Self-help
Jump start: description Fig. 49
Diagram of connections for vehicles
without St art
-Stop system. Fig. 50
Diagram of connections for vehicles
with St art
-Stop system. Jump lead terminal connections
Swit
ch off the ignition of both vehicles
››› .
1. Connect one end of the r
ed
jump lead to
the positive + terminal of the vehicle
with the fl at batt
ery A
› ›
› Fig. 49
.
Connect the other end of the red jump
lead to the positive terminal + in the ve-
hicl e pr
oviding assistance B .
In v ehicl
es without a Start-Stop system:
connect one end of the black jump lead
to the negative terminal – of the vehicle
pr o
viding the current B
› ›
› Fig. 49
.
In vehicles with a Start-stop system:
connect one end of the black jump lead X to a suitable ground terminal, to a sol-
id piece of met al in the engine bl
ock, or
to the engine block itself ››› Fig. 50
.
Connect the other end of the black jump
lead X to a solid metal component bol-
t ed t
o the engine block or to the engine
block itself of the vehicle with the flat
battery. Do not connect it to a point near
the battery A .
P osition the l
eads in such a way that
they cannot come into contact with any
moving parts in the engine compart-
ment.
Starting Start the engine of the vehicle with the
boosting battery and let it run at idling
speed.
2.
3.
4a.
4b.
5.
6.
7.
Start the engine of the vehicle with the
flat batt
ery and wait for 2 or 3 minutes
until the engine is running.
Removing the jump leads Before you remove the jump leads,
switch off the dipped beam headlights if
they are switched on.
Turn on the heater blower and heated
rear window in the vehicle with the flat
battery. This helps minimise voltage
peaks which are generated when the
leads are disconnected.
When the engine is running, disconnect
the leads in reverse order to the details
given above.
Make sure the battery clamps have sufficient
metal-to-metal contact with the battery ter-
minals.
If the engine fails to start after about 10 sec-
onds, switch off the starter and try again after
about 1 minute. WARNING
Driving
Driving
St ar
t and driving
Starting and stopping the
engine Ignition and start button Fig. 161
In the lower part of the centre console:
st art butt
on. The engine can be started with a start button
(Pr
ess & Driv
e). For this there must be a valid
key inside the passenger compartment.
Opening the driver's door when exiting the
vehicle activates the electronic lock on the
steering column if the ignition is disabled. Switching the ignition on/off
If you only want t
o switch on the ignition
(without starting the engine), briefly press the
start button once without pressing the brake
pedal or the clutch pedal ››› .
The
push-button text flashes
lik e a heartbeat when the syst
em is ready for
the ignition to be turned on or off.
Automatic ignition disconnection
When the vehicle detects that there is no
driver once the engine has stopped, after a
certain time the ignition is switched off auto-
matically. If at that time the dipped beam
headlights are on, the side lights will stay on
for approx. 30 minutes. The side lights can be
turned off by blocking the vehicle
››› page 103, or manually
››› page 120
.
Automatic deactivation of the ignition on
vehicles with the Start-Stop system
The ignition is switched off automatically
when the vehicle is stopped and the auto-
matic engine shutdown is active, if:
Vehicle maintenance
Displays/instrument panel Problem Solution
Dirt Soft cloth with a liquid crystal
display cl
eaner Control panels
Problem Solution
Dirt Soft brush, then soft cloth with
neutral soap solution a)a)
Neutral soap solution: two tablespoons maximum in
1 litr e of w
ater
Seat belts Problem Solution
Dirt Neutral soap solutiona)
, al -
l
owed to dry before retracting a)
Neutral soap solution: two tablespoons maximum in
1 litr e of w
ater
Fabrics, artificial, Alcantara leather Problem Solution
Particles of dirt
st uck t
o surfaces Vacuum cleaner
Water-based dirt,
e .g. coff
ee, tea,
blood etc. Absorbent cloth and neutral
soap solution
a) Problem Solution
Grease-based
dirt, e .g. oil
, make-
up, etc. Apply a neutral soap solution
a)
.
Absorb the dissolv ed grease
and paint particles drying with
an absorbent cloth, in case you
must treat it with water after-
wards
Special dirt, e.g.
pens, nail polish,
dispersion paint,
shoe cr eam et
c.Special stain remove: dry with
an absorbent cloth, if applica-
bl
e, apply neutral soap solution
afterwards a) a)
Neutral soap solution: two tablespoons maximum in
1 litr e of w
ater
Natural leather Problem Solution
Recent dirt Cotton cloth with neutral soap solutiona)
Water-based dirt,
e.g. coff
ee, tea,
blood etc. Recent stains: absorbent cloth
Dry stains: st
ain remover suita-
ble for leather
Grease-based
dirt, e .g. oil
, make-
up, etc. Recent stains: absorbent cloth
and suitabl
e stain remover for
leather
Dry stains: grease solvent
spray
Special dirt, e.g.
pens, nail polish,
dispersion paint,
shoe cr eam et
c.Stain remover suitable for
leather Problem Solution
Care Apply preservative cream regu-
larly t
o protect from sunlight.
Use a colour preservative if re-
quired a)
Neutral soap solution: two tablespoons maximum in
1 litr e of w
ater
Carbon fibre parts Problem Solution
Dirt Clean like plastic parts Take special care with...
