Service At 225.000 Kilometers
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Service at 225.000 kilometers or one year after last service, whichever occurs first.
- AdBlue® fluid: Check and add if necessary (if applicable)
- Battery: Check (and second battery if applicable)
- Brake pads: Check thickness and brake disc condition. Look for contact pattern and corrosion of brake discs (front and rear)
- Coolant level and frost protection: Check
- Engine: Change oil and replace oil filter
- Engine and engine compartment components: Check (from above) for leaks and damage
- Engine and engine compartment components: Check (from below) for leaks and damage, check transmission, final drive and drive shaft boots
- Headlights: Check adjustment
- Hybrid components: Perform a visual inspection of high-voltage components and the lines in the engine compartment and the rear of the vehicle for damage
- Lighting: Front and rear lights, luggage compartment lighting, turn signals, hazard warning lights, daytime running lights, curve lighting, and automatic headlights: Check
- Rear window: Check cleaning nozzle functionality (if applicable)
- Service interval display: Reset
- Service sticker: Enter the date of the next service on the service sticker and apply to the driver's side-door pillar
- Timing belt: Check and replace if necessary (2.0L MPI only) If replaced at 90.000 kilometers, check every 90.000 kilometers after. If not replaced at 90.000 kilometers, check every 30.000 kilometers until replaced, then every 90.000 kilometers
- Timing belt: Check (if replacement is not necessary, perform check every 30.000 km after until replacement is necessary) (Hybrid engine only)
- Timing belt for coolant pump: Check (if replacement is not necessary, perform check every 30.000 km after until replacement is necessary) (Hybrid engine only)
- Tires: Rotate front to rear
- Visual inspection of windshield. Note damage if necessary
- Windshield washer, headlight cleaning system, and wiper blades: Check for damage and function. Check fluid level and add if necessary