Important safety notes
WARNING
Do not park this vehicle in areas where
combustible materials can come into contact
with the hot exhaust system. Do not park the
vehicle on dry grassland or harvested grain
fields. Combustible materials, such as grass,
hay or leaves could be ignited by the hot
exhaust system and cause a vehicle fire.
Unintended vehicle movement can cause serious personal injury or damage to the vehicle or the vehicle drivetrain. To reduce such risks, always do the following before turning off the engine and leaving the vehicle:
- keep your right foot on the brake pedal.
- engage the parking brake.
- shift the automatic transmission to park
position P.
- slowly release the brake pedal.
- when parked on an incline, always turn the
front wheels towards the road curb.
- turn the SmartKey in the ignition lock to
position 0 and remove the SmartKey from
the ignition lock, or press the KEYLESS-GO
Start/Stop button.
- take the SmartKey with you and lock the
vehicle when leaving.
See also:
Problems with the SmartKey
Problem
You cannot lock or unlock the vehicle using the SmartKey.
Possible causes/consequences and Solutions
The SmartKey battery is discharged or nearly discharged.
Try again to lock/unlock th ...
Tire labeling overview
The following markings are on the tire in
addition to the tire name (sales designation)
and the manufacturer's name:
1 Uniform Tire Quality Grading Standard
2 DOT, Tire Identification Number
3 ...
Calling up a stored parking position setting
Turn the SmartKey to position
2 in the
ignition lock.
Adjust the exterior mirror on the
frontpassenger
side with the corresponding
button.
Engage reverse gear.
The exterior mirror on t ...
