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#
Insert the lens in the lamp housing until it
engages. #
Place the lens with the lamp housing in posi‐
tion and engage it. Wi
ndshield wipers Switching
the front windshield wipers on and
off 1
00D4 Single wipe/wiping with washer fluid
0047 005AWindshield wipe rsoff
0048 0062 Intermittent wiping, normal
Ve hicles with rain sensors: automatic wiping,
normal
0049 0063 Intermit tent wiping, frequent
Ve hicles with rain sensors: automatic wiping,
frequent
004A 00AA Continuous wiping, slow
004B 00A9 Continuous wiping, fast#
Turn the combination switch tothe cor re‐
sponding position 0047–004B. #
Single wipe/washing: pressthe button on
th e combination switch in the direction of
ar row 1.
R 00D3 Single wipe
R 00D4 Wipes with washer fluid Swit
ching there ar window wiper on/off 1
00E2 Single wipe/wash
2 00C5 Intermittent wiping #
Single wipe: press button1tothe point of
re sis tance. #
Wiping with washer fluid: press button 1
be yond the point of resis tan ce. #
Toswitch intermittent wiping on or off:
press button 2.
If th ere ar wind owwiper is swit ched on, the
00C5 symbol will appear on the Instrument
Displa y. Re
placing the windshield wiper blades &
WARNING Risk of becoming trapped if
th e windshield wipers are switched on
while wiper blades are being replaced
If th e windshield wipers begin tomo vewhile
yo u are changing the wiper blades, you can
be trapped bythe wiper arm. #
Always switch off the windshield wipers
and the ignition before changing the
wiper blades. &
WARNING Risk of inju ryfrom using the
windshield wipers while the engine hood
is open
When the engine hood is open and the wind‐
shield wipers are set in motion, you can be
trapped bythe wiper linkage. #
Always switch off the windshield wipers
and ignition before opening the engine
hood. Light and vision
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%
If
th e wiper blades are wornout, they will not
wipe the windshield proper ly.Re place the
wiper blades twice a year, preferably in
spring and fall. #
Fold wiper arm 3away from the windshield. #
Hold wiper arm 3and turn the wiper blade
aw ay from wiper arm 3inthe direction of
th e ar row asfar as it will go. #
Slide catch 2upwards in the direction of the
ar row until it engages. #
Fold back the wiper blade onto the wiper arm. #
Remo vewiper blade 1from wiper arm. #
Insert new washer blade 1inthe holder on
wiper arm 3.
When doing so, take into account the dif fere nt
lengths of the wiper blades:
R Driver's side: long wiper blade
R Front-passenger side: short wiper blade #
Slide catch 2down wards until it engages. #
Fold wiper arm 3back onto the windshield. Re
placing the windshield wiper blades (WET
WIPER SYSTEM) &
WARNING Risk of becoming trapped if
th e windshield wipers are switched on
while wiper blades are being replaced
If th e windshield wipers begin tomo vewhile
yo u are changing the wiper blades, you can
be trapped bythe wiper arm. #
Always switch off the windshield wipers
and the ignition before changing the
wiper blades. &
WARNING Risk of inju ryfrom using the
windshield wipers while the engine hood
is open
When the engine hood is open and the wind‐
shield wipers are set in motion, you can be
trapped bythe wiper linkage. #
Always switch off the windshield wipers
and ignition before opening the engine
hood. %
If
th e wiper blades are wornout, they will not
wipe the windshield proper ly.Re place the
wiper blades twice a year, preferably in
spring and fall. #
Fold wiper arm 3away from the windshield. #
Hold wiper arm 3and turn the wiper blade
aw ay from wiper arm 3inthe direction of
th e ar row asfar as it will go. #
Slide catch 2upwards in the direction of the
ar row until it engages. #
Remo vewiper blade 1from the wiper arm in
th e direction of ar row4. #
Carefully remo vehose 5from the wiper
blade. #
Attach hose 5tothe new wiper blade. #
Insert new washer blade 1inthe holder on
wiper arm 3.
