Operation
CAUTION
● When the engine i s
cold, avoid high revs
and heavy acceleration and do not make the
engine work hard. Rev counter
The rev counter indicates the number of en-
gine rev
o
lutions per minute ››› Fig. 125 1 .
Tog ether w
ith the gear-change indicator, the
rev counter offers you the possibility of using
the engine of your vehicle at a suitable
speed.
The start of the red zone on the dial indicates
the maximum engine speed which may be
used briefly when the engine is warm and af-
ter it has been run in properly. Before reach-
ing this range, you should change to a higher
gear for vehicles with a manual gearbox or for
automatic gearboxes put the selector lever in
“D” or take your foot off the accelerator ped-
al.
We recommend that you avoid high revs and
that you follow the recommendations on the
gear-change indicator. Consult the additional
information in ›››
page 41, Gear-change
indicator. CAUTION
Never allow the rev counter needle
›› ›
Fig. 125 1 to go into the red zone on the
sc a
le for more than a very brief period, other-
wise there is a risk of engine damage. For the sake of the environment
Changing up a gear early will help you to save
fuel and minimi
se emissions and engine
noise. Indications on the display
A variety of information can be viewed on the
in
s
trument
panel display ›››
Fig. 125 3 de-
pendin g on the
v
ehicle equipment:
● Bonnet, rear lid and doors open
›››
page 40.
● Information and warning texts.
● Mileage.
● Time.
● Navigation instructions.
● Outside temperature.
● Compass.
● Shift lever position ›››
page 188.
● Recommended gear (manual gearbox)
›››
page 41.
● Multifunction display (MFD) and menus
with differ
ent setting options ›››
page 37. ●
Servic
e interval display ›››
page 43.
● Second speed display ›››
page 119.
● Speed warning function ›››
page 42.
● Start-Stop system status display
›››
page 202.
● Active cylinder management display
(ACT ®
)* ››
› page 198
● Low consumption driving status ( )
›
›› page 119
● Engine code (MKB) ›››
page 119.
Distance travelled
The odometer registers the total distance
travelled by the car.
The odometer (trip ) shows the distance
travelled since the last odometer reset. The
last digit of the trip recorder indicates distan-
ces of 100 metres or one tenths of a mile.
● Briefly press the button ›››
Fig. 125 4 to re-
set the trip r
ec
order to 0.
● Keep the button 4 pressed for about 3
sec ond
s
and the previous value will be dis-
played.
Time
● To set the time, keep the button ›››
Fig. 125
4 pressed for more than 3 seconds to select
the hour or minut e dis
play.
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Operation
Note
● Differ ent
versions of the instrument panel
are available and therefore the versions and
instructions on the display may vary. In the
case of displays without warning or informa-
tion texts, faults are indicated exclusively by
the warning lamps.
● Depending on the equipment, some set-
tings
and instructions can also be carried out
in the Easy Connect system.
● When several warnings are active at the
same time, the symbol
s are shown succes-
sively for a few seconds and will stay on until
the fault is rectified. Odometer
Fig. 126
Instrument panel: odometer and re-
set b
utt
on. The distance covered is displayed in “kilome-
tr
e
s” or mi
les “m”. It is possible to change the measurement units (kilometres
“km”/mile
s “m”) in the radio/Easy Connect*.
Please refer to the Easy Connect* Instructions
Manual for more details.
Odometer/trip recorder
The odometer shows the total distance cov-
ered by the vehicle.
The trip recorder shows the distance that has
been travelled since it was last reset. It is
used to measure short trips. The last digit of
the trip recorder indicates distances of 100
metres or tenths of a mile.
The trip recorder can be set to zero by press-
ing 0.0/SET
› ›
› Fig. 126
.
Fault display
If there is a fault in the instrument panel, the
letters DEF will appear in the trip recorder
display. Have the fault repaired immediately,
as far as is possible. Coolant temperature gauge Fig. 127
Instrument panel: coolant tempera-
t ur
e g
auge For vehicles with no coolant temperature
g
aug
e, a c
ontrol lamp appears for high
coolant temperatures ››› page 278. Please
note ››› .
