Table of Contents
Table of Contents
The e s
senti
als . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Exterior view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Exterior view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Interior view (left-hand drive) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Interior view (right-hand drive) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
How it works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Opening and closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Before driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Child seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Starting the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Lights and visibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Easy Connect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Driver information system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Journey data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Warning lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Gearbox lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Air conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Fluid Level control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Emergencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Action in the event of a puncture . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Changing a wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Emergency towing of the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . 51
How to jump start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Changing the windscreen wiper blades . . . . . . 54
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Safe driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Safety first! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Advice about driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Correct position for passengers . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Pedal area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Seat belts
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Why wear a seat belt? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
How to properly adjust your seatbelt . . . . . . . . 64
Belt pretensioners* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Brief introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Airbag safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Deactivating airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Transporting children safely . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Safety for children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Child seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Emergencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Self-help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Emergency equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Tyre repair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Changing the windscreen wiper blades . . . . . . 78
Towing or tow-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Fuses and bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Changing bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Single headlight bulb change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Double headlight bulb change . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Changing the AFS headlight bulbs . . . . . . . . . . 87
Changing the fog light bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Changing the tail light bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Changing the side and interior bulbs . . . . . . . . 89
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Controls and displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
General instrument panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Instruments and warning/control lamps . . . . . 94
Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Warning and control lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Introduction to the Easy Connect system* . . . . 99
System settings (CAR)* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 Communications and multimedia
. . . . . . . . . . . 101
Steering wheel controls* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Multimedia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Opening and closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Central locking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Radio frequency remote control* . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Anti-theft alarm* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Boot hatch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Electric windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Tilting panoramic roof* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Lights and visibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Interior lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Visibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Windscreen wiper and rear window wiper sys-
tems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
R
ear view mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Seats and head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Adjusting the seat and head restraints . . . . . . 127
Seat functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Transport and practical equipment . . . . . . . . . 130
Practical equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Roof rack/roof luggage rack* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Air conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Heating, ventilation and cooling . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Heating and fresh air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Air conditioning* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Climatronic* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Starting and stopping the engine . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Braking and parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Braking and stability systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Manual gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Automatic gearbox* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Run-in and economical driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164 3
Fuses and bulbsNo.Consumer/Amps
16Starter motor30
17Controls motor (MSG KL87)20
18PTC Relays, TOG sensor, engine
valves, PWM fan10
19Lambda sensors15
20
Glow plug relay, Heizrohr5
Ignition coil20
Pre-wired motor (coolant pump, varia-
ble valve distributor, active carbon
solenoid valve filter, pressure valve,
secondary air inlet valve)
10
Changing bulbs
Gener a
l
notesRead the additional information carefully
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Before changing any bulb, first turn off the
failed device.
Do not touch the glass part of the bulb with
your bare hands. The fingerprints left on the
glass will vaporise as a result of the heat gen-
erated by the bulb, reducing bulb life and
causing condensation on the reflector sur-
face, thus reducing effectiveness. A bulb must only be replaced by one of the
same type. The type i
s indicated on the bulb,
either on the glass part or on the base.
Xenon headlights
With this type of headlight, the user can re-
place the turn signal bulb. Replacement of
the dipped/main beam bulb must be done by
Technical Services, given that complex ele-
ments must be removed from the vehicle and
the automatic control system that incorpo-
rates it must be reset.
The Xenon bulbs discharge 2.5 times the
light flux and have an average lifespan of 5
times more than that of halogen bulbs, this
means that, except due to unusual circum-
stances, there is no need to change the bulbs
for the whole life of the vehicle. WARNING
● Tak e p
articular care when working on com-
ponents in the engine compartment if the en-
gine is warm, there is a risk of burns.
● Bulbs are highly sensitive to pressure. The
glas
s can break when you touch the bulb,
causing injury.
● The high voltage element of gas discharge
bul
bs* (xenon light) must be handled correct-
ly. Otherwise, there is a risk of death.
● When changing bulbs, please take care not
to injure
yourself on sharp parts in the head-
light housing. CAUTION
● Remo v
e the ignition key before working on
the electric system. Otherwise, a short circuit
could occur.