When doing so, take into account the dif fere nt
lengths of the wiper blades:
R Driver's side: long wiper blade
R front-passen ger side: short wiper blade #
Slide catch 2down wards until it engages. #
Fold back the wiper blade onto the wiper arm. 96
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#
Fold wiper arm 3back onto the windshield. Re
placing the rear window wiper blade #
Fold wiper arm 3away from there ar win‐
do w. #
Press bo thretaining clips 2inthe direction
of the ar row and swivel the wiper blade away
from the wiper arm. #
Pull wiper blade 1upwards out of the holder
on wiper arm 3. #
Insert new washer blade 1inthe holder on
wiper arm 3. #
Push new wiper blade 1onto wiper arm 3
until there taining clips engage. #
Fold wiper arm 3back onto there ar win‐
do w. Mir
rors Operating
the outside mir rors &
WARNING Risk of inju ryfrom adju sting
th eve hicle settings while theve hicle is in
motion
Yo u could lose control of theve hicle in the
fo llowing situations:
R ifyo u adjust the driver's seat, the head
re stra int, thesteering wheel or the mir ror
while theve hicle is in motion
R ifyo ufast enyour seat belt while theve hi‐
cle is in motion #
Before starting the engine: adjust the
driver's seat, the head restra int, the st
eering wheel or the mir ror and fasten
yo ur seat belt. &
WARNING Risk of accident due tomis‐
judgment of dis tances when using the
passenger mir ror
The outside mir ror on the front-passenger
side reflects objects on a smaller scale. The
objects in view are in fact closer than they
appear.
As a result, you may misjudge the dis tance
between you and thero ad user driving behind
yo u, forex ample, when changing lanes. #
Therefore, alw ays look overyo ur shoul‐
der in order toensure that you are
aw are of the actual dis tance between
yo u and thero ad users driving behind
yo u. Ad
justing the outside mir rors manually #
Adjust the outside mir rors to the cor rect posi‐
tion manually. #
Toengage an outside mir ror that has
been pushed out of position: pushthe out‐
side mir ror into position manually.
Ad justing the outside mir rors electrically Example image
* NO
TEDama getothe electric outside
mir rors If
yo ufo ld the electric outside mir rors in or
out manuall y,yo u may damage the outside
mir rors and they will not lock in place prop‐
er ly. Light and vision
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If
th e outside mir rors are not folded in when
wa shing theve hicle in a car wash, thewa sher
brushes may fold them in forc ibly and dam‐
age them. #
The outside mir rors must only be folded
in and out elect rical ly. #
Foldthe outside mir rors in before wash‐
ing theve hicle in a car wash. #
Before driving off, switch on the po wer supp ly
or the ignition. #
Tofold in or out: brieflypress button 2. #
Toadjus t:use button 1or3 toselect the
outside mir rorto be adjus ted. #
Set the position of the mir rorgl ass bypress‐
ing button 4. #
Toengage an outside mir ror that has
been pushed out of position: press and
hold button 2.
Yo u will hear a click and the mir ror will audi‐
bly engage in position. The outside mir ror is
set in the cor rect position.
Heating the outside mir rors #
Vehicles without a rear window heater: at
low temp eratures, the mir ror heater will
switch on automatically af terth e engine is
st ar ted. #
Vehicles with a rear window heater: at low
te mp eratures, the mir ror heater will switch on
automatically af terth e engine is star ted. The
mir ror heater can also be switched on
to ge ther with there ar wind owheater using
th ere ar wind owheater button. Dimming
the inside rearview mir ror #
Todim the inside rearview mir ror:mo ve
anti-glare le ver1 inthe direction of the
ar row. Using sun visors
#
Glare from front: fold sun visor 1down‐
wa rds. #
Glare from the side: swivel sun visor 1to
th e side. 98
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Overview of climate control sy
stems Heating sy
stem overview 1
Sets thete mp erature
2 004E Switches there ar-compartment heating
on/off
3 006C Switches there ar wind owheater
on/off (/ page104)
4 009B Switches foot we ll air distribution
on/off
5 0064 Switches windshield defrosting on/o ff
( / page 103)
6 Vehicles with stationary heater or heater
boos ter: 003B switches thest ationary heater
or heater boos ter on/off (/ page106)
7 Setsthe air flow
% The indicator lamps on
the buttons signal
th at the function in question has been activa‐
te d. Climate control
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Overview of automatic climate control
1
0082 Setsthete mp erature
2 Display
3 0097 Setsthe air flow
4 Î Vehicles with a windshield heater:
switches the windshield heater on/o ff
( / page 104)
5 Vehicles with stationary heater or heater
boos ter: 003B switches thest ationary heater
or heater boos ter on/off (/ page106)
6 Vehicles with a rear wind owheater: 006C
switches there ar wind owheater on/off
(/ page 104)
7 0073 Switches air-recirculation mode on/off
(/ page 104)
8 0064 Switches windshield defrosting on/off
(/ page 103)
9 008F Adjusts the air distribution
(/ page 103)
A 005A Switches the A/C function on/o ff
( / page 102)
B 004E Vehicles with dual-zone climate control
sy stems: adjusts there ar-compartment cli‐
mate control/heating (indicator lamp
fl ashes) (/ page102)
% The indica
tor lamps on the buttons signal
th at the function in question has been activa‐
te d. 100
Climate cont rol
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Overview of 3-zone automatic climate control
1
0082 Setsthete mp erature
2 Display
3 0097 Setsthe air flow
4 Î Vehicles with a windshield heater:
switches the windshield heater on/o ff
( / page 104)
5 Vehicles with stationary heater or heater
boos ter: 003B switches thest ationary heater
or heater boos ter on/off( /page 106)
6 Vehicles with a rear wind owheater: 006C
switches there ar wind owheater on/off
(/ page 104)
7 0089 Switches air-recirculation mode on/off
(/ page 104)
8 0064 Switches windshield defrosting on/off
(/ page 103)
9 008F Adjusts the air distribution
(/ page 103)
A 005A Switches the A/C function on/o ff
( / page 102)
B 0058 Automatically controls the climate con‐
trol, front (/ page102) and rear compart‐
ment (/ page103)
C 0 Switches synchronization on/o ff
( / page 103)
D Ve
hicles with dual-zone climate con‐
trol sy stems: adjusts there ar-compartment
climate control/heating (indicator lamp
fl ashes) (/ page102) %
The indicator lamps on
the buttons signal
th at the function in question has been activa‐
te d. Operating climate control sy
stems Switching
the clima tecontrol sy stem on or
off #
Toswitch on: setthe air flow to1 or higher
on the front-compartment menu. #
Toswitch off: setthe air flow to0 or OFF on
th e front-compartment menu.
