Driving171
Safety First
Controls and equipment
Practical tips
Technical Data
Enabling/DisablingEnabling
– Engage reverse gear or
– Press the button
on the central console ⇒fig. 141 or on the
gear selector gate. You will hear a brief acknowledgement tone
and the LED on the switch will light up.
Disabling
– Drive forwards faster than 10 km/h, or
– Press the button or
– disconnect the on button or
– go out of reverse gear.
WARNING
•The parking aid is not a replacement for driver awareness. The driver is
personally responsible for safe parking and other manoeuvres.•The sensors have blind spots in which obstacles are not registered.
Always look out for small children and animals because the system will not
always detect them. Always pay attention when reversing to avoid acci-
dents.•Always keep a close eye on the area around the vehicle and make full
use of the rear-view mirrors.Caution
Please note that low obstacles detected by the system may no longer be
registered by the sensors as the car moves closer, so the system will not give
any further warning. Certain kinds of obstacles (such as wire fences, chains,
thin painted posts or trailer draw bars, etc) may not always be detected by the
system, so take care not to damage the vehicle in such cases.
Note
•Please refer to the notes on towing ⇒page 171.•There is a slight delay in the picture display.To w i n g b r a c k e t *In towing mode, the rear parking sensors are not enabled when you select
reverse gear or press the switch
. This function may not be guaranteed on
towing brackets that are not factory fitted. This results in the following restric-
tions:
Fig. 141 Centre console:
switch for parking aid
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Accessories, replacement of parts and modifications215
Safety First
Controls and equipment
Practical tips
Technical Data
WARNING
Incorrectly performed modifications or other kind of work on your vehicle
can lead to malfunctions and cause accidents.Mobile telephones and radiotelephonesFirst consult your Authorised Service Centre if you wish to use a mobile tele-
phone or a two-way radio with a transmitting power output in excess of
10 watts. Here you will receive information concerning the technical possibil-
ities for retrofitting this equipment.
Mobile telephones and two-way radios should be only fitted by a qualified
workshop, for example an Authorised Service Centre.
WARNING
•Always concentrate primarily on driving. If you are distracted while
driving you could have an accident.•Never attach the telephone mountings to the surfaces covering the
airbag units or within the range of the airbags. There is a high danger of
injury if the airbag is triggered.Note
Please observe the operating instructions of your mobile telephone / two-way
radio.
Athermic windscreen*Vehicles with an athermic windscreen have an area without athermic treat-
ment above the rear-view mirror ⇒fig. 164 . This area has been designed for
the operating of electronic components of fitted devices (e.g. electronic toll
collection system).
Note
The customer should ensure that the electronic toll collection system is fitted
in the correct area to make sure it works correctly.
Fig. 164 Location of the
electronic toll collection
system
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Index
302Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Checking oil level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Oil pressure too low . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Oil properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Oil sensor defective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Topping up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191 Environmental friendliness . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Environmental tip Avoiding pollution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Environmentally friendly driving . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Exhaust gas purification system . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208FFabric trim cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Fastening rings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Filling the tank Releasing the tank flap manually . . . . . . . 217
Floor mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Front airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Front drink holders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Front passenger airbag deactivation . . . . . . . . . 44
Frontal airbags Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Fuel
Diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Fuel gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Fuel level low . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Instantaneous fuel consumption . . . . . . . . . 85
Petrol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Fuel range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73, 85
Fuel tank opening the fuel tank flap . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Fuel: save . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Fuse Assignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
GGear display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Gear shift pattern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
General overview of the engine compartment 289
Glove compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151Cool box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
GRA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172HHandbrake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Hazard warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Head restraint Rear seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141 Head restraints
Front seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Rear seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Removing and fitting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
head restraints, correct adjustment . . . . . . . . . 13 In-use and non-use positions . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Headlight range control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 Dynamic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Faulty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 Adaptive headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Automatic headlight control . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Automatic headlight control photo sensors . . .116
Coming home function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Driving abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Front fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Headlight range control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Headlight washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Leaving home function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Heated Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Heated rear window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Heated seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
High pressure cleaners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
IIdentification number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
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304Mirrors
Anti-dazzle interior rear-view mirror with auto-matic adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Automatic exterior mirror adjustment . . . . 137
Enabling stored settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Heated exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Make-up mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Storing settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Mobile telephones and radiotelephones . . . . 215
multitronic® . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 Driving with multitronic® . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176NNumber of seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18OObservations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Octane number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Oil consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Oil dipstick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Oil level
Check level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Oil properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
On-board computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Override function Sunroof override function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Overview Cockpit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
PPaddle levers
tiptronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Paintwork Polishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169 multitronic® . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Parking aid SEAT parking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
SEAT parking system plus . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Parking aid acoustic system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Petrol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218 Driving abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Petrol additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Physical principles of a frontal collision . . . . . . 19
Plastic parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Plastic parts cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Power steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Products for vehicle maintenance . . . . . . . . . . 205QQuartz clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61RRadiator fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Radio display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Rain sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 Rain sensor faulty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Reading lights
Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Rear drinks holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Rear fog light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Rear side window sun blind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Rear view mirror With manual anti-dazzle setting . . . . . . . . 130
Rear view mirrors Anti-dazzle setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Interior rear view mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Rear window heating Heating element wires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Rear window sun blind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Refuelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Registration light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Remote control key Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Locking and unlocking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Locking and unlocking the vehicle . . . . . . 105
Replacing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Remote control keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 Re-synchronising . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Removing and fitting the wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Repairs airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Replacement of parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Replacing rear bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Rev counter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
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