● Switch off the lights or parking lights be-
fore
you change a bulb. For the sake of the environment
Please ask your specialist retailer how to dis-
pose of u
sed bulbs in the proper manner. Note
● Dependin g on w
eather conditions (cold or
wet), the front lights, the fog lights, the tail
lights and the turn signals may be temporari-
ly misted. This has no influence on the useful
life of the lighting system. By switching on
the lights, the area through which the beam
of light is projected will quickly be demisted.
However, the edges may continue to be mis-
ted.
● Please check at regular intervals that all
lighting (es
pecially the exterior lighting) on
your vehicle is functioning properly. This is
not only in the interest of your own safety,
but also that of all other road users.
● Before changing a bulb, make sure you
have the c
orrect new bulb.
● Do not touch the glass part of the bulb with
your bar
e hands, use a cloth or paper towel
instead. The residue left by the fingerprints » 83
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Safety
Fuses and bulbs
– Remo
v
e the bulb by pressing on the bulb
holder and turning it anti-clockwise at the
same time.
– Installation involves all of the above steps
in rever
se sequence.
Changing the AFS headlight
bul
bs
Position of the bulbs Fig. 99
AFS headlight bulbs. Turn signal
X
enon he
a
dlight (dipped beam/main
beam)
A B Changing the xenon bulb
The procedure for changing the bulb is the
same on both s
ide
s of the vehicle. WARNING
This type of bulb should be changed at a spe-
ci a
lised workshop. Turn signal bulb
Fig. 100
Turn signal light. –
Raise the bonnet.
– Turn bulb holder ››
›
Fig. 100 A to the left
and p u
l
l.
– Remove the bulb by pressing on the bulb
holder and t
urning it anti-clockwise at the
same time.
– Installation involves all of the above steps
in rever
se sequence. Changing the fog light bulbs
Front f
og light bulb Fig. 101
Front fog light. Fig. 102
Front fog light. –
Remove the bolt ››
›
Fig. 101 1 from the fog
light gri
l
le with a screwdriver.
– Subsequently, remove the clips located on
the edge of the gri
ll with gentle leverage. »
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Emergencies
Safety
Emergencies
– Remo
v
e the 3 bolts ››› Fig. 102 2 to re-
mo v
e the f
og light.
– Remove the metal clip situated on the up-
per part
of the fog light by pulling towards
the exterior of the vehicle ››› Fig. 102 3 .
FR version fog-light bulb Fig. 103
Fog light: access to the connector
and t o the light
b
ulb holder. –
Remove the 4 bolts A
› ›
› Fig. 103
from the
inside of the wheel housing and the 2 bot-
tom bolts B
› ›
› Fig. 103
from the bumper
with a screwdriver.
– Pull the bumper to release it from its an-
chorag
es to access the connector and the
light bulb holder. Note
Due to the difficulty of accessing fog light
bu l
bs, have them replaced at a Technical
Service or specialised workshop. Remove the bulb holder
Fig. 104
Front fog light. –
Remove connector ››
›
Fig. 104 1 from the
b u
l
b.
– Turn the bulb holder ›››
Fig. 104 2 to the
l ef
t
and pull.
– Remove the bulb by pressing on the bulb
holder and t
urning it counter-clockwise at
the same time.
– Installation involves all of the above steps
in rever
se sequence.
– Check that the bulb works properly. Changing the tail light bulbs
Summar
y of LED tail lights LED
● Brake lights
● Side lights
Bu l
bs
● Retro fog light
● Reverse lights
● Turn signal
Access to tail lights Fig. 105
Access to tail lights. ●
Open the rear lid.
● Turn the bolt in the direction of the arrow,
b y h
and or with a screwdriver ››› Fig. 105.
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Lights and visibility
Switching on the front fog lights*
● Turn the switch from position
or
to the first stop and pull it. The symbol in
the light switch lights up.
Switching on the rear fog light (vehicles with
front fog lights)
● Turn the lights control from position
or to the second stop and pull it ››› in
Sw it
c
hing lights on and off on page 117. A
lamp on the control and warning lamps panel
lights up.
