2016 AUDI A7 climate settings

Table of contents
Owner's Literature
5
About this Owner's Manual . . . . . . 6
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Cockpit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Gene ral illus tra tion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Instrument s and indicator lights 10
Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Indicator ligh ts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Driver information system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
On Board Diagnostic System (OBD) . . . . . . 28
Opening and closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
K eys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Centra l locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
31
Luggage compartment lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Ch ild safety lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
PowerW indows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Sunroof .. .. .... .......... ...... ... .
4 0
Garage door ope ner (Home link ) . . . . . . . . 41
Lights and Vision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
E xterior lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
I n ter ior light ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
4 6
V1s1on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
W indshield wipe rs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 9
Seats and storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 2
G ene ral info rmation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Fr ont seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
H ead restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
M emory f unct ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Ashtray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Cigarette lig hter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
12 Volt sockets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Sto rage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Roof rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
6 1
Luggage compartmen t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
P ass-t hrough wi th s ki bag . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 6
Warm and cold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Clima te con tro l sys tem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
T hree -zone climate control . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
F our -zone automa tic climate cont ro l . . . .
7 1
Steering whee l heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
2
Driving .... . .... .. .. ... . .. .... ... . .
Steering . ... .... .. .. .. .. .. .... ... . . 74
74
Starting and stopp ing the engine . . . . . . . 75
E lectromechanica l parking brake . . . . . . . 78
Start-Stop-System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Speed warning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Cru ise contro l system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Audi adaptive cruise control and
braking guard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
85
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
General informatio n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Audi adaptive cruise co ntrol . . . . . . . . . . . 8 7
Audi br aking gu ard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
91
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Audi active lane assist . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Lane assis t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Audi side assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
S ide assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Audi drive select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Driving settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Raising/lower ing the ve hicle . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Driver messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Night vision a ssist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
N ight vision assist with pedestrian and
wild animal h ighlighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
104
Automatic transmission . . . . . . . . . 107
5 tronic, tiptronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Parking sy stems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
General information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Pa rking system pl us ..... .. .... ... .. .. 115
Rearv iew camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Perip heral cameras . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Adjusting the d isplay and the warning
tones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
124
Error messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 4
Tra ile r h itch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Driving safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Bas ics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 26
Co rrec t passenger sea ting posi tions . . . . . 1 2 7

Opening and closing
Opening and closing
Keys
Key set
F ig . 17 Key set
@ Remote cont rol key w ith me chanical key
You can centrally lock and unlock your vehicle and
start the engine w it h the master key with remote
control. A mechanical key is integrated in the re­
mote control key
o page 30 .
@ Eme rgen cy key
The emergency key is not intended for constant
use. It shou ld only be used in an emergency.
Keep it in a safe place and do not carry it on your
key ring.
K ey replacement
If you lose a key, contact your authorized A udi
dea ler immediately to have the
lost key disabled.
Be sure to bring all yo ur keys with you.
Personal comfo rt sett ings
If two peop le use one vehicle, i t is recommended
that each person always uses "their own" master
key. Whe n the ignition is switched off or when
the vehicle is locked, personal convenience set ­
tings for the fo llow ing systems are stored and as­
signed to the remote master key.
- Automatic climate control
- Central lock ing system
- Amb ience lighti ng*
- Seat memory*
- Parking system*
- Adaptive cruise control*
- Audi active lane assist *
30
-Audi side assist *
- Aud i drive se lect
- Night vision assistant*
- Heated steering wheel*
The stored settings are automatically recalled
when you unlock the vehicle, when you open the
doors or when you switch the ignition on.
A WARNING
-
- Do not leave your vehicle u nattended. A l­
ways take your ign ition key with you and
lo ck your vehicle. Entry by unau thori zed per­
sons could end anger yo u or res ult in theft or
damage the vehicle .
- Do n ot leave ch ildren unattended in t he ve ­
h icle, especi ally wit h access to vehicle keys.
