2017 AUDI A5 CABRIOLET control
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means that you risk both a substant ia l reduction
in the operationa l safety of your vehicle and an
increased wear of vehicle parts¢
A.
Author ized Audi dealers w ill per form this wor k in
a professional and competent manner or, in spe
cial cases, refer you to a professional company
that spec ializes in such modifications.
A WARNING
Improper repairs and mod ificat ions can
change the way veh icle systems work and
cause serious personal injury.
(D Note
If emergency repairs must be performed else
where, have the vehicle examined by an au thorized Audi dealer as soon as possib le.
Declaration of
Compliance, Telecom
munications and
Electronic Systems
Radio Frequency Devices and Radiocommunica
tion Equipment User Manual Notice .
The manufacturer is not responsible for any radio
or TV interference caused by unauthor ized modi
fications to this equ ipment .
Devices
T he fo llow ing devices each comp ly w ith FCC Part
15.19, FCC Part 15.21 and RSS -Gen Issue
1:
- Adaptive cruise control*
- Convenience key*
- Side assist*
- Cell p hone package*
- Electron ic immobilizer
- Homelink universal remote contro l*
- Remote contro l key
FCC Part 15.19
This device compl ies w ith pa rt 15 of the FCC
Ru les. Opera tion is subjec t to the following two
conditions :
Consumer inf ormation
(1) This dev ice may not ca use ha rmf ul inter fer
ence, and
( 2 ) this devi ce must ac cep t any inte rference re
ce ived, in clu ding in terference tha t may ca use un
desired ope ration.
FCC Part 15.21
CAU TION:
Changes or mod ificat ions not express ly approved
by the party responsible for compliance cou ld
vo id the user's a uth ori ty to operate t he equ ip
ment .
RSS-Gen Issue 1
Operat ion is subject to the following two cond i
t ions:
(1) this device may not cause interference, and
( 2 ) this devi ce must accep t any inte rference, in
clud ing interference that may cause undes ired
operation of the device .
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Index
A
A/C (automatic climate control) . . . . . . . . . . 67
Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Active lane assist
Cleaning the camera a rea . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Active rollover protection system . . . . . . . . 119
Retracting rollover protection . . . . . . . . . . 120
Adaptive cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Cleaning the sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Request for driver intervention . . . . . . . . . . 93
Setting the driving program . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Adaptive dampers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Adaptive light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Adapt ive Light (defective) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Adding Engine coolant .. .......... ........ . .
Engine oil .. .. .. ................ ... .
W indshield washer fluid ..... .. .... .. .
Addition al acces sories
Additives Engine oil .... .. .. .............. ... .
Adjustable steer ing column . ..... .. .. .. . .
Adjusting 200
197
206
248
197
71
Air distribu tion (automatic clima te control) .68
Instrument illumination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Steering column ... . .. .... .... .. .. .. .. 71
Temperature (automatic climate control) . 68
Airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Advanced Airbag-System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Advanced Airbag System components . . . 1 36
Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Child restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Components (front airbags) . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Danger of fitting a child safety seat on the
front passenger seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Fr ont airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134, 135
How do the front airbags work? . . . . . . . . 138
How many airbags do es my vehicle have? 136
How the Advanced Airbag System compo -
nents wo rk together . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Impo rtant in formation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
250
Important safety instructions on the knee
airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Knee a irbags. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
PASSENGER AIR BAG O FF light . . . . . . . . . 140
Repairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 43
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Warn ing/Ind icator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Weight-sensing mat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
When must the system be inspected? . . . 140
all-wheel drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
All s eason tir es . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Alternator
refer to Generator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Anti -freeze
refer to Engine coolant system . . . . . . . . . 199
Anti-lock braking system Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . 16, 17
Anti-Lock Braking System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Anti-slip regulation Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Anti-Slip Regulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 7
Ant i-theft alarm system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Anti -theft systems
E lectronic immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Armrest.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .... ....... .. . 60
Ashtray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Audi braking gu ard
refer to braking guard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Audi drive select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Adaptive dampers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Dynami c steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Setting the driving mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Sport differential . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Audi Service Repai r M anuals and Literature 246
AUTO Automatic climate control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Automatic headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Automatic belt retractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Automatic climate control Air ven ts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Automatic power top . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Automat ic Shift Lock (ASL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
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Automatic transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Automatic Shift Lock (ASL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Emergency mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Emergency release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Kick -down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Manua l shift program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Removal lock (ignition key) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Selector lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Automatic wipers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Auto Safety Hotline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Average speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Avoid damaging the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
B
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Battery location inside the luggage compart-
ment ..............................
