2005 Seat Altea isofix

Safe driving7
Safety First
Operating instructions
Tips and Maintenance
Te c h n i c a l D a t a
Safety FirstSafe drivingBrief introductionDear SEAT Driver
Safety first!This chapter contains important information, advice, suggestions
and warnings that should be read and followed in the interest of
your own safety and the safety of your passengers.
WARNING
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This manual contains important info rmation concerning the driver's
and passengers' handling of the vehicle. The other booklets in the vehicle
wallet also contain further informatio n which you should be aware of for
your own safety and for the safety of your passengers.
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Ensure that the complete vehicle wallet is always in the vehicle. This is
especially important when you lend or sell the vehicle to others.
Safety equipment
The safety equipment is a part of the occupant protection
system and can reduce the risk of injury during an accident.Never “gamble” with your safety and the safety of your passengers. In the
event of an accident, the safety equipment could reduce the risk of injury. The
following list includes most of the safety equipment in your SEAT:•
Optimised three-point seat belts,
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Belt tension limiter for the front and rear seats,
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belt tension devices for the front seats,
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belt height adjustment for the front seats,
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front airbags,
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side airbags in the front seat backrests.
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curtain airbags,
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crash-active front head restraints*,
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“ISOFIX” anchor points for “ISOFIX” child seats on the outer seats in the
second row,
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height-adjustable head restraints,
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head restraints with in-use position and non-use position
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adjustable steering column.
The safety equipment mentioned above works together to provide you and
your passengers with the best possible protection in accident situations. But
this safety equipment cannot help you or your passengers if you or your
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Safety First
Operating instructions
Tips and Maintenance
Te c h n i c a l D a t a
Group 1 child seats
A suitable child seat and a correctly adjusted seat belt can
help to protect your child.Child seats using the “ISOFIX” system or seats in which the child faces the
rear of the car are most appropriate for babies and small children weighing
between 9 and 18 kg.
Follow the manufacturer's instructions and observe any statutory require-
ments when installing and using child seats.
We recommend that you include the manufacturer's directions for child seat
use in the vehicle wallet and always keep them in the vehicle.
WARNING
Read and always observe information and warnings concerning the use of
child seats ⇒ in “Safety notes on using child seats” on page 47.
Group 2 and 3 child seats
A suitable child seat and a corr ectly adjusted seat belt can
help to protect your child.Follow the manufacturer's instructio ns and observe any statutory require-
ments when installing and using child seats.
We recommend that you include the manufacturer's directions for child seat
use in the vehicle wallet and always keep them in the vehicle.
Group 2 child seats
Children under 7 years of age weighing between 15 and 25 kg are best
protected by group 2 child seats in conjunction with properly adjusted seat
belts.
Group 3 child seats
Children over 7 years of age weighing between 22 and 36 kg but less than 1.5
metres tall are best protected by seat cushions with head restraints in
conjunction with properly worn seat belts ⇒fig. 30.
Fig. 29 A category 1
forward-facing child seat
fitted on the rear seat.
Fig. 30 Forward-facing
child seat installed on rear
seat.
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WARNING
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The shoulder part of th e seat belt must lie approximately on the centre
of the shoulder, never across the neck or the arm. The seat belt must lie
close to the torso. The lap belt part must lie across the pelvis, not across the stomach, and always fit closely. Pull the belt tight if necessary to take
up any slack
⇒page 24, “Seat belts”.
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Read and always observe information and warnings concerning the use
of child seats ⇒ in “Safety notes on using child seats” on page 47.
Securing child seatsWays to secure a child seat
A child seat can be secured differently on th e rear seat and on the front passenger seat.You can secure a child seat to the rear seat or front passenger seat in the
following ways:
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Child seats in groups 0 to 3 can be secured with a seat belt.
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Group 0, 0+ and 1 child seats with the “ISOFIX” system can be secured to
the “ISOFIX” retaining rings without seat belts ⇒ page 51.
U: Suitable for universal retention systems approved for use with this age group (universal retention systems, are those systems secured using the
adult safety belt)
*: Move the passenger seat back as far as possible, as high as possible and always turn the airbag off. L: Suitable for retention systems using the “ISOFIX” anchorsWARNING (continued)
Weight class
Weight Seat locations
Front passenger Rear outerRear centre
Group 0 <10 kgU*U/L U
Group 0+ <13 kgU*U/L U
Group 1 9-18 kgU*U/L U
Group 2 / 3 15-36 kgU*UU
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WARNING
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When travelling, children must be secured in the vehicle with a
restraint system suitable for age, weight and size.
