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Fuse assignment
This list shows the fuses which can be replaced relatively
easily by the owner.No.
Consumer
Amps
1
Air conditioner
10
2
Footwell lamps
5
3
Heated washer jets
5
4
Radiator fan
5
5
Parking aid, automatic gearbox
10
6
Air conditioner (air purity sensor), pressure sensor
5
7
Electronic Stability Programme (ESP), brake light
switch, clutch pedal switch, steering angle sensor
10
8
Te le p hon e
5
9
Va can t
10
Adaptive headlights right
5
11
Airbag and disconnection of the front passenger air-
bag
5
12
Diagnostic socket
10
13
Steering column unit
10
14
Brake lights
10
15
Instrument panel
10
16
Va can t
17
Tyre pressure control, rain/light sensor
10
18
Adaptive headlights left
5
19
Va can t
20
Va can t
21
Va can t
22
Driver door / front passenger door
15
23
Rear doors
15
24
Central electrics unit for convenience equipment
20
25
Heater blower
30
26
Rear window heater
30
27
Power socket for trailer (control unit)
30
28
Fuel pump, auxiliary pump for diesel
20
29
Va can t
30
Sliding/tilting sunroof
20
31
Diagnosis connection, automatic anti-dazzle interior
mirror, reverse light, automatic gearbox
15
32
Towi ng s ocke t
15
33
Lighter
20
34
Lambda probe heater
5
35
Luggage compartment power socket*
20
36
Wiper system
30
37
Pump for windscreen washer and headlight washer
system
30
38
Luggage compartment illumination, alarm
15
39
Radio, Amplifier
20
40
Horn
25
No.
Consumer
Amps
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Towing and tow-startingTo w - s t a r t i n g
The use of jump leads is pr eferable to tow-starting.We recommend that you do not tow-start your vehicle. Jump-starting
is preferable ⇒page 284.
However, if your vehicle has to be tow-started:
– Engage the 2nd or the 3rd gear.
– Keep the clutch pressed down.
– Switch the ignition on.
– Once both vehicles are moving, release the clutch.
– As soon as the engine starts, press the clutch and move the gear lever into neutral. This helps to prevent driving into the towing
vehicle.
WARNING
The risk of accidents is high when tow-starting. The vehicle being towed
can easily collide with the towing vehicle.
Caution
When tow-starting, fuel could enter the catalytic converter and damage it.
General notesPlease observe the following po ints if you use a tow-rope:
Notes for the driver of the towing vehicle
– 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.
Notes for the driver of the towed vehicle
– Ensure that the tow-rope remains taut at all times when towing.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 style
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.
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288Do 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.
As the brake servo does not work if the engine is not running, you must apply
considerably more pressure to the brake pedal than you normally would.
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•Put the selector lever into position “N”.•Do not drive faster than 50 km/h when towing a vehicle.•Do not tow further than 50 km.•If a breakdown vehicle is used, the vehicle must be towed with the front
wheels raised.Note
•Observe legal requirements when towing or tow-starting.•Switch on the hazard warning lights of both vehicles. However, observe
any regulations to the contrary.•For technical reasons, vehicles with an automatic gearbox must not be
tow-started.•If damage to your vehicle means that there is no lubricant in the gearbox,
you must raise the drive wheels while the vehicle is being towed.•If the vehicle has to be towed more than 50 km, the front wheels should
be raised during towing, and towing should be carried out by a qualified
person.
•The steering wheel is locked when the vehicle has no electrical power. The
vehicle must then be towed with the front wheels raised. Towing should be
carried out by a qualified person.•The towing eye should always be kept in the vehicle. Please refer to the
notes ⇒page 287, “Tow-starting”.Front towing eyeFitting the towing eye
– Take the towing ring from the on-board tool set.
– Remove the front cover by pressing down on the right hand side.
– Bolt the eye to its limit to the left, in the direction of the arrow
⇒ fig. 231
Fig. 231 Fitting the
towing eye to front rear of
the vehicle
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Technical SpecificationsChecking fluid levelsFrom time to time, the levels of the different fluids in the
vehicle must be checked. Never fill with incorrect fluids,
otherwise serious damage to the engine may be caused.Fig. 233 Diagram for the location of the various elements
Vehicle battery
Engine oil filler cap
Brake fluid reservoir
Engine oil dipstick
Coolant expansion tank Windscreen washer fluid container
Hydraulic fluid reservoir for power steering
The checking and refilling of service fluids are carried out on the components
mentioned above. These operations are described in the ⇒page 224.
Overview
You will find further explanations, instructions and restrictions on the tech-
nical specifications as of ⇒page 291.
Note
The layout of parts may vary depending on the engine.
A1A2A3A4A5
A6A7
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Index307
Index230 V socket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151AAccessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Adaptive headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 Faulty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Air conditioner 2C-Climatronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Air distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Air outlets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Air purity sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Air recirculation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Air recirculation (automatic) . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Automatic mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Blower . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Defrosting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
ECON Mode (economy) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Economical use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Key settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Solar-powered blower/sunroof . . . . . . . . . . 165
Temperature selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Air duct Fitting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262, 269
Removing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261, 268 Air purity sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Airbag
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Airbag covers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Curtain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Front airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Alternator Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Ambient lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Antifreeze . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Anti-lock brake system How it works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Anti-theft alarm system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 Interior monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Aquaplaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Armrest Storage compartment in front armrest . . . . 142
Armrests Adjusting the front armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Ashtray Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Athermic windscreen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Auto-check system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Automatic car wash tunnel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210 Automatic gearbox
Dynamic gear control programme . . . . . . . 182
Kick-down feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
multitronic® . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Paddle levers (tiptronic mode) . . . . . . . . . . 184
Safety interlock for ignition key . . . . . . . . . 167
Selector lever lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Selector lever positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Steering wheel with paddle levers . . . . . . . 184
tiptronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177, 183
Automatic headlight control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Auxiliary heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
BBattery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234 Battery voltage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Disconnection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Long periods of non-use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Replacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234, 235
Testing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Winter operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234, 235
Bicycle rack Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Biodiesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Biodiesel fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
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312Mirrors
Activating stored settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Automatic exterior mirror adjustment . . . . 138
Heated exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Storing settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Vanity mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Mobile phones and two-way radios . . . . . . . . . 219
multitronic® . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177 Driving with multitronic® . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178NNumber of seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18OObservations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Octane number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Oil consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Oil dipstick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Oil level
Check level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Oil properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Onboard computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Outside temperature display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Overview Cockpit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
PPaddle leverstiptronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Paintwork Polishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 multitronic® . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Parking aid SEAT Parking System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
SEAT Parking System plus . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Parking aid acoustic system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Passenger See Correct sitting position . . . . . . . . . . 11, 12
Pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Petrol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221 Driving abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Petrol additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Photosensor faulty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Physical principles of a frontal collision . . . . . . 19
Plastic parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Plastic parts cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Power socket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149, 150
Power steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Products for vehicle maintenance . . . . . . . . . . 209QQuartz clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
RRadiator fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Radio display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Rain sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Rain sensor faulty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Reading lights Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Rear drink holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Rear fog light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Rear side window sun blind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Rear view mirrors Anti-dazzle interior mirror with automatic adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Anti-dazzle setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Interior mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Rear window sun blind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Refuelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Registration light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
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 . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Repairs Airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Replacement of parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
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