How to adjust the front s eats . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Incorr ect s eat pos it ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Occupants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Rear passengers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Seats adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Correct seating position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Folding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Select ive unlock feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Selector lever lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Selector lever positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Selector lever (automatic transmission)
Emergency operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Service and disposal Safety belt pretensioner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Service interval display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Service position
refer to Replacing w iper blades . . . . . . . . . 46
Shift paddles (automatic transmission) . . . . 85
Shutting down vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Side airbags
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
How they work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Side assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Adjusting the br ightness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
C leaning the sensors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Sensor range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
switch ing on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
also refer to Side assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Side curtain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
H ow they work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Ski bag .. ... ................... .... ... 60
Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Sockets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Sources of inform ation about child restraints
and their use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Space -saving spare tire (compact spare tire)
212
Spare tire . .. .. ............... .. .... . 212
Spare wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Speed warning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
START ENGINE STOP button . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Starting from a stop Hill start assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Index
Starting on inclines (hill hold) . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Starting to drive With a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Starting (engine) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67, 69
Steering Electromechanical steering .......... 156, 0
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Locking (convenience key) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Locking (ignition lock) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
also refer to Elec tromechanical steering 156
Steering wheel Adjusting steering column . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Indic ato r light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Shift paddles (automatic transmission) . . . 85
Steps for determining correct load limit . . . 205
Stopping (engine) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68, 70
Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Glove compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Storage compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54, 56
Subwoofer ...... .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Sunroof
refer to Panorama roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Sun shade
Emergency closing (panorama roof) . . . . . . 38
Sun visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Symbols
refer to Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
T
Tachometer ..... .. .. ............... 10, 11
T ail lights
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Technical modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
T emperature display
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Tether anchors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 7
Tether strap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Tie-down rings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Tie-downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
T ime ....... ... .. .. ................ .. 22
t iptronic mode (automat ic transmission) . . . 85
tiptronic (automatic transmission) . . . . . . . . 82
245
When must a safety belt be replaced? . . . . 106
When must the airbag system be inspected?
l22
Where are lower anchorages located? . . . . 145
W indow regulators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Child safety lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Windows Cleaning/remov ing ice ...... ...... ... . 170
Defrost ing (manual climate contro l system) .64
Windshield cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Defrost ing (automat ic climate control sys-
tem) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Defrost ing (manual climate contro l system) .64
Windshield washer fluid level . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Windshield washer system
W indshield wipers 45,190
C leaning wipe r blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Folding up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Replac ing windsh ield wiper blades . . . . . . . 46
Replacing wiper blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Sw itching on and
off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Winter driving
Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
206
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Winter operation
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Coolant system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Defrost ing the windshield (automatic cli-
mate control system) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Windshield washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
W inter tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
206
Winter use
Car washes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Removing ice from windows 170
X
Xenon headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Ind ex
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