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Never install a rear-facing child seat on the front passenger seat unless
the front passenger airbag has been disabled. Risk of potentially fatal inju-
ries to the child! If it is necessary in exceptional cases to transport a child
on the front passenger seat, you must always disable the front passenger
airbag ⇒ page 44, “Deactivating airbags*”.
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Read and always observe information and warnings concerning the use
of child seats ⇒ in “Safety notes on using child seats” on page 47.
Securing child seat with the “ISOFIX” system
The child seat with “ISOFIX” system can be secured quickly,
easily and safely on the rear outer seats.
When removing or fitting the child seat, please be sure to follow the
manufacturer's instructions.
– Move the seat as far to rear as it will go.
– Press the child seat onto the “ISOFIX” retaining rings until the
child seat can be heard to engage securely.
– Pull on both sides of the child seat to ensure that it is secure.Two “ISOFIX” retaining rings are fitted on each rear seat. The “ISOFIX”
retaining rings are attached to the seat frames.
The “ISOFIX” system retaining rings may be found by locating the label on the
seat.
Child seats with “ISOFIX” mountings are available from the Authorised
Service Centres.
WARNING
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The retaining rings are designed only for use with “ISOFIX” child seats.
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Never secure child seats without the “ISOFIX” system, retaining belts
or objects to the fastening rings – this can result in potentially fatal injuries
to the child!
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Ensure that the child seat is secured correctly using the “ISOFIX”
anchors.
Fig. 31 ISOFIX securing
rings
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Index
276Buzzer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114, 157CCar care
Exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Car care products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Car phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Car washes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
CD changer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Central locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Automatic speed dependent locking and un-locking system* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Emergency unlocking system . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Locking system for invo luntary unlocking . . 93
Selective unlocking system* . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Unlocking system* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Central locking button Central locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
unlocking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Centre arm rest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Cetane number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Changing gear See Manual gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Changing the lamps Main headlight lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
rear lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Changing the main headlight lamps
dipped beam lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
main beam lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243 Side lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
turn signal lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Changing the rear lights indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
luggage compartment lights . . . . . . . . . . . 247
rear fog light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
reverse light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
side lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Changing windscreen wiper blades . . . . . . . . . 212
Chassis number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Checking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Checking battery electrolyte level . . . . . . . . . . 217
Checking engine oil level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Child safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Child seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Categorisation in groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Group 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Group 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Group 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Groups 0 and 0+ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
ISOFIX system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Securing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Child seats on the front passenger seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Cigarette lighter* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Cleaning alloy wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Cleaning and caring for your vehicle . . . . . . . . 185
Cleaning chrome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Cleaning cloth seat covers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Cleaning dash panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191 Cleaning engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Cleaning fabric trim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Cleaning leather . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Cleaning plastic parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Cleaning seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Cleaning steel wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Cleaning windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Cleaning wooden trim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Climatic* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Climatronic
General notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Clothes hook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Cockpit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Control Light switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Control lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Control lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Controls Electric windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Convenience closing Sliding/tilting roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Convenience opening Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209 monitor indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Coolant Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Coolant level warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
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Index279
Instrument panel menu
Configuration menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Example of menu use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Lights and visibility menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Instrument panel menus Principal menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Vehicle status menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Interior front light, type 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Interior front light, type 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Interior monitoring system Deactivating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Intermittent wipe, windscreen . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
ISOFIX system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51JJump leads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Jump-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249KKey tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97LLamp changes general notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 Load compartment
See Luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17, 142
Luggage compartment retaining net . . . . . . . . 134
MMain beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Main beam headlights Indicator lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Main headlight lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Manual gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Manual mode 2C-Climatronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
MFD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Mileage display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Mirrors Exterior mirrors, electrical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Interior mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Make-up mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Mobile phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Multi-function display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Multi-purpose* mobile stowage compartment 138 Closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Fitting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Uses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
NNumber of seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19OObservations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Octane number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Oil change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Oil pressuremonitor indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Oil properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
One-touch opening and closing Electric windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Opening and locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Overview Control lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Instrument panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Warning lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71PPaintworkPolishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Waxing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Parking lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Parts replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
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