2009 Seat Ibiza 5D sensor

Driving
142Hill-start assist*
This function is only included in vehicles with ESP.This device helps when starting uphill.
These are the basic operating conditions: doors closed, brake pedal pressed
down and vehicle in neutral. The system is activated on engaging gear.
After removing your foot from the brake pedal, the braking force is maintained
for a few seconds to prevent the vehicle from moving backward when put into
gear. This short space of time is enough to start the vehicle with ease.
This system also works when reversing uphill.
WARNING
•If you do not start the vehicle immediately after taking your foot off the
brake pedal, the vehicle may start to roll back under certain conditions.
Depress the brake pedal or use the hand brake immediately.•If the engine stalls, depress the brake pedal or use the hand brake
immediately.•When following a line of traffic uphill, if you want to prevent the vehicle
from rolling back accidentally when starting off, hold the brake pedal down
for a few seconds before starting off.Note
The Official Service or a specialist workshop can tell you if your vehicle is
equipped with this system.
Acoustic parking aid system*Rear parking aid
The parking aid system will use an acoustic signal to warn of
the approach of any object towards the rear of the vehicle.Description
The acoustic parking aid system will measure the distance between the rear
of the vehicle and any possible obstacle using four ultrasonic sensors located
on the rear bumper. The measuring range of the sensors starts at approxi-
mately and depending on the nature of the obstacle a distance of:•side of the rear bumper: 0.6 m•middle of the rear bumper: 1.6 m
Activation
The system is activated by engaging reverse gear. A brief acoustic signal
confirms the activation and correct function of the system.
Reverse gear
The distance warning will begin as soon as an obstacle is detected by the
system. The frequency of the bleeps emitted by the system will increase
rapidly as the vehicle approaches the obstacle.
Within a short distance of about 30 cm, a continuous signal sounds (stop
signal). The driver should not reverse any further.
Models with a factory-fitted towing bracket: When the vehicle is less than
0.35 m away from the obstacle, the warning tone is emitted continuously. The
driver should then not reverse any further.
The warning tone decreases by 30% after 3 seconds from the start of the
system.
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Provided that it is not in continuous mode, the tone on the parking aid system
stops when it detects a wall parallel to the vehicle.
Trailer towing
For vehicles factory-fitted with a towing bar, the parking aid system will not
be activated by the engagement of the reverse gear when pulling a trailer, as
the trailer's electric connector will be plugged into the vehicle.
Possible faults
If a continuous bleep is heard for some seconds when the reverse gear is
engaged, this indicates that there is a fault in the parking aid system.
If the fault continues until the ignition is turned off, the acoustic signal
warning of the fault will not be emitted every time the system is reactivated
(by engaging reverse gear).
Thus, the system ready indication will not sound
either. Have the fault repaired by an Authorised Service Centre as soon as
possible.
If there is no ready signal or no acoustic warning signal, then the parking aid
loudspeaker is faulty and may not warn of obstacles.
To ensure that the system works properly, the sensors must be kept clean and
free of ice and snow.
WARNING
•The sensors have blind spots in which obstacles may not be detected.•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.•The parking aid is not a replacement for driver awareness. The driver
must take full responsibility for parking and other manoeuvres.
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 posts or trailer draw bars, high kerbs or painted railings etc) may not
always be detected by the system, so there is a risk of damaging the vehicle
in such cases.•In some cases, obstacles with uniform edges and bumps may not be
detected immediately by the system due to their geometry. Take special care
with these types of obstacle, e.g. corners, rectangular objects, etc.., these
can cause damage to the vehicle.•Be especially careful when manoeuvring into a corner between two
perpendicular walls. Survey the approach of the wall to the side of the vehicle
(using the mirrors)•The parking aid system does not replace use of the mirrors for manoeu-
vres.•Distant ultra-sonic sources (hammers, tyres, construction machinery,
other vehicles with PDC) may interfere with the operation of the system.•During the periodic cleaning of the sensors, take care not to damage or
scratch them. When cleaning with high pressure washers or steam cleaners,
the sensors should be sprayed for only a very short period and from a
distance of more than 10 cm.
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T h e T C S is s w i tch e d o n a u t o m a t i ca ll y w h e n t h e e n g i n e is s ta r t e d . I f n e ce s sa r y,
it may be turned on or off by briefly pushing the ESP button on the centre
console.
When the TCS is switched off, the warning lamp flashes slowly. The TCS
should normally be left switched on at all times. Only in exceptional circum-
stances, when the slipping of the wheels is required, can they be discon-
nected with the ESP button, for example.