Ungua rded a ccess to the keys provides chil ­
dren t he opport unity to start the engine
and/or activate ve hicle systems such as the
power windows, etc. Unsupe rv ised ope ra­
tion of any veh icle system by c hildren can
result i n serio us in ju ry .
(D Tips
- The operation o f the remote control key can
be temporarily d is rupted by interference
from transmitters in the vic inity of the vehi­
cle working in the same freque ncy range
(e.g. a cell phone, radio e quipment).
- For security reasons, rep lacement keys are
only ava ilable from Audi dealers .
- For Declaration of Comp liance to United
States FCC and Industry Canada reg ulations
~page 277.
Removing the mechanical key
Fig. 18 Remote cont rol mas te r key: removing the mechani-
ca l key .,._

Warm and cold
mode switches off. The temperat ure shou ld be
set to approximately 72 ° F (22 °C).
The
IAU TOI button switches the defroster off.
I® REAR I Switching the rear window defogger
on /off
The rear w indow heater only operates when the
engine is r unning.
It sw itches off automatically
after a few m in utes, depending on the outs ide
temperature.
To prevent the rear w indow heater from switch ­
ing
off a utomat ica lly, press and hold the!@ R EAR I
but ton fo r more than 2 seconds. This rema ins
stored until the ignition is switched
off.
Q:I Adjusting seat h eating *
Pressing the button switches the seat heating on
at the highes t setting (level 3) . T he LEDs indicate
the tempe rature leve l. To red uce the tempe ra­
ture, press the button again. To switch the seat
heating
off , press the button repeatedly until the
LED turns
off .
Afte r 10 minutes , the seat heat ing a utomat ica lly
sw itches from level 3 to leve l 2 .
Air vent s
You can open or close the center and rear vents in
the cockpit and the vents in the rear center con­
sole using the r idged thumbwhee ls. The levers
adj ust the d irect ion of the a irf low from the vents.
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A WARNING
-
- You should not use the recirculation mode
for an extended period since no fresh air is
drawn in . With the a ir-conditioning sw itched
off, the windows can fog up, which increases
the r isk of a n accident.
- Individuals w ith reduced sensitivity to pain
or temperatu re could develop burns when
using the seat heat ing f unct ion. To reduce
the r isk of inj ury, these indiv iduals should
not use seat heating.
(D Note
To avoid damage to the heat ing e lements in
the seats, do not kneel on the sea ts or place
h eavy loads on a sma ll area o f the seat .
Basic settings
Applies to vehicles: wit h three-zone climate control
The climate control system basic settings are ac­
cessed in the Infotainment system.
~ Select: the I CARI funct ion button > ( Car )* S ys-
t e m s
control button > AC.
Au xilia ry heater*
In vehicles with diesel engines, the auxiliary heat­
er helps to warm the vehicle interior more quick­
ly. The aux iliary heater is controlled automatical ­
l y in the
A ut o setting .

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Warm and cold
Four-zone automatic climate control
Operating
Applies to vehicles: with four-zone a utomat ic climate control
Fi g. 76 Four -zone a utomat ic climate con trol: controls
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Fig . 77 Four -zone automat ic climate con trol: rear contro ls
Press the buttons to t urn the funct ions on or off.
Use the con trols to ad just the temperature, the
b lower speed and the air distribution . The LED in
a button will light up when the function is
switched on. The front settings are shown in the
climate control system display and in the Info­
tainment system d isplay for a few seconds. The
d river and front passenger settings can be adjust ­
ed sepa rately .
The settings can also be adjusted in the rear
¢ fig. 77.
IOFF ! Switching the climate control system
on /off
The IO FFI button switches the climate control
system on or off.
It a lso switches on when you
p ress the control. Airflow from outside is blocked
when the climate control system is switched off . The
I
OF F! button in the rear only switches the A/C
system on/off in the rear of the vehicle.
