
Lights and visibility
94
Switching main beam on and off
– Turn the light switch to position 
.
– Press the lever forward  ⇒page 93, fig. 61    to switch on the 
main beams.
– Pull the lever back towards you to switch the main beam head- lights off again.
Headlight flasher
– Pull the lever towards the steering wheel   to operate the  flasher.
Switching on parking lights
– Switch off the ignition and remove the key from the lock.
– Move the lever up or down to turn on the right or left-hand  parking lights respectively.
WARNING
The main beam can dazzle other drivers. Risk of accident! Never use the 
main beam headlights or the headlight flasher if they could dazzle other 
drivers.
Note
•
 The  turn signals only work when the ignition is switched on. The corre-
sponding warning lamp 
 or  flashes in the combi-instrument. The 
warning lamp 
 flashes when the turn signals are operated, provided a 
trailer is correctly attached and connected to the vehicle. If a turn signal bulb 
is defective, the warning lamp flashes at double speed. If the trailer turn  signal bulbs are damaged, warning lamp 
 does not light up. You should 
have the bulb replaced.
•
The main beam headlights  can only be switched on if the dipped beam 
headlights are already on. The warning lamp 
 then comes on in the combi-
instrument.
•
The  headlight flasher  comes on for as long as you pull the lever – even if 
no other lights are switch ed on. The warning lamp 
 then comes on in the 
combi-instrument.
•
When the  parking lights  are switched on, the headlight and the rear light 
on the corresponding side of the vehicle  light up. The parking lights will only 
work if the key is removed from the igni tion. If the lights are switched on, a 
buzzer  gives an audible warning while the driver door is open.
•
If the turn signal lever is left on after the key has been taken out of the 
ignition lock, an acoustic signal sounds  when the driver door is opened. This 
is a reminder to switch off the turn signal, unless of course you wish to leave 
the parking light on.
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If and when
220Xenon headlights
9)
Dipped beam 12V/35W (D1S) 
10)
roadway 12V/55W (H7)
turn signals 12V/PY21W
position lights 12V/W5W
Fog lights*
Fog lights 12V/55W (H3)
Registration plate light
Registration plate light - C5W
Caution
•
The halogen lamps (H3, H7...) are pressurised and might explode on 
changing them.
•
Therefore protective gloves and glas ses should be worn when changing a 
halogen lamp.Note
•
Due to the difficulty in accessing the lamps, any replacement work should 
be done by a SEAT dealer. However, we shall explain how to change these 
lamps, except for the xenon lights*.
Main headlight lamps
Dipped headlights
Main beam headlights
9)On this type of headlight, the bulb changes must be made by the SEAT dealer, given
that complex elements must be removed from the vehicle and a reset must be made
on the automatic control system incorporated.10)The Xenon bulbs discharge 2.5 times the light flux and have an average lifespan of 5
times more than that of halo gen bulbs, this means that, except due to unusual circum-
stances, there is no need to change the bulbs for the whole life of the vehicle.
Fig. 148  Main headlight 
lampsFig. 149  Main headlight 
lamps
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Index261
Index
AABS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Accessories  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Acoustic signal  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Acoustic warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Adjustable service interval display  . . . . . . . . . . 58
Adjusting simp le headlights
driving on the left  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
driving on the right  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Adjusting the seat belt height  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Air conditioning system Climatronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
General notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Air conditioning*  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Air outlets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Air recirculation Semi-automatic air conditi oning  . . . . . . . . 124
Air recirculation mode Climatronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Airbag covers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Airbag system  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Curtain airbags  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Front airbags  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Airbags
Care  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Alarm system Switching off  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Alterations to the vehicle  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Alternator Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Ambient temperature display . . . . . . . . . . . . 55, 57
Anti-freeze  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Anti-lock brake system  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148 Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Anti-theft alarm system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Switching off  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Anti-theft wheel bolts  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Aquaplaning  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Athermic windscreen* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Automatic anti-dazzle interior mirror* Activating the anti-dazzle function  . . . . . . 101
Deactivating anti-dazzle function . . . . . . . . 101
Automatic car washes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Automatic gearbox  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 Instructions for driving  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Kick-down feature  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Selector lever positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Automatic wiper/wash function for the rear window 99 Auxiliary audio connection: AUX-IN  . . . . . . . . . 115
BBall coupling  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
BAS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Battery
Changing  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Winter conditions  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Belt tension device Disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Warning lamp  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Belt tension devices  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Biodiesel  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Bonnet  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Boot*  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96, 230
Brake assist system  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Brake fluid  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192 Changing  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  151, 152
Brake servo  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  147, 152
Brake system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192 Warning lamp  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Brakes  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Braking distance  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Bulb changes general notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
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