RENAULT Modus User Manual

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WELCOME TO YOUR NEW GRAND MODUS/MODUS

Introduction

Congratulations on your choice - your Grand Modus/Modus has been created by RENAULT’s design teams to offer you maximum space and comfort.

In order to make your experience of this nimble and practical vehicle as pleasant as possible, we suggest you discover the main functionalities of your Grand Modus/
Modus in this document.

This document does not replace the driver’s handbook.

Please read the complete driver’s handbook for more detailed information on the equipment mentioned in the reference guide for your Grand Modus/Modus.

Fro nt an d engin e compa r tment

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Pas senge r side

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Rea r seats

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Rea r

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Access ing the veh icle

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Star t ing/Sto pping t he en gi ne

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Dashbo ard

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Audio sy stem

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Headrest

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Seat bel t

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Door m irro rs

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Adjust ing the seats

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Lighti ng/Wipin g

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Heating and air condit ioning syste m

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Cr uise contr ol/Spee d lim it er

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Fuel

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Gadget s

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F R O N T A N D E N G I N E C O M P A R T M E N T

Screen washer fluid level

Add some fluid in the reservoir 1 if necessary.

Coolant level

The level indicated on the reservoir 2 should be be­tween MIN and MAX.

If it is necessary to top up this level, it is essential
to do so when the engine is cold.

Engine oil level

You can check the oil level on the instrument panel.
When the engine is started and for approximately
30 seconds, press either button 3 or 4. The oil level
is displayed on the instrument panel.

Refer to Section 4 of your driver’s handbook for the
precautions to take when topping up the oil.

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Deactivating the front passenger air bag

If you wish to fit a child seat in the front passenger seat, it is essential to deactivate the airbag:

– with the vehicle stopped, rotate switch 1 to OFF.

P A S S E N G E R S I D E

Reposition the switch immediately to ON as soon
as you are no longer using the child seat.

ON

OFF

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R E A R S E A T S

Folding the rear bench seat

FIXED REAR BENCH SEAT

– Lift the front of the seat base then tilt it;
– press button 1 on each side of the seatback and tilt it.

TRIPTIC REAR BENCH SEAT

– Bring the bench seat as far forward as possible using handle 3;
– switch to the 3-seat bench seat configuration by keeping handle 4 raised and pulling the seat base towards

you, then fold central section 2;
– pull the levers located between the headrests and tilt the seatbacks;
– take hold of the central lever located on the back of the bench seat and tilt the assembly towards the front

of the vehicle.

SLIDING REAR BENCH SEAT

– Lower the rear headrests and move the bench seat as far forward as possible;
– pull lever

5 and lower large seatback A or pull lever 6 and lower small seatback B;

– lift the levers located at the front and on each side of the bench seat and lift the seat base.

ISOFIX system

Each rear side seat is fitted with the ISOFIX child
seat mounting system 7.

Depending on the type of child seat used, installa­tion requires specific precautions.

Refer to chapter 1 “Child safety” in your Driver’s
Handbook for special notes.

Consult your RENAULT Dealer to find out about the
equipment available for your vehicle.

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3

2

5

6

A

B

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R E A R

Parking distance control

For equipped vehicles, the parking distance control
measures the distance between the rear of the ve­hicle and any obstacles nearby.

When approaching an obstacle during manoeuvres,
the beeps become faster and then sound continu­ously when 25 cm from the obstacle.

The system may be temporarily or permanently
deactivated using the switch located on the dash­board (refer to your Driver’s Handbook).

Emergency spare wheel
winch/tyre inflation kit
(depending on vehicle)

For precautions when using the emergency spare

wheel winch A or tyre inflation kit B, refer to chap-

ter 5 in the Driver’s Handbook.

B

A

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Locking/unlocking the
vehicle

REMOTE CONTROL RENAULT KEY A OR B

Press :

‡

to unlock;

…

to lock;

†

to lock/unlock the luggage compartment

only.

In all situations:

– Two flashes of the direction indicator lights con-

firm vehicle locking;

– One flash of the direction indicator lights con

-

firms vehicle unlocking.

SPECIAL FEATURES OF THE KEY A

To release the insert from its housing, press

button 1, it will come out automatically.

To return the insert, push it into its housing.

