2012 Seat Exeo ECO mode

264If and when
Note
Please note that the above list contains all data at the time of going to
press, so it is subject to modifications. If discrepancies should occur,
please refer to the sticker on the inside of the fuse cover for the correct in-
formation for your model. 
Bulbs
General information
You can change the following bulbs for exterior lights yourself:
● Main headlights: all bulbs (except xenon headlights)
● Tail lights: all bulbs
● Side turn signal bulb
The following bulbs can only be changed by a specialised workshop:
● Main headlights: Xenon* bulb ⇒ page 271
● Front fog lights: Bulb
As a rule, you require a certain degree of practical skill to change defective
bulbs. This applies in particular to those bulbs which are only accessible
from the engine compartment.
If in doubt, we recommend that you have defective bulbs changed by a spe-
cialised workshop or qualified mechanic.
If you do decide to change bulbs in the engine compartment yourself, be
aware of the safety risks involved ⇒ page 227 ⇒ 
in Types of bulbs on
page 265. The name of many of the lamps fitted by SEAT ends in "LL". This means Long
Life. These lamps are used for functions with a long service time (dipped
beam, side lights, daylight driving, etc.). This does not apply to lamps with
a shorter service time (turn signals, etc.). A lamp with the same name ex-
cept for the last two letters, "LL“ or “SLL”, is compatible, but will have a
service life of approximately half of the LongLife lamps.
When replacing lamp bulbs, the same type of bulb as originally fitted
should always be used where possible.
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Index
Numbers and Symbols
230 V socket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
A
Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221 Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Adaptive headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 Faulty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Airbag Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Airbag covers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Curtain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Front airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Air conditioner 2C-Climatronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Air distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Air outlets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Air purity sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Air recirculation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Air recirculation (automatic) . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Automatic mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Blower . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Defrosting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
ECON Mode (economy) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 Economical use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Key settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Solar-powered blower/sunroof . . . . . . . . . 163
Temperature selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Air duct Fitting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266, 273
Removing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266, 272
Air purity sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Alcantara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Alternator Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Ambient lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Anti-lock brake system How it works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Anti-theft alarm system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 Interior monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Antifreeze . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Aquaplaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Armrest Storage compartment in front armrest . . . 141
Armrests Adjusting the front armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Ashtray Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
ASR How the system works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Athermic windscreen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222 Auto-check system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Automatic car wash tunnel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Automatic gearbox
Dynamic gear control programme . . . . . . . 184
Kick-down feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
multitronic® . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Paddle levers (tiptronic mode) . . . . . . . . . 186
Safety interlock for ignition key . . . . . . . . . 166
Selector lever lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Selector lever positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Steering wheel with paddle levers . . . . . . 186
tiptronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
tiptronic mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Automatic headlight control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Auxiliary heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
B
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237 Battery voltage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Disconnection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Long periods of non-use . . . . . . . . . . 237, 238
Replacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237, 238
Testing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Winter operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237, 238
Bicycle rack Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Biodiesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Biodiesel fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
305
Index

SymbolsRed symbols in central display . . . . . . . . . . 78
Yellow symbols on central display . . . . . . . 80
T Technical modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
The danger of not using the seat belt . . . . . . . . 20
The environment Heated rear window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Leaks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Warming up the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Tightening torque of wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . 295
tiptronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
tiptronic mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Tow-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199, 289 Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Notes on towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199, 200
Removable towing bracket . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Technical requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Towing a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
Towing bracket, fitting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Towing eye . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Towing eyes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
Tow starting General notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Traction control system How the system works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Traction control system (ASR) warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Trailer weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
Trip recorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Turn signal lamps
Hazard warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Trailer turn signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Turn signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Turn signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Tyre mobility system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Tyre Mobility System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Tyre pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67, 91, 241 Loss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Tyre pressure monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Tyre pressure monitoring system . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Tyre pressures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Tyre repair kit Tyre Mobility System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Tyres and wheels Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Tyres service life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Tyres tread depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Tyres with directional tread pattern . . . . . . . . 241
U Underbody protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Upholstery Treating your upholstery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216 V
Vehicle care synthetic leather . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Treating your upholstery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Vehicle data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Vehicle identification data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Vehicle identification number . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Vehicle keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Vehicle maintenance electrically adjustable seats . . . . . . . . . . . 217
heated seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
natural leather . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
non-electrically adjustable seats . . . . . . . 217
seats with airbag components . . . . . . . . . 217
seats without airbag components . . . . . . 217
trim fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
unheated seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Vehicle modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Vehicle paintwork Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Products for vehicle maintenance . . . . . . . 209
Vehicle washing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Ventilation slits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
W
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Alternator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Warning lamps Airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Anti-lock brake system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Electronic differential lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
312 Index