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Climatecontrolsystem
Appliesto:vehicleswith3-zonedeluxeautomaticclimate
controlor4-zonedeluxeautomaticclimatecontrol
Theclimatecontrolsystemwarms,coolsandre-
moveshumidityfromtheairinthevehicleinteri-
or.Itismosteffectivewhenthewindowsand
sunroof*areclosed.Ifthereisabuild-upofheat
insidethevehicle,ventilationcanhelptospeed
upthecoolingprocess.
Inallheatingmodefunctionsexceptfordefrost,
thebloweronlyswitchestoahigherspeedonce
theenginecoolanthasreachedasufficienttem-
perature.
Pollutantfilter
The
pollutantfilterremovespollutantssuchas
dustandpollenfromtheair.
Keyrecognition
Theclimatecontrolsettings areautomatically
storedandassignedtothevehiclekeythatisin
use.
@)Forthesakeoftheenvironment
—Ifyouwouldliketoreducefuelconsump-
tion,switchtheairconditioningoff.This
willalsoreduceemissions.
—Invehicleswithadieselengine,youcan
switchtheauxiliaryheateroffintheInfo-
tainmentsystem.
@)Tips
—Topreventinterferencewiththeheating
andcoolingoutputandtopreventthewin-
dowsfromfoggingover,theairintakein
frontofthewindshieldmustbefreeofice,
snow,orleaves.
—Condensationfromthecoolingsystemcan
dripandformapuddleofwater underthe
vehicle.Thisisnormalanddoesnotmean
thereisaleak.
—Theenergymanagementsystemmaytem-
porarilyswitchoffcertainfunctions,suchas
theseatheating*orrearwindowdefogger.
Thesesystemsareavailableagainassoonas
theenergysupplyhasbeenrestored.
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3-zonedeluxeautomaticclimatecontrol
Appliesto:vehicleswith3-zonedeluxeautomaticclimatecontrol


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Fig.763-zonedeluxeautomaticclimatecontrol:controls



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Fig.773-zonedeluxeautomaticclimatecontrolsystem:rearcontrols
Presstheswitchesandknobstoturnthefunc-
tionsonoroff.Whenthefunctionisswitchedon,
theLEDintherespectivebuttonorknobturns
on.Thedriverandfrontpassengersettingscan
beadjustedseparately.
OFFclimatecontrolsystem
Youcanswitchtheclimatecontrolsystemonand
offusingtheOFFbutton.Italsoswitcheson
whenyoupressanotherbuttonoraknob.Airflow
fromoutsideisblockedwhentheclimatecontrol
systemisswitchedoff.
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A/CCoolingmode
Presstheknob(2)toturncoolingmodeonoroff.
Theairisnotcooledandhumidityisnotremoved
whencoolingmodeisswitchedoff.Thiscan
cause
fogonthewindows.Coolingmode
switchesoffautomaticallywhentheoutsidetem-
peratureisbelowzero.
MSCoolingmode
Themaximumcoolingmodecanbe switchedon
andoffusingthe44button.Theairisnot cooled
andhumidityisnotremovedwhencoolingmode
isswitchedoff.Thiscancausefogonthe

