2012 Seat Ibiza 5D headlights

232If and when
Dipped/main beam headlights
Fig. 145 Dipped beam/
main beam, single head-
light
Fig. 146 Dipped beam/
main beam, single head-
light
– Raise the bonnet.
– Move the loop ⇒ Fig. 145 1
in the direction of the arrow and
remove the cover. –
Remove connector ⇒ Fig. 146 2
from the bulb.
– Unclip the retainer spring ⇒ Fig. 146 3
pressing inwards to the
right.
– Extract the bulb and fit the replacement so that the rim of the
attachment plate is on the reflector cut-out.
– Fit the connector.
– Fit the cover and close the strap. Make sure that the gasket sits
well on the casing cover during the operation.
– Check whether the new bulb is working. 
Side light
Fig. 147 Side lights
– Raise the bonnet. 

233
If and when
– Move the loop ⇒ Fig. 145 1
in the direction of the arrow and
remove the cover.
– Remove the bulb holder 4
⇒ Fig. 147 outwards.
– Replace the bulb by pulling it out and inserting the replace-
ment.
– Installation is done in the reverse order. 
Double headlight bulb change Double headlight
Fig. 148 Double head-
lights
Side lights
Main beam headlights
A
B
Dipped beam headlights
Turn signal lights

Side light
Fig. 149 Side lights
Fig. 150 Side lights 
C
D
Safety FirstOperating InstructionsPractical TipsTechnical Specifications

234If and when
–Raise the bonnet.
– Move the loop 1
in the direction of the arrow and remove the
cover ⇒ Fig. 149.
– Remove connector ⇒ Fig. 150 2
by pulling outward.
– Remove the bulb by pulling it out and fitting the new one.
– Installation involves the above steps in reverse sequence.
– Fit the cover and close the strap. Make sure that the gasket sits
well on the casing cover during the operation.
– Check whether the new bulb is working. 
Main beam headlights
Fig. 151 Main beam
headlights
Fig. 152 Main beam
headlights
– Raise the bonnet.
– Move the loop 1
in the direction of the arrow and remove the
cover ⇒ Fig. 151.
– Remove connector ⇒ Fig. 152 2
by pulling outward.
– Extract the bulb and fit the replacement so that it sits correctly
into the cut-out on the reflector.
– Installation involves the above steps in reverse sequence.
– Fit the cover and close the strap. Make sure that the gasket sits
well on the casing cover during the operation.
– Check whether the new bulb is working. 

235
If and when
Dipped beam headlights
Fig. 153 Dipped beam
headlights
Fig. 154 Dipped beam
headlights
– Raise the bonnet.
– Move the loop ⇒ Fig. 153 1
in the direction of the arrow and
remove the cover. –
Remove connector ⇒ Fig. 154 2
from the bulb.
– Unclip the retainer spring ⇒ Fig. 154 3
pressing inwards to the
right.
– Extract the bulb and fit the replacement so that the rim of the
attachment plate is on the reflector cut-out.
– Fit the connector.
– Fit the cover and close the strap. Make sure that the gasket sits
well on the casing cover during the operation.
– Check whether the new bulb is working. 
Turn signal lights
Fig. 155 Turn signal
– Raise the bonnet.
– Turn bulb holder ⇒ Fig. 155 A
to the left and pull. 
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237
If and when
Changing the bulbs of AFS headlights
AFS headlight bulbs
Fig. 156 AFS headlight
bulbs
Turn signal lights
Xenon headlight (dipped beam/main beam) 
Changing the xenon bulb
The procedure for changing the bulb is the same on both sides of the vehi-
cle.
WARNING
This type of bulb should be changed at a specialised workshop.

A
B
Turn signal light bulb
Fig. 157 Turn signal
– Raise the bonnet.
– Turn bulb holder ⇒ Fig. 157 A
to the left and pull.
– Remove the bulb by pressing on the bulb holder and rotating at
the same time to the left.
– Installation involves the above steps in reverse sequence. 
Safety FirstOperating InstructionsPractical TipsTechnical Specifications

