a:,
a:,
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LED in the remote control key
The LED ¢ fig . 14 in fo rms you of the remote con
tro l key function .
.. If you p ress a b utton b riefly, the L ED blinks
on ce .
.. If the L ED does no t blink , the remote con trol
key batt ery is dead . The message
1:1 Please
change key battery
may also appear in the in
strument cluster display . Replace the battery in
the remote contro l key.
Replacing the remote control key battery
.. Pry the cover @off of the key CD using a coin
¢ fig. 15.
.. Remove the cover in the direction of the arrow .
.. Inse rt the n ew battery with the" +" facing up.
.. Press the cover back onto the key until it clicks
into place .
@ For the sake of the environment
Discharged batteries must be disposed of us
ing methods that will not harm the env iron
ment. Do not dispose of them in household
tras h.
@ Tips
The replacement battery must meet the same
specifications as the orig inal battery i n the re
m ote co ntro l key .
Remote control key synchronization
If the ve hicle ca nnot be u nlock ed/locked by the
r emo te control, yo u can synchron ize the remo te
con trol key.
.. Press the remote co ntrol key button [@].
.. Inse rt the key in the driver's door lock wit hin 30
se con ds.
.. Press th e ~ button or~ button .
Open ing and closing
Unlocking/locking by remote control
Fi g. 16 Remote control key: b utto n p rogra mming
.. To unlock the vehicle, press the ffi butto n CD
¢fig.16 .
.,. To lock the vehicle, press the~ button @¢ &
once .
.,. To unlo ck the l uggage compart ment lid, press
t he
c:5 but ton @ briefly.
.,. To open* the l uggage compar tment lid, p ress
an d hold the
c:5 button @for at least one sec
ond.
.. To trigger the a la rm, press the
! PANIC I button
@ . The vehicle ho rn and emergency flashers
are activated.
.,. To t urn off t he ala rm, press the
I PANIC I button
@ again .
If the vehicle is un locked and a door or the l ug
gage compartment lid are not opened w it hi n 30
secon ds, the vehicle locks again a utoma tica lly .
T h is feature p revents the ve hicl e from being acc i
dentally left unl ocked over a long period of t ime.
T h is does not app ly if yo u press the
c:5 bu tton @
f or at le ast o ne second .
Yo u can set in th e Infotainment system if
only
t h e dr iver's doo r o r the entire vehicle should un
lock w hen unlo cking <=?
page 2 7. In vehicles
withou t an Infotainment sys tem, yo u can unloc k
the entire vehicle using se lective door unlocking .
A WARNING ,..__
Read and heed all WARNI NGS¢ &. in Descrip
tion on page 23 .
(D Tips
- Only use the remo te control key w hen yo u
are within view o f th e veh icle.
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Heated
exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Rear window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55, 57
Washer no zzles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
H ea ting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
H eavy clothing and safety belts . . . . . . . . . . 111
H ill descent assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
H ill descent contro l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
H ill hold ass ist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
also refer to H ill hold assist . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
H old assist (hi ll) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
H orn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
How are child restra int system anchors re lat-
ed to chi ld safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
How many airbags does my vehicle have? . . 124
H ow safe ty belt pretens io ners work 1 15
I
Ignition
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 6
Sw itch ing on and off (convenience key) . . . 62
S w itch ing on and off (ignitio n lock) . . . . . . 60
Imbalance (wheels) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
I mportant things to do before d riving . . . . 100
Improper ly worn safety be lts . . . . . . . . . . . 115
I ndica to r ligh ts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
A irbag system . .. .. ..... ... .. .. . 127, 128
PASSENGE R AIR BAG OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
I nfant seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Inflation pressure (tires) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
I nspec tion inte rv a l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Install ing ch ild safety seats
Safety bel ts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Insta lling the upper tether strap on the an
chorage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
I nstrumen t cluste r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
C leaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
I nstruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Ad justing the lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Interior lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Front and rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 7
In ter ior lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 7
Rea r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Intermittent (w indshield wipers) . . . . . . . . . 40
Index
J
Jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Jump-sta rt ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Jumper cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
K
Key... ... .. .... .. .. ... .. ..... ... .. .. . 24
Key not recognized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Key replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Replacing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
U nlocking/locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25, 26, 28
K ick -dow n
Automatic transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
L
LATCH 150
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
I n stalling a c hild restraint. ..... ... .. .. 151
Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Mounting and re leas ing the anchorage
hook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Leather care/cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
L eav ing home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Light Coming/Leaving home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Dayt ime running lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Headl ight flashe r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Headl ights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
I n te rio r/read ing lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
L ow beams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Parking lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Rear fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Light/ra in senso r
Headl ights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
I n dicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Intermi tten t (windsh ie ld wipers) . . . . . . . . 40
Li ght ing
Exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
I n te rior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 7
Lights Head light range contro l system . . . . . . . . . 35
Interior ligh ting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 7
Loading the luggage compartment . . . . . . . 105
L ocking/ unlo cki ng
B y remo te con trol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
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Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Parking system plus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Trai ler hitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
also refer to Parking systems . . . . . . . . 86, 87
Parking systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Rear parking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Rearview camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Parking (automatic transmission) . . . . . . . . . 69
Parts replaceme nt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Pass-through . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light . . . . . . . . . . 128
Pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Physical principles of a frontal collision . . . 110
Polishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Poll en filter
refer to Pollutant filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Pollutant filter .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 53
Power seat adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Windows .. .. .... ........ .... ... .. .. 32
Power windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Child safety lock.............. .. .. .. .. 31
Convenience opening/closing . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Pr egnant women
Special considerations when wearing a safe-
ty belt . .. .. .. ............... .. ..... 114
Pressure (tires) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Proper safety belt position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Proper seating position Front passenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Occupants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Rear passengers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Prot ecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Protective liner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Q
quattro (all wheel drive) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Question What happens to unbelt ed occupants? . . 110
R
Radiator fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Index
Rain/light sensor
Headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Intermittent (windshield wipers) . . . . . . . . 40
Raising the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Range (fuel level) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Reading lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 7
Rear fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Rear lid
refer to Luggage compartment lid . . . . . . . 28
Rearview camera
refer to Parking systems . . . . . . . . . . . . 86, 87
Rearv iew mirror dimm ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Rear window defogger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55, 57
Recirculation mode automatic control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
manual climate control system . . . . . . . . . . 54
Refueling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Remote control
refer to Remote control key . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Remote control key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Personalization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Replacing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Synchronization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Unlocking/locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Repair manuals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Repairs Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Replacement key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Replacing Light bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Replacing windshield wiper blades . . . . . . . . 41
Replacing wiper blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Reporting Safety Defects ........... 107, 108
Reset button (trip odometer) . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Resetting the trip odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Retract New brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Retractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Reversible mat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Rims ....... ... . ... ................. 185
Roof load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Roof rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
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