2011 Seat Alhambra charging

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Lights and visibility Button /
Swit c
h Function
 Switches door contact control on (central position).
The interior lights
c

ome on automatically when the vehicle is
unlocked, a door is opened or the key is removed from the ig-
nition.
The lights go off a few seconds after all the doors are closed,
the vehicle is locked or the ignition is switched on.  Turning the reading light on and off
Storage and luggage compartment lighting
When the glov
e bo

x and the tailgate are opened and closed, a light auto-
matically switches on or off.
Background lighting
The background lighting in the front covering of the ceiling lights up the
controls on the central console from above when the side or dipped lights
are on.
In addition, the lever on the door moulding can also be illuminated. Note
The reading lights go out when the vehicle is locked, or a few minutes after
the key i

s removed from the ignition. This prevents the battery from dis-
charging. Sun blind
Introduction WARNING
Sun visors and sun blinds may reduce visibility when open.
● Always roll or fold sun blinds and visors away when not in use. 
Sun visors Fig. 64 Sun visor.
Options for adjusting driver and front passenger sun visors:
● Lower by unfolding towards the windscreen.
● The sun visor can be pulled out of its mounting and turned towards the
door ⇒ fig. 64 1 .
● Swing the sun visor towards the door, longitudinally backwards. Safety First Operating instructions Practical tips Technical Data

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Lights and visibility
Make-up mirror light
There m a
y be a make-up mirror, with a cover, on the rear of the sun visor.
When the cover is opened 2 a light comes on.
The lamp g oe

s out when the make-up mirror cover is closed or the sun visor
is pushed back up. Note
The light above the sun visor automatically switches off after a few minutes
in cer t

ain conditions. This prevents the battery from discharging. 
Rear side window sun blinds Fig. 65 On the rear
right-h
and w

indow: sun
blind.
The sun blinds for the passenger compartment are fitted in the side panels
of the windo
ws. ●
Pull the sun blind by the handle ⇒ fig. 65 A up to the top.
● Hook both rings of the fastening rod in the spaces provided B . Check
that the s

un blind is securely hooked into the spaces provided when it has
been lowered B .
● To put the sun blind away, unhook it at the top and lower by hand ⇒  .
CAUTION
To prevent damage to the blind or the interior trim, do not lower the sun
blind “quic k

ly”. 

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Checking and refilling levels WARNING (Continued)
● Battery acid is very corrosive and caustic. It can burn skin and cause
b lindne
ss. When handling the battery, protect yourself from splashes of
acids, above all your hands, arms and face.
● Never tilt the vehicle battery. Battery acid could spill out of the open-
ings
to release gases and cause corrosion damage.
● Never open the vehicle battery.
● If battery acid splashes on you, immediately rinse your eyes and skin
abund
antly with water for several minutes. Then seek medical care imme-
diately.
● If acid is swallowed by mistake, consult a doctor immediately. 
Charging, replacing and connecting or disconnecting the
batt er

y Charging the battery
The v
ehic

le battery should be charged by a specialist workshop only, as bat-
teries using special technology have been installed and they must be charg-
ed in a controlled environment ⇒  . SEAT recommends visiting a Technical
Serv ic

e.
Replacing a vehicle battery
The battery has been developed to suit the conditions of its location and
has special safety features. If the battery must be replaced, consult a quali-
fied SEAT workshop for information on electromagnetic compatibility, the
size and maintenance, performance and safety requirements of the new bat-
tery in your vehicle before you purchase one. SEAT recommends you have
the battery replaced by a qualified SEAT workshop.
Use only maintenance-free genuine batteries conforming to TL 825 06 and
VW 7 50 73 Standards. These standards must be dated April 2008 or later. Start-Stop systems (
⇒ page 196) ar
e equipped with a special battery. There-
fore, it must only be replaced with a battery of the same specifications.
Disconnecting the vehicle's battery
If you must disconnect the battery from the electrical system, please note
the following:
● Switch off the ignition and all electrical equipment.
● The vehicle must be unlocked before disconnecting the battery, other-
wise the al
arm will be triggered.
● First disconnect the negative cable and then the positive ⇒  .
Connectin g the

vehicle's battery
● Before reconnecting the battery, switch off the engine, the ignition and
electric dev
ices.
● First reconnect the positive cable and then the negative ⇒  .
Differ ent

control lamps may light up after connecting the battery and switch-
ing the ignition on. They will be turned off after a short trip at a speed of
between 15 - 20 km/h (10 - 12 mph). If the warning indicators remain lit,
please visit a specialised workshop to have the vehicle checked.
If the battery has been disconnected for a long time, it is possible that the
next service date is not displayed or calculated correctly ⇒ page 57. Respect
the maximum service intervals permitted ⇒ Booklet Maintenance Pro-
gramme.
Automatic consumer disconnection
The intelligent vehicle electrical system automatically implements a range
of measures to prevent the battery from discharging when high demands
are made on it: Safety First Operating instructions Practical tips Technical Data