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windows.Coolingmodeswitchesoffautomati-
callywhentheoutsidetemperatureisbelow
zero.Whenthecoolingmodeisswitchedon,M&
thevehicleinterioriscooledanddehumidifiedas
quicklyaspossible.
<=Recirculationmode
Inrecirculationmode,theairinsidethevehicleis
circulatedandfiltered.Thispreventstheunfil-
teredairoutsidethevehiclefromenteringthe
vehicleinterior.Switchingrecirculationmodeon
whendrivingthroughatunnelorwhensittingin
trafficisrecommended>A.
Usingthebutton,recirculationmodeisswitched
onandoffusingthe<>button.Youcanalso
switchofftherecirculationmodebypressingthe
knob@(leftside)ortheoffusingthe§&button.
AUTOAutomaticmode
Automaticmodemaintainsaconstanttempera-
tureinsidethevehicle.Airtemperature,airflow
andairdistributionarecontrolledautomatically.
Youcanswitchautomaticmodeonoroffby
pressingtheknob(2)(leftside).
Temperature
Youcanadjustthetemperaturebetween60°F
(+16°C)and84°F(+28°C)byturningtheknob
©.Ifoutsideofthisrange,LOorHIwillappear
intheclimatecontrolsystemdisplay.Atbothof
thesesettings,theclimatecontrolsystemruns
continuously
atmaximumcoolingorheating
power.Thereisnotemperatureregulation.
§Blower
Youcanmanuallyadjustthevolumeofairgener-
ated
by theblowertoyourpreferencebyturning
theknob@).Theblowershouldalwaysrunata
lowsettingtopreventthewindowsfromfogging
andtoensureacontinuousexchangeofairinside
thevehicle.To havetheblowerregulatedauto-
matically,presstheknob(2)(leftside).
Airdistribution
Youcanuse thebuttonstoselecttheventswhere
theairwillflow.Tohavetheairdistributionregu-
latedautomatically,presstheknob(2)(leftside).
af£JSeatheating/ventilation*
Pressingthe«/“J buttonswitchestheseat
heating/ventilationonatthehighestsetting(lev-
el 3).TheLEDsindicatethetemperaturelevel.To
reducethetemperature,pressthebuttonagain.
Toswitchtheseatheating/ventilationoff,press
the buttonrepeatedlyuntiltheLEDturnsoff.
Defogging
Thewindshieldandsidewindowsaredefrosted
orclearedofcondensationasquicklyaspossible.
Themaximumamountofairflowsmainlyfrom
theventsbelowthewindshield.Recirculation
modeswitchesoff. Thetemperatureshould be
setat+72°F(+22°C)orhigher.Thetemperature
iscontrolledautomatically.
Defrostisswitchedonandoffswitchedonand
offusingthe§%button.Youcanswitchthefunc-
tionoffbypressingtheknob(2)(leftside).
Appliestovehicleswithwindshielddefogger:the
windshielddefoggerswitchesonautomatically
whenoutsidetemperaturesarelow.Ifyouwould
liketoswitchthewindshielddefrosteronman-
ually,pressthe§button.TheLEDinthebutton
blinks.
®Rearwindowdefogger
Pressthebutton28toswitchtherearwindowde-
foggeron.Itonlyoperateswhentheengineis
running.Itswitchesoffautomaticallyafter10to
20minutes,dependingontheoutsidetempera-
ture.
Topreventtherearwindowdefoggerfrom
switchingoffautomatically,pressandholdthe
buttonformorethanthreeseconds.Thisisstor-
eduntiltheignitionisswitchedoff.
Synchronization
Thefunctionisactivatedbypressingandholding
theknob@)(Leftside).Thetemperaturedisplays
willblinkbriefly.Whensynchronizationisswitch-
edon,thesettingsforthedriver'ssideare ap-
pliedtothefrontpassenger'ssideandtherear
(exceptforseatheating/ventilation*).Synchroni-
zationswitchesoffifthesettingsarechangedon
thefrontpassenger'ssideorintherear.
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Vents
Youcanopenorclosethecenterandrearventsin
thecockpitandtheventsintherearcenter con-
soleanddoorpillarsusingtheridgedthumb-
wheels.Theleversadjustthedirectionoftheair-
flowfromthevents.
Residualheat
Youcanactivatetheresidualheatfunctionwhen
theignitionisswitchedoffbypressingtheknob
@(leftside).Theresidualheatfromthecoolant
isusedtoheatthevehicleinterior.Theresidual
heatfunctionswitchesoffautomaticallyafter
about15minutes.

ZAWARNING
—Youshouldnotuse therecirculationmode
foranextendedperiodoftime,becauseno
freshairisdrawninandthewindowscan
fogwhencoolingmodeisswitchedoff.This
increasestheriskofanaccident.
—Individualswithreducedsensitivityto pain
ortemperaturecoulddevelopburnswhen
usingtheseatheatingfunction.To reduce
theriskofinjury,theseindividualsshould
not use
seatheating.

@)Note
Toavoiddamagetotheheatingelementsin
theseats,donotkneelontheseatsorplace
heavyloadsonasmallareaoftheseat.
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Appliesto:vehicleswith3-zonedeluxeautomaticclimate
control
Theclimatecontrolsystembasicsettingsareac-
cessedintheInfotainmentsystem.

