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When jump starting or charging the battery,
never connect the negative ground cable to
the battery negative post because the battery
manager system must be able to detect the
battery's state of charge . Always connect the
negative ground cable to the negat ive ground
post of the battery manager control unit .
Using jump start cables
Connect the jump start cables in the exact order
described below.
Fig . 190 Engine compa rtment: connec tor s for ju mp start
cab les and a charger
Fig. 191 Jump start ing th e battery w ith another vehicle:
@ -dra ined bat tery, @-sta rter battery
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The battery is located to the left in the engine
compartment.
Do not jump start a frozen or
thawed battery
c> A in Starting with jumper ca
bles on page
244! Replace the battery. The pro
cedure for connecting jump start cables that is
described next is designed to help jump start
your veh icle.
Vehicle with drained battery:
.. Read the following carefully
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.. Set the parking brake and place the selector
lever in the P position .
Emergency situations
.. Turn the ignition and electrica l equipment off
in both vehicles .
Connecting the negative terminal(-) to the
negative terminal(-) (black)
.. To reach the battery terminals, flip the battery
cover cap to the side
c> fig. 190.
1. Clamp the end of the red jump start cable to
the terminal
(D c> fig. 191 on the dead bat
tery @
c> CD in Starting with jumper cables
on page 244 .
2. Clamp the other end of the red jump start ca
ble to the terminal @on the charging bat
tery @.
Connect NEGATIVE (-) to NEGATIVE (-)
(black)
3. Clamp the black end of the jump start cable
preferably at the ground point, or on the
negative term inal @ on the charging battery
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4. Clamp the other end of the black jump start
cable
only to the ground point© on your
vehicle @Q(D.
5. Route the jump start cables so they cannot
get caught in the moving parts in the engine
compartment.
Starting the engine
6. Start the engine in the vehicle giving the charge and let it run at idle.
7. Start the engine in the vehicle with the dead battery and wait two to three minutes until it
"runs smoothly" .
8.
If the engine does not start, stop the start ing
procedure after 10 seconds and then repeat
it after approx imately 30 seconds.
9. In the vehicle that is being jump started,
switch the heate r fan and rear window de
froster on to red uce any voltage peaks that
may occur when disconnecting the jumper
cables. The headlights must be switched off.
10. With the engines running, remove the cables in
reverse order of the way they were instal
led . Make sure the cables do not get caught
in moving eng ine components .
11. Switch the heater fan and rear window de
froster off.
12 . Close the battery cover.
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Index
Automatic climate control system
re fer to Climate contro l system (automatic) .62
Automatic headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Automatic post-co llision brak ing system . . 116
Automatic power top . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Automatic transm iss ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
D riving t ips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
E me rgency mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 2
H ill descent contro l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
I gnition key safety in terlock . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Kick -down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
L aunch Control-Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
malfunct ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Selector leve r emergency re lease . . . . . . . . 83
Selector lever lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Selector leve r pos itions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Shifti ng manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 1
Steer ing whee l w ith shift padd les . . . . . . . . 8 1
S troni c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
t ip tron ic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 1
Automatic wipe/wash system . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Auto Safety Hotline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Ave rage cons umption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Average speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
B
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Charge level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Charging . .. .. .. ............. .... 17,200
Energy management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Important warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
I ndicato r light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Ju mp sta rting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 4
L o cat ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Rep lac ing the bat tery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 1
Wor king on the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
B attery (12 V)
W inte r operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Before d riving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Belt tensione rs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Blended gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Blower automatic Climate contro l system . . . . . . . 63
Booste r seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
258
Brake fl uid
Changing the brake f luid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Check ing the b rake fluid level . . . . . . . . . . 197
B rakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
B rake ass ist system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
B rake booster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
New bra ke pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Worn brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
B rake system
B rake fl uid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
B rake fluid specifications for refill and re
placement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Fl uid reservo ir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Br aking
Emergency b raking function . . . . . . . . . . . . 7S
Ind icator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Start ing on inclines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
B re ak- in per iod . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Breaking in Newti res . ... ... .. .. ........ ..... .. 211
Bu lbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
C
Californ ia Proposition 6S Warning . . . . . . . 189
Battery specific . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
C apaci ties
F u el tan k .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ........... .. 251
Washer fluid reservoir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
also refer to Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Cargo area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
C argo bag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Cargo net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
C D -ROM player (nav iga tion) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 7
CD changer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Centra l indicator ligh t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Centra l locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Cen tra l locking sw itch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Convenie nce key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Emergency lock ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Fo ld ing the exterior mirro rs . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Luggage compartment li d . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Power window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
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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
. h' l 7 169 in my ve rc e . ................. ..... .
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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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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Index
Stowing luggage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Tie-downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Luggage compartment lid
Central locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
33
Emerg ency unlock ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Lumba r support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
M
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Maintenance interva ls
with driver information system . . . . . . . . .
202
Mirror
Digital compass switching on and off. ....
51
dimm ing . .. .. ............... .... .. .. 48
Vanity mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Mirror compass ... .. . ....... ...... ... ..
51
Mirrors
Adjusting the exterior mirrors. . . . . . . . . . . 47
Mon itor ing the Advanced Airbag System
155
Motor
Stopping (messages with ignition lock) 72
Multifunction steering wheel. . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
On-board computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
N
Natural leather care/cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Navigation system CD-ROM player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
57
NHTSA
Contacting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
132
Number of seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Number of vehicle keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
0
Occupant protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Occupant seating positions . . . . . . . . . . . . .
