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Tether anchors and tether straps
Fig. 138 Tether ancho rs: attachment hook locatio ns be
h ind the rear seatbacks
The tether anchors for the rear seating positions
are located on the backside of the rear seatbacks
¢fig. 138.
A tether is a straight or V-shaped strap that at
taches the top part of a child restraint to special anchorage points in the vehicle.
The purpose of the tether is to reduce the for
ward movement of the child restraint in a crash,
in order to help reduce the risk of head injury
that could be caused by striking the vehicle inte
rior.
Forward facing child restraints manufactured af
ter September 1, 1999, are required by U.S. fed
eral regulations to comply with new child head
movement performance requirements. These
new performance requirements make a tether
necessary on most new child safety seats.
A WARNING
Improper installation of child restraints will
increase the risk of injury and death in a
crash.
- Always follow the instructions provided by
the manufacturer of the child restraint you intend to install in your Audi.
- Improper use of child restraint anchors (in
cluding tether anchors) can lead to injury in
a collision. The anchors are designed to
withstand only those loads imposed by cor rectly fitted child restraints .
- Never mount two child restraint systems on
one LATCH lower anchor point .
Child safety
- Never attach two child restraint systems to
one tether strap or tether anchorage.
- Never attach a tether strap to a tie-down
hook in the luggage compartment.
- Never use child restraint tether anchorages
to secure safety belts or other kinds of occu
pant restraints.
- Never secure or attach any luggag e or other
items to the LATCH lower anchorages or to
the tether anchors.
- If a tether or other strap is used to attach a
child restraint to the front passenger seat,
make sure that it is not so tight, that it
causes the weight-sensing mat to measure more weight than is actually on the seat.
- The heavier weight registered can make the
Advanced Airbag System work as though an
adult were on the seat and deploy the Ad
vanced Airbag when it must be suppressed
causing serious or even fatal injury to the
child.
- If you must install a rearward facing child
safety seat on the front passenger seat be
cause of exceptional circumstances and the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light does not
come on and stay on, immediately install
the rear-facing child safety seat in a rear
seating position and have the airbag system
inspected by your Audi dealer.
147

Child safety
Installing the upper tether strap on the
anchorage
Fig. 139 Te ther strap : proper rout ing and moun ting
Fig. 140 Tether strap : p roper ro utin g and moun ting
Inst all ing th e te th er strap
• Release or deploy the tether strap on the child
restra int according to the child restra int manu
factu rer 's instruct ions.
• Gu ide the upper tether strap
und er the rear
head restraint and into the rear cargo area
¢ fig. 140 (raise the head restraint i f necessa
ry) .
• Slide the tether strap hook ove r the anchor
bracket.
• Pullon the tether strap hook so that the spring
catch of the hook engages .
• Tighten the tether strap firmly follow ing the
child restraint manufacturer's instruct ions .
Relea sing the te the r st rap
• Loosen the tension following the child restraint
manufacturer's instructions.
• Depress the spring catch on the hook and re
lease it from the anchorage .
@ Note
If you leave the child restraint with the tether
strap firmly installed for several days , this
148
could leave a mark on the upholstery on the
seat cushion and backrest in the area where
the tether strap was installed. The upholstery
would a lso be permanently stretched around
the tether strap. This applies especially to leather seats .
Using tether straps on rearward-facing
child restraints
Currently, few rear -fac ing child rest raint systems
come with a tether . Please read and heed the
child restraint system manufacturer's instruc
tions carefully to determine how to properly in
stall the tether.
A WARNING
-A child in a rearward-facing child safety seat installed on the front passenger seat will be
seriously injured and can be k ilted if the front
a ir bag inflates - even with an Advanced Airbag
System.
- The inflating airbag will h it the ch ild safety
seat or infant ca rr ier with great force and
w ill smash the child safety seat and child
aga inst the backrest, center a rmrest, or
door.
- A t ight tether or o ther strap on a rearward
fac ing chi ld restraint attached to the front
passenger seat can put too much pressure
on the weight-mat in the seat and register a
heavier weight in the Advanced Airbag Sys
tem. The heavier weight reg istered can
make the system work as though an adu lt
were on the seat and deploy the Advanced Airbag when it must be suppressed causing
ser ious or even fatal injury to the child.
