2008 Seat Ibiza 5D towing

If and when
204Snow chains
For technical reasons, snow chains must not be used on the compact tempo-
rary spare wheel.
If you should have a puncture on one of the front wheels when using snow
chains, fit the compact temporary spare in place of one of the rear wheels.
You can then attach the snow chains to the wheel taken from the rear and use
this wheel to replace the punctured front wheel.
WARNING
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The tyre pressures must be checked and corrected as soon as possible.
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Do not drive faster than 80 km/h. Hi gher speeds can cause an accident.
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Avoid heavy acceleration, hard braking and fast cornering. Risk of acci-
dent.
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Never use two or more compact spare tyres at the same time, risk of
accident.
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No other type of tyre (normal summer or winter tyre) may be fitted on
the compact temporary spare wheel rim.
Tyre repair kit*
The tyre repair kit (for vehicles not including a spare wheel) is
stored under the floor panel in the luggage compartment.Your vehicle is equipped with the Tyre Mobility System “Tyre repair kit”.
The tyre repair kit consists of a container with sealing compound to repair the
puncture and a compressor to generate the required tyre pressure. The kit will
reliably seal punctures up to a size of about 4 mm caused by the penetration
of a foreign body into the tyre.
Note
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Seek professional assistance if the repair of a tyre puncture is not
possible with the sealing compound.
Wheel changePreparation work
What you must do before changing a wheel.– If you have a flat tyre or puncture, park the vehicle as far away from the flow of traffic as possible. Choose a location that is as
level as possible.
– All passengers should leave the vehicle. They should wait in a
safe area (for instance behind the roadside crash barrier).
– Switch the engine off. Switch the hazard warning lights on and place the warning triangles in position.
–Apply the handbrake firmly.
– Engage the first gear, or put the selector lever to position P for
those vehicles with an automatic gearbox.
– If you are towing a trailer, unhitch it from your vehicle.
–Take the vehicle tools and the spare wheel out of the luggage
compartment.
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21 Light control 10
22 Electronic control unit 5
23 Engine injection module 5
24 Glovebox light, boot light, interior light 10
25 Parking aid 20
26 Towing hook
27 12 Volt Input/Cigarette lighter 15
28 Lambda probe 10
29 Engine power supply 20
30 Petrol engine operation 10
31 Petrol engine operation/Glow plugs/Relay coil/Bi-turbo electric fan 10
32 Diesel engine control unit 15
33 Power supply to clutch heater switch 5
34 Fuel control unit / Bi-turbo engine supply 15
35 Engine control unit (petrol) 15
36 Main beam headlight, right 10
37 Main beam headlight, left 10
38 Start power supply disconnection 15
39 Rear windscreen wiper 10
40 Electric exterior mirror 15
41 Electric fan motor (heater/semi-automatic climatiser/climatronic) 25
42 Horn 20
43 Instrument panel/Diagnosis 5
44 Windscreen wipers 20
Number
Consumer Amperes
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If and when229
Safety First
Operating instructions
Practical tips
Te c h n i c a l D a t a
Towing and tow-startingTo w - s t a r t i n g *
The use of jump leads is preferable to tow-starting.We recommend that you do not tow-start your vehicle. Jump-starting
is preferable ⇒page 226.
However, if your vehicle has to be tow-started:
–Engage the 2
nd or the 3
rd gear.
– Keep the clutch pressed down.
– Switch the ignition on.
– Once both vehicles are mo ving, release the clutch.
– As soon as the engine starts, press the clutch and move the gear lever into neutral. This helps to prevent driving into the towing
vehicle.
WARNING
The risk of accidents is high when tow-starting. The vehicle being towed
can easily collide with the towing vehicle.
Caution
When tow-starting, fuel could enter the catalytic converter and damage it.
CommentsPlease observe the following points if you use a tow-rope:
Notes for the driver of the towing vehicle
– Drive slowly at first until the tow-rope is taut. Then accelerate gradually.
– Begin and change gears cautiously. If you are driving an auto- matic vehicle, accelerate gently.
