2018 AUDI A6 climate control

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thorized Aud i Serv ice Facility for more infor­
mation.
- Do not connect or disconnect the charging
cable while charg ing because this increases
the risk of an explosion.
(D Tips
-Only charge the vehicle battery through the
connections in the engine compartment.
- Read all of the manufacturer's instructions
for the charger before charging the ve hicle
battery.
Windshield washer system
F ig. 184 Eng ine co mpartment: washer flu id reservoir cap
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The winds hield washer reservoir O contains the
cleaning solution for the windshield and the
headlight washer system*
c::;,page 192 , fig . 179.
The reservoir capacity can be found in
c::;, page 245 .
To reduce the risk of lime sca le deposits on the
spray nozzles, use clean water w ith low amounts
of calc ium . Always add window cleaner to the wa­
ter . When the outs ide temperatures are cold, an
anti-freez ing agent should be added to the water
so that it does not freeze.
0 Note
- The concentration of anti-freezing agent
must be adjusted to the vehicle operating
cond itions in the respect ive climate. A con­
centration that is too high can lead to vehi­
cl e damage.
Checking and Filling
- Never add radiato r anti -freeze or other addi­
tives to the washer fluid .
- Do not use a glass cleaner that contains
paint solvents, because this could damage
the paint.
Service interval display
The service interval display detects when your ve ­
hicle is due for service .
The service interval display works in two stages:
-Inspection or oil change reminder : after a cer-
tain distance driven, a message appears in the
instrument cluster display each time the igni­
tion is switched on or off. The remaining dis­
tance or time is disp layed briefly.
-Inspection or oil change due: if your vehicle
has reached an inspection or oil change interval
or both intervals at the same time, the mes­
sage
Inspection due! or Oil change due! or Oil
change and inspection due!
appears briefly af­
ter switching the ignition on/off .
Checking service intervals
You can check the remaining distance or time un ­
til the next oi l change or next inspection in the
Car menu. To do this, select: the
I CAR I function
button
> (Car)* Systems control button > Service
& control > Service intervals .
Resetting the indicator
An authorized Audi dea ler or authorized Audi
Service Facility w ill reset the service interval dis­
play after perform ing service .
If you have changed the oi l yourse lf, you must re ­
set the oil change interval.
To r eset the indicat or, select: the
I CARI function
button
> (Car)* Systems control button > Service
& control > Service intervals . Turn the control
knob downward to
Reset oil change interval and
press the control knob.
@ Note
- Only reset the oi l change indicator if the oi l
was changed.
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assignment
F ig. 202 Drive r side cockp it : fuse panel w it h plastic bracket
Fuse panel @ ( black)
No . Equipment
Electromechan ica l powe r stee ring, trailer
1 hitch, ionizer, switch st
rip, seat heating
(rear), electromechan ica l park ing brake
Ho rn, climate con trol system, Gateway,
2 au
tomati c dimm ing in ter ior rearv iew m ir-
ro r, On -Board Unit
4 Park ing aid, headlight range adjustment
5
Dynamic steering, electronic stabilization
control (ESC)
6 Headlights
7 Adapt ive cru ise control
8 Front passenger's seat senso rs, a irbag
9 Gateway
10 Engine sound, nig
ht vision ass ist, garage
door opene r (H ome link), parki ng aid
11 Video camera
image processi ng
12 Headlights
13 Steering column sw
itch module
Fuses
Fuse panel @ (black)
14 Termina l 15 (luggage compartment)
1 5 Starte r
Fuse panel @ (brown)
No . Equipment
1 Infotainment system
2 Infot ainment system
3 Front passenger's seat
5
A
ir bag, e lec tronic sta bi liz ation con trol
( E SC)
6 Ant
i- theft alarm system
7 E lectromec ha nical pa rking brake
8 Inter io r li ghts
9
Windshie ld video came ra heating, light/
r ain sensor
10 Lumbar support (dr iver's se at)
11 Driver
's seat
12 Electronic stab ilizati on con trol
13 Horn
1 4 Head lights
lS Front seat heating
16 Dynamic s tee ring
Fuse panel © (red)
No . Equipment
1 Clutch peda l
2 Fuel p ump
3 Brake
light sensor
4 Engine acoustics
5 Rear door
6 Fr
ont door
7 Elec tronic stab iliza tion control
8 Windshie ld wiper motor
9 H ead light washer system
10 Interio
r light ing, climate control system
1 1 Head lights
12 Sunroof
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Fuses
Front passenger side
cockpit fuse assignment
F ig . 203 Front passenger side cockpit: fuse pane l with
plastic bracket
Fuse panel @ (red )
No. Equipm ent
1 Infotainment, CD changer
2 I
nfotainment (display)
Fuse panel@ (brown)
No . Equipm ent
1 Climate control system
2 Climate
control sys tem (blowe r)
3 Diagnostic interface
4 Ele ct ric al ignit ion lock
5 Electronic steer ing column lock
6 Steering column sw itch module
7 Power stee ring co lumn adjustment
8 Light switch
9 Head-up display
10 I
nstrument cl uste r
11 Infota inment, DVD changer
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Luggage compartment
fuse assignment
F ig . 2 04 L uggage compartment: fuse panel with plast ic
b racket
Fuse panel @ (black)
No . Equipment
1 Tra
iler hitch/220 volt socket
2 Tra ile r hitc h/climatized cup holder
3
Trailer hitch/adjusting front passenger's
seat from the rear
4 E lec tromechani cal pa rking brake
5 Electromechanical parking brake
6 Fr on t door (front passenger's side)
7 Rear exterior lighting
8 Central locking, closing aid
