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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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. .
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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Emergencies
lights will no longer function. Do not have
the vehicl
e t
owed away. Failure to follow
this instruction could result in an accident. WARNING
The risk of accidents is high when tow-
st ar ting, f
or example, the towed vehicle
can easily be driven into the towing vehicle. CAUTION
If there is no oil in the gearbox or no lubri-
cant in the automatic tr ansmission the car
may only be t
owed with the driven wheels
lifted clear of the road, or transported on a
special car transporter or trailer. CAUTION
Do not tow a vehicle for more than 50 m in
attempt t o st
art it. There is risk of damage
to the catalytic converter. Note
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Instruments and warning/control lamps
Fuel level indicator Fig. 120
Analogue instrument panel: fuel
gauge Fig. 121
Digital instrument panel: fuel gauge. Control lamps
It lights up, and in addition, the
lo
w
er diode lights up in red
Fuel tank almost empty. The fuel reserve level has
been reached
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Instruments and warning/control lamps
Control and warning lamp
It lights up red
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Lights and visibility
WARNING
Closing the sunroof without the anti-trap
function can cause serious injuries.
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Operation
If your vehicle breaks down:
1. Park your vehicle at a safe distance from mo ving tr
affic.
2.
Press the button to switch on the hazard
warning lights
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Start and driving
vehicle to a specialised workshop as soon as
possibl e
.
If ther
e is a fault in the ABS, the ESC* and the
tyre pressure control lamp will also light up.
Brake system fault
If the ABS warning lamp lights up together with the brake warning lamp , there is a
fault in the ABS function and in the brake sys-
tem
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Start and driving
It lights up
Fault in the management of the petrol engine.
Have the engine check ed by a specialised w
orkshop
as soon as possible.
The warning lamp (Electronic P
ower Control)
lights up when the ignition is switched on while sys-
tem operation is being verified. It should go out once
the engine is started.
It lights up
Diesel engine glow plug system.
The engine glo w plug syst
em has been activated.
The engine can be started straight away when the
lamp switches off.
Flashes
Fault in the management of the diesel engine.
Have the engine check ed by a specialised w
orkshop
as soon as possible. Note
While the control lamps are on , ;,
or there might be f aults in the engine
,
fuel consumption may go up and the en-
gine might lose power. Catalytic converter
To maintain the useful life of the catalytic
conver
t
er
