,....,
N
0 > co ,....,
Front passenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
How to adjust the front seats . . . . . . . . . . 168
Incorrect seat position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Occupants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Rear passengers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Sea transport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Seats adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58, 59
Correct seating position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Folding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Seats (number) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Selective catalytic reduction
refer to Ad Blue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Selective wheel torque control . . . . . . . . . . 159
Selector lever (automatic transmission)
E mergency operat ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Service and disposal Safety belt pretensioner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Service interval display with driver information system . . . . . . . . . 252
Service position
refer to Replacing wiper blades . . . . . . . . . 53
Sett ing clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Setting date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Sett ing the temperature
automatic climate control system . . . . . . . 73
Setting time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
SE TUP (basic setting) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Shift paddles (automatic transmission) . . . . 94
Ship transport. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Short -term memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Side airbags Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
H ow they work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Side assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Adjusting the brightness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Cleaning the sensors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Sensor range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
switch ing on and
off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
also refer to Side assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Side curtain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
H ow they work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Index
Sliding/tilting sunroof
refer to Panorama roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Snow cha ins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
All wheel drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Socket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61, 62
Sources of information about child restraints
and their use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Speed limiter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Speed warning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Sport mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Stabilization program
refer to Electronic Stabilization
Control (ESC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Star button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
START ENGINE STOP button (convenience
key) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
START ENGINE STOP (convenience key) 83
Starting Hill hold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Start ing from a stop
Hill start assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Starting (engine) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Malfunction (button) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Malfunction (key) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
With button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
With key ............................ 80
Steering Electromechanical steering .......... 162, 0
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Locking steering (ignition key) . . . . . . . . . . 81
Locking the steering (button) . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Locking (ignition lock) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
also refer to Electromechanical steering 162
Steering wheel adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Buttons. ............................ 29
Mult ifunct ion steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Shift paddles (automatic transmission) . . . 94
Steps for determining correct load limit . . . 268
Stopping (engine) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
with button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
with key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Storage compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62, 63
S tronic (automatic transmission) . . . . . . . . . 89
Subwoofer ........................... 290
321
Index
Sun visors ..... .................. ..... 52
Switching daytime running lights on and off
Switching the ignition on/off (with key) .. ..
Symbols 49
80
refer
to Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
System indicator light (MIL) . . . . . . . . . . 23, 26
T
Tachometer .. .. ... ............ .... . 10, 11
TDI clean diesel
refer to Ad Blue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Technical Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Technical modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308
Temperature display
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
10
Outside tern perature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Tether anchors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Tether strap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
The first 1,000 miles (1,500 km) and after-
wards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
77
Tie-downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66, 173
Tips for the environment
Saving fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
tiptronic (automatic transmission) . . . . . . . . 94
Tire Mobility System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
280
Tire Mobility System (tire repair set) . . . . . . 281
Tire repair set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Low aspect rat io tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Repair set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Replacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Service life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Tire pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Tire pressure monitoring system ... 271,272
Tire pressure table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Tread wear indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Unidirectional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Uniform tire quality grading . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Tires and wheels
Glossary of tire and loading terminology .
255
Tires and vehicle load limits . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Tool ...... .. .. .. .. . .......... .. .. .. . 280
Torn or frayed safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Towing
Tow trucks
Towing loop
322
297
298
TPMS (tire pressure monitoring system) . . . 272
Trailer mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Trailer towing
Operating instructions. .. .. .. .... ... ..
127
Technical requirements ........... 127, 128
Transmission malfunction (indicator light) . . 95
Transport Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Travel mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Trunk
refer to Luggage compartment. . . . . . . . . . 64
Trunk lid
Trunk escape latch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
280
Turning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Turn signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
u
ULSD No. 2 (Diesel fuel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Unfastening safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Uniform tire quality grading 271
Unlocking/locking
by remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 7
with the central locking switch . . . . . . . . . .
39
with the convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
with the door lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
V
Vanity mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Vehicle
Care/cleaning .. .. .. .. ... .......... ..
274
Dimensions .. .. .. .. .. .. ........... .. 302
Out of service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
Transport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Vehicle control modules. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Vehicle identification label . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Vehicle Identification Number (VIN ) . . . . . . 301
Vehicle jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280, 286
Vehicle key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Vehicle sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Vehicle tool kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
w
Warning/indicator lights
System indicator light (MIL) . . . . . . . . . . . .
23