2005 Seat Cordoba Owner's Manual

231 Engine data
Safety FirstControls and equipment Tips and Maintenance Technical data
Maximum authorised weight in kg 1683
Weight in driving order (with driver) in kg 1263/1375
Authorised load on front axle in kg 882
Authorised load on rear axle in kg 825
Authorised load on roof
b)in kg 75
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Tow with brake on slopes of up to 12% in kg 1200
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Engine oil capacity 4.3 l.
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Maximum engine torque in Nm after 1/min 310/1900
Number of cylinders/Cylinder capacity in cm34/1896
Compression 19
FuelMin 49 Cz
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Acceleration 0-80 km/h in seconds 6.6
Acceleration 0-100 km/h in seconds 9.5
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Intercity driving 4.4/119 4.5/122
Total5.3/143 5.4/146
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233 Engine data
Safety FirstControls and equipment Tips and Maintenance Technical data
Maximum authorised weight in kg 1733
Weight in driving order (with driver) in kg 1313/1402
Authorised load on front axle in kg 955
Authorised load on rear axle in kg 830
Authorised load on roof
b)in kg 75
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Tow with brake on slopes of up to 12% in kg 1200
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Measurements and capacities
Length/Width4280 mm, 1698 mm
Height at free standing weight1447 mm
Front and rear overhang831 mm / 839 mm
Wheel base2460 mm
Turning ratio10.54 m
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1419 mm 1408 mm
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Fuel tank45 l. Reserve 7 l.
Windscreen/Headlight washer tank 2 l./4.5 l.
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235 General index
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A A
ABS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Accelerator pedal faults (EPC)* . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Accessing battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Accessories and parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Accessories, modifications and replacement
of parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Additional brake light* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Adjustable steering column* . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Adjusting mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Adjusting the seat belt height . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Adjusting the steering wheel position . . . . . . 90
Adjusting washer jets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
After the running-in period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Air Bag system* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17, 51
Air conditioning* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Alloy wheels* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .153
Altering stored speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Alternator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Anti-dazzle interior mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Anti-lock brake system (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . . 50, 131
Anti-theft alarm system* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Anti-theft* wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Ashtrays*, cigarette lighter* and electrical
sockets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95Attaching child seats with the ISOFIX system 30
Audio control from controls on the steering
wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Authorization for use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Automatic fuse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Automatic gearbox* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Automatic* anti-dazzle interior mirror . . . . . . 83
B B
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Belt tensioner* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50, 130
C
C
Care and maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Care of the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Cavity preservation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Central locking button* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Central locking* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Central rear head rest* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Changing a fuse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Changing bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Changing engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Changing the wheels round . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Changing wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180Changing wiper blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Checking acid level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Checking and refilling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Checking coolant level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Checking fluid level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Checking oil level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Child safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Cigarette lighter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .96
Cleaning and anti-corrosion treatment of
engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Cleaning seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Cleaning the exhaust fumes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Climate control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99
Climatronic* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Closing the bonnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Comfort locking* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Controls on the steering wheel* . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Coolant losses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .162
Coolant specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Coolant temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Coolant temperature/level* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Cooling system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .161
Correct adjustment of head restraints . . . . . . 89
Cover headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Cruise control system* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

236General index
D
D
Data-carrying adhesive . . . . . . . . . . . 210, 211
Deactivate Air Bags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Description of anti-theft alarm system* . . . . . 63
Description of front airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Description of side and head airbags . . . . . . 18
Description of the central locking system . . . 58
Digital clock* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Digital display in the instrument panel . . . . . 41
Dipped beam bulb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Door lock cylinder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Door, boot and window seals . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Drink can holder* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Driver’s seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87
Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Driving a car with a manual gearbox . . . . . . . 113
Driving abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .143
Driving in winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Driving programmes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Driving tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Dust and pollen filter* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
E E
EDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Electric folding wing mirrors* . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Electric socket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .96Electric windows* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Electrically adjustable mirrors* . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Electronic differential lock (EDL) . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Electronic engine block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Electronic immobiliser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52, 57
Electronic stabilisation program
(ESP)* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52, 77, 132
Emergency activation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Emergency starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Engine bonnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .155
Engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Engine data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207, 212
Engine diagnosis* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Engine oil pressure/level* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Environment-friendly and economical driving 137
ESP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
F
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Filling the container . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Filling the tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Filter preheating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
First aid kit, warning triangle . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Fixing points for tow bar* . . . . . . . . . . 141, 209
Flashers and high beam lever . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Fold in exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
From 1,000 – 1,500 km . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135Front ashtray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95
Front interior light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Front passenger seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Front reading light* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Front seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32, 87
Front towing eye . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Front windscreen wipers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Frontal collisions and the laws of physics . . . 8
Fuel Consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Fuel gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Fuel level* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50
Function of electric windows with ignition on 69
Function of head airbags* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Function of side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Function of the electric windows with ignition
switched off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Fuse box in the engine compartment on the
battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Fuse colour code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .189
Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
G
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Glove compartment light* . . . . . . . . . . . . 79, 198
Glowplugs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49
H
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Hand brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51, 118
Hazard warning lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

