2012 Seat Ibiza ST jump start

252If and when
Towing and tow-starting
Tow-starting*
The use of jump leads is preferable to tow-starting.
We recommend that you do not tow-start your vehicle. Jump-start-
ing is preferable ⇒ page 248.
However, if your vehicle has to be tow-started:
– Engage the 2nd or the 3rd gear.
– Keep the clutch pressed down.
– Switch the ignition on.
– Once both vehicles are moving, release the clutch.
– As soon as the engine starts, press the clutch and move the
gear lever into neutral. This helps to prevent driving into the
towing vehicle.
WARNING
The risk of accidents is high when tow-starting. The vehicle being towed
can easily collide with the towing vehicle.
CAUTION
When tow-starting, fuel could enter the catalytic converter and damage it. Comments
Please observe the following points if you use a tow rope:
Notes for the driver of the towing vehicle
–
Drive slowly at first until the tow rope is taut. Then accelerate
gradually.
– Begin and change gears cautiously. If you are driving an auto-
matic vehicle, accelerate gently.
– Remember that the brake servo and power steering are not
working in the vehicle you are towing. Brake sooner than nor-
mal and pressing the pedal gently.
Notes for the driver of the towed vehicle
– Ensure that the tow rope remains taut at all times when towing.
Tow rope or tow bar
It is easier and safer to tow a vehicle with a tow bar. You should only use a
tow rope if you do not have a tow bar.
A tow rope should be slightly elastic to reduce the loading on both vehicles.
It is advisable to use a tow rope made of synthetic fibre or similarly elastic
material.
Attach the tow rope or the tow bar only to the towline anchorages provided
or a towing bracket.
Driving style
Towing requires some experience, especially when using a tow rope. Both
drivers should be familiar with the technique required for towing. Inexper-
ienced drivers should not attempt to tow. 

Engine oil pressurecontrol lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176 Environmental friendliness . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Environmentally friendly driving . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Environmental tip Avoiding pollution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
ESC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72, 170 see also Electronic Stability Control . . . . . 145
Exhaust gas purification system . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
External aerial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
F
Fabric trim cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Fastening rings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Fire extinguisher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
First-aid kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Floor mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Fog lights bulb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Fog lights with cornering function . . . . . . . . . 103
Front airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Front drink holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Front interior light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Front passenger airbag deactivation . . . . . . . . 41
Front reading light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 Front seat adjustment
Lumbar support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Fuel Diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Petrol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Fuel consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176, 256
Fuel level Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Fuel reserve Control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Fuel tank see Fuel reserve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Fuel Tank Opening the fuel tank flap . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Fuel: save . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
G
Gear shift pattern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
General overview of the engine compartment 259
Glove compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Glove compartment light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Glow plug system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148 control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
H
Handbrake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161 Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Hazard warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
HBA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168 Headlight flashers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Headlight range control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Headlights
Driving abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Headlight washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Head restraints Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116, 117
Adjustment of the head restraint angle . . 117
Removing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Heated exterior mirrors* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Heated front seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Heated rear window Heating element wires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Heating system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
High pressure cleaners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Hill-start assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
How to jump start description . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Hydraulic Brake Assist Automatic hazard warning lights activa-tion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
I
Identification number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Identification plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Ignition key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Ignition lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Information in the multifunction display Memory displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
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Instrument and switch lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Instrument lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Instrument panelService interval display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Interior rear vision mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Interval wipe, windscreen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
ISOFIX system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
J
Jump-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Jump leads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
K
Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
L Leather cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Leaving Home function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Load compartment in the luggage compart- ment
see Loading the luggage compartment . . . 16
Loading the luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . 16
Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
LPG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58, 149, 196
LPG system Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Filler neck adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197 Level indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Refuelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 Fastening rings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Loading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Luggage net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
see also Loading the luggage compartment . .16
Luggage compartment light* . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
M
Main beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100, 106
Main beam headlights control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Maintenance Airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Maintenance and cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Manual gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Manual heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Manual heating system Defrosting the windscreen . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Demisting the windscreen and side win-dows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
MFI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Mirrors Exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Interior rear vision mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
vanity mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Mobile phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Multifunction display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 N
Navigator bracket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Number of seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
O Observations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Octane number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Oil change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Oil properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
One-touch opening and closing Electric windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Opening and locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Operation when a fault occurs panoramic/tilting sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Outside temperature indicator . . . . . . . . . . 60, 62
Overview Control lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65, 67
Dash panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Warning lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65, 67
P Paintwork Polishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Panoramic sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Parking lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
275
Index