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ARNI NG ARNI
NGRisk ofinjur yor dea thdue to
objects undertheco-dr iver seat
Objects trapped undertheco-dr iver seat can
int erfere wit hth efunction oftheaut omatic
co-dr iver airbag shuto.ordamag eth esy stem. #
Donotst or ean yobjects undertheco-
dr iver seat. #
When theco-dr iver seat isoccupied,
mak esur eth at no objects aretrapped
und ertheco-dr iver seat. When
installing ach ild restr aint system onthe
fr ont passeng erseat,ob serveth eve hicle-spe ci/c
inf ormatio n(/ page63). Also,alw aysobser ve
th eno teson rear wa rd-faci ng orforw ard-f acing
ch ild restr aint system son thefront passeng er
seat (/page63).
A per son onthefront passeng erseat must
obser vethefo llo wing information:
R Fasten seat belts co rrectl y(/ page40).
R Sitinan almost upright seat position withth eir
bac kag ainst theseat backrest. R
Sitwithth eir feet resti ng on the0oor ,if possi-
ble.
The front passeng erairbag mayot her wise bedis-
abled bymist ake, forex am ple, inthefo llo wing sit-
uations:
R The front pass engertransf ersth eir weight by
suppor tingth emsel veson ave hicle armr est.
R The front passen gersits insuc hawa yth at
th eir weight israised from theseat surface. &
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AR NIN G AR
NIN GRisk ofinjuryor deat hdue toa
disabled front passeng erairbag
The front passeng erairbag isdisabled when
th ePA SSENGE RAIR BA GOF Find icat or lamp
is lit.
A per son inthefront passeng erseat could
th en, forex am ple, come intocont actwithth e
ve hicle interior ,especi allyif th eper son issit-
ting tooclose tothecoc kpit. If
th efront passeng erseat isoccupied, always
ensur eth at:
R The classi/cation oftheper son inthefront
passeng erseat iscor rect and thefront
passeng erairbag isenabled ordisabled in
accor dance withth eper son inthefront
passeng erseat.
R The front passeng erseat hasbeen moved
as farbac kas possible.
R The person isseat edcor rectl y. #
Both bef oreand during thejour ney,
ensur eth at thestatus ofthefront
passeng erairbag iscor rect. If
th efront passeng erseat isoccupied, theclassi-
/cat ionoftheper son orchild restr aint system on
th efront passeng erseat take splace aTerthe
fr ont passeng erairb ag shuto. self-t est. The
PA SSENGE RAIR BA Gind icat or lamp sdispl aythe
st at us ofthefront passeng erairbag.
Alw aysobser vetheno teson thefunction ofthe
PA SSENGE RAIR BA Gind icat or lamp s
( / pag e49). 4848
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ble
gross mass of73 lb(33 kg),onl yuse
a LA TC H-ty pe(ISOFI X)child restr aint
sy stem with whic hth ech ild issecur ed
wit hth eve hicle seatbelt. #
Also secur eth ech ild restr aint system
wi th theTo pTe ther belt, ifav ailabl e. Alw
ayscom plywit hth einf ormation aboutthe
mass ofthech ild restr aint system :
R Inthemanuf acturer'sinstallation andoper at-
ing inst ruction sfo rth ech ild restr aint system
us ed
R Onalabe lon thech ild restr aint system ,if
pr es ent
Re gula rly ch eckth at theper missible gross mass
of thech ild and child restr aint system issti llco m-
pl ied wi th.
When installing ach ild restr aint system ,ob serve
th efo llo wing:
0073 Alwaysobser vethecor rect use oftheseats
and consider their suit ability foratt aching a
ch ild restr aint system . 0073
Alwayscom plywit hth emanuf acturer's
inst allation andoper ating instruction sfo rth e
ch ild restr aint system used .
0073 Makesur eth at thech ild's feet do notto uc h
th efront seat. Ifnecessar y,mo vethefront
seat slightl yfo rw ards.
® When installing aLA TC H-ty pe(ISOFI X)child
re str aint system ,al so observeth efo llo wing:
0073 When usingabab When
usingabab ycar seat inw y
car seat inweight gr eight
group oup
0/0+ andar 0/0+
andarear w ear
war ar
d-f d-f
acing c acing
child r hild
res est
r tr
aint aint
sy st sy
stem inw em
inweight gr eight
group Ion ar oup
Ion arear seat ear
seat: :
adjus tth efront seat sothat theseat does
no tto uc hth ech ild restr aint system .
0073 Whenusing af Wh
enusing afor w or
war ar
d-f d-
fac ing c ac
ing chi ld r hi
ld res est
r tr
ai nt ai
nt
sy st sy
stem inw em
inwei gh tgr eight
group I: oup
I:re mo vethehead
re str aint from there specti veseat, ifpossibl e.
