Index
7
D
Dashboard lighting
see Instrument lighting. . . . . . . . . . . 83
DEF
see Diesel Exhaust Fluid. . . . . . . . . 284
Delayed switch-off
exterior lighting
(vehicles with steering wheel
buttons) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Department of Transportation
see DOT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Diesel
consumption. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
low outside temperatures. . . . . . . . 283
reserve fuel warning lamp . . . . . . . 216
tank capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
Diesel engine
preglow indicator lamp . . . . . . 102, 216
winter driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Diesel Exhaust Fluid (DEF) . . . . . . . 284
Consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
display message . . . . . . . 222, 224, 226
Exhaust gas aftertreatment . . . . . . 133
Indicator lamp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Ranges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Refuelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
tank capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
Tool for the tank filler cap . . . . . . . 204
Digital speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Digital total distance recorder . . . . . 21
Direction of rotation (tires) . . . . . . 169
Disconnecting the battery . . . . . . . 265
Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
vehicles with steering wheel buttons
display messages . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
vehicles with steering
wheel buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
outside temperature . . . . . . . . . . . 88
standard display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
vehicles without steering
wheel buttons
display messages . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
outside temperature . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Door control panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
opening the door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
power windows. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Doors
locking and unlocking . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
opening/closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
DOT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184, 187
Downhill gradients
Cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103, 104
Drinking alcohol or
taking drugs and driving. . . . . . . . . 105
Drinks holder
see Cup holders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Driving abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Driving on flooded roads
(fording) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Driving safety system . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
see Acceleration skid control (ASR) . 51
see Antilock Brake System (ABS) . . . 50
see Brake Assist (BAS) . . . . . . . . . . . 50
see Electronic brake force
distribution (EBV) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
see Electronic Stability
Program (ESP
®
) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Driving system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
malfunctions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
PARKTRONIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
rear view camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Reverse warning feature. . . . . . . . . 133
Driving tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Automatic transmission . . . . . . . . . 110
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Driving abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
driving in wet conditions. . . . . . . . . 105
driving on flooded roads . . . . . . . . . 105
in winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
overrun cut-off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
programmed maximum speed . . . . 152
Pulling away . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105