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ARNI NG ARNI
NGRisk ofentr apm entwhen
adju sting theseat withth ememor yfunc-
tion
When thememor yfunction adjuststheseat,
yo uand other vehicle occupan ts–par ticu larly
ch ildr en–could become trapped. #
Duringtheadjustmen tpr ocess ofthe
memor yfun ction, makesur eth at no one
has anybody partsinthesw eep ofthe
seat. #
Ifsomeon ebecome strapped, press a
pr ese tposit ionbutt onorseat adjust-
ment switchimmed iately. &
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NGRisk ofentr apm entifth emem-
or yfunction isactiv ated bychildr en
Childr encould become trapped ifth ey acti-
va te thememor yfunction ,par ticular lywhen
unat tended . #
Neverlea vechildr enunatt ended inthe
ve hicle. #
When leavingth eve hicle, alwaysta ke the
Sma rtKe ywit hyo uand lockth eve hicle. Yo
ucan usethememor yfunction whentheve hi-
cle isswitc hedo..
Se atadju stmen tsforup tothre epeople canbe
st or ed and called upusing thememor yfunction .
Yo ucan save setting sfo rth efo llo wing systems:
R Seat, backrest and head restr aint
R Steer ing wheel
R Outside mirrors
R Hea d-up Display Ope
r Ope
rati ng t ati
ng the mem or he
mem oryfunct ion y
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or or
ing ing
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Setth edesir edposition forall systems. #
Brie0y press theV memor ybutt onand
th en press prese tposition button0037, T
or U within thre eseconds.
An acoustic signalsounds. Thesetting sar e
st or ed. Seats
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call up:press orbrie0y hold prese tposition
butt on0037, TorU.
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GER GER
Riskofexhaus tga spoison ing
Combu stion enginesemit poison ousexhaus t
ga ses suchas carbon monoxide.Exhaus t
ga ses can entertheve hicle interior ifth etrunk
lid isopen when theve hicle isrunning, espe-
cia lly if th eve hicle isin mo tion . #
Alwaysswitc ho. theve hicle before
open ingthetrunk lid. #
Neverdr ive wit hth etrunk lidopen. &
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GRisk ofinjur yfrom unsecur ed
it ems intheve hicle
If obj ects, luggage orloads areno tsecur edor
no tsecur edsu1cient ly,th ey could slip,tip ov
er or be thro wn aroun dand ther eb yhit vehi-
cle occupan ts.
Ther eis arisk ofinjury, par ticular lyin the
eve ntofsud den brak ing orasud den chang e
in dir ecti on. #
Alwaysst ow objects insuc hawa yth at
th ey canno tbe thro wn aroun d. #
Beforeth ejour ney,secur eobj ects, lug-
ga ge orloads agains tslipping ortipping
ove r. &
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ARNI NG ARNI
NGRisk ofinjur ydue toobjects
being stowe dincor rectl y
If obje ctsintheve hicle interior arestowe d
incor rectl y,they can slide orbe thro wn aroun d
and hitvehicle occupan ts.Inaddit ion,cup
holder s,open stor ag espaces andmobil e
phone brac kets canno talw aysre tain all
objects they cont ain.
Ther eis arisk ofinjury, par ticular lyin the
eve ntofsud den brak ing orasud den chang e
in dir ecti on. #
Alwaysst ow objects insuc hawa yth at
th ey canno tbe thro wn aroun din suc h
situ ation s. #
Alwaysmak esur eth at obj ects donot
pr otru de from stor ag espaces, parcel
ne ts or stor ag ene ts. #
Close theloc kable stor ag espaces before
st ar ting ajour ney. #
Alwaysst ow and secur ehea vy,har d,
poin ted, shar p-edg ed,fragile orbulky
objects inthetrunk . VV
ehicles wit ehicles
withaut h
aut omatic fr omatic
front passeng ont
passeng erairbag er
airbag
shut shut
o.: o.:
Objects trapped underthefront
passeng erseat mayint erfere wit hth efunction of
th eaut omatic front passeng erairbag shuto.or
damag eth esy stem. Please observetheno teson
th efunction oftheaut omatic front passeng erair-
bag shuto.(/ page44). 104104
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NG‑Risk ofacc ident orinjur y
whe nusing thecup holder whiletheve hi-
cle ismo ving
The cup holder cannotsecur econt ainers
while theve hicle ismo ving.
