2016 AUDI A7 warning

Index
A
A/C (four -zone automat ic climate control) . . 7 1
A/C (three-zone climate control) . . . . . . . . . . 69
Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59, 276
Active lane ass ist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Ad justing the vibration warning . . . . . . . . . 96
C leaning the camera area . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Driver messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
sw itching on and
off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Adapt ive a ir s uspension/spo rt . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Adapt ive cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Clean ing the sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Request fo r driver intervention . . . . . . . . . . 90
S top-and-go traffic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Adapt ive Light (defective) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
AdB lue. ... . ... ... .. .. ..... ... .. .. ... 214
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Opening the tank door......... .. .. .. . 215
Refilling . .. .. ................. .. ... 215
Adding Engine coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
E ng ine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
W indshield washer fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Addit ives
E ngine oi l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Ad justing
Fr ont seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Steer ing colum n elec trically . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
S teer ing column manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Adjusti ng a ir distribution (fou r- zone automat -
ic climate control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Ad justing a ir distribution (three-zone climate
control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Adj usting the temperat ure (fou r-zone au to-
matic climate control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Ad justing the tempe ratu re (three-zone cl i-
ma te con trol) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
advanced key
refer to Convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 5
Airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Ai rbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Advanced A irbag-System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Advanced Airbag Sys tem components . . . 1 50
Ca re . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
278
Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Child restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Components (front a irbags) . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Danger of fitting a ch ild seat on the front
passenger seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
D isposa l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Front a irbags .. .. .. .. ..... ...... 147, 148
How do the front airbags work? . . . . . . . . 152
How many a irbags does my vehicle have? 150
How the Adv anced Airbag System compo-
nen ts work togethe r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Important information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Important safety instructions on the knee
airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Knee a irbags. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
PASSE NGER AIR BAG O FF light . . . . . . . . . 155
Repa irs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Safety i nstructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 7
S ide a irbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
S ide curta in a irbag s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Warning/Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
When must the system be inspected? 154
A ircraft
T ra nspo rting yo ur vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
All season tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
A ll weat her lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
All w heel d rive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 92
Alternator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Ambient lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Ant i-freeze
refer to Engine coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Ant i- lock brak ing system
Ind icator lig ht . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Warning/ind icator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Anti -Lock Braking System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Ant i-slip regu lation
Ind icator lig ht . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Ant i-S lip Regulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Anti -theft systems
E lectronic immob ilizer .... ..... ... .. .. . 31
Asht ray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Audi drive select
refer to Drive se lect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Audi Se rvice Repair Manuals and Literature 274

M N <( (.J
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AUTO Automatic headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Four -zone automatic climate control . . . . . 71
Three- zone climate control . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Auto Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Automatic belt retractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Automatic post-collision braking system . . 189
Automatic t ransmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Emergency mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Hill descent control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Kick-down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
M anual shift program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Selector lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Selector lever emergency release . . . . . . . 113
Automatic wipe/wash system . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Auto Safety Hotline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Auxiliary heater (four- zone automatic climate
control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Auxiliary heater (three-zone climate control) 70
Average consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Ave rage speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Avoid damaging the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
B
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Charge level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Energy management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Important warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Jump starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Replacing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Win ter operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Working on the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Before driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Belt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Blended gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Blower (four-zone automatic climate control) .7.2
Blower (three-zone climate control) . . . . . . . 69
Booster seats
Brake fluid 1
7 6
Changing the brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Checking the brake fluid level . . . . . . . . . . 227
Brakes Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Index
Brake system
Anti- lock braking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Brake booster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Br ake fluid specifications for refill and re­
placement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 7
Brake power ass ist unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Electromechanical parking brake . . . . . . . . 78
Fluid reservo ir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Worn brake pads symbo l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Braking Brake assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Emergency braking funct ion . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Braking guard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8S
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Break-in pe riod
Brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Tires
Breaking in New tires
C
196
196
240
California Proposition 65 Warning . . . . . . . 219
Battery specific . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
AdBlue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Engine oil 220
Car carrier Transporting your vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Care
... .... .. .. .. ............. .... .. 205
Cargo area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Cargo net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Center armrest Cockpit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Central locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Emergency locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Power windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Sunroof... .. .. .. .. ........... .... .. . 40
Cer tifica tion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Changing engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
279

Index
Checking
Engin e coolant leve l. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
224
Ch ild restra ints
D anger of using ch ild restra ints in the front
seat... .. .. .. .... ... .. .. .... .. .. .. .
144
Where can I get additional information
about child restraints and their use? . . . .
184
Ch ild restra int system anchors . . . . . . . . . . 180
Ch ild safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Important sa fety ins truc tions for us ing ch ild
safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
170
Important things to know when dr iv ing with
chi ldren . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
167
Tethe r anchors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Tether st raps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Ch ild safety lock
Rear doors, windows in the rear . . . . . . . . .
