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Checking and refilling levels
– Wait two minutes.
– Pull out the dipstick. Wipe the dipstick with a clean cloth and
insert it again, pushing it in as far as it will go.
– Then pull it out once more and check the oil level ⇒ fig. 125.
Top up with engine oil if necessary.
Oil level in area A
Do not add oil.
Oil level in area B
Oil
can be topped up. The indicated oil level should be after in zone A
Oil level in area COil
must be topped up. The indicated oil level should be after in zone
A
Depending on how you drive and the conditions in which the vehicle is
used, oil consumption can be up to 0.5 l/1000 km. Oil consumption is likely
to be higher for the first 5000 km. For this reason the engine oil level must
be checked at regular intervals, preferably when filling the tank and before
a journey.
WARNING
Any work carried out in the engine compartment or on the engine must
be carried out cautiously.
● When working in the engine compartment, always observe the safety
warnings ⇒ page 194.
CAUTION
If the oil level is above the area A do not start the engine. This could result
in damage to the engine and catalytic converter. Contact an Authorised
Service Centre. 
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Topping up engine oil
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Top up gradually with small quantities of oil.
Fig. 126 In the engine
compartment: Engine oil
filler cap
Before opening the bonnet, read and observe the warnings ⇒ 
in
Safety instructions on working in the engine compartment on
page 194.
– Unscrew cap from oil filler opening ⇒ fig. 126.
– Top-up oil in small amounts, using the correct oil.
– To avoid over-filling with engine oil, you should top-up using
small quantities, wait a while and check the oil level before
adding any more oil.
– As soon as the oil level is in area B
, carefully close the cap.
The position of the oil filler opening is shown in the corresponding engine
compartment illustration ⇒ page 250. 
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200Checking and refilling levels
Engine oil specification ⇒ page 198.
WARNING
Oil is highly inflammable! Ensure that no oil comes into contact with hot
engine components when topping up.
CAUTION
If the oil level is above the area A do not start the engine. This could result
in damage to the engine and catalytic converter. Contact a specialised work-
shop.
For the sake of the environment
The oil level must never be above area A. Otherwise oil can be drawn in
through the crankcase breather and escape into the atmosphere via the ex-
haust system. 
Changing engine oil
The engine oil must be changed at the intervals given in the
service schedule. We recommend that you have the engine oil changed by an Authorised
Service Centre.
The oil change intervals are shown in the Maintenance Programme.
WARNING
Only change the oil yourself if you have the specialist knowledge re-
quired!
● Before opening the bonnet, read and observe the warnings
⇒ page 194, Safety instructions on working in the engine compartment.
● Wait for the engine to cool down. Hot oil may cause burn injuries.
● Wear eye protection to avoid injuries caused by splashes of oil.
● When removing the oil drain plug with your fingers, keep your arm
horizontal to help prevent oil from running down your arm.
● Wash your skin thoroughly if it comes into contact with engine oil.
● Engine oil is poisonous! Used oil must be stored in a safe place out of
the reach of children.
CAUTION
No additives should be used with engine oil. This could result in engine
damage. Any damage caused by the use of such additives would not be
covered by the factory warranty.
For the sake of the environment
● Because of the disposal problems, the necessary special tools and spe-
cialist knowledge required, we recommend that you have the engine oil and
filter changed by an Authorised Service Centre.
● Never pour oil down drains or into the ground.
● Use a suitable container when draining the used oil. It must be large
enough to hold all the engine oil. 