>SelectintheInfotainmentsystem:[MENU]but-
ton>Vehicle> leftcontrolbutton>Aircondi-
tioning

Seatheating/seatventilation*
Youcanadjusttheseatheating/ventilationbal-
anceforthedriverandfrontpassenger.
Automaticauxiliaryheater*
Theauxiliaryheaterhelpstowarmthevehiclein-
teriormorequickly.
G)Tips
When
theauxiliaryheaterisoperating,water
vapormaybuildupneartheenginecompart-
mentwhenoutsidetemperaturesarelow.
Thisdoesnotindicateaproblem.

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4-zonedeluxeautomaticclimatecontrol
Appliesto:vehicleswith4-zonedeluxeautomaticclimatecontrol

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Fig.784-zonedeluxeautomaticclimatecontrol:cockpitcontrols



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Fig.794-zonedeluxeautomaticclimatecontrolsystem:rearcontrols
Presstheknobs,buttonsorrockerswitchestoOFFbuttonintherearonlyswitchestheA/Csys-
turnthefunctionsonoroff.Whenthefunctionistemon/offintherearofthevehicle.Airflowfrom
switchedon,theLEDintherespectivebuttonoroutsideisblockedwhentheclimatecontrolsys-
knobturnson.Therockerswitchesaretouch-sen-temisswitchedoff.
sitive.Thedriverandfrontpassengersettings.
:A/CCoolingmode
canbeadjustedseparately.
Coolingmodeisswitchedonandoffbypressing
theA/Con/off.Theairisnotcooledandhumidity
isnotremovedwhencoolingmodeisswitched
OFFclimatecontrolsystemoff.Thiscancausefogonthewindows.Cooling
modeswitchesoffautomaticallywhentheout-
sidetemperatureisbelowzero.>
Youcanadjustthesettingsfortherearoftheve-
hicleusingthecontrolsintherear>fig.79.
Youcanswitchtheclimatecontrolsystemonand
offusingtheOFFbutton.Italsoswitcheson
whenyoupressanotherbuttonoraknob.The
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MSCoolingmode*
Themaximumcoolingmodecanbe switchedon
andoffusingthe4button.Theairisnot cooled
andhumidityisnotremovedwhencoolingmode
isswitchedoff.Thiscancausefogonthewin-
dows.Coolingmodeswitchesoffautomatically
whentheoutsidetemperatureisbelowzero.
Whenthecoolingmodeisswitchedon,M&the
vehicleinterioriscooledanddehumidifiedas
quicklyaspossible.
<>Recirculationmode
Inrecirculationmode,theairinsidethevehicleis
circulatedandfiltered.Thispreventstheunfil-
teredairoutsidethevehiclefromenteringthe
vehicleinterior.Switchingrecirculationmodeon
whendrivingthroughatunnelorwhensittingin
trafficisrecommended>A\.
Usingthebutton,recirculationmodeisswitched
onandoffusingthe<>button.Youcanalso
switchtherecirculationmodeoffbypressingthe
knob@ortheoffusingthe§&button.
AUTOAutomaticmode
Automaticmodemaintainsaconstanttempera-
tureinsidethevehicle.Airtemperature,airflow
andairdistributionarecontrolledautomatically.
Youcanswitchautomaticmodeonoroffby
pressingtheknob(@).
Temperature
Youcanadjustthetemperaturebetween60°F
(+16°C)and84°F(+28°C)byturningtheknob
@.Ifoutsideofthisrange,LOorHIwillappear
intheclimatecontrolsystemdisplay.Atbothof
thesesettings,theclimatecontrolsystemruns
continuously
atmaximumcoolingorheating
power.Thereisnotemperatureregulation.
%=Blower
Youcanadjustthevolumeofairgeneratedby the
blowertoyourpreferenceusingtherocker
switches(@).Theblowershouldalwaysrunata
lowsettingtopreventthewindowsfromfogging
andtoensureacontinuousexchangeofairinside
thevehicle.To havetheblowerregulatedauto-
matically,presstheknob@).
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Airdistribution
Youcanusetherockerswitches(2)toadjustthe
ventswheretheairwillflowoutof.Pressthe