ASR
See "Brak in
g assist systems" . . . . . . . . . . 191
See "Braking assist" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Turning on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Assistance systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212 Cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Electronic differential lock system (EDS) . 190
Assisted braking systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Assist systems Anti-lock brake system (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . 189
Auto Hold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Braking assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Electronic stability programme ESC (ESP) 189
Lane Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Lane Assist system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Optical parking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Park assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Park Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Park Assist system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Parking sensor system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Rear Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Rear assist system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Sign Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Start-Stop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Start assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Traction control system ASR (TCS) . . . . . . . 191
Traction control when accelerating ASR(TCS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Tyre monitoring indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Auto Hold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Automatic belt retainer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Automatic car wash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Switc hing Auto Hold off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Switching the start assist off . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Automatic consumer disconnection . . . . . . . . 291
Automatic dipped beam control . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Automatic gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174 Changing gear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
DSG automatic gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Ignition key lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Kickdown system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Launch-Control programme . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Manually unlocking the gear selection lev-er . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319
Please also see "Changing gears" . . . . . . 174
See "Automatic gearbox" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341
AUX-IN connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Auxiliary heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163, 269 Automatic off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Operating instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Remote control range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Remote control: Replacing the battery . . . 164
Switching off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Switching on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Things to note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163, 166
Auxiliary heater remote control Replacing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Axle loads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 B
BAS
See "Brak
ing assist systems" . . . . . . . . . . 190
Battery Discharge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Discharging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313
See Vehicle battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
Battery acid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
Before starting out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Belt height adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Belt tension device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Service and disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Belt tension limiter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Bicycle carrier Installing a bicycle carrier . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Maximum load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Biodiesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Bonnet Closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Bottle capacity Windscreen washer water bottle . . . . . . . . 109
Bottle holders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183 Brake servo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Electronic parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Emergency braking function . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191 Specification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192366
Index

Trailer tow hitch
Electric r
elease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Trailer weight Permitted maximum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Trailer weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347
Transport Folding the backrest of the front passeng-er's seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Transporting Transporting a load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Transporting a load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Transporting children in the vehicle . . . . . . . . . 40 Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Transporting objects Baggage net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Driving advice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Driving with a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233, 237
Driving with the tailgate open . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Loading the trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Net partition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Rails and attachment system . . . . . . . . . . 134
Retaining hooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Roof carrier system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Trailer weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Transporting objectsr Roof carrier system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Tread depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
Treadwear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
Trip recorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Turning lights See "Static turning lights" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Static . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 Turning off the lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Turning on the he
adlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Turn signal convenience function . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Turn signal lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Two-way radios . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Type of fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Tyre control systems Tyre pressures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Tyre load rating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
Tyre monitoring indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Tyre monitoring systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221 Control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Tyre monitoring indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Tyre pressures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297, 347
Tyres with directional tread pattern . . . . . . . . 303
U Undercarriage guard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Unlocking From the inside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
The tailgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
The vehicle from the outside . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Upholstery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249 Check list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Cleaning and care of real leather uphols-tery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Cleaning textile covers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Cleaning upholstery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Imitation leather . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Treating your upholstery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250 V
Valve c aps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Vehicle Collection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Parking downhill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Parking uphill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Recycling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Securing in case of a breakdown . . . . . . . 312
Vehicle battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288 Acid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
Checking the electrolyte level . . . . . . . . . . 290
Discharging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Disconnect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Explanation of symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
Positive pole on the starting assistancepoints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338
Preparation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
Starting assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Vehicle care Aerial built into the window . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Airbag modules (instrument panel) . . . . . 253
Alcantara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Anodized surfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Automatic car wash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Changing windscreen wiper blades . . . . . 246
Chrome parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Cleaning compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Cleaning seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Cleaning wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Cleaning windscreen wiper blades . . . . . . 246
De-icing the door lock cylinder . . . . . . . . . 248 379
Index

Engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Exterior mirr
or
s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
High pressure cleaning equipment . . . . . . 244
Imitation leather . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Instrument panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Plastic parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Protection of vehicle undercarriage . . . . . 248
Real leather . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Rubber seals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Service position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Special features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243, 244
Textile covers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Treating your upholstery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Upholstery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Vehicle paintwork . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Washing by hand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Washing the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Wooden trim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Vehicle code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345 Vehicle data label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345
Vehicle identification number . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345
Vehicle key Synchronising . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Vehicle key set See "Keys" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Vehicle specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345
Vehicle telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Vehicle's battery Automatic consumer disconnection . . . . . 291
Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
Connecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
Disconnecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291 Replacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
Runnin
g flat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
Vibrations Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
W Warning indicator Doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Tailgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Warning lamp AdBlue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Alternator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Brake system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Changing gear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
Cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Diesel particulate filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Engine management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Engine oil pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
Exhaust gas purification system . . . . . . . . 228
Pressing the brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Vehicle battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Warning lamps Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Warning triangle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314
Washing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242 by hand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Washing the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243 Sensors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198, 203 Special features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
with high pre
ssure cleaning equipment . . 244
Water box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Wear indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
Wear of tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
Weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305, 307, 347 Caps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
Tightening torque . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
Wheel load capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
Wheel rims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296 Beadlock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
Bolted trims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
See "Wheels and tyres" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347
Wheels and tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293 Avoiding damage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
Changing a wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
Code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
Damaged tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
Errors in wheel alignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
Foreign bodies in the tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
Interchanging tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
New tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
Older tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Replacing tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
Run-flat tyre codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
Run-out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
Serial number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Speed rating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302, 303
Storing tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302380
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