Infants
andchildre nmust never travel sitting
on the lapofavehicle occupant. Inthe event
of an accident, theycould becrushed
betwee nthe vehicle occupant andseat belt.
R objects arenever secured withaseat beltif
the seat beltisalso being usedbyone ofthe
vehicle 'soccupants
Also ensure thatthere arenever objects
betwee naperson andtheseat, e.g.cushio ns.
Seat belts areonly intended tosecure and
restrain vehicleoccupants. Alwaysobserve the
"Loa ding guidelines" forsecuring objects,lug-
gage orload s(Y page 239).
Fasteni ngand adjusting theseat belts Observe
thesafety notesonthe seat belt
(Y page 42)and thenotes oncorrect useofseat
belts (Ypage 43). Basic
illustration
X Adjust theseat (Ypage 91).
The seat backrest mustbeinan almos t
upri ghtpositio n.
X Pul lthe seat beltsmoothly fromthebelt out-
let.
X Engage seatbelttongue 0044inbelt buckle 0043.
X Ifnecessary ,pul lup on the shoul dersection
of the seat belttotighten thebelt across your
body . The
shoul dersection ofthe seat beltmust
alw ays berouted across thecenter ofthe shoul -
der. Adjust thebelt outlet ifnecessary .
X To raise: slidethe belt outlet up.
The belt outlet willengage invariou sposi-
tions.
X To low er:hold beltoutlet release0087 and slide
the belt outlet down.
X Let goofbelt outlet release0087 inthe desire d
positio nand make surethatthebelt outlet
engages .
All seat belts except thedriver's seatbeltare
equi pped withaspecia lseat beltretractor to
securel yfasten childrestraint systemsinthe
vehicle .Further information canbefound under
"Specia lseat beltretractor" (Ypage 55).
Releas ingseat belts !
Make
surethattheseat beltisfull yrolle dup.
Otherwise ,the seat beltorbelt tongue willbe
trapped inthe door orinthe seat mechanism.
This could damagethe door, thedoor trim
panel andtheseat belt. Damaged seatbelts
can nolonger fulfilltheir protective function
and must berepla ced.Visit aqua lifiedspe-
ciali stworkshop.
X Press therelea sebutton inthe belt buckle,
hold thebelt tongue firmlyandguide the belt
back.
Belt warning forthe driver andfront
passeng er The
0076 seatbeltwarning lampinthe instru-
ment cluster isareminder thatallvehicle occu-
pants mustweartheir seatbelts. Itmay light up
continuously orflash. Inaddi tion, there maybe
a warning tone.
Rega rdless ofwhether thedriver's seatbelthas
alrea dybeen fastened, the0076 seatbeltwarn-
ing lamp lights upfor sixseconds eachtimethe
engine isstarted. Ifthe front doors areclosed
and thedriver's orfront-passenger seatbelthas
not been fastened, the0076 seatbeltwarning
lamp lightsup aga inafter thesixseconds. As
soon asthe driver's andfront-passenger seat
belts arefastened orafront doorisopened
aga in,the 0076 seatbeltwarning lampgoesout.
If the driver's seatbeltisnot fastened afterthe
engine isstarted, anaddi tional warning tonewill
sound. Thewarning toneswitches offafter six 44
Occ
upant safetySafety
The
climate controlsystem switches tothe
following functions:
R high airflow
R high temperat ure
R air distribution tothe windshield andfront
side windows
R air-recirc ulationmodeoff
i The
"Windshield defrosting"funct ionauto-
matically setstheblower leveltothe optimum
defrost ingeffect .As aresult, theairflow may
increase ordecrease automatically afterthe
0064 button ispressed.
i You
canadjust theblower levelmanually
while the"Windshield defrosting"funct ionis
in operation:
R Air- condit ioning system: turnairflow con-
trol 0083count er-clockwise orclock wise
(Y page 112).
R Dual-zon eautomatic climatecontrol:press
the 00F2 or00F3 button .
X To deactivat e:press the0064 button .
The indicator lampinthe 0064 button goes
out. Thepreviously selectedsettings are
restor ed.Air-recirc ulation moderemains
deactivated.
or
X Dual-zon eclimate control:press the0058
button .