rockerswitches(2)repeatedlyuntilthedesired
airdistributionsettingisdisplayedintheclimate
controlsystemcontrols.To havetheairdistribu-
tionregulatedautomatically,presstheknob@).
af£JSeatheating/ventilation*
Pressingthe«/“J buttonswitchestheseat
heating/ventilationonatthehighestsetting(lev-
el 3).TheLEDsindicatethetemperaturelevel.To
reducethetemperature,pressthebuttonagain.
Toswitchtheseatheating/ventilationoff,press
thebuttonrepeatedlyuntiltheLEDturnsoff.
@WMAXDefogging
Thewindshieldandsidewindowsaredefrosted
orclearedofcondensationasquicklyaspossible.
Themaximumamountofairflowsmainlyfrom
theventsbelowthewindshield.Recirculation
modeswitchesoff. Thetemperatureshouldbe
setat+72°F(+22°C)orhigher.Thetemperature
iscontrolledautomatically.
Defrostisswitchedonandoff#MAXbutton.
Youcanalsoswitchthefunctionoffbypressing
theknob@).
Appliestovehicleswithwindshielddefogger:the
windshielddefoggerswitchesonautomatically
whenoutsidetemperaturesarelow.Ifyouwould
liketoswitchthewindshielddefrosteronman-
ually,pressthe&button.TheLEDinthebutton
blinks.
GDREARRearwindowdefogger
Pressthebutton&toswitchtherearwindowde-
foggeron.Itonlyoperateswhentheengineis
running.Itswitchesoffautomaticallyafter10to
20minutes,dependingontheoutsidetempera-
ture.
Topreventtherearwindowdefoggerfrom
switchingoffautomatically,pressandholdthe
GPREARbuttonformorethanthreeseconds.
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SYNCSynchronization
Usetherockerswitch(@)toselectthefunction.
Whensynchronizationisswitchedon,theset-
tingsforthedriver'ssideareappliedtothefront
passenger'ssideandtherear(exceptforseat
heating/ventilation*).Whenthesettingsonthe
frontpassenger'ssideorinthereararechanged,
thesynchronizationisautomaticallyswitchedoff
and4-zoneappearsinthedisplay.
SETREARfunction
Usetherockerswitch(@toselectthefunction.
Whenthefunctionisswitchedon,youcanadjust
allsettingsfortherearusingtheclimatecontrol
systemcontrolsinthecockpit.Therearclimate
controlsystemcontrolscannot beoperatedat
thesametime.Thisfunctionswitchesoffauto-
maticallyafteracertainperiodoftimeorafter
leavingthemenu.
Vents
Youcanopenorclosethecenterandrearventsin
thecockpitandtheventsintherearcenter con-
soleanddoorpillarsusingtheridgedthumb-
wheels.Theleversadjustthedirectionoftheair-
flowfromthevents.Thewideventisopenedand
closedusingthe=button©page8,fig.2©.
Residualheat
Youcanactivatetheresidualheatfunctionwhen
theignitionisswitchedoffbypressingtheknob
@(leftside).Theresidualheatfromthecoolant
isusedtoheatthevehicleinterior.Theresidual
heatfunctionswitchesoffautomaticallyafter
about15minutes.

ZAWARNING
—Youshouldnotuse therecirculationmode
foranextendedperiodoftime,becauseno
freshairisdrawninandthewindowscan
fogwhencoolingmodeisswitchedoff.This
increasestheriskofanaccident.
—Individualswithreducedsensitivityto pain
ortemperaturecoulddevelopburnswhen
usingtheseatheatingfunction.To reduce
theriskofinjury,theseindividualsshould
not useseatheating.

C@)Note
Toavoiddamagetotheheatingelementsin
theseats,donotkneelontheseatsorplace
heavyloadsonasmallareaoftheseat.
@)Tips
Itisnotpossibletooperatetherearclimate
controlsystemcontrolswhenthepowerchild
safetylockisswitchedon.WiththeSETREAR
function,youcanapplyallsettings totherear
usingtheclimatecontrolsystemcontrolsin
thecockpit>page37.
Appliesto:vehicleswith4-zonedeluxeautomaticclimate
control
Theclimatecontrolsystembasicsettingsareac-
cessedintheInfotainmentsystem.

