Driving
Periodic maintenance
P eriodic
m
aintenance work guarantees that,
before beginning a journey, you will not con-
sume more than the required amount of fuel.
A well-serviced engine gives you the benefit
of improved fuel efficiency as well as maxi-
mum reliability and an enhanced resale val-
ue.
A badly serviced engine can consume up to
10% more fuel than necessary.
Avoid short journeys
To reduce the consumption and emission of
polluting exhaust gases, the engine and the
exhaust gas filtration systems should reach
the optimum operating temperature.
With the engine cold, fuel consumption is
proportionally higher. The engine does not
warm up and fuel consumption does not nor-
malise until having driven approximately four
kilometres (2.5 miles). This is why we recom-
mend avoiding short trips whenever possi-
ble.
Maintain the correct tyre pressures
Bear in mind that keeping the tyres at an ad-
equate pressure saves fuel. If the tyre pres-
sure is just one bar (14.5 psi/100 kPa) too
low, fuel consumption can increase by as
much as 5%. Due to the greater rolling resist-
ance, under-inflation also increases tyre wear
wear and impairs handling. The tyre pressures should always be checked
when the tyre
s are cold.
Do not use winter tyres all year round as they
increase fuel consumption by up to 10%.
Avoid unnecessary weight
Given that every kilo of extra weight will in-
crease the fuel consumption, it is advisable
to always check the luggage compartment to
make sure that no unnecessary loads are be-
ing transported.
A roof rack is often left in place for the sake
of convenience, even when it is no longer
needed. At a speed of 100 km/h (62 mph)
and 120 km/h (75 mph) your vehicle will use
about 12% more fuel as a result of the extra
wind resistance caused by the roof rack even
when it is not in use.
Save electricity
The engine activates the alternator, which
produces electricity. With the need for elec-
tricity, fuel consumption also increases. Be-
cause of this, always turn off electrical devi-
ces when you do not need them. Examples of
devices that use a lot of electricity are: the
fan at high speeds, the rear window heating
and the seat heaters*. Note
● If y
ou vehicle has Start-Stop, it is not rec-
ommended to switch this function off. ●
It i s
recommended that you close the win-
dows when driving at more than 60 km/h
(37 mph).
● Do not drive with your foot resting on the
clutc
h pedal,, as the pressure can make the
plate spin, more fuel will be used and it can
burn the clutch plate lining, causing a serious
fault.
● Do not hold the vehicle on a hill with the
clutc
h, use the foot brake or hand brake, us-
ing the latter to start. The fuel consumption
will be lower and you will prevent the clutch
plate from being damaged.
● On descents, use the engine brake, chang-
ing to the g
ear that is more suitable for the
slope. Fuel consumption will be “zero” and
the brakes will not suffer. Engine management and emis-
s
ion c
ontr
ol system
Introduction WARNING
● Bec au
se of the high temperatures which
can occur in the exhaust purification system
(catalytic converter or diesel particulate fil-
ter), do not park the vehicle where the ex-
haust can come into contact with flammable
materials under the car (e.g. on grass or at
the forest edge). Fire hazard! » 167
Technical data
Advice
Operation
Emergencies
Safety
Index
Index
A
ABS contr
o
l lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
see also Anti-lock brake system . . . . . . 158, 159
Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138, 194
Additional consumers (efficiency program) . . . . . 30
Adjusting front head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Adjusting the head restraints front head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Adjustment CAR menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
front head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
rear head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Aerial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Air-conditioning economic use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Airbag covers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14, 67 activation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
deactivation of front airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69, 72
description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
front airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14, 70
functioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
head-protection airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16, 71
side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15, 70
Air conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37, 38 air vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
faults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146 introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
149
Alarm system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Alternator control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Ambient lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Anchoring the front tow line. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Anti-freeze . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Anti-lock brake system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158, 159
Anti-puncture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46, 77
Anti-puncture kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46, 77 check after 10 minutes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Anti-slip regulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Anti-theft alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Anti-theft security system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Anti-theft system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Armrests front seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
rear seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Ashtrays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Aspects to note before setting off . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
ASR control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
see also Traction control system . . . . . . 158, 159
Assistance systems ABS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
ASR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
cruise speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
EDL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
emergency brake assist (Front Assist) . . . . . . . 179
fatigue detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
parking aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170, 171
Start-Stop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
tyre monitoring system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Assisted starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Audible signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
contro l and warning lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Automatic air conditioning climatronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Automatic car washes see Washing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Automatic gearbox driving programmes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
emergency program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
instructions for use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
kick-down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
manual release of selector lever . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
selector lever lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
selector lever positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
stopping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
tiptronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160, 163
AUX-IN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
B Back seat folding down and raising the back seat back- rest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Ball coupling disassembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Before setting off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Belt tightening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Biodiesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Bonnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11, 207 opening the bonnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Brake assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 checking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
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Index
Brakes brak
e fluid
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
handbrake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
running in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Brake servo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Braking brake assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Bulb failure control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
C Capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Car-care products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Care of vehicle door lock cylinder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
leatherette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
upholstery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Carrier system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168 malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
CCS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32, 178 see also Cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Central locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 anti-theft alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
central locking button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
individualised settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
keyless Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
locking manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
unlocking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Central locking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Cetane number (diesel fuel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203 Changing a bulb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
daytime driv ing light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
dipped beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
double headlight bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
fog light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
main beam headlight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
side light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
turn signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Changing a wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47, 76 subsequent work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Changing bulbs on the number plate . . . . . . . . . . 92 removing the bulb holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Changing bulbs on the side panel . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 fitting the rear light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
removing the bulb holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
removing the rear light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Changing lights on the side panel . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Changing rear lights on the rear lid changing bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
fitting the bulb-holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Changing settings CAR menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Changing the rear lights on the rear lid removing the bulb holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Charging the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Checking levels engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Child-proof locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 electric windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Child seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16, 75 categorisation into groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
ISOFIX system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16, 74
securing with the seat belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16Top Tether system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Cigarette lighter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
chromed p arts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
leatherette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
natural leather . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
plastic parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
upholstery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199, 200
washing the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Cleaning and thawing windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Climatronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 adjusting the temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
air recirculation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152automatic mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
blower selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
windscreen defrost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Close . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Closing central locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
vehicle with Keyless Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Coat hooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Coming Home and Leaving Home . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Coming Home and Leaving Home Function . . . . 125
Compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Control and warning lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33, 100 ABS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
alternator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
ASR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
audible signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
break recommendation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
coolant temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99, 210
deactivating the airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
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