9 Seat heating (fro nt)
11 Seat
heating (rear), climate control system
(rear)
12 Tra ile r hitch, gateway (e-tron)
Fuse panel @ (red)
No . Equipment
1 Left safety
belt tensioner
2 R ight safety be lt tens ioner
3 Fuel pump
4 Eng ine moun t
5
Sensor-controlled luggage compartment
l id
6 Air s uspension, adaptive dampers
7 Rear door (front passenger's side)
8 Tail lights
9 Luggage compartmen t lid

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10 Rear seat entertainment
1 2 Rea r spo ile r (Sportbac k), sunroof
Fuse panel © (brown )
N o. Equipm ent
1 Infotainment system
2 Infota inment system
3
Infotainment, automatic dimming interior
rearview mirror
4 Rearview camera/peripheral cameras
5 TV tuner
6 Tank leak detection system
7 Sockets
8 Parking heater
1 0 Lumbar support (front passenger's seat)
11 Emergency
call
1 2 Infotainment system
Fuse panel @ (black )
N o. Equipm ent
Air suspension, adaptive dampers, sport
1 different
ial, electromechanical parking
brake
2 Clutch pedal position sensor/automatic
transmission
3 Seats
4 Rear wiper (Avant)
5 Side assist
6 Engine sound
7 Infotainment/sound amplifier
8 Gateway
9 Sport diffe rential
10 Climate control
system
11 T
ir e pressu re monito ring system, park ing
heate r
12 Start/Stop
system
Fuse panel © (black )
N o. E quipm ent
1 Special purpose vehicles/ rear seats
Fuses
Fuse panel ® (blac k)
N o. Equipm en t
1 Rear w indow defogge r
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Symbols
4-zone deluxe automatic climate control 58
Air vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Key recognition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Residual heat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Synchronizing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
A
A/C (4-zone de luxe automatic climate
control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
A/C (deluxe automatic climate control) 59
ABS
refer to Anti-lock braking system . . . . . . . 119
Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52, 249
Active lane assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Adjusting the vibration warning . . . . . . . . . 97
Clean ing the camera area . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Switching on/off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Adapt ive a ir suspension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Adaptive cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Braking guard ................. ..... .. 91
Cleaning the sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Request for driver intervention . . . . . . . . . . 91
Stop -and-go traffic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Adjusting air distribution (4-zone de luxe auto­
matic climate control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Adjusting air distribution (deluxe automatic
climate control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Adjust ing the temperature (4-zone deluxe au­
tomatic climate control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Adjusting the temperature (deluxe automat ic
climate control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Advanced key
refer to Convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Advanced Airbag System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Advanced Airbag System components . . . 149
Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Ch ild ren . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Index
Child r estraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Components (front airbags) . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Danger of fitting a child seat on the front
passenger seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Front airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146, 14 7
How do the front a irbags work? . . . . . . . . 152
How many a irbags does my vehicle have? 149
How the Advanced Airbag System compo-
nents work togethe r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Important information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Important safety instructions on the knee
airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Knee airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light . . . . . . . . . 154
Repairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
S ide a irbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
S ide curta in a irbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Warning/Ind icator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
When must the system be inspected? . . . 154
Air suspension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Alarm system
refer to Anti-theft alarm system . . . . . . . . . 30
Alignment pin (tire changing) . . . . . . . . . . . 226
All -weather lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
All season ti res . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
All wheel drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Alternator
refer to Alternator (indicator light) . . . . . . 14
Alternator (indicator light) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Amb ient lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Anti-freeze Windshield washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Anti- lock braking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Anti-Slip Regu lation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Anti -theft alarm system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Ashtray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
ASR
refer to Anti-Slip Regulation . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Audi braking guard
