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A
A/C (automatic climate control) . . . . . . . . . . 77
ABS
refer to Anti-lock braking system . . . . . . . 190
Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Active lane assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Activating and deactivating . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
C leaning the camera area . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Descr iption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Instrument cluster indicator light . . . . . . 100
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Notes on instrument cluster display . . . . . 100
Sett ing the steering wheel vibration . . . . 101
Adaptive air suspension/sport . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Adapt ive cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
C leaning the sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Request for driver intervention . . . . . . . . . . 95
Stop-and-go traffic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Adapt ive Light (defective) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
AdBlue .. .. .. .. ................. ..... 216
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Opening the tank door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Refilling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Adding Engine coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Additives Engine oil 225
Adjustab le steer ing column . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Adjusting Air distribution (automat ic cl imate control) .78
Instrument illuminat ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Steering column . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Temperature (automatic climate control) . 78
Airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Advanced Airbag-System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Advanced Airbag System components . . . 152
Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Ch ild restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Components (front a irbags) . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Danger of fitting a child seat on the front
passenger seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Fr ont airbags ................. .. 150, 151
Index
How do the front airbags work? . . . . . . . . 154
How many airbags does my vehicle have? 152
How the Advanced Airbag System compo-
nents work together . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Important information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Important safety instructions on the knee
airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Knee airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light . . . . . . . . . 156
Repairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
S ide curta in a irbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Warning/Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Weight-sensing mat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
When must the system be inspected? 156
Aircraft Transporting your vehicle 274
Alcantara Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Alignment pin (tire changing) . . . . . . . . . . . 256
All season ti res . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 51
All Wheel Dr ive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Alternator
refer to Generato r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Amb ience lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Anti-freeze Windshield washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
also refer to Engine coolant . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Anti-lock braking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Anti-slip regulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Anti-theft systems Electronic immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
ASR
refer to Anti-slip regulation . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Audi braking guard
refer to Braking guard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Audi drive select
refer to Drive select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Audi Service Repair Manuals and Literature 281
AUTO Automat ic climate control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Automat ic headl ights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
285

Index
Auto Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Automatic belt retractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Automatic climate control Air vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Automatic recirculation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Automatic climate control system synchroni zing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Automatic post-collision braking system . . 191
Automatic transm ission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Automatic transmission (tiptronic) Emergency mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Kick-down .. .. .. ................. ... 115
Manual shifting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Parking lock emergency release . .. .. .. . 117
Selector lever positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Automatic wipers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Auto Safety Hotline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Average consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Average speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Avoid damaging the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
B
Battery
Charge level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
E nergy management 195
Important warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Replacing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Working on the battery ........ .... .. . 231
Before driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Belt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Blended gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Blower (automatic climate control) . . . . . . . . 78
Booster seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Brake fluid
Changing the brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Checking the brake fluid level . . . . . . . . . . 230
Brake system
Anti-lock brak ing system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Brake assist system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Brake booster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Brake fluid specifications for refill and re­
placement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
286
Brake light defective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Brake power assist un it . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Electromechanical parking brake . . . . . . . . 83
Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Worn brake pads symbol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
braking guard Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Braking guard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Break -in period
Brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Breaking in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
New tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Bulbs 270
C
California Proposition 65 Warning . . . . . . . 221
Battery specific . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
AdBlue . .. .... .. .. .. ...... ......... 216
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Carbon parts Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208, 209
Car carrier Transporting your vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Cargo area
refer to Luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . 135
Catalytic converter 197
Center armrest
Cockpit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Central locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Emergency locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Certification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
Changi ng engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Checking Engine coolant level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 7
Child restraints Danger of using child restraints in the front
seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Where can I get additional information about child restraints and their use? . . . . 186
Child restraint system anchors . . . . . . . . . . 180

