Forfour 453 2015 ECE Owner Manual
Owner's Manual
453
Table of contents
- Introduction p. 20
- Protection of the environment p. 20
- General notes p. 20
- Returning an end-of-life vehicle p. 20
- Genuine smart parts p. 20
- Owner's Manual p. 21
- Vehicle equipment p. 21
- Operating safety p. 21
- Important safety notes p. 21
- Declarations of conformity p. 22
- Diagnostics connection p. 22
- Qualified specialist workshop p. 23
- Vehicle registration p. 23
- Correct use p. 23
- Implied warranty p. 24
- QR codes for rescue card p. 24
- Data stored in the vehicle p. 24
- Copyright information p. 25
- General notes p. 25
- At a glance p. 28
- Cockpit p. 28
- Instrument cluster with monochrome display p. 29
- Displays p. 29
- Warning and indicator lamps p. 30
- Instrument cluster with colour display p. 31
- Displays p. 31
- Warning and indicator lamps p. 32
- Multifunction steering wheel p. 33
- Centre console p. 35
- Overhead control panel p. 36
- Door control panel p. 37
- Safety p. 40
- Useful information p. 40
- Occupant safety p. 40
- Introduction to the restraint system p. 40
- Important safety notes p. 40
- Restraint system warning lamp p. 40
- PASSENGER AIR BAG indicator lamps p. 41
- Seat belts p. 42
- Airbags p. 45
- Deployment of belt tensioners and airbags p. 48
- Children in the vehicle p. 49
- Important safety notes p. 49
- Child restraint system p. 50
- ISOFIX child seat securing system p. 51
- Top Tether p. 52
- Disabling/activating the front-passenger front airbag p. 53
- Child restraint system on the front-passenger seat p. 54
- Problems with automatic front-passenger airbag deactivation p. 56
- Suitable positioning of the child restraint system p. 56
- Recommended child restraint systems p. 60
- Child-proof locks p. 61
- Important safety notes p. 61
- Child-proof locks for the rear doors p. 62
- Pets in the vehicle p. 62
- Protection against theft p. 62
- Immobiliser p. 62
- Anti-theft alarm system p. 62
- Driving safety systems p. 63
- Driving safety systems overview p. 63
- Important safety notes p. 63
- ABS (Anti-lock Braking System) p. 64
- Distance warning function p. 64
- Adaptive brake lamps p. 66
- ESP®(Electronic Stability Program) p. 66
- EBD (electronic brake force distribution) p. 67
- Opening and closing p. 70
- Useful information p. 70
- Key p. 70
- Important safety notes p. 70
- Key functions p. 71
- Battery of the key p. 71
- Problems with the key p. 73
- Doors p. 74
- Important safety notes p. 74
- Unlocking and opening the doors from the inside p. 74
- Centrally locking or unlocking the vehicle from the inside p. 75
- Automatic locking feature p. 75
- Unlocking the driver's door (emergency lock) p. 76
- Locking the driver's door (emergency locking) p. 76
- Luggage compartment p. 77
- Important safety notes p. 77
- Opening or closing p. 77
- Tailgate emergency release p. 78
- Side windows p. 78
- Important safety notes p. 78
- Front side window reversing feature p. 78
- Opening or closing the front side windows p. 79
- Hinged windows of rear doors p. 80
- Resetting the front side windows p. 80
- Problems with the front side windows p. 81
- Folding top p. 81
- Important safety notes p. 81
- Opening or closing the folding top p. 82
- Problems with the folding top p. 83
- Operating the roller sunblinds for the panoramic roof p. 83
- Seats, steering wheel and mirrors p. 86
- Useful information p. 86
- Correct driver's seat position p. 86
- Seats p. 87
- Important safety notes p. 87
- Adjusting the seat p. 88
- Folding down the front-passenger seat p. 88
- Stowing head restraints in the rear compartment p. 89
- Switching the seat heating on/off p. 90
- Steering wheel p. 91
- Important safety notes p. 91
- Adjusting the steering wheel p. 91
