2006 Seat Cordoba fuel reserve

Cockpit
54
WARNING
When working in the engine compartment, always bear in mind the safety
wa rnings ⇒ page 169.
Caution
Accessories in front of the air inlet reduce the cooling effect of the coolant. At
high outside temperatures and high engine loads, there is a risk of the
engine overheating.Fuel gauge

and reserve indicator
Details of the instrument panel: Fuel gauge
The fuel tank has a capacity of approx. 45 litres. When the needle reaches the red area of the reserve zone
⇒fig. 34 , the
warning lamp will light and an acoustic signal will sound reminding the driver
to refuel. At this point there are still about 7 litres of fuel in the tank.
SpeedometerThe speedometer is equipped with a digital odometer and a trip counter, in
addition to a service intervals display.
During the running-in period, the instructions shown on ⇒page 143 should
be followedDigital display in the instrument panelDigital clock *– Turn the setting knob ⇒page 52, fig. 32 anti-clockwise to
the stop to set the hour. If the kn ob is turned briefly anti-clock-
wise the clock will advance one hour further.
– Turn the setting knob clockwise to the limit stop to set the minutes. If the knob is turned briefly clockwise the clock will
advance one minute further.
Fig. 34 Fuel gauge
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Cockpit61
Safety First
Operating instructions
Tips and Maintenance
Te c h n i c a l D a t a
Item
Symbol Meaning of warning and control lamps Further information

Alternator fault ⇒page 62

Side/dipped lights ⇒page 62

Electro-hydraulic steering ⇒page 63

Engine fault (petrol engine) ⇒ page 63

Glow plug system (diesel engine)
Lit up: Glow plug system switched on
Flashing: engine fault.
⇒ page 63


Turn signals in operation ⇒page 63

Coolant level / coolant temperature ⇒page 64

Main beam switched on ⇒page 64

Fuel level / reserve ⇒page 64

Anti-lock brake system (ABS) * ⇒page 65

Parking brake applied
or low brake fluid level or
fault in brake system ⇒
page 65

Airbag or belt tension device system fault or airbag disabled ⇒page 26 ⇒page 29

Seat belt warning lamp* ⇒page 17

Fault in the emission control system ⇒page 66
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Cockpit
64Coolant Level* / temperature

The warning lamp lights up if the coolant temperature is too
high or if the coolant level is too low.There is a fault if:•
The warning symbol does not go out again after a few seconds.
•
The warning lamp lights up or flashes while the vehicle is moving, while
three acoustic warning signals ⇒ are emitted.
This means that either the coolant level is too low or the coolant temperature
is too high.
Coolant temperature too high
First look at the coolant temperature gauge. The coolant temperature is too
high if the needle is over the warning area on the dial. Stop the vehicle,
switch off the engine and wait for it to cool down. Check the coolant level.
If the coolant level is correct, the overheating may be caused by a malfunction
of the radiator fan. Check the radiator fan fuse and have it replaced if neces-
sary ⇒page 197.
If the warning lamp lights up again after driving on for a short distance, stop
the vehicle and switch off the engine. Contact an Authorised Service Centre
or a qualified workshop.
Coolant level too low
First look at the coolant temperature gauge. If the needle is in the normal
range, top up with coolant at the earliest opportunity ⇒ .
WARNING
•
If your vehicle is immobilised for any technical reasons, move it to a
safe distance from traffic. Turn off the engine, turn on the hazard lights and
place the warning triangle.
•
Never open the bonnet if you can see or hear steam or coolant escaping
from the engine compartment. Risk of scalding. Wait until you can no
longer see or hear escaping steam or coolant.
•
The engine compartment of any motor vehicle is a dangerous area!
Before carrying out any work in th e engine compartment, switch off the
engine and a llow it to cool down. Al ways note the corresponding warnings
⇒ page 169.
Main beam headlights

This warning lamp lights up when the main beams are on.The warning lamp
 lights up when the main beams are on or when the
headlight flasher is operated.
Fu rther information ⇒ page 91
.
Fuel level / reserve

This symbol lights up to indicate that the fuel tank is down to
the reserve level.This lights when only 7 litres of fuel remain in the tank. Also, an audible
warning is given. This serves as a reminder to fill up with fuel at the earliest
opportunity ⇒page 166.
WARNING (continued)
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Technical Data243
Safety First
Operating instructions
Tips and Maintenance
Te c h n i c a l D a t a
Dimensions and capacities
Dimensions
Length, width 4,280 mm/ 1,698 mm
Height at kerb weight 1,447 mm
Front and rear projection 831 mm/ 839 mm
Wheelbase 2,460 mm
Turning circle 10.54 m
Track width
a)
a)This data will change depending on the type of wheel rim.
Front Rear
1,435 mm 1,424 mm
1,419 mm 1,408 mm
Capacities
Fuel tank 45 litres, reserve 7 litres
Windscreen washer fluid container with headlight washer 2 l/ 4.5 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
248Fire extinguisher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
First aid kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Floor mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Front airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Front ashtray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Front cup holder* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Front interior light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Front passenger airbag deactivation . . . . . . . . . 41
Front reading light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Front seat adjustment Lumbar support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Fuel Diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Petrol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Fuel level Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Fuel reserve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Fuel Tank Opening the fuel tank flap . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Fuel tank See Fuel reserve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197GG 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Gear shift pattern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 General overview of the engine compartment 224
Glove compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Glow plug system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
HHandbrake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65, 133
Hazard warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
head restraints Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100, 101
adjustment of the head restraint angle . . . 101
Removing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Headlight flasher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Headlight range control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 Driving abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Heated front seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Heating system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
High pressure cleaners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51IIdentification number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Ignition key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Ignition lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 Indicator lights
indication lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Instrument and switch lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Instrument lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Instrument panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Intermittent wipe, windscreen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
ISOFIX system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
JJump leads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Jump-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Jump-starting: description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215KKey tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75LLamp changes general notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Load compartment See Luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15, 109 See also Luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . 15
Luggage compartment cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
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Index251
Tank
fuel level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
reserve indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
tank capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
TCS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
TCS (Traction control system) Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
The danger of not using the seat belt . . . . . . . . 20
Tightening torque of wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Towing a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149, 222
Towing bracket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Towing bracket, fitting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Towing eye . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Tow-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Traction control system warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Trailer turn signals Indicator lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Trailer weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Trips, checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Turn signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63, 92
Two-way radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Type plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Tyre pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Tyre pressures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222 Tyres and wheels
Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Tyres service life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Tyres tread depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Tyres with directional tread pattern . . . . . . . . . 186
UUnderbody sealant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158VVehicle battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Vehicle data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Vehicle identification data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Vehicle identification number . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Vehicle interior heating or cooling system . . . 116
Vehicle paint Car care products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Vehicle tools Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Vehicle wallet storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Ventilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Ventilation slits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Volumetric sensor * Activation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Deactivation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80WWarning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Warning lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Warning triangles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Washer fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Washing by hand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Washing the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Washing with high pressure cleaners . . . . . . . 155
Water in the windscreen washer tank . . . . . . . 179
Wear indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194, 223
Torque . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Wheel change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Wheel trims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185, 222
Why assume the correct sitting position? . . . . . 28
Why should head restraints be correctly adjusted? 12
Why wear seat belts? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17, 19
Why wear seat belts? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Windscreen defrosting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Windscreen wiper blades Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Windscreen wipers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 Changing blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Changing the rear blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Winter driving Diesel engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Winter tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Wiper/wash automatic function . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Working in the engine compa rtment . . . . . . . . 169
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