The essentials
Fluid Level control Fi l
lin
g capacities
Tank level
70 litres. 8 litre reserve
Capacity of the windscreen washer fluid con-
tainer
Versions without head-
light washer system3.5 litres
Versions with headlight
washer system6 litres Fuel
Fig. 53
Fuel tank flap with tank cap attached. Before r
efuelling, always turn off the engine,
the ignition, mo b
ile telephones, auxiliary
heating and keep them off during refuelling.
Opening the fuel tank cap
● The tank flap is at the rear of the vehicle on
the right.
● Pre
ss the rear of the tank flap to open it.
● Unscrew the tank cap anticlockwise and in-
sert it
in the hole in the tank flap hinge
››› Fig. 235.
Closing the fuel tank cap ● Screw on the tank cap clockwise until it you
hear it c
lick into position.
● Press the tank flap until you hear it click in-
to pl
ace. The tank flap must be flush with the
body contour.
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Fig. 54
Engine oil dipstick. Fig. 55
In the engine compartment: Engine
oi l
fi
ller cap The level is measured using the dipstick loca-
t
ed in the en
gine c
ompartment
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The oil should leave a mark between zones A and
C . It should never exceed zone
A .
● Zone A : Do not add oil.
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Index
Selector lever locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Ser v
ic
e fluids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Service interval display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Service notification: read . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Signal lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Sign Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227, 228 connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
disconnection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
indication on display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
operation mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Sliding door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 childproof lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
manually opening and closing . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
opening and closing electrically . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49, 296 all-wheel drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Spanner symbol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Spare fuel canister . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Spare parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Specifications combined weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
drawbar load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
trailer weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Speed rating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
Stabilising the vehicle and trailer combination . 241
Start-Stop function driving with a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Start-Stop Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Start assist see Start assist systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Starter button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Starting assistance description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
jump leads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
positive pole . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Starting the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Steering
contro l and warning lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
counter steering assistance system . . . . . . . . 182
electromechanical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
power steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
steering column lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
tendency to pull to one side . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
Steering wheel adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Steering wheel controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Storage compartment for (sun)glasses . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Storage compartment other storage compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Storage compartment in the roof console . . . . . 164
Storage compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163 cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
drawers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
folding table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
glove compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
glove compartment lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
instrument panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
portable waste bin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
rear footwell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
roof console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Sun blind anti-trap function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
opening and closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Sun blinds rear side windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Sun protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Sun visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Switch hazard warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Switching lights off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Switching lights on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 Switching the ignition on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Symbol
s
see Control and warning lamps . . . . . . . . 32, 105
Systems tyre monitoring systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
T Technical data engine oil specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
roof load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Technical details capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
loads on the axles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
tyre pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Technical features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
Technical modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Technical specifications dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
Telephone management three button unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Tightening torque . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296 wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
TIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
Tiptronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Tiredness detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Top Tether . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Top Tether system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Tow-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51, 87
Tow hitch electric release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
fitting a bicycle carrier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
function control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Towing blind spot detector (BSD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
parking distance warning system . . . . . . . . . . 210
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