2010 Seat Ibiza 5D towing

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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 224.
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.
CommentsPlease 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 sooner than normal
and pressing the pedal gently.
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.
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228Do 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.•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.To w i n g e y e sFitting the towing eye
– Take the towing ring from the on-board tool set.
– Remove the front cover by pressing down on its left-hand side. For FR finishes, press down and pull outwards.
– Bolt the eye to its limit to the left, in the direction of the arrow
⇒ fig. 155 .
Fig. 155 Fitting the
towing eye to front rear of
the vehicle
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Rear towing eyeThere is a towing eye at the rear on the right below the rear bumper.
Fig. 156 Rear towing ring
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Technical Specifications
Information on fuel consumptionFuel consumption
The consumption and emission details shown on the vehicle
data sticker differ from one vehicle to another.The fuel consumption and CO
2 emissions of the vehicle can be found on the
vehicle data sticker.
The fuel consumption and emissions figures given are based on the vehicle
weight category, which is determined according to the engine/gearbox
combination and the equipment fitted.
The consumption and emission figures are calculated in accordance with the
tests indicated in regulations 715/2007/EC and 692/2008/EC.
Note
•Actual consumption may vary from quoted test values, depending on
personal driving style, road and traffic conditions, the weather and the
vehicle condition.WeightsKerb weight refers to the basic model with a fuel tank filled to 90% capacity
and without optional extras. The figure quoted includes 75 kg to allow for the
weight of the driver.
For special versions and optional equipment fittings or for the addition of
accessories, the weight of the vehicle will increase ⇒.
WARNING
•Please note that the centre of gravity may shift when transporting
heavy objects; this may affect the vehicle’s handling and lead to an acci-
dent. Always adjust your speed and driving style to suit road conditions
and requirements.•Never exceed the gross axle weight rating or the gross vehicle weight
rating. If the allowed axle load or the allowed total weight is exceeded, the
driving characteristics of the vehicle may change, leading to accidents,
injuries and damage to the vehicle.
To w i n g a t r a i l e rTrailer weightsTrailer weight
The trailer weights and drawbar loads approved are selected in intensive
trials according to precisely defined criteria. The approved trailer weights are
valid for vehicles in the EU for maximum speeds of 80 km/h (in certain
circumstances up to 100 km/h). The figures may be different in other coun-
tries. All data in the official vehicle documents take precedence over these
data ⇒ .
Drawbar load
The maximum permitted drawbar load on the ball joint of the towing bracket
must not exceed 75 kg.
In the interest of road safety, we recommend that you always tow
approaching the maximum drawbar load. The response of the trailer on the
road will be poor if the drawbar load is too small.
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Index
258Fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Fog lights with cornering function . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Front airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Front ashtray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Front cup holder* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Front interior light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Front passenger airbag deactivation . . . . . . . . . 35
Front reading light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Front seat adjustment Lumbar support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Fuel Diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Petrol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Fuel level Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Fuel reserve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Fuel Tank Opening the fuel tank flap . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Fuel tank See Fuel reserve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Fuel: save . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212GG 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Gear shift pattern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
General overview of the engine compartment 235 Glove compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Glow plug system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
GRA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
HHandbrake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63, 145
Hazard warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
HBA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Head restraints Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105, 106
Adjustment of the head restraint angle . . . 106
Removing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Headlight flashers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Headlight range control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Headlights Driving abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Headlight washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Heated exterior mirrors* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Heated front seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Heated rear window Heating element wires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Heating system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
High pressure cleaners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Hill-start assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
How to jump start description . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225 Hydraulic Brake Assist
Automatic hazard warning lights activation . . .153
IIdentification number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Identification plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Ignition key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Ignition lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Information in the multifunction display
Memory displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Instrument and switch lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Instrument lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Instrument panel Service interval display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Interior mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Interior monitoring and anti-towing alarm* Activation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
ISOFIX system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42JJump leads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Jump-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224KKeys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
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Starting petrol engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Starting the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
After the fuel tank has been run dry . . . . . . 133
Start-Stop Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Switching on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Steam jets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 Steering lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Steering column controls Audio Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Steering wheel height adjustment . . . . . . . . . . 129
Storage compartment Front passenger side . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Right-hand front seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Sun visor Sliding/tilting sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Sun visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Switch Hazard warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Heated rear window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Light switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Switches Electric windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Sliding/tilting sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Switching off the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
TTailgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Emergency opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Tank Fuel level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Reserve indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Tank capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
TCS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
TCS (Traction control system) Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Technical modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
The danger of not using the seat belt . . . . . . . . 19
Tightening torque of wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Tilting sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Top Tether system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Tow starting Comments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Towing a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163, 233
Towing bracket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Towing bracket, fitting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Towing eye . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Towing eyes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Tow-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Traction control system Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Trailer turn signals
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Trailer weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Turn signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 Indicator lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Two-way radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Tyre Mobility-System (Tyre repair kit) . . . . . . . . 205
Tyre pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Tyre pressure warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Tyre pressures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Tyre repair kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205, 210
Tyre-Mobility-System (Tyre repair kit) . . . . . . . . 210
Tyres and wheels Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Tyres service life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Tyres tread depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Tyres with directional tread pattern . . . . . . . . . 199
UUnderbody protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172VVehicle battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Vehicle data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Vehicle identification data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Vehicle identification number . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Vehicle interior heating or cooling system . . . 123
Vehicle modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
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