Table of Contents
Table of Contents The essential s
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7
Exterior view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Exterior view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Driver-side general instrument panel
(left-hand driv
e) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Driver-side general instrument panel
(right-hand drive)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Passenger-side general instrument pan-
el (left-hand driv
e) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Passenger-side general instrument pan-
el (right-hand drive)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Centre console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Interior view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
How it works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Opening and closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Before driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . . . 21
Child seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 23
Starting the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Lights and visibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Easy Connect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
34
Warning lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Gearbox lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Air conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. 41
Fluid level control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Emergencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . . . . 50
Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . . . . 51
Action in the event of a puncture . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Changing a wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
57 Emergency towing of the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . 58
How to jump start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Changing the windscreen wiper blades . . . . 61
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
63
Safe driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Advice about driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Correct position of the vehicle occu-
pants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . . . . 64
Pedal area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Why wear a seat belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
How to properly adjust your seat belt . . . . . . 72
Seat belt tensioners* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Brief introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Airbag safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Deactivating airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Transporting children safely . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Child safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Child seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 82
Emergencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84Self-help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Emergency equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Tyre repair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 85
Changing the windscreen wiper blades . . . . 87
Towing or tow-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Fuses and bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . . . . 91
Changing bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Change the front bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Changing the tail light bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Changing the interior bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Controls and displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
General instrument panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Instruments and warning/control
lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
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102
Dashboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Using the instrument panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Control and warning lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Multifunction steering wheel* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Opening and closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . . . . 125
Central locking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Anti-theft alarm* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Rear lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . . . 136
Controls for the windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Sunroof* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. 138
Lights and visibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. . . . . . 141
Interior lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. 146
Visibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 147
Windscreen wiper and rear window wiper
systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . 14
8
Rear view mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Seats and head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Adjusting the seat and head restraints . . . . . . 150
Seat functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. 152
Transport and practical equipment . . . . . . 155
Practical equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Roof carrier* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. 161
Air conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Heating, ventilation and cooling . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Heating and fresh air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Manual air conditioning* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Climatronic* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
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The essentials
Emergencies
Fuses Fuse l ocation Fig. 64
On the dashboard on the driver side:
lid of the fuse bo x.Fig. 65
In the engine compartment: lid of the
fuse bo x. Opening and closing the fuse box situated
bel
ow the dash panel
The essentials
Identifying a blown fuse
A fuse is bl o
wn if its met
al strip is ruptured
Fuses and bulbs
Fuses and bulbs
Fuses Intr oduction In general, a fuse can be assigned to various
electrical components. Lik
e
wise, an electrical
component can be protected by several
fuses.
Only replace fuses when the cause of the
problem has been solved. If a newly inserted
fuse blows after a short time, you must have
the electrical system checked by a special-
ised workshop as soon as possible. WARNING
The high voltages in the electrical system
can give serious el ectrical shocks, causing
burns and e
ven death!
Emergencies
No. Consumer/Amps
13 Lights switch, steering column LSS
and SMLS, diagnostic port,
r
ain/light sensor 7.5
14
Steering Column LSS: wiper control 10
15 Instrument panel 7.5
16 Right Lights Power Supply 40
17 Right Door Window Control 30
18 Windscreen wipers 30
19 Radio, Multimedia System 25
20 Heated Rear Window 30
21 SCR Control Unit 30
23 Rear View Camera 7.5
24 Connectivity Box, external audio
sour
ce wiring (Doubl
e USB-Aux IN),
t
elephone amplifier, MIB display 5
25 Steering Column Electronics (MFL) 7.5
26 Gateway 7.5
27 Active Suspension Control Unit 7.5
28 DWA Sensor 7.5
29 DWA Horn 7.5
31 9AA/9AB climate control unit 7.5
9AK Climatronic control unit
15
32 Steering Column LSS, without Kessy 7.5 No. Consumer/Amps
33 Left Door Window Control 30
35 Left Lights Power Supply 40
36 Signal Horn 20
37 Heated seats control unit 30
38 BCM Power C63 30
39 BSD, PDC, MRR 10
40 Light switch, diagnosis input, head-
l
amp r
ange r
egulator, LSS steering
column: lamps, halogen lamps,
switch, reverse gear, electrochromic
mirror, RKA without radio. 7.5
41 Regulation of unfolded exterior mir-
rors 7.5
4 2 Clut
ch pedal, ignition relays, CNG
relay coil
, AC pressure sensor 7.5
43 DWP relay coil, rear window wiper motor, heat
ed nozzles 15
44 Airbag 7.5
45 Leimo Plus left headlight 7.5
46 Leimo Plus right headlight 7.5
48 Steering Column Lock, Kessy Con-
trol Unit 7.5
49 SCR R
elay Coil 7.5
53 Automatic gearbox lever, ZSS 7.5 No. Consumer/Amps
58 Double Water Pump 7.5
59 Heated rear view mirrors 10
60 Tow Hook 30
61 Tow Hook 30 Fuse arrangement in engine com-
partment
Read the additional information carefully
Fuses and bulbs
No. Consumer/Amps
4 Petrol engine pump relay (MPI),
Gauge control unit (T
SI and Diesel)15
5 Pr
essure transducer, EPW Solenoid
Val v
e, TOG Sensor, PWM Electric
fan, Camshaft Control Valve, Active
Carbon Tank Valve and Oil Pressure
Regulating Valve (TSI) 10
6 Ignition coils (MPI and TSI)
20
Glow plug relay, Suction hose re-
sistance (Diesel) 7.5
7 V
acuum pump (TSI) 15
8 Injectors and EKP Relay Coil (MPI
and CNG), Fuel Metering V
al
ve (Die-
sel) 10
9 Servo sensor 7.5
10 Vref Battery: Gateway, BDM and
BCM 7.5
14 Engine Injection Module, Main En-
gine Relay, ESC 7.5
15 Aut
omatic Gearbox DQ200 and
AQ160 30
17 50 Diag 7.5
18 Starter Motor 30
20 ESC (Pump)
60
ABS (Pump) 40
21 ESC/ABS (Valves) 25 No. Consumer/Amps
24 TH4 Electric fan without A/C for
moderat
e climat
e countries 30
25 TH4 fan with A/C or T5I for moder-
ate climat
e countries 20
P
TC1 40
26 TJ1/TJ4/TJ7/T6P or TH4/T5I Electric
fan f
or w
arm climate countries 50
27 TH4 fan with A/C or T5I for moder-
ate climat
e countries 30
P
TC2 40
28 PTC3 40 Changing bulbs
Gener al not
es Read the additional information carefully