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Activating and deactivating the ventilated rear seats* 213
Activating and deactivating theheated steering wheel *214
Activating and deactivating auto-matic steering wheel heating *215
Activating auto climate control 215
Activating and deactivating recir- culation 216
Activating and deactivating therecirculation timer setting 216
Activating and deactivating maxdefroster 217
Activating and deactivating theheated rear window and door mirrors 218
Automatically activating and deac-tivating the heated rear windowand door mirrors 218
Setting the blower speed for thefront seats 219
Setting the blower speed for therear seats 219
Setting the temperature for thefront seats 221
Setting the temperature for therear seats 221
Synchronize temperature 223
Activating and deactivating airconditioning 223
Parking climate
224
Preconditioning 224
Starting and stopping preconditioning 225
Preconditioning timer 226
Adding and editing timer settings for preconditioning 226
Activating and deactivating pre-conditioning timer 227
Deleting preconditioning timersettings 228
Climate comfort retaining function 229
Starting and switching off the cli-mate retaining function when parking 229
Parking climate symbols and mes-sages 230
Heater 231
Parking heater 231
Additional heater 231
Activating and deactivating theauxiliary heater 232
KEY, LOCKS AND ALARM
Lock indication
234
Lock confirmation settings 235
Remote key 236
Locking and unlocking using the remote key 238
Settings for remote and insidedoor unlock 239
Remote key range 239
Replacing the remote key's battery 240
Ordering additional remote keys 243
Red Key - restricted remote key *
244
Settings for Red Key *
245
Detachable key blade 246
Locking and unlocking withdetachable key blade 247
Electronic immobilizer 248
Start and lock system type desig-nations 249
Keyless and touch-sensitive surfaces *
250
Keyless locking and unlocking *
251
Keyless unlock settings *
252
Keyless trunk lid unlock *
253
Antenna locations for the startand lock system 253
Locking and unlocking from insidethe vehicle 254
STARTING AND DRIVING
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Towing using a towline
This section refers to one vehicle being towed behind another using a towline.
Never attempt to tow a Twin Engine vehicle behind another vehicle as this could damagethe electric motor. The vehicle must instead belifted onto a tow truck and transported with allfour wheels on the bed or lifting platform ofthe truck (no wheels may touch the road).
Towing another vehicleTowing another vehicle requires a lot of power - use the Constant AWD drive mode. This
helps charge the hybrid battery and improve the vehicle's driving and roadholding characte-ristics. Before towing another vehicle, check applica- ble speed limit regulations.
Jump startingNever attempt to tow the vehicle to start theengine, as this could damage the electricmotor. Use an auxiliary battery if the start bat-tery's charge level is so low that the enginecannot be started.
CAUTION
Attempts to tow-start the vehicle could cause damage to the electrical drive motorand three-way catalytic converter.
Related information
Attaching and removing the towing eyelet (p. 443)
Hazard warning flashers (p. 158)
Recovery (p. 444)
Jump starting using another battery(p. 441)
Selecting ignition mode (p. 402)
Transmission (p. 412)
Attaching and removing the towing eyelet
Use the towing eyelet to tow another vehicle. Screw the towing eyelet securely into placein the threaded outlet behind the cover on theright-hand side of the rear bumper.
Attaching the towing eyelet
Take out the towing eyelet, which is stored in a foam block under the floor in the cargo compartment 11
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11 The design and location of the foam block may vary depending on vehicle model.