– Remember that the brake servo and power steering are not working in the vehicle you are towing. Brake earlier than you
would normally, but with a more gentle pressure on the brake.
Notes for the driver of the towed vehicle
– Ensure that the tow-rope remains taut at all times when towing.Tow-rope or tow-bar
It is easier and safer to tow a vehicle with a tow-bar. You should only use a
tow-rope if you do not have a tow-bar.
A tow-rope should be slightly elastic to reduce the loading on both vehicles.
It is advisable to use a tow-rope made of synthetic fibre or similarly elastic
material.
Attach the tow-rope or the tow-bar only to the towing eyes provided or a
towing bracket.
Driving style
Towing requires some experience, especially when using a tow-rope. Both
drivers should be familiar with the technique required for towing. Inexperi-
enced drivers should not attempt to tow-start or tow away another vehicle.
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If and when
230Do not pull too hard with the towing vehicle and take care to avoid jerking the
tow-rope. When towing on an unpaved ro ad, there is always a risk of over-
loading and damaging the anchorage points.
The ignition of the vehicle being towed must be switched on to prevent the
steering wheel from locking and also to allow the use of the turn signals,
horn, windscreen wipers and washers.
As the brake servo does not work if the engine is not running, you must apply
considerably more pressure to the br ake pedal than you normally would.
As the power assisted steering does not wo rk if the engine is not running, you
will need more strength to steer than you normally would.
Towing vehicles with an automatic gearbox•
Put the selector lever into position “N”.
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Do not drive faster than 50 km/h when towing a vehicle.
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Do not tow further than 50 km.
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If a breakdown vehicle is used, the vehicle must be towed with the front
wheels raised.Note
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Observe legal requirements when towing or tow-starting.
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Switch on the hazard warning lights of both vehicles. However, observe
any regulations to the contrary.
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For technical reasons, vehicles with an automatic gearbox must not be
tow-started.
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If damage to your vehicle means that there is no lubricant in the gearbox,
you must raise the drive wheels while the vehicle is being towed.
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If the vehicle has to be towed more than 50 km, the front wheels must be
raised during towing, and towing should be carried out by a qualified person.
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The steering wheel is locked when the vehicle has no electrical power. The
vehicle must then be towed with the front wheels raised. Towing should be
carried out by a qualified person.
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The towing eye should always be kept in the vehicle.
Trailer eyesFitting the towing eye
– Take the towing ring from the onboard tools.
– Pull the lower front cover down and leave the cover hanging on the vehicle.
– Remove the cover of the screw hole, insert a screwdriver into the lower slot and lever gently.
– Screw the eye to its limit to the left, in the direction of the arrow
⇒ fig. 163.
Fig. 163 Fitting the
towing eye to the rear of
the vehicle
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Safety First
Operating instructions
Practical tips
Te c h n i c a l D a t a
Rear towline anchorageAt the rear, on the right below the rear bumper is a towline point.
Fig. 164 Rear towing ring
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General notes on the technical data
236WeightsKerb weight refers to the basic model with a fuel tank filled to 90% capacity
and without optional extras. The figure quoted includes 75 kg to allow for the
weight of the driver.
For special versions and optional equipment fittings or for the addition of
accessories, the weight of the vehicle will increase ⇒.
WARNING
•
Please note that the centre of gravity may shift when transporting
heavy objects; this may affect the vehi cle's handling and lead to an acci-
dent. Always adjust your speed and dr iving style to suit road conditions
and requirements.
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Never exceed the gross axle weight rating or the gross vehicle weight
rating. If the allowed axle load or the allowed total weight is exceeded, the
driving characteristics of the vehicle may change, leading to accidents,
injuries and damage to the vehicle.
To w i n g a t r a i l e rTrailer weightsTrailer weights
The trailer weights and drawbar loads approved are selected in intensive
trials according to precisely defined criteria. The approved trailer weights are
valid for vehicles in the EU for maximum speeds of 80 km/h (in certain
circumstances up to 100 km/h). The figu res may be different in other coun-
tries. All data in the official vehicl e documents take precedence over these
data ⇒ . Drawbar load
The
maximum permitted weight exerted by the trailer drawbar on the ball joint
of the towing bracket must not exceed 75 kg.
