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-Changing the engine settings will adversely
affect emission levels. This is detrimental to
the environment and increases fuel con
sumption.
-Always observe environmental regulations when disposing of old engine oil, used brake
fluid, dirty engine coolant, spent batteries
or worn out tires.
- Undeployed airbag modules and pretension
ers might be classified as Perchlorate Mate
rial -special handling may apply, see
www .dtsc.ca.gov/hazardouswaste/perchlo
rate. When the vehicle or parts of the re
straint system including airbag modules
safety belts with pretensioners are scrap
ped, all applicable laws and regulations
must be observed. Your authorized Audi
dealer is familiar with these requirements
and we recommend that you have your deal er perform this service for you.
Accessories and
technical changes
Additional accessories and parts replacement
Always consult on authorized Audi dealer before
purchasing accessories.
Your vehicle incorporates the latest safety design
features ensuring a high standard of active and passive safety.
This safety could be compromised by non-ap proved changes to the vehicle. For this reason, if
parts have to be replaced, please observe the fol
lowing points when installing additional accesso
ries:
Approved Audi accessories and genuine Audi parts are available from authorized Audi dealers.
These dealers also have the necessary facilities, tools and trained specialists to install the parts
and accessories properly .
Consumer information
A WARNING
Using the wrong spare parts or using non-ap
proved accessories can cause damage to the
vehicle and serious personal injury.
- Use only accessories expressly approved by
Audi and genuine Audi spare parts
- These parts and accessories have been spe
cially designed to be used on your vehicle.
- Do not use license plate brackets in the
front area that are different from the one
installed at the factory, or add additional li
cense plate brackets.
- Never install accessories such as telephone
cradles or beverage holders on airbag covers
or within the airbag deployment zones. Do
ing so will increase the risk of injury if air
bags are triggered in an accident!
- Before you check anything in the engine
compartment, always read and heed all
WARNINGS Qpoge 198.
(D Note
-If items other than genuine Audi spare
parts, add-on equipment and accessory
items are used or if repair work is not per
formed according to specified methods, this
can result in severe damage to your vehi
cle's engine and body (such as corrosion)
and adversely affect your vehicle's warranty.
- If emergency repairs must be performed
elsewhere, have the vehicle examined by an
authorized Audi dealer as soon as possible.
- The manufacturer cannot be held liable for
damage which occurs due to failure to com
ply with these stipulations.
Technical Modifications
Our guidelines must be complied with when tech
nical modifications ore mode.
Always consult an authorized Audi dealer
before
starting work on any modifications.
This will help ensure that vehicle function, per
formance and safety are not impaired
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4-zone deluxe automatic climate control 60
Air vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Key recognition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Res idual heat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Synchronizing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
A
A/C (4-zone deluxe automatic climate
control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
A/C (deluxe automatic climate control) 61
ABS
refer to Anti-Lock Braking System . . . . . . 120
Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55, 261
Active lane assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Adjusting the vibration warning . . . . . . . . . 98
Cleaning the camera area . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Switching on/off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Adaptive air suspension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Adaptive cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
braking guard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Cleaning the sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Request for driver intervention . . . . . . . . . . 93
Stop -and -go traffic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
AdBlue. ... .. .. ................ ..... . 194
Me ssages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Opening the tank door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Refilling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Adjusting air distribution (4-zone deluxe auto
matic climate control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Adjusting a ir distribution (deluxe automatic
climate control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Adjusting the temperature (4-zone deluxe au
tomatic climate control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Adjusting the temperature (deluxe automatic
climate control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
advanced key
refer to Convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Index
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Advanced Airbag-System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Advanced Airbag System components . . . 154
Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Child restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Components (front airbags) . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Danger of fitting a child seat on the front
passenger seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Front airbags .... .. ............. 151, 152
How do the front airbags work? . . . . . . . . 157
How many airbags does my vehicle have? 154
How the Advanced Airbag System compo-
nents work together . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Important information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Impo rtant safety instructions on the knee
airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Knee airbags. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
PASSENGER A IR BAG OFF light . . . . . . . . . 159
Repairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
S ide curta in airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Warning/Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
When must the system be inspected? 159
Air pressure (tire pressure monitoring
system) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Air suspension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Alignment pin (tire changing) . . . . . . . . . . . 236
All season tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
All weather lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
All wheel drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Alternator
refer to A lternator (indicator light) . . . . . . 14
Alternator (indicator light) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Amb ient lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Anti-freeze Windsh ield washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Anti -lock braking system
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Anti-Lock Braking System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Anti-s lip regulat ion
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Anti-Slip Regulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
263
Index
Ashtray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
ASR
refer to Anti-S lip Reg ulation . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Aud i braking guard
refer to B raking guard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Aud i drive select
refer to Drive select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Aud i Serv ice Repair Ma nuals and Li terature 259
AUTO 4-zone deluxe automatic climate control . . 63
Automatic headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
D eluxe a utomatic clima te contro l . . . . . . . . 6 1
Auto Lock (centra l locking) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Autom atic auxili ary heate r (cli ma te contro l
system) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Automatic belt ret ractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 2
Automatic climate control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Key recogn ition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Automatic key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Automatic post-co llision brak ing system . . 120