203
Charge level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Energy management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Important warnings when working on the
battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
203
Jump starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Replac ing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Work ing on the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Before driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Belt positioner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Belt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Bio -ethanol (Fuel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Blended gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Blower (automatic climate control) . . . . . . . . 68
Booster seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Brake fluid
Changing the brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
202
Checking the brake fluid l evel . . . . . . . . . . 202
Brake system
Anti-lock brak ing system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
17
Brake fluid specifications for refill and re
placement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
202
Brake light defective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Brake power assist unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Brakes. .. .. .. ............... .. ..... 170
Ceramic brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Electromechan ical parking brake . . . . . . . . 76
Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Worn brake pads symbol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Index
Braking
Brake assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
167
Emergency braking function . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
braking guard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Break-in period
Brake pads .. .. .. .. ............. .. . .
Tires ..... .... .. .. ........ · · · · · · · · ·
Breaking in ... .. .. .. ............... . .
New tires
Bulbs
C
170
175
175
214
237
California Proposition 65 Warning . . . . . . . 194
Battery specific . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Cargo area
refer to Luggage compartment ...... 63, 116
Catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Center armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
C en tral locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
27
Central locking switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Remote control key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Ceramic brake rotors
New brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
170
Certification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Changing engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Checking
Engin e coolant level. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
199
Child restraints
Danger of using child restraints in the front
seat.... .. .. .. .. .. ............. ....
131
Where can I get add itiona l information
about child restra ints and their use? . . . .
166
Child restraint system anchors . . . . . . . . . . 163
Child safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Impo rtant safety instructions for using child
safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
153
Installing a c hild restraint using the LATCH
system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
165
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Index
Lower anchorages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Mounting and releasing the anchorage
hook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
165
Child safety seats
Boost er seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
158
Convertible child seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Dang er of using child restraints in the front
seat.... ... .. .. ................ ....
131
How do I properly install a child safety seat
in my vehicle? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
153
Infant seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
LATCH system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Unused safety belts on the rear seat . . . . 155
Child seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Securing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Cigarette lighter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Cleaning/removing ice from windows . . . . . 184
Cleaning Alcantara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Cleaning artificial leather . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Cleaning carbon parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184, 185
Clean ing contro ls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Cleaning decorative parts/trim . . . . . . . . . . 184
Cleaning decorative parts and trim . . . . . . .
184
Cleaning displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Cleaning exhaust tail pipes . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Clean ing plast ic parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Cleaning rims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Cleaning seat covers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Clean ing textiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Cleaning the tail lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Cleaning the wind deflector . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Climate control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Automatic recircu lation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Supplementary heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
synch ronizing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Closing/opening
at the lock cylinder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
32
by remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
with the central locking sw itch . . . . . . . . . .
31
with the convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Coming home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
49
Compact spare tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
also refer to Spare tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
252
Compass in the mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Consumer information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Consumer Information .. ............. . .
Contacting NHTSA
Convenience key 118
118
Ind icator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Starting engine (START ENGINE STOP but-
ton) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
73
Stopping the engine (START ENGINE STOP
button) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
74
Switching on ignition ............... .. . 73
unlocking/locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Convenience opening/closing
Conv ertible child safety seats
Convertible locking retractor
35
156
Activating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Deact ivating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Using to secure a child safety seat . . . . . . 161
Coolant system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Cooling mode (automatic climate control) . . 67
Cooling System
Expansion tank. .. .. .. .. ........... ..
