2008 Seat Cordoba air filter

Cockpit
66Traction control system (TCS)*
The traction control system prevents the driven wheels from
spinning when the vehicle is acceleratingThe warning lamp lights up when the ignition is switched on and should turn
out after about 2 seconds.
When the TCS is operating while drivi ng, the warning lamp flashes. If the
system is deactivated or if there is any fault in the same, the warning lamp will
remain lit.
It will also come on if a fault should occur in the ABS because the TCS oper-
ates in conjunction with the ABS. For further information see ⇒page 143,
“Brakes”Electronic stabilisation programme (ESP)*


This warning lamp monitors the electronic stabilisation
programme.
This programme includes the ABS, EDL and TCS.
The warning lamp
 has the following functions:
•
It will light for about 2 seconds when the ignition is switched on while a
test of the function is carried out.
•
It flashes when the ESP is activated when driving.
•
It will light up continuously if there is a malfunction in the ESP.
•
It will light up continuously if the ESP is switched off.
•
It will also come on if a fault should occur in the ABS because the ESP
operates in conjunction with the ABS.
If the ESP warning lamp
 lights up and stays on after the engine is started,
this may mean that the control system has temporarily switched off the ESP. In this case the ESP can be reactivated by switching the ignition off and then
on again. If the warning lamp goes out, this means the system is fully
functional.
Soot accumulation in the diesel engine particulate filter *

If the indicator lights
 you may help the filter clear itself by driving in the
appropriate manner.
To do this, drive about 15 minutes in 4th or 5th gear (automatic gearbox: S
gear range) at a speed of 60 km/h, with the engine running at approximately
2000 rpm. In this way, the pollen build up in the filter is burned. When
cleaning is successful, the indicator turns off.
If the indicator
 is not deactivated, bring the vehicle to a specialised work-
shop to repair the fault.
WARNING
•
Always drive according to the road weather conditions, the terrain and
traffic. Driving recommendations should never lead to illegal maneouvers
in surrounding traffic.
•
The diesel engine particulate filter may reach extremely high tempera-
tures; it should not enter into contact with flammable materials under-
neath the vehicle. Failure to comply could result in fire.Caution
Vehicles equipped with a diesel engine particulate filter must not be refueled
using biodiesel (RME), given that the fuel system may be damaged.
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Heating, Ventilation and Air conditioning 125
Safety First
Operating instructions
Tips and Maintenance
Te c h n i c a l D a t a
When the outside temperature is high, using air recirculation mode provides
more effective cooling by cooling air fr
om the vehicle interior instead of warm
air from outside.
For reasons of safety, air recirculation is not possible when the control for air
distribution is set to the windscreen setting
.
WARNING
In air recirculation mode, no ambient air enters the vehicle interior. If the
air conditioning system is switched of f, the windows can quickly mist over.
Therefore, you should never leave the air recirculation mode switched on
for longer periods, as this increases the risk of an accident.
Note
When reverse gear is engaged the air recirculation connects automatically to
prevent the entrance of exhaust fumes in the vehicle on travelling backwards.
In this case the symbol for air recirculation is not displayed.General notesThe pollen filter
The pollution filter (a combined particulate filter and active carbon filter)
serves as a barrier against impurities in the ambient air, including dust and
pollen.
For the air conditioning system to work with maximum efficiency, the pollen
filter must be replaced at the interv als specified in the Maintenance Program.
If the filter loses efficiency prematurely due to use in areas with very high
levels of air pollution, the pollen filter must be changed more frequently than
stated in the Service Schedule.
Caution
•
If you suspect that the air conditioning is damaged, switch off the air
conditioning with button to prevent further damage and have it
checked by a qualified workshop.
•
Repairs to the air conditioning system require specialist knowledge and
special tools. Therefore, we recommend that you take the vehicle to a quali-
fied workshop should problems occur.Note
•
If the humidity and temperature outside the vehicle are high, condensa-
tion can drip off the evaporator in the cooling system and form a pool under-
neath the vehicle, this is completely normal and there is no need to suspect
a leak.
•
Keep the air intake slots in front of the windscreen free of snow, ice and
leaves to ensure heating and cooling is not impaired, and to prevent the
windows misting over.
•
The air from the vents flows through the passenger compartment and is
extracted by slots designed for this purpose. Do not cover these slots with
articles of clothing or other objects.
•
The air conditioning system operates most effectively with the windows
and the sliding/tilting roof* closed. However, if the sun has heated up the
vehicle, the air inside can be cooled more quickly by opening the windows for
a short period.
•
Do not smoke while air recirculation mode is on, as smoke drawn into the
air conditioning system leaves a residue on the evaporator, producing a
permanent unpleasant odour.
•
At low outside temperatures the comp ressor switches off automatically.
The button cannot be switched on either.
•
It is advisable to connect the air conditioning at least once a month, to
lubricate the system gasket s and prevent leaks. If a decrease in the cooling
capacity is detected, an Authorised Service Centre should be consulted to
check the system.
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Driving and the environment149
Safety First
Operating instructions
Tips and Maintenance
Te c h n i c a l D a t a
•
Do not apply additional underseal or anti-corrosion coatings to the
exhaust pipes, catalytic converter or the heat shields on the exhaust
system. These materials could catch fire when the vehicle is driven.Caution
Never fully drain the fuel tank, in this case, the irregularity of the fuel supply
may cause ignition problems. This allow s unburnt fuel to enter the exhaust
system, which could cause overheating and damage the catalytic converter.
For the sake of the environment
Even when the emission control system is working perfectly, there may be a
smell of sulphur from the exhaust unde r some conditions. This depends on
the sulphur content of the fuel used. Quite often the problem can be reme-
died by changing to another brand of fuel.Diesel engine particulate filter*
The diesel engine particulate filter eliminates soot produced
by burning diesel.The diesel engine dust filter eliminates most of the soot from the exhaust gas
system. Under normal driving conditions, the filter cleans itself. If the driving
conditions do not allow the filter to clean itself (for example, multiple short
trips) the filter will be obstructed by dust and pollen and the indicator
 for
the diesel engine particulate filter indicator will light. See under Warning
Lights.
WARNING
•
The diesel engine particulate filter may reach extremely high tempera-
tures; it should not enter into contact with flammable materials under-
neath the vehicle. Failure to comply could result in fire.Caution
Vehicles equipped with a diesel engine particulate filter must not be refueled
using biodiesel (RME), given that the fuel system may be damaged.Driving abroadNotesFor driving abroad, the following must be taken into consideration:•
For vehicles fitted with a catalytic converter ensure that unleaded petrol is
available for the journey. See the chap ter “Refuelling”. Automobile organisa-
tions will have information about service station networks selling unleaded
fuel.
•
In some countries it is possible that a vehicle model is sold under condi-
tions where some spare parts are not available or that the Authorised Service
Centre may only carry out limited repairs.
SEAT importers and distributors will gladly provide information about the
technical preparation of your vehicle in addition to necessary maintenance
and repair possibilities.
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WARNING (continued)