>SelectintheInfotainmentsystem:[MENU]but-
ton>Vehicle>leftcontrolbutton>Aircondi-
tioning

Seatheating/seatventilation*
Youcanadjusttheseatheating/ventilationbal-
anceforthedriver,frontpassengerandrearpas-
sengers.
Footwelltemperature
Youcanadjustthefootwelltemperatureso that
itiscoolerorwarmer.
Autorecirculation
Whenswitchedon,automaticrecirculationcon-
trolstherecirculationmodeautomatically.You
mustpressthe@MAXbuttoniffogformson
thewindows.
Automaticauxiliaryheater*
Theauxiliaryheaterhelpstowarmthevehiclein-
teriormorequickly.
@)Tips
When
theauxiliaryheaterisoperating,water
vapormaybuildupneartheenginecompart-
mentwhenoutsidetemperaturesarelow.
Thisdoesnotindicateaproblem.
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Startingtheenginewhenthereisa
arearadea)
Itmaynotbepossibletostarttheengineunder
certaincircumstances,forexample,ifthebat-
teryinthevehiclekeyisdrained,ifinterferenceis
affectingthekey,orifthereisasystemmalfunc-
tion.

Fig.83Centerconsole/vehiclekey:Startingtheengine
whenthereisamalfunction
Requirement:ThemessageRemotecontrolkey:
holdbackofkeyagainstthedesignatedarea.
Seeowner'smanualmustappearandtheQJin-
dicatorlightmustbeon.
> Placethevehiclekeyonthelocationshownin
theillustrationP)©fig.83.
>Pressthebrakepedal.
>Pressthe[STARTENGINESTOP]button.The
enginewill start.
>DrivetoanauthorizedAudidealerorauthor-
izedAudiServiceFacilityimmediatelytohave
themalfunctioncorrected.
@Tips
Youcanviewthemessageagainbypressing
the[STARTENGINESTOP]button.






Start/Stopsystem
Appliesto:vehicleswith Start/Stopsystem
TheStart/Stopsystemcanhelpincreasefuel
economyandreduceCO2emissions.
InStart/Stopmode,theengineshutsoffauto-
maticallywhenstopped,forexampleatatraffic

D_Incertaincountries.

light.Theignitionandimportantassistsystems
suchaspowersteeringandthebrakeboosterwill
remainavailableduringthe"stop"phase.Theen-
ginewillrestartautomaticallywhenneeded.
TheStart/Stopsystemisautomaticallyactivated
oncetheignitionisswitchedon.
Basicrequirements
—Thedriver'sdoorandhoodmustbeclosed.
—"p","N",or"D"mustbeengaged.
—Thesteeringwheelmustnotbeturnedfarinei-
therdirection.
—Thevehiclemusthavedrivenfasterthan2mph
(3km/h)sincethelasttimeitstopped.
—Atrailermustnot behitchedtothevehicle.
@)Note
AlwaysswitchtheStart/Stopsystemoffwhen
drivingthroughwater>page80.
G)Tips
—Dependingonthedrivingsituation,theen-
ginemayalreadystopwhencoastingbefore
thevehiclehascometoacompletestop)).
—Ifyouselectthe"D"positionaftershifting
intoreverse,thevehiclemustbedrivenfast-
erthan6mph(10km/h)inorderforthe
Start/Stopsystemtobeactiveagain.This
makesitpossibletomaneuverwithout
stoppingtheengine.
Stopping/starting theengine
Appliesto:vehicleswithStart/Stopsystem
>Pressandholdthebrakepedaluntilthevehicle
hasstopped.The@indicatorlightappearsin
theinstrumentclusteroncetheenginestops
automatically.
>Theenginestartsagainwhenyouremoveyour
footfromthebrakepedal.Theindicatorlight
turnsoff.
iG)Tips
—PressthebrakepedalduringaStopphase
tokeepthevehiclefromrolling.
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