- If you must install a rea rwa rd facing child
safety seat on the front passenger seat be
cause of exceptional circumstances and the
PAS SENGER AIR BAG OFF light does not
come on and stay on, immediately inst all
the rear-facing child safety seat in a rear
seating position and have the airbag system
inspected by your Audi dealer.

be happy to provide more infor
mation.
® Mud and snow capability
"M/5" or "M+S" indicates the tire
has character istics that make it
suitable for driving on mud and
snow .
& indicates a winter tire.
@Composition of the tire cord
and materials
The number of plies indicates the
number of rubberized fabric lay
ers in the tire. In general: the
more layers, the more weight a
tire can carry . Tire manufacturers
must also specify the materials
used in the tire. These inc lude
steel, nylon, polyester and other
materials.
@ Maximum permitted load
This number indicates the max i
mum load in kilograms and
pounds that the tire can carry.
@ Uniform tire quality grade
standards for tread wear,
traction and temperature resistance
Tread wear, traction and temper
ature ranges ¢
page 207.
;:: @ Running direction 0 ::,
~
...
'° V, N
'° ...
The arrows indicate the running
direction of unidirectional tires .
Wheels
You must always follow the speci
fied runn ing d irect ion
¢ page 218 .
@ Maximum permitted
inflation pressure
This number indicates the maxi
mum pressure to which a tire can
be inflated unde r normal operat
ing condit ions.
Glossary of tire and loading
terminology
Accessory weight
means the comb ined weigh t (in
excess of those standard items
which may be replaced) of auto
matic transm ission, power steer
ing , power brakes, power win
dows, power seats, radio, and
heater, to the extent that these
items are available as facto ry-in
stalled equipment (whether in
stalled or not) .
Aspect ratio
means the ratio of the heigh t to
the width of the tire in percent .
Numbers of 55 or lowe r indicate a
low sidewa ll for improved steer
ing response and better overall
handling on dry pavement. .,.
193

Important warnings when working on the
battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
187
Jump starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Replacing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Winter operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Working on the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Before driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Belt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Blended gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Blower
Automatic climate control system . . . . . . .
65
Manual climate control system . . . . . . . . . . 63
Booster seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Brake fluid
Changing the brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
186
Checking the brake fluid level . . . . . . . . . . 186
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Brake booster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
New brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Brake system
Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
186
Brake fluid specifications for refill and re
placement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Brake light defective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
18
Fluid reservoir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Worn brake pads symbol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Braking
Brake assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
151
Emergency braking funct ion . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Starting on inclines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Break-in period
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
159
Breaking in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
New tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
C
California Proposition 65 Warning . . . . . . . 178
Battery specific . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Caps for wheel bolts , removing . . . . . . . . . . 215
Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Index
Cargo area
refer to Loading the luggage compart-
ment...... ... .. .. .................
100
Cargo floor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Center armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Centra l locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Central locking sw itch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Emergency locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Luggage compartment lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Panorama roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Powe r windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 7
Remote control key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
29
Certification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Changing engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Checking
Engine coolant level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
183
Child restraints
Danger of using child restraints in the front
seat....... ... .. .. ................ .
113
Where can I get additional information
about child restraints and their use? . . . .
149
Child restraints system anchors. . . . . . . . . . 144
Child safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
132
Important safety instructions for using child
safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
135
Important th ings to know when driving with
children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
132
Installing a child restraint using the LATCH
system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
146
Mounting and re leasing the anchorage
hook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
146
Tether anchors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Tether s traps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Child safety lock
Rear doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
35, 36
Child safety seats
Booster seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
140
Convertible child seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Convertible locking retractor . . . . . . . . . . 143
Danger of using child restraints in the front
seat...... .... .. .. ............... ..
