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AboutthisOwner'sManual
ThisOwner'sManualappliestoallversionsof
thismodel.Itcontainsimportantinformation,
tips,suggestions,andwarningsforusingyourve-
hicle.
Keepthismanualinyourvehicleatalltimes.This
isespeciallyimportantifyouloanyourvehicleto
othersorsellit.
Thisowner'smanualdescribestheequipment
rangespecifiedforthismodelatthetimeof
printing.Individualequipmentoptionsdescribed
mayonlybeavailableatalaterdateormayonly
beofferedincertaincountries.
Somesectionsinthismanualdonotapplytoall
vehicles.Whenthisisthecase,thebeginningof
thesectionindicatesthevalidity,forexample
“Appliesto:vehicleswithcruisecontrolsystem”.
Optionalorvehicle-specificequipmentisalso
identifiedwithanasterisk“*”.
Theillustrationsinthismanualareaguide.
Someofthedetailsinyourvehiclemaydiffer
fromtheillustration.
Alldirections,suchas“Left”,“right”,“front”and
“rear”,arebasedonthevehicle'sdirectionof
travel.
*—Optionalorvehicle-specificequipment
b>Thesectioncontinuesonthenextpage.
=>/\Crossreferencetoa“WARNING”withina
section.Ifapagenumberisindicated,the
WARNINGislocatedoutsideofthesection.
Z\WARNING
Textwiththissymbolcontainsinformation
aboutsafetyandhowtoreducetheriskofse-
riouspersonalinjuryordeath.
()Note
Textwiththissymbolcontainsinformation
aboutreducingtheriskofdamagetoyourve-
hicle.
@Forthesakeoftheenvironment
Textwiththissymbolcontainsinformationon
protectingtheenvironment.
@Tips
Textwiththissymbolcontainsadditionaluse-
fulinformation.
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Sideassistdisplay..............
Doorhandle
Centrallockingswitch...........
Airventwithseatheatingcontrols
Leverfor:
—Turnsignalsandhighbeams....
—Active laneassist.............
Multifunctionsteeringwheelwith:
—HornPe
—Driver'sairbag...............
—Buttonsforthevirtualinstrument
cluster,includingthedriverinfor-
mationsystem,audio/video,tele-
phone,navigationandvoicerec-
ognitionsystem
—[STARTENGINESTOP]button...
—Audidriveselect..............
—Shiftpaddles................
Audivirtualcockpit(instrument
ClUSTEL):2sacs¢ =game¢ 2eee2gee
Windshieldwashersystemlever..
Startingtheengineifthereisa
malfunction..............0000s
Adjustablesteeringcolumn......
Cruisecontrollever.............
Instrumentillumination.........
Hood:release®« 5sewsxswows2 2won
Headlightcontrolswitch........
Powerexteriormirroradjustment.
Powerwindows................
Airventincludingclimatecontrol
systemmcontrolswaaeseecsxesreneeav=
Lockableglovecompartment
DrivesforCD,DVD,SIM/SDcards.
Frontpassenger'sairbag........
Rearwindowdefoggerbutton
Dependingonequipment,buttons
for:
—driveselect...............004
—
ElectronicStabilizationControl
(ES@©)s ¢ ¢secu= ypegstogees2see
—Emergencyflashers...........
—Retractablerearspoiler........
Dependingonequipment,center
consolewith:
72 25 33
68
192
53 7562
10
36
55 53
66
35
235:
3235
28
48
151192
75
84
34
88
—Multimediacompartmentforcell
Phone.......eeeeee157
—Audiphonebox...............111
@Infotainmentsystemon/offbutton.90
@3)Infotainmentsystemunit.......90
@8Dependingonequipment:
—Storagecompartment
—Ashtray0.2...2eeeeeeeee42
—Cupholder...........-.0000443
G3)Parking:braked.«cee20osces«2cue55
@8Dependingonequipment:
—[STARTENGINESTOP]button...53
—Soundbuttonforexhaustdoor
control
@Selectorlever(Stronic)..........58
@Tips
Sometheequipmentlistedhereisonlyinstal-
ledincertainmodelsorisavailableasanop-
tion.
Indicatorlightsoverview
Theindicatorlightsintheinstrumentcluster
blinkorturnon.Theyindicatefunctionsormal-
functions.
Withsomeindicatorlights,messagesmayap-
pearandwarningsignalsmaysound.Theindica-
torlightsandmessagesmaybecoveredbyother
displays.Toshow themagain,selectthesecond
tabformessageswiththemultifunctionsteering
wheel>page12.