If yo uuse acup holder whiletheve hicle is
mo ving,thecont ainer maybe 0un gar ound
and liquids maybe spilled. Thevehicle occu-
pant sma ycome intocont actwithth eliq uid
and ifit is ho t,they could bescalded. You
could bedistract ed from tra1c condi tionsand
yo uma ylose contr olof theve hicle. #
Onlyuse thecup holder whentheve hicle
is station ary. #
Onlyuse thecup holder forcont ainer sof
th eright size. #
Clos eth econt ainer ,par ticular lyifth e
liq uid isho t. *
N NO O
TE TE
Damag eto thecup holder When
there ar armr estis folded backth ecup
holder couldbecome damaged. #
Onlyfo ld there ar armr estbac kwhen the
cup holder isclosed. *
N NO O
TE TE
Damag eto there ar armr estdue to
body weight When
folded out,there ar armr est can be
damag edbybody weight. #
Donotsit orsuppor tyo urself onthere ar
seat armr est. *
N NO O
TE TE
Damag eto thehandle inthetrunk
0oor If
th ehandle inthetrunk isleT protru ding, the
handl ema ybe damag ed. #
Beforeclosin gth etrunk lid,detach the
handl eand press itdo wn closed again. *
N NO O
TE TE
Damag eto thestow agecom part-
men tund ertheashtr aydue tointense
heat The
stow agecom partmen tund ertheashtr ay
is no theat resis tant and couldbe dam aged if
yo ure st alit ci ga rette on it. #
Mak esur eth at theashtr ayisfull y
eng aged. &
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ARNIN G ARNIN
G‑Risk of/reand injur yfrom hot
cig arette light er
Yo ucan burnyo urself ifyo uto uc hth eho t
heating element orthesoc ketof thecig arette
light er.
In addition, 0ammablematerials mayignit eif:
R youdr op theho tcig arette light er
R ach ild holds theho tcig arette light erto
objects, forex am ple #
Alwayshold thecig arette light erby the
knob . Se
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Alwaysmak esur eth at thecig arette
light erisout ofreac hof childr en. #
Neverlea vechildr enunatt ended inthe
ve hicle. &
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NIN GRisk ofbur nsfrom theta ilpipe
and tailpipe trims
The exhaus tta ilpipe andtailpipe trims can
become very hot.Ifyo ucome intocont act
wit hth ese partsof theve hicle, youcould burn
yo urself. #
Alwaysbe par ticu larlycar efular ound the
ta ilpipe andtheta ilpipe trims and super -
vise childr enespecia lly closel yin this
ar ea. #
Allo wvehicle partsto cool down before
to uc hing them. The
driving charact eristics ofyour vehicle are
depen denton thedistr ibution oftheload within
th eve hicle. Youshould bearthefo llo wing inmind
when loading theve hicle:
R Neverex ceed theper missible gross mass or
th egr oss axle weight rating forth eve hicle
(incl udin goccupan ts).The values arespeci/ ed
on theve hicle identi/cation plateon theve hi-
cle's B-pill ar.
R The load mustno tpr otru de abo vetheupper
edg eof theseat backrests.
R Alwaysplace theload behind unoccupied
seats ifpossible.
R Secur eth eload using thetie-do wneyes and
distr ibuteth eload evenly.
No teson drivi ng witharo of load
R Evenl ydist ribut eth ero of load, andplace
hea vyobjects atthebo ttom. Also complywit h
th eno teson loadin gth eve hicle
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R Drive att ent ivel y, and avoidsuddenl ypulling
awa y,braking andsteer ing aswellas rapid
cor ner ing. R
When transpor tingroof loads andwhen the
ve hicle isfully loaded orfully occupi ed,select
dr ive pr og rams ; andA. Theseare
design edtofocus onstabilit y(/ page154) .
% Formor einf ormation onstow agecom part-
men tsand stow agear eas, please referto the
Digit alOper ator's Manual. 106106
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tmen ts tmen
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Stow agespaces inthedoor s
2 Stow agecom partmen tin thear mr est with
USB portsand stow agespace, e.g.fo ran
MP3 player
3 Stow agecom partmen tin thefront cent er
console withaUSB port
4 Glovebox ThrThr
ough-loading f ough-loading
featur eatur
ein t e
in the r he
rear benc ear
benc hseat h
seat
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NGRisk ofbec omi ngtrapp edwhen
adju sting theseats
When youadjust aseat, youma ytrap yourself
or ave hicle occupan t. #
When adjusting aseat, makesur eth at
no one hasanybody partsinthesw eep
of theseat. &
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ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofaccident andinjur yif
th ere ar ben chseat/ rear seat andseat
bac kres tar eno teng aged
Re ar ben chseat, rear seat andseat backres t
can fold forw ards.
R Asare sult ,th eve hicle occupan tis
pr essed agains tth eseat belt. Theseat
belt canno tper form itsintended protectiv e
function andcould cause additional inju-
ri es. R
Objects orloads inthetrunk canno tbe
re str ained bytheseat backrest. #
Mak esur eth at there ar ben chseat, the
re ar seat andtheseat backrest are
eng aged bef oreev erytrip. If
th eleT and right seatbac krests areno t
eng aged and lockedin place, this will besho wn
on themultifun ctiondispla yon theinst rument
clust er.If th ecent erseat backrest isno teng aged
and lockedin place, there dloc kve ri/catio nindi-
cat orwillbe visib le.