Automatic transm ission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Eme rgency mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
H ill descent control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Kick-down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 1
Selecto r leve r eme rgency re lease . . . . . . . . 82
Selecto r leve r pos itions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Shifti ng manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
S teer ing whee l w ith shift padd les . . . . . . . . 80
t ip tron ic mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Automatic wipe/wash sys tem . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Auto Safety Hotline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Ave rage cons umption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2
Average speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Avoid damaging the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
B
Batte ry
J ump starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
also refer to Veh icle battery . . . . . . . . . . . 206
B efore d riving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Belt tensioner Drive select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Belt tensione rs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
B lended gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
264
Blower (4 -zone de luxe a utomatic cl ima te con -
tro l) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Bl owe r (deluxe au tomatic climate cont rol) . . 61
Booster seats 181
B rakes
Brake fl uid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 06
E lectromechanical parking brake . . . . . . . . 75
Ind icator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
B raking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 22
B rake ass ist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
B rake booster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Ceramic brake roto rs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Emergency braking function . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Ind icator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
New brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Worn bra ke pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Braking guard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
B reak- in per iod
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
B reaking in
New bra ke pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 22
New engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
New t ires ..... .. .. .. ............. .. 217
Bu lbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
C
Californ ia Propos ition 65 Warning . . . . . . . 199
Battery specif ic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Capacities AdBl ue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Engine o il . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Fuel tan k. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Washer flu id reservoir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Cargo area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Center armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Central locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Cen tra l locking sw itch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Convenie nce key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
E mergency lock ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Luggage compartmen t lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Panorama glass roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Power windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Remote control key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Index
Fuel Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Blended gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Current consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Fuel filler neck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Fuel gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9, 10
Fuel tank capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Gasoline additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
I ndicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Octane rating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Recommendation................... . 190
Saving fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67, 104
Fueling Fuel gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
F uel tank capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Opening the fuel filler door . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Fuses Assignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Replac ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
G
Garage door opener (Homelink) . . . . . . . . . . 39
Garment hook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Gas discharge lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Glasses holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Glossary of tire and loading terminology .. 212
Glove compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
cooled . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Valet Parking function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR) . . . . . 256
H
Head-up display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Headlight range control Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Headlight range control system . . . . . . . . . . 41
Headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
H eadlight range control system . . . . . . . . . 41
Washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Head restraints. .... ........... .... ... 131
Adjusting .. .. ............... . 51, 52, 131
Removing and installing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
268
Heated
Exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Rear w indow (4-zone deluxe automat ic cli-
mate control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Rear window (deluxe automatic climate con-
trol) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Seats (4-zone deluxe automatic climate con-
trol) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Seats (deluxe automatic climate control) . . 62
Washer nozzles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Heavy clothing and safety belts . . . . . . . . . . 141
High beams Ass istant. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
High voltage warning label . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Hill descent control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Hill hold assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
also refer to Hill hold assist . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Hold assist (hill) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Homelink (garage door opener) . . . . . . . . . . 39
Hooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
How are child restraint system anchors relat-
ed to child safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
How many airbags does my vehicle have? . . 154
How safety belt pretensioners work . . . . . . 145
I
Ignition
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Switching on/off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Imbalance (wheels) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24, 28
Important things to do before driving . . . . 128
Improperly worn safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Infant seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Inflation pressure (tires) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Inspection interval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Installing child safety seats
Safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Installing the upper tether strap on the an -
chorage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Instrument cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
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Speed warning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Sport differential . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Star button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Start-Stop system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Start/Stop system Engine does not switch off . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Engine starts automatically . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Starting/stopping the engine . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Switching off/on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
