2016 AUDI S8 child restraint

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

Child safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Guidance fixtures for lower anchorages . . 182
Important safety instructions for using child
safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
171
Tether anchors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Tether straps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Child safety lock
Rear doors (mechanical) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
39
Rear doors (power) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Ch ild safety seat
Unused safety belts on the rear seat
173
Child safety seats
Booster seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
176
Convertible child seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
H ow do I properly install a child safety seat
. h" l ? 171 in my ve 1c e . ................. ..... .
Infant seats . ................. ..... .
173
Installing a child restraint using the LATCH
system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
183
LATCH system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Lower anchorages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Mounting and releasing the anchorage
hook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
183
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Child seats .. .. .. ........... .. .. ..... 173
Securing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
C leaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Climate control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Supplementary heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
C losing
Panorama glass roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
43
Sunroof. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Sun shade (panoramic sunroof) . . . . . . . . . 44
Windows .. .. .. ............. .. .. .. .. 40
Coming home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
48
Compact spare tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Compass in the mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
Consumer information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Consumer Informat ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Consumption (fuel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
;:;:: Contacting NHTSA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
0
~ Controls
~ Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208 Lil ,...., v:, ,....,
Index
Convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Starting the engine (START ENGINE ST OP
button) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
81
Stopping the engine (START ENGINE STOP
button) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
81
Switching the ignition on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Unlocking and locking vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Convertible child safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . 17 4
Convertib le locking retractor
Activating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
179
Deactivating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Using to secure a child safety seat . . . . . . 179
Coolant
refer to Eng ine coolant
Cooler 227
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 4
Cooling mode (automatic climate control)
77
Cooling system Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
15
Cruise control
Changing speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
89
Presetting your speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Switching off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Switching on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
(upholder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Current consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Curve light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Cylinder management
refer to Cylinder on demand system . . . . . . 24
Cylinder on demand system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
D
Data recorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Date display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Daytime running lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Declaration of compliance
Adaptive cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
284
Audi side assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
Cell phone package . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
Convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
Electronic immobilizer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
Homelink universal remote control . . . . . 284
Remote control key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
Decorative parts/trim
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
208
287

Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Starting with jumper cables . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Stopping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
E ng ine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
C losing the hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Opening the hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Working in the engine compartment . . . . 220
E ng ine coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Adding coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Checking the engine coolant level. . . . . . . 227
Expansion tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Radiator fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Temperature gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Adding . ... .. ................ ..... . 225
Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Checking oil level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Checking the engine oil level . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Indications and conditions requiring extra
checking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
O il consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Pressure malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Recommended oil check intervals . . . . . . . 224
Sensor defective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Specification and viscosity . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
E ng ine sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Engine speed limitation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Engine start-stop mode
r e fer to Start-Stop-System . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
E ntry assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Environment Catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Diesel particulate filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Disposing of your vehicle battery ...... . 234
Driving at high speeds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Fuel. .. .. .. .. .. ............. .. .. .. . 214
L eaks under your vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Letting the vehicle stand and warm up . . . 200
Proper disposal of drained brake fluid . . . 230
Proper disposal of drained engine coolant 228
Proper disposal of drained engine oi l 225, 226
Recycling used engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Unleaded fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
What should I do with an old battery? . . . 234
Index
EPC
refer to Electronic power control (EPC) . . . 19
ESC Automatic post-collision braking system . 191
also refer to Electronic Stabilization Control
(ESC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Event Data Recorder (EDR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Exhaust tail pipes Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Expansion tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Exterior lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Exterior mirrors Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Dimming .. .. .. . ... ............... .. . 52
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Exterior temperature display . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
F
Fastening
Booster seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Convertible child safety seats . . . . . . . . . . 17 4
Infant seats ... .. .. ................. 173
Floor mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Folding table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Foot pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
For the sake of the environment
Environmentally-friendly driving . . . . . . . 199
Gasoline fumes and the env ironment.. .. 214
Reducing engine noise by early upshifting . 10
Refuelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Saving fuel by early upshifting . . . . . . . . . . 10
Four zone automat ic climate control . . . . . . 77
Front airbags Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 SO
How they work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Frontal collisions and the laws of physics . . 139
Front passenger seat adjustment . . . . . . . . . 64
Front seats Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Child restraints in the front seat . . . . . . . . 147
Fuel Additives.. .. .. .. .. ............... .. 212
Blended gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Current consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Economy messages (efficiency program) . . 25
Fuel filler flap emergency release ..... .. 216
289