In addit ion,th ebac krest ofthech ild restr aint
sy stem mustlie as 0at asposs ibleag ain st
th ebac krest oftheve hicle seat.
ATer thech ild restr aint system hasbe en
re mo ved, replace thehead restr aint imme di-
at elyand adjustall head restr aints correctl y. 0073
Ifth ehead restr aint ofthech ild seat canno t
be fullyex tended when itis inst alled inthe
ve hicle, this will result inrestr iction son the
maximum sizesettin gfo rch ild restr aint sys-
te ms inwe ight group IIor III.
Cont actwithth ero of when thehead
re str aint isful lyex tended andlockedin place
will notre sult inanyre str icti ons onuse.
0073 Thechild restr aint system mustno tbe put
und erstr ain be twee nth ero of and theseat
cushion and/orbeinstalled facing thewr ong
dir ection. Wherepossible, adjusttheseat
cushion inclination accordingly.
0073 Thechild restr aint system mustno tbe put
und erstr ain by thehead restr aint. Adjus tth e
head restr aints asappropr iate . #
Beforeev eryjour ney,mak esur eth at the
LA TC H-ty pe(ISOFI X)child restr aint system is
eng aged inbo th mounti ngbrac kets inthe
ve hicle. Occupan
tsaf ety
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Sec
ur Sec
uring t ing
the c he
chi ld r hi
ld res estr tr
ai nt syst ai
nt system wit em
with t h
the seat he
seat
be lt be
lt Sec
ur Sec
uring t ing
the c he
chi ld r hi
ld res estr tr
ai nt syst ai
nt system wit em
with t h
the seat he
seat
be lton t be
lton the r he
rea rse at ea
rse at &
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ARN ING ARN
INGRiskof accide nt ifth ere ar
ben chseat, rear seat andseat backres t
ar eno teng aged
The rear ben chseat, rear seat andseat back-
re st ma yfo ld forw ards, even when youar e
dr iving.
R Asare sult ,th eve hicle occupan twill be
pushed intoth eseat beltwithincr eased
fo rc e. The seat beltwillnotbe able topro-
te ct as intende dand could cause addi-
tion alinj ury.
R Objects orloads inthetrunk orcar go
com partment willnotbe restr ained bythe
seat backres t. #
Mak esur eth at there ar ben chseat, the
re ar seat andtheseat backrest are
eng aged bef oreev erytrip. If
th eseat backrest isno teng aged and lockedin
place, this will besho wnonthedispla yon the
inst rument cluster(folding there ar seat back
elect ricall y)or there dloc kve ri/catio nindic ator
wil lbe visib le(fold ing th ere ar seat backmec hani-
call y).
When inst When
installin gabelt -secu r allin
gabelt -secu red c ed
child r hild
res es
tr tr
aint sy aint
sys- s-
t t
em, obser v em,
obser ve t e
the f he
follo ollo
wing : wing
:
0073 Alwayscom plywit hth emanuf acturer's
inst allation andoper ating instruction sfo rth e
ch ild restr aint system used .
0073 Alsose cu re TopTe ther ifpr esent
(/ page60).
0073 When usingaw When
usingaweight cat eight
categor egor
y0/0+ bab y
0/0+ baby y
car seat andaw car
seat andaweight cat eight
categor egor
yIr y
Irear w ear
war ar
d- d-
f f
acing c acing
child r hild
res estr tr
aint syst aint
system onar em
onarear seat ear
seat : :
adjust thefront seat sothat theseat does
no tto uc hth ech ild restr aint system .
0073 Whenusing aw Wh
enusing awei gh tca t ei
gh tca teg or eg
oryIf y
Ifor w or
war ar
d- d-
f f
acin gc acin
gchild r hild
res es
tr tr
ain tsy st ai
nt system : em
:re mo vethe
head restr aint from there specti veseat, if
possibl e. ATer
thech ild restr aint system hasbe en
re mo ved, replace thehead restr aint imme di-
at elyand adjustall head restr aints correctl y.
0073 Thebackrest ofthefo rw ard-f acing child
re str aint system must,asfaras possible, be
re sti ng on theseat backrest ofthere ar seat.
0073 Ifth ehead restr aint ofthech ild seat canno t
be fullyex tended when itis inst alled inthe
ve hicle, this will result inrestr iction son the
maximum sizesettin gfo rch ild restr aint sys-
te ms inwe ight categor yII or III.
Cont actwithth ero of when thehead
re str aint isful lyex tended andlockedin place
will notre sult inanyre str iction son use.
