2008 Seat Ibiza SC child seat

Checking and refilling levels181
Safety First
Operating instructions
Practical tips
Te c h n i c a l D a t a
In countries with different climatic conditions the diesel fuel generally sold
has different temperature characteristics. Check with an Authorised Service
Centre or filling stations in the country concerned regarding the type of diesel
fuels available.
Filter pre-heater
Your vehicle is fitted with a fuel filter pre-heater, making it well equipped for
operation in winter. This ensures that the fuel system remains operational to
approx. -24°C, provided you use winter-grade diesel which is safe to -15°C.
However, if the fuel has waxed to such an extent that the engine will not start
at temperatures of under -24°C, simply place the vehicle in a warm place for
a while.
Caution
Do not mix fuel additives (“thinners”,
or similar additives) with diesel fuel.Working in the engine compartmentSafety instructions on working in the engine compartment
Any work carried out in the engine compartment or on the
engine must be carried out cautiously.Before starting any work on the engine or in the engine compart-
ment:
1. Switch off the engine and remove the key from the ignition.
2. Apply the handbrake.
3. Move the gear stick to neutral or the selector lever to position P. 4. Wait for the engine to cool down.
5. Keep children away from the vehicle.
6. Raise the bonnet
⇒page 183.
You should not do any work in the engine compartment unless you know
exactly how to carry out the jobs and have the correct tools! Have the work
carried out by a qualified workshop if you are uncertain.
All service fluids and consumables, e.g. coolant, engine oil, spark plugs and
batteries, are being constantly developed. SEAT provides a constant flow of
information to the Authorised Service Centres concerning modifications. For
this reason, we recommend you to have service fluids and consumables
replaced by an Authorised Service Centre. Please observe the relevant
instructions ⇒page 173. The engine compartment of any motor vehicle is a
hazardous area ⇒ .
WARNING
All work on the engine or in the en gine compartment, e.g. checking and
refilling fluids, involves the danger of injury and scalding as well as the risk
of accident or fire.•
Never open the bonnet if you see steam, smoke or coolant escaping
from the engine compartment. Otherwise, there is a risk of sustaining
burns. Wait until no more steam or coolant is emitted, then allow the
engine to cool before carefully opening the bonnet.
•
Switch off the engine and remo ve the key from the ignition.
•
Apply the handbrake and move the gear stick to neutral or selector
lever to position P.
•
Keep children away from the vehicle.
•
Never touch hot engine parts. There is a risk of burns.
•
Never spill liquids on a hot engine or on a hot exhaust gas system. This
is a fire hazard.
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194However, if the level goes down noticeably in a short time, or drops below the
“MIN” mark, there may be a leak in the brake system. A display on the instru-
ment panel will warn you if the brake fluid level is too low ⇒page 57.
WARNING
Before opening the bonnet to check the brake fluid level, read and observe
the warnings ⇒page 181.Changing the brake fluid
The Maintenance Program indicates the brake fluid change
intervals.We recommend that you have the brake fluid changed by an Authorised
Service Centre.
Before opening the bonnet, please read and follow the warnings ⇒ in
“Safety instructions on working in the engine compartment” on page 181 in
section “Safety notes for workin g in the engine compartment”.
Brake fluid absorbs moisture. In the cour se of time, it will absorb water from
the ambient air. If the water content in the brake fluid is too high, the brake
system could corrode. This also considerably reduces the boiling point of the
brake fluid. Heavy use of the brakes may then cause a vapour lock which
could impair the braking effect.
It is important that you use only brake fluid compliant with the US standard
FMVSS 116 DOT 4. We recommend the use of Genuine SEAT brake fluid.
WARNING
Brake fluid is poisonous. Old brake fluid impairs the braking effect.
•
Before opening the bonnet to check the brake fluid level, read and
observe the warnings ⇒page 181.
•
Brake fluid should be stored in the closed original container in a safe
place out of reach of children. There is a toxic risk.
•
Complete the brake fluid change according to the Maintenance
Program. Heavy use of the brakes may cause a vapour lock if the brake fluid
is left in the system for too long. Th is would seriously affect the efficiency
of the brakes and the safety of the vehicle. This may cause an accident.Caution
Brake fluid could damage the paintwork. Wipe off any brake fluid from the
paintwork immediately.
For the sake of the environment
Brake fluid must be drained and disposed of in the proper manner observing
environmental regulations.
