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electrical energy is not being used than is being
generated and ensures an optimal state of
charge for the battery.
(D Tips
- But even energy management cannot neg ate the limits of physics . Consider that the
power and life of a battery are limited.
- If starting ability is threatened, the indica
tor light (•) appears
r=:; page 33.
What you should know
The highest priority is given to maintaining start
ing capability.
The battery is severely taxed in short-distance
driving, in city traffic and during the cold time of
year. Abundant electrical energy is required, but only a little is generated. It is also critical if the
engine is not running and electrical components
are turned on. In this instance energy is being
consumed but none is being generated.
It is in precisely these situations that you will no
tice energy management actively regulating the
distribution of energy .
Vehicle stands for an extended period
If you do not drive your vehicle over a period of
several days or weeks, electrical components are
gradually cut back or switched off. This reduces
energy consumption and maintains starting ca pability over a longer period. Some of the con
venience functions may not operate, such as the interior lights or the power seat adjustment . The
convenience functions will be available again
when you switch on the ignition and start the en
gine.
With the engine turned off
If you listen to the radio, for example, with the
engine turned off or use other MMI" functions,
the battery is being discharged .
If starting capability is jeopardized due to energy
consumption, a message appears in the radio or MMI* display . The message indicates that the
system will be switched off automat ical ly in a
196
moment. If you wish to continue using the func
tions, you have to start the engine .
With the engine running
Although electrical energy is generated when the
vehicle is being driven, the battery can become
discharged. This happens mostly when little en
ergy is being generated and a great deal con
sumed and the battery's state of charge is not
optimal.
To bring the energy balance back into equilibri
um, consumers which require especially large
amounts of energy are temporarily cut back or
switched off. Heating systems in particular re
quire a great deal of energy. If you notice, for ex
ample, that the heated seats* or the heated rear
window are not heating, they have been tempo
rarily cut back or switched off . These systems will
be available again as soon as the energy balance
has been restored.
You will also notice that engine idle speed has
been increased slightly . This is normal and not a
cause for concern. By increasing engine idle
speed the additional energy required is generat
ed and the battery is charged.

Wheels
be happy to provide more infor
mation.
® Mud and snow capability
"M/S" or "M+S" indicates the tire
has characteristics that make it
suitab le for driving on mud and
snow.
& indicates a winter t ire.
@ Compos ition 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 materia ls
used in the tire. These include
steel, nylon, polyester and other
materials .
@ Maximum permitted load
This number indicates the maxi
mum load in k ilograms and
pounds that the tire can carry.
@ Uniform tire quality grade
standards for treadwear,
traction and temperature
resistance
Tread wear, t raction and temper
ature ranges
¢ page 251 .
@ Running direction
The arrows indicate the running
direction of unidirec tiona l tires.
23 6
You must a lways follow the speci
fied runn ing direction
¢ page 263.
@ 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 we ight (in
excess of those standard items
which may be replaced) o f auto
matic tra nsmission , power steer
ing , power brakes , power wi n
dows, power seats , radio , and
heater, to the extent that these
items a re available as facto ry-in
stalled equipment (whet her in
stalled or not).
Aspect ratio
means the rat io of the height to
the width o f the tire in pe rcent.
Numbe rs of 55 or lower indicate a
low sidewa ll for imp roved steer
ing response and better overa ll
handling on dry pavement .
