2012 Seat Alhambra height adjustment

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Seats and storage compartments
Seat adjustment
Mechanical controls on the front seat
Fig. 74 Front left seat
controls.
The controls are mirrored for the front right-hand seat.
Mechanically and electrically adjusted controls can be combined on the
seat.
fig. 74FunctionNecessary operations
1Moving the head re-
straint backwards or for-
wards.Pull the lever and move the seat for-
wards. The front seat must be engag-
ed when the lever is released!
2Adjusting the lumbar
support*.Turn the lever.
fig. 74FunctionNecessary operations
3Adjusting the backrest
angle.Turn the wheel.
4Adjusting the seat
height.Pull the lever up or push down (sev-
eral times if necessary) from its
home position.
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Electrical controls on the front seat*
Fig. 75 Adjusting the
front left seat forwards or
backwards, the height,
the seat angle and the
front seat backrest.
Fig. 76 Adjusting the
lumbar support.
The controls are mirrored for the front right-hand seat.
Mechanically and electrically adjusted controls can be combined on the
seat.
fig. 75 Press the control in the direction of the arrow:
A1Move the seat backwards or forwards.2 and 3Raise or lower the seat.2 or 3Adjust the seat angle.
BForwards or
backwards.Adjust the backrest angle.
fig. 76 Press the corresponding area of the switch:1 or 2Adjust the curve of the lumbar support.3 or 4Adjust the height of the lumbar support.
WARNING
Using the front electric seats in a careless or uncontrolled manner may
lead to severe injuries.
● The front seats can also be electrically adjusted when the ignition is
switched off. Never leave children or disabled people alone in the vehicle.
● In the event of an emergency, stop electrical adjustment by pressing
any button.
CAUTION
So as not the damage the electrical components of the front seats, do not
kneel on the seats or apply specific pressure to one point of the seat or
backrest.
Note
● It may not be possible to electrically adjust the seat if the vehicle battery
is very low.
● Seat adjustment is stopped when the engine is started. 
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Head restraints Adjusting the head restraints
Fig. 84 A: Adjust the head restraints with no possibili-
ty of lengthways direction adjustment, B: Adjust the
head restraints with lengthways direction adjustment.
Fig. 85 Adjust the head
restraints in the second
or third row of seats.
All seats are equipped with a head restraint. Adjusting height
●
Raise the head restraint in the direction of the arrow or lower it ⇒ fig. 84
or ⇒ fig. 85 1
with the button pressed ⇒ .
● The head restraint must engage securely in position. There are three
possible positions on the second row of seats and two possible positions
on the third row of seats.
Adjusting the front head restraints
● Push the head restraint forward in the direction of the arrow or backward
⇒ fig. 84 1
B with the button pressed.
● The head restraint must engage securely in position.
Correct adjustment of head restraints
Adjust the head restraint so that its upper edge is at the same level as the
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head and under no circumstances below eye level. Keep the back of your
neck as close as possible to the head restraint.
Adjusting the head restraint for short people
Lower the head restraint completely, even if your head is below its upper
edge. When the head restraint is at its lowest, it is possible that a small gap
remains between it and the backrest.
Adjusting the head restraint for tall people
Raise the head restraint completely.
WARNING
Travelling with the head restraints removed or improperly adjusted in-
creases the risk of severe or fatal injuries in the event of accidents and
sudden braking or manoeuvres.
● Always fit and adjust the head restraint properly whenever a person
is occupying a seat.
● All occupants must correctly adjust the head restraint according to
their height to reduce the risk of back injuries in the event of an accident.
The upper edge of the head restraint must be as close as possible to the
same level as the top of your head and under no circumstances below eye
level. Keep the back of your neck as close as possible to the head re-
straint.
● Never adjust the head restraint while the vehicle is in motion.
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Removing and fitting the head restraints
Fig. 86 A: Fitting the head restraints with no possibili-
ty of lengthways direction adjustment, B: Fitting the
head restraints with lengthways direction adjustment. 

Antitheft alarm systemAnti-tow system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Interior monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Armrests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Ashtray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151, 152
ASR See "Brake assist systems" . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
See "Braking assist" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Turning on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Assistance systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214 Cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Electronic differential lock system (EDL andXDS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Electronic Stability Control (ESC) . . . . . . . 191
Assist systems Anti-lock brake system (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . 191
Auto Hold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Braking assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Lane Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Lane Assist system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Optical parking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Park assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Park Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Park Assist system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Parking sensor system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Rear Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Rear assist system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Sign Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Start-Stop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Start assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Traction control system (ASR) . . . . . . . . . . 193
Traction control when accelerating (ASR) . 192
Tyre monitoring indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227 Auto Hold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Automatic belt retainer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Automatic car wash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Switching Auto Hold off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Switching the start assist off . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Automatic consumer disconnection . . . . . . . . 295
Automatic dipped beam control . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Automatic gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176 Changing gear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
DSG automatic gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Ignition key lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Kickdown system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Launch-Control programme . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Manually unlocking the gear selection lev-er . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323
Please also see "Changing gears" . . . . . . 176
See "Automatic gearbox" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345
AUX-IN connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Auxiliary heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165, 273 Automatic off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Operating instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Remote control range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Remote control: Replacing the battery . . . 166
Switching off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Switching on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Things to note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165, 168
Auxiliary heater remote control Replacing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 Axle loads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
B
BAS See "Brake assist systems" . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Battery Discharge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Discharging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317
See Vehicle battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
Battery acid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
Before starting out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Belt height adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Belt tension device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Service and disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Belt tension limiter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Bicycle carrier Installing a bicycle carrier . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Maximum load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Biodiesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Bonnet Closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
Opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
Bottle capacity Windscreen washer water bottle . . . . . . . . 109
Bottle holders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185 Brake servo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Electronic parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Emergency braking function . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
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Run-flat tyresCodes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
Running-in Brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
First trips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Running-in brake pads Please also see "Brakes" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Running in Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
Wheels and tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
S SAFE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77, 176
Safe driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Check list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Safety equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Sale of vehicle In other countries / continents . . . . . . . . . 259
Salt water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Scrapping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Seat adjustment Front seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Seat belt position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Seat belt protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16, 21 Automatic belt retainer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Belt height adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Belt tension device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Belt tension limiter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Fastening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Seat belt position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Seat belt status display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Twisted belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Unfastened . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Unfastening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
With two buckles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Seat belt warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Seat belt with two buckles Fastening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Twisting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Unfastening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Seat functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 Convenient entry function for the third rowof seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Folding the backrest of the front passenger seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Seat heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
SEAT information system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Adjusting the head restraints . . . . . . . . . . 123
Adjusting the steering wheel position . . . 171
Convenient entry function for the third rowof seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Correct position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Electric front seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Fitting the head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Folding the backrest of the front passenger seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Heated seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Mechanical front seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 Number of seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Rear seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Removing the head restraints . . . . . . . . . . 124
Seat with position memory . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Seat upholstery Alcantara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
cleaning Alcantara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Cleaning and maintenance of natural leath-er . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
cleaning the trim fabric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
synthetic leather . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Seat with position memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Selective Catalytic Reduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Selector lever locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Service interval display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Service notification: read . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Side airbags See "Airbag system" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Side light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Sign Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220, 221 Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Disconnection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Indication on display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Operation mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Sitting position Incorrect position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Sliding door Manually opening and closing . . . . . . . . . . 81
Sliding doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Child safety lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Opening and closing electrically . . . . . . . . . 82
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