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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
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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
®·
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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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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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
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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
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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
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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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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
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