- Mirrors p. 92
- Rear-view mirror p. 92
- Exterior mirrors p. 92
- Lights and windscreen wipers p. 94
- Useful information p. 94
- Exterior lighting p. 94
- General notes p. 94
- Driving abroad p. 94
- Exterior lighting settings p. 95
- Switching on the turn signals p. 97
- Switching on the main-beam headlamps and headlamp flasher p. 97
- Hazard warning lamps p. 98
- Headlamps misted up on the inside p. 98
- Interior lighting p. 98
- Overview p. 98
- Interior lighting control p. 98
- Replacing bulbs p. 99
- Important safety notes p. 99
- Overview of bulb replacement – bulbs p. 99
- Replacing the front bulbs p. 100
- Replacing the rear bulbs p. 102
- Replacing the interior lighting p. 103
- Windscreen wipers p. 103
- Switching the windscreen wipers on/off p. 103
- Intermittent wipe p. 104
- Switching the rear window wiper on/off p. 104
- Replacing the wiper blades p. 104
- Problems with the windscreen wipers p. 107
- Climate control p. 110
- Useful information p. 110
- Overview of climate control systems p. 110
- General notes p. 110
- Heating/air-conditioning system control panel p. 111
- Notes on using the heating/air-conditioning system p. 111
- Automatic climate control panel p. 113
- Optimum use of automatic climate control p. 113
- Operating the climate control system p. 113
- Switching the climate control on/off p. 113
- Switching cooling with air dehumidification on/off p. 114
- Setting climate control to automatic mode p. 115
- Setting the temperature p. 115
- Setting the air distribution p. 115
- Setting the airflow p. 116
- Demisting the windscreen p. 116
- Demisting the windows p. 117
- Rear window heating p. 117
- Switching the air-recirculation mode on/off p. 119
- Adjusting the air vents p. 119
- Important safety notes p. 119
- Setting the centre air vents p. 120
- Setting the side air vents p. 120
- Driving and parking p. 122
- Useful information p. 122
- Running-in notes p. 122
- Important safety notes p. 122
- The first1500 km p. 122
- Driving p. 122
- Important safety notes p. 122
- Key positions p. 123
- Starting the engine p. 123
- Pulling away p. 124
- Automatic start/stop system p. 125
- Problems with the engine p. 128
- Manual transmission p. 129
- Gear lever p. 129
- Shifting to neutral p. 129
- Engaging reverse gear p. 130
- Gearshift recommendation p. 130
- Automatic transmission p. 130
- Important safety notes p. 130
- Selector lever p. 131
- Transmission position and drive program display p. 131
- Transmission positions p. 132
- Driving tips p. 132
- Program selector button p. 133
- Driving programs p. 133
- Manual gearshifting p. 133
- Problems with the transmission p. 137
- Manually releasing the selector lever lock p. 137
- Refuelling p. 138
- Important safety notes p. 138
- Refuelling p. 138
- Problems with the fuel and fuel tank p. 140
- Parking p. 140
- Important safety notes p. 140
- Switching off the engine p. 141
- Parking brake p. 141
- Parking up the vehicle p. 142
- Driving tips p. 142
- General notes p. 142
- eco score p. 142
- Braking p. 144
- Driving on wet roads p. 146
- Winter driving p. 146
- Driving systems p. 147
- Cruise control p. 147
- Limiter p. 149
- Parking aid p. 150
- Rear view camera p. 151
- Lane Keeping Assist p. 153
- On-board computer and displays p. 156
- Useful information p. 156
- Important safety notes p. 156
- Displays and operation p. 156
- Instrument cluster lighting p. 156
- Speedometer p. 156
- Outside temperature display p. 157
- Fuel gauge p. 157
- Additional instruments on the dashboard p. 158
- On-board computer with a monochrome display p. 158
- On-board computer with a colour display p. 161
- Menus and submenus p. 162
- Menu overview p. 162
- Odometer menu p. 162
