2011 Seat Ibiza ST odometer

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Rev counter
The rev counter displays the engine speed in revolutions per
minute.
The start of the red zone ⇒ fig. 30 1
indicates the maximum engine speed
operating at service temperature. However, it is advisable to change up a in-
to a higher gear, move the selector lever to D or lift your foot off the acceler-
ator before the needle reaches the red zone.
CAUTION
The rev counter needle must never enter the red zone on the scale. Risk of
engine damage.
For the sake of the environment
Changing up into higher gears sooner, following the recommended gear in-
dications ⇒ fig. 33 will help you to reduce fuel consumption, emissions and
also engine noise. 
Speedometer
The speedometer is equipped with a digital odometer and a trip recorder, in
addition to a service intervals display.
During the running-in period, the instructions shown on ⇒ page 172
should be followed. LPG system*
LPG gauge
Fig. 31 Instrument pan-
el: gas gauge.
LPG system filler level display
The LPG tank ⇒ 
in the spare wheel well has a capacity of 52.8 litres at an
outside temperature of 15 °C ⇒ page 195, Refuelling with LPG.
The charge level can be checked on the analogue gas gauge located on the
instrument panel ⇒ fig. 31. When the level reaches reserve, the gas reserve
warning lamp lights up and an acoustic signal is heard. Refill with LPG at
the earliest opportunity.
If, while driving in LPG mode, a sudden warning signal is heard and the
warning ERROR FUNC_ A GAS is displayed on the screen 1)
, it means that
there is a fault in the LPG system. Take the vehicle to a specialised work-
shop to check the LPG system. 
1)
Depending on the model version

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This may be deactivated by pressing the RESET
button. The speed may be
altered using the rocker switch B in steps of 5 km/h within 5 seconds of
the initial memory value.
WARNING
There could be black ice on the road surface even if the “snowflake sym-
bol” is not shown. For this reason you should not rely exclusively on this
display - Risk of accident!
Note
When the vehicle is stationary or travelling at very low speeds, the tempera-
ture displayed may be slightly higher than the actual outside temperature
as a result of the heat radiated from the engine. 
Display field for selector lever position*
Fig. 36 Digital display:
Gear lever position for
automatic gearbox. The position of the automatic selector lever is shown on the display
⇒ page 152.

Odometer
The upper counter in the display registers the total mileage covered by the
vehicle.
The lower counter registers the short journeys. The last digit indicates 100-
metre sections. The trip recorder counter may be reset by pressing the reset
button ⇒ fig. 30 5
. 
Service interval display
Fig. 37 Service interval
display
The service indication is shown on the instrument panel display ⇒ fig. 37.
Safety FirstOperating InstructionsPractical TipsTechnical Specifications

K
Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
L
Leather cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Leaving Home function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Load compartment in the luggage compart- ment
see Loading the luggage compartment . . . 16
Loading the luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . 16
Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
LPG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56, 147, 195
LPG system Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Filler neck adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Level indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Refuelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 Fastening rings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Loading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Luggage net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
see also Loading the luggage compartment . .16
Luggage compartment light* . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
M
Main beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97, 103
Main beam headlights Indicator lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Maintenance
Airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Maintenance and cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Manual gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Manual heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Manual heating system Defrosting the windscreen . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Demisting the windscreen and side win-dows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
MFI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Mirrors Exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Interior mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
vanity mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Mobile phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Multifunction display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
N
Navigator bracket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Number of seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
O
Observations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Octane number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Oil change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Oil properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203 One-touch opening and closing
Electric windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Opening and locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Operation when a fault occurs Panorama/ tilting sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Outside temperature display . . . . . . . . . . . . 58, 60
Overview Control lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Dash panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Indicator lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Warning lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63, 65
P
Paintwork Polishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Panorama sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Parking lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Passenger see Correct sitting position . . . . . . . 10, 11, 12
Pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Petrol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198 Driving abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Petrol additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Physical principles of a frontal collision . . . . . . 21
Plastic parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Plastic parts cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Pollen filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Pollution filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
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