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
143Drivingand parking Z
Using
theTIREFIT kit X
Do not remov eany foreign objectswhich
have penet rated thetire, e.g.screws or
nails.
X Remove thetire sealant bottle,the accom -
panying TIREFITstic ker and thetire inflat ion
compr essorfromthestowage wellunder-
neat hthe cargo compar tmentfloor
(Y page 288).
X Aff ixpart 0043ofthe TIREF ITstic ker tothe
inst rumen tclust erwithin thedriver' sfield of
vision .
X Aff ixpart 0044ofthe TIREF ITstic ker near the
valve onthe wheel withthedefect ivetire. X
Pull connector0085with thecable andhose
0083 out ofthe tire inflat ioncompr essorhous-
ing.
X Sc rew hose 0083ontoflange 0084oftire sealant
bott le0043.
X Place tiresealant bottle0043 head down into
reces s0044 ofthe tire inflat ioncompr essor. X
Remove thecap from valve 006Bonthe faulty
tire.
X Sc rew filler hose 006Contovalve 006B.
X Ins ert plug 0085intoa12 Vsock etinyour
vehicle.
Observ ethe noteson sock ets(Ypage 261).
X Turn theSmart Keytoposition 0047inthe igni-
tion lock (Ypage 125).
X Press onand offswitc h0087 onthe tire infla-
tion compr essortoI.
The tireinflat ioncompr essorisswitc hedon.
The tireisinflat ed.
First ,tire sealant ispumped intothe tire.
The pressure canbriefly risetoapprox-
imately 500kPa(5bar/7 3psi).
Do not switch offthe tireinflat ioncom-
pr essor during this phase.
X Let the tire inflat ioncompr essorrunfora
maximum offive minut es.The tireshould
then have attained apressure ofat least
180 kPa(1.8 bar/2 6psi).
If apressure of180 kPa(1.8 bar/26 psi)has
been attained afterfiveminut es,see "Tire
pressure reached" (Ypage 292).
If atire pressure of180 kPa(1.8 bar/26 psi)
has notbeen attained afterfiveminut es,see
"Tire pressure notreached" (Ypage 292).
If tire sealant hasescaped, cleanitoff affec ted
areas asquickly aspossible. Useplain water if
possible.
If your clothes aresoiled withtiresealant ,
have them cleaned withperch loroet hylene ata
dry cleaner assoon aspossible. Flat
tire
291Breakd ownassist ance Z