In the interest of road safety, we recommend that you always tow
approaching the maximum drawbar load. The response of the trailer on the
road will be poor if th e drawbar load is too small.
If the maximum permissible drawbar load cannot be met (e.g. with small,
empty and light-weight single axle trailers or tandem axle trailers with an axle
base of less than 1 metre), at least 4% of the actual trailer weight is a legal
stipulation for a drawbar load.
WARNING
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For safety reasons, you should not drive at speeds above 80 km/h when
towing a trailer. This also applies to countries where higher speeds are
permitted.
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Never exceed the maximum trailer weights or the draw bar loading. If
the permissible axle load or the perm issible total weight is exceeded, the
driving characteristics of the vehicle may change, leading to accidents,
injuries and damage to the vehicle.
WheelsTyre pressure, snow chains, wheel boltsTyre pressures
The sticker with the tyre pressure values can be found on the inside of the
tank flap. The tyre pressure values given there are for cold tyres. The slightly
raised pressures of warm tyres must not be reduced ⇒.
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Index
252Front airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Front ashtray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Front cup holder* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Front interior light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Front passenger airbag deactivation . . . . . . . . . 38
Front reading light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Front seat adjustment Lumbar support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Frontal airbags Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Fuel Diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Petrol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Fuel level Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Fuel reserve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Fuel Tank Opening the fuel tank flap . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Fuel tank See Fuel reserve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211GG 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Gear shift pattern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
General overview of the engine compartment 238
Glove compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 Glow plug system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
HHandbrake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63, 142
Hazard warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
head restraints Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104, 105
adjustment of the head restraint angle . . . 105
Removing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Headlight flashers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Headlight range control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Headlights Driving abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Heated front seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Heated wing mirrors* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Heating system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
High pressure cleaners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
How to jump start description . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227IIdentification number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Ignition key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Ignition lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 Indicators
indication lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Instrument and switch lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Instrument lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Instrument panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Interior monitor and anti-towing alarm* Activation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Intermittent wipe, windscreen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
ISOFIX system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
JJump leads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Jump-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226KKey tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77LLeather cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Load compartment in the boot See Luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 See also Luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . 15
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Index255
Stowage compartment
Front passenger side . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Sun visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Sunroof blind Sliding/tilting roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Switch Hazard warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Rear window heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Switches Electric windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Sliding/tilting roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Switching off the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133TTailgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Emergency opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Tank fuel level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
reserve indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
tank capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
TCS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
TCS (Traction control system) Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Technical modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
The danger of not using the seat belt . . . . . . . . 19
Tightening torque of wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Tilting roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203 Tow starting
Comments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Towing a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161, 236
Towing bracket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Towing bracket, fitting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Towing eye . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Tow-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Traction control system warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Trailer eyes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Trailer turn signals Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Trailer weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Trips, checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Turn signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66, 94
Two-way radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Type plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Tyre Mobility-System (Tyre repair kit) . . . . . . . . 204
Tyre monitor indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Tyre pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Tyre pressures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Tyre repair kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204, 209
Tyre-Mobility-System (Tyre repair kit) . . . . . . . . 209
Tyres and wheels Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Tyres service life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Tyres tread depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Tyres with directional tread pattern . . . . . . . . . 197
UUnderbody maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170VVehicle battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Vehicle data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Vehicle identification data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Vehicle identification number . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Vehicle interior heating or cooling system . . . 122
Vehicle Maintenance Exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Vehicle modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Vehicle paintwork Products for vehicle maintenance . . . . . . . 164
Waxing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Vehicle tools Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Vehicle wallet storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Vehicle washing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Ventilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Ventilation slits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15WWarning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Warning lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Warning triangle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Washer fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Washing by hand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
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