2011 Seat Ibiza SC child lock

194Checking and refilling levels
WARNING
All work on the engine or in the engine compartment, e.g. checking and
refilling fluids, involves the danger of injury and scalding as well as the
risk of accident or fire.
● Never open the bonnet if you see steam, smoke or coolant escaping
from the engine compartment. Otherwise, there is a risk of sustaining
burns. Wait until no more steam or coolant is emitted, then allow the en-
gine to cool before carefully opening the bonnet.
● Switch off the engine and remove the key from the ignition.
● Apply the handbrake and move the gear lever to neutral or selector
lever to position P.
● Keep children away from the vehicle.
● Never touch hot engine parts. There is a risk of burns.
● Never spill liquids on a hot engine or on a hot exhaust gas system.
This is a fire hazard.
● Avoid causing short-circuits in the electrical system, particularly at
the points where the jump leads are attached ⇒ page 241. The battery
could explode.
● Never touch the radiator fan. It is temperature controlled and could
start automatically, even when the engine has been switched off and the
key removed from the ignition!
● Do not unscrew the cap on the expansion tank when the engine is
hot. If the coolant is hot, the cooling system will be pressurised!
● Protect face, hands and arms by covering the cap with a large, thick
cloth to protect against escaping coolant and steam.
● Always make sure you have not left any objects, such as cleaning
cloths and tools, in the engine compartment.
● If you have to work underneath the vehicle, you must use suitable
stands additionally to support the vehicle, there is a risk of accident!. A
hydraulic jack is insufficient for securing the vehicle and there is a risk of
injury.WARNING (Continued)
● If any work has to be performed when the engine is started or with
the engine running, there is an additional, potentially fatal, safety risk
from the rotating parts, such as the drive belts, alternator, radiator fan,
etc., and from the high-voltage ignition system. You should also observe
the following points:
–Never touch the electrical wiring of the ignition system.
– Ensure that jewellery, loose clothing and long hair do not get trap-
ped in rotating engine parts. Danger of death. Before starting any
work remove jewellery, tie back and cover hair, and wear tight-fitting
clothes.
– Never accelerate with a gear engaged without taking the necessary
precautions. The vehicle could move, even if the handbrake is ap-
plied. Danger of death.
● If work has to be carried out on the fuel system or on electrical com-
ponents, you must observe the following safety notes in addition to the
above warnings:
–Always disconnect the battery. The vehicle must be unlocked when
this is done, otherwise the alarm will be triggered.
– Do not smoke.
– Never work near naked flames.
– Always have a fire extinguisher on hand.
CAUTION
When topping up service fluids, make sure not to mistake them. Using the
wrong fluids could cause serious malfunctions and engine damage!
For the sake of the environment
Service fluids leaks are harmful to the environment. For this reason you
should make regular checks on the ground underneath your vehicle. If you
find spots of oil or other fluids, have your vehicle inspected in a specialised
workshop. 

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WARNING
Before opening the bonnet to check the brake fluid level, read and ob-
serve the warnings ⇒ page 193.

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 193 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 193.
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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Vehicle battery
Warnings on handling the battery
Wear eye protection
Battery acid is very corrosive and caustic. Wear protective gloves
and eye protection!
Fires, sparks, open flames and smoking are prohibited!
A highly explosive mixture of gases is released when the battery
is under charge.
Keep children away from acid and batteries!
WARNING
Always be aware of the danger of injury and chemical burns as well as
the risk of accident or fire when working on the battery and the electrical
system:
● Wear eye protection. Protect your eyes, skin and clothing from acid
and particles containing lead.
● Battery acid is very corrosive and caustic. Wear protective gloves and
eye protection. Do not tilt the batteries. This could spill acid through the
vents. Rinse battery acid from eyes immediately for several minutes with
clear water. Then seek medical care immediately. Neutralise any acid
splashes on the skin or clothing with a soapy solution, and rinse off with
plenty of water. If acid is swallowed by mistake, consult a doctor immedi-
ately.
WARNING (Continued)
● Fires, sparks, open flames and smoking are prohibited. When han-
dling cables and electrical equipment, avoid causing sparks and electro-
static charge. Never short the battery terminals. High-energy sparks can
cause injury.
● A highly explosive mixture of gases is released when the battery is
under charge. The batteries should be charged in a well-ventilated room
only.
● Keep children away from acid and batteries.
● Before working on the electrical system, you must switch off the en-
gine, the ignition and all consumers. The negative cable on the battery
must be disconnected. When a light bulb is changed, you need only
switch off the light.
● Deactivate the anti-theft alarm by unlocking the vehicle before you
disconnect the battery! The alarm will otherwise be triggered.
● When disconnecting the battery from the vehicle electrical system,
disconnect first the negative cable and then the positive cable.
● Switch off all electrical consumers before reconnecting the battery.
Reconnect first the positive cable and then the negative cable. Never re-
verse the polarity of the connections. This could cause an electrical fire.
● Never charge a frozen battery, or one which has thawed. This could
result in explosions and chemical burns. Always replace a battery which
has frozen. A flat battery can freeze at temperatures around 0 °C.
● Ensure that the vent hose is always connected to the battery.
● Never use a defective battery. This could cause an explosion. Replace
a damaged battery immediately.
● For vehicles with the battery in the luggage compartment: Check that
the battery gas ventilation hose is securely attached. 
Safety FirstOperating InstructionsPractical TipsTechnical Specifications

