Controls in detail
Useful features
Heated steering wheel (Canada only)
The steering wheel heating warms up the
leather area of the steering wheel.
The stalk is on the lower left-hand side of
the steering wheel.
1 Switching on
2 Switching off
3 Indicator lamp
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Switching on
Switch on the ignition ( page 37).
Turn switch at the tip of stalk in direc-
tion of arrow 1.
The steering wheel is heated. Indicator
lamp 3 comes on.
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The steering wheel heating is temporarily
suspended while indicator lamp 3 remains on
when
the temperature of the vehicle interior is
above 86°F (30°C)
the temperature of the steering wheel is
above 95°F (35°C)
When these conditions do not apply anymore,
steering wheel heating continues.
Switching off
Turn switch at the tip of stalk in direc-
tion of arrow 2.
The heated steering wheel is switched
off. Indicator lamp 3 goes out.
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Indicator lamp 3 flashes or goes out
in case of power surge or undervoltage
in case of a steering wheel heating malfunc-
tion
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The steering wheel heating switches off au-
tomatically when you remove the SmartKey from
the starter switch or, on vehicles with
KEYLESS-GO*, when you switch off the ignition
( page 64) and open the driver's door.
For information on steering wheel, see
"Multifunction steering wheel"
( page 156).