IA/Cl Switching cooling mod e on /off
T he air is not coo led an d humidity is not remove d
when coo ling mode is switc hed off. This can
ca use fog on the windows . The cooling mode
switches off automatica lly when there are cold
outside temperatures.
l ""'I Switching recirculation mode on /off
In recirc ulation mode, the air inside the vehicle is
c irculated and filtered. Th is prevents the unfil­
tered air outside the vehicle from entering the
vehicle interior. We recommend switch ing recir­
cu lation mode on when driving through a tunnel
or when sitt ing in traffic
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The IAUTO I button orl ~ FRON T I button switches
recirculation mode off .
I AUTO I Switching automatic mode on
Automatic mode main tains a cons tan t tempera­
tu re ins ide the veh icle. Air tem perature, airf low
and air distr ib ution are cont ro ll ed automatically.
Adjusting the temperature
Tempera tures betwee n 60 °F (+ 16 °() and 8 4 °F
(+ 28 °() can be set . Ou tside of this range, lo or hi
will appear in the climate control system disp lay .
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Warm and cold
At both of these settings, the climate control sys ­
tem runs continuously at maximum cooling or heating power. There is no temperat ure regula­
tion.
Adju st ing th e bl ow er[!]
You can ad just the volume of air generated by the
b lower to yo ur preference. To have the blower
reg ulated automatically, press the
!AUTO I button .
~ Adjusting air d istribution
You ca n manually se lect the vents whe re the air
w ill flow. To have the air distrib ution regu lated
automatically, press the
! AUTO ! button.
~ Adjusting seat heating * /se at vent ilation*
Pressing the button switches the seat heating/
seat ventilat ion on at the highest setting ( leve l
3). The LEDs indicate the tempe ratu re leve l. To
red uce the tempe ratu re, p ress the butto n aga in.
To switch the seat heating/seat venti lation off,
press the button repeatedly until the LED turns
off .
After 10 minutes, the seat heating automat ica lly
switches from leve l 3 to leve l 2 .
I@ FRONT I Switching the defroster on /off
The windsh ield and s ide windows are defrosted
or cleared of condensation as quickly as possible.
The max imum amo unt of air flows ma inly from
t he ven ts below the w indshie ld. Rec irc ulat ion
mode switches off . The temperature shou ld be
set to approximately 22
°C.
The IAUTOI b utton swi tches the defroster off.
IOiil REAR I Switching the rear window defogger
on /off
The rear w indow heater only operates when the
eng ine is running.
It sw itches off automatically
after a few m in utes, depend ing on the outs ide
temperature.
To prevent the rear w indow heater from switc h­
ing off a utomat ica lly, press and hold the
!l:iil REAR I
button fo r more t han 2 seconds. This rema ins
stored until the ignition is switched off.
72
I SYNC I Sy nchron izat ion
When synchroni zation is swi tched on, the set­
tings for the driver's side a re applied to the front
passenger's side (except for seat heating/ventila­
tion*). The settings in the rear are also synchron­ ized. Synchronization switches off if the settings
are adjusted on the front passenger's side or in
the rear.
You can synchronize the settings in a row by
pressing and holding a control. For example, to
apply the settings for the front passenger's side
to the driver's side, press and ho ld the control on
the front passenger's side. The same applies to
the rear .
Residual he at*
With the ign ition turned off, you can activate the
residual heat function by pressing the
[!:I button
<=> fig . 76 . The residua l heat from the coolant is
u sed to heat the veh icle interior. The residual
heat funct ion switches off automatically after
about 30 minutes.
Air vents
You can open or close the center and rear vents in
the cockpit and the vents in the rear center con­
sole and door pillars using the ridged thumb­
whee ls . T he levers adjust the direct ion of the air­
flow from the vents.
.8, WARNING
- You should no t use the re ci rculation mode
for an extended period since no fresh air is drawn in. With the a ir-conditioning switched
off, the windows can fog up, which increases
the risk of an accident.
- Individ ua ls with red uced sensitivity to pain
or temperat ure could deve lop burns when
using the seat heating f unction. To reduce
the risk of inj ury, these indiv iduals should
not use seat heating .
(D Note
To avoid damage to the heating e lements in
the seats, do not kneel on the seats or place heavy loads on a small area of the seat.