Someindicatorlightsinthedisplaycandisplayin
severalcolors.
(oan)
Someindicatorlightsturnonbrieflyasafunction
checkwhenyouswitchtheignitionon.Thesesys-
temsaremarkedwithaVinthefollowingtables.
Ifoneoftheseindicatorlightsdoesnotturnon,
thereisamalfunctioninthatsystem.
Thefollowingindicatorlightsmaybeavailable,
dependingonthevehicleequipment:
Instrumentcluster
Instrumentcluster
Instrumentclusteroverview
Theinstrumentclusteristhecentralinformationcenterforthedriver.
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Fig.3Instrumentclusteroverview(Audivirtualcockpit)
Enginecoolanttemperature~E...10
Leftdial
—Tachometer..........-..200-11
Tabarea
Centralarea
Statusline(oneortwolines)
Rightdial
—Conveniencedisplay
FuellevelDY«
ometer
Leftadditionaldisplaywith:
IGEss«sisi«2semeowTa658
—Audidriveselectmode.........75
@)Tips
—Youcanselecttheunitsusedfortempera-
ture,speedandothermeasurementsinthe
Infotainmentsystem.
—Speedsaredisplayedinmph(milesper
hour)orkm/h(kilometersperhour).
—Ifthereisamalfunctionintheinstrument
cluster,DEFwillappearinthetripodometer
display.Havethe malfunctioncorrectedas
soonaspossible.
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Coolanttemperature
indicator
Thecoolanttemperaturedisplay@page10,
fig.3onlyfunctionswhentheignitionisswitch-
edon.Toreducetheriskofenginedamage,
pleaseobservethefollowingnotesaboutthe
temperatureranges.
Coldrange
IfonlytheLEDsatthebottomofthegaugeturn
on,theenginehasnotreachedoperatingtem-
peratureyet.Avoidhighenginespeeds,fullaccel-
eratingandheavyengineloads.
Normalrange
Theenginehasreacheditsoperatingtempera-
tureoncetheLEDsuptothecenterofthegauge
turnon.Ifthe&indicatorlightintheinstru-
mentclusterdisplayturnson,thecoolanttem-
peratureistoohigh>page17.
@)Note
—Auxiliaryheadlightsandotheraccessoriesin
front oftheairintakeimpairthecoolingef-
fectofthecoolant.Thisincreasestheriskof
theengineoverheatingduringhighoutside
temperatures andheavyengineload.
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Instrumentcluster
Vehiclefunctions
On-boardcomputer
Dependingonthevehicleequipment,youmaybe
abletoaccessthefollowinginformationinthis
orderontheon-boardcomputer>page10,fig.3
@:
—Timeanddate>page169
—Averageconsumption
—Short-termmemoryoverview
—Long-termmemoryoverview
—Energyconsumers>page15
—
Driverassistance
—Trafficsignrecognition
Theshort-termmemorycollectsdrivinginforma-
tionfromthetimetheignitionisswitchedonun-
tilitisswitchedoff.Ifyoucontinuedrivingwithin
twohoursafterswitchingtheignitionoff,the
newvaluesareincludedwhencalculatingthecur-
renttripinformation.
Unliketheshort-termmemory,thelong-term
memoryisnoterasedautomatically.Youcanse-
lectthetimeperiodforevaluatingtripinforma-
tionyourself.
Energyconsumers*
The Energyconsumersviewlistsotherequip-
mentthatiscurrentlyaffectingfuelconsump-
tion.Thedisplayshowsuptothreeequipment
items.Theequipmentusingthemostpoweris
listedfirst.Ifmorethanthreeitemsusingpower
areswitchedon,theequipmentthatiscurrently
usingthemostpowerisdisplayed.Achartalso
showsyouthecurrenttotalofallotherconsum-
ers.
Fuelconsumption
Thecurrentfuelconsumptioncan beshownusing
abargraph.Theaverageconsumptionstoredin
theshort-termmemoryisalsodisplayed.Ifthe
barisgreen,yourvehicleissavingfuelthrough
oneofthefollowingfunctions:
—Recuperation:electricalenergycanbestoredin
thebatterywhenthevehicleiscoastingordriv-
ingdownhill.Thebarwillmovetoward(1.