113
How do I properly install a child safety seat
in my vehicle? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
135
Infant seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
LATCH system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
237

Index
Lower anchorages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Unused safety belts on t he rear seat . . . . 13 7
Ch ild se ats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Secur ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
C igarette lighter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Clean ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
C lea ning/ remov ing ice from wi ndows . . . . . 170
Clean ing Alcantara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Clea ning artificia l leather ..... ... .. .. ... 171
Clea ning ca rbon parts ............. 170, 17 1
Clean ing contro ls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Clea ning deco rative p arts and t rim ... 169, 170
Clea ning displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
C leaning exha ust ta il pipes . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
C lea ning plast ic parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Clean ing textiles...................... 171
C lean ing the rims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Climate con trol system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Climate control system (automatic)
Ad justing the temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Air distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Air vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
AUTO (automatic mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
B lower . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Changi ng the tempe rat ure unit . . . . . . . . . 66
D efrost ing the w indshie ld . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 5
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Rea r window de fogger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64, 6 6
Recirc ulation mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Synchronizing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Climate con trol system (manual)
Ad justi ng the tempera ture . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Ai r dist ribution, air ven ts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Blower . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Defrosting the windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Rear window defogger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Recirc ulation mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Closing Panorama roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Closing/opening by remo te con trol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
with the cen tra l locking sw itch . . . . . . . . . . 31
with the convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
W ith the doo r lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Cockpit (ove rview) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
238
Coming home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54, 56
Compass in the mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
C ompliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Cons umer i nformation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Cons umer Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Cons umption (fuel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Contacting NHTSA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Convenience key Ind icator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Starting the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Stopping the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Switc hing the ignit ion on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
unlocking/locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Convenience opening/clos ing
Convertible child safety seats
Convertible locking retracto r .
..... ... .. . 37
138
Activating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Deact ivating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
U sing to secure a child safety seat . . . . . . 143
Coo lant system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Cooling mo de ( au tomat ic cli ma te co ntrol sys-
te m) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Cooling mode (manual climate control sys-
tem) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Cooling system
Coolant temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Ind icator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Cooling System Expansion tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Co rnering lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Crossing water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Cruise cont ro l sys tem
Changing speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Desc ription . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Preselecting speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Switc hing off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
switching on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
C u p ho lders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54, 55
C u rrent consumpt ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
D
Data recorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Date disp lay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Dayt ime run ning ligh ts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Index
Engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Opening the hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Working the engine compartment . . . . . . 177
Engine coolant system ................ .
Adding coolant .................. ... .
Checking coolant level ............ ... .
Checking the engine coolant level .. .. .. .
Radiator fan .. .. ................... .
Engine hood 183
184
183
183 18S
Closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Adding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Addit ives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Checking the oil level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Dipstick. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Oil consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Oil grades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Pressure malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Sensor defective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Specif ication and viscos ity . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Engine speed limitation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Environment Catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Disposing of your vehicle battery . . . . . . . 190
Driving at high speeds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Fuel . .. .. .. .. .. ... .. ..... ..... .. .. . 175
Leaks under your vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Letting the vehicle stand and warm up . . . 161
Proper disposal of drained brake flu id . . . 186
Proper disposal of drained engine coolant 184
Proper disposal of drained engine o il 181, 182
Recycling used engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Roof rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 7
Unleaded fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
What should I do with an old battery? 190
EPC
refer to Electronic power control . . . . . . . . 17
ESC Automatic post-collision braking system . 152
ESC offroad mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Event Data Recorder (EDR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Expansion tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
240
Exterior lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Exterior mirrors Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
F
Fan
Radiator 185
Fastening Booster seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Convertible child safety seats . . . . . . . . . . 138
Infant seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Floor mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Fold ing chocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Folding the rear seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Foot pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
For the sake of the env ironment
Environmentally-friendly driving . . . . . . . 160
Gasoline fumes and the env ironment . . . . 175
Rear window defogger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Refueling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Front airbags Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
How they work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Frontal collisions and the laws of physics . . 105
Front seats Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Child restraints in the front seat . . . . . . . . 113
also refer to Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Fuel Additives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Blended gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Current consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Filler neck..... .. .. ............... .. 174
