2005 Seat Alhambra mirror

3 Contents
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Introduction to the subject . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Three point seat belt for the second
row central seat* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Air Bag system* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Safety for children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25
Integrated child seat* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Front seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Head restraints* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40
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Instrument panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Multifunctional* steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Warning lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Onboard computer with multi-function indicator* 64
Navigation system* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Opening and closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71Keys with remote control* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72
Doors, central locking* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Tailgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Anti-theft alarm system* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79
Radio-frequency remote control key* . . . . . . . . . . 81
Vent wing* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Sliding/tilting roof* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Lights and visibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Switches in the central console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Interior lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Windscreen washers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99
Windscreen wiper blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Rear-view mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Seats and luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . 105
Front seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Armrests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Seats in passenger compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Heated seats* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Adjustable steering column* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Pedal area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Luggage compartment/Mesh partition* . . . . . . . 119
Luggage compartment cover* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Roof rack/Roof railing* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Ashtrays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Cigarette lighter/Electric sockets . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Stowage box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Drink can holder* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Climate control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131
Climatronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Manual gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Automatic gearbox* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Handbrake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Ignition lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Starting the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Stopping the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Cruise control system* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
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Refuelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Filling the tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Petrol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Intelligent technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Four-wheel drive* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Wheelspin control (TCS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .164
Electronic Stability Program (ESP)* . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Power steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Your vehicle and the environment . . . . . . . . . 167
The first 1,500 km – and afterwards . . . . . . . . . . 167
Cleaning the exhaust fumes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Environment-friendly and economical driving . . . 169
Trailer towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Driving abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176

Instrument panel43
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Overview of the instrument panel
1Door handle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
2Knurled wheel for exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
3Control for electric window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
4Light switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
5Adjustment for instrument lighting/Light range adjustment . . . . .92
6Air vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139-141
7Dipped beam lever and indicator/ Cruise control* . . . . . . . . . . 96/154
8Instruments/warning lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45/56
9Horn/driver’s Air Bag* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
10Ignition lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
11Windscreen wiper lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
12Switches for:
Heated window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Window heating* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Heating left seat* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
ESP* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
13Climatronic* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
14Radio1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
15Drink can holder* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
16Upper middle shelf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
17Switches for:
Hazard warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
PDC* (Parking distance Control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Right seat heating* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Cover for additional switch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
18Glove compartment/Shelf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
19Passenger Air Bag* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
20Upper passenger shelf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
21Gear lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
22Ashtray/lighter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123/125
23Controls for electric side windows* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
24Handbrake lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
25Pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
26Steering column adjustment lever* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
27Fuse box cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
28Bonnet release lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
1)An additional instructions manual is delivered with vehicles fitted with a navigation
system or radio in the factory. If the radio is fitted subsequently, the instructions in the
“Accessories, modification and replacement of parts” chapter should be followed.


