2005 Seat Alhambra ECU

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On vehicles with a removable ball coupling on the tow bracket*,
the ball coupling is stored behind the right side trim in the luggage
compartment and is accessible after opening a flap. The ball
coupling is secured with a thumb wheel.
An instruction manual for the installation or removal of the ball
coupling can be found in a plastic bag in the vehicle tool box.
If the ball coupling has been installed, the bumper cover and the
plug from the mounting can be placed in the plastic bag and
stored in the vehicle as shown in the illustration
⇒ fig. 170.K
Stowage of spare wheel
The spare wheel is located outside the vehicle, in a bracket below
the luggage compartment floor.
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Removing spare wheel
• Fold the small cover Ain the luggage compartment floor near
tailgate lock in the luggage compartment floor forwards
⇒ fig. 171.
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213 If and when
Safety FirstControls and equipment Tips and Maintenance Technical Data
• Depressions under vehicle for jack:
– Depressions in the side member at front and rear indicate the
points at which the claw of jack must be fitted to the vertical rib of
the side member
⇒arrows,fig. 177.
– Wind jack arm up by turning the crank in the spindle until the
jack just goes under the vehicle.
– The claw of the jack must fit round the vertical rib on the side
member so that the jack cannot slip when vehicle is lifted
⇒
fig. 178.– If the ground is soft, place a large strong piece of packing under
the jack base plate.
– Align jack and at same time wind claw up further until it contacts
the vehicle.
– Lift vehicle until the wheel is just clear of the ground.
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Removing and fitting the wheel
– Remove the wheel bolts, place them on a clean surface (hub cap,
cloth) next to the jack and take the wheel off.
– Fit spare wheel and lightly tighten all bolts. The wheel bolts must
be clean and easy to turn – do not under any circumstances use
grease or oil!
– Lower vehicle and fully tighten bolts in diagonal sequence.
– Refit the wheel trim.
– Place and secure the defective wheel in the spare wheel bracket
⇒"Spare wheel" chapter.
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264General index
Opening and closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Opening and closing the opening roof . . . . . 89
Opening and closing your vehicle . . . . . . . . . 82
Opening the bonnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Opening/closing vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140,141
Operating faults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Outside temperature indicator* . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Overview of the instrument panel . . . . . . . . . 43
Overview of the warning lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
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Paint damage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Parking distance control (PDC)* . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Passenger side storage compartment . . . . . . 129
Pedal area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Petrol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Petrol additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .159
Plastic parts and leatherette . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Polishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Position of the ignition key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Power steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .166
Pre-heating system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Proper sitting position for occupants . . . . . . . 39
Properties of RME . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Protecting seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
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Radiator fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Radio-frequency remote control key* . . . . . . . 81
Rain sensor* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Raising the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Re-locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Reading light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Rear fog light* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58
Rear lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Rear window heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Rear windscreen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Rear-view mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Refuelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Releasing tank flap manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Releasing the harness belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Removable armrests* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Removing and fitting the wheel . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Removing and installing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40,117
Removing luggage compartment cover . . . . . 121
Removing seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Removing spare wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Renewing the brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Renewing wheels/tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Returning seat to normal position . . . . . . . . . 35
Revolutions counter* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
RME fuel (“diester”) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159Roof rack/Roof railing* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Running-in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
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Safety for children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25
Safety notes on using child seats . . . . . . . . . 25
Safety notes on using seat belts . . . . . . . . . . 11
Seat adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Seat arrangement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Seat belt position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Seat belt release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Seat belt retainer* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Seat belt warning lamp* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Seats and luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . 105
Seats in passenger compartment . . . . . . . . . 109
Securing the child seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Selector lever lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58,144,148
Selector lever positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51,145
Service interval indicator* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Servicing and replacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Servobrake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Setting the outside mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Side turn signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .218
Single door opening* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Sliding/tilting roof* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .211

266General index
Washing vehicle with high pressure cleaner . 178
Ways to secure a child seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Weights and measurements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Wheel trims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Wheelspin control (TCS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59,164
When are the Air Bags activated? . . . . . . . . . 21
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179Windscreen heating* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Windscreen washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Windscreen washer fluid level* . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Windscreen washers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Windscreen wiper blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Winter driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Winter tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
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Your vehicle and the environment . . . . . . . . . 167