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Basic settings
Applies to vehicles: with four-zone automat ic climate control
The climate control syst em basic s ettings are ac ­
cessed in th e Infotainment system.
... Se lect : th e ICARI function button > (Car )* Sys-
tems
contro l button > AC.
Rear seat settings
W hen t his funct ion is se lected, a ll sett ings for
the rear can be adjusted through the climate con­
trol system in the cockpit. The climate contro l
system sett ings cannot be adjusted in the rea r
seat at the same time. This funct io n sw itches off
after a certain period of time or w hen o ne of the
con trols in the cockpit is pressed.
Recirculation mode
The sensit ivity level of the automatic recircula­
tion mode can be set at various leve ls from
Off to
Sensitive . Recirculat io n mode is contro lled auto­
mat ica lly. If the w indows fog up, press the
I@ F RON T I button.
Footwell temperature
You can adjust the footwe ll temperat ure so that
it is coole r or warmer.
Au xiliary heater*
In vehicles with d iesel en gines*, the auxiliary
heate r helps to warm t he vehicle interior more
qu ickly . The auxiliary heater is controlled auto ­
mat ica lly in the
A uto setting.
Steering wheel heating
Applies to vehicles: with heated steering w heel
The steering wheel rim can be heated.
F ig . 7 8 Steering w heel : steering w hee l heat butto n
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Warm and cold
... Press the~ button to switc h steer ing whee l
heati ng on/off. The message
Steering wheel
heating on/Steering wheel heating off
ap­
pears in the instrument cluster display.
T he temperat ure is maintained at a constant lev ­
el when steering wheel heating is switched on .
T he s teer ing wheel hea ting se tt ings a re stored
a utoma tica lly and assigne d to the remote con trol
key that is in use .
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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
Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Starting with jumper cab les . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Stopping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Closing the hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Opening the hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Working in the engine compartment . . . . 218 Event Data Recorder (EDR)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Expansion tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Exterior lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Exterior mirrors
Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Dimming ..... ..... .. ................ 48
Heating...... ..... .. ................ 47
Exterior temperature display . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Engine coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Adding coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
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Checking the engine coolant leve l. . . . . . . 224
Expansion tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Malfunction symbol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Radiator fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Temperature gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Adding . ..... .. ................ .... 222
Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Checking oil level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Consumpt ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
O il consumption. .............. ... .. . 221
Pressure malfunct ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Sensor defective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Specification and viscos ity . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Engine sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Engine speed limitation (indicator light) 21
E ngine Start-Stop mode
refer to Start-Stop-System . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Engine warm -up request
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 1
Environment Catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Diesel particulate filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Disposing of your vehicle battery . . . . . . . 231
Driving at high speeds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Fuel ...... ... .. ... ............. ... . 212
L eaks under your veh icle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
L ett ing the veh icle stand and warm up . . . 199
Proper disposal of drained brake fluid . . . 227
Proper disposal of drained engine coo lant 225
Proper disposal of drained engine oil 222, 223
Recycling used engine oil. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Unleaded fuel .................. .. ... 210
What should I do with an old battery? . . . 231
ESC Automatic post-collision braking system 189
282
Fastening
Booster seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Convertib le child safety seats . . . . . . . . . . 17 4
Infant seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Floor mats ...... ... ... ........ ...... . 131
Foot pedals .......................... 131
For the sake of the environment Environmentally-friendly driving . . . . . . . 198
Gasoline fumes and the env ironment . . . . 212
Reducing engine noise by early upshifting . 10
Refueling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Saving fuel by early upshifting . . . . . . . . . . 10
Warming up the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Four-zone automatic climate control Air vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Auxiliary heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Basic settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Operating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Recirculation mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Residual heat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Synchronizing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Front airbags Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
How they work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Frontal collisions and the laws of physics . . 136
Front seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Child restraints in the front seat . . . . . . . . 144
Fuel Additives .. .. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Blended gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Current consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Fuel filler neck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Fuel gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 , 11
Gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Gasoline additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21