Index249
Coolant Loss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Coolant temperature
Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Correct adjustment of front head restraints . . . . 12
Cruise control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Curtain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38DDanger of fitting a child seat on the front passenger seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Diesel engine Winter driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Diesel engine particulate filter* . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Differential lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Differential lock fault (EDL) warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Digital clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Dipped headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Disabling front passenger airbag Safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Disabling the airbag Disabling front passenger airbag . . . . . . . . . 40
Displays in the Multi-function display Memory displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Door lock cylinders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162 Door release lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Doors
Childproof locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Unlocking and locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Drive wheels traction control system . . . . . . . . 144
Driving Driving abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Economically / With Respect for the Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
With a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
with a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Driving abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 Headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Driving economically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Driving safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Driving with respect for the environment . . . . . 156
Duplicate keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Dust filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Dynamic headlight range control . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
EEDL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
EDS Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Electrical sockets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Electrohydraulic steering warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Electronic differential lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146 Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Electronic immobiliser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67, 130 Electronic stabilisation program . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Electronic stabilisation programme . . . . . . . . . . 66
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Electronic stabilisation programme (ESP) warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Emission control system warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Engine Running in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Engine compartment Working in the engine compartment . . . . . 175
Engine coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Engine fault warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Engine management Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178 Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Checking level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Oil properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Topping up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Engine oil dipstick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Engine oil pressure Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 Environmental friendliness . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Environmental tip Avoiding pollution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
ESP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66, 145
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Index
252Repairs
Airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Replacement keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Replacing lamps fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Rev counter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Reverse gear Manual gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
RME fuel (biodiesel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Roll-back function Sliding/tilting roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Roof aerial* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Roof carrier* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Rubber seals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Running in Brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Running in tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147SSafe driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Safety equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Safety instructions Coolant temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Safety notes Belt tension devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Curtain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Disabling front passenger airbag . . . . . . . . 41
Front airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Using child seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Using seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Safety system- safe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Seals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Seat adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102, 105
Seat belt position Pregnant women . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Seat belt release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Seat belt warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Incorrectly fastened . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Not worn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Seat belts protect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Seat heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Selective opening* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Semiautomatic air conditioning controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Shoes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Side lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Sitting position
Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Front passenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Incorrect sitting position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Passengers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Sitting position, occupants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Sliding/tilting roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195, 231
Soot accumulation in the diesel engine particulate
filter *
Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Spare wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Starting Petrol engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Starting the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130, 131 After the fuel tank has been run dry . . . . . 132
Steam cleaners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 Steering lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Steering wheel controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Steering wheel height adjustment . . . . . . . . . 127
Stowage front right seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Stowage compartment Front passenger side . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Sun visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Sunroof blind Sliding/tilting roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
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