•With compact temporary spare wheel.•When using the snow chains.•When driving in deep snow or on loose surfaces•When the vehicle is bogged-down, to free it by “rocking.”
The TCS should be switched on again afterwards as soon as possible.WARNING
•It must be remembered that TCS cannot defy the laws of physics. This
should be kept in mind, particularly on slippery and wet roads and when
towing a trailer.•Always adapt your driving style to suit the condition of the roads and
the traffic situation. Do not let the extra safety afforded by TCS tempt you
into taking any risks when driving, this can cause accidents.Caution
•In order to ensure that TCS function correctly, all four wheels must be
fitted with the same tyres. Any differences in the rolling radius of the tyres can
cause the system to reduce engine power when this is not desired.•Modifications to the vehicle (e.g. to the engine, the brake system, running
gear or any components affecting the wheels and tyres) could affect the effi-
ciency of the ABS and TCS.
XDS*
Driveshaft differentialWhen taking a bend, the driveshaft differential mechanism allows the outer
wheel to turn at a higher speed than the inner wheel. In this way, the wheel
that is turning faster (outer wheel) receives less drive torque than the inner
wheel. This may mean that in certain situations the torque delivered to the
inner wheel is too high, causing the wheels to spin. On the other hand, the
outer wheel is receiving a lower drive torque than it could transmit. This
causes an overall loss of lateral grip on the front axle, resulting in understeer
or “lengthening” of the trajectory.
By using the ESP sensors and signals, the XDS system is able to detect and
correct this effect.
The XDS, via the ESP, brakes the inner wheel thus counteracting the excess
drive torque in this wheel. This means that the driver's desired trajectory is
much more precise,
The XDS system operates in combination with the ESP and is always active,
even when the traction control, TCS, is disconnected.Electronic stabilisation programme (ESP)*General notes
The electronic stabilisation programme increases the
vehicle's stability on the road.The electronic stabilisation programme helps reduce the danger of skidding.
The electronic stabilisation programme (ESP) consists of ABS, EDL and TCS.
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152Electronic Stabilising Program (ESP)*
ESP reduces the danger of skidding by braking the wheels individually.
The system uses the steering wheel angle and road speed to calculate the
changes of direction desired by the driver, and constantly compares them
with the actual behaviour of the vehicle. If the desired course is not being
maintained (for instance, if the car is starting to skid), then the ESP compen-
sates automatically by braking the appropriate wheel.
The forces acting on the braked wheel bring the vehicle back to a stable
condition. If the vehicle tends to oversteer, the system will act on the front
wheel on the outside of the turn.
WARNING
•It must be remembered that ESP cannot defy the laws of physics. This
should be kept in mind, particularly on slippery and wet roads and when
towing a trailer.•Always adapt your driving style to suit the condition of the roads and
the traffic situation. Do not let the extra safety afforded by ESP tempt you
into taking any risks when driving, this can cause accidents.Caution
•In order to ensure that ESP functions correctly, all four wheels must be
fitted with the same tyres. Any differences in the rolling radius of the tyres can
cause the system to reduce engine power when this is not desired.•Modifications to the vehicle (e.g. to the engine, the brake system, running
gear or any components affecting the wheels and tyres) could affect the effi-
ciency of the ABS, EDL, ESP and TCS.
Anti-lock brake system (ABS)The anti-lock brake system prevents the wheels locking during braking
⇒ page 150.Electronic differential lock (EDL)*
The electronic differential lock helps prevent the loss of trac-
tion caused if one of the driven wheels starts spinning.EDL helps the vehicle to start moving, accelerate and climb a gradient in slip-
pery conditions where this may otherwise be difficult or even impossible.
The system will control the revolutions of the drive wheels using the ABS
sensors (in case of an EDL fault the warning lamp for ABS lights up)
⇒ page 59.
At speeds of up to approximately 80 km/h, it is able to balance out differ-
ences in the speed of the driven wheels of approximately 100 rpm caused by
a slippery road surface on one side of the vehicle. It does this by braking the
wheel which has lost traction and distributing more driving force to the other
driven wheel via the differential.
To prevent the disc brake of the braking wheel from overheating, the EDL cuts
out automatically if subjected to excessive loads. The vehicle will continue to
function normally without EDL. For this reason, the driver is not informed that
the EDL has been switched off.
The EDL will switch on again automatically when the brake has cooled down.
WARNING
•When accelerating on a slippery surface, for example on ice and snow,
press the accelerator carefully. Despite EDL, the driven wheels may start to
spin. This could impair the vehicle's stability.