A C C E S S I N G T H E V E H I C L E

A

B

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SPECIAL FEATURES

– Never leave a key in the vehicle;

–

…

depending on the vehicle, pressing this
button twice in succession prevents the vehicle
from being opened, even from the inside.

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S T A R T I N G / S T O P P I N G T H E E N G I N E

Starting the engine

With the key in the ignition switch 1, turn it fully
on. Once the engine has started, release it.

Note: in diesel versions, there may be a delay
of several seconds between turning the key and
engine start to allow for engine preheating.

VEHICLE FITTED WITH AUTOMATIC

TRANSMISSION

Before starting, position the lever to N or P.

Stopping the engine

With the vehicle stopped, turn the key towards
you.

Accessing functions

Turn the key through two positions in order to
access certain functions (radio, navigation, wipers
etc.).

Depending on the case, these functions will
switch off at the latest when the vehicle is
locked.

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D A S H B O A R D

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2

3

4

5

R

AUTO

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8

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15 14

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10

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Horn and location for driver’s air bag.

2 Dashboard storage compartment.

3 Instrument panel

– Warning lights:

®

this warning light requires you to stop
immediately, for your own safety, as soon as
traffic conditions allow. Stop your engine and
do not restart it. Contact an approved Dealer.

©

this means you should drive very
carefully to an approved Dealer as soon as pos­sible. You risk damaging your vehicle If you
keep driving after this warning light has come
on.

– Distance before service:

When the message “service due in ... ” along
with the remaining distance appears on the in­strument panel, this notifies you when the next
service is due.

If the service has not been carried out in time,
the message “service vehicle” requires that the
vehicle be serviced as soon as possible.

– Aiding fuel economy:

For vehicles fitted with a manual gearbox, this
function indicates the best time to change gear
to optimise fuel consumption.

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shift up a gear;

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shift down a gear.

– Seat belt reminders:

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driver’s or front passenger’s seat belt

not buckled.

4 Heating and ventilation controls.

5 Location for passenger air bag.

6 Glove box.

7 Central door locking switch.

8 Location for radio.

9 Gear lever.

10 Cruise control/speed limiter on/off main

switch.

11 Handbrake lever.

12 Hazard warning lights.

13 Steering column height adjustment controls.

14 Cruise control/speed limiter controls.

15 Controls for:

– parking distance control;
– traction control;
– electric headlight beam adjustment.

16 Bonnet release control.

D A S H B O A R D

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A U D I O S Y S T E M

UPDATE LISTRANDOMDISPLAY MP3

MP3 MP3

SRC

MODE

EXPERT

EJECT

1 3

654

2

A DB

G

F

C

E

Auxiliary inputs

Depending on the vehicle, you can access inputs
in the glovebox which enable you to connect your
audio appliances.

For special notes on your system, refer to the
Driver’s Handbook for the equipment.

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LISTENING TO THE RADIO OR A CD

Select the source (FM radio or CD) by pressing button

D or F.

FM radio SOURCE
To select a radio station in an alphabetical list: press E to select “LIST” mode and press one of the buttons A or B or turn wheel G to scroll through the list of radio
stations (press and hold button E to update the list of radio stations).
To store a radio station to one of the buttons numbered 1 to 6:
– select the radio station;
– press on one of the buttons from 1 to 6, until a beep sounds;
– to recall a stored radio station, press the corresponding button.

CD SOURCE
Insert a CD in the player, or for vehicles fitted with a 6 CD changer, press button D before inserting the CD. The system will start reading the CD automatically.

A U D I O S Y S T E M

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Headrest

RAISING THE HEADREST

Raise the headrest to the required height.

LOWERING THE HEADREST

Raise the headrest slightly, push the tab

1 then
lower the headrest until it is at the required
height.

Seat belt

ADJUSTING THE HEIGHT

Tilt the button 2 to select the desired height of the
shoulder strap.

Door mirrors

MANUAL ADJUSTMENT
Turn the lever 3 to adjust the door mirror.

ELECTRICAL ADJUSTMENT

Select the door mirror to be adjusted using the
button situated in position 4 then, with the ignition
on, move the button until the mirror reaches the
correct position.

