Checking and refilling levels
●
Never t ouc
h hot engine parts. There is a
risk of burns.
● Never spill liquids on a hot engine or on a
hot exh
aust gas system. This is a fire hazard.
● Avoid causing short-circuits in the electri-
cal
system, particularly at the points where
the jump leads are attached ›››
page 52.
The battery could explode.
● Never touch the radiator fan. It is tempera-
ture c
ontrolled and could start automatically,
even when the engine has been switched off
and the key removed from the ignition!
● Never cover the engine with additional in-
sul
ating materials such as a blanket. Risk of
fire!
● Do not unscrew the cap on the coolant ex-
pans
ion tank when the engine is hot. If the
coolant is hot, the cooling system will be
pressurised!
● Protect face, hands and arms by covering
the cap with a l
arge, thick cloth to protect
against escaping coolant and steam.
● Always make sure you have not left any ob-
jects, s
uch as cleaning cloths or tools, in the
engine compartment.
● If you have to work underneath the vehicle,
you mus
t use suitable stands additionally to
support the vehicle, there is a risk of acci-
dent!. A hydraulic jack is insufficient for se-
curing the vehicle and there is a risk of injury.
● If any work has to be performed when the
engine is
started or with the engine running,
there is an additional, potentially fatal, safety
risk from the rotating parts, such as the drive belts, alternator, radiator fan, etc., and from
the high-v
o
ltage ignition system. You should
also observe the following:
– Never touch the electrical wiring of the
ignition system.
– Ensure that jewellery, loose clothing and
long hair do not get trapped in rotating
engine parts. Danger of death. Before
starting any work remove jewellery, tie
back and cover hair, and wear tight-fit-
ting clothes.
– Never accelerate with a gear engaged
without taking the necessary precau-
tions. The vehicle could move, even if the
handbrake is applied. Danger of death.
● If work has to be carried out on the fuel
syst
em or on electrical components, you
must observe the following safety notes in
addition to the above warnings:
– Always disconnect the battery from the
on-board network. The vehicle must be
unlocked when this is done, otherwise
the alarm will be triggered.
– Do not smoke.
– Never work near naked flames.
– Always have a fire extinguisher on hand. WARNING
If the bonnet is not correctly closed, it could
sud den
ly open while driving leaving the driv-
er without visibility. This could result in a se-
rious accident. ●
Aft er c
losing the bonnet, always check that
it is properly secured by the locking mecha-
nism in the lock carrier piece. The bonnet
must be flush with the surrounding body pan-
els.
● While driving, if you notice that the bonnet
is not
correctly closed then stop immediately
and close it correctly.
● Only open and close the bonnet when there
is no
body within its range. CAUTION
When topping up service fluids, make sure
not to mi
stake them. Using the wrong fluids
could cause serious malfunctions and engine
damage! For the sake of the environment
Service fluids leaks are harmful to the envi-
ronment . F
or this reason you should make
regular checks on the ground underneath
your vehicle. If you find spots of oil or other
fluids, have your vehicle inspected in a speci-
alised workshop. Opening the bonnet
Read the additional information carefully
› ›
›
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The bonnet is released from inside the vehi-
cle. »
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Technical data
Advice
Operation
Emergencies
Safety
Index
Index
A
ABS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
155
c ontr
ol lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Additional electrical appliances (efficiency pro- gramme) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Adjusting front head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60, 128
lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
rear head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Adjusting the front seats adjusting the lumbar support . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Adjusting the head restraints front head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
rear head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Adjusting the seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Adjustment CAR menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
AFS headlight bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Airbag covers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14, 66 activation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
deactivation of front airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
front airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14, 69
functioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
head-protection airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Air conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39, 141
climatr onic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
general notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
manual air conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Air outlets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Air recirculation air conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
heating and fresh air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Alarm system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 switching off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Alloy wheel rims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Alternator warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Ambient lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Anti-freeze . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Anti-lock brake system . . . . . . . . . . . . 152, 154, 155 control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Anti-puncture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46, 76
Anti-puncture kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46, 76 check after 10 minutes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Anti-puncture set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Anti-theft alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Anti-theft alarm system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 switching off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Aquaplaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Aspects to note before setting off . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
ASR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153 control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Assistance systems parking aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173, 174
Assistance Systems fatigue detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Assisted starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Audible warning signal seat belt not fastened . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
warning and control lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 Automatic car wash tunnel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Automatic
gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
driving programmes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
driving tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
kick-down device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
manual release of selector lever . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
selecting gears with Tiptronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
selector lever lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
selector lever positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
tiptronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Automatic lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
AUX-IN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
B Back seat folding down and raising the back seat back-rest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Ball coupling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Before setting off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Belt pretensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Biodiesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Bonnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10, 198, 201 closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Boot hatch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Boot lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Brake assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43, 206 changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149, 164
Brakes brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
new Brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Brake servo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149, 157
Brake system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
233
Index
Closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 bonnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
200
ti ltin
g panoramic roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Coming Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Coming Home Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Contact key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Control and warning lamps alternator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
anti-lock brake system (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
ASR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
braking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
diesel particulate filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166, 168
EDL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
emission control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
ESC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
instrument panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
steering column lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
windscreen washer fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Controls and displays general instrument panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Controls on the steering wheel operating the audio system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
operating the telephone and audio system . . 103
Convenience closing tilting panoramic sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Convenience opening windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Coolant checking level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Coolant level control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204 Coolant temperature
contro l lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
cooling system checking coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Cooling system checking coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
coolant temperature gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
topping up coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204, 205
Correct position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Correct sitting position front passenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
rear seat passengers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34, 180 adjusting the stored speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
complete deactivation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
temporary deactivation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Current . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
D Dangers in not using the seat belt . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Dash panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Data sticker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Deactivating the front passenger front airbag . . . 14
Deactivation of front airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Diesel diesel particulate filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
refuelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Diesel engine particulate filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Diesel particulate filter malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Digital clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Direction of rotation tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94, 95 Disposal
seat belt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Door handle de-icing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Door lock de-icing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Door lock cylinder de-icing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Door release lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Doors childproof locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
opening and closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Double headlight bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Driver see Correct sitting position . . . . . . . . . 57, 58, 59
Driver information system additional electrical appliances . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
assist systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
bonnet, rear lid and doors open . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
engine oil temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
gear-change indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
journey data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
outside temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
saving tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
service intervals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
speed warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
warning and information messages . . . . . . . . . 29
Driving driving abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
driving through water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
economical driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
with a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
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