2012 Seat Alhambra battery capacity

154Seats and storage compartments
Note
● Using electrical appliances with the engine stopped and the ignition
switched on will drain the battery.
● Unshielded equipment can cause interference on the radio equipment
and the vehicle's electrical system.
● Interference can occur on the radio's AM waveband if electrical applian-
ces are used near the rear window aerial. 
Vehicle sockets
Depending on your vehicle's version, you may have a 12-
volt socket and/or a 230 volt socket.
Fig. 120 Centre console,
rear section: 12 volt
socket.
Fig. 121 Rear centre
console: 230 Volt Euro
socket.
Maximum power consumption
SocketMaximum power consumption12 Volts120 Watts230 Volts150 Watts (300 Watt peak)
The maximum capacity of each socket must not be exceeded. The power
consumption is indicated on the rating plate of each appliance.
Where two or more appliances are connected at the same time, the total rat-
ing of all the connected devices must never exceed 190 Watts ⇒ 
.
12 volt socket
The 12 Volt socket will only work with the ignition on.
Using electrical appliances with the engine stopped and the ignition switch-
ed on will drain the battery. Therefore, electrical consumers connected to
the socket must only be used when the engine is running.
To prevent voltage variations from causing damage, switch off the electrical
consumer connected to the 12 Volt socket before switching the ignition on
or off and before starting the engine. 

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If and when
Starting assistance
Introduction
If the engine fails to start because of a discharged battery, the battery of an-
other vehicle can be used to start the engine. Before starting, check the
magic eye on the battery ⇒ page 292.
For starting assistance, jump lead cables conforming to the standard
DIN 72553 are required (see the cable manufacturer instructions). The jump
lead cable must be at least 25 mm 2
in section (0.038 inches 2
) for petrol en-
gines, and 35 mm 2
(0.054 inches 2
) for diesel engines.
For vehicles whose battery is not in the engine compartment, the jump
leads should only be connected to the starting assistance connection
points in the engine compartment.
Additional information and warnings:
● Starter assist systems (Start-Stop function) ⇒ page 196
● Working in the engine compartment ⇒ page 279
● Selective Catalytic Reduction (AdBlue) ⇒ page 275
● Vehicle battery ⇒ page 292
WARNING
Incorrect use of jump leads and incorrectly jump starting could cause the
battery to explode resulting in serious injury. Please observe the follow-
ing rules to minimise the risk of a battery explosion:
● All work involving the vehicle battery and electrical system can cause
corrosion, fire and serious electric shocks. Always read and take into ac-
count the safety warnings and standards before beginning work on the
battery ⇒ page 292, Vehicle battery.
WARNING (Continued)
● The battery providing current must have the same voltage (12V) and
approximately the same capacity (see markings on battery) as the flat
battery.
● Never charge a frozen or recently thawed battery. A flat battery can al-
so freeze at temperatures close to 0 °C (+32 °F).
● If a battery is frozen and/or has been frozen then it must be replaced.
● A highly explosive mixture of gases is released when the battery is
being charged. Always keep lit cigarettes, open flames, sparks and fire
far from the battery. Never use a mobile telephone when connecting and
removing the jump leads.
● Charge the battery only in well ventilated areas given that when the
battery is charged by outside assistance, it creates a mix of highly explo-
sive gases.
● Jump leads should never enter into contact with moving parts in the
engine compartment.
● Never switch the positive and negative poles or connect the jump
leads incorrectly.
● Note the instructions provided by the manufacturer of the jump leads.
CAUTION
To avoid considerable damage to the vehicle electrical system, note the fol-
lowing carefully:
● If the jump leads are incorrectly connected, this could result in a short
circuit.
● The vehicles must not touch each other, otherwise electricity could flow
as soon as the positive terminals are connected. 
Safety FirstOperating instructionsPractical tipsTechnical Specifications

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
370 Index

Changing windscreen wiper blades . . . . . 250
Chrome parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Cleaning compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Cleaning seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Cleaning wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Cleaning windscreen wiper blades . . . . . . 250
De-icing the door lock cylinder . . . . . . . . . 252
Engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
High pressure cleaning equipment . . . . . . 248
Instrument panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Plastic parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Protection of vehicle undercarriage . . . . . 252
Rubber seals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Service position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Special features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247, 248
synthetic leather . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Treating your upholstery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Vehicle paintwork . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Washing by hand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Washing the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Wooden trim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Vehicle chassis number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
Vehicle code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349 Vehicle data label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
Vehicle key Synchronising . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Vehicle key set See "Keys" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Vehicle maintenance electrically adjustable seats . . . . . . . . . . . 255
heated seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255 natural leather . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
non-electrically adjustable seats . . . . . . . 255
seats with airbag components . . . . . . . . . 255
seats without airbag components . . . . . . 255
trim fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
unheated seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Vehicle specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
Vehicle telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Vehicle's battery Automatic consumer disconnection . . . . . 295
Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Connecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Disconnecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Replacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Running flat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
Vibrations Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
W Warning indicator Doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Tailgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Warning lamp AdBlue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Alternator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Brake system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Changing gear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
Cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Diesel particulate filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232 Engine management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Exhaust gas purification system . . . . . . . . 232
Pressing the brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Vehicle battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Warning lamps Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Warning triangle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318
Washing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246 by hand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Washing the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247 Sensors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200, 205
Special features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
with high pressure cleaning equipment . . 248
Water box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Wear indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
Wear of tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
Weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309, 311, 351 Caps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
Tightening torque . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311
Wheel load capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
Wheel rims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300 Beadlock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
Bolted trims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
See "Wheels and tyres" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351
Wheels and tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297 Avoiding damage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Changing a wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
Code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
Damaged tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
384 Index