237 General index
Head restraints* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33, 89
Headlight range control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Headlight washer system* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Heated rear window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Heated seats* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89
Heating and ventilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
How are seat belts put on properly? . . . . . . . . 12
How to jump start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
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If and when . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
If you disconnect the battery and connect
again... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Ignition lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Increasing boot space* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Installing a radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Instrument and switch lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Instrument overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Instrument panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Intelligent technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Interior lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Interior lights and front reading lights
(three parts) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Isofix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
J
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Jump leads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
K
K
Key lock switch for deactivation of passenger
Air Bags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Keys with remote control* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Kick-down device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
L
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Lap belt* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Lashing eyes* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .92
Layout of fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Lifting points for workshop hoist and trolley
jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Lifting the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Lights and visibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Locking and unlocking the vehicle . . . . . . 58, 65
Loosening the wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
M M
Main beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50
Main beam bulb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Manual gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Measurements and capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Memory consultation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Mileage display or Service Interval Display . . 45
Mirror heating* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85Mobile telephones and radio telephones . . . 200
Multifunction indicator* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
N N
Natural leather* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Notes for tyres where the direction of rotation
is stipulated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Number plate light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
O O
Object compartment driver’s side . . . . . . . . . 97
Object drawer under right seat* . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Oil properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .158
On board tools, spare wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Opening and closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56, 62
Opening and closing the opening roof . . . . . 71
Opening or closing the windows electrically . 68
Opening roof* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71
Opening the bonnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Outside temperature indicator* . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Overview of the instrument panel . . . . . . . . . 37
Overview of the warning lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
P P
Paint damage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Parking light/dipped beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Pedal area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

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Plastic parts and leatherette . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Polishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Position of the ignition key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Power steering* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48, 134
Preparation work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Proper sitting position for driver . . . . . . . . . . 32
Properties of RME . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Protecting seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
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Radiator fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Radio-frequency remote control key* . . . . . . . 65
Rain sensor* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Raising the seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Raising the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Rear body work lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Rear drink holder* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Rear seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Rear tailgate lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Rear towing eye . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Rear-view mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Refuelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Removing and fitting the wheel . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Removing and installing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Renewing the brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Renewing wheels/tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Revolutions counter* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40RME fuel (“diester”) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Roof antenna* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .199
Roof rack* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Running-in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
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Safety for children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25
Safety notes on using child seats . . . . . . . . . 25
Safety notes on using seat belts . . . . . . . . . . 11
Seat adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Seat belt position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Seat belt release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Seat belt warning lamp* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Seat heating* for left seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Seat heating* for right seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Seats and luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . 87
Selector lever lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114
Selector lever position display* . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Selector lever positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Servicing and replacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Servobrake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Side indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .195
Side light bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .192
Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .180
Spark plugs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41Starting after running out of fuel . . . . . . . . . . 121
Starting the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Steel wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .153
Stopping the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Storing speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Stowage box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .96
Stowage compartment on the front passenger
side . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Stowing luggage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Sun visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Switch on interior light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Switches in driver’s door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Switches in the central console . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Switching lights on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Switching on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Switching system off temporarily . . . . . . . . . . 124
Switching the system off completely . . . . . . . 125
Synchronization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
T
T
TCS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Tailgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
The danger of not using the seat belt . . . . . . 9
The first 1,500 km – and afterwards . . . . . . . 135
The importance of correct seat adjustment . . 87
Topping up coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162