The essentials
Make sure the battery clamps have sufficient
met al-t
o-met
al contact with the battery termi-
nals.
If the engine fails to start after about 10 sec-
onds, switch off the starter and try again after
about 1 minute. WARNING
● Ple a
se note the safety warnings referring to
working in the engine compartment
››› page 270.
● The battery providing assistance must have
the same v
oltage as the flat battery (12V) and
approximately the same capacity (see imprint
on battery). Failure to comply could result in
an explosion.
● Never use jump leads when one of the bat-
teries
is frozen. Danger of explosion! Even af-
ter the battery has thawed, battery acid could
leak and cause chemical burns. If a battery
freezes, it should be replaced.
● Keep sparks, flames and lighted cigarettes
awa
y from batteries, danger of explosion.
Failure to comply could result in an explo-
sion.
● Observe the instructions provided by the
manufact
urer of the jump leads.
● Do not connect the negative cable from the
other vehic
le directly to the negative terminal
of the flat battery. The gas emitted from the
battery could be ignited by sparks. Danger of
explosion. ●
Never att ac
h the negative cable to fuel sys-
tem components or the brake lines in the oth-
er vehicle.
● The non-insulated parts of the battery
clamp
s must not be allowed to touch. The
jump lead attached to the positive battery
terminal must not touch metal parts of the ve-
hicle, this can cause a short circuit.
● Position the leads in such a way that they
cannot c
ome into contact with any moving
parts in the engine compartment.
● Do not lean on the batteries. This could re-
sult
in chemical burns. Note
The vehicles must not touch each other, oth-
erw i
se electricity could flow as soon as the
positive terminals are connected. Changing the wiper blades
W ind
s
creen wipers service position Fig. 81
Wipers in service position. The wiper arms can be raised when the wip-
er
s
ar
e in service position ››› Fig. 81.
● Close the bonnet ›››
page 270.
● Switch the ignition on and off.
● Press the windscreen wiper lever down-
ward
s briefly 4
› ›
› page 32.
Before driving, always lower the wiper arms.
Using the windscreen wiper lever, the wind-
screen wiper arms return to their initial posi-
tion.
››› page 97 72
Index
What negatively affects driving safety? . . . . . . . . 74
Wheel b
al
ance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291 anti-theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
caps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
loosening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
tightening torque . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Wheel cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279, 291 chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66, 68
new wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
temporary spare wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
wheel cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Wheel spanner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Wheel trim removing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Windows electric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18, 136
removing ice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Window wiper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Window wiper blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
windscreen and rear window wiper blades changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Windscreen and rear window wiper blades . . . . . 97
Windscreen washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61, 148
Windscreen washer water capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
checking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
topping up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Windscreen wiper and rear window wiper sys- tems
service position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Windscreen wipers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32, 148 functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
headlight washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 heated windscreen washer jets . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
lifting the w
iper blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
rain sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
replacing the wiper blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
service position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
special characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
window wiper lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Winter conditions battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
defrosting the windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
taking care of your vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
Winter operation headlight washers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
heated windscreen washer jets . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
salt on the roads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Winter tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287 four-wheel drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Wireless Charger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
X XDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
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