0073 Thech ild restr aint system mustno tbe put
und erstr ain be twee nth ero of and theseat
cushion and/orbeinst alled facing thewr ong
dir ection. Wherepossible, adjusttheseat
cushion inclination accordingly.
0073 Thechild restr aint system mustnotbe put
und erstr ain by thehead restr aint. Adjust the
head restr aints asappropr iate . 6262
Occupa
ntsaf ety

Do
notint erch ang eth ehead restr aints ofthe
fr ont and rear seats. Other wise, youwill notbe
able toadju sttheheight andangle ofthehead
re str aints correctl y.
Ad just thehead restr aint fore -and -aTposition so
th at itis as close aspossibl eto thebac kof your
head. &
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ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofinjur yor deat hdue to
an inco rrect seat position
The seat beltdoes noto.er theint ended leve l
of protection ifyo uha ve notmo vedth eseat
bac krest toan almos tve rtical position.
In par ticular ,yo ucould slipbeneat hth eseat-
belt andbecome injured. #
Adjust theseat proper lybef orebegin-
ning your jour ney. #
Alwaysensu rethat theseat backrest is
in an almost vertical position andthat
th eshoulder beltisrouted acr oss the
cent erofyour shoulder . &
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ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofinjur ydue toexcessiv e
st ra in on thegr ab handl e
If yo uappl yyo ur full body weight tothegr ab
handl eor pull itabr uptly, thegr ab handl ema y
be damag edorbecome loosefrom itsanc hor-
ag e. #
Use thegr ab handl esonl yto stabili zethe
seati ngposit ionortoassis tin get ting in
and outoftheseat. &
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofinjur yor deat hdue to
objects undertheco-dr iver seat
Objects trapped undertheco-dr iver seat can
int erfere wit hth efunction oftheaut omatic
co-dr iver airbag shuto.ordamag eth esy stem. #
Donotst or ean yobjects undertheco-
dr iver seat. #
When theco-dr iver seat isoccupied,
mak esur eth at no objects aretrapped
und ertheco-dr iver seat. 1
Head restr aint heigh t
2 Seatba ckrest inc lina tion
3 Seathe igh t
4 Seatcu shion lengt h
5 Seatcu shion inc lina tion
6 Seatfo re -and -aTposition #
Save these tting swit hth ememor yfunction
(/ page110). Seats
andstow ing
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#
Stow allobj ects intheve hicle secur ely
so that they canno tget intoth edr iver's
fo ot we llor front-passeng erfoot we ll. #
Alwaysins tallth e0oor mats securely
and asprescr ibed inorder toensur eth at
th er eis alw ayssu1cie ntclear ance for
th epedals. #
Donotuse loose 0oormats anddonot
la y multiple 0oormats ontopof one
ano ther. 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.(/ page47). &
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ARNIN G ARNIN
G‑Risk ofaccident orinjur y
when usingthecup 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. &
W W
AR NIN G AR
NIN GRisk ofinjurydue toan open
car gocom partmen t0oor
If yo udr ive wit hth ecar gocom partment 0oor
open, objects couldbe0un gar ound andhit
ve hicle occupan tsas are sult .Ther eis arisk
of injury, par ticular lyin theev ent ofsudden
br aking orasudden chang ein dir ecti on. #
Alwaysclose thecar gocom partment
0oor beforeajour ney. &
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ARNI NG ARNI
NG‑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. 112112
Seats
andstow ing

In
addit ion,0ammable materials mayign ite if:
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. #
Alwaysmak esur eth at thecig arette
light erisout ofreac hof childr en. #
Neverlea vechildr enunatt ended inthe
ve hicle. &
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AR NIN G AR
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 Alwaysuse thepar titionin gne twhen trans-
por ting objects inthecar gocom partment.
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.
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(/ page171 ).
% Formor einf ormation onstow agecom part-
men tsand stow agear eas, please referto the
Digit alOper ator's Manual. Seats
andstow ing
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N N
O O
TE TE
Plug-i nhy brid #
Obser vetheno tesin theSupplement.
Yo ucould other wise failto recogn ize
dang ers. &
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AR NIN G AR
NIN GRisk ofacciden tdue tounsuit a-
ble ball neck
If yo uinst allan unsuit ableballneck,thetrailer
hitc hand there ar axle maybe overloaded.
This cansigni/can tly im pair thedr iving char-
act eristics and thetrailer maybecome loose.
