2 7 4 Index
Occupants . . ..... . .... . . . . . . . . ... . 104
Rear passengers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Seats
Number of seats ....... . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Selector lever posit ions
Automatic transm ission . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Service and disposal
Safety belt pretensioner ... . . . . . ... . 120
Service interval display .... . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Service position for windshield wipers ... 57
Set menu .. . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . ... . . 28
Sett ing
Date display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Digita l clock ........... . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Side airbags
Descript ion . ..... . ........ . . . . . . . . 137
How they work . .......... . . . . . ... . 139
Side curta in airbags ........ . . . . . ... . 140
Descript ion .............. . . . . . . . . . 140
How they work ............ . . . . . ... 141
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Side marker lights ........... . . . ... . . 47
Ski sack . . . . . . ............ . . . . . . . . . . 70
Snow chains . .......... . ... . . . . . . . . 228
Sockets ... . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . ... . . 75
Sound system
Replacing . ... . .......... . . . . . . . . . 262
Sound system display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Sources of informat ion about child re-
straints and their use .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Spare tire . . . . . ............ . . . . . . . . . 234
Spare wheel
refer to Spare t ire .. ... . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Speedometer . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . ... . . 12
Speed rating letter code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Speed warn ing system ...... . . . . . . . . . . 31
Start ing assistance ......... . . . . . ... . 249
Starting on hills
Hill hold assist ............ . . . . . . . .. 92
Starting the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89, 90
What should I do if the engine does not
start? . . . . . . ... . . .. . . ... . . . . . . . . . . 90
Steel wheels . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . ... . 182
Steering . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . 88
Locking the steering . . . . .... . . . . . . . . 89
also refer to Electro-mechan ical power
assist . ... . ... . . . ............ 17,165
Steering wheel column
Adjusting . . ... . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . 88
Steps for determin ing correct load limit. 221
Stopping the engine . ............ . ... . 91
Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . .......... . . . . . 7S
Compartments in the door trims . . . . . . 77
Cup holder rear center armrest . . . . . . . . 74
Glove compartment . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . 76
Small objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Storage compartment
Increasing size . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . 67
S tronic ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... .. . . . . . . 96
Driving Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Emergen cy program ........... . ... 101
Kick-down . . . . . . . . ............ . . . . 101
Launch Control Program . .... . . . . . . . 101
Selector lever lock . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . 97
Selector lever positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Tiptronic . . . . . . . . . ............ . . . . 100
Tiptronic controls on the steering
wheel . ... . ... . . . ................ 100
Sun blind . . . . ... . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . 53
Sunroof
refer to panoramic sliding sunroof . . . . . 45
Sun visors .. . ... . . . ............ . ... . 53
Switches
Emergency flasher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Switching the air condit ioner (automatic)
on/off . . . . . ... . . . ............ . ... . 81
Symbols
Red symbols in the center display .. . . . . 13
Yellow symbols in the center display 14
T
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Tailgate
refer to Rear lid . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . 40
Technical modifications .......... . ... 262
Temperature
Climate controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Setting for the driver's and front pas-
senger's side . . . . . .. . . . . ... .. . . . . . . 82