
Checking and refilling levels
184Checking the coolant level and topping up
The correct coolant level is important for fault-free func-
tioning of the engine cooling system.Before opening the bonnet, read and observe the warnings ⇒ in
“Safety instructions on working in the engine compartment” on
page 176 .
Opening the coolant expansion tank
– Switch off the engine and allow it to cool.
– To prevent scalding, cover the cap on the expansion tank with a thick cloth and carefully unscrew the cap ⇒.
Checking coolant level
– Look into the open coolant ex pansion tank and read off the
coolant level. – If the level is underneath the “MIN” mark, top up with coolant.
Topping up coolant
–Only use
new coolant.
– Do not fill above the “MAX” mark.
Closing the coolant expansion tank
– Screw the cap on again tightly.
The position of the coolant expansion re servoir is shown in the corresponding
engine compartment diagram ⇒page 238.
Make sure that the coolant meets the required specifications ⇒page 183.
Do not use a different type of additive if coolant additive G 12+ is not avail-
able. In this case use only water and bring the coolant concentration back up
to the correct level as soon as possible by putting in the specified additive
⇒ page 183.
Always top up with new coolant.
Do not fill above the “MAX” mark. Otherwise the excess coolant will be forced
out of the cooling system when the engine is hot.
The coolant additive G 12+ (dyed purple ) may be mixed with G 12 (dyed red)
and also with G 11.
WARNING
Any work carried out in the engine compartment or on the engine must be
carried out cautiously.•
When working in the engine compartment, always observe the safety
warnings ⇒page 176
Fig. 129 In the engine
compartment: Coolant
expansion tank cap
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Safety First
Operating instructions
Tips and Maintenance
Te c h n i c a l D a t a
•
When the engine is warm or hot, the cooling system is pressurised! Do
not unscrew the cap on the expansion t ank when the engine is hot. This is
a burn injury risk.Caution
•
When mixed with other additives the colour of G 12 will change to brown.
If this occurs you should have the coolant changed immediately. Failure to do
so will result in engine damage!
•
If a lot of coolant has been lost, wait for the engine to cool down before
putting in cold coolant. This avoids damaging the engine. Large coolant
losses are an indication of leaks in the cooling system. See a specialised
workshop immediately and have the c ooling system checked. Otherwise,
there is a risk of engine damage.
Washer fluid and windscreen wiper bladesTopping up washer fluid
The water for cleaning the windscreen should always be
mixed with washer fluid.The windscreen washer and the headlight washing system are supplied with
fluid from the windscreen washer fluid container in the engine compartment.
The container holds approx. 2 litres; in vehicles with headlamp washers* it
holds approx. 4.5 litres.
The reservoir is located on the right-hand side of the engine compartment.
Plain water is not enough to clean th e windscreen and headlights. We recom-
mend that you always add a product to the windscreen washer fluid.
Approved windscreen cleaning products exist on the market with high deter-
gent and anti-freeze properties, these may be added all-year-round. Please
follow the dilution instructions on the packaging.
WARNING (continued)
Fig. 130 In the engine
compartment: Cap of
windscreen washer fluid
reservoir.
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Index259
Convenience opening
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183, 184
Coolant Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Coolant level warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Coolant Loss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Coolant temperature Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Correct adjustment of front head restraints . . . . 12
Cruise control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Curtain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36DDanger of fitting a child seat on the front passenger seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Deep Water in Cupra version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Diesel engine Winter driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Diesel engine particulate filter* . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Differential lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Differential lock fault (EDL) warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Digital clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Dipped headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 Disabling front passenger airbag
Safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Disabling the airbag Disabling front passenger airbag . . . . . . . . . 38
Displays in the Mult i-function display
Memory displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Door lock cylinders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Door release lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Doors Childproof locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Unlocking and locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Drive wheels traction control system . . . . . . . . 146
Driving Driving abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
With a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
with a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Driving abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 Headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Driving economically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Driving safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Driving with respect for the environment . . . . . 158
Duplicate keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Dust filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Dynamic headlight range control . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
EEDL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
EDS Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Electrical sockets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 Electrohydraulic steering
warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Electronic differential lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148 Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Electronic immobiliser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65, 131
Electronic stabilisation program . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Electronic stabilisation program (ESP) warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Electronic stabilisation programme . . . . . . . . . 147
Emission control system warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Engine Running-in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Engine compartment Working in the engine compartment . . . . . 176
Engine coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Engine fault warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Engine management Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179 Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Checking level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Oil properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Topping up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Engine oil dipstick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Engine oil pressure Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
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Index
262Rev counter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Reverse gear
Manual gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
RME fuel (biodiesel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Roll-back function Sliding/tilting roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Roof aerial* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Roof carrier* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Rubber seals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Running-in Brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Running-in tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149SSafe driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Safety equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Safety instructions Coolant temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Safety notes Belt tension devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Curtain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Disabling front passenger airbag . . . . . . . . 39
Front airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Using child seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Using seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Safety system- safe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Seals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Seat adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102, 105
Seat belt position
Pregnant women . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Seat belt release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Seat belt warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Incorrectly fastened . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Not worn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Seat belts protect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Seat heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Selective opening* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Semiautomatic air conditioning controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Shoes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Side lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Sitting position Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Front passenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Incorrect sitting position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Passengers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Sitting position, occupants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Sliding/tilting roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197, 237
Soot accumulation in the
diesel engine particulate
filter *
Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Spare wheel* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Spares . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Starting Petrol engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Starting the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131, 132 After the fuel tank has been run dry . . . . . 133
Steam cleaners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 Steering lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Steering wheel controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Steering wheel height adjustment . . . . . . . . . 128
Stowage frnt right seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Stowage compartment Front passenger side . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Sun visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Sunroof blind Sliding/tilting roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Switch Hazard warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Rear window heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
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