Ther eis arisk offata linjur y. #
Onlyins talla ball neckth at com plies
wit hth eper missible dimensions andis
designed forth ere qu irements oftrailer
oper ation. #
Donotmodify theball neckor thetrailer
hitc h. The
values approvedby themanuf acturercan be
fo und ontheident i/cationplat esand inthe"Tec h-
nical data"section under"Tra iler hitc h"forth e
to wing vehicle (/page400) . &
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AR NIN G AR
NIN GSw ervin gof theve hicle/ trailer
combin ationduetoincr eased speed
Yo ucould losecontr olof theve hicle/ trailer
combin ation.
The vehicle/ trailer combin ationmayev en tip
ov er. #
Under nocircumst ances should youtry
to str aigh tenth eve hicle/ trailer combi-
nat ion byincr easing thespeed. #
Reduce your speed anddonotcount er-
st eer . #
Ifnecessar y,appl yth ebr ak es. *
N NO O
TE TE
Damag eto theengine asare sult of
ove rheating #
Ifyo ure tro/t atrai le rhi tc h, mo di/ca -
tio ns totheengine cooling system may
be necessar y,depending ontheve hicle
model .
When retro/tti ngatrai le rhi tc h, ob serveth e
fa steni ng point son thech assis. Re
tro/tti ngatrai le rhi tc his pe rm issible onlyif a
tr ailer loadisspeci/ edinyour vehicle docume nts.
If th is isno tth ecase, theve hicle isno tappr oved
fo rtr ailer operation.
Fu rther informatio ncan beobt aine dat aquali/ed
special istwo rkshop.
Fo ra de tach able trailer coupl ing,it is essen tialto
com plywit hth eoper ating instruction sof the
tr aile rcoup lingmanuf acturer.
Couple anduncouple thetrailer carefull y.Ifyo u
do notconnect thetrailer totheto wing vehicle
cor rectl y,thetrailer maybecome detach ed.
Obser vethefo llo wing noteson theto ngue weight:
R Donotuse ato ngue weight that exceeds or
fa lls belo wtheper missible tongue weight
R Use ato ngue weight asclose aspossible to
th emaximum tongue weight
Do notex ceed thefo llo wing values:
R Perm issible towing capacity
R Perm issible rear axle load oftheto wing vehi-
cle
R Perm issible gross weight oftheto wing vehicle 258258
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R
Perm issible gross weight ofthetrailer
R Maximum permissible speedofthetrailer
Ensur eth efo llo wing beforestar ting ajour ney:
R The tirepr ess ureon there ar axle oftheto w-
ing vehicle isse tfo ra maximum load
R The lighting oftheconnect edtrailer isoper a-
tional
In theev ent ofincr eased rear axle load, theve hi-
cle/ trailer combin ationmustno tex ceed amaxi-
mum speed of62 mph (100 km/h) forre asons
conce rning theoper ating permit. This also applies
in countr iesinwhic hth eper missible maximum
speed forve hicle/ trailer combin ationsis abo ve
62 mph(100 km/h) .
V V
ehicle swit ehicle
swith AIRMA h
AIR MATIC orE-A TIC
orE-ACTIVE BOD CTIVE
BODYC Y
CON- ON-
TR TR
OL: OL:
ifth esoc ketof thetrailer hitchis occupied,
e.g. byatrailer orrear-mou nted bicy clerack ,th e
ve hicle isse tto thenor mal leve lat speeds great er
th an 19 mph(3 0km /h).Th isis do ne rega rdless
of whic hdr ive pr og ram has been select ed. AA
tt tt
ac ac
hing t hing
the ball neck he
ball neck &
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofaccident andinjurydue
to incor rectl yins talled ballneck
If th eball neckis no tcor rectl yins talled and
secur ed,itma ybecome looseduring ajour -
ne yand endang erother road user s.Ther eis a
ri sk offata linjur ies. #
Inst alland secur eth eball neckas
descr ibedintheball neckmanuf actur-
er's installation instruction s. #
Ifaball neckis ins talled, ensur esur e
th at itis proper lysecur edbef oreev ery
jour ney. &
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ARNI NG ARNI
NGRisk ofaccid ent due toaball
nec kth at isno tcor rectl yins talled or
secur ed
If th eball neckis no tcor rectl yins talled and
secur ed,thetrailer maycome loose. #
Inst alland secur eth eball neckas
descr ibedintheball neckmanuf actur-
er's installation instruction s. #
Ifaball neckis ins talled, ensur esur e
th at itis proper lysecur edbef oreev ery
jour ney. RR
eq eq
uir uir
ements: ements:
R The vehicle issecur edagains tro lling away.
A A
tt tt
ac ac
hing t hing
the ball neck he
ball neck #
Remo vecover1 from theball neckmount in
th edir ection ofthear ro w. #
Storeco ver1 suchth at itcann otmo ve
ar oun d. #
Obser vethemanuf acturer'sinstallation
inst ruction s. Dr
iving and parking
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