START ENGINE STOP button . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Starting (engine) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70, 73
Steering Electromechanical steering ..... .. ... 123, 0
I ndicator light .. ............. .. .. 15 , 123
L ock ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
also refer to Electromechanical steering . 123
Steering wheel Buttons .. .. .. .. .. .. .... ... .. .. .. .. .. 22
Easy seat entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Manual adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Power adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Shift padd les (automatic transmission) . . . 80
Steering wheel heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Steps for determining correct load limit . . . 224
Stopping (engine) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71, 73
Storage compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Storage hooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
S tronic (automatic transmission) . . . . . . . . . 77
Launch control program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Convenience opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Emergency closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Sunshade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46, 47
Sun visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Symbo ls
refer to Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
T
Tachometer .... ............... .. . 9, 10, 21
Tail lights Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Index
TOI clean diesel
refer to Ad Blue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Technical modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Temperature display
Coo lant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Exterior temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
T ether anchors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Tether strap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Tie-downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58, 135
Time ......... ... .. .................. 24
tiptronic mode (automatic transmission) . . . 80
t iptronic (automatic transm iss ion) . . . . . . . . 77
Tire pressure (tire pressure monitoring sys ·
tern) .. ... ... .. .. .. ...... ....... .. .. 229
Tires........ ... .. .. ................ . 210
All wheel drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Low aspect ratio tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Replacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Service life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Tire pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
T ire pressure monitoring system . . . 228, 229
Tire pressure table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Treadwear indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Unidirectional....................... 212
Uniform tire quality grading . . . . . . . . . . . 227
T ires and wheels
Glossary of tire and loading terminology . 212
T ires and vehicle load limits . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Tool kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Torn or frayed safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
T owing
Tow trucks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Towing loop .. .. .. .. ............. 251,252
TPMS (tire pressure monitoring system) . . . 229
T railer towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Operat ing instruct ions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Parking system... .. ................ . 118
Technical requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 , 84
T ransmission malfunction (indicator light) . . 81
Transport Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Turn signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
u
ULSD No . 2 (Diesel fuel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
273
Index
Unfastening safety belts Uniform t ire quality grading ........... .
Unlocking/locking 144
227
By remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
With the central locking switch . . . . . . . . . 31
With the convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Unlocking and locking
On the door lock cylinder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
V
Valet Parking function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Vanity mirror. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Vehicle Care/cleaning . .... ........... ....... 231
Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Identification number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Out of service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Transport ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Vehicle identification label . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Vehicle battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Charge level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14, 207
E nergy management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Winter operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Vehicle control modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Vehicle jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236, 239
Veh icle tool kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Ventilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
VIN ..... ..... .. ................ .... 255
w
Warming up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Warning/Indicator lights Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Warning lights
refer to Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Warning triangle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Warranty coverages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Washer fluid level (indicator light) . . . . . . . . 19
Washing matte finish paint . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
274 What
happens if you wear your safety belt too
loose? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
What happens to unbelted occupants? . . . . 140
What impairs driving safety? . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Wheels .. .. ... ... ... ...... ....... ... 210
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Glossary of t ire and loading terminology . 212
Replacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 7
Tire pressure monitoring system . . . . . . . 229
Tires and vehicle load limits . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Wheel wrench . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
When must a safety belt be replaced? . . . . 141
When must the airbag system be inspected? .1.59
Where are lower anchorages located? . . . . 186
Wild animal detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Window regulators. .. .. ... .......... .. . 37
Windows Cleaning/removing ice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Defrosting (4-zone deluxe automat ic cl i-
mate control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Defrosting (deluxe automatic climate con-
trol) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Windshield clean ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Defrosting (4-zone deluxe automatic cli-
mate control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Defrosting (deluxe automatic climate con-
trol) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
also refer to Windshield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Windshie ld washer system .......... 47, 208
Reservoir capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Windshield wipers Cleaning wiper blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Folding up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Replacing windshield wiper blades . . . . . . . 48
Switch ing on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Winter driving Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Winter operation Cooling system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Defrosting windows (4-zone deluxe auto-
matic climate control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Defrosting windows (deluxe automatic cli-
mate control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61