G
WARNING
Fuel sare toxic andharmfu lto hea lth. There
is arisk ofinjury .
You must avoidfuel scoming intocontact
with skin, eyesand clothes orbei ng swa l-
low ed.
Do not inhal ethe fuel vapo rs.Keep children
awa yfrom fuels.
Keep doors andwindo wsclosed duringthe
refue lingprocess .
If you orothers comeintocontact withfuel,
obse rvethe followi ngpoints:
R Immedi atelyrinse thefuel offyou rskin
with soap andwate r.
R Ifyou getfuel into youreye s,immed iately
rinse youreye sthrough lywith clean
water .Seek medicalattention immedi-
ately .
R Seek medicalattention immediatelyif fuel
has been swallowed .Do not indu cevomit-
ing.
R Immedi atelychange outofclothing which
has come intocontact withfuel. G
WARNING
Electrostatic chargingcan leadto the crea-
tion ofspar ksand ignite fuelvapo r.There is
a risk offire and explo sion.
Tou chthe metall icbody ofthe vehicl e
before youopen thefuel filler cap orhandl e
the pump nozzle. Anypossi bleelectrosta tic
charge presentwil lin this way bedepl eted.
Do not getinto thevehicl eaga induri ngthe
refue lingprocess .Otherwi se,electrosta tic
charge couldbui ldup aga in.
! Do
not use diesel torefue lvehicl eswith a
gaso lineengine. Donot switch onthe igni-
tion ifyou accide ntallyrefuelwith thewrong
fuel .Otherwi se,the fuel willenter thefuel
system. Evensmallamou ntsofthe wrong
fuel couldresu ltin dama getothe fuel sys-
tem andtheengine. Notifyaqua lified spe-
cial istworksho pand have thefuel tank and
fuel lines drained comple tely. !
Overfil
lingthefuel tank coulddama gethe
fuel system.
! Take
carenottospil lany fuel onpainted
surfa ces.Youcouldotherwi sedama gethe
pai ntwork.
! Use
afilter when addingfuel from afuel
can. Thefuel lines and/or thefuel injection
system couldotherwi sebe blocked byparti-
cles from thefuel can.
Do not getinto thevehicl eaga induri ngthe
refue lingprocess .Otherwi se,electrosta tic
charge couldbui ldup aga in.
If you overfil lthe fuel tank, fuelcouldspra y
out when thefuel pump nozzle isremoved .
For further informati ononfuel andfuel quality
(Y pag e335). Refuel
ing
Gene ralinfo rmation Pay
attention tothe importa ntsafety notes
(Y pag e142) .
The fuel filler flap isunlocked /lockedautomat-
ical lywhen youunlock/lo ckthe vehicl ewith
the SmartKey .
The position ofthe fuel filler cap isdisp layed
00D4 inthe instrument cluster.Thearrow on
the filling pump indicatesthe side ofthe vehi-
cle. On
the insid eof the fuel filler cap, youwillfind
informati ononthe recommende dfuel . Refuel
ing
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