Operation
ahead as you drive and keep a safe distance
fr om the
v
ehicle in front, it is possible to slow
down by simply lifting your foot off the accel-
erator. This eliminates the need for constant
braking and acceleration.
Calm and steady driving
Constancy is more important than speed: The
more you drive at a constant speed, the lower
the fuel consumption.
When driving on the motorway, it is more effi-
cient to drive at a constant and more moder-
ate speed than to be continuously accelerat-
ing and braking. As a general rule, you will
reach your destination just as quickly when
you drive at a constant speed.
The cruise control function helps you to ach-
ieve a constant style of driving.
Moderate use of additional devices
It is important to travel in comfort, but con-
venience systems should be used ecological-
ly.
Some equipment, when connected, increase
fuel consumption considerably, for example:
● Air conditioning cooling system: If the air
conditioning sy
stem is required to cool to
significantly lower temperatures than the true
outside temperature, it will require a large
amount of energy from the engine. Therefore,
we recommend that the selected temperature for the vehicle is not too different to the out-
side temper
ature. It is a good idea to air the
vehicle before starting your journey and to
drive a short distance with the windows
open. Then you can close the windows and
switch on the air conditioning. Keep windows
closed when travelling at high speeds. Driv-
ing with the windows open increases fuel
consumption.
● Switch off the seat heating when the seats
have w
armed up.
● Switch off the heated rear window when it
is not
moist or covered in ice.
Avoid short journeys
Fuel consumption is much higher when the
engine is cold, immediately after it has been
started. It takes a few kilometres of driving
for the engine to warm up and to normalise
consumption.
The engine and catalytic converter need to
reach their proper working temperature in or-
der to minimise fuel consumption and emis-
sions. The ambient temperature has a deci-
sive influence.
Fig. 150 shows the difference in consump-
tion for the same journey at +20°C (+68°F)
and at -10°C (+14°F).
Therefore, unnecessary short journeys
should be avoided. Try to combine trips. The vehicle uses more fuel in winter than in
summer, ev
en when other conditions are the
same.
The engine takes a long time to warm up
when it is idling. In addition, mechanical
wear and pollutant emissions are also espe-
cially high during this initial warm-up phase.
It is therefore best to drive off immediately af-
ter starting the engine. Doing this avoids run-
ning the engine at a high speed.
Adjusting type pressures.
Having the correct pressure in your tyres
helps to reduce rolling resistance and, as a
result reduces fuel consumption. Increasing
the tyre pressure slightly (+0.2
bar/+3 psi/+200 kPa) can help to save fuel.
When you buy new tyres, make sure they are
optimised for minimum rolling resistance.
Use low friction engine oil
The use of low viscosity totally synthetic oils,
known as low friction engine oil, helps to re-
duce fuel consumption. These oils reduce the
resistance caused by friction in the engine,
they flow around the engine more quickly
and efficiently, particularly in cold starts. The
effect is particularly noticeable in vehicles
frequently used for short journeys.
Always check the engine oil level and ob-
serve service intervals (engine oil change in-
tervals).
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Index
Index
A
Abr o
a
d
extended stay abroad with your vehicle . . . . . 179
sale of vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
ABS see Anti-lock brake system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Acoustic alarm seatbelt unfastened . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Adjust front seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Adjusting lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
rear head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51, 112
seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Adjusting the head restraints rear head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Advice for driving spare wheel or temporary spare wheel . . . . . . 207
Airbag covers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14, 58 activation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
cleaning dash panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
control and warning lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
front airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14, 61
functioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
locking the vehicle after deployment . . . . . . . . 95
repairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
use of child seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
vehicle care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178 Air conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
air recir culation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
air vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
climatronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28, 129
instructions for use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
water under vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Air recirculation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 climatronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
how it works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
switching off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
switching on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Air vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166, 180
Anti-freeze . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Anti-lock brake system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Anti-lock system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Anti-puncture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35, 72
Anti-puncture kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35, 72 check after 10 minutes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
do not use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Anti-puncture set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Anti-theft security system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Ashtray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Aspects to take into account before starting the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
ASR see Traction control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Assistance systems brake assist system (BAS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
electronic differential lock (EDS) . . . . . . . . . . . 138
optical parking system (OPS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
parking aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
parking distance warning system . . . . . . . . . . 154
safety Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 traction control (ASR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
traction contr
ol (TC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Assisted starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Audible warning control and warning lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Automatic belt retractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Automatic device disconnection battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Automatic dipped beam control . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Automatic gearbox driving tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
ignition key removal lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
kick-down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
starting on a slope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
stopping on a slope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Automatic gear change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Axle loads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
B Bag support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
BAS see Brake assist system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Battery changing in the vehicle key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Battery acid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Before starting the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Belt tension device service and disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Belt tensioner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Belt tension limiter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Belt tightening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Bonnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10, 187
Brake assist system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
219
Index
ISOFIX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
ISOFIX
S
ystem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
J Jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36, 70, 72 mounting points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Jump leads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
K
Keys control and warning lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
duplicates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
mechanical key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
replacing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
spare key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
synchronising . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
unlocking and locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8, 95, 97
vehicle key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Kick-down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
L
Labels and plates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Laser sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Leaving Home Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Lift platform . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21, 103 audible warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
AUTO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Coming home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
control and warning lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
control lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
daytime running lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
dipped beam headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
driving abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 hazard warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
headlight
range control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
instrument panel lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Leaving home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
light controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
main beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
main beam headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
main beam lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
parking light remains on both sides . . . . . . . . 104
side lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
turn signal lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Load compartment in the luggage compartment see Loading the luggage compartment . . . . . 123
Loading general advice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
loaded vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
transporting the load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Loading the luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . 123 driving with the rear lid open . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Loading the vehicle class N1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
fastening rings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
retaining hooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
roof carrier system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Locking and unlocking in the door cylinder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
panoramic sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Luggage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9, 99, 123 closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
driving with the rear lid open . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
luggage compartment variable floor . . . . . . . . 125 manual release mechanism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
100
unlocking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
see also Loading the luggage compartment . 123
Luggage compartment floor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Luggage compartment variable floor . . . . . . . . . 125
M Main beam lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Main panel turn signal and main beam lever . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Malfunction air conditioner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
automatic gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
rain and light sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Manual air conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 adjusting the temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
air distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
cooling mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
switching off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Mobile telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 use without an exterior aerial . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Model plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
N
Natural gas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182 fuel tank cap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
refuelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182, 186
smell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Noises brake assist system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Notes for the user . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
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