Engineoiltemperaturedisplayandboost
indicator
Appliesto:vehicleswithengineoiltemperaturedisplay/boost
indicator
Theengineoiltemperaturedisplayandboostin-
dicatorareonlyshownintheenhancedvieworin
thesportview>page13.
Engineoiltemperatureindicator=
Theenginehasreacheditsoperatingtempera-
turewhentheengineoiltemperatureisbetween
176°F(80°C)and248°F(120°C)undernormal
drivingconditions.Theengineoiltemperature
maybehigherifthereisheavyengineloadand
hightemperaturesoutside.Thisisnotacausefor
concernaslongasthe7}=>page239orEA
=page239indicatorlightsdonotturnon.
Boostindicator
Thecurrentengineload(meaningthecurrent
boostpressure)isindicatedbyabar.
Shiftlightindicator
Appliesto:vehicleswithshiftlightindicator
Theshiftlightindicatorinformsthedriverwhen
therpmlimitisreached.
Accessingtheshiftlightindicator
Requirement:tiptronicmodemustbeactivated
=>page62.
>Selectthesportview>page13.Theshiftlight
indicatorisdisplayedwithgreen,yellowand
redrangesintheupperareasofthetachome-
ter.
Theshiftlightindicatorwillblinkredwhenap-
proachingtheenginespeedlimit.Shifttothe
nexthighestgearattherighttime.
SeamEN
Appliesto:vehicleswithSportdisplays
Dependingonthevehicleequipment,thesport
displaysmayincludetheG-meter, theengineda-
taandthetirepressuremonitoringsystem.You
canaccessthesportdisplaysinthecentralarea
orintheadditionaldisplayinthedriverinforma-
tionsystem.>
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Openingandclosing
—ForadditionalinformationaboutHomeLink,Programmingthetransmitter
visitwww.homelink.com.Appliesto:vehicleswithgaragedooropener
—FortheDeclarationofConformitywiththe
provisionsfromtheFCCintheUnitedStates
andIndustryCanada,see>page291.
Appliesto:vehicleswithgaragedooropener
BFV-0204
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Fig.26Distancebetweentheradiatorgrilleandthere-
motecontroltransmitter
Programmingthebutton:step1onthe
controlpanel
1.Switchtheignitionon.
2.Pressbothoftheouterbuttonsonthecon-
trolunit>page30,fig.25untiltheyellow
Fig.25Controlpanelabovetheinteriorrearview mirror
Requirement:thebuttoninthecontrolpanelLED(2)turnsoffandthegreenLED()blinks.
mustbeprogrammed>page30andthevehi-Thisprocedureclearsthestandardcodesthat
clemustbelocatedwithinrangeofthesystem,weresetatthefactoryanddoesnotneedto
suchasthegaragedoor.berepeatedagaintoprogramtheotherbut-
tons.
mibressthebuttontoopenthegaragedeatThe3.Brieflypressthebuttoninthecontrolpanel
greenLED(@)blinksorturnson.
-thatyouwanttoprogram.
>Pressthebuttonagaintoclosethegarage
4.Waituntilthe yellowLED@)blinks.Thepro-
Oar:grammingmodeisactiveforfiveminutes.
@)5.Goinfrontofthevehiclewiththeoriginalre-
AYTipsmotecontroltransmitterforthesystemthat
Toopenorclosethegaragedoor,donotpressyouareprogrammingtothecontrolpanel
thebuttonlongerthan20secondsorthega-button.
ragedooropenerwillswitchtoprogramming
mode.Programmingthebutton:step2atthe
radiatorgrille
6.Holdtheremotecontroltransmitteratthe
vehicleradiatorgrille>fig.26.
7.Nowpresstheremotecontroltransmitter
untiltheturnsignalsonyourvehicleblink.
Thiscantakeupto30seconds.
8.Iftheemergencyflashersblinkthreetimes,
theprogrammingwassuccessful.Ifthe
emergencyflashersonlyblinkonetime,the
five-minutetimelimitforprogramminghas
expiredortheprogrammingwasunsuccess-
ful.Repeattheprogrammingprocedure
startingfromthethirdsteporchangethe
distancetotheradiatorgrille.
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9.Ifthegaragedoororothersystemsdonot
openwiththeHomeLinkbuttonsevenifthe
programmingwassuccessful,thesystem
mayusearollingcodeinsteadofafixed
code.Youmustalsothenperformrolling
codeprogramming>page31.
Theothertwobuttonsinthecontrolpanel can be
programmedusingtheinstructionsgivenabove.
