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Safety First
Operating Instructions
Practical Tips
Technical Specifications
WARNING
There is a serious danger of accidents if a tyre bursts during driving!•The tyres must be replaced at the latest when the tread is worn down to
the tread wear indicators. Failure to do so could result in an accident. Worn
tyres do not grip well at high speeds on wet roads. There is also a greater
risk of aquaplaning.•At continuously high speeds, a tyre with insufficient pressure flexes
more. This causes it to overheat. This can cause tread separation and tyre
blow-out. Risk of accident. Always observe the recommended tyre pres-
sures.•If tyres show excessive wear, you should have the running gear checked
by an Authorised Service Centre.•Keep chemicals such as oil, fuel and brake fluid away from tyres.•Damaged wheels and tyres must be replaced immediately!For the sake of the environment
Under-inflated tyres will increase fuel consumption.New tyres and wheels
New tyres and wheels have to be run in.The tyres and wheel rims are an essential part of the vehicle’s design. The
tyres and rims approved by SEAT are specially matched to the characteristics
of the vehicle and make a major contribution to good road holding and safe
handling ⇒.
Tyres should be replaced at least in pairs and not individually (i.e. both front
tyres or both rear tyres together). A knowledge of tyre designations makes it easier to choose the correct tyres. Radial tyres have the tyre designations
marked on the sidewall, for example:
195/65 R15 91T
This contains the following information:
195 Tyre width in mm
65 Height/width ratio in %
RTyre construction: Radial
15 Rim diameter in inches
91 Load rating code
TSpeed rating
The tyres could also have the following information:
•A direction of rotation symbol•“Reinforced” denotes heavy-duty tyres.
The manufacturing date is also indicated on the tyre sidewall (possibly only
on the inner side of the wheel).
“DOT ... 1103 ...” means, for example, that the tyre was produced in the 11th
week of 2003.
We recommend that work on tyres and wheels be carried out by an Authorised
Service Centre. They are familiar with the procedure and have the necessary
special tools and spare parts as well as the proper facilities for disposing of
the old tyres.
Any Authorised Service Centre has full information on the technical require-
ments when installing or changing tyres, wheels or wheel trims.WARNING
•We recommend that you use only wheels and tyres which have been
approved by SEAT for your model. Failure to do so could impair vehicle
handling. Risk of accident.
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202•Avoid running the vehicle on tyres that are more than 6 years old. If you
have no alternative, you should drive slowly and with extra care at all
times.•Never use old tyres or those with an unknown history of use.•If wheel trims are retrofitted, you must ensure that the flow of air to the
brakes is not restricted. This could cause them to overheat.•All four wheels must be fitted with radial tyres of the same type, size
(rolling circumference) and the same tread pattern.For the sake of the environment
Old tyres must be disposed of according to the laws in the country concerned.
Note
•For technical reasons, it is not generally possible to use the wheels from
other vehicles. This can also apply to wheels of the same model. The use of
wheels or tyres which have not been approved by SEAT for use with your
model may invalidate the vehicle’s type approval for use on public roads.•If the spare tyre is not the same as the tyres that are mounted on the
vehicle (e.g. winter tyres) you should only use the spare tyre for a short period
of time and drive with extra care. Refit the normal road wheel as soon as
possible.Wheel bolts
Wheel bolts must be tightened to the correct torque.The design of wheel bolts is matched to the rims. If different wheel rims are
fitted, the correct wheel bolts with the right length and correctly shaped bolt heads must be used. This ensures that wheels are fitted securely and that the
brake system functions correctly.
In certain circumstances, you should not use wheel bolts from a different
vehicle, even if it is the same model
⇒page 175.
WARNING
If the wheel bolts are not tightened correctly, the wheel could become
loose while driving. Risk of accident.•The wheel bolts must be clean and turn easily. Never apply grease or oil
to them.•Use only wheel bolts which belong to the wheel.•If the prescribed torque of the wheel bolts is too low, they could loosen
whilst the vehicle is in motion. Risk of accident! If the tightening torque is
too high, the wheel bolts and threads can be damaged.Caution
The prescribed tightening torque for wheel bolts for steel and alloy wheels is
120 Nm.Winter tyres
Winter tyres will improve the vehicles handling on snow and
ice.In winter conditions winter tyres will considerably improve the vehicle’s
handling. The design of summer tyres (width, rubber compound, tread
pattern) gives less grip on ice and snow.