Opening and closing76
Interior light control
The interior light is switched on for approx. 20 seconds when the
vehicle is unlocked, a door opened or the ignition key removed.
The switch must be in the door contact position for this function.
Once the door is closed, the inside light remains on for another 20
seconds (delayed switch off of inside light).
It is however switched off as soon as the vehicle is locked or the
ignition switched on, and whenever all the doors and boot/tailgate
are closed.
With the door open, the interior light will remain on for a maximum
of ten minutes. This prevents the vehicle battery from discharging.
Once the ignition is off, all inside lights, including reading light,
the one on the courtesy mirror and on the door, and the boot light,
will remain switched on for a maximum of one hour, to prevent the
battery from discharging.
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Central locking button*
The central locking button makes it possible to lock/unlock the
whole vehicle from the inside. The button is located in the door
release lever on the driver’s door
⇒ fig. 63.
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boot lid/tailgate are locked. It is now no longer possible to open
the doors or boot lid/tailgate. Unwanted access from outside (e.g.
at trafficlights) is also prevented in this way.
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when the button is operated.
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oncoming traffic from being dazzled more than is unavoidable. At
the same time the correct headlight beam setting provides the
best possible visibility for the driver.
The headlights can only be regulated with the dipped headlights
switched on.
To lower the beams, turn knurled discfrom the basicposition (–)
downwards.
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on/off using this switch. A warning lamp will light up in the switch
when the heating is on.
On vehicles with electrically adjustable exterior mirrors the mirrors
are heated as long as the rear window heating is switched on.
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with a button.
The rear window heating automatically switches off about 20
minutes after it is switched on. It can also be switched off earlier by
pressing the button again.
If the heating is still required, simply press the button again. It will
again be switched off automatically after a further 20 minutes.
On vehicles with electrically adjustable exterior mirrors the mirrors
are heated as long as the rear window heating is switched on.
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As soon as window is clear, switch element off. The reduced current
consumption helps to reduce fuel consumption ⇒"Economic and
environment friendly driving" chapter.K
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When the hazard warning lamps are switched on, all four signal
lights flash simultaneously. The warning lamps for the indicators
and a warning lamp in the switch will also flash.
Note legal requirements when employing such safety measures.
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Parking distance control (PDC)*6
This system helps prevent small bumps which may occur while
parking, especially in city traffic when parking between other cars.
If the appropriate switch (PDC) in the centre console is pressed, the
sensors in the vehicle’s bumper warn the driver of the proximity of
objects with an intermittent beep and a warning lamp. This
warning occurs when the distance between vehicle and obstacle is
40cm. The beep speeds up until it becomes continuous, when the
distance is approximately 20cm.
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Free space for additional switch8
⇒ fig. 78K
Sun visors
The sun visors can be pulled out of the side mountings and swung
towards the doors.
The illuminated* make-up mirror is switched on when the cover is
opened.
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Changing wiper blades
Lift the wiper arm up and rotate it so that the blade is
perpendicular to the wiper. Next, remove it in the direction of the
arrow and replace.
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Adjusting mirrors
Mirrors should be adjusted before beginning a journey in order to
guarantee good visibility.
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Anti-dazzle interior mirror
The lever on the lower edge of the mirror should be pointing to the
rear when the basicsetting is made.
To set the anti-dazzle position, pull lever forwards.
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Automatic* anti-dazzle mirror
Adjust interior mirror by hand.
If the ignition is switched on the interior mirror automatically
darkens depending on the light from behind (i.e. a headlight).
When you engage the reverse gear or put the selector lever on R R
the mirror returns to its original position (is no longer dark).
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Electrically adjustable mirrors
Electrically adjustable mirrors are set by pressing the edge of the
knob Ain the driver’s door trim.
The surface of the mirror may be angled upwards, downwards, to
the left or the right, as required.
With swivel knob
Aselect the driver or passenger wing mirrors.
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mirror the right one moves in time, and a
separate adjustment of the right mirror should not normally be
necessary. If you wish to adjust it separately, activate the right
mirror. You should now be able to adjust it.
If the electric adjustment fails, the mirrors can be adjusted
manually by pressing on the surface.
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Setting the outside mirrors
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When the ignition is on the mirrors darken automatically according
to the amount of light reflecting from behind (e.g.: a flood light).
When shifting into reverse gear or placing the selector lever in R R
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the mirrors will return to the original position (they are not dark
anymore).
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Mirror heating
The electrically operated outside mirrors are heated as long as the
heated rear window is switched on. The ignition must be switched
on for this purpose.
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Electric folding wing mirrors
Use controlAto select the passenger or driver’s wing mirror, or
the fold-away function, as well as mirror adjustment
⇒ fig. 88.
0 0
– Neutral position
L L
– Passenger’s wing mirror
R R
– Driver’s wing mirror
– Folding away of wing mirrorsThe fold-away position is recommended, for example, when
parking or driving in cramped conditions.
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• Before putting the vehicle through an automatic washing plant, the
mirrors should be folded in to prevent them becoming damaged.
• If the mirror housing is moved by an external force (e.g. knocked when
manoeuvring) the mirrors must be folded right in electrically. U Un
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housing be adjusted by hand as the
operation of the mirror might be affected. To place the mirrors in use
position, using control
A, they will not work for about 15 seconds.
Be careful not to damage the mirrors when using control
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