . 116
Ind icator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
E lectronic immobili zer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
also refer to Immobili zer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
E lec tronic spee d limiter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
E lec tronic stabiliza tion control (ESC)
Ind icator lig ht . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Spor t mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 7
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Electronic Stabilization Control (ESC) . . . . . 116
Emergency assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Emergency flasher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
E mergency flashe rs
I ndicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
21
Emergency locking the front passenger 's door .3.2
Emergency operat ion
Emergency braking function . . . . . . . . . . . .
75
Front passenger's door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Luggage compartment lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Power top . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
with conven ience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Emergency release
Fuel filler door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
187
Selector lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Emergency starting 244
Energy management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Engine
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
195
Starting with jumper cables . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Starting (button) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Starting (key) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Starting (messages with conven ience key) . 72
stopping (button) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
stopping (key) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Engine compartment
C losing the hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
190
Opening the hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Overview ... .................. ..... . 191
Safety precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Engine control (indicator light) . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Engine coolant
Radiator fan
196
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Checking oil level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Dipstick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191, 193
F'll ' I mg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Oi l consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Specification and viscosity . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Engine speed limitation (indicator light) . . . 19
Environment
Break-in period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
65
Catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Index
Disposing of your vehicle battery . . . . . . . 201
Driving at high speeds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Letting the vehicle stand and warm up. . . . 66
Proper disposal of drained brake fluid . . . 197
Proper disposal of drained engine oil . . . . 194
Unleaded gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
What should I do with an old battery? . . . 201
EPC (engine control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
ESC
Automatic post-collision braking system .
116
Electronic stabilization control . . . . . . . . . 116
Sport mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
also refer to Electronic Stabilization Control
(ESC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
116
ESP
refer to Electronic Stabilization
Control (ESC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
116
Event Data Recorder (EDR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Exterior lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Exterior mirrors
Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
47
Dimming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
folding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Heating... .. .. .. .. ............... .. . 47
F
Fastening
Booster seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
17 4
Convertible child safety seats . . . . . . . . . . 172
Infant seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Floor mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Fog lights/rear fog light(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Folding the exterior mirrors
Center locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
31
Folding the rear seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Foot pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Footwell lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
For the sake of the env ironment
ear w indow defogger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
64
Environmentally-friend ly driving . . . . . . . . 65
Fueling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Leaks..... .... .. ................. .. 189
Freeze protection
Coo lant additive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
195
Windshield washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
261
Index
Front ai rbags
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
147
H ow they wo rk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Fr onta l co llisions and the laws of p hys ics . . 136
Front armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Fr ont seats
Adjusti ng . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
126
Ch ild restraints in the front seat . . . . . . . . 144
also refer to Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53, 58
Fue l
Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
184
Blende d gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Current cons umption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Fue l filler neck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Fue l gauge . .. ... ............ .... . 10, 11
Fuel tank capac ity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Gasolin e additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Indicato r ligh t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
S aving fue l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 5, 1 06
Fue l economy messages (eff ic iency p rogram) .26
F ueling
Fue l filler door emergency release . . . . . .
187
Fue l gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Fue l tank capac ity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Opening the fuel filler door . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Fuses
Assignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2 4 1
Interior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
replacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
G
Garment hooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Gas dis charge lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 2
Gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Octane rating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Recommendation .. ........ ...... ... . 184
Glossa ry of tire and loading terminology . . 206
Glove compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
C D c hanger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 7
Gross Vehicle Weight Ra ting (GVWR) . . . . . 250
H
H eadlight range control system . . . . . . . . . . 43
Indicator l ight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
262
Head lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43, 45
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Head light range contro l system . . . . . . . . . 43
Left hand drive, right hand drive . . . . . . . . . 46
Travel mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
adJust 1ng . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
remov ing and installing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
He ated
ex ter ior mir rors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
4 7
Rear window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Washer nozz les . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
He avy cloth ing and s afety be lts . . . . . . . . . .