The indicator lampinthe 0064 button goes
out. Airflow andairdistribution aresetto
automatic mode.
or X Air- condit ioning system: turntemperat ure
cont rol0043 count er-clockwise orclock wise
(Y page 112).
Dual-zon eautomatic climatecontrol:turn
temperat urecont rol0043 or006D count er-clock-
wise orclock wise(Ypage 114). MAX
COOL maxim umcooli ng
The MAX COOL functionisonly availabl ein vehi-
cles forthe USA .
MAX COOL isonly operational whentheengine
is runnin g. X
To activat e:press the00C9 button .
The indicator lampinthe button lightsup.
X To deactivat e:press the00C9 button .
The indicator lampgoesout.Thepreviously
selected settings arerestor ed.
When youactivate MAXCOOL, climate control
switches tothe following functions:
R maximum cooling
R maximum airflow
R air-recirc ulationmodeon Removing
condensation fromthewin-
dows
Windows foggeduponthe inside Air-conditioning
system
X Act ivate the005A "Cooling withairdehumid-
ification" function.
X Ifthe windows continue tofog up,activate the
0064 "Windshield defrosting"funct ion.
i You
should onlyselect thissettinguntil the
windshield isclear again.
Dual-zone automat icclimate control
X Act ivate the005A "Cooling withairdehumid-
ification" function.
X Act ivate automatic mode0058.
X Ifthe windows continue tofog up,activate the
0064 "Windshield defrosting"funct ion.
i You
should onlyselect thissettinguntil the
windshield isclear again.
Windows foggeduponthe outside X
Act ivate thewindshield wipers.
X Set theairdistribution to009C or009B.
i You
should onlyselect thissettinguntil the
windshield isclear again. Rear
window defroster
General notes The
rear window defroster hasahigh current
draw. Youshould therefor eswitch itoff assoon
as the rear window isclear. Otherwise, therear
window defroster switchesoffautomatically
after several minutes. Opera
tingtheclimate controlsystems
119Climatecontrol
Warning
andindic atorlamps inthe instrument cluster Gene
ralnote s
Some systemscarry outaself-d iagnosis whenthe igniti onisswi tched on.There fore,some indica tor
and warning lampsmay light up orflas htempora rily.This beha viorisnon-critical.
These indicatorand warning lampsonly indica teamal function ifthey light up orflas hafter starting
the engine orwhi lstdrivi ng. Safety
Seat belts Warning
/
indic ator
lamp 00510051
Sign altype
Poss iblecause s/cons equen cesand 0050 0050
Sol utions 00E9
0051
After engine start,thered seatbel twa rning lamplig hts upfor sixseconds.
The seatbel twa rning lampreminds thedrive rand front passenger tofasten their
sea tbel ts.
X Fasten yoursea tbel t(Y pag e44). 00E9
0051
After starting theengine, thered seatbel twa rning lamplig hts up. Inadd ition, a
wa rning tonesound sfor uptosix seconds.
The drive r'ssea tbel tis not fastened .
X Fasten yoursea tbel t(Y pag e44).
The warning tonecease s. 00E9
0051
The redseatbel twa rning lamplig hts upafter theengine starts,assoon asthe
drive r'sorthe front-passe ngerdoor isclose d.
The drive ror front passenger hasnotfastened theirseatbel t.
X Fasten yoursea tbel t(Y pag e44) .
The warning lampgoes out.
There areobjects onthe front-passe ngerseat.
X Remo vethe objects fromthefront-passe ngerseatand stow them inasecure
pla ce.
The warning lampgoes out. 00E9
0051
The redseatbel twa rning lampflas hes and anintermittent audib lewa rning
sound s.
The drive ror front passenger hasnotfastened theirseatbel t.The vehicl eis bei ng
drive nfaster than15mph (25km/h )or has brieflybeen drivenfaster than15mph
(25 km/h) .
X Fasten yoursea tbel t(Y pag e44).
The warning lampgoes outand theintermittent warning tonecease s.
There areobjects onthe front-passe ngerseat.The vehicl eis bei ng drive nfaster
than 15mph (25km/h )or has brieflybeen drivenfaster than15mph (25km/h ).
X Remo vethe objects fromthefront-passe ngerseatand stow them inasecure
pla ce.