- Trip computer menu "From start" or "From reset" p. 162
- eco score from start menu p. 163
- Fuel consumption menu p. 164
- Coolant temperature menu p. 164
- Messages and service menu p. 164
- Settings menu p. 165
- Display messages (on-board computer with monochrome display) p. 170
- Introduction p. 170
- Display messages p. 170
- Display messages (on-board computer with colour display) p. 175
- Introduction p. 175
- Safety systems p. 176
- Engine p. 181
- Driving systems p. 184
- Tyres p. 186
- Vehicle p. 188
- Warning and indicator lamps in the instrument cluster p. 192
- Safety p. 192
- Engine p. 198
- Tyres p. 200
- Vehicle p. 202
- Stowing and features p. 206
- Useful information p. 206
- Stowage areas p. 206
- Loading guidelines p. 206
- Stowage compartments p. 206
- Enlarging the luggage compartment p. 208
- Readyspace seats p. 209
- Parcel shelf p. 210
- Lashing eyelets p. 210
- Fitting/removing the subwoofer p. 211
- Features p. 211
- Cup holders p. 211
- Sun visors p. 213
- Ashtray p. 213
- Cigarette lighter p. 213
- 12 V sockets p. 214
- Floormat on the driver's side p. 214
- Maintenance and care p. 216
- Useful information p. 216
- Checking service products p. 216
- Engine compartment (rear) p. 216
- Front compartment p. 218
- Service p. 220
- Service display p. 220
- Care p. 222
- General notes p. 222
- Care of the exterior p. 222
- Interior care p. 226
- Breakdown assistance p. 230
- Useful information p. 230
- Where will I find...? p. 230
- Warning triangle p. 230
- First-aid kit p. 230
- Fire extinguisher p. 231
- Vehicle tool kit p. 231
- Flat tyres p. 231
- Preparing the vehicle p. 231
- TIREFIT kit p. 232
- Battery (vehicle) p. 235
- Important safety notes p. 235
- Charging the battery p. 237
- Jump-starting p. 238
- Towing and tow-starting p. 240
- Important safety notes p. 240
- Fitting/removing the towing eye p. 241
- Towing the vehicle with the rear axle raised p. 242
- Towing the vehicle with both axles on the ground p. 242
- Transporting the vehicle p. 242
- Tow-starting (emergency engine starting) p. 242
- Electrical fuses p. 243
- Important safety notes p. 243
- Before replacing a fuse p. 243
- Fuse box in the front area p. 243
- Fuse box in the glove compartment p. 244
- Wheels and tyres p. 250
- Useful information p. 250
- Important safety notes p. 250
- Operation p. 250
- Information on driving p. 250
- Regular checking of wheels and tyres p. 251
- Notes on tyre profile p. 251
- Selecting, fitting and replacing tyres p. 251
- Winter operation p. 252
- General notes p. 252
- Driving with summer tyres p. 252
- M+S tyres p. 252
- Snow chains p. 253
- Tyre pressure p. 253
- Tyre pressure specifications p. 253
- Tyre pressure monitor p. 255
- Changing a wheel p. 257
- Flat tyres p. 257
- Interchanging the wheels p. 257
- Direction of rotation p. 258
- Storing wheels p. 258
- Fitting a wheel p. 258
- Wheel and tyre combinations p. 262
- General notes p. 262
- Tyres p. 263
- Technical data p. 268
- Useful information p. 268
- Information on technical data p. 268
- General notes p. 268
- Vehicle electronics p. 268
- Tampering with the engine electronics p. 268
- Retrofitting two-way radios and mobile phones (RF transmitters) p. 268
- Identification plates p. 269
- Vehicle identification plate with vehicle identification number (VIN) p. 269
- Vehicle identification number (VIN) p. 270
- Engine number p. 270
- Service products and capacities p. 270
- Important safety notes p. 270
- Fuel p. 271
- Engine oil p. 273
- Brake fluid p. 274
- Coolant p. 274
- Windscreen washer system p. 275
- Vehicle data p. 275
- General notes p. 275
- Dimensions and weights p. 276
- Internet p. 279
- Editorial office p. 279
- Vehicle manufacturer p. 279