D R I V E R ’ S P O S I T I O N : A D J U S T M E N T

2

3

4

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D R I V E R ’ S P O S I T I O N : S E A T S

TO TILT THE SEATBACK

Turn control knob

3.

Adjusting the seats

TO MOVE THE SEAT FORWARDS OR BACKWARDS

Lift the handle 1, slide the seat into the desired
position and release the handle. Check that it is
correctly locked.

TO RAISE OR LOWER THE SEAT

On equipped vehicles, move handle 2 as many
times as is required:
– to raise the seat, move it upwards;
– to lower the seat, move it downwards.

Heated seats

To switch it on: press switch 4, the integrated indi­cator light comes on.

To switch it off: press switch 4 again, the inte­grated indicator light goes off.

The system, which has a thermostat, decides
whether or not the heating is needed.

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4

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Lighting

Turn the ring 1 to:

u

: switch on the side lights;

m

: switch on the dipped headlights;

o

: ring 1 in position

m

, pull the
switch 3.
To activate the lighting automatic operation, de­pending on the vehicle, with the ignition on, press
button 4 for four seconds.

Hazard lights

: pull the switch towards you.

Wiping

Position switch 5 to obtain:

A: Stop;
B: Intermittent wiping or automatic wiping, de-

pending on vehicle;

C: Continuous slow wipe;
D: Continuous fast wipe;
Windscreen washer: pull handle 3.

Note: To adjust the wiping speed and the sensitiv-
ity of automatic wiping, rotate ring 4.

L I G H T I N G / W I P I N G

A

B

C

D

1

5

5

Turn ring

2 then release it to:

g

: switch on the front fog lights;

f

: switch on the rear fog light.

To switch them off, repeat the operation.

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2

4

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Manual air conditioning

If you want to:
– distribute the air: turn control 1;
– choose the temperature: turn ring 2;
– adjust the ventilation speed: turn control 3;
– recycle the air: turn control 4;
– switch on the air conditioning: press switch 5.

Automatic climate
control

To benefit from the automatic heating and air con­ditioning system, choose the desired temperature

using buttons 6 and 8 then press button 7 for the

automatic mode to control the system.

Note: pressing one of the other buttons will exit
automatic mode according to your requirements.

H E A T I N G A N D A I R C O N D I T I O N I N G S Y S T E M

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AC

AUTO

AC

AUTO

AC

AIR CONDITIONING

Button 9 enables the air conditioning to be acti­vated (AC indicator light on the display on). Press
button 7 to return to automatic mode (integrated
indicator on).

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5

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6 87

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Cruise control/speed
limiter

If fitted to the vehicle, activate the cruise control or
speed limiter by moving switch 1:

Ï

: cruise control;

Ð

: speed limiter.

Note: you may always interrupt the operation of
the cruise control by depressing either the brake
or clutch pedal.

You can always exceed the limiter speed by de­pressing the accelerator pedal fully.

Cruise control/speed
limiter controls

Increase the speed: button 2 (+);

Reduce the speed: button 3 (-);

Standby: button

4 (O);

Recall stored speed: button 5 (R);

Deactivate the function: button

1.

C R U I S E C O N T R O L / S P E E D L I M I T E R

1

2

3

4

5

R

1

2 3

4

5

Refer to Section 2 of your driver’s handbook.

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F U E L

Fuel tank

Pull in recess A of the cover to open it.

When driving, when the low fuel level warning light
comes on, fill up with fuel as soon as possible:
when the warning light comes on, you have ap­proximately 30 miles (50 km) left, driving at mod­erate speed.

The fuel tank capacity is approximately 49 litres.

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G A D G E T S

Front passenger seat
built-in storage

On equipped vehicles, pull tab 3 to tilt the seat
base.

Floor flaps

The flaps 1 are located in the floor, in the front pas­senger’s footwell.

Trays under the front
seats

In equipped vehicles, the trays 2 are located under
the front seats and provide an ideal storage space
for your Renault folder and documents etc.

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2

3

4

Retaining belt

Located on the left-hand side of the luggage com­partment, the strap 4 will hold an oil container
etc.

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G A D G E T S

Bag hooks

On the right-hand side of the luggage compart­ment, there is a hook 5 for securing bags.

5

Roof compartments

6

Maximum weight in each compartment 6: 500 g
evenly distributed.

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