Central lock buttonLocking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Unlocking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Central locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Automatic speed dependent locking andunlocking system* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Locking system for involuntary unlocking . 79
Selective unlocking system* . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Unlocking system* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Cetane number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Changing bulbs interior light and reading light . . . . . . . . . 239
Changing bulbs on tail lights . . . . . . . . . 237, 238
Changing gear see Manual gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Changing gear in tiptronic mode . . . . . . . . . . 149
Changing single headlight bulbs Turn signal bulb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Changing the AFS headlight bulbs Xenon lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Changing the bulbs AFS headlight bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
fog light bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
luggage compartment light . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
number plate light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Side turn signal lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Changing the main headlight bulb turn signal lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Changing the main headlight bulbs turn signal lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Changing the single headlight bulbs Dipped/main beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Side light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229 Changing windscreen wiper blades . . . . . . . . 203
Chassis number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Checking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Checking battery electrolyte level . . . . . . . . . . 208
Checking engine oil level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Child safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Child seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Categorisation in groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Group 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Group 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Group 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Groups 0 and 0+ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
ISOFIX system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Securing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Child seats on the front passenger seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Top Tether system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Cigarette lighter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Cleaning alloy wheel rims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Cleaning chrome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Cleaning engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Cleaning steel wheel rims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Cleaning windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Climatronic automatic mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
General notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
manual mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Cloth seat covers cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Cockpit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Coming Home function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Compartment for on-board documentation . . 117
Control
Exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Control lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Control lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Controls Electric windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Convenience closing Sliding/tilting sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Convenience opening Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Coolant level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Coolant loss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Coolant temperature Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Correct adjustment of front head restraints . . . 13
Correct sitting position Front passenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Incorrect sitting position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Cruise control Control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Cruise control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Cruise speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157 Control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
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D
Danger of fitting a child seat on the front pas- senger seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Dash panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Dash panel cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Daytime running lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Deactivating front passenger airbag Safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Deactivating the airbag Front passenger airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Diesel engine Winter driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Diesel engine particulate filter . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Differential lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Differential lock fault (EDL) Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Digital clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Dipped beam headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Disposal Airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Seat belt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Door lock cylinders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Door release lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Doors warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Double headlight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Double headlight bulb change dipped beam headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
main beam headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
side light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230 Driver
see Correct sitting position . . . . . . . 10, 11, 12
Driveshaft differential XDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Drive wheels traction control system . . . . . . . 162
Driving Driving abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Economically / Environmentally friendly . 168
With a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171, 172
Driving abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 Headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Driving safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Duplicate keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Dust filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Dynamic headlight range control . . . . . . . . . . . 96
E
Economical driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
EDL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164 Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Electrical sockets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Electro-hydraulic steering Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Electronic differential lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164 Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Electronic immobiliser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Electronic Stability Programme . . . . . . . . . 69, 163 Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Electronic Stability Programme (ESP) Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Emission control system
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Engine Running in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Engine compartment Working in the engine compartment . . . . 193
Engine coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Engine fault Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Engine management Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196 Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Checking engine oil level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Oil properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Topping up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Engine oil dipstick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Engine oil pressure Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168 Environmental friendliness . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Environmentally friendly driving . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Environmental tip Avoiding pollution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
ESP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69, 163 see also Electronic Stability Programme . . 136
Exhaust gas purification system . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
External aerial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
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