2012 Seat Ibiza 5D Owner's manual

6J4012003DL
Inglés 6J4012003DL (07.12) (GT9)
IBIZA
Owner ’s manual
IBIZA Inglés (07.12)

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Foreword
This Instruction Manual and its corresponding supplements should be read carefully to familiarise yourself
with your vehicle.
Besides the regular care and maintenance of the vehicle, its correct handling will help preserve its value.
For safety reasons, always note the information concerning accessories, modifications and part replace-
ments.
If selling the vehicle, give all of the on-board documentation to the new owner, as it should be kept with the
vehicle.

Table of Contents
Manual structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Safety First . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Safe driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Brief introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Proper sitting position for occupants . . . . . . . . . 10
Pedal area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Storing objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Brief introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Why wear seat belts? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Seat belt tensioners* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Brief introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Front airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Deactivating airbags* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Child safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Brief introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Child seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Securing child seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Operating Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Cockpit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 LPG system* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Digital instrument panel display . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Warning lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Steering column controls* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
General information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Audio Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Audio + Telephone Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Opening and closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Central locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Radio frequency remote control* . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Anti-theft alarm system* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Rear lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Panoramic tilting sunroof* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Lights and visibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Interior lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Visibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Windscreen wipers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Rear view mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Seats and storage compartments . . . . . . . . . . 113
The importance of correct seat adjustment . . . . . 113
Head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Front seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Rear seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Storage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Ashtrays, cigarette lighter and power socket . . . 123
First-aid kit, warning triangle, fire extinguisher* 125
Luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Air conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Air conditioning* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 Climatronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
General notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Ignition lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Starting and stopping the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Start-Stop function* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Manual gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Automatic gearbox* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Handbrake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Acoustic parking aid system* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Cruise speed* (Cruise control system) . . . . . . . . 159
Practical Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Intelligent technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Anti-lock brake system and traction control ABS 164
Electronic Stability Control (ESC)* . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Driving and the environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Running-in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Exhaust gas purification system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Economical and environmentally friendly driving 171
Driving abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Trailer towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Vehicle maintenance and cleaning . . . . . . . . . 176
General notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Care of the vehicle exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Vehicle interior maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
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Accessories, replacement of parts and
modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Accessories and spare parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Technical modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Roof aerial* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Mobile telephones and two-way radios . . . . . . . . 186
Fitting a towing bracket* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Checking and refilling levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Refuelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
LPG system* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Petrol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Working in the engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . 195
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Washer fluid and windscreen wiper blades . . . . 204
Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Vehicle battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
If and when . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Vehicle tools, spare wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Wheel change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Tyre repair kit* (Tyre Mobility-System) . . . . . . . . . 224
Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Bulb change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Single headlight bulb change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Double headlight bulb change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Changing the bulbs of AFS headlights . . . . . . . . 237
Changing the fog light bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Changing the rear, side and interior light bulbs . 239
Jump-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Towing and tow-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246 Technical Specifications
. . . . . . . . . . . 249
Description of specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Important information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Information on fuel consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Towing a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Technical specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Checking fluid levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Petrol engine 1.2 44 kW (60 PS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Petrol engine 1.2 51 kW (70 PS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Petrol engine 1.2 TSI 63 kW (85 PS) . . . . . . . . . . 256
Petrol engine/LPG 1.6 60 kW (81 PS) . . . . . . . . . 257
Petrol engine 1.4 63 kW (85 PS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Petrol engine 1.2 TSI 77 kW (105 PS) . . . . . . . . . 259
Petrol engine 1.2 TSI 77 kW (105 PS) Start-Stop 260
Petrol engine 1.6 77 kW (105 PS) . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Petrol engine 1.4 110 kW (150 PS) . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Diesel engine 1.2 TDI CR 55 kW (75 PS) DPF
Start-Stop Ecomotive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Diesel engine 1.2 TDI CR 55 kW (75 PS) DPF . . . . 264
Diesel engine 1.6 TDI CR 66 kW (90 PS) DPF . . . . 265
Diesel engine 1.6 TDI CR 77 kW (105 PS) with/
without DPF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Diesel engine 2.0 TDI CR 105 kW (143 PS) DPF . 267
Dimensions and capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
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Manual structure
Manual structure
What you should know before reading this manual This manual contains a description of the equipment supplied with the ve-
hicle at the time of press. Some of the equipment hereunder described will
not be available until a later date, or is only available in certain markets.
Due to the fact that this is a general manual for the IBIZA, some of the
equipment and functions that are described in this manual are not included
in all types or variants of the model; they may be different or be modified
depending on the technical requirements and on the market; this should in
no way be interpreted as misleading advertising.
The illustrations are intended as a general guide and may vary from the
equipment fitted in your vehicle in some details.
The direction indications (left, right, front, rear) appearing in this manual re-
fer to the normal forward working direction of the vehicle except when oth-
erwise indicated.
The equipment marked with an asterisk ** is fitted as standard only in cer-
tain versions, and is only supplied as optional extras for some versions, or
are only offered in certain countries.
All registered marks are indicated with ®. Although the copyright sym-
bol does not appear, it is a copyrighted mark.
The section is continued on the following page.
Marks the end of a section .
WARNING
Texts preceded by this symbol contain information on safety. They warn
you about possible dangers of accident or injury.
®
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CAUTION
Texts with this symbol draw your attention to potential sources of damage
to your vehicle.
For the sake of the environment
Texts preceded by this symbol contain relevant information concerning envi-
ronmental protection.
Note
Texts preceded by this symbol contain additional information. 

6Content
Content
This manual is structured to provide the information you need in an organ-
ised way. The content of this Manual is divided into sections which belong
to chapters (e.g. “Air conditioning”). The entire manual is divided into five
large parts which are:
1. Safety First Information about the vehicle equipment relating to passive safety such as
seat belts, airbags, seats, etc.
2. Operating instructions
Information about the distribution of controls in the driver position of your
vehicle, about the seat adjustment possibilities, about how to create a suit-
able climate in the vehicle interior, etc.
3. Practical Tips Advice relating to the driving, caring and maintenance of your vehicle and
certain problems you can solve yourself.
4. Technical specifications
Figures, values and the dimensions of your vehicle.
5. Alphabetic index
At the end of this manual there is a detailed alphabetical index, this will
help you to quickly find the information you require. 