2011 Seat Altea XL wiper blades

Checking and refilling levels245
Safety First
Operating Instructions
Practical Tips
Technical Specifications
WARNING
Do not drive unless you have good visibility through all windows!•Clean the windscreen wiper blades and all windows regularly.•The wiper blades should be changed once or twice a year.Caution
•A damaged or dirty window wiper could scratch the rear window.•Never use fuel, nail varnish remover, paint thinner or similar products to
clean the window.•Never move the windscreen wiper by hand. This could cause damage.
Brake fluidChecking the brake fluid level
The brake fluid is checked at the intervals given in the service
schedule.– Read off the fluid level at the transparent brake fluid reservoir. It should always be between the “MIN” and “MAX” marks.The position of the brake fluid reservoir is shown in the corresponding engine
compartment illustration ⇒page 293. The brake fluid reservoir has a black
and yellow cap.
The brake fluid level drops slightly when the vehicle is being used as the
brake pads are automatically adjusted as they wear.
Fig. 173 In the engine
compartment: Brake fluid
reservoir cover
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Index
308CCatalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
CD changer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Central locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Automatic speed dependent locking and un-locking system* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Emergency unlocking system . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Locking system for involuntary unlocking . 101
Selective unlocking system* . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Unlocking system* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Central locking button Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Unlocking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Centre armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Cetane number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Changing a wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Changing gear See Manual gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Changing gear in tiptronic mode . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Changing the bulbs Main headlight bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Tail lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Changing the main headlight bulbs dipped beam headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Main beam headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Side lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Turn signal bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Changing the tail light bulbs Side light, fog light and tail light on the tailgate279 Changing the tail lights
Luggage compartment lights . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Turn signal, side and brake lights on the body278
Changing windscreen wiper blades . . . . . . . . . 243
Chassis number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
Checking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Checking battery electrolyte level . . . . . . . . . . 248
Checking engine oil level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Child safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Child seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Categorisation in groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Group 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Group 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Group 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Groups 0 and 0+ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Securing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Child seats ISOFIX system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
on the front passenger seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Top Tether system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Cigarette lighter* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Cleaning alloy wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Cleaning chrome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Cleaning engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Cleaning steel wheel rims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Cleaning windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Climatic* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Climatronic General notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170 Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Cloth seat covers cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Clothes hook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Cockpit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Coming/leaving home function . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Compartment for on-board documentation . . 144
Control lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Control lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Controls
Electric windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Sliding/tilting sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Convenience closing Sliding/tilting sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Convenience opening Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240, 241 Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Coolant level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241 Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Coolant loss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Coolant temperature Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Correct adjustment of front seat head restraints . . 13
Correct adjustment of rear seat head restraints In-use and non-use positions . . . . . . . . . . . 14
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Index315
Wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Tightening torque . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Wheel trims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Why assume the correct sitting position? . . . . . 30
Why should head restraints be correctly adjusted? 13
Why wear seat belts? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19, 21, 30
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Windscreen interval wipe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Windscreen washer fluid Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Windscreen wiper blades Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Windscreen wipers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 Changing blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Changing the rear wiper blade . . . . . . . . . . 244
Winter driving Diesel engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Winter tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Wooden trim cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Working in the engine compartment . . . . . . . . 233
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