13 7
Hex w rench . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Hig h voltage warning label . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Hig hway ligh t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Hill descent cont rol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
80
Hill hold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Hill ho ld assist
refer to H ill hold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
How are ch ild restraint system anchors relat-
ed to chi ld safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
179
How many a irbags does my vehicle have? . . 150
How safety belt pretensioners work 141
I
Ignition
Ind icator lig ht . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
18
Switching on/off (w ith button) . . . . . . . . . . 70
Ig ni tion key s afety inte rlo ck . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Ignition lock
mecha nica l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
68
Imbalance (whee ls) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Immobilize r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 7
Impo rtant th ings to do before dr ivi ng . . . . 124
Imprope rly worn safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Ind icator lig hts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Infant seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Infl ation press ure (t ires) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 14
Inspection in terva l
with dr ive r informa tion system . . . . . . . . .
202
Installing child safety seats
Safety be lts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
176
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> co
Installing the upper tether strap on the an -
chorage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
I nstrument cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Adjusting the lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Int erior lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Intermittent (windsh ield wipers) . . . . . . . . . 49
J
Jump -starting
Jump start cab les 244
245
K
Key....
... .. .................. ..... .. 27
Checking the number. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Key not recognized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Key replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Messages (ignit ion lock) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Messages (with convenience key) . . . . . . . . 72
Replacing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
unlocking/locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29, 30
Un lock ing/ locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Key recognition
Climate control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Kick-down Automatic transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Knee airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
How they work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Important safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . 161
L
Lane assist
refer to Active lane assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
LATCH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Installing a child restraint . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
L ocat ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Mounting and releasing the anchorage
hook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Launch Control-Program (automatic transmis-
sion) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Leather care/clean ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
L eavi ng home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Index
LED headlights
All-weather lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Left hand drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Lifting jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Light Adaptive light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Adjusting automatic headlights . . . . . . . . . 45
Coming/ Leaving home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Fog lights/rea r fog light(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Headlight flasher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Highway light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Switching daytime running lights on and off .4S
Travel mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Light/rain sensor Headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Intermittent (windshield wipers) . . . . . . . . 49
Lighting Exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Interior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Lights Ambient lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Head light range control system . . . . . . . . . 43
Headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Interior/read ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Low beam headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Parking lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Locking/unlocking At the lock cylinder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
by remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
with the central locking switch . . . . . . . . . . 31
with the convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Long-term memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Low beam
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Low beam headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Lower universal anchorages (Canada) . . . . . 179
Luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Cargo net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Increasing the size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Loading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Reversible mat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Socket.... .. .. .. .. ............... .. . 56
Storage hooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Stor ing cargo correctly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
263
Index
Resetting the trip odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Retract New brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Retractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Reverse (automatic transmission) . . . . . . . . . 76
Reversible mat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Right hand drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Rims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Rollbar refer to Active rollover protection system 133
s
Safe driving habits
Safety 124
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Cargo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Correct seating position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Pedal area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Safety belt position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Safety belts worn by pregnant women . . . 140
Safety belt pretensioner
Service and disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
141
Safety belts .. .. .. ............ .... 135, 138
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Danger to passengers who do not wear a
safety belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Fa stening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Improperly worn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Not worn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Safety belt position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
7
Securing child safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Special considerations for pregnant wom-
en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Unfasten ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Warning/indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Worn properly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Safety belt warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Safety central locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Safety compliance sticker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Safety equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Safety features for occupant restraint and
protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
266
Safety instructions
for using child safety seats 169
for using safety be lts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 7
Monitoring the Advanced Airbag System . 157
Safety systems (indicator light) . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Screwdriver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Seat adjustment Head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Seat heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Seating position Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Front passenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
How to adjust the front seats . . . . . . . . . . 126
Incorrect seat pos ition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Occupants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Rear passengers. ... .. ............... 127
Seats adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Correct seat ing pos ition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Easy seat entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Folding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Seats (number) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Se lective wheel torque control . . . . . . . . . . 116
Selector lever (automatic transmission) Emergency operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Service and disposal Safety belt pretens ioner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Service interval display
with driver information system . . . . . . . . . 202
Setting clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Setting date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Setting the temperature automatic climate control system . . . . . . . 62
Setting time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
SETUP (basic setting) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Shift paddles (automatic transmission) . . . . 81
Short-term memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Side airbags Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
How they work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Side assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Adjusting the brightness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Cleaning the sensors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Sensor range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
switching on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
also refer to Side assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103