2009 Seat Alhambra steering

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254Notes for tow-starting or towingIf a cable is used for towing the vehicle, please observe the
following:
As the driver of the towing vehicle
– Switch on the hazard warning lights. However, observe any regu-
lations to the contrary.
– 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.
As the driver of the vehicle being towed
– Switch on the hazard warning lights. However, observe any regu- lations to the contrary.
– Place the gearstick in neutral or position N .
– Ensure that the tow-rope remains taut at all times.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 tips
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.
Do not pull too hard with the towing vehicle and take care to avoid jerking the
tow-rope. When towing on an unpaved road, 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.
If the vehicle is towed, with the hazard warning lights on and the ignition
switched on, the turn signal may be used to indicate that you are going to
change direction. Move the turn signal lever accordingly. Meanwhile, the
hazard warning lights will go off. When the turn signal lever is returned to the
rest position, the hazard warning lights will automatically reconnect.
The brake servo works only when the engine is running. In this case the pedal
has to be pressed harder.
As the power assisted steering does not work if the engine is not running, you
will need more strength to steer than you normally would.
Towing vehicles with an automatic gearbox
•
Move the selector lever to N.
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Do not drive faster than 50 km/h when towing a vehicle.
•
Do not tow further than 50 km.
•
If a breakdown truck is used, the vehicle must be towed with the front
wheels raised.
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Safety First
Operating instructions
Tips and Maintenance
Te c h n i c a l D a t a
WARNING
The braking behaviour and capacity of a vehicle changes when being towed
or when you are trying to start the vehicle by pulling. Please observe the
following notes in order to prevent injury and accident:•
Inexperienced drivers should refrain from trying in order to avoid acci-
dent.
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Notes for the driver of the towed vehicle
− The brake must be depressed must harder as the brake servo does
not operate. Take care not to bump into the towing vehicle.
− More strength is required at the steering wheel as the power
steering does not operate when the engine is switched off.
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Notes for the driver of the towing vehicle
− Accelerate smoothly and avoid any sudden movement.
− Brake more in advance than usual and brake gently.Caution
When tow-starting, fuel could enter the catalytic converter and damage it
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Note
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Observe legal requirements when towing or tow-starting.
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For technical reasons, vehicles with an automatic gearbox must not be
tow-started.
•
If, due to a breakdown, the gearbox does not have lubricant, the vehicle
should be towed with the drive wheels suspended.
•
If it is necessary to tow a vehicle with an automatic gearbox for more than
50 km, it should be towed by qualified personnel and with the drive wheels
suspended.
Lifting the vehicleVehicle lifting points
Fig. 175 Lifting with the
lifting platform: lifting
point at front leftFig. 176 Lifting with the
lifting platform: lifting
point at rear left
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Index
278Manual gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Manual mode
Climatronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Mileage display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Mirrors Exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Interior mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Make-up mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Mobile phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Multifunction steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86NNavigation system* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Net bag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Number of seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18OObservations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Octane number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Oil change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Oil properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
On board computer with multifunction display* Check working . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Message on display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
One-touch closing and opening electric windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 Overview
Control lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Instrument panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Multifunction steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Warning lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
PPaintworkPolishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Waxing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Parking aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Parking distance warning system . . . . . . . . . . 175
Parking lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Parts replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Passenger compartment Climatronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Petrol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209 Trips to foreign countries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Physical principles of a frontal collision . . . . . . 20
Plastic key tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Plastic parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Pollution filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Power steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Preheating system indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
RRaising the vehicle with the vehicle tool kit jack . . 241
Reading lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Rear door driving with the tailgate open . . . . . . . . . . 100
Rear fog light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Rear seats characteristics of seat equipment . . . . . . . 127
moving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Rear window heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 Heating element wires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Rear window wiper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Rear-view mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Refilling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Remote control key Replacing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Synchronising . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Repairs Airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Replacement keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Replacing the battery Remote control key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Replacing tyres Four-wheel drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Retractor See Automatic belt retractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
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Index
280Starting the engine
after the fuel tank has been run dry . . . . . . 166
With the ignition key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Steam cleaners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161 Steering lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Steering wheel controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Steering wheel height adjustment . . . . . . . . . . 161
Stowage Other stowage areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Stowage compartment Front passenger side . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Sun visor front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Sunroof blind Sliding/tilting roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Switches Exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Hazard warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Sliding/tilting roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Switching off the engine With the ignition key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166TTailgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99Closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Convenience opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 Tailgate open display*
warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Tank Fuel level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Tank capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Tank capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
TCS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
TCS (Traction control system) Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
The danger of not using the seat belt . . . . . . . . 21
Thermos box cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Tightening torque of wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Towing a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192, 260
Towing bracket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193 storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Towing eye . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Towline anchorage Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Tow-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252, 253
Traction control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185 warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Trailer turn signals Indicator lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Trailer weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Trips, checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Turn signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75, 113
Two-way radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Type plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Tyre pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Tyre pressures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Tyres and wheels Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Tyres service life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Tyres tread depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Tyres with directional tread pattern . . . . . . . . . 227
UUnderbody sealant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Unfastening seat belt (with one buckle) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Unfastening seat belts (with two buckles) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Upper right stowage on instrument panel . . . 135VVehicle Lifting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Vehicle battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Vehicle data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Vehicle identification data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Vehicle identification number . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Vehicle paint Car care products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
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