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WARNING
Before opening the bonnet to check the brake fluid level, read and ob-
serve the warnings ⇒ page 194.
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Changing the brake fluid
The Maintenance Programme indicates the brake fluid
change intervals. We recommend that you have the brake fluid changed by an Authorised
Service Centre.
Before opening the bonnet, please read and follow the warnings ⇒ 
in
Safety instructions on working in the engine compartment on page 194 in
section “Safety notes for working in the engine compartment”.
Brake fluid absorbs moisture. In the course of time, it will absorb water from
the ambient air. If the water content in the brake fluid is too high, the brake
system could corrode. This also considerably reduces the boiling point of
the brake fluid. Heavy use of the brakes may then cause a vapour lock
which could impair the braking effect.
It is important that you use only brake fluid compliant with US standard
FMVSS 116 DOT 4. We recommend the use of Genuine SEAT brake fluid.
WARNING
Brake fluid is poisonous. Old brake fluid impairs the braking effect.
● Before opening the bonnet to check the brake fluid level, read and ob-
serve the warnings ⇒ page 194.
WARNING (Continued)
● Brake fluid should be stored in the closed original container in a safe
place out of reach of children. There is a toxic risk.
● Complete the brake fluid change according to the Maintenance Pro-
gramme. Heavy use of the brakes may cause a vapour lock if the brake
fluid is left in the system for too long. This would seriously affect the effi-
ciency of the brakes and the safety of the vehicle. This may cause an ac-
cident.
CAUTION
Brake fluid could damage the paintwork. Wipe off any brake fluid from the
paintwork immediately.
For the sake of the environment
The brake pads and fluid must be collected and disposed of according the
applicable regulations. The SEAT Technical Service network has the neces-
sary equipment and qualified personnel for collecting and disposing of this
waste material. 
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Xenon 1)
/ adaptive headlights*
- D1S2)
- LED 3)
- LED 3)
- PY 21W
Fog lights - H11
WARNING
● Take particular care when working on components in the engine com-
partment if the engine is warm - risk of burns!
● Bulbs are highly sensitive to pressure. The glass can break when you
touch the bulb, causing injury.
● The high voltage element of gas discharge bulbs* (xenon light) must
be handled correctly. Otherwise, there is a risk of death.
● When changing bulbs, please take care not to injure yourself on sharp
parts in the headlight housing.
CAUTION
● Remove the ignition key before working on the electric system. If not, a
short circuit could occur.
● Switch off the lights or parking lights before you change a bulb.
Dipped and full beam
Position
DRL (day light)
Turn signals
Fog light/cornering
For the sake of the environment
Please ask your specialist retailer how to dispose of used bulbs in the prop-
er manner.
Note
● Depending on weather conditions (cold or wet), the front lights, the fog
lights, the tail lights and the turn signals may be temporarily misted. This
has no influence on the useful life of the lighting system. By switching on
the lights, the area through which the beam of light is projected will quickly
be demisted. However, the edges may continue to be misted.
● Please check at regular intervals that all lighting (especially the exterior
lighting) on your vehicle is functioning properly. This is not only in the inter-
est of your own safety, but also that of all other road users.
● Before changing a bulb, make sure you have the correct new bulb.
● Do not touch the glass part of the bulb with your bare hands, use a cloth
or paper towel instead. Otherwise, the fingerprints left on the glass will va-
porise as a result of the heat generated by the bulb, they will be deposited
on the reflector and will impair its surface. 
1)
With this type of headlight, the user can replace the indicator bulb. Replacement of the dip-
ped/main beam bulb must be done by a Technical Service, given that complex elements
must be removed from the vehicle and the automatic control system that incorporates it
must be reset.
2) The Xenon bulbs discharge 2.5 times the light flux and have an average lifespan of 5 times
more than that of halogen bulbs, this means that, except due to unusual circumstances,
there is no need to change the bulbs for the whole life of the vehicle.
3) In the event that there is a fault in the LEDs, the complete headlight must be replaced.

Floor mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Fog lights bulb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Fog lights with cornering function . . . . . . . . . . 98
Front airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Front ashtray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Front cup holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Front interior light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Front passenger airbag deactivation . . . . . . . . 40
Front reading light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Front seat adjustment Lumbar support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Fuel Diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Petrol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Fuel consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Fuel level Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Fuel reserve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Fuel tank see Fuel reserve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Fuel Tank Opening the fuel tank flap . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Fuel: save . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
G G 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201 Gear shift pattern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
General overview of the engine compartment 250
Glove compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Glove compartment light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Glow plug system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
H Handbrake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153 Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Hazard warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
HBA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Headlight flashers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Headlight range control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Headlights Driving abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Headlight washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Head restraints Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112, 113
Adjustment of the head restraint angle . . 113
Removing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Heated exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Heated front seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Heating system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
High pressure cleaners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Hill-start aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
How to jump start description . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240 Hydraulic Brake Assist
Automatic hazard warning lights activa-tion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
I
Identification number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Identification plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Ignition key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Ignition lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Information in the multifunction display Memory displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Instrument and switch lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Instrument lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Instrument panel Service interval display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Interior mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Interior monitoring and anti-towing alarm Activation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Intermittent wipe, windscreen . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
ISOFIX system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
J Jump-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Jump leads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
K
Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
270 Index

Rear fog lightControl lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Indicator lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Rear head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Rear seat folding down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Rear seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Rear shelf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Rear view mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Rear window automatic wiper/washer . . . . . . 106
Rear window heating Heating element wires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Rear window wiper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Recommended gear display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Refuelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Remote control key Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Synchronising . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Removing and fitting the wheel . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Repairs Airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Replacement keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Replacement of parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Rev counter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Reverse gear Manual gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Roll-back function Panorama/ tilting sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Roof aerial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Roof rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Rubber seals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179 Running in
Brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Running in tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
S Safe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Safe driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Safe Security system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Safety equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Safety instructions Coolant temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Safety notes Airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Deactivating front passenger airbag . . . . . . 41
Front airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Seat belt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Using child seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Using seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Seals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Seat adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111, 114
Seat belt cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Seat belt position Pregnant women . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Seat belt protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Seat belt release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Incorrectly fastened . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Not worn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Seat belt tensioner Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Seat belt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Seat belt warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Seat heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Selective opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Semiautomatic air conditioning controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Service interval display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Side lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Single headlight bulb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Sitting position Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Front passenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Sitting position, occupants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215, 249
Soot accumulation in the diesel engine particu- late filter
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Spanner symbol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Spare parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Spare wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
272 Index