199
Cornering light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Cruise control
Changing speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Presetting your speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Switching off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Switching on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
79
Cruising range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
(upholder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
D
Data recorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Date display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Dayt ime running lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 , 49
Declaration of compliance
Adaptive cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
249
Audi side assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Cell phone package . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Electronic immobilizer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Homelink universal remote control . . . . . 249
Remote control key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Defective light bulb warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Defrosting (windows) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
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Determin ing correct load limit . . . . . . . . . . 22 1
Dig ita l clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Dig ita l compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Di mensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Dimming the rearview mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Doors emergency lock ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
D river information system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 1
Open doo r o r fron t lid wa rn ing . . . . . . . . . . 2 1
Outside temperature d isp lay. ... .. .... .. 21
Sound system display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Dri ver seat
refer to Seat ing pos ition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Driving economically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Driving safe ly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
D riving through wate r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Driving t ime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
D us t filte r
refer to Pollutant filte r (au toma tic A/C sys -
tem) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Dynamic stee ring ............. 101, 167 , 17 1
E
E85 (Fue l) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Easy entry function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
E ff iciency p rogr am . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Fu el economy messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
M emory levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Other equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
E lect ro-mechan ica l powe r ass ist . . . . . . . . . 17 1
Electromechanica l parking brake
Emergency braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Re leas ing and closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
St arting assis t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
S tarting from res t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Starting off w ith a t railer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
E lect ronic d ifferen tial lock
Wa rn in g/i nd ic ator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Electronic Differential Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
E lect ronic diffe ren tial lock ( EDL)
Wa rning/indicator lights.. ... .. .. .... .. 1 7
E lect ronic immob ilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10, 33
Index
El ectron ic powe r contro l
(EPC) warning/indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . 18
El ectron ic spee d lim ite r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
E lectron ic stabilization control
Spo rt mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
E lectron ic Stab ilization Contro l . . . . . . . . . . 167
El ectron ic Stab ilization Contro l (E SC)
War ning/ indica to r li ghts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Emergency actuation
Doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Ign it io n key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Emergency braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
E mergency f lasher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
War ning/ in d ica to r li ghts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Emergency key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Start ing engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Emergency operation
Emergency braking function (parking brake) .7.7
Luggage compartment lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Power top . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Emergency starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
En ergy manage men t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
B attery power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
D rive r notific ation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
E ngine
Compartment .. .. .. ................. 195
Coo lant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 99
Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Start ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71, 73
Starting wi th ju mpe r cab les . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Stopping . ... .. . ... .... . ..... ... .. 7 3, 74
E ngine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 95
S afe ty in str uctions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Working the engi ne compa rtment . . . . . . 193
Engine coolant Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Engine coolant system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Adding coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Checking coolant level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Checking the engine coo lant level . . . . . . . 199
Radiator fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Engine coolant temperature
Temperature gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
E ngine hoo d
Closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
How to release the hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
253
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Index
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Adding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Addit ives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Check oil level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15, 18
Oi l consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Pressure malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Sensor defective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Specification and viscosity . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Engine speed limitation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Environment Catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Disposing of your vehicle battery . . . . . . . 206
Driving at high speeds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Fuel ...... .... ........... ........ . . 190
Leaks under your vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
L ett ing the veh icle stand and warm up . . . 177
Proper disposal of drained brake fluid . . . 202
Proper disposal of drained engine coolant 200
Proper disposal of drained engine oil 197, 198
Recycling used engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Unleaded fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
What should I do with an old battery? . . . 206
EPC
refer to Electronic power control . . . . . . . . 18
Ethyl alcohol (Fuel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
E vent Data Recorder (EDR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Expansion tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Exterior lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Exterior mirrors Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Dimming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
He ating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
F
Fan
Radiator 201
Fa sten ing
Booster seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Convertible child safety seats . . . . . . . . . . 156
Infant seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
f lexible fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Floor mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Fog lights/rear fog light(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Folding the rear seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
254
Foot pedals .......................... 116
For the sake of the environment Environmentally-friendly driving . . . . . . . 177
Gasoline fumes and the env ironment . . . . 190
Letting the engine warm up . . . . . . . . . 71 , 73
Refueling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Saving fuel by early upshifting . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Front airbags Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
How they work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Frontal collisions and the laws of physics . . 123
Front passenger's door emergency locking . . 32
Front seats Adjust ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Child restraints in the front seat........ 131
Upper cabin heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Fuel Additives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
