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Accessories, replacement of parts and modifications
Accessories, replacement of parts and modifications
Accessories and spare parts
Always consult a SEAT dealership before purchasing acces-
sories and parts.
Your vehicle is designed to offer a high standard of active and passive safe-
ty.
Before purchasing accessories and parts, and before making technical
changes to your vehicle, we recommend that you consult your Technical
Service.
SEAT dealerships will be happy to provide you with the latest information
about the use, legal requirements and recommendations from the manufac-
turer regarding accessories and spare parts.
We recommend you use only SEAT Approved Accessories®
and SEAT Ap-
proved Spare Parts ®
. This way, SEAT can guarantee that the product in
question is suitable, reliable and safe. SEAT Technical Services have the
necessary experience and facilities to ensure that parts are correctly and
professionally installed.
Despite a continuous observation of the market, SEAT is not able to assess
the reliability, safety and suitability of parts that SEAT has not approved. For
this reason, SEAT cannot assume responsibility for any non-genuine parts
used, even if these parts have been approved by an official testing agency
or are covered by an official approval certificate.
Any equipment subsequently installed which has a direct effect on the driv-
er's control of the vehicle (e.g. cruise control system or electronically-con-
trolled suspension) must be approved by SEAT and bear the e mark (the Eu-
ropean Union's authorisation symbol). If any
additional electrical components are fitted which do not serve to con-
trol the vehicle itself (e.g. refrigerator box, laptop or ventilator fan), these
must bear the CE mark (European Union manufacturer conformity declara-
tion).
WARNING
Accessories, for example telephone holders or cup holders, should never
be fitted on the covers, or within the working range, of the airbags. Oth-
erwise, there is a danger of injury if the airbag is triggered in an accident.
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Technical modifications
Modifications must always be carried out according to our
specifications.
Unauthorised modifications to the electronic components or software in the
vehicle may cause malfunctions. Due to the way the electronic components
are linked together in networks, other indirect systems may be affected by
the faults. This can seriously impair safety, lead to excessive wear of compo-
nents, and also invalidate your vehicle registration documents.
SEAT Technical Services cannot be held liable for any damage caused by
modifications and/or work incorrectly performed.
For this reason, we recommend having all work performed by a SEAT Techni-
cal Service using SEAT Original Spare Parts ®
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Safety FirstOperating InstructionsPractical TipsTechnical Specifications

Correct sitting positionfront passenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Incorrect sitting position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
passenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Cruise control Control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Cruise control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Cruise control* Complete system deactivation . . . . . . . . . 186
Cruise speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183 Control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Curtain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
D Danger of fitting a child seat on the front pas- senger seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Dash panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Dash panel cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Daytime lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 Activating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Deactivating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Deactivating front passenger airbag Safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Deactivating the airbag Front passenger front airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Diesel engine Winter driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221 Diesel engine particulate filter . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Differential lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Differential lock fault (EDL)
Control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Digital clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Dipped beam headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Display (without warning or information texts) 60
Disposal Airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Seat belt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Door lock cylinders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Door release lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Doors Childproof locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Drawer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Driver see Correct sitting position . . . . . . . 10, 11, 12
Driveshaft differential XDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Drive wheel traction control system . . . . . . . . 188
Driving Driving abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Economical/Environmentally friendly . . . . 197
With a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Driving abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199 Headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Driving programmes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Driving safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Driving with an automatic gearbox / DSG auto- matic gearbox* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Duplicate keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 Dust filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Dynamic cornering lights
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Dynamic headlight range control . . . . . . . . . . 117
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Economical driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
EDL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190 Control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Electrical sockets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Electric power steering Control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Electronic differential lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190 Control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Electronic immobiliser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88, 169
Electronic Stability Control . . . . . . . . . . . . 87, 189 description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Electronic Stability Control (ESC) control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Emergency braking warning . . . . . . . . . . 119, 187
Emergency manual locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Emergency opening Doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Emission control system control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Engine Running in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Engine compartment Working in the engine compartment . . . . 222
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