39
Ch ild safety seats
Booster seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
176
Convertible c hild seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Convertible locking retractor . . . . . . . . . . . 179
H ow do I p roperly install a ch ild safety seat
. h' l 7 170 in myve 1c e .... ... ..... ... .. .. .. .. .
I nfant sea ts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
173
Insta lling a child res traint using the LA T CH
system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
18 2
LA T CH system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Lower anchorages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Mounting and re leasing the anchorage
hook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
182
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Unused safety belts on the rear seat . . . . 172
Chil d seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Secur ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Ciga re tte lig hte r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Clea ning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Clea ning/removing ice from windows . . . . . 207
C lea ning Alcanta ra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Clean ing artificia l leather. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
C lean ing carbon parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207, 20 8
Cleaning controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Clean ing deco rative parts and trim . . . 206, 207
C lea ning displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Clean ing exhaust ta il pipes . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Clea ning plastic parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Clea ning rims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Clean ing texti les . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
280
Climate control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Closing
Su nroof. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
40
Windows . .. .... .. .. .. ........... .. . 39
Coming home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Compact spare tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
277
Consumer info rmation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 74
Consumer Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Co nsumption (fuel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Contacting NHTSA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Starting the engine (START ENGINE S TOP
button) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Stopping the eng ine (START ENG INE S TOP
bu tton) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
76
Swi tc hi ng the ignit ion on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
U nlocking and locking vehi cle . . . . . . . . . . .
34
Convenience opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Convertib le child safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . 1 74
Conve rtib le locki ng retractor
Activati ng . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
179
Dea ct ivatin g . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
U sing to secure a child safety seat . . . . . . 179
Coolant
refer to Eng ine coolan t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Cooling mode (four- zone automatic climate
control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
71
Cooling mode (three-zone climate control) . 69
Cross ing wa ter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Cruise contro l
Switc hing off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
84
Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Cruise contro l system
Changi ng speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
83
Preselect ing speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
switching on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
(upholder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Cu rve light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
101
Cylinder management
refer to Cylinder on demand System . . . . . 24
Cylinder on demand System . . . . . . . . . . . . .
24
D
Data recorde r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 7

Date display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Daytime running lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Declaration of compliance Adaptive cruise control .... .. .. .. .. .. .
277
A d' .d . u I s1 e assist . .. .... .... . .... .. .. . 277
Cell phone package ........ ... ... ... . 277
Convenience key ............. .. .... . . 277
Electronic immobilize r ..... .. .. .. .. .. . 277
Garage door opener (HomeLink) . .. .. .. . 277
Remote control key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Defective light bulb warning
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
21
Defrosting (windows)
Four- zone automatic climate control . . . . .
72
Three-zone climate control . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
DEF (instrument cluster) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Determining correct load limit . . . . . . . . . .
247
Diesel
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
20
Prewarming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Diesel fuel... .. .............. ... .... .
211
Diesel particulate filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Dimming the rearview mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Door/rear lid warning
23
Doors Ch ild safety lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Driver information system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
CD/radio display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Door/rear lid warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Efficiency program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Exterior temperature display . . . . . . . . . . . 23
On-board computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
24
Service interval disp lay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Driver seating position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
127
drive select
adaptive air suspension/spor t . . . . . . . . . .