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Automatic Shift Lock (ASL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Automatic transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Automatic Shift Lock (ASL) . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Driving .. ... ................... ... . 124
Emergency mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Emergency release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Hill descent control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Kick-down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Manual shift program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Removal lock (ignition key) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Selector lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Shift padd les . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Automatic wipe/wash system . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Auto Safety Hotline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
AUTO (climate control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Average speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Avoid damaging the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
B
Bass box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Battery location inside the luggage compart-
ment .. .. .. .. .. ........... .. .. .. .. . 230
Charge level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Charging ... .. .................. 104,231
Ene rgy management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Important warnings when working on the
battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Jump starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Replacing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Voltage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
W inter operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Work ing on the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Before driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Belt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Bio-ethanol (Fuel) .............. .. .. .. . 213
Blended gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Blow er (climate control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Boo ster seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Brake fluid
Changing the brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Checking the brake flu id level . . . . . . . . . . 228
B rake system
Anti-lock brake system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Brake booster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Index
Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Brake fluid specifications for refill and re
placement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Brake light defective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
E le ctromechanical parking brake . . . . . . . . 89
Fluid reservoir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Worn brake pads symbol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Braking Brake assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Braking guard ... .. .. ............. 106, 112
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Switching on and
off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Break-in period Brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Brea king in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
New tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Breakover angle ... .. .... ...... ... .. .. 201
Bu lbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
C
California Proposition 65 Warning . . . . . . . 221
Battery specific . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
AdBlue ............................ 217
Eng ine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Cargo area
refer to Loading the luggage compart-
ment..... .... .. .. ............... .. 139
Cargo floor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Center armrest Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Storage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
C en tral locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Certification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Changing Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Ch ecking
Engine coolant level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
285

Index
Child restraints
Danger of using chi ld restraints in the front
seat ... .. .. .. .. ... ... .... ... .. .. .. . 152
System anchors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Where can I get additional informat ion
about ch ild restrai nts and their use? . . . . 188
Ch ild safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Important safety instructions for using child
safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 4
Installing a child restraint using the LATC H
system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Mounting and releasing the anchorage
hook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18S
Tether anchors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Tether st raps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Ch ild safety locks
Rear doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Ch ild safety seats
Booster seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Convertible child seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Da nger of us ing child restraints in the front
seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
H ow do I properly install a child safety seat
. h' l ? in myve 1c e .... .. . .......... .. .. ... 174
I nfa nt seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
L A TCH system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
L ower anchorages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 4
Unused safety belts on the rear seat . . . . 176
Ch ild seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Secur ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Cigarette lighter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Clea ning/ remov ing ice from windows . . . . . 209
C lean ing Alcantara ............. .... .. . 210
Clean ing artificia l leather ..... ... .. .. ... 210
C lea ning ca rbon parts .... ...... ... 209,210
Clean ing contro ls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Clea ning deco rative p arts and trim . . . . . . . 209
Clea ning displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Cleaning exhaust tai l pipes . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Clean ing plast ic parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Clean ing textiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Clean ing the rims
Climate control 208
Ai r vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Automatic recircu lation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 2
286
Operat ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Supplementary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Sync hroni zing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Cli mat e co ntro l system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Cl imatized cupholder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Closi ng
Panorami c slid ing su nroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Coat hooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Compass mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Cons umer info rmation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Cons umer Informa tion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Contacting NHTSA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Convenience Closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Locking and unloc king vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Start ing engine (START ENGINE STOP but-
ton) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Stopp ing the eng ine (START ENGINE STOP
button) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Switc hing on ignit io n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Convertible child safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . 177
C onvertib le locking ret racto r
Activating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Deact ivating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
U sing to secure a child safety seat . . . . . . 182
Coo la nt system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Coo led cupholder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Cooling box in glove compartmen t . . . . . . . . 78
Cooling mode (climate cont rol) . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Cooling System Expansion tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Co rne ring light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
C ruise cont rol
Changi ng speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Preselec t speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Swi tc hin g off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Switc hing on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Warn ing/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
C ruisi ng range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Index
Electronic Stabilization Control . . . . . . . . . . 190
Electronic Stabilization Control (ESC)
Hill descent assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
192
Offroad mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Emergency braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Emergency flasher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Emergency key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Starting engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Emergency locking of the doors . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Emergency operation
Luggage compartment lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
45
Emergency release
Selecto r lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
127
Emergency starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Emergency unlocking
Ignition key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
38
Energy management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Engine
Compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
222
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
H ood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Jump starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Starting ... .... ............... 84, 87, 98
Starting with jumper cables . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Stopping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86, 88, 98
Engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Working the engine compartment . . . . . . 220
Engine coolant system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Adding coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Checking coolant level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Radiator fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Engine coolant temperature
Temperature gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
10
Engine hood
Closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
220
How to release the hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Adding .. .. .. .. ............. .... .. . 224
Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Check oil level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
288 Oil consumption .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
223
Pressure malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Sensor defective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Specification and viscosity . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Engine speed limitation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Env ironment
Catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
197
Diesel particulate fi lter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Dispos ing of your veh icle battery . . . . . . . 232
Driving at high speeds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Fuel......... ... .. .. ............... 215
Leaks under your vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Letting the vehicle stand and warm up... 199
Proper disposa l of drained brake fluid . . . 229
Proper disposal of drained engine coolant 227
Proper disposal of drained engine oil 224, 225
Recycling used engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Roof rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 4
Unleaded fuel.. .. .. .. ... .......... ..