Startwithstep3.
Deletingbuttonprogramming
Theprogrammedbuttonscannotbedeletedindi-
vidually.Theymustbedeletedallatonce.Repro-
gramthebuttonsifnecessary.
>Switchtheignitionon.
>Pressbothoftheouterbuttonsonthecontrol
unituntiltheyellowLED(2)turnsoffandthe
greenLED(@blinks.
Reprogrammingbuttons
>Switchtheignitionon.
>Toreprogramanindividualbutton,pressthe
desiredbuttonuntilthegreenLED@turnsoff
andtheyellowLED(2)startstoblink(afterap-
proximately20seconds).Releasethebutton
immediately.Theprogrammingmodeisactive
forfiveminutes.
>Continuewithstep5.
@)Tips
— Thedistanceneededbetweentheremote
controltransmitterandthegarage door
openermoduleintheradiatorgrille
=>fig.26dependsonthesystemyouare
programming.
—Dependingonthesystemmodel,youmay
needtoreleasethe buttonontheremote
controltransmitterwhileitisprogramming
andpressitagain.Holdeverypositionyou
trywhenprogrammingforatleast15sec-
ondsbeforetryinganewposition.Keepan
eyeonthevehicleturnsignalswhiledoing
this.
Rollingcodeprogramming
Appliesto:vehicleswithgaragedooropener
Onsomesystems,programmingarollingcodeis
alsonecessary.
Identifyinga rollingcode
>Pressthebuttoninthecontrolunitthatisal-
readyprogrammedagainandholditdown.
>»WatchthegreenLED@)>page30,fig.25.If
thegreenLEDblinksquickly,thesystem(such
asagaragedoor)hasarollingcode.
>Programtherollingcodeasfollows:
Activatingthesystemmotorunit
>Locate theprogrammingbuttononthesystem
motorunit.Theexactlocationandcolorofthe
buttonmayvarydependingonthebrand.
>»Presstheprogrammingbuttononthesystem
motorunit(usuallythiswillactivatea“display”
onthemotorunit).Younowhaveapproximate-
ly30secondstoprogramthebuttoninthe
controlpanel.
Programmingthebuttoninthecontrol
panel
>Pressandholdthepreviouslyprogrammedbut-
toninthecontrolpanelfortwoseconds.
>Tocompleterollingcodeprogramming,press
andholdthebuttonagainfortwoseconds.
>Onsomesystems,the buttonmightneedtobe
pressedathirdtimetoendtheprogramming
procedure.
Afterprogramming,thesystemshouldrecognize
thesignalandoperatewhenthebuttoninthe
controlpanelispressed.Nowyoumayprogram
theotherbuttonsasneeded.
(i)Tips
—Therollingcodecanbeprogrammedmore
quicklyandmoreeasilywiththehelpofa
secondperson.
—Ifanydifficultiesoccurwhenprogramming
therollingcode,itmaybehelpful toread
thesystemoperatingmanual.
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LightsandVision
LightsandVision
Exteriorlighting
SistemcLLatseal
B8V-0430
Fig.27Instrumentpanel:lightswitch
Lightswitch
Turntheswitchtothecorrespondingposition.
Whenthe lightsareswitchedon,the2»symbol
turnson.
O-lightsareoff(insomemarkets,thedaytime
runninglights*areswitchedonwhentheignition
isswitchedon.)
—USAmodels:thedaytimerunninglightsswitch
onautomaticallywhentheignitionisswitched
onandthelightswitchisset totheOorthe
AUTOposition(onlyindaylight).TheDaytime
runninglightscan beswitchedonandoffin
theMMI>page33>A.
—Canadamodels:thedaytimerunninglights
switchonautomaticallywhentheignitionis
switchedonandthelightswitchissettotheO,
20aortheAUTOposition(onlyindaylight)>A\.
AUTO*-automaticheadlightsswitchon andoff
dependingonbrightness,forexampleintwilight,
duringrainorintunnels.
300:-Parkinglights
2D-Lowbeamheadlights
220-All-weatherlights*
Q#-Rearfoglight(s)*
All-weatherlights*
Invehicleswithall-weatherlights,thefront
lightsareadjustedautomaticallyso thatyouare
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lesslikelytoseeglarefromyourownheadlights,
forexamplewhendrivingonawetroad.