Winter tyres must be inflated to a pressure 0.2 bar higher than the pressures
specified for summer tyres (see sticker on tank flap).
WARNING (continued)
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Technical Specifications235
Safety First
Operating Instructions
Practical Tips
Technical Specifications
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.
Coolant expansion tank
Engine oil dipstick
Engine oil filler cap
Brake fluid reservoir
Vehicle battery
Windscreen washer fluid container
The checking and refilling of service fluids are carried out on the components
mentioned above. These operations are described in the ⇒page 183.
Overview
You will find further explanations, instructions and restrictions on the tech-
nical specifications as of ⇒page 231.Note
The layout of parts may vary depending on the engine.
Fig. 158 Diagram for the
location of the various
elements
Fig. 159 For vehicles with
the battery in the luggage
compartment.
A1A2A3A4A5A6
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Index
256Selective unlocking system* . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Unlocking system* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Central locking button Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Unlocking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Cetane number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Changing a wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Changing bulbs interior light and reading light . . . . . . . . . . 223
Changing bulbs on tail lights . . . . . . . . . . 221, 222
Changing double headlight bulbs Dipped beam headlights and side lights . 218
Main headlights and side lights . . . . . . . . 219
Changing gear See Manual gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Changing gear in tiptronic mode . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Changing the bulbs Main headlight bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217, 219
Number plate light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Side turn signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Changing the main headlight bulbs Turn signal bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Changing the single headlight bulb turn signal bulb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Changing the single headlight bulbs dipped/main beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Side lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Changing windscreen wiper blades . . . . . . . . . 193
Chassis number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Checking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Checking battery electrolyte level . . . . . . . . . . 197 Checking engine oil level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Child safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Child seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Categorisation in groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Group 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Group 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Group 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Groups 0 and 0+ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
ISOFIX system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Securing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Child seats on the front passenger seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Top Tether system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Cigarette lighter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Cleaning alloy wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Cleaning chrome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Cleaning engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Cleaning steel wheel rims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Cleaning windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Climatronic automatic mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
General notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
manual mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Cloth seat covers cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Cockpit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Coming home function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Compartment for on-board documentation . . 110 Control
Exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Control lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Control lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Controls Electric windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Convenience closing Sliding/tilting sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Convenience opening Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190, 191
Coolant level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191 Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Coolant loss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Coolant temperature Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Correct adjustment of front head restraints . . . 12
Correct sitting position Front passenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Incorrect sitting position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Cruise control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148 Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
DDanger of fitting a child seat on the front passenger seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Dash panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Dash panel cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
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Index257
Daytime running lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Deactivating front passenger airbag
Safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Deactivating the airbag Front passenger airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Diesel engine Winter driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Diesel engine particulate filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Differential lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Differential lock fault (EDL) Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Digital clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Dipped beam headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Disposal Airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Seat belt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Door lock cylinders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Door release lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Doors Childproof locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Drive wheels traction control system . . . . . . . . 154
Driver See Correct sitting position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Driveshaft differential XDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 Driving
Driving abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Economically / Environmentally friendly . . 161
With a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163, 164
Driving abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163 Headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Driving safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Duplicate keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Dust filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Dynamic headlight range control . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
EEconomical driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
EDL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Electrical sockets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Electro-hydraulic steering Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Electronic differential lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Electronic immobiliser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Electronic Stability Programme . . . . . . . . . 62, 155 Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Electronic Stability Programme (ESP) Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Emission control system Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Engine Running in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158 Engine compartment
Working in the engine compartment . . . . . 183
Engine coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Engine fault Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Engine management Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Engine oil Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Checking engine oil level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Oil properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Topping up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Engine oil dipstick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Engine oil pressure Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161 Environmental friendliness . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Environmental tip Avoiding pollution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Environmentally friendly driving . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
ESP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62, 155 See also Electronic Stability Programme . . 130
Exhaust gas purification system . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
External aerial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
FFabric trim cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Floor mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
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