The essentials
Fluid Level control Fi l
lin
g capacities
Tank level
73 litres. 8 litre reserve
Capacity of the windscreen washer fluid con-
tainer
Versions without headlight
washer system3.5 litres
Versions with headlight washer
system6 litres Fuel
Fig. 52
Fuel tank flap with tank cap attached. Before r
efuelling, always turn off the engine,
the ignition, mo b
ile telephones, auxiliary
heating and keep them off during refuelling.
Opening the fuel tank cap
● The tank flap is at the rear of the vehicle on
the right.
● Pre
ss the rear of the tank flap to open it.
● Unscrew the tank cap anticlockwise and in-
sert it
in the hole in the tank flap hinge
››› Fig. 236.
Closing the fuel tank cap ● Screw on the tank cap clockwise until it you
hear it c
lick into position.
● Press the tank flap until you hear it click in-
to pl
ace. The tank flap must be flush with the
body contour.
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Fig. 53
Engine oil dipstick. Fig. 54
In the engine compartment: Engine
oi l
fi
ller cap. The level is measured using the dipstick loca-
t
ed in the en
gine c
ompartment
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The oil should leave a mark between zones A and
C . It should never exceed zone
A .
● Zone A : Do not add oil.
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Index
Spare parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
S pec
ific
ations
combined weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
drawbar load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
trailer weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Speed rating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Stabilising the vehicle and trailer combination . 244
Start-Stop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Start-Stop function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209 driving with a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Start assist see Start assist system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Starter button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Starting assistance description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
jump leads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
positive pole . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Starting the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Steering control and warning lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
counter steering assistance system . . . . . . . . 199
electromechanical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
power steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
steering column lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
tendency to pull to one side . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Steering wheel Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Steering wheel controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Storage compartment for (sun)glasses . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Storage compartment in the roof console . . . . . 167
Storage compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
drawers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
folding table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
glove compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168 glove compartment lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
instrument
panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
other storage compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
portable waste bin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
rear footwell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
roof console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Sun blind anti-trap function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
opening and closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
rear side windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Sun protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Sun visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Switch hazard warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Switching lights off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Switching lights on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Switching the ignition on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Symbols see Control and warning lamps . . . . . . . . 34, 107
Systems tyre monitoring systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
T Technical data engine oil specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
roof load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Technical details capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
loads on the axles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
tyre pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Technical features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
Technical modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Technical specifications dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
Telephone management three button unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 Tightening torque . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
TIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
Tiptronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Tiredness detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Top Tether . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Top Tether system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Tow-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52, 88
Tow hitch electric release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
fitting a bicycle carrier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
function control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Towing blind spot detector (BSD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
parking distance warning system . . . . . . . . . . 212
special characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
things to note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Towing a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Towing bracket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237 optical parking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Towing the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51, 88, 183 driving tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
front towline anchorage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
rear towline anchorage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Towline anchorages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Traction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Traction control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Traction control (ASR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206, 207
Traffic signal detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237 adjusting the headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
anti-theft alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
connecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
drawbar load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
driving with a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
electrically releasing the hitch ball . . . . . . . . . 239
electrical socket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
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