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Controls and displays
Operating instructions Controls and displays
Overview
Door handle
Central locking switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Electric control to adjust exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .122
Air outlets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Control lever for:
– Turn signals and main beam headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107
– Lane Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
– Main beam assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
– Cruise control system (CCS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Depending on equipment fitted:
– Lever for cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Steering wheel with horn and
– Driver airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
– On-board computer controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
– Controls for radio, telephone, navigation and speech dia-
logue system ⇒ Booklet Radio
– Paddle levers for tiptronic gearshift (automatic gearbox) . .159
Instrument panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Control lever for:
– Windscreen wipers and washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
– Wipe and wash system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
– On-board computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
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Depending on equipment fitted: Radio or display for Easy
Connect (navigation, radio, TV/video)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79
Depending on the equipment, buttons for:
– SEAT driving modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
– Start-Stop system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
– Park assist system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
– Hazard warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
– Airbag off display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Glove compartment with CD changer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .130
Depending on the equipment:
– Multimedia interface* ⇒ Booklet Radio
– Tyre pressure switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Front passenger airbag switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Front passenger airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Passenger seat heating control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Storage compartment
Depending on gearbox fitted, gear lever or selector lever for:
– manual gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
– automatic gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Depending on the equipment, controls for:
– Heating and ventilation system or manual air conditioner .138, 137
– Automatic air conditioner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Driver seat heating control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
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Air conditioning
To switch a function on or off, or to select a submenu, you must press the
corresponding function button.
For more information about functions ⇒ page 79.
Function
buttonFunction
OFFSwitch off and switch on the Climatronic.
SETTINGS
The air conditioning settings submenu is opened. It is possi-
ble to make the following adjustments:
Function button Air conditioning profile.
: to adjust the level of the
fan in AUTO mode. You can choose between low, medium and
high.
Function button Automatic air recirculation
to switch on and off au-
tomatic air recirculation ⇒ page 141.
BACK
function button to close the submenu.
Operating by using the Easy Connect* system (valid for
Standard Radio)
In the Easy Connect system it is also possible to perform various adjust-
ments to the Climatronic.
Open the air conditioner menu
● Press the Setup
button
On the top of the screen you can see and change the current settings, such
as, for example, the temperature set for the driver side and for that of pas-
senger. Temperatures up to +22 ° C (+72 ° F) are shown with blue arrows,
and temperatures over +22 ° C (+72 ° F) with red arrows.
To switch a function on or off, or to select a submenu, you must press the
corresponding function button.
Function buttonFunction
Air conditioning profileAdjust the fan level in AUTO mode. You can choose be-
tween low, medium and high.
Climatronic is switched off.
Climatronic is switched on.
SETTINGS
The air conditioning settings submenu is opened. It is
possible to make the following adjustments:
Function button Air conditioning profile.
: to adjust the level
of the fan in AUTO mode. You can choose between low,
medium and high.
Function button Automatic air recirculation
to switch on and
off automatic air recirculation ⇒ page 141.
BACK
function button to close the submenu.
Manual air conditioning controls
Fig. 82 In the centre console: Manual air conditioning controls
Safety FirstOperating instructionsPractical TipsTechnical specifications
Controls and displays (overview) . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Control Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Convenience closingPanoramic sliding sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Convenience opening Panoramic sliding sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Convenience opening/closing . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Cooling system Checking the coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Coolant temperature gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Topping up coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Cornering lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Correct adjustment of front seat head re- straints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Correct adjustment of rear seat head restraints In-use and non-use positions . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Correct sitting position front passenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Incorrect sitting position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
passenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164 Control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Cruise control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Curtain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 D
Danger of fitting a child seat on the front pas- senger seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Data recorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Daytime driving light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
DEF (instrument panel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Depth of tread . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Diagnostic connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Diesel Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Particulate filter Diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Preheating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Digital clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Dipped beam headlight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Direction of rotation (tyres) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Disabling the airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61, 62
Display/Easy Connect control panel: Cleaning . .202
Disposal Airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Seat belt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Door/rear lid warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Downhill speed control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Drink holders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Driver see Correct sitting position . . . . . . . 11, 12, 13
Driver information system CD/radio display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Door/rear lid warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Engine oil temperature display . . . . . . . . . . 77 Operation via the windscreen wiper lever . 73
Outside temperature display . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Driving With a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194, 195
Driving abroad Headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Driving safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Driving through water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Dynamic headlight range control . . . . . . . . . . 114
E
E10 see Ethanol (fuel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Easy Connect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Economic driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Efficiency programme Additional electrical appliances . . . . . . . . . 78
Saving tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Electrical accessories see Power socket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Electric windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 Convenience opening/closing . . . . . . . . . 101
Electro-mechanical steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186 Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Electronic differential lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Electronic Self-locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Electronic Stability Control (ESC) . . . . . . . . . . 183
Emergencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232 Automatic gearbox Backup programme . . 162
Replacing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Emergency braking warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
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Outside temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Outside temperature display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
OverviewTurn signal and main beam lever . . . . . . . 107
Overview (controls and displays) . . . . . . . . . . . 59
P Paint code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Paint damage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Panoramic sliding sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 Closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Convenience closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Convenience opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Fault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Roll-back function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Parking aid Adjusting the display/audible warnings . 181
Environment warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Fault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Plus parking aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Rear parking aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Sensors/Camera: cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Towing bracket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Parking aid system see Parking aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Parking light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Parking (automatic gearbox) . . . . . . . . . . 156, 157
Particulate filter (Diesel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190 Passenger
see Correct sitting position . . . . . . . 11, 12, 13
Pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Physical principles of a frontal collision . . . . . . 21
Plastic parts: Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200, 202
Polishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Power Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Power socket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Preheating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Pressure (tyres) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
R Racks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Radio display: cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Radio transmitters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Rain sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 Control of function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Rear lid automatic locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Central locking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Manual release in an emergency . . . . . . . . 99
Rear lights Changing a bulb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Rear vision mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Rear vision mirrors Adjusting the exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . 122
see also Rear vision mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Reflective vests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Remote control See "Keys" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 Remote control key
Unlocking/Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Remove the wheel cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Removing the head restraint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Repairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230 Airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Replacement parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Reservoir capacity Windscreen washer water reservoir . . . . . 122
Reset button (trip recorder) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Reset the trip recorder to zero . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Retrofitting a towing bracket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Rev counter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61, 66
Reverse gear (automatic gearbox) . . . . . . . . . 154
Rims Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
RME (fuel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Roll-back function Panoramic sliding sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Roof carrier (roof load) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Running in New brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
New engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
New tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
S Safe driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Safelock see Anti-theft security system . . . . . . . . . . . 86
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