2012 Seat Toledo wiper fluid

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Lights and visibility
Windscreen wipers and windscreen washers
Introduction
The windscreen wipers and windscreen washers only work when the igni-
tion is switched on.
The rear window is wiped once if the windscreen wipers are switched on and
reverse gear is engaged.
Fill the windscreen washer fluid ⇒ page 182.
WARNING
● Make sure the blades ⇒ page 104 are in perfect condition for good
visibility and safe driving.
● In cold conditions, you should not use the wash/wipe system unless
you have warmed the windscreen with the heating and ventilation sys-
tem. The windscreen washer fluid could otherwise freeze on the wind-
screen and obscure your view of the road.
CAUTION
● During the winter, always check that the windscreen wiper blades are
not frozen to the glass before each trip or before switching on the ignition. If
you switch on the windscreen wipers when the wiper blades are frozen to
the glass, this could damage both the wiper blades and the wiper motor.
● If the ignition is switched off when the windscreen wipers are on, they
will start operating in the same mode when the ignition is switched back
on. The wiper blades could be frozen to the glass at low temperatures when
the ignition is switched off.
● Carefully separate the frozen wipers from the windscreen or rear win-
dow.
● Remove snow and ice from the wipers before starting your journey. ●
Careless handling could lead to the wiper arms damaging the wind-
screen.
● For safety reasons, the wiper blades should be changed once or twice a
year. They can be purchased at a SEAT Authorised Service.
● The ignition cannot be switched on while the windscreen wiper arms are
in a raised position. Otherwise, the windscreen wipers would return to their
original position and could damage the paintwork on the bonnet.
Note
Keep the wipers clean. The wipers can be soiled with remains of wax solu-
tions from car washes ⇒ page 165.
● On vehicles equipped with windscreen washer jets, these are heated
once the engine is running. 
Handling windscreen wipers and washers
Fig. 66 Window wiper
lever
Brief wipe
– Give the windscreen a brief wipe by moving the lever down to
position 4
⇒ Fig. 66. 
Safety FirstOperating instructionsPractical TipsTechnical specifications

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Checking and refilling levels
Note
● Please contact an authorised SEAT dealer with any doubts regarding flu-
ids.
● Fluids of the correct specifications can be acquired from the selection of
SEAT Original Accessories. 
Opening and closing the bonnet
Fig. 116 Releasing bonnet
Fig. 117 Securing the bonnet Opening the bonnet
–
Open the front left door.
– Pull the lever 1
⇒ Fig. 116 under the dash panel in the direc-
tion indicated by the arrow.
Before opening the bonnet, make sure that the windscreen wiper
arms are not lifted away from the glass. Otherwise the paintwork
may be damaged.
– Pull the release catch in the direction of the arrow 2
⇒ Fig. 116
and the bonnet will be released.
– Hold and lift the bonnet.
– Remove the support strut 3
⇒ Fig. 117 from its fastening in the
direction of the arrow and secure the raised bonnet so that the
end of the strut hooks onto the opening in the bonnet 4
.
Closing the bonnet
– Lift the bonnet slightly and unhook the support strut keeping
the bonnet open and insert it into its fastening 3
.
– Let the bonnet drop from a height of around 20 cm into the
catch Do not press down afterwards!
– Check that the bonnet is correctly closed. 
Safety FirstOperating instructionsPractical TipsTechnical specifications

Brakeshandbrake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
running in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
warning lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Brake servo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 Brake servo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
bulbs – changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Button on driver door opening and closing electric windows . . . . 92
C
Car computer see multi-function display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Care of the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Care of vehicle automatic car wash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
cleaning chrome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
cleaning wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
door lock cylinder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
high-pressure cleaners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
leatherette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
natural leather . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
plastic parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
polishing of paintwork . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
rubber seals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
upholstery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
washing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
washing by hand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
waxing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
carrier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 Catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Central lock button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Central locking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
unlocking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Changing a wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
wiper blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Changing bulbs double headlight bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
front fog light bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Changing gear economical driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
recommended gear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Charging the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Checking battery acid level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
oil level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
windscreen washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Checking fluid levels engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Childproof locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Child safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Child seat
Categorisation in groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Group 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Group 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Group 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Groups 0 and 0+ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Securing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Child seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 ISOFIX system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
on the front passenger seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Top Tether system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Cigarette lighter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164 chrome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
leatherette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
natural leather . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
plastic parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
upholstery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Cleaning chrome see care of vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Climatronic air recirculation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Coat hooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Computer see multi-function display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Control lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
240 Index

replacing tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
spare wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
tyre useful life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
wheel trim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
winter tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Why assume the correct sitting position? . . . . . 31
Why should head restraints be correctly adjus- ted? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Why wear seat belts? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20, 22, 31
Windows de-icing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
see opening and closing electric windows . 92
Windscreen see radio reception . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Windscreen washer checking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
headlight washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
topping up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Windscreen washer fluid warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Windscreen washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Windscreen wiper jets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
windscreen washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Windscreen wipers changing the rear window wiper blade . . . 105
changing windscreen wiper blades . . . . . 104
control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Winter driving diesel fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 Winter service
battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Cleaning windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Winter tyres see Wheels and tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
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