Automaticdynamicheadlightrangecontrol
system*
Yourvehicleisequippedwithaheadlightrange
controlsystemsothatthereislessglareforon-
comingtrafficifthevehicleloadchanges.The
headlightrangealsoadjustsautomaticallywhen
brakingandaccelerating.
Lightfunctions
Thefollowinglightfunctionsmaybeavailable
dependingonvehicleequipmentandonlyfunc-
tionwhenthelightswitchisintheAUTOposi-
tion.
Staticcorneringlight*(vehicleswithLEDhead-
lights)-thecorneringlightswitchesonautomat-
icallywhenthesteeringwheelisturnedatacer-
tainangleatspeeds uptoapproximately44mph
(70km/h)andwhentheturnsignalisactivated
atspeedsuptoapproximately25mph
(40km/h).Theareatothesideofthevehicleis
illuminatedbetterwhenturning.
Highwaylightfunction*(vehicleswithLEDhead-
lights)-thisfunctionadaptsthelightingfor
highwaydrivingbasedonvehiclespeed.
Speeddependentlightdistribution*(vehicles
withLEDheadlights)-thespeeddependentlight
distributionadaptsthelightintownsandon
highwaysorexpressways.Intersectionscanalso
beilluminatedonvehicleswithanavigationsys-
tem*.
ZA\WARNING
—Automaticheadlights*areonlyintendedto
assistthedriver.They donotrelievethe
driverofresponsibilitytocheck thehead-
lightsandtoturnthemonmanuallybased
onthecurrentlightandvisibilityconditions.
Forexample,fogcannot bedetectedby the
lightsensors.Soalwaysswitchonthelow
beamsundertheseweatherconditionsand
whendrivinginthe darkZO.
—Toreduceglarefortrafficbehindyourvehi-
cle,therearfoglights*shouldonlybe
turnedoninaccordancewiththelegal>
LightsandVision
Dimmingthemirrors
Manualdimmingrearviewmirror
>Pulltheleveronthebottomofthemirrorback.
Automaticdimmingrearviewmirror*
>Theinteriorrearview mirrorandexteriormir-
rors*dimautomaticallywhenlightshineson
them,forexamplefromheadlightsonavehicle
behindyou.
G)Tips
—Ifthelightreachingtherearviewmirroris
obstructed,theautomaticdimmingmirror
willnotfunctioncorrectly,
— Theautomaticdimmingmirrorsdonotdim
whentheinteriorlightingisturnedonor
thereversegearisselected.
WARNING
Electrolytefluidcanleakfromautomaticdim-
mingmirrorsiftheglassisbroken.Electrolyte
fluidcanirritateskin,eyesandairways.
—Repeatedorlong-termexposuretoelectro-
lytefluidcanleadtoirritationoftheair-
ways,especiallyinpeoplewithasthmaor
otherrespiratory conditions.Takedeep
breathsimmediatelyafterleavingthevehi-
cleor,ifthisisnotpossible,openallofthe
doorsandwindowsaswideaspossible.
—Ifelectrolytefluidenterstheeyes,flush
themthoroughlywithalargeamountof
cleanwaterforatleast15minutesandthen
seekmedicalattention.
—Ifelectrolytefluidcomesintocontactwith
theskin,flushtheaffectedareawithclean
water
foratleast15minutesandthenclean
withsoapandwaterandseekmedicalatten-
tion.Cleanaffectedclothingandshoesthor-
oughlybeforewearingagain.
—Ifthefluidwasswallowedandthepersonis
conscious,flushthemouthwithwaterforat
least15minutes.Donotinducevomiting
unlessthisisrecommendedbymedicalpro-
fessionals.Seekmedicalattentionimmedi-
ately.
©)Note
Iftheglassonanautomaticdimmingmirror
breaks,electrolytecanleakout.Thisliquid
damagesplasticsurfaces.Removetheliquid
asquicklyaspossible,forexampleusinga
wetsponge.
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Fig.33Sunvisor
Thesunvisorscan bemovedoutoftheirbrackets
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mirrorlightswitchesonwhenthecoveroverthe
vanitymirror@)opens.
Windshieldwipers
Switchingthewindshieldwiperson
BFV-0019
Fig.34Windshieldwiperlever
Movethewindshieldwiperlevertothecorre-
spondingposition:
@-Windshieldwipersoff
@-Intervalmode.Toincrease/decreasethewip-
erintervals,movetheswitch@)totheleft/right.
Invehicleswitharainsensor*,thewipersturnon
intherainoncethevehiclespeedexceeds