Switching on the rear fog light (vehicles with
no front fog lights)
● Turn the light control to the end from posi-
tion or and pul
l it. A lamp on the con-
trol and warning lamps panel lights up.
Turn signal and main beam lever Read the additional information carefully
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Parking lights
● Switch the ignition off and remove the key
from the lock.
● Mo
ve the turn signal lever up or down to
turn the right or l
eft-hand parking lights on,
respectively. Convenience turn signals
For the con
venience turn signals, move the
lever as far as possible upwards or down-
wards and release the lever. The turn signal
will flash three times.
The convenience turn signals are activated
and deactivated in the Easy Connect system
via the key and the
Set
up function button
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page 99.
In vehicles that do not have the correspond-
ing menu, this function can be deactivated in
a specialised workshop. WARNING
The main beam can dazzle other drivers. Risk
of ac c
ident! Never use the main beam head-
lights or the headlight flasher if they could
dazzle other drivers. Note
● If the c on
venience turn signals are operat-
ing (three flashes) and the other convenience
turn signals are switched on, the active part
stops flashing and only flashes once in the
new part selected.
● The turn signals only
work when the igni-
tion is switched on. The corresponding warn-
ing lamp or flashes in the instrument
panel. The control lamp flashes when the
turn signals are operated, provided a trailer is
correctly attached and connected to the vehi-
cle. If a turn signal bulb is defective, the con- trol lamp flashes at double speed. If the trail-
er turn s
ign
al bulbs are defective, the control
lamp does not light up. Change the bulb.
● The main beam headligh
ts can only be
switched on if the dipped beam headlights
are already on. The warning lamp then
comes on in the instrument panel.
● The headlight flasher come
s on for as long
as you pull the lever – even if no other lights
are switched on. The warning lamp then
comes on in the instrument panel.
● When the parking ligh
ts are switched on,
the headlight and the tail light on the corre-
sponding side of the vehicle light up. The
parking lights will only work if the key is re-
moved from the ignition. If said light is on, an
audible warning will be emitted while the
driver door is open.
● If the turn signal lever is left on after the
key h
as been taken out of the ignition lock,
an acoustic signal sounds when the driver
door is opened. This is intended as a remind-
er to switch off the turn signal, unless you
wish to leave the parking light on. Coming Home/Leaving Home Func-
tion*
The Coming Home function is controlled man-
ual
ly
.
The Leaving Home function is control-
led with a photosensor.
If the Coming Home or Leaving Home func-
tion is connected, the front side and dipped »
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Emergencies
Safety
Lights and visibility
Fog lights with cornering function* This is an additional light source to dipped
beam he
a
dlights to light up the road as a
bend is taken.
The cornering light operates with the lights
switched on and when driving at less than
40 Km/h (25 mph). Ignition occurs by turning
the steering or connecting the turn signal.
Forward gear
● If the steering wheel is turned to the right,
or the right-h and t
urn signal operated, the
right-hand fog light turns on.
● If the steering wheel is turned to the left, or
the left
-hand turn signal operated, the left-
hand fog light turns on.
In reverse, both fog lights turn on. Note
When the fog lamps are on, the cornering
fu nction i
s activated and both headlights are
continuously on. Instrument and switch lighting, head-
light
r
an
ge control Fig. 127
Dash panel: headlight range control Instrument and switch lighting
The lightin
g l
ev
el of instruments, controls
and displays can be adjusted through the in-
fotainment system with the CAR button and
the S
ETUP function button
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page 24.
The instrument lighting (some dials and nee-
dles), the centre console lighting and the
lighting of the displays are regulated by a
photodiode incorporated in the instrument
panel.
The instrument lighting (needles) is switched
on when the ignition is on and the light is
off. The instrument lighting is dimmed auto-
matically as the daylight starts to fade. It
goes out completely when ambient light is
very low. This function is intended to remind
the driver to switch on the dipped beam headlights in good time when light condi-
tions bec
ome poor.
Headlight range control
By using the electrical headlight range con-
trol you can adjust the headlight range to the
load level that is being carried in the vehicle
››› Fig. 127. This way, it is possible to avoid
dazzling oncoming traffic more than necessa-
ry. At the same time, by using the correct
headlight settings, the driver has the best
possible lighting for the road ahead.