refer to Braking guard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Audi drive select
refer to Drive se lect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
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Index
Audi Service Repair Manuals and Literature 24 7
AUTO 4-zone deluxe automatic climate cont rol . . 61
Automatic headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
D eluxe automatic climate control . . . . . . . . 59
Auto Lock (central locking) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Automatic belt retractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 7
Automatic climate control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Key recogn ition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Automatic key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Automatic post-collision braking system . . 119
Autom atic transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Em ergency mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
H ill descent control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Kick-down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Selector lever emergency re lease . . . . . . . . 80
Selector lever pos itions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 5
Shifting manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Steer ing whee l with shift paddles . . . . . . . . 78
tiptronic mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Automatic wipe/wash system . . . . . . . . . . . .
44
Auto Safety Hotline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Average consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
20
Average speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
B
Battery
Ju mp starting ...... .......... .. .. .. .
also refer to Vehicl e battery .......... .
Before driving
Belt tensioner 239
19 7
125
Drive select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Belt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Blended gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Blower (4-zone deluxe automatic climate con-
trol) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Blower (deluxe automatic climate control) . . 59
Booster seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Brake assist .. .. ............. .... .. . 119
Brake booster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Ceram ic brake rotors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
E lect romechan ical park ing brake . . . . . . . . 72
252
Emergency braking function . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12, 17
New brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Worn brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Braking guard ..... .. .. ............. ... 91
93
Messages
Settings ............................ 93
Break-in security featu re . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Breaking in New brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
N . ew engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
New tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Bu lbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
C
California Proposition 65 Warning . . . . . . . 190
Battery specific . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Capacities Fuel tank. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Washer fluid reservoir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Cargo area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Cata lytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Central locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
C . k onvernence ey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 7
Luggage compartment lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Mechanically locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Panorama glass roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Power windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Remote control key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 7
Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Su nroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
C entra l locking switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Ceramic brake rotors
New brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 20
Certification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Changing engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Child res tra ints
Danger of using child res traints in the front
seat............................... 143
Where can I get additiona l information
abo ut child restraints and their use? . . . . 184
Child res traint system anchors . . . . . . . . . . 180

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Important safety instructions for using chi ld
safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Important things to know when driving with
children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Tether anchors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Tether straps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Child safety lock Power windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Rear doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Child safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Booster seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Convertible child seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Convertible locking retractor . . . . . . . . . . 179
How do I properly install a child safety seat
. h' l 7 170 in myve 1c e . ................. ... .. .
