2012 Seat Ibiza ST child seat

214Checking and refilling levels
WARNING
Brake fluid is poisonous. Old brake fluid impairs the braking effect.
● Before opening the bonnet to check the brake fluid level, read and ob-
serve the warnings ⇒ page 200.
● Brake fluid should be stored in the closed original container in a safe
place out of reach of children. There is a toxic risk.
● Complete the brake fluid change according to the Maintenance Pro-
gramme. Heavy use of the brakes may cause a vapour lock if the brake
fluid is left in the brake system for too long. This would seriously affect
the effectiveness of the brakes and the safety of the vehicle. This may
cause an accident.
CAUTION
Brake fluid damages the vehicle paintwork. Wipe off any brake fluid from
the paintwork immediately.
For the sake of the environment
The brake pads and brake fluid must be collected and disposed of accord-
ing the applicable regulations. The SEAT Technical Service network has the
necessary equipment and qualified personnel for collecting and disposing
of this waste material. Vehicle battery
Warnings on handling the battery
Wear eye protection
Battery acid is extremely corrosive. Wear protective gloves and
eye protection!
Fires, sparks, open flames and smoking are prohibited!
A highly explosive mixture of gases is released when the battery
is under charge.
Keep children away from acid and batteries!
WARNING
Always be aware of the danger of injury and chemical burns as well as
the risk of accident or fire when working on the battery and the electrical
system:
● Wear eye protection. Protect your eyes, skin and clothing from acid
and particles containing lead.
● Battery acid is extremely corrosive. Wear protective gloves and eye
protection. Do not tilt the batteries. This could spill acid through the
vents. Rinse battery acid from eyes immediately for several minutes with
clear water. Then seek medical care immediately. Neutralise any acid
splashes on the skin or clothing with a soapy solution, and rinse off with
plenty of water. If acid is swallowed by mistake, consult a doctor immedi-
ately. 

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Car care Exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Car phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
CCS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Central lock button Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Unlocking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Central locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Automatic speed dependent locking andunlocking system* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Emergency unlocking system . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Locking system for involuntary unlocking . 84
Selective unlocking system* . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Unlocking system* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Cetane number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Changing bulbs interior light and front reading lights . . . . 247
Changing gear see Manual gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Changing gear in tiptronic mode . . . . . . . . . . 157
Changing rear lights on the rear lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
on the wing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Changing single headlight bulbs Turn signal bulb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Changing the AFS headlight bulbs Xenon lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Changing the bulbs AFS headlight bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
fog light bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243 Luggage compartment light . . . . . . . . . . . 248
number plate light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Side turn signal lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Changing the main headlight bulb turn signal lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Changing the main headlight bulbs turn signal lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Changing the single headlight bulbs Dipped/main beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Side light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Changing windscreen wiper blades . . . . . . . . 210
Chassis number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Checking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Checking battery electrolyte level . . . . . . . . . . 215
Checking engine oil level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Child safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Child seat Categorisation in groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Group 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Group 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Group 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Groups 0 and 0+ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Securing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Child seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 ISOFIX system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
on the front passenger seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Top Tether system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Cigarette lighter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Cleaning alloy wheel rims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Cleaning chrome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Cleaning engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . 187 Cleaning steel wheel rims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Cleaning windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Climatronic
automatic mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
General notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
manual mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Cloth seat covers cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Cockpit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Coming Home function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Compartment for on-board documentation . . 122
Control Exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Control lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Control lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Controls Electric windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Convenience closing Sliding/tilting sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Convenience opening Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207, 208
Coolant level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208 control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Coolant loss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Coolant temperature control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Correct adjustment of front head restraints . . . 13
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Correct sitting positionfront passenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Incorrect sitting position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
passenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Cruise control Control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Cruise control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Cruise speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164 Control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
D Danger of fitting a child seat on the front pas- senger seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Dash panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Dash panel cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Daytime driving lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Deactivating front passenger airbag Safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Deactivating the airbag Front passenger front airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Diesel engine Winter driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Diesel engine particulate filter . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Differential lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Differential lock fault (EDL) control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Digital clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Dipped beam headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 Disposal
Airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Seat belt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Door lock cylinders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Door release lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Doors Childproof locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Double headlight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Double headlight bulb change dipped beam headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
main beam headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
side light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Driver see Correct sitting position . . . . . . . 10, 11, 12
Driveshaft differential XDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Drive wheel traction control system . . . . . . . . 169
Driving Driving abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Economically / Environmentally friendly . 176
With a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178, 180
Driving abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178 Headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Driving safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Duplicate keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Dust filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Dynamic headlight range control . . . . . . . . . . 102
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Economical driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176 EDL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Electro-hydraulic steering Control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Electronic differential lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Electronic immobiliser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Electronic Stability Control . . . . . . . . . . . . 72, 170 description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Electronic Stability Control (ESC) control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Emission control system control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Engine Running in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Engine compartment Working in the engine compartment . . . . 200
Engine coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207 G 12 plus-plus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
G 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Engine fault control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Engine management control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203 Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Checking engine oil level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Oil properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Topping up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Engine oil dipstick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
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Index

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
276 Index