101
Adaptive dampers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Curve light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Engine sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Safety belt tensioner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Sport different ial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
M N Drive select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 <(
~ Driving economically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198 ,....,
~ Driving safely . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
~ Driving through water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Index
Driving time
Duplicate key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
30
Dust filter
refer to Pollutant filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Dynamic steering
Indicator light
E
192
Easy seat entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Economy tips (efficiency program) . . . . . . . . 25
Efficiency program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Electromechanical parking brake
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
78
Releasing and closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Electromechanical steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Electronic differential lock
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
18
Electronic Differential Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Electronic differential lock (EDL)
Warning/ind icator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
19
Electronic immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Electronic power control (EPC)
warning/indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
20
Electronic speed limiter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Electronic stabilization control
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
18
Electronic Stabilization Control . . . . . . . . . . 188
Sport mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Emergency actuation
Doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Emergency flasher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Emergency operation Emergency braking function (parking brake) .7.9
Fuel filler door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
214
Luggage compartment lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Selector lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
113
Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Emergency starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Energy management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
194
Engine
Compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
220
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Prewarming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
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Octane rating ....................... 210
Recommendation ............ ... .. ... 210
Refuelling . ... .............. ... .. .. . 212
Saving fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Tank capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
F ueling
Fuel filler door emergency release . . . . . . 214
Fue l gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Fu ses
Assignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Replacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
G
Garage door opener (Homelink) . . . . . . . . . . 41
Garment hooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Gauges Engine coolant temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
General illustration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Generator (warning/indicator lights) . . . . . . 16
Glossary of ti re and loading terminology .. 235
Glove compartment (cooled) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Glow plug system
Indica tor light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR) . . . . . 271
H
H ead -up display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Headlight Assistt. .. ... ...... ............. ... .. 44
Headlight range control system . . . . . . . . . . 43
H eadlights
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Headlight range control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Headlight range control system . . . . . . . . . 43
Washer reservoir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
H ead restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Front seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Rear seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Removing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
H eated
Exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Rear window (four-zone automatic climate
control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Rear window (three-zone climate control) . 70
Index
Seats (four-zone automatic climate control) .7.2
Seats(three-zone climate control) . . . . . . . 70
Washer nozzles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Heavy clothing and safety belts . . . . . . . . . . 137
High beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
High voltage warning label . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Hill descent control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Homelink (garage door opener) . . . . . . . . . . 41
Hood (release lever) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Hooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
How are child restraint system anchors relat-
ed to child safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
How many airbags does my vehicle have? . . 150
How safety belt pretens ioners work 141
I
Ignition
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Switching on/off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7S
Imbalance (wheels) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Important things to do before driving . . . . 126
Improperly worn safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Ind icator lights .. .. ............. .. .... . 11
also refer to Warning/ind icator lights . . . . 11
Infant seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Inflation pressure (tires) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Inspection interval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Installing child safety seats Safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Installing the upper tether strap on the an­
chorage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Instrument cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Adjust ing illumination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Instruments and controls General illustration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Interior lighting
Ambient lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Front and rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Intermittent (w indshield w ipers) . . . . . . . . . 49
283

Memory function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Mirror Vanity mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Mirrors dimm ing ..... .. .. .. .... ... .... .. .. .. 48
Exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Monitoring the Advanced Airbag System . . 154
Mul tifunction steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
N
Natural leather care/cleaning
NH TSA 208
Contacting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Night vision ass ist. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Cleaning the camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Nitrogen oxide (NOx) cata lytic converter
refer to Ad Blue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Number of seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
0
Occupant seating positions 127
Octane rating .. ........... .. .. .. .... . 210
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
OFF (four-zone automatic climate contro l) . . 71
OFF (three-zone climate control) . . . . . . . . . . 69
Oi l
refer to Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Oil change interva l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
On-board computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
On-Board Diagnostic System (080) Data Link Connector (DLC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Electronic speed limiter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Malfunction Indicator lamp (MIL) . . . . . . . 28
Open door/hood/rear lid warning . . . . . . . . . 23
Opening. .. .. .... ............. .. .. .. .. 30
H ood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
L uggage compartment lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Sunroof .... ................ ... .... .. 40
Windows .. ................ ... .... .. 39
Other consumers (efficiency program) . . . . . 25
Outlet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Owner's Literature
5
p
Paint damage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Index
Paint No. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Parking Automatic transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Parking aid Cleaning sensors/camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Emergency braking function . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Starting from a stop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Starting to drive with a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . 79
also refer to Electromechanical
parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Parking lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Parking system Adjusting the display/warning tone . . . . . 124
Cleaning the rearview camera . . . . . . . . . . 116
Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Parking system plus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Peripheral cameras . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Peripheral display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Trailer hitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
olsorefertoParkingsystems .. .. .. 115,116
Parking systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Rearview camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Parts replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Pass -through with ski sack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light . . . . . . . . . . 155
Passenger protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Pedestrian detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Peripheral display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Physical principles of a frontal collision . . . 136
Polishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Pollen filter
refer to Pollutant filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Pollutant filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Power Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Power locking system
locking/unlocking the veh icle from ins ide . 35
Unlocking and locking vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Power seat adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Power windows
Child safety lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Convenience opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
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Fastening . ... .............. ... .... .
H eight adjustment .............. .. .. .
Improperly worn ............ ... .. .. .
Not worn .. ...... ........... .. .... .
Safety belt posi tion ....... .. .. .. .. .. .
Safety instructions ................. . .
Securing child safety seats . .. .. .. .. .. .
Special considerations for pregnant wom-
en .. .. .. .. .......... · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 138
140
141
136
139
13 7
177
140
Unfasten ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Warning/indicator light.......... .. .. . 135
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Worn properly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Safety belt tensioner
drive select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Safety belt warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Safety compliance sticker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 71
Safety equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Safety features for occupan t restraint and
protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Safety guidelines Seat adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Safety instructions
Engine compartment ...... .. .. .. .. .. .
for side curtain airbags .... .. .. .. .. .. .
for using child safety seats ......... .. .
for using safety be lts ......... ... .. .. .