Headlights/tail lights
Index
Equipment tel
ephone interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
ESC electronic stability control (ESC) . . . . . . . . . . 279
multi-collision brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Sport mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .281
Ethanol (fuel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .323
Event Data Recorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367
Exhaust gases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .326
Exit Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .271
Exterior lighting change a bulb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64
Exterior mirrors driving with a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
folding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
heated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Exterior view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
External antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366
external audio sources adapting the playback volume . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
F Fabrics: clean . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362
Factors that have a negative influence on safe driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Fastening rings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Filling capacities AdBlue tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324
fuel tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372
window washer tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372
window washer water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337
Filling the tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321
Fog lights with cornering light function . . . . . . . 124 Four-wheel drive
to wing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Frequency bands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Front Assist see Emergency braking assist system . . . . . 249
Fuel diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324
ethanol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323
fuel gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
identification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322
petrol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322
refuelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321
saving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Fuel consumption inertia disconnection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
why does consumption increase? . . . . . . . . . 326
Fuel gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Fuel tank cap opening and closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321
Fuel tank flap opening and closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321
Full-LED headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Full Link . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
colour coded . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
fuse box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61, 62
preparations for replacing fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
recognise blown fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
replace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 G
Gear-change r
ecommendation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Gearbox DSG see Automatic gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Gear change manual gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Gear indication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Glove compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
H Handbrake see Electronic parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Hangers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Hazard warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Head-on collisions and the laws of physics . . . 20
Headlights trips abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Headrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135, 136
High-voltage battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308 care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310
Warning lettering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
High-voltage battery charging cable . . . . . . . . 317
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Hybrid drive E-Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Hybrid mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
operating modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
switching on the drive system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
system power indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
vehicle sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
I
Identification of fuels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322
Identifying letters on engine (LDM) . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
386
Index
Levels control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372
Licenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Lift the v
ehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Light Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Light range control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
ambient light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
audible warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
AUTO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
change a bulb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
coming home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
control and warning lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
control lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
controlling the lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
cornering light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
daylight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
dipped beam headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
fog light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
fog light with cornering light function . . . . . . 124
headlight range control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
instrument lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
interior lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
leaving home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
main beam headlight lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
main beam headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
motorway light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
reading lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
side lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
switching on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
turn signal lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Loading the luggage compartment fastening rings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
general advice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112, 141
positioning the load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141 positioning the luggage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
roof carrier syst
em . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
trapdoor for transporting long objects . . . . . 148
Load on the roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152 technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Lock and unlock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 in the locking cylinder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
with the central locking switch. . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112, 141 electric opening and closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
emergency unlocking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
enlarge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
features of the electric rear lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
luggage compartment lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
net bag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .146
net partition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .148, 149
opening and closing controlled by sensors(Easy Open) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
retractable shelf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
storing the rear shelf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142, 144
variable luggage compartment floor . . . . . . 145
Luggage compartment floor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Luggage compartment shelf storing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142, 144
Lumbar support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
M Main beam assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Main beam headlight lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Maintenance see Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356
Maintenance frequencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331 Malfunction
adaptive cruise contr ol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
assisted parting system (Park Assist) . . . . . . 282
clutch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
PreCrash system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
towing device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
Manual gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228 towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Media Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Memory function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Microfiber: clean . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362
MirrorLink® Disconnecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
establish connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
special characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Mirrors adjusting the exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
anti-dazzle interior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
see also Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Mobile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366
Mobile phones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366
Mobile Signal Amplifier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Multi-collision brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Multifunction display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Multimedia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197, 217
favourites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
select source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
use streaming services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
388
Index
Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 anti-tr ap function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
119
malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Sunshade blind anti-trap function (glass roof) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Switching off telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
telephone interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
System settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
T TCS see Traction control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
Technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372 fuel consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372
load on the roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
vehicle dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379
vertical load on the tow hitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372
Technical modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365
Telephone contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
disconnecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
favourites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
pairing a mobile phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Phone book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
send messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
speed dial buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
to call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Telephone interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211 places with risk of explosion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Temperature indicator exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Time adjust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74, 82Tiptronic (automatic transmission) . . . . . . 229, 231
To change the batt
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of the vehicle key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Top Tether . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38, 40, 41
Top Tether System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38, 40, 41
Torque wheel nuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Touch screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176, 177
Touch zones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Towable loads loading the trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
Tow cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300, 301
Tow hook control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
unlocking electrically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304
Towing device fitting a bicycle carrier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
fitting later . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
tow hook with electric unlocking . . . . . . . . . . 304
Towing the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56, 58 automatic gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57, 58
four-wheel drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
front towline anchorage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
manual gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57, 58
rear towline anchorage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
special characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56, 58
tow bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
towing cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
towing prohibited . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
with towing device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Traction control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
Trademarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Traffic information (TP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199 Traffic programme
see Tr affic information (TP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298 adjusting the headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
anti-theft alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
connecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
hitching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
LED tail lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300, 301
loading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
parking aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293, 295
power socket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
retrofitting a towing bracket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
special characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
stabilisation of the towing vehicle and trail- er combination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
tail lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300, 301
technical requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
towable loads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
towing cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300, 301
trailer mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
unlocking the tow hook electrically . . . . . . . 304
vertical load on the tow hitch . . . . . . . . 298, 302
Trailer mode see Trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Transportation of children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Trapdoor for transporting long objects . . . . . . 148
Travel Assist see Driving Assist (Travel Assist) . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Trips abroad headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
petrol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Turning off the lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Turning on the lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
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