Index
NHTSA Contacting 136
Night vision assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Clean ing camera lenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Nitrogen ox ide (NOx) catalytic converter
refer to AdBlue .. .......... ........ . . 216
Number of seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
0
Occupant seating positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Octane rating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
OFF (automatic climate control) . . . . . . . . . . 77
Oil
refer to Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
On-board computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
On-Board Diagnostic System (OBD)
Data Link Connector (DLC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Electronic speed limiter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Malfunction Ind icator Lamp (MIL) . . . . . . . 28
Open door/hood/rear lid warning . . . . . . . . . 28
Opening... .. .... .. . .......... .. .. .... 30
Hood ...... .... .................... 220
Luggage compartment lid ........... 37, 39
Panorama glass roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Sunroof .. .... ....................... 42
Sun shades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44, 53
W indows .. ................. .... .... 40
Other equipment (efficiency program) . . . . . 25
Owner 's Literature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S
p
Paint damage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Paint No. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Panorama glass roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Panoramic sunroof
Sun shade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Valet parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
also refer to Electromechanical
parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Parking system
Adjusting the display/warning tone . . . . . 128
Cleaning sensors/camera lenses . . . . . . . . 207
292
Cleaning the rear view camera . . . . . . . . . 119
Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Parking system plus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Peripheral cameras . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Trailer hitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Parking systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Peripheral display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Rearviewcamera ... .. ............... 119
Particle filter
refer to Diesel particulate filter . . . . . . . . . 20
Parts replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Pass-through with ski sack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
PASS ENGER AIR BAG OFF light . . . . . . . . . . 156
Passenger protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Pedestrian detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Peripheral display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Physical principles of a frontal collision 139
Plastic parts Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Polishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Pollen filter
refer to Pollutant filter (automatic A/C sys-
tem) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Pollutant filter (automatic A/C system) 76
Power Windows ... .. .. .. .... ........... ... 40
Power locking system Locking/unlocking the vehicle from inside . 35
Luggage compartment lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Se lective unlock feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Unlocking and locking vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Power seat adjustment Front seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Rear seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Power steering
refer to Electromechan ica l power ass ist.. 194
Power windows malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Pregnant women Special considerations when wearing a safe-
ty belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
pre sense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Pressure (tires) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Preventative passenger protection . . . . . . . 187

Prewarming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Proper occupant seating positions . . . . . . . 130
Proper safety belt position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Proper seating position
Fr ont passenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Occupants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Rear passengers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Protecting 208
Q
quattro
refer to All Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Question What happens to unbelted occupants? 139
R
Radiator fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Radio clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Rain/light sensor Headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Intermittent (windshield wipers) . . . . . . . . 54
Sensor defective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Raising the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Range (fuel level) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Reading lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Rearfoglights . .. ............. .. .. .. .. 46
Rear lid Escape hand le . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Rear light Defective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Rear seats Adjusting individual seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Entry assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Front passenger seat adjustment . . . . . . . . 64
Reclining rear seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Rear view mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Rear window heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Recirculation mode (automatic climate con-
trol) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Reclining rear seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Recuperation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Refilling AdBlue With bottle. .. ................ .... .. 218
With canister . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Index
Refrigerator
Operating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Refuelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Remote control Garage door opener (Homelink) . . . . . . . . . 44
Massage function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Unlocking and locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Remote luggage compartment lid release . . 36
Repair manuals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Repairs Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
R eplacing
Light bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Windshield wiper blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Reporting Safety Defects ........... 136, 137
Request to warm engine by driving Warn ing/ indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Reset button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Retractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Reverse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Rims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Roof rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Loading........... ................. . 71
Roof weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
s
SAFE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Safe driving habits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Safety Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Cargo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Correct seating posit ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Pedal area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Safety belt position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Safety belts worn by pregnant women . . . 143
Safety belt pretensioner
Service and disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Safety belt pretensioners Pre sense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138, 141
Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Danger to passengers who do not wear a
safety belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
293

