2012 Seat Ibiza ST refuelling

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Checking and refilling levels
Petrol Petrol types
The correct petrol types are listed on a sticker inside the fuel
tank flap.Only unleaded petrol conforming to standard DIN EN 228 may be used for
vehicles with catalytic converters (EN = “European Standard”).
Fuel types are differentiated by the octane rating, e.g: 91, 95, 98 RON (RON
= “Research Octane Number”, unit for determining the knock resistance of
petrol). You may use petrol with a higher octane number than the one rec-
ommended for your engine. However, this has no advantage in terms of fuel
consumption and engine power.
CAUTION
● Even one tankful of leaded fuel would permanently impair the efficiency
of the catalytic converter.
● High engine speed and full throttle can damage the engine when using
petrol with an octane rating lower than the correct grade for the engine.
For the sake of the environment
Just one full tank of leaded fuel would seriously impair the efficiency of the
catalytic converter. 
Petrol additives
Petrol additives improve the quality of the petrol.
The quality of the petrol influences the performance, power and life of the
engine. For this reason, you should use good quality petrol containing addi- tives. These additives will help to prevent corrosion, keep the fuel system
clean and prevent deposits from building up in the engine.
If good quality petrol with additives is not available or engine problems oc-
cur, the required additives must be added during refuelling.

Diesel Diesel*
Diesel fuel must conform to DIN EN 590 (EN = “European Standard”). It
must have a cetane number (CN) of at least 51. The cetane number indi-
cates the ignition quality of the diesel fuel.
Notes on refuelling ⇒ page 194. 
Biodiesel*
CAUTION
● Your vehicle is not designed to use biodiesel fuel. Never, under any cir-
cumstances refuel with biodiesel. The use of biodiesel fuel could damage
the engine and the fuel system. The addition of biodiesel to diesel fuel by
the diesel manufacturer in accordance with standard EN 590 or DIN 51628
is authorised and will not cause damage to the engine or the fuel system.
● The diesel engine has been designed to be used exclusively with diesel
fuel conforming to standard EN 590. Never refuel or use petrol, kerosene,
fuel oil or any other type of fuel. If you accidentally fill up the vehicle with
the wrong type of fuel, do not start the engine. Seek assistance from speci-
alised personnel. The composition of these fuels may severely damage the
fuel system and the engine. 
Safety FirstOperating InstructionsPractical TipsTechnical Specifications

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
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Passengersee Correct sitting position . . . . . . . 10, 11, 12
Pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Petrol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199 Driving abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Petrol additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Physical principles of a frontal collision . . . . . . 21
Plastic parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Plastic parts cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Pollen filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Pollution filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Power socket in centre console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
in the luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Products for vehicle maintenance . . . . . . . . . . 181
R Radio frequency remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 Changing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Rain sensor* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Rear drink holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Rear fog light control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Rear head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Rear lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Emergency opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Rear seat folding down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Rear seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 Rear shelf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Rear shelf with storage compartment
Storage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Rear view mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Rear window automatic wiper/washer . . . . . . 111
Rear window wiper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Recommended gear display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Refuelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Remote control key Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Synchronising . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Removing and fitting the wheel . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Repairs Airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Replacement keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Replacement of parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Rev counter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Reverse gear Manual gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Roll-back function panoramic/tilting sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Roof aerial* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Roof rack* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Rubber seals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Running in Brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Running in tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 S
Safe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Safe driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Safe Security system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Safety equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Safety instructions Coolant temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Safety notes Airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Deactivating front passenger airbag . . . . . . 41
Front airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Seat belt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Using child seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Using seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Seals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Seat adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115, 118
Seat belt cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Seat belt control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Seat belt position Pregnant women . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Seat belt protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Seat belt release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Incorrectly fastened . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Not worn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
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