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208The individual electrical circuits are protected by fuses. The fuses are located
behind a cover at the left-hand end of the dash panel. When the steering
wheel is on the right, the fuses are on the right-hand side of the instrument
panel, behind a cover.
The electric windows are protected by circuit breakers . These reset automat-
ically after a few seconds when the overload (caused for example by frozen
windows) has been corrected.
Fuses colour code
WARNING
Never “repair” damaged fuses and never replace them with fuses with a
higher rating. Failure to comply could result in fire. This could also cause
damage to other parts of the electrical system.
Note
•If a newly replaced fuse blows again after a short time, the electrical
system must be checked by a qualified workshop as soon as possible.•If you replace a fuse with higher-rating fuse, you could cause damage to
another location in the electrical system.
•Always keep some spare fuses in the vehicle. These are available from
SEAT dealers.Fuses on left side of dash panelFuses
Colour
Amperes
Beige
5
Brown
7,5
Red
10
Blue
15
Ye ll ow
20
Natural (white)
25
Green
30
Number
Consumer
Amperes
1
Power steering/Engine operation
7,5
2
Diagnostics/Heater/Autoclimate/Cli-
matronic/Electric anti-dazzle mirror/Naviga-
tor/Air-conditioning pressure switch/ Climate
fan/ Kisi/ AFS Control unit/Coming home
relay/Soundaktor
10
3
Petrol engine control unit/Flow meter/Diesel
engine control unit/Relay coils/Engine opera-
tion/Bi-turbo fuel control unit
5
4
ABS/ESP switch (turning sensor)
10
5
Reverse light heating nozzle
10
6
Instrument panel
5
7
Rear fog light
5
8
Vaca n t
9
Headlight lever
10
10
Headlight lever/Clutch (Petrol)/Brakes (all)
5
11
Airbag control unit
5
12
Automatic gearbox/ Headlight lever
10
13
Wing mirror control
5
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14
Left-hand AFS headlamps
15
15
Right-hand AFS headlamps
15
16
Va can t
17
Registration plate light /Dimmer /Side light indi-
cator light
5
18
Dimmer
5
19
Electronic control unit
5
20
Indicators
15
21
Lights control, instrument panel
5
22
Electronic control unit, heated mirrors
5
23
Engine injection module/ Rain sensor/ Gear
lever/ Starter relay
7,5
24
Glovebox light, boot light, interior light
10
25
Parking aid
5
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
Engine control unit
15
33
Clutch switch power supply/preheating relay
5
34
Fuel control unit / Bi-turbo engine supply
15
Number
Consumer
Amperes
35
Heated seats control unit
25
36
Main beam headlight, right
10
37
LHS full beam lamp/Coming Home
10
38
Electric fan motor
30
39
Va can t
40
Va can t
41
Va can t
42
Horn
20
43
Panoramic roof
30
44
Windscreen wipers
20
45
Rear window heater
20
46
Radio/telephone VDA/Bluetooth/Steering col-
umn controls
20
47
Climatronic/autoclimate
5
48
Locking unit
25
49
Front electric window
30
50
Rear electric windows
30
51
Automatic gearbox control unit
30
52
Alarm/Volume sensor
15
53
Electro-kinetic pump relay/bi-turbo fuel control
unit
15
54
Reverse light for automatic gearbox, fog light
15
55
Transformer on
15
Number
Consumer
Amperes
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Index251
Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Load compartment in the boot
See Luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 See also Luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . 15MMain beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87, 92
Main beam headlights
Indicator lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Main headlight lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212, 214
Maintenance airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Maintenance and cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Manual gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Manual heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Manual heating system Defrosting the windscreen . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Demisting the windscreen and side windows . .117
MFD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Mileage display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Mirrors Interior mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
vanity mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Wing mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Mobile phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Multi-function display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
NNumber of seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16OObject compartment right-hand front seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Observations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Octane number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Oil change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Oil properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
One-touch opening and closing Electric windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Open stowage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Opening and locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Operation when a fault occurs Panoramic/ tilting roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Overview Control lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Dash panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Warning lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56PPaintworkPolishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Panoramic roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141 Parking lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Petrol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Driving abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Petrol additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Petrol engines, starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Physical principles of a frontal collision . . . . . . 17
Plastic parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Plastic parts cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Pollen filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Products for vehicle maintenance . . . . . . . . . . 161
RRadio frequency remote control Changing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Radio wave remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Rain sensor* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Rear cupholder* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Rear fog light Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Rear head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Rear seat folding down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Rear seat bench . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Rear window heating Heating element wires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Rear window wiper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Rear-view mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
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