Index
Starting the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169, 170 aft
er the f
uel tank has been run dry . . . . . . . . 170
diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
petrol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Starting the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Steel wheel rims cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73, 168 control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
electromechanical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
power-assisted steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
steering column lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Steering wheel adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
gearshift paddles (automatic gearbox) . . . . . . 185
Steering wheel controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Steering wheel height adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Storage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150 of front door panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
on the front passenger side . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
right front seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
storage pocket in the seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Sun visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Switch hazard warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Switching off the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Switching off the lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Switching on the lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Switching the ignition on and off . . . . . . . . 30, 168
System Easy Connect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
T Taking care of your vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256 interior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Technical data roof load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157 Technical specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Temperat
ure display
engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
outside temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Temporary spare wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Tightening the belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Tightening torque wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Tightening torque of wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
Tiptronic (automatic gearbox) . . . . . . . . . . 183, 185
Top speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Top Tether . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26, 29
Top Tether system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26, 29
Tow-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67, 96
Tow-starting the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Towing blind spot detector (BSD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
special characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Towing a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Towing bracket retrofitting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Towing bracket device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245 ball coupling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
operation and care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Towing the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66, 96
Towline anchorage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Tow rope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Traction control system . . . . . . . . . . . 177, 178, 179 control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245 connecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251, 252
driving with a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
electrical socket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
hitching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286 parking Aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
rear lights
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
safety lug . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
tow rope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Trailer turn signals control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Trailer weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
Transporting children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Transporting items fastening rings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
roof carrier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
roof carrier system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Transporting objects roof carrier system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Trim parts: cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Turn signal lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Turn signals control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Tyre Mobility System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
inflating a tyre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
sealing a tyre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
see also Anti-puncture kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Tyre pressure monitoring system . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Tyre pressures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
Tyre profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Tyre repair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Tyre repair kit see Anti-puncture kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278 changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
new tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279, 280, 282
run-in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
useful life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
wear indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
with directional tread pattern . . . . . . . . . 65, 279
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Index
Tyre tread depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
T y
r
e wear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
U Unfastening the seat belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19, 80
Unlocking and locking by remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
with Keyless Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
with the central lock button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Unlocking manually rear lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Upholstery: cleaning alcantara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
USB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
USB/AUX-IN Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
V Vanity mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Vehicle data sticker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
identification data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
identification number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
raising . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
unlocking and locking with Keyless Access . . 129
vehicle identification number . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Vehicle battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57, 276 assisted starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
connecting and disconnecting . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
disconnect and connect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
electrolyte level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
winter conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Vehicle care windscreen wipers service position . . . . . . . . . 69
Vehicle documentation compartment . . . . . . . . 150 Vehicle interior monitoring and anti-tow system 134
activation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Vehicle paint code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Vehicle paintwork maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
polishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
products for vehicle maintenance . . . . . . . . . . 256
Vehicle seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Vehicle tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 housing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Vehicle underbody protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Vehicle washing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Ventilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Ventilation slits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
W Warning and control lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 adaptive cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
applying the brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205, 211
audible warning signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
cruise control system (CCS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
engine management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
engine pre-heating/fault system . . . . . . . . . . . 195
for seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
gear change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
instrument panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
instrument panel display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
speed limiter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Start-Stop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Warning messages red . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
yellow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Warning symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 see also Warning and control lamps . . . . . . . . 117 Warning triangle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Washin
g the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
adhesive sheets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
care of the vehicle exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
high pressure cleaners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
sensors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
Wheel balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63, 287 anti-theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
caps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
tightening torque . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65, 282
Wheel cover removing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278, 287 central wheel trim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61, 62
changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
new wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
removing and fitting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Windows electric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18, 135
removing ice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Window wiper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Window wiper blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Windscreen and rear window wiper blades . . . . . 96
Windscreen defrosting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Windscreen washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57, 143
Windscreen washer water checking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
filling amounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
topping up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Windscreen wiper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Windscreen wiper blades cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
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ARONA , some of the equipment and functions
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