6 About this Owner 's Manual
This owner's manua l contains important infor-
mation, tips, suggestions, and warnings for
the use of your vehicle.
Make sure that this owner's manua l is always
located in the vehicle. This is especially impor-
tant if you allow other people to drive the ve-
hicle, or if you sell it.
This owner's manua l describes the
equipment
range
specified for this mode l at the editoria l
deadline date. Some of the equipment descri-
bed here will only be available at a later date,
or only in specific markets.
Some sections in this owner's manua l do not
apply to all vehicles . In that case, the range of
applicability
is given at the beginn ing of the
section, e.g., "Applies to vehicles: with ad-
vanced parking system". In addition, optional
equipment is indicated by an asterisk"*" .
The details in the
illustrations may be differ -
ent from those in your vehicle, and are intend-
ed to be viewed as a basic guide.
You will find a
table of contents at the begin-
ning of this book, which disp lays all topics de-
scribed in th is manual in order of appearance.
You will find an alphabetical
index at the end
of this book .
All
directions, such as " left", "right", "front",
"back", are relative to the direct ion of travel.
* optional equipment
... This section continues on the next page.
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a®. If this symbol is missing, it is no guar-
antee that the terms can be used free ly.
~ .& Cross-reference to a "WARNING!" with-
in a section. For ind ication w ith a page num-
ber, the corresponding "WARNING!" can be
found outsid e of the section.
& WARNING
Text with this symbol contains important
information on safety and how to reduce
the risk of personal injury or death.
(D Note
Text with this symbo l draws your attention
to potentia l sources of damage to your ve-
hicle.
@) For the sake of the environment
Text with this symbo l contains information
about the environment and how you can
help protect it.
{!) Tips
Text with this symbo l contains special tips
and other information about gett ing the
most out of your vehicle and its features.