2016 AUDI A4 wipers

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Checking and Filling Hood
Releasing and opening the engine hood
The engine hood is released from inside the vehi­
cle.
Fig. 179 Driver's side footwell: engine hood re lease lever
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Fig. 1 80 Release lever under the engine hood
Before opening the engine hood, make sure that
the windshield wipers are flat against the w ind­
shie ld. Otherwise, they could damage the paint
on the hood.
.. Wi th the driver's door open, pu ll the leve r un­
der the instrument panel in the direction of the
arrow ¢
fig. 179 .
.. Raise the hood slightly¢&.
.. Press the rocker switch under the hood upward
¢fig . 180. This releases the catch.
.. Open the hood.
A WARNING
Hot engine coo lant can burn you.
- To reduce the risk of be ing burned, never
open t he hood if yo u see or hear steam or
coolant esca ping from the eng ine compart­
me nt. Wait unt il no s team or coolant ca n be
Checking and Filling
seen or hea rd before carefully opening the
hood.
Closing the engine hood
.. Pull the hood down until the pressure from the
struts is reduced.
"' Le t the hood
drop down and latch in p lace. Do
not try to push it shut;
it may fail to engage
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A WARNING
A hood that i s not comple tely latched co uld
fly up a nd blo ck your view while driv ing.
- W hen you close the engine hood, check it to
ma ke sure the s afety catch h as prope rly en­
ga ged. The hood should be flush with t he
surroundi ng ve hicl e body pa rts.
- If you no tic e while driv ing t hat t he hoo d is
not secured properly, stop at once and close
it.
Working in the engine compartment
Be e specially careful whenever you work in the
engine compartment.
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Whenever you mu st perform an y work in the
engine compartment, for example checking and
filling different fluids, there is a risk of injury, burn s and a ccidents. To prevent per sonal injury
always observe the following WARNINGS. The
eng ine compa rtment of any vehicle is a hazard ­
ous area
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A WARNING
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To help avoid injury, before you check any­
th ing under the hood:
- Turn off the engine.
- Remove the ignition key .
- Apply the par king brake.
- Move selector leve r of autom atic t ransm is-
sion to "P" (Park); put manual transm ission
in Neutral.
- Always let the engine cool down. Ho t com ­
ponents w ill bur n skin on contact .
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0 ::..:: co ..... ..... Emergency release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Kick -down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Manual shift program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Removal lock (igni tion key) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Selector lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Automatic wipers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Auto Safety Hotline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Average speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Avoid damaging the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
B
Bag hooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Ba ttery location inside the luggage compart-
ment .. ... ................... .... .. 213
Charge level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Energy management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
I mportant warn ings when work ing on the
battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Jump starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Replacing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Working on the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Before driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Belt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Bio-ethanol (Fuel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Blended gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Blower (automatic climate control) . . . . . . . . 78
Booster seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Brake fluid
Changing the brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Checking the brake flu id level . . . . . . . . . . 211
Brake system Anti -lock brak ing system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Brake fluid specifications for refill and re­
p lacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Brake light defective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Brake power assist unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Ceramic brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Electromechanical parking brake . . . . . . . . 85
Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Worn brake pads symbol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Braking Brake assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Emergency braking function . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Index
braking guard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Break-in period
Brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
T ires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Breaking in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
New t ires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
C
California Proposition 65 Warning . . . . . . . 204
Battery specific . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Cargo area
refer to Luggage compartment . . . . . . 69, 126
Catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Center armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
C entral locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Central locking switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Convenien ce key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Remote control key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Ceramic brake rotors
New brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Certification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Changing engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Checking Engine coolant level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Child restraints
Danger of using child restraints in the front
seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Where can I get additional information
about child restraints and their use? . . . . 175
Child restraint system anchors . . . . . . . . . . 171
Child safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Impor tan t safety ins tructions for using child
safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Installing a child restraint using the LATCH
system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Lower anchorages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Mounting and releas ing the anchorage
hook .............................. 172
Tether anchors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Tether straps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
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Garment hooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Hood
Gas discharge lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Gauges Engine coolant temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Fuel gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Gear recommendation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Gearshift indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Gearshift lever
6-speed manual transmission . . . . . . . . . . . 90
General illustration
Instruments and controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Generator Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Glossary of tire and loading terminology . . 219
Glove compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Valet parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
GPS controlled clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR) . . . . . 255
Ground clearance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
H
Head lights
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Headlights Cleaning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Defective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Headlight range control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