Index
Fue l filler neck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
F ue l gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 12
Gasoline additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Low fuel level symbo l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Octane rating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Recommendation ... .... ...... ... ... . 212
Refuell ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
R ese rve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Saving fue l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Tank capac ity ... .. . .. ..... ... .. .. 11,278
Fuses Assig nment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
R ep lac ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
G
Garage doo r opener (Home Link) . . . . . . . . . . 4 4
Garment hooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Gas discharge lamps. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Gauges Eng ine coolant temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Fue l gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Ta chometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1
Trip odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
General illustration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Generator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 5
Glossa ry of tire a nd loadi ng terminology . . 238
Glove compartment (coo led) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Glow plug system Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Gross Vehicle Weight Rat ing (GVWR) . . . . . 277
H
Head-up Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Headlights Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Clean ing system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Defective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
H eadlig ht ra nge control ............ 21, 46
Hi gh beam assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Head restra ints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Ad justing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
H ea ted
exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
rear window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
290
seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
winds hield washer spray nozzles . . . . . . . . 54
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Heavy clothing and safety be lts . . . . . . . . . . 140
Hexagonal socke t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Hig h beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
High voltage warning label . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Hill descen t cont rol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Homelink (garage door opener) . . . . . . . . . . 44
Hood (release lever) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Hor n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
How are child restraint system anchors relat-
ed to ch ild safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
How many a irbags does my vehicle have? . . 152
How safety belt pre tensioners work 144
I
Ign ition
Ind icator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Swi tc hi ng on/off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Imbalance (wheels) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Immobili ze r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Important things to do before driv ing . . . . 129
Imprope rly worn safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . 144
I nd icator lights .. .. .. .. ... ............ . 11
Dynam ic steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
also refer to War ning/ indica to r li ghts . . . . 11
Infan t seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Inflation pressure (ti res) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
I nstalling the upper tether st rap on the a n­
c h o rage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Instrument cluster
Ind icator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Adjust ing the lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
I nstruments and contro ls
Genera l ill ustration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
I nter io r lighting
Amb ien ce lig hting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SO
Front and rea r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SO
Intermittent (windshie ld w ipers) . . . . . . . . . 54
]
Jump-start ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271

Jumper cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
K
Key
Battery replacement master key . . . . . . . . .
31
Key not recognized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Key replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Mechanical key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Kick-down (automatic transmission) . . . . . . 115
Knee airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
How they work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Important safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . 162
L
Lane Change Assistant
refer to Side ass ist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
LATCH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Guidance fixtures for lower anchorages . . 182
Install ing a child restraint . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Mounting and releasing the anchorage
hook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
183
Leather cleaning/protection . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Leaving hom e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Lifting jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261, 262
Light
Ambience lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
50
Coming/Leaving home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Daytime running lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Emergency flashers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
H eadlight range control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
High beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
H igh beam assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Interior/r eading lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Low beam . ................... ..... .. 46
Rear fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Side marker lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Turn signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Light/rain sensor
Headlig hts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
46
Intermittent (windshield wipers) . . . . . . . . 54
Sensor defective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Index
Lighting
Exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
46
Interior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Loading the roof rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Locking
Luggage compartment lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
36
Power locking switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Using the key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Low beams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Luggage compartment
Luggage compartment net . . . . . . . . . . . . .
68
Pass-through with ski sack . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Storing cargo cor rectly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Stowing luggage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Tie-downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Luggage compartment lid
Automatic operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
37
Emergency release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Movement-activated opening . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Opening and closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Lumbar support
Front seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
60
Rear seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
M
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Malfunction Ind icator Lamp (MIL) . . . . . 20, 28
Massage function
Front seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
60
Rear seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Reclining rear seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Matte finish paint cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Mechan ica l key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Memory function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Mirrors
Adjusting the exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . .
51
Compass.. .. .. .. .. ............... .. . 56
dimming .. .... .. ................. .. . 52
Vanity mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53, 54
Monitoring the Advanced Airbag System . . 156
Multifunction steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
N
Natural leather
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
209
291

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