The headlights can only be adjusted when
the dipped beam is switched on. Turn the
wheel downwards to lower the headlight
beam from the basic setting 0.
Dynamic headlight range control
Vehicles with gas discharge bulbs (xenon
bulbs) are equipped with dynamic headlight
range control. When you switch on the lights,
their range regulates itself according to the
vehicle load.
Vehicles with gas discharge bulbs do not
have headlight range control.
Hazard warning lights Read the additional information carefully
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Index
Braking brak
e a
ssist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Braking distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Braking system warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Bulbs changing the bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Buzzer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
C Capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 fuel tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Car care exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166, 167 malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
CCS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Central locking anti-theft alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
automatic speed-dependent locking . . . . . . . 108
central locking button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
electric windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
key by remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
selective unlocking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
self-locking system to prevent involuntary un-locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
unlocking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Central locking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 safe security system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Cetane number (diesel fuel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Changing a DRL light bulb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Changing a bulb additional brake light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
luggage compartment light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
tail light bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
turn signal light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Changing a double headlight bulb
dipped beam he adlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
double headlight bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Changing an AFS headlight bulb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 turn signal light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
xenon light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Changing a single headlight bulb side light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
single headlight bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
turn signal light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Changing a wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 subsequent work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Changing double headlight bulb side light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Changing settings CAR menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Changing the blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Changing the bulbs AFS headlight bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
fog light bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
general notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
interior light and reading light . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
number plate light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
turn signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Changing the double headlight bulb main beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Changing the single headlight bulbs dipped/main beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Charging the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Checking levels engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Child-proof locking electric windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Child seat categorisation in groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Child seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16, 73
ISOFIX sys tem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16, 72
securing with the seat belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Top Tether system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18, 20
Chrome parts cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Cigarette lighter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188 alloy wheel rims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
chrome parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
fabric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
high pressure cleaners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
leather . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
plastic parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191, 194
radio and climate controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
rubber seals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
steel wheel rims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
stickers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
upholstery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
washing the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
windows and exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
windscreen wiper blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
wooden trim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Climatronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 adjusting the temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
air recirculation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
automatic mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
blower selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
general notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
windscreen defrost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Close . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
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Exhaust gas purification system cat
alytic
converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
diesel particulate filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Extending the luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
exterior lighting changing the bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
folding in electrically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
folding in manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
heated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Exterior view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5, 6
F Fabric: cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Fastening rings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Fatigue detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Fault in electronic differential lock (EDL) control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Faulty bulbs changing the bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Filling the fuel tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Filling the tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196 fuel gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Fire extinguisher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
First-aid kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Floor mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Fluid Level control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Fog-light bulb FR version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Fog light bulb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Front airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14, 69 safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Front ashtray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Front drink holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 Front passenger front airbag
contro l lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
deactivation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Front seat manual adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Front seat backrest folding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
lifting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41, 196 consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
ethanol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
fuel gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
refuelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
saving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Fuel consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165 why does fuel consumption increase? . . . . . . 167
Fuel tank cap opening and closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Fuel tank flap opening and closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44, 80 fuse box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
identifying blown fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
identifying by colours . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
preparation before replacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
replacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
G
Gear-change indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28, 158
Gearbox lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Gear change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
changing gears (manual gearbox) . . . . . . . . . 158
manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
manual gear change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Gear engaged . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Gear recommendation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
General in
strument panel
controls and displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
turn signal and main beam lever . . . . . . . . . . . 119
warning and indication lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
General overview of the engine compartment . . 201
Glove compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Glow plug system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
H
Handbrake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149, 150 warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Hazard warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22, 121
HBA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Head-on collisions and the laws of physics . . . . . 63
Head-protection airbags description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Headlight range control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Headlights driving abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
headlight washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
front head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
rear head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Headrests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Heated rear window heating element wires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 defrosting the windscreen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
demisting the windscreen and side windows 140
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