2005 Seat Altea winter tyres

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Compact temporary spare wheel
The compact temporary spare wh eel is only intended for
temporary use over short distances.The temporary spare wheel is stored under the floor panel in the luggage
compartment and is attached by a thumbnut.
How to use the compact temporary spare wheel
Should you ever have a punctured tyre, the compact temporary spare wheel
is only intended for temporary use until you can reach a workshop. The
standard-size road wheel should be replaced as soon as possible.
Please note the following restrictions when using the compact temporary
spare wheel. This spare wheel has been specially designed for your vehicle,
thus, it cannot be changed with th e spare wheel from another vehicle.
No other type of tyre (normal summer or winter tyre) may be fitted on the
compact temporary spare wheel rim. Snow chains
For technical reasons, snow chains must not
be used on the compact tempo-
rary spare wheel.
If you should have a puncture on one of the front wheels when using snow
chains, fit the compact temporary spare in place of one of the rear wheels.
You can then attach the snow chains to the wheel taken from the rear and use
this wheel to replace the punctured front wheel.
WARNING
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The tyre pressures must be checked and corrected as soon as possible.
The tyre pressure for the spare wheel is 4.2 bar. Failure to do so could result
in an accident.
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Do not drive faster than 80 km/h. High er speeds can cause an accident.
•
Avoid heavy acceleration, hard braking and fast cornering, risk of acci-
dent.
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Never use two or more compact spare tyres at the same time, risk of
accident.
•
No other type of tyre (normal summer or winter tyre) may be fitted on
the compact temporary spare wheel rim.
Tyre repair kit
The tyre repair kit is stored under the floor panel in the
luggage compartmentYour vehicle is equipped with the Tyre Mobility System “Tyre repair kit”.
The tyre repair kit consists of a contai ner with sealing compound to repair the
puncture and a compressor to generate the required tyre pressure. The kit will
reliably seal punctures up to a size of about 4 mm caused by the penetration
of a foreign body into the tyre.
Fig. 164 Luggage
compartment. Access to
the spare wheel
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Dimensions and capacities
Dimensions
Length, width 4,282 mm/ 1,768 mm
Height at kerb weight 1,546 mm
Front and rear projection 916 mm/ 788 mm
Wheelbase 2,578 mm
Turning circle 10.7 m
Track width
a)
a)This data will change depending on the type of wheel rim.
Front Rear
1,525 mm 1,509
mm
1,533 mm 1,517 mm
Capacities
Fuel tank 55 litres, reserve 7 litres
Windscreen washer fluid container with headlight washer 3 l/ 5.5 l
Tyre pressure
Summer-grade tyres:
The correct tyre pressure can be seen on the sticker on the inside of the tank flap.
Winter tyres:
The pressure of these tyres is the same as the summer tyre pressure plus 0.2 bar.
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Index
278Engine oil pressure
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Environmental tip Avoiding pollution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
ESP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80, 175
Example of menu use Open the configuration menu . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Program a speed limit warning . . . . . . . . . . 67
To activate and deactivate the speed limit warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Examples of menu use Open the main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Open the winter tyres menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
To close the winter tyres menu . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
External aerial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195FFastening rings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Fire extinguisher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
First-aid kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Floor mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Folding the seat backrests down . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Foot brake Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Front airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Front passenger airbag deactivation . . . . . . . . . 44
Front reading lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Front seat adjustment
Lumbar support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Fuel Diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Petrol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Fuel level Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Fuel reserve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 warning message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Fuel Tank Opening the fuel tank flap . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Fuel tank See Fuel reserve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
GG 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Gear shift pattern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
General overview of the engine compartment 260
Glove compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Glow plug system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160 Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80HHandbrake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76, 166
Hazard warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 head restraints
Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126, 127
adjustment of the head restraint angle . . . 127
Removing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
head restraints, correct adjustment . . . . . . . . . 13 In-use and non-use positions . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Headlight flasher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Headlight range control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 Driving abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Heated front seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Heated window 2C-Climatronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
High pressure cleaners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
IIdentification number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Ignition key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Ignition lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Indicator lights indication lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Information texts in the display . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Instrument and switch lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Instrument lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Instrument panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
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Index
282Turn signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75, 114
Two-way radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Type plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Tyre Mobility-System (Tyre repair kit) . . . . . . . 225
Tyre monitor indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Tyre pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Tyre pressures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Tyre repair kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225, 231
Tyres and wheels Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Tyres service life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Tyres tread depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Tyres with directional tread pattern . . . . . . . . . 218UUmbrella holder belt* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Underbody sealant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Using the Tiptronic gear system . . . . . . . . . . . . 165VVehicle battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Vehicle data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Vehicle identification data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Vehicle identification number . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Vehicle paint Car care products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Vehicle tools Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224 Vehicle wallet storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Ventilation slits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
WWarning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Warning lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Warning reports
Red . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Yellow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Warning texts in the display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Warning triangle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Washer fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Washing by hand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Washing the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Washing with high pressure cleaners . . . . . . . 187
Water warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Water in the windscreen washer tank . . . . . . . 211
Wear indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228, 259 Torque . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Wheel change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Wheel trims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218, 258
Why assume the correct sitting position? . . . . . 30
Why should head restraints be correctly adjusted? 13
Why wear seat belts? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19, 21
Why wear seatbelts? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Windscreen washer fluid
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Windscreen wiper blades Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Windscreen wipers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 Changing blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Changing the rear blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Winter driving Diesel engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Winter tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Wiper/wash automatic function . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Working in the engine compartment . . . . . . . . 201
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