125
Octane rating (gasoline) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Oil Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
20
also refer to Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . 191, 193
Oil change interval
with driver information system . . . . . . . . .
202
On-Board-Diagnostic System (OBD)
System indicator light (MIL) . . . . . . . . . . . .
21
264
On-board computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Operation (multifunction steering wheel) . 24
On -Board Diagnostic System (OBD)
Data Link Connector (D LC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
E lectronic speed limiter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Opening .......... ... ............. .... 27
Fuel filler door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
190
Luggage compartment lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Windows ... .. .. .. .. ... .......... ... 34
Opening/closing with the central locking switch . . . . . . . . . .
31
with the conven ience key. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Other equipment (efficiency program) . . . . . 25
Outside temperature display . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Overv iew (Cockpit) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Owner's Lit erature
5
p
Paint damage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Paint No . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
250
Parking aid
Cleaning sensors/camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Emergency braking function . . . . . . . . . . . .
75
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Power supply failure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Setting/releasing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Starting from a stop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
also refer to Parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Parking lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Parking system Adjusting the display/warning tone . . . . .
115
Cleaning the rearview camera . . . . . . . . . . 112
Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Parking system plus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Peripheral display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Rearview camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
alsorefertoParkingsystems ...... 110,111
Parking systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Rear parking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Parking (automatic transmission) . . . . . . 78 , 79
Parts replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
255
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light . . . . . . . . . . 155
Pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Page 265 of 272
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Peripheral display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Physical principles of a frontal collision . . . 136
Polishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Pollen filter
re fer to Pollutant filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Pollutant filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Power seat adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Pow er top . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Convenience closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Convenience opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Emergency operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
General information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Power top storage compartment . . . . . . . . 38
Wind deflector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Power window
Convenience opening/closing . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Power windows
Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Pr egnant women
Special considerations when wearing a safe-
ty belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Pre sense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Basic (description) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Dr iver messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96, 100
Front (description) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
General information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Se ttings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Pressure (tires) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Proper occupant seating positions . . . . . . . 125
Proper safety belt position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Prop er seating position
Fr ont passenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Occupants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Rear passengers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Protecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Protection mat
refer to Reversible mat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Index
Q
Question
What happens to unbelted occupants? . . 136
R
Radiator fan
Radio clock 196
refer to Clock
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Rain/light sensor
Headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
I ntermittent (windshield wipers) . . . . . . . . 49
Switching on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Raising the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Range (tank contents) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Rear lid
Escape latch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
also refer to Luggage compartment lid 33
Rear light
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Rearview camera
refer to Parking systems
110,111
Rearview mirror
refer to Mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Rearview mirror dimming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Recirculation mode automatic control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Reducing fuel consumption Efficiency program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2S
Remote control
refer to Remote control key . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Remote control key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
L E D ............................. 27, 28
Replacing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Synchronization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
unlocking/locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Repair manuals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Repairs Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Replacement key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Replacing Light bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Replacing windshield wiper blades . . . . . . . . SO
Reporting Safety Defects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Reset button (trip odometer) . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
265
Page 268 of 272
Index
Trailer towing Op erating instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Technical requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85, 86
Transmission malfunction (indicator light) . . 82
Transport Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Travel mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Trunk
refer to Luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . 58
Trunk lid Trunk escape latch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Turning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Turn signa ls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
I ndicator l ight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
u
Unfastening safety belts
Uniform tire quality grading
Unlock ing/ locking 140
221
by remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
On the lock cylinder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Using the lock cylinder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
with the central locking switch . . . . . . . . . . 31
with the convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Unlocking/ Locking
At the lock cylinder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
V
Vanity m irror. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Vehicle Care/cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Dimensions. .. .. ............. .... .. . 251
Out of service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Vehicle control modules. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Vehicle identification label . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) . . . . . . 250
Vehicle jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230, 236
Veh icle key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Vehicle tool kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
vv
Warning/indicator lights
System indicator light (MIL) . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Warning/Indicator lights
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
PASS ENGER AIR BAG OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
268
Warning lights
refer to Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Warranty coverages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Washer fluid level (indicator light) . . . . . . . . 20
Washing matte finish paint . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
What happens if you wear your safety belt too
loose? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
What happens to unbelted occupants? . . . . 136
What impairs driving safety? . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Wheels .... .. .. .. .. .. ............. .. 204
All wheel drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Glossary of tire and loading terminology . 206
Replacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Tires and vehicle load limits ......... .. 216
Wheel wrench . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
When must a safety belt be replaced? . . . . 137
When must the airbag system be inspected? lSS
Where are lower anchorages located? . . . . 180
Wind deflector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Window regulators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Windows Cleaning/removing ice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Windshie ld
cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
defrosting (automatic climate control sys-
tem) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
also refer to Windshield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Windshie ld washer system . . . . . . . . . . 49, 202
Reservoir capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Windshie ld wipers
Cleaning wiper blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Fo lding up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Replacing windshield wiper blades . . . . . . . 50
Switching on and
off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Winter driving Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Winter operat ion
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Cooling system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Windshie ld washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Winter tires... .. .. .. .. ... ............ 219