2012 Seat Ibiza ST service indicator

76Cockpit
If the control lamp lights up again after driving on for a short distance, stop
the vehicle and switch the engine off . Contact a Technical Service or a spe-
cialised workshop.
Coolant level too low
If the warning light comes on, stop the vehicle, switch off the engine and
wait for it to cool down First check the coolant level. If the level of the cool-
ant is below the “MIN” mark, top up with coolant liquid ⇒ 
.
WARNING
● If your vehicle is immobilised for technical reasons, move it to a safe
distance from traffic. Turn the engine off, turn the hazard lights on and
place the warning triangle.
● Never open the bonnet if you can see or hear steam or coolant escap-
ing from the engine compartment. Risk of scalding. Wait until you can no
longer see or hear escaping steam or coolant.
● The engine compartment is a dangerous area! Before carrying out any
work in the engine compartment, switch off the engine and allow it to
cool down. Always note the corresponding warnings ⇒ page 200.
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Alternator 
This warning lamp signals a fault in the alternator.
The warning lamp  lights up when the ignition is switched on. It should
go out when the engine has started running.
If the warning lamp  lights up while driving, the alternator is no longer
charging the battery. You should immediately drive to the nearest special-
ised workshop. You should avoid using electrical equipment that is not absolutely necessa-
ry because this will drain the battery.
If the indicator flashes the voltage is insufficient for normal vehicle opera-
tion.

Turn signals  
The control lamp flashes when the turn signals are in opera-
tion.
Depending on which turn signal is operated, either the left  or right  turn
signal warning lamp flashes. Both control lamps will flash at the same time
when the hazard warning lights are switched on.
If any of both turn signals fails, the warning lamp will start flashing twice
faster than normal.
For further information on the turn signals, please see ⇒  page 106.
Electronic immobiliser “Safe”*
This warning lamp flashes if an unauthorised key is used.
Inside the key there is a chip that deactivates the electronic immobiliser au-
tomatically when the key is inserted into the ignition. The electronic immo-
biliser will be activated again automatically as soon as you pull the key out
of the ignition lock.
The instrument panel displays the following message 1)
: SAFE. The vehicle
cannot be started in this case 
1)
Depending on the version of the model.

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Opening and closing
WARNING
● An improper use of the key can cause serious injuries.
● Never leave children or disabled persons in the vehicle. In case of
emergency, they may not be able to leave the vehicle or manage on their
own.
● Never forget the keys inside the vehicle. Otherwise, this could result
in serious injuries, accidents or even the theft of your vehicle. Always
take the key with you when you leave the vehicle.
● An uncontrolled use of the key could start the engine or activate any
electric equipment (e.g. electric windows), causing risk of accident. The
vehicle can be locked when using the remote control key. This could com-
plicate the aid in case of emergency.
Note
● The radio frequency remote control key functions only when you are
within range ⇒ Fig. 47.
● If the vehicle cannot be unlocked or locked by using the radio frequency
remote control, the remote control key will have to be re-synchronised. For
this, go to your Technical Service. 
Changing the battery
If the battery indicator does not flash when the buttons are pushed, the bat-
tery must be replaced.
CAUTION
The use of inappropriate batteries may damage the radio frequency remote
control. For this reason, always replace the dead battery with another of the
same size and power.
For the sake of the environment
Used batteries must be disposed of at an appropriate waste facility or
through an authorised service, given that their components can affect the
environment. 
Synchronising the remote control key
If it is not possible to unlock or lock the door with the remote
control, it should be re-synchronised.
While the vehicle is open:
– Press the 
button
2 ⇒ 
Fig. 46 on the remote control.
– Then close the vehicle using the key bit within one minute.
While the vehicle is closed:
– Press the 
button
1 ⇒ Fig. 46 on the remote control.
– Then close the vehicle using the key bit within one minute.
It is possible that the vehicle could no longer be opened and closed with
the remote control if the button 
is repeatedly pressed outside of the ef-
fective range of the radio frequency remote control. The remote control key
will have to be resynchronised.
Spare remote control keys are available in your Technical Service, where
they must be matched to the locking system.
Up to five remote control keys can be used. 
Safety FirstOperating InstructionsPractical TipsTechnical Specifications

218Checking and refilling levels
Tyre useful life
The useful life of tyres is dependent on tyre pressure, driving
style and fitting.
Fig. 142 Tyre tread wear
indicators
Fig. 143 Diagram for
changing wheels Wear indicators
The original tyres on your vehicle have 1.6 mm high “tread wear indicators”
⇒ Fig. 142, running across the tread. Depending on the make, there will be
6 to 8 of them evenly spaced around the tyre. Markings on the tyre sidewall
(for instance the letters “TWI” or other symbols) indicate the positions of
the tread wear indicators. The minimum tread depth required by law is
1.6 mm (measured in the tread grooves next to the tread wear indicators).
Worn tyres must be replaced. Different figures may apply in export countries
⇒ 
.
Tyre pressure
Incorrect tyre pressure causes premature wear and could cause tyre blow-
out. For this reason, the tyre pressure should be checked at least once per
month ⇒ page 217.
Driving style
Fast cornering, heavy acceleration and hard braking all increase tyre wear.
Changing wheels around
If the front tyres are worn considerably more than the rear ones it is advisa-
ble to change them around as shown ⇒ Fig. 143. The useful life of all the
tyres will then be about the same time.
Wheel balance
The wheels on new vehicles are balanced. However, various factors encoun-
tered in normal driving can cause them to become unbalanced, which re-
sults in steering vibration.
Unbalanced wheels should be rebalanced, as they otherwise cause exces-
sive wear on steering, suspension and tyres. A wheel must also be reba-
lanced when a new tyre is fitted.
Incorrect wheel alignment
Incorrect wheel alignment causes excessive tyre wear, impairing the safety
of the vehicle. If tyres show excessive wear, you should have the wheel
alignment checked by a Technical Service. 

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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