The warning lampgoes outand theintermittent warning tonecease s. 220
Warning
andindicator lamps inthe instrum entclusterOn-bo ardcomput erand displays
halt
bybraking carefully. Avoidabrupt steering
movement s.
The tirepressure monitorhasayellow warning
lamp inthe instrumen tcluster forindicating
pressure lossoramalfunction. Whetherthe
warning lampflashes orlights upindicates
whether atire pressure istoo low orthe tire
pressure monitorismalfunctionin g:
R ifthe warning lampislit cont inuously ,the tire
pressure onone ormore tiresissignificantly
too low. Thetirepressure monitorisnot mal-
funct ioning.
R ifthe warning lampflashes foraround a
minute andthen remains litconst antly, the
tire pressure monitorismalfunctionin g.
In addition tothe warning lamp,amessage
appea rsinthe multifunction display.Observe
the information ondisplay messages
(Y page 213).
It may take uptoten minutes foramalfunction
of the tire pressure monitortobe indicated. A
malfunction willbeindicated bythe tire pres-
sure warning lampflashing forapproximately
one minute andthen remaining lit.When the
malfunction hasbeen rectified, thetire pressure
warning lampgoesoutafter afew minutes of
driving.
The tirepressure valuesindicated bythe on-
board computer maydiffer fromthose meas-
ured atagas station withapressure gauge.The
tire pressures shownbythe on-board computer
refer tothose measured atsea level. Athigh
altitudes, thetire pressure valuesindicated bya
pressure gaugearehigher thanthose shown by
the on-board computer. Inthis case, donot
reduce thetire pressures.
The operation ofthe tire pressure monitorcan
be affected byinterfer encefromradio transmit -
ting equipment (e.g.radio headphones, two-way
radios) thatmay bebeing operated inor near the
vehicle.
Checking thetire pressur eelec troni-
cally X
Make surethattheSmartKey isin position 0048
in the ignition lock(Ypage 123).
X Press 0059or0065 onthe steering wheelto
select theServ. Serv.
menu. X
Press the0063 or0064 button toselect
Tire Pressure Tire
Pressure.
X Press the0076 button.
The current tirepressure ofeach tireisshown
in the multifunction display.
If the vehicle wasparked forlonger than
20 minutes, theTire pressure willbe Tire
pressure willbe
displayed afterdriving afew minutes displayed
afterdriving afew minutes
message isshown.
Aft erateach-in process, thetire pressure mon-
itor automatically detectsnewwheels ornew
sensors. Aslong asaclear allocation ofthe tire
pressure valuetothe individua lwheels isnot
possible, theTire Tire
Pressure Pressure
Monitor Monitor
Active Active
message isshown instead ofthe tire pressure
display .The tirepressures arealready being
monitored.
If an emergency sparewheel ismounted, the
system maycontinue toshow thetire pressure
of the wheel thathasbeen removed forafew
minutes. Ifthis occurs, notethatthevalue dis-
play edfor the position wherethespare wheel is
fitted isnot thesame asthe current tirepres-
sure ofthe emergency sparewheel.
Tire pressur emonitor warning mes-
sages If
the tire pressure monitordetectsapressure
loss inone ormore tires,awarning message is
shown inthe multifunction display.The yellow
tire pressure warninglampthenlights up.
R Ifthe Please Correct TirePressure Please
Correct TirePressure
message appearsinthe multifunction display,
the tire pressure inat least onetireistoo low.
The tirepressure mustbecorrect edwhen the
opportunity arises.
R Ifthe Check TirePressure Check
TirePressure message
appea rsinthe multifunction display,the tire
pressure inone ormore tireshasdropped
significantly. Thetires must becheck ed.
R Ifthe Tire Tire
Pressure Pressure
Warning Warning
Tire Tire
Fail‐ Fail‐
ure ure
message appears,the tire pressure inone
or more tireshasdropped suddenly. Thetires
must becheck ed.
Observe theinstruct ionsandsafety notesinthe
display messages inthe "Tires" section
(Y page 213).
If the wheel positions onthe vehicle arerotated,
the tire pressures maybedisplay edfor the
wrong positions forashort time.Thisisrectified
after afew minutes ofdriving, andthetire pres-
sures aredisplay edfor the correct positions. Tire
pressure
299Wheelsandtires Z