Fuel gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10, 11
Gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Gasoline add it ives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Low fuel level symbol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Octane rating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Recommendation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Refueling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Saving fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Tank capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Tank system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Fuel economy messages (efficiency program)
24

Fueling
Fuel filler door em ergency rel ease . . . . . . 176
Fuel gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Fuses Assignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Replacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
G
Garment hooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Gas discharge lamps......... ...... ... . 221
Generator Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Glossary of tire and load ing terminology . . 193
Glove compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Cooling box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Gross Vehicle W eight Rating (GVWR) . . . . . 229
Ground clearance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
H
Headlight
Headlight assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Headlight range control system . . . . . . . . . . 39
H eadlights
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Defective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Headlight range control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Headlight range cont rol system . . . . . . . . . 39
Head restra ints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Front seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
removing and installing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Heated Exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Rear window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64, 66
Wash er no zzles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
H eavy clothing and safety belts . . . . . . . . . . 106
High beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
High voltage warning label . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Hill descent assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Hill descent cont rol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
H ill holdH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
How are child restraint syst em anchors relat -
ed to child safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Index
How many airbags does my vehicle have? . . 118
How safety belt pretensioners work . . . . . . 110
I
Ignition
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Switching on and off (convenience key) . . . 69
Switching on and off (ignit ion lock) . . . . . . 67
Imbalance (wheels) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Important things to do before driving . . . . . 95
Improperly worn safety belts ........... 110
Indicato r lights .. .. ...... ..... ...... .. . 11
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
PASSENGER AIR BAG O FF . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Infant seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 7
Inflation pressure (tires) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
I nspe ction interval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Installing child safety seats
Safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Installing the upper tether strap on the an-
chorage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Inst rument clus te r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Indi cato r lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Adjusting the lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Interior l ighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Front and rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Intermittent (windshield wipers) . . . . . . . . . 45
J
Ja ck 216
Jump-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Jumper cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
K
Key ..... .... ... .. .. ... ........... ... . 28
Key not recognized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Replacement key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Replacing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
unlocking/locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29, 30
Unlocking/locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Kick -down
Automatic transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
241

Index
L
LA TCH
144
Descript ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Insta lling a child restraint . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Mounting and releasing the anchorage
hook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
L eather care/cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
L eaving home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Light Adjusting exterior lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Com ing/Leav ing home .............. ... 41
Daytime runni ng lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Eme rgency flashers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
H eadlig ht assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
I n ter ior/reading lig hts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
L ow beams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Parking lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Rear fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Light/ rain sensor
H eadlig hts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
I n termittent (windshield wipe rs) . . . . . . . . 4 5
Sensor defective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 8
Lighting Exterio r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
I n ter ior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Lights Headlig ht range control system . . . . . . . . . 39
Hi gh beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
T ur n signa ls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Loading the luggage compartment . . . . . . . 100
L oc king/un locking
by remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
with the centra l locking switch . . . . . . . . . . 31
with the convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
L ow beams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Lower uni versal anchorages (Canada) . . . . . 144
L uggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Ca rgo floor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Ca rgo net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Increas ing the size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Reversible mat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Ski bag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
S to ring cargo co rrec tly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
242
Tie -downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
also refer to Loading the luggage compart -
ment.. ... .. .. .. .. .. .. . ... .... ... .. 100
Luggage compartmen t lid
Clos ing b utton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Emer gency release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Opening/closing . ... .. ... . .. .... ... 33, 34
Lumbar suppo rt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SO
M
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Maintenance intervals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Malfunc tion Ind icator Lamp (M IL) . . . . . 1 7, 25
Mirror Dimming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Vanity mir ror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Mirror compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Mir rors
Exte rior m irro rs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Monitoring the Advanced Airbag System . . 122
Multifunct io n steering whee l... .... ... .. . 21
N
Natural leather care/clean ing . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
NHTSA Contacting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Number of seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
0
Occupan t sea ting positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Octanerat ing . .. .. .. .. .. ........... .. 173
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Oil
refer to E ng ine oi l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Oil change interval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
On -board computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
On-Board Diagnost ic System (080)
Data Link Connector (D LC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
El ectron ic speed lim iter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Malfunc tio n Ind ic a tor Lamp (MIL) . . . . . . . 25
Open ing .. ..... ... .. .. ... ..... ..... ... 27
Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Luggage compartment lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Panorama roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37