Infant seats .. ................ ... .. . 172
Installing a child restraint using the LATCH
system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
L ATCH system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
L owe r anchorages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Mounting and releasing the anchorage
hook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Securing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Unused safety belts on the rear seat . . . . 172
Cigarette lighter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Cleaning/removing ice from windows . . . . . 223
C leaning Alcantara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Cleaning artificial leather . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Cleaning carbon parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223, 224
C leaning contro ls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Cleaning decorative parts/trim . . . . . . 222, 223
C leaning displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Cleaning exhaust tail pipes . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Cleaning plastic parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
C leaning rims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Cleaning textiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Climate control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Automatic recirculation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Basic settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Drive select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
C losing
Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Sunroof. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Index
Closing/opening
By remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Using the door lock cylinder . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
With the convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Closing aid (doors) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Cockpit (overview) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Coming home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Consumer Information ............. 132, 247
Consumption (fuel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Contacting NHTSA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Convenience key
Starting the engine (STAR T ENGINE STOP
button) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Stopping the engine (STAR T ENGINE ST OP
button) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Switching the ignition on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Unlocking/locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Convenience opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Convertib le child safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . 17 4
Convertib le locking retractor
Activating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Deactivating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Using to secure a child safety seat . . . . . . 179
Cooling down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Cooling mode (4-zo ne deluxe automatic cli-
mate control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Cooling mode (deluxe automatic climate con -
trol) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Cooling system Adding coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Coolant level checking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Coolant temperature indicator . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Cornering light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Crossing water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Cruise control system Changing speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Preselecting speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Switching off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Switching on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Cup holders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Current consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
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Index
Cylinder management
refer to Cylinder on demand system . . . . . . 20
Cyli nder on dema nd syste m . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
D
Data recorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Date display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Daytime runni ng lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Declaration of compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
D efective light bulb warning
Indicato r light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 7
Defrost ing (windows)
4- zone deluxe au toma tic climate con trol . . 6 1
D eluxe a utomat ic cli mate contro l . . . . . . . . 59
D EF (instrument cluste r) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
De luxe a utomatic climate contro l
Air vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Determin ing cor rec t load l imi t . . . . . . . . . . 215
Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Dimming the rea rview mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Distance dr iven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Door/rear lid warn ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Doors Chi ld safety lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
C losing aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Mechanically lock ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Dr iver inform ation system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
C D/rad io disp lay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 9
D oor/l uggage compartment lid warning . . 19
Efficiency program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
E xterior temperature disp lay . . . . . . . . . . . 19
On-board computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Serv ice i nterval d isplay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
D river seating position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
D rive se lect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Driving economically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Dr iving safely . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Driving throug h water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Driving time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Dus t fi lte r
refer to Po llutant filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Dynamic steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Indicator l ight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
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E
Easy seat entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Economy tips (efficiency program) . . . . . . . . 21
E DL
refer to E lectronic D ifferent ial Lock . . . . . 119
Effic iency program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
E lectromechanical parking brake . . . . . . . . . 72
E lectromechanical steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Ind icator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
El ectron ic Diffe renti al Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Ind icator lig ht . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
E lectron ic immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
E lectron ic stab ilization control . . . . . . . . . . 119
Ind icator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Sport mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
E mergency assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Emergency b raking fu nction . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
E mergency flashers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
E mergency ope ra tion
Doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Luggage compartment lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Se lector lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Su nroof. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
E mergency release
Fuel f iller door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Emergency starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Emissions control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
En ergy managemen t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 23
Ind icator lig ht . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Engine Coo la nt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Start/Stop system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Start ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Start ing wi th ju mpe r ca bles . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Stopping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Warming up/cooling down . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
E ngine compartment
Open ing/clos ing the hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Overv iew . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Safety precau tions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
E n gine contro l (ind icator light) . . . . . . . . . . . 16
E ngine o il
Adding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Chang ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Checking o il level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192