Index
Fastening . ..................... ... .
Improperly worn ................ ... .
Not worn .. .. .. ................ ... .
Safety belt position ........... .... .. . 141
144
139
142
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Securing child safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Special considerations for pregnant worn-
en ....... ... .. ................ ... . 143
Unfastening .. .. ............. .... .. . 143
Warning/indicator light ....... .. .. .. . 138
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Worn properly .................. ... .
Safety belt tensioner drive select . .. .... ........... .... .. .
Safety belt warning light ............ .. .
Safety compliance sticker .......... ... .
Safety equipment ........... ...... ... .
Safety features for occupant restraint and
protection . .. .. ............... .... .. .
Safety guidelines 140
106 138
277
129
129
Seat adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Safety instructions Eng ine compartment .......... .... .. .
for side curtain airbags ........ .. .. .. .
for using chi ld safety seats ..... .... .. .
for using safety belts ................ .
Monitoring the Advanced Airbag System .
Safety systems 220
167
171
140
158
Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Saving fuel Cylinder on demand system . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Efficiency program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Recuperation
Screwdriver .. .. ............... .... .. .
Seat adjustment 24
256
Controls (front seats) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Controls (rear seats)
.................. 61
Driver's seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Front passenger's seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Safety guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Seat covers Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Seat heating/ventilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Seating position Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Front passenger ........... ...... ... . 131
294
How to adjust the front seats ......... .
Incorrect seat position .............. .
Occupants ........... .............. . 131
133
130
Rear passengers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Seats Comfort seat side view
................ 66
Correct seating position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Seat symmetry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Seats (number) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Selective catalytic reduc tion
refer to Ad Blue. .. ... ...... ....... .. . 216
Selective unlock feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Selector lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Service and disposal Safety belt pretens ioner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Service interval display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Service pos ition
refer to W indshield wipers . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Shift paddles .. .. .. .. .. .............. .
Ship (transporting your vehicle) ........ .
Shutting down vehicle
Side airbags Description .. .. .. .. .. ............. . .
How they work ... ... ............. .. .
llS
274
198
162
164
Side assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Activating and deactivating . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Adjusting the brightness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Cleaning the sensors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Sensor range .. .. .. .. ... ... .... ... . .
103
Side curtain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
How they work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Side marker lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Ski sack
refer to Pass-through with ski sack . . . . . . . 69
Sliding/tilting sunroof Emergency closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Emergency operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Sockets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67, 72
Solar operation (automatic climate control) . 79
Sources of information about child restraints
and their use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Space-saving spare tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257

Spare tire
refer to Compact spare tire . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Spare wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Speed warning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Sport differential . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Start-Stop-System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Engine does not switched off . . . . . . . . . . . 86
E ngine starts automatically . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Starting/stopping the engine . . . . . . . . . . . 86
switch ing off/on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Start/Stop system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
S TART ENGINE STOP button . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Starting from rest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
St art ing off with a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Starting (engine) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Steering
refer to Electromechanical power assist. . 194
Steering whee l
Adjusting steering column . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Easy entry feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Indicator light ................ ... 17, 194
Shift paddles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Steer ing whee l heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Steps for determining correct lo ad limit . . . 250
Stopping the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Storage compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Panorama glass roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Sun shades Em ergency closing (roof) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Panoramic sunroof. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Rear doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Rear window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Sun visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Symbols
refer to Warning/Indicator lights.. .... .. 11
T
Tachometer .................... .... 11, 23
T ail lights
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Index
TOI clean diesel
refer to Ad Blue ... .. ................ . 216
Technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Technical modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
T emperature display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Tether anchors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Tether strap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
T extiles
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Tie -downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68, 136
Tips for the environment
Saving fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
t iptronic (automatic t ransm iss ion) . . . . . . . 112
Tire mobility kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Low aspect ratio tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Repair set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Replacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Service life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Tire pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Tire pressure monitoring system . . . . . . . 254
T ire pressure table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
T readwear indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Unidirectional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Uniform tire quality grading . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Tires and wheels
Glossary of tire and loading terminology . 238
T ires and vehicle load limits . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Torn or frayed safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
T owing
T ow trucks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
TPMS (tire pressure moni toring system) . . . 254
Trailer mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
T railer towing
Operating instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Parking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
T echnica l requirements . . . . . . . . . . . 202, 203
Train (transporting your vehicle) ......... 274
Transmission malfunction (indicator light). 116
T ransport Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Transporting your vehicle ............ ... 274
Trip odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
What does it mean wh en DEF appears in the
trip odome ter disp lay? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
295