Cockpit71
Safety First
Operating Instructions
Practical Tips
Technical Specifications
Note
For electronic and vehicle equipment one or more of these menus will be 
displayed.
Multifunction disp lay menu (MFI)
The multifunction display (MFI) shows you information on the 
journey and fuel consumption.The multifunction display (MFI) has two automatic memories: 1 - Trip memory 
and 2 - Total memory . The selected memory is shown on the upper right hand 
section of the display  ⇒fig. 49  at all times.
Open the multifunction display menu
–Select the Multifunction display menu from the main menu  ⇒page 70 
and press the   button on the windscreen wiper lever or the multifunc-
tion lever*.
Selecting a memory
– To change from one memory to another, briefly press button    ⇒page 68, fig. 45  ⇒ page 68 on the windscreen wiper lever or the   
button on the multifunction lever  ⇒page 68, fig. 46  ⇒page 68 while 
the ignition is switched on.
Te l e p h o n e
This menu is only available in vehicles with radio unit if 
the vehicle is fitted with the telephone function. In vehi-
cles fitted with a radio navigation system, this menu is 
available in the central unit (navigator) ⇒ Booklet 
“SEAT Media System 2.1”.
Vehicle condition
This menu displays current warning or information 
texts: “Vehicle status menu”
This option flashes when one of these texts is dis-
played.
Configuration
This option allows the time, the speed warning when 
using winter tyres, units, language, independent heat-
ing, the Light and visibility menu and the Convenience 
menu to be reset.
a)Only in vehicles fitted with a radio navigation system.
Fig. 49  Multifunction 
display (MFI) instrument 
panel display.
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Index309
Heated rear window
2C-Climatronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Heating element wires  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
High pressure cleaners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Hill-start aid  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Horn  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
How to jump start description  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
Hydraulic Brake Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197IIdentification number  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
Identification plate  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
Ignition key  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Ignition lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Information in the multifunction display Memory displays  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Information messages in the display . . . . . . . . . 66
Instrument and switch lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Instrument lighting  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Instrument panel menus Configuration menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Example of menu use  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Lights and visibility menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Vehicle status menu  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Instruments  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Interior front light, type 1  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Interior front light, type 2  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 Interior mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Intermittent wipe, windscreen  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
ISOFIX system  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
JJump leads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Jump-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281KKeys  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105LLeather cleaning  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Lights  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Load compartment in the luggage compartment
See Loading the luggage compartment . . . . 17
Loading the luggage compartment  . . . . . . . . . . 17
Locks  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
LPG  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  60, 177, 227
LPG system Driving  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Filler neck adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Level indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Refuelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Luggage compartment  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 See also Loading the luggage compartment 17
Luggage compartment net  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
MMain beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  118, 125
Main beam headlights Indicator lamp  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Main headlight bulbs  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Maintenance Airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Maintenance and cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Manual gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Manual mode 2C-Climatronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
MEDIA-IN connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
MFI  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Mirrors Exterior mirrors  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Interior mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Vanity mirrors  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Mobile phones and two-way radios . . . . . . . . . 225
Multifunction display  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Multi-purpose mobile storage compartment* . 151 Closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Fitting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Opening  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Removal  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Uses  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151NNumber of seats  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
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