2012 Seat Ibiza ST service interval

206Checking and refilling levels
Topping up engine oil 
Top up gradually with small quantities of engine oil.
Fig. 134 In the engine
compartment: Engine oil
filler cap
Before opening the bonnet, read and observe the warnings ⇒ 
in
Safety instructions on working in the engine compartment on
page 200.
– Unscrew cap from engine oil filler opening ⇒ Fig. 134.
– Top-up oil in small amounts, using the correct oil.
– To avoid over-filling with engine oil, you should top-up using
small quantities, wait a while and check the oil level before
adding any more oil.
– As soon as the oil level is in area B
, carefully close the cap.
The position of the oil filler opening is shown in the corresponding engine
compartment illustration ⇒ page 259.
Engine oil specification ⇒ page 204.
WARNING
Oil is highly inflammable! Ensure that no oil comes into contact with hot
engine components when topping up.
CAUTION
If the oil level is above the area A do not start the engine. This could result
in damage to the engine and catalytic converter. Contact a specialised work-
shop.
For the sake of the environment
The oil level must never be above area A. Otherwise oil can be drawn in
through the crankcase breather and escape into the atmosphere via the ex-
haust system. 
Changing engine oil
The engine oil must be changed at the intervals given in the
service schedule. We recommend that you have the engine oil changed by a Technical Serv-
ice.
The oil change intervals are shown in the Maintenance Programme. 

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Checking and refilling levels
Brake fluid Checking the brake fluid level
The brake fluid is checked at the intervals given in the serv-
ice schedule.
Fig. 141 In the engine
compartment: Brake fluid
reservoir cover
– Read off the fluid level at the transparent brake fluid reservoir. It
should always be between the “MIN” and “MAX” marks.
The position of the brake fluid reservoir is shown in the corresponding en-
gine compartment illustration ⇒ page 259. The brake fluid reservoir has a
black and yellow cap.
The brake fluid level drops slightly when the vehicle is being used as the
brake pads are automatically adjusted as they wear.
However, if the level goes down noticeably in a short time, or drops below
the “MIN” mark, there may be a leak in the brake system. A display on the
instrument panel will warn you if the brake fluid level is too low ⇒ page 65.
WARNING
Before opening the bonnet to check the brake fluid level, read and ob-
serve the warnings ⇒ page 200.

Changing the brake fluid
The Maintenance Programme indicates the brake fluid
change intervals. We recommend that you have the brake fluid changed by a Technical Serv-
ice.
Before opening the bonnet, please read and follow the warnings ⇒ 
in
Safety instructions on working in the engine compartment on page 200 in
section “Safety notes for working in the engine compartment”.
Brake fluid absorbs moisture. In the course of time, it will absorb water from
the ambient air. If the water content in the brake fluid is too high, the brake
system could corrode. This also considerably reduces the boiling point of
the brake fluid. Heavy use of the brakes may then cause a vapour lock
which could impair the braking effect.
Be sure to always use the correct brake fluid. Only use brake fluid that ex-
pressly meets VW 501 14 standards.
You can buy VW 501 14 standard brake fluid in a SEAT dealership or SEAT
Official Service. If none is available, use only high quality brake fluid that
meets DIN ISO 4925 CLASS 4 standards, or USA Standards FMVSS 116 DOT
4.
Using any other kind of brake fluid or one that is not of a high quality may
affect operation of the brake system and reduce its effectiveness. Never use
a brake fluid if the container does not state that it complies with VW 501 14,
DIN ISO 4925 CLASS 4 standards, or USA standards FMVSS 116 DOT 4. 
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If and when
Xenon 1)
//adaptive headlights*
- D1S2)
- LED 3)
- LED3)
- PY 21W
Fog light - H11
WARNING
● Take particular care when working on components in the engine com-
partment if the engine is warm. Risk of burns.
● Bulbs are highly sensitive to pressure. The glass can break when you
touch the bulb, causing injury.
● The high voltage element of gas discharge bulbs* (xenon light) must
be handled correctly. Otherwise, there is a risk of death.
● When changing bulbs, please take care not to injure yourself on sharp
parts in the headlight housing.
CAUTION
● Remove the ignition key before working on the electric system. Other-
wise, a short circuit could occur.
● Switch off the lights or parking lights before you change a bulb.
Dipped and full beam
Side
DRL (day light)
Turn signals
Fog light/cornering
For the sake of the environment
Please ask your specialist retailer how to dispose of used bulbs in the prop-
er manner.
Note
● Depending on weather conditions (cold or wet), the front lights, the fog
lights, the tail lights and the turn signals may be temporarily misted. This
has no influence on the useful life of the lighting system. By switching on
the lights, the area through which the beam of light is projected will quickly
be demisted. However, the edges may continue to be misted.
● Please check at regular intervals that all lighting (especially the exterior
lighting) on your vehicle is functioning properly. This is not only in the inter-
est of your own safety, but also that of all other road users.
● Before changing a bulb, make sure you have the correct new bulb.
● Do not touch the glass part of the bulb with your bare hands, use a cloth
or paper towel instead. Otherwise, the fingerprints left on the glass will va-
porise as a result of the heat generated by the bulb, they will be deposited
on the reflector and will impair its surface. 
1)
With this type of headlight, the user can replace the turn signal bulb. Replacement of the
dipped/main beam bulb must be done by a Technical Service, given that complex elements
must be removed from the vehicle and the automatic control system that incorporates it
must be reset.
2) The Xenon bulbs discharge 2.5 times the light flux and have an average lifespan of 5 times
more than that of halogen bulbs, this means that, except due to unusual circumstances,
there is no need to change the bulbs for the whole life of the vehicle.
3) In the event that there is a fault in the LEDs, the complete headlight must be replaced.
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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
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Seat belt tensionercontrol lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Seat heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Selective opening* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Semiautomatic air conditioning controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Service interval display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Side lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Single headlight bulb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Sitting position driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Sitting position, occupants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221, 258
Soot accumulation in the diesel engine particu- late filter
control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Spanner symbol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Spare parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Spare wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Speed selector lever lock control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Start-Stop Activating and deactivating . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Starting petrol engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147, 148
Starting the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147, 148 After the fuel tank has been run dry . . . . . 148 Steam jets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Steering lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Steering column controls Audio Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Steering wheel height adjustment . . . . . . . . . 144
Storage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 Front passenger side . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
front seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Sun visor Sliding/tilting sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Sun visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Switch Hazard warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Heated rear window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Light switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Switches Electric windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
panoramic/tilting sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Switching off the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
T Tank Fuel level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Reserve indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Tank capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Technical modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
The danger of not using the seat belt . . . . . . . . 22
Tightening torque of wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . 258
Tilting sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223 Top Tether system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Tow-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Towing a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178, 257
Towing bracket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Towing bracket, fitting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Towline anchorage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Towline anchorages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Tow starting
Comments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Traction control system control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Trailer turn signals control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Trailer weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Turn signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76, 107
Two-way radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Tyre-Mobility-System (Tyre repair kit) . . . . . . . 229
Tyre Mobility-System (Tyre repair kit) . . . . . . . 224
Tyre pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217 Control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Tyre pressures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Tyre repair kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224, 229
Tyres and wheels Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Tyres tread depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Tyres useful life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Tyres with directional tread pattern . . . . . . . . 217
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