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– locking with Comfort

Access 39

– shift paddles 68
Steering wheel buttons, refer

to Shift paddles 68

Steering with variable ratio,

refer to Active steering 105
Steptronic, refer to Automatic

transmission with Steptronic 64

Storage 269
Storage compartments 127
Storage nets 131
Stored trip, calling up 158
Storing a destination in the

address book 152

Storing seat positions, refer to Seat and mirror memory 53

310

Tachometer 83
Tailgate, refer to Trunk lid 35
Tail lamp, refer to Tail

Through-loading system 130
Tilt alarm sensor 37
Tilt function, passenger side

mirror 55

Timer, refer to Preselecting

switch-on times 120

Tire inflation pressure 239
– loss 101, 102
Tire pressure monitoring,

refer to Flat Tire Monitor 100

Tire Pressure Monitor

TPM 102

– resetting the system 103
– system limitations 102
– warning lamp 103
Tire puncture, refer to Flat Tire

Monitor 101

Tire Quality Grading 255

lamps 272

Tail lamps 272
– replacing bulb 272, 273
Tank contents, refer to

Capacities 289

Tasks 223
Technical data 284
– dimensions 285
Technical modifications, refer

to For your own safety 5

Telephone 204
– hands-free system 213
– installation location, refer to

Center armrest 126

– phone book 212
– received calls 213
– redialing 212
– refer to separate Owner's

Manual

– voice commands 214
TeleService 229
Teleservice Diagnosis 230

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Tires – age 255, 257
– air loss 103
– breaking in 138
– changing, refer to Changing

wheels 273

– condition 256
– damage 256
– inflation pressure 239
– labels 255
– minimum tread depth 256
– new wheels and tires 257
– pressure monitoring, refer to

Flat Tire Monitor 100

– pressure monitoring, refer to

Tire Pressure Monitor TPM 102

– puncture 101
– replacing 257
– Run-flat tires 258
– size 255
– storage 258
– tread depth 256
– wear indicators, refer to

Minimum tread depth 256

Towing 279
– car with automatic transmission 279

– methods 280
– with 7-gear Sport automatic

transmission with double clutch 280

Towing and tow-starting 279
Town/city, for navigation 150
Tow rope 280
Tow-starting 279, 281
TPM, refer to Tire Pressure

Monitor 102

Traction control, refer to

Dynamic Stability Control DSC 97

Traffic bulletins – categories 165
Traffic bulletins, filtering 165
Traffic bulletins for

navigation 163

– during destination

guidance 165

Traffic bulletins in navigation – screen display in the map

– wheel/tire combination, refer

view 165

to Correct wheels and tires 257

– winter tires 258
TMC station, refer to Traffic

bulletins 163

Tools, refer to Onboard

vehicle tool kit 270

Top, refer to Retractable

hardtop 43

Traffic congestion – displaying traffic

bulletins 163

segments 160

Transmission – 7-gear Sport automatic

transmission with double clutch 66

Torque, refer to Engine

– automatic transmission with

data 284

Tow bar 280
Tow fitting 279
– screw thread 279
Tow fittings for tow-starting

and towing away 279

Steptronic 64

– idle position 67
– Launch Control 70
– manually unlocking parking

lock 69

– manual transmission 64
– overriding selector lever lock for automatic transmission with Steptronic 66

– reverse gear 67

Transmission interlock – refer to Changing selector

lever position 64
– refer to P Park 64
Transporting children

safely 57

Transport securing devices, refer to Securing cargo 143
Tread depth, refer to Minimum

tire tread 256

Trip, deleting 158
Trip, storing 158
Trip computer, refer to

Displays on the Control Display 84

Trip-distance counter, refer to

Trip odometer 82

Triple turn signal activation 71
Trip odometer 82
Trips, changing 158
Trunk lid 35
– Comfort Access 39
– emergency release 36
– locking or unlocking

separately 36

– opening from inside 35
– opening from outside 36
– remote control 33
Turning circle, refer to

Turn signal 71
Turn signal indicators – indicator/warning lamp 12
Turn signals – triple turn signal 71
Tying down loads, refer to

Cargo loading 143

Uniform Tire Quality Grading/

UTQR 255

Units – average fuel

consumption 87
Units of measure – temperature 87

311

– refer to Route, bypassing

Dimensions 285

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Voice commands – overview 25
– short commands 290
– telephone 214
Voice instructions from navigation system 161

– repeating 161
– switching on/off 161
– volume 161
Voice phone book 215
Volume – fuel tank, refer to

Capacities 289

– mobile phone 209
– voice instructions 161

Windows 40
– convenient opening and

closing 32

– convenient opening and

closing with Comfort Access 39

– opening, closing 40
– pinch protection system 41
Windows, indicator on Control

Display 18
Windshield – cleaning 72
Windshield wash 71
– filling capacity, reservoir 289
– nozzles 72
– reservoir for washer fluid 72
– washer fluid 72
Windshield wiper blades,

Warning and indicator

changing 270

lamps 13

Windshield wipers, refer to

Warning messages, refer to

Wiper system 71

Check Control 92

Warning triangle 277
Washer fluid 72
– content of the reservoir 73
Washer fluid reservoir 72
Waste tray, refer to

Ashtray 128

Water on roads, refer to

Driving through water 140
Water penetration 266, 267
Wear indicators in tires, refer to Minimum tread depth 256

Weights 287
Welcome lamps 111
Wheel/tire combination, refer

to Correct wheels and tires 257

Wheelbase, refer to

Dimensions 285
Wheels, new 257
Wheels and tires 239
Width, refer to

Dimensions 285
Wind deflector 45

Winter tires 258
– setting speed limit 93
– storage 258
Wiper blade replacement 270
Wiper system 71
Work in the engine compartment 260

Wrench/screwdriver, refer to Onboard vehicle tool kit 270

xDrive 99
Xenon lamps – replacing bulb 271

Your individual vehicle – settings, refer to Personal

Profile 30

Universal garage door opener, refer to Integrated universal remote control 122

Unlatching, refer to

Unlocking 38

Unlocking – from inside 35
– from outside 32
– setting unlocking characteristics 32

– trunk lid 39
– without remote control, refer

to Comfort Access 38
Updating the navigation

data 148

Using contact data 224

Variable light distribution, refer to Adaptive Light Control 112

Vehicle – battery 274
– breaking in 138
– cargo loading 141
– identification number, refer to Engine compartment 259

– measurements, refer to

Dimensions 285

– parking 63
– weight 287
Vehicle equipment 5
Vehicle jack 274
Vehicle storage 269
Ventilation 119
– draft-free 120
– in the rear 120
Ventilation, refer to

Climate 116

Ventilation while at a

standstill 120

Vents, refer to Ventilation 119
Voice, refer to Destination guidance through voice instructions 161

312

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