244If and when
–Connect one end of the red jump lead to the positive +
termi-
nal of the vehicle with the flat battery A ⇒ Fig. 169.
– Connect the other end of the red jump lead to the positive ter-
minal +
in the vehicle providing assistance B.
– Connect one end of the black jump lead X
to a suitable ground
terminal, a solid piece of metal in the engine block, or to the en-
gine block ⇒ Fig. 169.
– Connect the other end of the black jump lead X
to a solid met-
al component bolted to the engine block or to the engine block
itself of the vehicle with the flat battery. However, connect it to
a point as far as possible from the battery A
.
4. Position the leads in such a way that they cannot come into contact with any moving parts in the engine compartment.
Starting
5. Start the engine of the vehicle with the boosting battery and let it run at idling speed.
6. Start the engine of the vehicle with the flat battery and wait two or three minutes until the engine is “running”.
Removing the jump leads
7. Before you remove the jump leads, switch off the dipped beam headlights (if they are switched on).
8. Turn on the heater blower and heated rear window in the vehi- cle with the flat battery. This helps minimise voltage peaks
which are generated when the leads are disconnected.
9. When the engine is running, disconnect the leads in reverse or- der to the details given above. Connect the battery clamps so they have good metal-to-metal contact with
the battery terminals.
If the engine fails to start, switch off the starter after about 10 seconds and
try again after about half a minute.
WARNING
● Please note the safety warnings referring to working in the engine
compartment ⇒ page 195, Working in the engine compartment.
● The battery providing assistance must have the same voltage as the
flat battery (12V) and approximately the same capacity (see imprint on
battery). Failure to comply could result in an explosion.
● Never use jump leads when one of the batteries is frozen. Danger of
explosion! Even after the battery has thawed, battery acid could leak and
cause chemical burns. If a battery freezes, it should be replaced.
● Keep sparks, flames and lighted cigarettes away from batteries, dan-
ger of explosion. Failure to comply could result in an explosion.
● Observe the instructions provided by the manufacturer of the jump
leads.
● Do not connect the negative cable from the other vehicle directly to
the negative terminal of the flat battery. The gas emitted from the battery
could be ignited by sparks. Danger of explosion.
● Do not attach the negative cable from the other vehicle to parts of the
fuel system or to the brake line.
● The non-insulated parts of the battery clamps must not be allowed to
touch. The jump lead attached to the positive battery terminal must not
touch metal parts of the vehicle, this can cause a short circuit.
● Position the leads in such a way that they cannot come into contact
with any moving parts in the engine compartment.
● Do not lean on the batteries. This could result in chemical burns. 

Index
A
ABS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Acoustic warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Adaptive headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
AFS headlight bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Airbag covers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Front airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Air conditioner Climatronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
General notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Air conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Air outlets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Air recirculation Semi-automatic air conditioning . . . . . . . . 133
Air recirculation mode Climatronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Alarm system Switching off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Alternator Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Anti-lock brake system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164 control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Anti-theft alarm system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Switching off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Anti-theft wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Antifreeze . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Aquaplaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Aspects to note before setting off . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
ASR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
ASR (Traction control system) Control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Audible warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Automatic anti-dazzle interior rear vision mirror Activating the anti-dazzle function . . . . . . 110
Deactivating the anti-dazzle function . . . . 110
Automatic car washing tunnel . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Automatic gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148 Kick-down feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Selector lever positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Automatic lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Automatic windscreen wiper/washer . . . . . . . 107
AUX/USB input connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Auxiliary audio input connection (AUX) . . . . . 125
B
Ball coupling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Battery Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Winter conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209 Before setting off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Biodiesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Biodiesel fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Bonnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Brake servo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163, 168
Brake system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208 warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Braking distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Bulb change double headlight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Single headlight bulb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Bulb changes General notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Bulb defect Control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Buzzer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105, 139
C
Car care Exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Car phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
CCS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
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Index

Cruise speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159Control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
D Danger of fitting a child seat on the front pas- senger seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Dash panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Dash panel cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Daytime driving lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Deactivating front passenger airbag Safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Deactivating the airbag Front passenger front airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Diesel engine Winter driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Diesel engine particulate filter . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Differential lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Differential lock fault (EDL) control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Digital clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Dipped beam headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Disposal Airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Seat belt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Door lock cylinders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Door release lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Doors Childproof locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Double headlight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233 Double headlight bulb change
dipped beam headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
main beam headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
side light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Driver see Correct sitting position . . . . . . . 10, 11, 12
Driveshaft differential XDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Driving Driving abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Economically / Environmentally friendly . 171
With a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173, 175
Driving abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 Headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Driving safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Duplicate keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Dust filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Dynamic headlight range control . . . . . . . . . . 100
E
Economical driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
EDL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Electro-hydraulic steering control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Electronic differential lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Electronic immobiliser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Electronic stability control description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Electronic Stability Control . . . . . . . . . . . . 70, 165 Electronic Stability Control (ESC)
control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Emission control system control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Engine Running in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Engine compartment Working in the engine compartment . . . . 195
Engine coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 G 12 plus-plus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
G 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Engine fault control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Engine management control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Engine oil Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Checking engine oil level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Oil properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Topping up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Engine oil dipstick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Engine oil pressure control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 Environmental friendliness . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Environmentally friendly driving . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Environmental tip Avoiding pollution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
ESC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70, 165 see also Electronic Stability Control . . . . . 139
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