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filler door . For additional info rmation on fuel,
see
~ page 229.
F or the tank capac ity in yo ur vehicle , refer to t he
Technical Data
~ page 288 .
To reduce the r isk of fuel leak ing out or vapors
escap ing, make su re t hat the fuel ta nk is closed
correct ly. O therwise
t he-¢..ij indicator light will
turn on.
I f the central lock ing system malfunct ions, the
fuel filler door may emergency release
~ page 232.
_& WARNING
An improper f uel ing p rocedure and improper
hand ling of fue l can lead to exp losions, fires,
severe b urns and other injuries .
- Do not smoke and keep away from open
flames .
- T he ig nition m ust be switched off whe n re
f ueling .
- Cell pho nes, radio devices and o ther radio
equipment s hou ld always be switched off
w hen refueling . Electromagnetic rays cou ld
cause sparks and start a fire .
- If you do not insert the fuel pump nozzle a ll
the way into the filler tube, then fue l can
leak out. Spilled fue l can ignite and start a
fire.
- Never get into the vehicle when refueling. If
there is an exceptional s ituation where the
vehicle must be entered, close the door and
touch a metal surface before touching the
fuel pump nozzle aga in . This will reduce the
r isk of electrostat ic d ischarge that can cause
flying sparks . Sparks can start a fire when
ref uel ing .
_& WARNING
We recommend that you do not t ransport any
fue l co nta iners in t he veh icle. Fue l cou ld leak
out of the containe r and ignite, espe cially dur
ing an accident. This can cause exp losions,
fires and injuries .
- If you must transport fuel in a fue l contain
er, please note the following:
Ch eck ing and F illing
- Always place a fue l container on the
ground before filling . Never fill the fue l
container with fuel while it is in or on the
vehicle . Electrostatic charge can occur
wh ile refueling and the fuel vapors could
i gnite .
- For fuel containers made of metal, the fuel p ump nozzle must always maintai n
contact with the conta iner to reduce the
r isk of s tat ic charge.
- Insert the fuel pump nozz le as far as pos
s ible into the fi lle r opening w hile refuel
ing .
-Fo llow lega l requ irements when using,
stor ing and t ransporti ng f uel conta iners.
- Make su re that the fuel containe r meets
t h e in dust ry standa rds, for example ANS I
o r ASTM F8S2 -86.
@ Note
- Remove fuel that has overflowed onto any
veh icle components immediately to reduce
the risk of damage to the vehicle.
- Never drive unt il the fuel
tank is completely
empty. The irregula r supply of fue l that re
sults from that can cause eng ine misfi res.
U nc ombus ted fuel will ente r th e exhaus t
system and increase the risk of damage to
the cata lytic converter.
@ For the sake of the environment
Do not overfill the fuel tank, otherwise f uel
ca n leak o ut w hen the ve hicle is warming up.
(D Tips
- If adverse weat her co nd it io ns cause the f uel
filler door to freeze shut, p ress o n the cen
t er of the fi ller door wit h the hee l of your
hand and then try opening it again .
- Th e fuel fi ller door on yo ur vehicle does no t
lock if yo u lock the vehicle from the inside
using the central locking switch.
(D Tips
- Yo ur vehicle is eq uipped w ith a misfue ling
guard. It a llows the vehicle to be f ueled on -
ly with the correct fue l pump nozz le .
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AUTO Automatic climate control system . . . . . . . 52
Automatic headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Auto Lock (central locking) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Automatic belt retractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
190
Automatic climate control system
refer to Climate control system (automatic) .52
Automatic key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Automatic transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Driving tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Emergency mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Hill descent control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Kick-down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
La unch Control Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Selector lever emergency release . . . . . . . .
69
Selector lever lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Selector lever positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Shifting manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Steering wheel with shift paddles . . . . . . . . 67
tiptronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Automatic wipe/wash system . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Automatic zoom (navigation) . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Index
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Brake assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Brake assist system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Brake booster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Electromechanical parking brake . . . . . . . . 61
Emergency braking function . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
10
New brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Worn brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Break-in security feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22, 2 7
Breaking in New brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
New engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
New tires 251
Browser
refer to Media center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Bulb failure (indicator light) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Bulb replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
Buttons Control panel (MMI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
93
Multifunction steering wheel . . . . . . . . 18, 20
Auto Safety Hotline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18S C
AUX input
Average fuel consumption ........... .. . . 161
21
Average speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
B
BACK button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Balance (sound) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Bass (sound) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Battery Jump starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Before driving .. ................ ... .. .
Better route (navigation) ........ .. .. .. .
Blended gasoline
179
147
229
Blower (climate control system) . . . . . . . . . . 52
Bluetooth Audio player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Connecting a cell phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Booster seats
Brake fluid 223
Checking the brake flu id leve l . . . . . . . . . .
241
Cable (USB adapter/AUX connector cable) 160
California Proposition 65 Warning . . . . . . . 234
Battery specific . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Call list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Call options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Capacities Fuel tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
Washer fluid reservoir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
Cargo area
refer to Luggage compartment. . . . . . . . . 183
Catalytic converter ... ................ . 233
CD drive (media drives) ............... . 156
Cell phone Pl
. · aying music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
also refer to Telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Center armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
47
Central locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Luggage compartment lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Mechanically locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Power windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Remote control key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
295
Index
Engine Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
239
Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58, 59
Starting with jumper cables . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Stopping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Engine compartment
Opening/closing the hood . . . . . . . . . . . . .
235
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Safety precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Engine control ( indicator light) . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Engine oil
Adding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
236
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Checking oil level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12, 15
Engine speed limitation (indicator light) . . . 15
Entering characters/numbers (speller) . . . . . 99
Entering letters (speller) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Environment
Proper disposal of drained engine oil ... .
Unleaded gasoline .................. .
E xterior lighting
Exterior mirrors
238
229
38
Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Dimming ....... ................ ..... 42
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
External voice operation......... .... .. . 110
F
Factory default settings (MMI) 174
Fader(sound) .. .. ............. .... .. . 177
Fa sten ing
Booster seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
223
Convertible child safety seats . . . . . . . . . . 222
Infant seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Fast forward ing/rew inding (audio/video
file) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
162
Fast forwarding (audio/video file) . . . . . . . . 162
Fast route
Favorites Media 141
165
Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Telephone.......................... 116
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) 293
Fi le formats (media drives) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
298
Floor mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Fog lights/rear fog light(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Foot pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Footwell lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
For the sake of the environment
Environmentally-friendly driving . . . . . . . .
56
Fueling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Leaks..... .... .. .. .. ............. .. 234
Free text search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Telephone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Freeze protection
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
239
Frequency band ..... .. ........... 149, 151
Front airbags
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
198
How they work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Frontal collisions and the laws of physics . . 188
Front seats
Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
181
Child restraints in the front seat . . . . . . . . 195
also refer to Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
229
Additives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Blended gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Current fuel consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Fuel gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Fuel tank capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
288
Gasoline additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Saving fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 , 78
Fueling
Fuel filler door emergency release . . . . . .
232
Fuel gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Fuel tank capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
288
Opening the fuel filler door . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
With reserve canister (emergency fueling) 232
Fuses
Assignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
281
Replacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
G
Garage door opener (Homelink) . . . . . . . . . . 30
Garment hooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49