Advice
●
Never c o
ver the engine with additional in-
sulating materials such as a blanket. Risk of
fire!
● Do not unscrew the cap on the coolant ex-
pans
ion tank when the engine is hot. If the
coolant is hot, the cooling system will be
pressurised!
● Protect face, hands and arms by covering
the cap with a l
arge, thick cloth to protect
against escaping coolant and steam.
● Always make sure you have not left any ob-
jects, s
uch as cleaning cloths or tools, in the
engine compartment.
● If you have to work underneath the vehicle,
you mus
t use suitable stands additionally to
support the vehicle, there is a risk of acci-
dent!. A hydraulic jack is insufficient for se-
curing the vehicle and there is a risk of injury.
● If any work has to be performed when the
engine is
started or with the engine running,
there is an additional, potentially fatal, safety
risk from the rotating parts, such as the drive
belts, alternator, radiator fan, etc., and from
the high-voltage ignition system. You should
also observe the following:
– Never touch the electrical wiring of the
ignition system.
– Ensure that jewellery, loose clothing and
long hair do not get trapped in rotating
engine parts. Danger of death. Before
starting any work remove jewellery, tie
back and cover hair, and wear tight-fit-
ting clothes. –
Never ac c
elerate with a gear engaged
without taking the necessary precau-
tions. The vehicle could move, even if the
handbrake is applied. Danger of death.
● If work has to be carried out on the fuel
syst
em or on electrical components, you
must observe the following safety notes in
addition to the above warnings:
– Always disconnect the battery from the
on-board network. The vehicle must be
unlocked when this is done, otherwise
the alarm will be triggered.
– Do not smoke.
– Never work near naked flames.
– Always have a fire extinguisher on hand. WARNING
If the bonnet is not correctly closed, it could
sud den
ly open while driving leaving the driv-
er without visibility. This could result in a se-
rious accident.
● After closing the bonnet, always check that
it is
properly secured by the locking mecha-
nism in the lock carrier piece. The bonnet
must be flush with the surrounding body pan-
els.
● While driving, if you notice that the bonnet
is not
correctly closed then stop immediately
and close it correctly.
● Only open and close the bonnet when there
is no
body within its range. CAUTION
When topping up service fluids, make sure
not t o mi
stake them. Using the wrong fluids
could cause serious malfunctions and engine
damage! For the sake of the environment
Service fluids leaks are harmful to the envi-
ronment . F
or this reason you should make
regular checks on the ground underneath
your vehicle. If you find spots of oil or other
fluids, have your vehicle inspected in a speci-
alised workshop. Opening the bonnet
Read the additional information carefully
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The bonnet is released from inside the vehi-
cle.
Before opening the bonnet ensure that the
windscreen wipers are in rest position. WARNING
Hot coolant can scald!
● Never open the bonnet if you see steam,
smoke or c oo
lant escaping from the engine
compartment. 268
Index
Index
A
ABS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
180
c ontr
ol lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
ACC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209 radar sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Adaptive Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209 deactivating temporarily . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
function for preventing overtaking in an insidelane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
indications on the display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
operating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
radar sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
special driving situations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
warning and control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Additional electrical appliances (efficiency pro- gramme) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Adjusting front head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75, 146
lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
rear head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75, 147
Adjusting the head restraints front head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
rear head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Adjusting the seat adjusting the lumbar support . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Adjustment CAR menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Airbag covers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20, 82
activation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
deactivation of front airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
front airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21, 84
functioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
head-protection airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Air conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Climatronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
general notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
manual air conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Air outlets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Air recirculation air conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Alarm system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 switching off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Alcantara: cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Alloy wheel rims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Alternator warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Ambient lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Anchoring the front tow line. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Anti-freeze . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Anti-lock brake system . . . . . . . . . . . . 177, 179, 180 control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Anti-puncture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60, 94
Anti-puncture kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60, 94 check after 10 minutes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Anti-theft alarm system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15, 132 switching off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
vehicle interior monitoring and anti-tow sys-tem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Anti-tow protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 Aquaplaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Ashtray
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Aspects to note before setting off . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
ASR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178 control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Assistance Systems ACC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
adaptive cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
blind spot detector (BSD) with parking assis-tance (RCTA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
cruise control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
fatigue detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Front Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Park Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
parking aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236, 237
parking assistance (RCTA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
pedestrian monitoring system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
speed limiter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Assisted starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Audible warning signal seat belt not fastened . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
warning and control lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Automatic car wash tunnel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Automatic gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183 backup programme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
downhill speed control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
driving tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
kick-down feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
launch control programme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
manual release of selector lever . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
selector lever lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
selector lever positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
steering wheel with gearshift paddles . . . . . . 185
tiptronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183, 185
Automatic lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
AUX-IN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
293
Index
steel wheel rims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
w a
shin
g the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
windows and exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
windscreen wiper blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
wooden trim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Climatronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 adjusting the temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
automatic mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
fan regulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
general notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
windscreen defrost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 bonnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Clutch (warning lamp) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Coming Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Coming Home Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Connectivity Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Contact key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Control and warning lamps alternator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Anti-lock brake system (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
ASR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
blind spot detector (BSD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
braking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
diesel particulate filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
EDL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
emission control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
ESC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
instrument panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
parking assistant (RCTA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
speed limiter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 steering column lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
tyre
s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
Controls and displays general instrument panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Controls on the steering wheel operating the audio system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
operating the telephone and audio system . . 121
Coolant checking level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Coolant level control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Coolant temperature control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Cooling system checking coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273, 274
coolant temperature gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
topping up coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273, 274
Correct position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Correct sitting position front passenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
rear seat passengers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Cruise control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198 operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
warning and indication lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Current . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
D Dangers in not using the seat belt . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Dash panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Data sticker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Deactivation of front passenger front airbag . 21, 86
Detachable ball assembling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
checking attachment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248 placing in standby position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
remov
ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248, 249
standby position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Diesel diesel particulate filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
refuelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Diesel particulate filter malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Digital clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
Direction of rotation tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113, 114
Display messages speed limiter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Disposal seat belt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Distance control see Adaptive Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Door cylinder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Door handle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 de-icing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Door lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 de-icing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Door lock cylinder de-icing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Door release lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Doors childproof locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
opening and closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Downhill speed control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Downhill speed control function . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Driver see Correct sitting position . . . . . . . . . 72, 73, 74
Driver-side general instrument panel left-hand drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
right-hand drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
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