Table of Contents
Table of Contents The essential s
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Ext erior vie
w . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Exterior view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Driver-side general instrument panel
(left-hand drive) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
9
Driver-side general instrument panel
(right-hand drive) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
P
assenger-side general instrument pan-
el (left-hand drive) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
11
Passenger-side general instrument pan-
el (right-hand drive) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Centr
e console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Interior view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
How it works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Opening and closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Before driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
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 . . . . . . . . . . . 52
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
Safety instructions about airbags . . . . . . . . . . 76
Deactivating airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Transporting children safely . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Safety for children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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
Change the rear 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
Lights and visibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. . . . . . 139
Interior lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. 144
Visibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 145
Windscreen wiper and rear window wiper
systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . 145
Rear view mirr
ors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Seats and head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Adjusting the seat and head restraints . . . . . . 148
Seat functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. 149
Transport and practical equipment . . . . . . 153
Practical equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Roof carrier* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. 159
Air conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Heating, ventilation and cooling . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Heating and fresh air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Manual air conditioning* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Climatronic* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
5
The essentials
Airbags R el
at ed video Fig. 21
Vehicle interior Front airbags
Fig. 22
Driver airbag located in steering
wheel . Fig. 23
Front passenger airbag located in
dash panel . The front airbag for the driver is located in the
st
eering wheel
Instruments and warning/control lamps
In vehicles with multifunction steering wheel,
the multifunction displ ay can only be
oper ated with the st
eering wheel butt
ons.
Some menu options can only be read when
the vehicle is at a standstill. WARNING
Distracting the driver in any way can lead
to an accident and cause injuries.
Operation
Using the multifunction steering
wheel Fig. 127
Right side of multifunction steering
wheel : buttons t
o the menus and inf ormativ
e in-
dications on the instrument panel. As long as a priority 1
Operation
Operating the audio, telephone and navigation system with voice control Fig. 128
Controls on the steering wheel. Applies to vehicles with analogue instrument panel
Button
RadioMedia (except AUX) AUXTelephone* Navigation*
A Turn
Turn volume up/down. You do
not need to be in audio mode
(radio). Turn volume up/do
wn. You do
not need to be in audio mode
(media). Turn volume up/down. Y
ou do
not need to be in audio mode
(media). Turn volume up/down. Y
ou do
not need to be in telephone
mode. T
urn announcement volume
up/down. You do not need to
be in navigation mode but
ther e has t
o be an announce-
ment active when you adjust
the volume.
A Press
Mute volume.
Mute volume.Mute volume.Mute incoming call.Mute the current navigation
announcement.
B a)
Activate/deactivate voice control.
This function can be used from any mode (audio, media, navigation, assistants, v
ehicl
e status, travel data). When the system is in telephone mode this button
Instruments and warning/control lamps
Operating the audio, telephone and navigation system without voice control Fig. 129
Controls on the steering wheel. Button
RadioMedia (except AUX) AUXTelephone* Navigation*
A Turn
Turn volume up/down. You do
not need to be in audio mode
(radio). Turn volume up/do
wn. You do
not need to be in audio mode
(media). Turn volume up/down. Y
ou do
not need to be in audio mode
(media). Turn volume up/down. Y
ou do
not need to be in telephone
mode. T
urn announcement volume
up/down. You do not need to
be in navigation mode but
ther e has t
o be an announce-
ment active when you adjust
the volume.
A Press
Mute volume.
Mute volume.Mute volume.Mute incoming call.Mute the current navigation
announcement.
B a)
Driving
Engaging gears with the tiptronic
mode* Fig. 221
Centre console: changing gear with
tiptr onic Fig. 222
Steering wheel: automatic gearbox
l e v
ers The tiptronic gives the driver the option to
change gears manually. Changing gear manually with the selector
l
e
ver
It is possibl e t
o change to tiptronic mode,
both when the vehicle is stopped and while
driving.
Driving
throttle, the gearbox will shift down to a lower
gear , depending on r
oad speed and engine
speed. The upshift t o the ne
xt higher gear is
del
ayed until the engine reaches maximum
rpm. WARNING
Please note that if the road surface is slip-
pery or wet, the kick-down f eat
ure could
cause the driving wheels to spin, which
could result in skidding. Launch control program
Valid for vehicles: with Launch-Control/6-
Speed DSG with diesel engines superior to 125
kW and petr
ol engines superior t
o 140 kW.
The Launch control programme enables
maximum acceleration.
Condition: the engine must have reached op-
erating temperature and the steering wheel
must not be turned.
The engine speed for launch-control is differ-
ent on petrol and diesel engines. To use the
launch-control you must disconnect the anti-
slip regulation (ASR) through the Easy Con-
nect system menu