212
What shou ld I do with an old battery? 232
EPC
refer to Electronic power control
ESC
refer to E lectronic Stabilization
15
Control (ESC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Ethyl alcohol (Fuel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Event Data Recorder (EDR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Expansion tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Explanation of some technical terms . . . . . 201
Exterior lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Exterior mirrors
Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
59
D . . 1mming ...... .. .. .. ............. ... 60
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Eyeglasses compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
F
Fall line
Fan
Radiator
Fastening 201
228
Booster seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Convertible child safety seats . . . . . . . . . . 177
Infant seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Flexible fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Floor mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

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Folding chocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Folding the rear seat forward .... .. .. . 69, 70
F oo t pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
For the sake of the environment Environme ntally-fr iendly driv ing . . . . . . . 198
Gasoline fumes and the environment. .. . 215
L ett ing t he engine warm up . . . . . . . . . 84, 87
Reduc ing engine noise by early upshifting . 11
Refueling . ... .... .. .... ... .. .. .... . 215
Saving fuel by ear ly upshifting . . . . . . . . . . 11
F ront ai rbags
D escr ip ti on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
H owt heywo rk ............... .. .... . 159
Frontal coll is ions and the laws of phys ics . . 144
F ront ashtray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Fr on t seats
A dju sting 136
C hild restraints in the front seat . . . . . . . . 152
Fuel Addit ives. ................ ...... ... . 212
Bl ended gasoline .. .. .... ... .. .. .. .. . 212
Consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2
Fill ern eck .. .. ............... .. .. .. . 214
Fu el g auge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Gasoline additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Octane rat ing ... ... . .... ... .. .. .... . 212
Recommendat ion............. .. .... . 212
Refuelling .. .. .. ........... .. .. .... . 215
Reserve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Savi ng fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Tank capac ity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Un loc king t he fue l filler flap by ha nd ... . 216
Fue l economy messages (effic iency p rogram) .25
F ue l filler f lap
Un loc king the fue l filler flap by ha nd ... . 2 16
Fue l supp ly too low . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Fuses Assignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Replac ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
G
Garage doo r opener (Home link) . . . . . . . . . . 48
Gas dis char ge la mps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Index
Gauges
Engine coolant temperat ure . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Fuel gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Gener al illustr ation
Instr uments and contro ls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Genera l ru les and driving t ips ........... 201
Befo re dr iv ing offroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
D riv ing off road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
G lossary of t ire and loading terminology . . 236
G love compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Cooling box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
G low p lug sys tem
Indicator lig ht . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
GPS controlled clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Gradient ang le . .. ... .... . ..... ... .. . .
G ross Ve hicle Weight Rating (GVWR) ... . .