B lended gasol ine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Fuel gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Gasoline additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Low fuel level symbol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Octane rating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Recommendation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Refuelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Reserve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Saving fuel ......................... 177
T ank capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Tank system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Unlocking the fuel filler flap by hand . . . . 192
Fuel economy messages (efficiency program) .24
F u el filler flap
Unlocking the fuel filler flap by hand . . . . 192
Fuses Assignment ... .. .. .. ....... 234, 235, 236
Replacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
G
Garage door opene r (Home Link) . . . . . . . . . . 36
Gas discharge lamps ................... 237
Gauges Engine coolant temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Fuel gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
General illustration Instruments and controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
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LL 00
Generator Wa rni ng/indicator lig hts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 4
Glossa ry of tire and load ing term inology .. 209
Glove compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Valet parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
G PS controlled clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 0
Gross Vehicle Weight Rat ing (GVWR) . . . . . 24 3
H
Head lights
Clean ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Headlights Cleaning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Defective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
H eadlig ht range control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
L eft hand dr ive, right hand dr ive . . . . . . . . . 50
T rave l mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Headlight washe r reservoir . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
H ea d restra ints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Ad justing .. .. .. ... . .... ... .. .. .. 60, 1 14
H eated
exte rior m irro rs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 1
rear w indow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
se ats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
windshie ld washer spray noz zles . . . . . . . . 53
H eating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Heavy clothing and safety belts . . . . . . . . . . 124
H igh be am . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
H igh voltage war ning label . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
H ill descent contro l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
H omelink (garage door ope ne r) . . . . . . . . . . 36
Hood Opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Re lease lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
H orn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
H ow are child res tra int sys tem anchors re lat -
ed to ch ild safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
H ow many airbags does my vehicle have? . . 136
H ow safety belt pretensioners work
128
I
Ignition
switch ing on/off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
I gnition key
E me rgency un loc king. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Index
Ig nition loc k . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
I n dicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Imbalance (whee ls) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Immobilize r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Importantth ingstodobefo redriv ing . ... 111
Imprope rly worn safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Ind icator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Dynam ic steeri ng . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
PASS ENG ER AIR BAG OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
also refer to War ning/ indicato r lights . . . . 11
Infant seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Inf lation press ure (t i res) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Adjust ing the light ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Instruments and contro ls
Genera l illustration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Inte rior ligh ts
F ront ... .. .. .. .. ... .. .. ..... ... .. .. . 51
Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Inte rmit ten t (windsh ie ld w ipers) 53
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Jump-starting 238
Jumper cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
K
Key... ... .. .. .. .. .. ... .. ..... ... .. .. . 28
Battery replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Check lig ht . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Emergency key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28, 72
Ig nit ion/eng ine on/off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Key replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Mecha nica l key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28, 29
r emov ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
u nlocking/lo cking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 0, 32
K ick-dow n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Knee a irbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Desc ription . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
How they work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Important safety instr uctions . . . . . . . . . . 146
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Index
L
Lane Change Assistant
refer to side assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
LATCH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
I nstalling a child restraint . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Mounting and releasing the anchorage
hook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Launch Control Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Leather care/cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Leaving home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Left hand drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Lifting jack .......................... 231
Light adaptive light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Coming/Leaving home............. .... 49
Daytime running lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48, 49
E xterior lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Fog lights/rear fog light(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Low beam .. .. .. ................. .. .. 48
Rear fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Side marker lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Travel mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Light/rain sensor Headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Intermittent (windshield wipers) . . . . . . . . 53
Sensor defective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Lighting Exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Interior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Lights Emergency flashers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
High beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Interior/reading lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Turn signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Locking Rear lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Locking/unlocking at the lock cylinder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
by remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
with the central locking switch . . . . . . . . . . 31
with the convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
L ow beams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Lower anchorage locator button . . . . . . . . . 164
256
Luggage compartment
En larging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Loading..... .. .. .. .. ............. .. 116
Ski sack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Storing cargo correctly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Tie-downs ... .. .. .. .. .... .... .... 64, 118
Valet parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Luggage compartment lid Emergency unlocking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Lumbar support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
M
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Malfunction Indicator Lamp (MIL) . . . . . 18, 25
Mechanical key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28, 29
Memory function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Mileage Average . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Instantaneous . .. ... ............. .. .. 22
Mirrors Adjusting the exterior mir rors . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Compass.... .. .. .. .. .... ............ 55
dimming .. .. .. .. .. .. ............. ... 52
Vanity mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Monitoring the Advanced Airbag System . . 140
multitronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Automat ic Shift Lock (ASL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Emergency mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Manual shift program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Selector l ever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
N
Natural leather care/cleaning
NHTSA 185
Contacting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Numbe r of seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
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Occupant seating pos itions 112
Octane rating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
OFF (automatic climate control) . . . . . . . . . . 67