2009 Seat Altea XL maintenance

General notes on the technical data 269
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Te c h n i c a l D a t a
Te c h n i c a l D a t aGeneral notes on the technical dataOutstanding informationImportant considerations
All data in the official vehicle documents take precedence
over this data.All data provided in this manual are valid for the standard model in Spain. The
vehicle data card included in the inspection and maintenance schedule in the
vehicles registration documents show which engine is installed in the
vehicle.
The figures may be different depending on if additional equipment is fitted,
for different models, for special vehicles and for other countries. Abbreviations used in this paragraph of the Technical Data
Abbrevia-
tion
Meaning
kW
Kilowatt, engine power measurement.
bhp
Brake horse power, formerly u sed to denote engine power
at rpm
Revolutions per minute - engine speed.
Nm
Newton metres, unit of engine torque.
l/100 km
Fuel consumption in litres per 100 km.
g/km
Carbon dioxide emissions in grams per km travelled.
CO2
Carbon dioxide
CN
Cetane number, indication of the diesel combustion power.
RON
Research octane number, indication of the knock resistance
of petrol.
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General notes on the technical data
270Vehicle identification data
The most important data are given on the type plate and the
vehicle data sticker.Vehicles for certain export countries do not have a type plate.
Type plate
The type plate is located on the left rib inside the engine compartment.
Vehicle identification number
The vehicle identification number (chass is number) can be read from outside
the vehicle through a viewer in the windscreen. This is located on the left-
hand side of the vehicle in the lower area of the windscreen. It is also located
on the right hand side of the engine compartment. Vehicle data
The data sticker is placed on the inside of the spare wheel recess in the
luggage compartment.
The following information is provided on the vehicle data sticker:
⇒fig. 202 .
These data are also provided in the Maintenance Program. Production control number
Vehicle identification number (chassis number)
Model code number
Model designation / engine power output
Engine and gearbox code letters
Paintwork number / interior trim code
Optional equipment codes
Consumption values
CO
2 emissions values.
Data from 2 to 9 are also provided in the Maintenance Program.
Consumption figures and CO
2
Consumption (litres/100 km) / CO
2 emissions (g/km) urban.
Consumption (litres/100 km) / CO2 emissions (g/km) road.
Consumption (litres/100 km) / CO2 emissions (g/km) combination.
Fig. 202 Vehicle data
sticker – boot
A1A2A3A4A5A6A7A8A9AAABAC
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Index291
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
High pressure cleaners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53IIdentification number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Ignition key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Ignition lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Indicators
indication lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Information texts in the display . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Instrument and switch lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Instrument lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Instrument panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Instrument panel menu Configuration menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Example of menu use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Lights and visibility menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Instrument panel menus Main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Vehicle status menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Interior lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Intermittent wipe, windscreen . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
ISOFIX system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50JJack position points Skirting with cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245 Jump leads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Jump-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
KKey tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97LLeather cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Load compartment in the boot
See Luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17, 148 See also Luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . 17
Luggage compartment cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Luggage compartment retaining net . . . . . . . . 139MMain beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109, 116
Main beam headlights Indicator lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Main headlight lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Maintenance airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Manual gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Manual mode 2C-Climatronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160 MEDIA-IN* connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
MFD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Mileage display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Mirrors
Exterior mirrors, electrical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Interior mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Make-up mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Mobile telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Multi-function display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Multi-purpose* mobile stowage compartment 142
Closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Fitting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Uses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
NNumber of seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19OObservations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Octane number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Oil change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Oil properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
One-touch opening and closing Electric windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Opening and locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
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Index
292Overview
Control lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Instrument panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Warning lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73PPaintworkPolishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Parking lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Parking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Parking system plus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Parts replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Petrol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211 Driving abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Petrol additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Petrol engines, starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Physical principles of a frontal collision . . . . . . 20
Plastic key tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Plastic parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Plastic parts cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Pollen filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Power steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Products for vehicle maintenance . . . . . . . . . . 199
RRadio frequency remote control Changing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Radio navigation Steering wheel controls audio + telephone version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
audio version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Radio wave remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Rain sensor* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Rear drink holder* Armrest* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Rear fog light Indication lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Rear interior lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Rear lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Rear reading lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Rear seat bench . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Rear window heating Heating element wires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Rear window wiper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Rear-view mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Recommended gear display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Refuelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Registration light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Remote control key Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Synchronising . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Removing and fitting the wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . 245 Repairs
airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Replacement keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Rev counter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Reverse gear Manual gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Roll-back function Sliding/tilting roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Roof aerial* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Roof carrier* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Roof stowage compartment* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Rubber seals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Running in Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
SSafe driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Safety equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Safety instructionsCoolant temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Safety notes Airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Belt tension devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Curtain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Disabling front passenger airbag . . . . . . . . 44
frontal airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
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Index
294TCS (Traction control system)
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Technical modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
The danger of not using the seat belt . . . . . . . . 21
Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Towing a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Towing bracket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Towing bracket, fitting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Towing eye . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Tow-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Traction control system warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Trailer Trailer towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Trailer turn signals Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Trailer weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Trips, checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Turn signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76, 116
Turning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Type plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Tyre Mobility-System (Tyre repair kit) . . . . . . . 239
Tyre monitor indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Tyre pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230 Loss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Tyre pressure monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Tyre repair kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239, 247
Tyre-Mobility-System (Tyre repair kit) . . . . . . . 247 Tyres and wheels
Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Tyres service life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Tyres tread depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Tyres with directional tread pattern . . . . . . . . . 230
UUnderbody sealant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Unlocking and locking Personalisation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Using the Tiptronic gear syst em . . . . . . . . . . . 173VVehicle battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Vehicle data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Vehicle identification data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Vehicle identification number . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Vehicle Maintenance
Exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Vehicle modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Vehicle paintwork Products for vehicle maintenance . . . . . . . 199
Waxing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Vehicle tools Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Vehicle wallet storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Vehicle washing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Ventilation slits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Volumetric sensor*
Activation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Deactivation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
WWarning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Warning lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Warning reportsRed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Yellow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Warning texts in the display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Warning triangle and first-aid kit . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Washer fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Washing by hand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Washing with high pressure cleaners . . . . . . . 201
Water warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Water in the windscreen washer tank . . . . . . . 222
Wear indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242 Torque . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Wheel change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Wheel trims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Why assume the correct sitting position? . . . . . 29
Why should head restraints be correctly adjusted? 13
Why to wear seat belts? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Why wear seat belts? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20, 29
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