Al wa ys ensur eth at all vehicle occupan tshave
th eir seat belts fastene dco rrectl yand aresitting
pr oper ly.Pa rticular attention mustbepaid tochil-
dr en.
If yo uno long errequ ire th efo lded-do wnseat
bac krest asaloading area, fold thebac krest back
int oplace.
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eq eq
uir uir
ements: ements:
R The area intowhic hth eseat backrest isfolded
is clear . Seats
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The rear seat backres thead restr aints areful ly
inser ted.
R Tofold thecent erseat backrest forw ards: the
cent erseat backres thas been unlocked.
R The armr est onthesecond row of seats isfol-
ded backand thecup holder sar eem pty.
F F
olding t olding
the he
leT leT
and r and
right seat bac ight
seat backr kr
es est
sf ts
for w or
war ar
ds ds
Yo ucan fold thecent erand outerseat backrests
fo rw ards separ ately. #
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ehicles wit ehicles
withamemor h
amemor yfunction : y
function :If at least
one section ofthere ar seat backres tis folded
fo rw ards, thecor respond ingfront seat will
mo veforw ards slig htly,ifnecessar y,to avo ida
collision. #
Ifnecessar y,full yins ertth ehead restr aints in
th ere ar seat backres t. #
Pullre lease leve r1.
The correspond ingseat backres twill fold for-
wa rds.
F F
oldin gt oldin
gthe cent he
cent erseat bac er
seat backr kr
es es
tf t
for w or
war ar
ds ds
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Pullre lease catch3 forseat backrest 2for-
wa rds. #
Foldthecor respond ingseat backres tfo r-
wa rds. 108108
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olding bac olding
backt k
the r he
rear seat bac ear
seat backr kr
est est
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ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofbecoming trapped when
adjus tingtheseats
When youadjust aseat, youma ytrap yourself
or ave hicle occupan t. #
When adjusting aseat, makesur eth at
no one hasanybody partsinthesw eep
of theseat. *
N NO O
TE TE
Damag ecaused bytrapp ingthe
seat beltwhen folding backth eseat back-
re st Th
ese at beltco uld be come trap pe dan dth us
damag edwhen theseat backrest isfolded
bac k. #
Mak esur eth at theseat beltisno ttr ap-
ped when folding backth eseat backrest. #
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ehicles wit ehicles
withamemor h
amemor yfunction : y
function :If at least
one section oftheseat backrest isfolded
bac k,thecor respond ingfront seat willauto- matical
lyretur nto themost recent origin al
positi on. #
Foldthecor respond ingseat backres t1 back
unt ilit eng ages.
LeT LeT
andr and
right seat bac ight
seat backr kr
es es
ts: ts:
ifth eseat back-
re st isno teng aged andlock ed inplace, this
will besho wnonthemultifun ctiondispla yon
th einst rument cluster. CentCent
erseat bac er
seat backr kr
est est: :
if th eseat backrest is
no teng aged and lockedin place, there dloc k
ve ri/catio nindic ator 2 willbe visib le.
Loc Loc
kingt kin
gthe r he
rele ase catc ele
ase catch of t h
of the cen t he
cen ter r er
rear seat ear
seat
bac bac
kr kr
es t es
t
R R
eq equir ui
reme nts: eme
nts:
R The leTand centerseat backrests are
eng aged and joined toget her.
Yo ucan lockth ecent erseat backrest release
catc hifyo uwa nttosecur eth etrunk against
unaut horized access .The cent erseat backrest
can then be folded forw ards onl yto ge ther wit h
th eleT seat backrest. Seats
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Foldthecent erand leTseat backrests for-
wa rds. #
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o loc o
loc kor unl oc k
or unl ock: k:
slide catch1 upw ards or
do wn wards. OvOv
er er
vie vie
wof t w
of the tie-do he
tie-do wn ey wn
eyes es
Obser
vetheno teson loadin gth eve hicle
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Tie-do wneyes (vehicles withth ro ugh-loading
fe atur ein there ar ben chseat) AA
tt tt
ac ac
hing t hing
the par he
par cel net cel
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NIN GRisk ofinjurydue toobjects
being stowe dincor rectl y
If obje ctsintheve hicle interior arestowe d
incor rectl y,they can slide orbe thro wn aroun d
and hitvehicle occupan ts.Inaddit ion,cup
holder s,open stor ag espaces andmobil e
phone brac kets canno talw aysre tain all
objects they cont ain.
Ther eis arisk ofinjury, par ticular lyin the
eve ntofsud den brak ing orasud den chang e
in dir ecti on. #
Alwaysst ow objects insuc hawa yth at
th ey canno tbe thro wn aroun din suc h
situ ation s. #
Alwaysmak esur eth at obj ects donot
pr otru de from stor ag espaces, parcel
ne ts or stor ag ene ts. #
Close theloc kable stor ag espaces before
st ar ting ajour ney. 110110
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