Vehicle equipment
This Owner's Manual describes all models and all standard, country-specific and optional equipment that is offered in the model series.
Therefore, in this Owner's Manual, equipment is also described and illustrated that is not available in your vehicle, e.g. because of the selected optional equipment or the country-specific variants.
This also applies for safety-related functions and systems.
For options and equipment not described in this Owner's Manual, please refer to the Supplementary Owner's Manuals.
On right-hand drive vehicles, some controls are arranged differently than shown in the illustrations.
See also:
Jump starting
Notes
If the battery is discharged, an engine can be
started using the battery of another vehicle and
two jumper cables. Only use jumper cables with
fully insulated clamp handles.
To prevent p ...
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Automatic headlamp control
Switch position :
the low beams are switched
on and off automatically, e.g., in tunnels, in twilight
or if there is precipitation. The LED next to
the symbol lights up.
A blue sky with the s ...