WARNING (continued)
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Index
248Central locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Automatic speed dependent locking and un-locking system* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Locking system for invo luntary unlocking . . 74
Selective unlocking system* . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Unlocking system* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Central locking button Central locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
unlocking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Cetane number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Changing bulbs on rear lights . . . . . . . . . 224, 225
Changing double headlight lamps dipped headlights and side lights . . . . . . . 220
main headlights and side lights . . . . . . . . 221
Changing gear See Manual gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Changing gear with Tiptronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Changing lamps interior light and reading light . . . . . . . . . . 226
Changing the lamps Main headlight lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219, 221
number plate light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Side indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Changing the main headlight lamps
turn signal lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Changing the singl e headlight lamps
dipped/main beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
indicator lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Side lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Changing windscreen wiper blades . . . . . . . . . 191
Chassis number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234 Checking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Checking battery electrolyte level . . . . . . . . . . 196
Checking engine oil level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Child safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Child seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Categorisation in groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Group 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Group 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Group 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Groups 0 and 0+ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
ISOFIX system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Securing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Child seats on the front passenger seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Cigarette lighter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Cleaning alloy wheel rims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Cleaning chrome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Cleaning engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Cleaning steel wheel rims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Cleaning windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Climatronic automatic mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
General notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
manual mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Cloth seat covers cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Cockpit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Coming home function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Control
wing mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Control lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Control lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Controls Electric windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Light switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Convenience closing Sliding/tilting roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Convenience opening Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188, 189
Coolant Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Coolant level warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Coolant Loss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Coolant temperature Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Correct adjustment of fron t head restraints . . . 12
Covering single headlights driving on the left . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
driving on the right . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Cruise control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Curtain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
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DDanger of fitting a child seat on the front passenger
seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Dash panel cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Diesel engine Winter driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Diesel engine particulate filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Differential lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Differential lock fault (EDL) warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Digital clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Dipped headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Disabling front passenger airbag Safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Disabling the airbag Disabling front passenger airbag . . . . . . . . . 38
Displays in the Multi-function display Memory displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Disposal Airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Door lock cylinders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Door release lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Doors warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Drive wheels traction control system . . . . . . . . 150
Driving Driving abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
With a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
with a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160 Driving abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Driving safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Duplicate keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Dust filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Dynamic headlight range control . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
EEcological driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Economical driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
EDL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
EDS Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Electrical power points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Electrohydraulic steering warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Electronic differential lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152 Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Electronic immobiliser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Electronic stabilisation program . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Electronic stabilisation programme . . . . . . . . . . 62 Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Electronic stabilisat ion programme (ESP)
warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Emission control system warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Engine Running in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153 Engine compartment
Working in the engine compartment . . . . . 181
Engine coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Engine fault warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Engine management Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184 Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Checking level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Oil properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Topping up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Engine oil dipstick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Engine oil pressure Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Environmental tip Avoiding pollution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
ESP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62, 151
Exhaust gasses purification system . . . . . . . . . 154
Exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
External aerial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
FFabric trim cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Floor mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Front airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Front ashtray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
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252Repairs
airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Replacement keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Replacement of parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Rev counter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Reverse gear Manual gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Roll-back function Panoramic/ tilt ing roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Roof aerial* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Roof carrier* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Rubber seals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Running in Brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Running in tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153SSafe driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Safety equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Safety instructions Coolant temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Safety notes Airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Belt tension devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Curtain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Disabling front passenger airbag . . . . . . . . 39 frontal airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Using child seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Using seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Safety system- safe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Seals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Not worn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Seat belts cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Seat belts protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Seat heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Selective opening* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Self directional headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Semiautomatic air conditioning controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Shoes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Side lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Sitting position
Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Front passenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Incorrect sitting position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Passengers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Sitting position, occupants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202, 237
Soot accumulation in the diesel engine particulate
filter *
Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Spare parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Spare wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Speed indicator in mph (miles per hour) . . . . . 53
Speed selector lever lock warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Starting on an uphill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Starting Petrol engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Starting the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131, 132 After the fuel tank has been run dry . . . . . 132
Steam jets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 Steering lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Steering column controls Audio Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Steering wheel height adjustment . . . . . . . . . 128
Stowage compartment Front passenger side . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Sun visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
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