2008 Seat Alhambra service

If and when245
Safety First
Operating instructions
Tips and Maintenance
Te c h n i c a l D a t a
Changing a lightBulbs, changing
Bulbs should be changed by a professional mechanic only.Technical knowledge is required to change bulbs. This is because, in certain
cases, access can be gained only by removing other vehicle components.
This applies in particular to bulbs which can be accessed only from the
engine compartment.
We recommend bulbs are changed by a qualified dealership or, if this is not
possible, by a qualified person.
However, if you wish to change the bulb, please observe the following:
Before changing a bulb, you must switch off the light (light switch in O posi-
tion), and the turn signal lever must be in the neutral position.
Always replace damaged bulbs with identical bulbs with the same designa-
tion. The type is inscribed on the bulb, either on the glass or on the base.
You should store spare light bulbs in the vehicle for safety-relevant lights.
Bulbs can be obtained from SEAT Service Centres.
WARNING
•
The high voltage element of gas discharge lamps must be handled
correctly. Failure to comply could result in fatal injuries.
•
H7* bulbs are pressurised and could explode when they are being
changed. Risk of injury.
•
In vehicles fitted with gas discharge lamps *, there is a mortal danger if
the high voltage section of the lamp is incorrectly handled.
•
When working in the engine compartment, always observe the safety
warnings ⇒page 209.
Side indicator lamps– Slide the turn signal forwards ⇒fig. 163 and remove .
– Remove the lamp holder and separate.
Fig. 163 Side indicatorFig. 164 Side indicator
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General notes on the technical data261
Safety First
Operating instructions
Tips and Maintenance
Te c h n i c a l D a t a
Snow chains
Snow chains may be fitted only to the
front wheels.
Consult the chapter “wheels” of this manual.
Wheel bolts
After the wheels have been changed, the tightening torque of the wheel bolts
s h ou l d b e ch e cke d as s oo n as p o ssi bl e wit h a to rq u e w re n ch ⇒. The tight-
ening torque for steel and alloy wheels is 120 Nm.
WARNING
•
Check the tyre pressure at least once per month. Correct tyre pressure
is very important. If the tyre pressure is too high or too low, there is an
increased danger of accidents, particularly at high speeds.
•
If the torque of the wheel bolts is too low, they could loosen whilst the
vehicle is in motion. Risk of accident! If the tightening torque is too high,
the wheel bolts and threads could be damaged.Note
We recommend that you ask your Authorised Service Centre for information
about appropriate wheel, tyre and snow chain size.
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Technical Data
262Te c h n i c a l D a t aChecking fluid levelsFrom time to time, the levels of the different fluids in the
vehicle must be checked. Never fill with incorrect fluids, to do
so may cause serious damage to the engine.
Engine oil dipstick
Oil filler neck
Brake fluid reservoir
Vehicle battery (underneath a cover)
Coolant temperature deposit
Windscreen washer fluid reservoir
The checking and replenishment of the service fluids are carried out on the
components mentioned above. These operations are described in the
⇒ page 209. Overview
Further explanations, instructions and restrictions on the technical data are
contained as of
⇒page 257.
Fig. 177 Diagram for the
location of the various
elements
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Index289
Retrofitting a towing bracket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Rev counter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Reverse gear
Automatic gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Manual gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Risk of front passenger seat airbag for a rear facing child seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
RME fuel (biodiesel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Roll-back function Sliding/tilting roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Roof aerial* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Roof carrier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148, 149 saving fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Roof load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Rubber seals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Running in Brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Running in tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185SSafe driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Safety equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Safety instructions Coolant temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Safety notes
Belt tension devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Curtain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Disabling front and side passenger airbag . 44
Front airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Using child seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Using seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Saving fuel roof carrier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Sealant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Seals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Seat adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 Front seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Seat belt position Pregnant women . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Seat belt warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Detachable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Incorrectly fastened . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Not worn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
one buckle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
With two buckles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Seat belts protect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Seat heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Seat layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Folding backrest forwards . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Lifting seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Removing and fitting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Securing load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Selector lever lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Service interval display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Shoes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Side lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Sitting position Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Front passenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Incorrect sitting position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Passengers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Sitting position, occupants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Sliding/tilting sun roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230, 261 Four-wheel drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Sockets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Spare wheel Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Starting a petrol engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
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290Starting the engine
after the fuel tank has been run dry . . . . . . 165
With the ignition key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Steam cleaners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160 Steering lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Steering wheel controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Steering wheel height adjustment . . . . . . . . . . 160
Stowage Other stowage areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Stowage compartment Front passenger side . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Sun visor front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Sunroof blind Sliding/tilting roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Switches Exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Hazard warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Sliding/tilting roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Switching off the engine With the ignition key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165TTailgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98Closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Convenience opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 Tailgate open display*
warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Tank Fuel level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Tank capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Tank capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
TCS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
TCS (Traction control system) Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
The danger of not using the seat belt . . . . . . . . 20
Thermos box cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Tightening torque of wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Towing a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190, 260
Towing bracket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191 storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Towing eye . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Towline anchorage Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Tow-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252, 253
Traction control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183 warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Trailer turn signals Indicator lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Trailer weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Trips, checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Turn signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73, 112
Two-way radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Type plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Tyre pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Tyre pressures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Tyres and wheels Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Tyres service life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Tyres tread depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Tyres with directional tread pattern . . . . . . . . . 225
UUnderbody sealant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Unfastening seat belt (with one buckle) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Unfastening seat belts (with two buckles) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Upper right stowage on instrument panel . . . 134VVehicle Lifting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Vehicle battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Vehicle data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Vehicle identification data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Vehicle identification number . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Vehicle paint Car care products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
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