L eft hand drive, right hand drive . . . . . . . . . 50
Travel mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SO
H eadlight washer reservoir . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Adjusting .. .. .... ...... ... .. . 61, 62, 124
Removing/installing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Heated Exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
rear window .. ................. .... .. 78
seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
windshield washer spray nozzles . . . . . . . . 54
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
H eavy clothing and safety belts . . . . . . . . . . 132
High beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
H igh voltage warning label . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Hill descent control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Homelink (garage door opener) . . . . . . . . . . 44 Opening
203
Release lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Hooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
How are chi ld restraint system anchors relat-
ed to child safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
How many air bags does my vehicle have? . . 144
How safety belt pretensioners work . . . . . . 136
I
Ignit ion
switching on/off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Ignition key Emergency unlocking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Ignit ion lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Imbalance (wheels) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Importantthingstodobeforedriving .. .. 121
Improperly worn safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Ind icator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Dynamic steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
PASS ENG ER AIR BAG OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
also refer to Warning/indicator lights . . . . 13
Infant seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Inflatable spare tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Inflating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Inflation pressure (tires) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Installing the upper tether strap on the an-
chorage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 4
Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Adjusting the lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Instruments and contro ls
General illustration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Interior lights
Front...... ... . ... ................ .. 51
R ear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Intermittent (windshield wipers) . . . . . . . . . 54
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Jump-starting 250
Jumper cables . .. .. ............... .. .. 251
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Index
K
Key........... .................. ..... 32
Battery replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Check light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
E mergency key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32, 82
Ignition/engine on/off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Key replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Mechanical key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32, 33
removing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
un locking/locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34, 36
Kick-down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
L
Lane Change Assistant
refer to side assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 7
LATCH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Installing a child restraint......... .... 172
Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Mounting and releasing the anchorage
hook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Launch Control Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Leather care/cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Leaving home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Left hand dr ive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Lifting jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Light adaptive light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Coming/Leaving home......... .. .. .... 49
Daytime running lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48, 49
Exterior lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Fog lights/rear fog light(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Interior/reading lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
L ow beam .. .. .... ........... .. .. .. .. 48
Rear fog lights .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . 48
Side marker lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Travel mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Light/rain sensor Headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
I ntermittent (w indshield wipers) . . . . . . . . 54
Sensor defective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Lighting Exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Interior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
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Lights
Emergency flashers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
High beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Turn signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Locking Rear lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Locking/unlocking at the lock cylinder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
by remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
with the central lock ing switch . . . . . . . . . . 35
with the convenience key. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Low beams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Lower anchorage locator button 172
Luggage compartment Cargo net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Cover........ ... .. .. ................ 69
Enlarging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Floor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Loading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Partition net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70, 71
Pass-through . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 4
Reversible mat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Securing attachments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Ski sack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Storing cargo correctly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Tie-downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72, 128
Valet parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Lumbar support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
M
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Malfunction Indicator Lamp (MIL) . . . . . 20, 29
Manua l transmiss ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Mechanical key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32, 33
Memory function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Mileage Average . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Instantaneous . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Mirrors Compass ........ ... ............. .... 57
dimming .. .. .. .. .. .. ... .. ..... ... .. . 52
Exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Vanity mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Monitoring the Advanced Airbag System . . 148

Index
Proper occupant seating positions . . . . . . . 122
Proper safety belt posi tion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Proper seating posit ion
Front passenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Occupa nts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Rear passengers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Protecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
P rotective l iner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Q
Qua rtz clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
quattro
refer to all-wheel drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Q uestion
What happens to unbel ted occupants? 13 1
R
Radiator fan . .. .. ............. .... .. . 211
