2011 Seat Exeo ST tailgate

276If and when
Removing the tail light
To change the bulbs you must remove the tail light assem-
bly. Removing the light requires a certain degree of practical
skill.
Fig. 220 Luggage com-
partment: Location of the
bolt securing the tail
light unit
Fig. 221 Removing tail
light from side panel A special retaining screw is used to secure and guide the tail light.
–
Check which of the bulbs is defective.
– Open the tailgate.
– Prise off the cover with a screwdriver in the slot ⇒ fig. 220 1
and remove the cover (with all the retaining clips) from the
opening.
– Carefully loosen the screw located behind the cover with a
screwdriver, turning it anti-clockwise (arrows) 2
.
– Gradually ease the tail light out of the housing ( ⇒ fig. 221 posi-
tions 3
and 4) by pulling alternately in positions 1 and 2.
– Remove the bulb holder ⇒ page 277.
CAUTION
When removing or installing the tail light, take care not to cause any dam-
age.
● Removing the tail light in particular can lead to the paintwork or tail light
becoming damaged. This is another reason why we recommend having the
bulbs changed by a qualified workshop.
Note
Make sure you have a soft cloth ready to place under the glass on the tail
light, to avoid any scratches. 

280If and when
CAUTION
Take care when fitting the tail light unit to make sure there is no damage to
the paintwork or any of its components. 
Changing tail light bulbs (on tailgate) Overview of tail lights
Fig. 228 Overview of tail
lights
Tail lights on the tailgate
● Rear side lights
● Rear fog light
● Reverse lights Overview of tail lights. LED lamps
Fig. 229 Overview of tail
lights
Tail lights on the tailgate
● Rear side lights
● Rear fog light
● Reverse lights
Note
● It is only possible to replace the rear fog lamp and the reversing light.
● If the side light (LED lamp) gives signs of failing, the light should be re-
placed.
● The failure of the lamp is only shown when the LED function goes out
completely. Sometimes, a LED will stop working, without displaying the
warning as the function continues to operate. 

281
If and when
Remove the bulb holder
The tailgate must be open to change the bulbs.
Fig. 230 Remove the
cover of the tailgate trim
Fig. 231 Remove the
bulb holder
You can access the bulb holder for the inner tail lights via the in-
side of the tailgate. –
Check which of the bulbs is defective.
– Insert the screwdriver into the opening in the cover ⇒ fig. 230
1
and detach the cover 2.
– Press on the tabs A
⇒ fig. 231 in the direction of the arrows
and remove the bulb holder by pulling in the direction of the ar-
row B
.
– Change the bulbs ⇒ page 281 ⇒ page 282.
WARNING
If a bulb is replaced in a tail light assembly with LED, do not pull too hard
on the bulb holder. This may damage the wiring of the LED module.

Changing bulbs
All bulbs can be changed easily in the bulb holder.
Fig. 232 Position of the
bulbs in the bulb holder.
Example: Tail lights on
the tailgate 
Safety FirstOperating InstructionsPractical TipsTechnical Specifications

282If and when
The bulbs are secured with a bayonet fastener. The table below
gives an overview of the bulb positions.
–Lightly press the defective bulb into the bulb holder, then turn it
to the left and remove it.
– Fit the new bulb, pressing it into the bulb holder and turn it to
the right as far as it will go.
– Use a cloth to remove any fingerprints from the glass part of the
bulb.
– Check whether the new bulb is working.
– Re-install the bulb holder ⇒ page 283.
Position of the bulbs
Pos.
⇒ fig. 232Bulb function
AReverse lightsP21W LLBRear side lightsW5W LLCRear fog lightH21W Changing bulbs. LED lamps
All bulbs can be changed easily in the bulb holder.
Fig. 233 Position of the
bulbs in the bulb holder.
Example: Tail lights on
the tailgate
The bulbs are secured with a bayonet fastener. The table below
gives an overview of the bulb positions.
– Lightly press the defective bulb into the bulb holder, then turn it
to the left and remove it.
– Fit the new bulb, pressing it into the bulb holder and turn it to
the right as far as it will go.
– Use a cloth to remove any fingerprints from the glass part of the
bulb.
– Check whether the new bulb is working.
– Re-install the bulb holder ⇒ page 283. 

Bonnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225Closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Releasing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Brake light Failure control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196 Brake assist system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Worn brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Brake servo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Brake system Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Brake servo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Braking distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Bulb change general notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
C
Car care Exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
CCS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
CD-ROM player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Central locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 Manual locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Sunroof: opening and closing . . . . . . . . . . 113 Central locking system
Anti-theft security system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Locking and unlocking the vehicle from in-side . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Opening and closing the windows . . . . . . 111
Security central locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Switch on the driver door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Tailgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Unlocking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Cetane number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Changing the main headlight bulb Main headlight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Changing the main headlight bulbs Dipped beam headlight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Changing the tail lights Luggage compartment lights . . . . . . . . . . 284
Changing windscreen wiper blades . . . . . . . . 234
Chassis number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Childproof lock Rear doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Child safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Child safety seat ISOFIX system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Child seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Categorisation in groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Group 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Group 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Group 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Groups 0 and 0+ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Securing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Child seats
on the front passenger seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Cigarette lighter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Cleaning alloy wheel rims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Cleaning chrome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Cleaning engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Cleaning steel wheel rims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Cleaning windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Clock, setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Cloth seat covers cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Coat hooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Cockpit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158 In the door trim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
In the front seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Coolant Checking the level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Coolant fluid Antifreeze . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Coolant fluid additive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Topping up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Cooling system Coolant temperature gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Correct adjustment of front seat head re- straints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Correct adjustment of rear seat head restraints In-use and non-use positions . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Correct sitting position Front passenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Incorrect sitting position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
308 Index

Cruise control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179Adjust the stored speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Deactivating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Deactivating temporarily . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Setting the speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Cruise speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Curtain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
D Danger of fitting a child seat on the front pas- senger seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Dash panel cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Data entry control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Date display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Daytime running lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Deactivating front passenger airbag Safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Deactivating the airbag Front passenger airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Diesel engine Winter driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Diesel engine particulate filter . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Diesel particulate filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Digital clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Dipped beam headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 DIS
Average fuel consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Average speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Driving time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Instantaneous fuel consumption . . . . . . . . 85
Disposal Airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Seat belt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Distance covered . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Distance to empty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73, 85
Door and tailgate warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Door lock cylinders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Doors Childproof lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Locking the doors manually if the centrallocking fails to work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Driver see Correct sitting position . . . . . . . 10, 11, 12
Driver information system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Auto-check system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
CD and radio display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Door and tailgate warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Driver messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Handbrake warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Menu display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Onboard computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Outside temperature display . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Red symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Speed warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Warning messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Yellow symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Driver messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 driver seat
Assigning the key to the seat . . . . . . . . . . 139
Driver seat Activating stored settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
With memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Driving Driving abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Economically / Environmentally friendly . 198
Driving abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 Headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Driving safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
DRP see Dynamic gear control programme . . . 187
Dynamic gear control programme . . . . . . . . . . 187
E
Economical driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Electric socket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Electric windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 Central locking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Possible malfunctions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Rear doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Switches on the driver door . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Switch on front passenger's door . . . . . . . 110
Electronic differential lock How it works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Electronic immobiliser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Electronic stabilisation programme How the system works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
309
Index

SteeringLocking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Manual steering wheel adjustment . . . . . 171
Steering wheel controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Stopping the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Sun visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Switches on the driver door Electric windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Symbols Red symbols in central display . . . . . . . . . . 77
Yellow symbols on central display . . . . . . . 79
T Tailgate Central locking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
TCS Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Technical modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
The danger of not using the seat belt . . . . . . . . 21
The environment Heated rear window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Leaks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Warming up the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Tightening torque of wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . 295
tiptronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
tiptronic mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Tow-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289 Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201, 289
Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Notes on towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201, 202
Removable towing bracket . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Technical requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Towing a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
Towing bracket, fitting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Towing eye . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Towing eyes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
Tow starting General notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Traction control system Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Trailer weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
Trip recorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Turn signal lamps Hazard warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Trailer turn signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Turn signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Turn signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Tyre mobility system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Tyre Mobility System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Tyre pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66, 90, 241 Loss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Tyre pressure monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Tyre pressure monitoring system . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Tyre pressures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Tyre repair kit Tyre Mobility System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Tyres and wheels Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Tyres service life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245 Tyres tread depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Tyres with directional tread pattern . . . . . . . . 241
U Underbody protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
V
Vehicle data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Vehicle identification data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Vehicle identification number . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Vehicle keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Vehicle modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Vehicle paintwork Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Products for vehicle maintenance . . . . . . . 211
Vehicle washing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Ventilation slits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
W
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Alternator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Warning lamps Airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Anti-lock brake system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Electronic differential lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Electronic Stability Programme . . . . . . . . . . 68
Engine management (EPC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Exhaust emission control system . . . . . . . . 66
314 Index