2006 Seat Alhambra ESP

General notes on the technical data 260
Weights
Kerb weight refers to the basic model with a fuel tank filled to 90% capacity
and without optional extras. The figure quoted includes 75 kg to allow for the
weight of the driver.
For special versions and optional equipment fittings or for the addition of
accessories, the weight of the vehicle will increase Ÿ.
WARNING
•Please note that the centre of gravity may shift when transporting
heavy objects; this may affect the vehicle's handling and lead to an acci-
dent. Always adjust your speed and driving style to suit road conditions
and requirements.
•Never exceed the gross axle weight rating or the gross vehicle weight
rating. If the allowed axle load or the allowed total weight is exceeded, the
driving characteristics of the vehicle may change, leading to accidents,
injuries and damage to the vehicle.
Towing a trailer
Trailer weights
Trailer weights
The trailer weights and drawbar loads approved are selected in intensive
trials according to precisely defined criteria. The approved trailer weights are
valid for vehicles in EU for maximum speeds of 80 km/h (in certain circum-
stances up to 100 km/h). The figures may be different in other countries. All
data in the official vehicle documents take precedence over these data Ÿ.Drawbar load
The maximum permitted weight exerted by the trailer drawbar on the ball joint
of the towing bracket must not exceed 85 kg.
In the interest of road safety, we recommend that you always tow
approaching the maximum drawbar load. The response of the trailer on the
road will be poor if the drawbar load is too small.
If the maximum permissible drawbar load cannot be met (e.g. with small,
empty and light-weight single axle trailers or tandem axle trailers with an axle
base of less than 1 metre), at least 4% of the actual trailer weight is a legal
stipulation for a drawbar load.
WARNING
•For safety reasons, you should not drive at speeds above 80 km/h when
towing a trailer. This also applies to countries where higher speeds are
permitted.
•Never exceed the maximum trailer weights or the draw bar loading. If
the permissible axle load or the permissible total weight is exceeded, the
driving characteristics of the vehicle may change, leading to accidents,
injuries and damage to the vehicle.
Wheels
Tyre pressure, snow chains, wheel bolts
Tyre pressures
The sticker with the tyre pressure values can be found on the inside of the
tank flap. The tyre pressure values given there are for cold tyres. The slightly
raised pressures of warm tyres must not be reduced Ÿ.

Index289
Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Coat hooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Cockpit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Code number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Coming Home function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Control lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Controls
Electric windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Convenience closing
Sliding/tilting roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Convenience opening
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Cool box
cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216, 217
Coolant Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Coolant level
warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Coolant Loss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Coolant temperature
Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Cooling and heating box
Cooling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Faults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Notes on usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Switching off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149Correct adjustment of front head restraints . . . . 12
Cruise control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Cup holders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Curtain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
D
Daylight driving lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Deadlock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Diagram of gears . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Diesel engine
Winter driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Diesel particle filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Differential lock fault (EDL)
warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Dipped headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Disabling airbag
front passenger airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Disabling front and side passenger airbag
Safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Disabling frontal airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Display
Instrument panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Door lock cylinders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197Door open display
warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Door release lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61, 91
Drink holders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Driving
Driving abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
With a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188, 190
With four-wheel drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Driving abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Driving economically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Driving safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Driving with respect for the environment . . . . 191
Duplicate keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Dust filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Dynamic headlight range control . . . . . . 109, 110
E
EDL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
EDS
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Electric consumers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114, 148
Electric windows
controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
one-touch closing and opening . . . . . . . . . 101
roll-back function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Electrical accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Electrical windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Index 290
Electronic differential lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Electronic immobiliser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75, 162
Electronic stabilisation program . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Electronic stabilisation programme . . . . . . . . . . 74
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161, 183
Electronic stabilisation programme (ESP)
warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Emergency opening
Doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Engine
Running in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Engine compartment
Working in the engine compartment . . . . . 209
Engine coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Engine fault
monitor indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Engine hood
SeeBonnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Engine management
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Checking level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Oil properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Topping up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Engine oil dipstick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214Engine oil pressure
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Engine oil temperature display . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Engine oil temperature gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
ESP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74, 182
warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Exhaust gas indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Exhaust gas purification system
diesel particle filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Exhaust system fault* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119, 196
External aerial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
F
Fastening rings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15, 143
Fastening seat belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Fault messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Faults in operation of air conditioning . . . . . . 157
First-aid kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Floor mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Foot brake
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Four-wheel drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Replacing tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Winter tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184Front airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Front passenger airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Front seats
adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Fuel
Diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Petrol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Fuel level
Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Fuel reserve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Fuel tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
See alsoFuel reserve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Fuel tank cap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Fuse box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
G
G 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Gear selector lever
SeeAutomatic gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
SeeAutomatic gearbox with Tiptronic . . . . 171
General overview of the engine compartment 262
Glove compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Glove compartment light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Glow plug system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164

Index295
Vehicle tools
storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Vehicle wallet storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Ventilation slits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15, 143
Voltmeter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
W
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
diesel particle filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
warning lamp
ESP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
exhaust gas indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Warning lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Warning messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Warning triangle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Washer fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Washing by hand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Washing the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Washing with high pressure cleaners . . . . . . . 195
Water in the windscreen washer tank . . . . . . . 218
Wear indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Wheel bolt caps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238, 261
Torque . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225, 260
Why assume the correct sitting position? . . . . . 32
Why should head restraints be correctly adjusted?
12Why wear seat belts? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17, 19
Why wear seatbelts? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Window aerial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Opening and closing electrically . . . . . . . . 100
Windscreen heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Windscreen washer fluid
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Windscreen wiper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Windscreen wiper blades
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Windscreen wipers
Changing the front blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Changing the rear blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Winter driving
Diesel engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Winter tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Four-wheel drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Working in the engine compartment . . . . . . . . 209