Ra in/light sensor
H eadlig hts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
I ntermittent (w indshield wipers) . . . . . . . . 54
Sensor defective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 1
Ra is ing the veh icle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
R eading ligh ts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Rea r doo r su n shade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53, 54
Rear fog lights .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 48
Re ar lid
Autom atic o peration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Emergency release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Escape hand le . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Opening and clos ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Rea r light
D efe ctive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Rea r parking sys tem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Rea r parking system with rearview camera . 115
Rea r view came ra
Par king mode 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 18
P a rking mode 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Rea r view m irror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Rear window heat ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Re ar window su n sha de . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Rear window washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
R ecirc ulation mode (automatic climate con -
trol) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Ref uell ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
270 Release
lever for hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Remote control Gar age door opene r (Home link) . . . . . . . . . 44
Remote control key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Personaliz ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
u nlocking/lock ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Remote rear lid release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 7
Repair manuals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Repairs Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Replacement key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Replacing Windshie ld w iper b lades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Replacing bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Replacing wiper blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Reporting Safety Defects . . . . . . . . . . . 128, 129
Reset button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Ret rac to r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Revers ible f loor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Reversible mat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
R igh t hand dr ive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SO
Rims .......... .. .. .. ............. .. 232
Roof rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Roof load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Roof weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
s
SA FE 12
Safe d riving habits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Safelock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
S afety
Airbag system ... .. ... .. .. ..... ... . .
Be lts
.. ... .. .. .. .. .. ... . .. .... ... ..
Cargo 138
130
126
Correct seat ing pos ition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Pedal area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12S
Safety be lt pos ition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Safety be lt heig ht adjustment . . . . . . . . . 135
Safety be lts worn by pregnant women . . . 135
Safety be lt pretens ione r
Se rvice and disposal. .. .. ........... .. 13 7
Safety be lts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130, 133
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Danger to passengers who do not wear a
safety be lt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Fastening 133

..... N
0 ::..:: co ..... ..... Unlocking/locking at the lock cylinder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
36
by remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
with the central locking switch . . . . . . . . . . 35
with the convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Use of jumper cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
V
Valet parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Vanity mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Vehicle
Care/cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
193
Out of service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Veh icle control modules......... .. .. .. . 176
Vehicle electrical system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Vehicle identification label . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Veh icle Identification Number (V IN) . . . . . . 255
Vehicle jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Vehicle key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Vehicle shut-down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Vehicle tool kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 7
Vent ilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
76
Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
A irbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Anti-lock braking system (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . 19
Brake system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Electromechanical parking brake . . . . . . . . 16
Electronic power control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Electronic Stabilization Control ( ESC) . . . . . 18
Generator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Malfunction Indicator Lamp (MIL) . . . . . . . 20
Safety belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Safety systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Turn signa ls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Warning/Indicator lights
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
148
Warranty coverages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Washer reservoir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Washing matte finish paint . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
We ights. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
What happens if you wear your safety belt too
loose? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
134
What happens to unbelted occupants? . . . . 131
Index
What impairs driving safety? . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Wheels .... .. .. .. .. ............... .. 217
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Glossary of tire and loading terminology . 219
Replacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Tires and vehicle load limits . . . . . . . . . . . 229
When must a safety belt be replaced? . . . . 132
When must the a irbag system be inspected? .148
Window regulators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
41
Power locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Windows
Cleaning/removing ice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
195
defrosting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Windshield
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
54
defrosting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Windsh ield washer fluid
Low leve l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
21
Windshield washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Windshield wipers
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
55
Folding up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Replacing windshield wiper blades . . . . . . . 56
Switching on/off ... ...... ....... .. .. . 54
216
Washer reservoir
Winter driving Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
233
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Winter operation
Coolant system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
208
Defrosting windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Seat heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Winter tires. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Winter use
Car washes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
193
Removing ice from windows 195
X
Xenon head lights .. ............. 48, 50, 249
273