Monitoring the Advanced Airbag System .
Safety systems
218
166
170
137
157
Warn ing/ indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Saving fuel Cylinder on demand System . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
E fficiency program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Recuperation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Se at adjus tmen t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Driver's seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Front passenger's seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
H ead restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Safety guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Se at heating (four-zone au tom atic climate
control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Seat heating (thr ee-zone climate control) . . 70
Seating position
Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Fr ont passenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
How to adjust the front seats . . . . . . . . . . 128
Incorrect seat position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Index
Occupants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Rear pass engers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Seats Cleaning .. .. .. .. ....... ..... ... .. . . 208
Convenience side view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Correct seating position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Seat symmetry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Seats (number) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Seat ventilation (four- zone automa tic cl imate
con trol) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Se lective catalytic reduction
ref er to Ad Blue ... ................ ... 214
Selector lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Selector lever (autom atic transmission)
Emergency release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Service and disposa l
Saf ety belt pr ete nsioner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Serv ice interval display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Shift paddles .. .. .. ... .. .... .... .. .. ..
111
Ship (transporting your vehicle) . . . . . . . . . . 268
Side a irbags
Description .. .. .. ...... ....... .... . .
How they work . .. ....... ..... ... .. . .
side assist 161
163
Sensor range
.. ....... ........... .... 98
Sid e assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Adjusting the brightness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Cleaning the sensors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
switching on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
also refer to Side assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Sid e curtain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
How they work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Ski sack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
also r efer to Trunk pass-through . . . . . . . . 66
Snow cha ins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Socket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Sources of information about child restraints
and their use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Space-saving spare tire ..... ..... ..... . .
Spare tire ... .. .. .. ........ .... ..... . . 254
254
Speed limiter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Speed warning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Spoi ler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
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Trailer towing Operating instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
201
Park ing system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Tec hnical requirements . . . . . . . . . . . 201, 202
Train (tr anspo rting your veh icle) . . . . . . . . . 268
Transm iss ion ma lfunct ion (ind icator light) .
112
Transport Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Transport ing you r vehi cle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
T runk
refer to Luggage compartme nt . . . . . . . . . . 63
Trun k pass-th ro ugh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Tu rn signa ls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
4 4
War ning/ indica to r li ghts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2
u
ULSD No . 2 (Diesel fuel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 11
Unfasten ing safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Uniform t ire q ual ity g rading
Unlock ing 2 50
Powe r locking sw itch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Remot e control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Using the key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
V
Vanity m ir ror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 9
Vehicle Care/clean ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Out of serv ice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
198
Vehicle contro l mo dul es . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 7
Vehicle e lectr ica l system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Vehicle identificat ion labe l... .. .. .. .. ... 271
Ve hicle Identi fica tion N umber (VI N) . . . . . . 27 1
Vehicle jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253, 257
Vehicle transport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Ven tilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
68
w
Warn ing/ indicato r lights
A irbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
18
Anti-lo ck bra kin g sys tem (A BS) . . . . . . . . . . 1 9
B ra ke system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
C ruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2
Elect romechanica l par king brake . . . . . . . . 15
Elect ronic power co ntro l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Gene rator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
16
Index
G low p lug sys tem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Malfunction Indicator Lamp (MIL) . . . . . . . 20
Safety be lt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Turn signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Wa rning/Indi cato r lights
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1 54, 155
PASSENGER AIR BAG OF F . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Warning triangle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 53
Warranty coverages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Washer fl uid leve l (ind icator light) . . . . . . . . 2 1
Washe r reservo ir .. .. ... ....... ... .. .. 231
Wash ing matte f inish paint . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
We igh ts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 71
Wha t happens if you wear your safety belt too
loose? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
139
What happens to unbelted occupants? . . . . 136
W ha t impa irs d riving safety? . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Whee ls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 33
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
G lossary of tire and loading terminology .
235
Replac ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Tires and vehicle load limits . . . . . . . . . . . 245
When must a safety be lt be replaced? . . . . 13 7
When must t he a irbag system be inspected? 1.54
Where are lower anchorages located? . . . . .
181
Wild anim al recognition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Window regulators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Windows
Cleaning/removing ice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
207
Defrost ing (fo ur-zone automatic climate
control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
72
Defrost ing (three-zone climate contro l) . . . 69
Windshie ld
cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Defrost ing (fo ur-zone automatic climate
control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
72
Defrost ing (three-zone climate contro l) . . . 69
also refer to Windsh ield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Windshie ld washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
49
Washe r reservo ir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Windsh ie ld wipers
Cleaning w iper b lades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
F olding up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SO
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
21
Rep lac ing windsh ield wiper blades . . . . . . . SO
Switching on and
off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
289