OFF will appear on the climate cont rol sy stem
displa y.
% When
the climate cont rol sy stem is switched
off, the windo wsmay fog up more quickl y.
Switch the climate cont rol sy stem off only
brief ly.
% If
th e front-compartment sy stem has already
been switched on and there ar-compartment
sy stem has been switched off, you can
swit chit on byturning up the blo wer on the
re ar-compartment menu. If the front-com‐
partment sy stem is switched on, there ar-
compartment sy stem will automatically
switch on as well. Climate control
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Ad
justing the rear-compartment climate con‐
trol Re
quirements:
R The climate control sy stem has been
switched on (/ page101).
Se tting the temperature and airflow with
dual-zone and 3-zone automatic clima tecon‐
trol: #
Press the button.
The indicator lamp on the button and
th e symbol on
the climate cont rol sys‐
te m display will flash.
The display will swit chtothete mp erature and
th e blo wer on there ar menu. #
Use therock er switches 0082and0097 to
set therequ iredtemp erature and air flow on
th ere ar-compartment menu.
% If
th ere are significant dif fere nces between
th ete mp erature settings of the front and rear
sy stems, these cann otbe regulated accu‐
ra tely.
% If
th ere ar-compartment climate control has
been swit ched off, you can swit chit on auto‐
matically bypressing the0 button.
Depending on theve hicle equipment, climate
contro l will switch on thero of-mounted air condi‐
tioning sy stem or rear-compartment heating as
re qu ired:
R Ve
hicles with a roof-mounted air condi‐
tioning sy stem: there ar compartment can
only be cooled.
R Ve
hicles with rear-compartment heating:
th ere ar compartment can only be heated.
Swit ching off rear-compartment climate con‐
trol via dual-zone and 3-zone automatic cli‐
mate control: #
Press the button.
#
Ifth e indicator lamp on the button and
th e symbol on
the climate cont rol sys‐ te
m display flash, set the air flow to0 on the
re ar-compartment menu.
% Indicator lamp on:
rear-compartment climate
control has been swit ched on.
Indicator lamp off: rear-compartment climate
control has been swit ched off.
Indicator lamp flashes: the setting mode of
th ere ar-compartment climate control is
active. Swit
ching the A/C function on and off Re
quirements:
R The climate control sy stem has been
switched on (/ page101).
The A/C function controls the climate and dries
th e air inside theve hicle. #
Press the 005A button.
% Switch off
the A/C function only brief ly. Oth‐
erwise, the windo wscould fog up faster.
% Condensation may leak from
the underside of
th eve hicle in cooling mode. This is not a sign
of a defect. Au
tomatically regulating climate control Re
quirements:
R The climate control sy stem has been
switched on (/ page101).
Swi tching on automatic climate control
In au tomatic mode, thete mp erature, air flow and
air distribution are regulated and kept cons tant. #
Press the 0058 button.
The display will show thete mp erature. The
air flow and air distribution will disappear from
th e displa y.
If th ere ar-compartment climate control has
been swit ched on, the setting will be car ried
ove rfo rth ere ar compartment.
Swit ching off automatic climate control #
Use the0097 rocker switch tochange the air‐
fl ow setting and air distribution
(/ page 103) .
The other setting remains unaf fected bythe
ch ange. 102
Climate cont rol