Ground clearance
H
Head lights 201
2
76
201
Adaptive light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Head light range cont rol defective . . . . . . . 34
Left hand d rive, right ha nd drive . . . . . . . . . 54
Rear fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
T ravel mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Washer reservoi r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Washer sys tem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 7
H ead restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 7
Adjust ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
F ront sea ts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Rear seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Heated (upholder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
E . . xtenor mirro rs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Rear w indow. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
S eats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Washer fluid nozz les . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 7
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Heavy cloth ing and safety be lts . . . . . . . . . . 145
Hig h beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
War ning/ indica to r li gh ts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 7
High voltage warning label . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Hill descent assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
289

Index
Hill descent control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Home link (garage door opener) . . . . . . . . . . 48
Hood Opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Rele ase lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
How are child restraint system anchors relat-
ed to child safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
How many a irbags doe s my vehicle have? . . 157
How safety belt pretensioners work . . . . . . 149
Hybrid drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
12 volt batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Consumption display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Efficient drive mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Energy flow display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
EV mode ..... .. ................ .... 100
High voltag e battery .............. 97, 104
High voltage system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Operating modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Power meter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Starting the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Transport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
I
Ignition
Switching on/off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Ignition k ey
Emergency unlocking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
I gnition lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30, 34
Imbalance (wheels) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Important things to do before driving . . . . 134
I mproperly worn safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14, 99
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Infant seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 76
I nflatable spare tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Inflating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Inflation pressure (tires) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Insta lling the upper tether strap on the an
chor age . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
I nstrument cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Messag es . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
I nstrument illum inat ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
290
Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Instruments and controls Genera l illustration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Interior lights Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Interval wiping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Rain sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 7
J
Jump-starting 270
Jumper cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Jump s ta rt ing 104
K
Key..........
.. .. .. .. ............... . 36
Battery replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 7
Check light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 7
Emergency key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Ignit ion/engine on/off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Key replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Master key with remote control . . . . . . . . . 36
Mechan ical key. .. .. .. ............. .. . 37
Removing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Kick -down
tiptronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
L
Lane Change Assistant
refer to Side assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
LATCH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Descr iption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Installing a child restraint . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Mounting and releasing the anchorage
hook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Lateral angle .. .. .. .. .. .. ........... .. 201
Leather care/cleaning .. ... .......... .. 210
L eft hand drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Lifting jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Light Coming home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Dayt ime running l ights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Driving light control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Emergency flashers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

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N
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er::
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High beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
High beam warning/indicator light. . . . . . . 17
Interior/reading lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
55
Leaving home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Sensor. ...... ..... ........... .... ... 52
Sensor defective. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Switching on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Travel mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Turn signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
55
Lighting
Exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Interior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
55
Loading the luggage compartment . . . . . . . 139
Lock ing
Power locking switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Rear lid/trunk lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Remote control key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Using the mechanical key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
L ow beams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Defective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3 2
Luggage compartment
Cargo net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Cover.. .. .... ....................... 71
Expanding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69, 70
Storage hooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Storing cargo correctly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Tie-down rings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
also refer to Loading the luggage compart-
ment .. .. .. .. ............... .. .... .
139
Luggage compartment lid
Emergency unlocking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
L umbar support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
M
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Malfunction Indicator Lamp (MIL)
Master key 17,26
Battery replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 7
Check light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 7
Mechanical key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Memory for driver's seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Recalling settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Storing settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Memory function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Index
Mileage
Average . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Instantaneous . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Mirrors Activating the dig ita l compass . . . . . . . . . . 61
Adjusting the exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . .
59
dimming .. .. .. .. .................. .. 60
Monitoring the Advanced Airbag System . . 161
N
Natural leather care/cleaning
NHTSA 210
Contacting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
N itrogen oxide (NOx) catalytic converter
refer to Ad Blue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Number of seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
0
Occupant seating positions 135
Octane rating ... .. .. ................ . 212
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
13
Offroad mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
OFF (cl imate control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Oil
refer to Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222, 224
Oil consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
On-Board Diagnostic System (OBD)
Data Link Connector (D LC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Electronic speed limiter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Malfunction Indicator Lamp (MIL) . . . . . . . 26
Onboard tool kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Open door or rear lid warning . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Opening..... ... . ... ................ .. 36
Panoramic sliding sunroof............ .. 47
Other equipment (efficiency program) . . . . . 25
Outside mirrors
refer to Exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Outside temperature display . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Owner's Literature
5
p
Paint damage
209
Paint No. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
291