The c oo
l
ant temperature gauge only works
when the ignition is switched on ››› Fig. 127.
In order to avoid engine damage, please read
the following notes for the different tempera-
ture ranges.
Engine cold
If only the diodes in the lower part of the
scale light up, this indicates that the engine
has not yet reached operating temperature.
Avoid high revs and heavy acceleration and
do not make the engine work hard.
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Index
Instrument panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 dis
p
lay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117, 118
instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
service interval indication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
warning and control lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Instrument panel lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Interior bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Interior lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Interior mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150 anti-dazzle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Interior view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
ISOFIX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27, 29
ISOFIX system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
J Jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 mounting points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Journey data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Jump leads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
K
Key-operated switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Key by remote control unlocking and locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Keyless-Entry see Keyless Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Keyless-Exit see Keyless Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Keyless Access Keyless-Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Keyless-Exit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Press & Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
special characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 starting the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
unloc
king and locking the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . 135
Keyless Access locking and ignition system see Keyless Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Keys replacing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
spare key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
synchronise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
unlocking and locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15, 130
vehicle key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Kick-down automatic gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
manual gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
L
Launch control (automatic gearbox) . . . . . . . . . . 192
Leaving Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Leaving Home Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Lifting the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31, 143 additional brake light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
automatic lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
changing the bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
coming home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
control and warning lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
daytime running lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
fog lights with cornering function . . . . . . . . . . 146
instrument lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
interior light and front reading lights . . . . . . . 111
interior lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
leaving home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
lights range control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
light switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143, 144
luggage compartment light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
main beam lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
main beams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 motorway light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
number plat
e light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
parking lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
reading lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
turn signal lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Lights range control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Light switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Load compartment in the luggage compartment see Loading the luggage compartment . . . . . 158
Loading the luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Loading the vehicle fastening rings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
roof carrier system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Locking and unlocking in the door cylinder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
with Keyless Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
with the central lock button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Locking the front passenger door manually . . . . . 16
Luggage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16, 158 luggage compartment light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
luggage compartment variable floor . . . . . . . . 161
manual release mechanism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
store the rear shelf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
see also Loading the luggage compartment . 158
Luggage compartment floor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Luggage compartment variable floor . . . . . . . . . 161
M Main beam lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Maintenance intervals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Malfunction adaptive cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
clutch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
diesel particulate filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
307
Index
emergency braking assistance system (Front As s
i
st) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Manual air conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Manual gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
MFD see Driver information system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Mobile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Mobile telephones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Multi-collision Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Multi-function display (MFD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Multimedia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
My Beat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
N Noises adaptive cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Number of seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
O
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 reset button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
trip recorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Oil change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Oil properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
On-board computer see Driver information system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
One-touch opening and closing electric windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Open and close . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 rear lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 bonnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
the fuel tank flap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141 Opening and closing
bonnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
by
remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
fuel cap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
in the door cylinder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
in the lock cylinder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
rear lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16, 141
windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
with the central lock button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Operating malfunction Park Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Outside temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
P Park Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232 automatic braking intervention . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
automatic interruption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
conditions for exiting a parking space . . . . . . 239
exiting a parking space (only for parallelspaces) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
operating malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
parallel parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
parking conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
perpendicular parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
see Park Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
stopping prematurely . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180, 191 with Park Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Parking aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240 adjusting the display and audible warnings . 244
parking aid plus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
sensors and camera: cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
towing bracket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Parking Aid automatic activation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
braking while manoeuvring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245 rear parking aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
vis
ual indication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Parking aid system see Parking aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240, 242
Parking assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228 see Park Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Parking assistant (RCTA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224, 228 control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Parking distance warning system see Parking aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240, 242
Parking (automatic gearbox) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
ParkPilot see Parking aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240, 242
Particulate filter (diesel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Passenger see Correct sitting position . . . . . . . . . 76, 77, 78
Passenger-side instrument panel left-hand drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
right-hand drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Petrol additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
refuelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Plastic parts: cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263, 266
Pollution filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Positioning seat belts during pregnancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Power-assisted steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Power steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Pre-heating system control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Preheating the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Press & Drive starter button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
starting the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
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