2013 Seat Altea Freetrack isofix

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Safe driving
Safety First
Safe driving
Brief introduction
Dear SEAT Driver
Safety first! This chapter contains important information, tips, suggestions and
warnings that you should read and consider for both your own
safety and for your passengers' safety.
WARNING
● This manual contains important information about the operation of
the vehicle, both for the driver and the passengers. The other sections of
the on-board documentation also contain further information that you
should be aware of for your own safety and for the safety of your passen-
gers.
● Ensure that the on-board documentation is kept in the vehicle at all
times. This is especially important when lending or selling the vehicle to
another person.
 Safety equipment
The safety equipment is a part of the occupant protection
system and can reduce the risk of injury in the event of acci-
dent.
Never put your safety or the safety of your passengers in danger. In the
event of an accident, the safety equipment may reduce the risk of injury.
The following list includes most of the safety equipment in your SEAT:
● Three-point seat belts
● Belt tension limiters for the front and rear side seats
● Belt tensioners for the front seats
● Belt height adjustment for the front seats
● Front airbags
● Side airbags in the front seat backrests
● Curtain airbags
● Active front head restraints*
● ISOFIX anchorage points for child seats in the rear side seats with the
ISOFIX system
● Height-adjustable front head restraints
● Head restraints with in-use position and non-use position
● Adjustable steering column
The safety equipment mentioned above works together to provide you and
your passengers with the best possible protection in the event of an acci-
dent. However, these safety systems can only be effective if you and your 
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Child safety
Group 1 child seats
A suitable child seat and a correctly adjusted seat belt can
help you to protect your child.
Fig. 29 A category 1 for-
ward-facing child seat fit-
ted on the rear seat.
Child seats using the ISOFIX system or seats in which the child faces the
rear of the vehicle are most appropriate for babies and small children
weighing between 9 and 18 kg.
Follow the manufacturer's instructions and observe any statutory require-
ments when installing and using child seats.
We recommend you to always include the manufacturer's Child Seat Instruc-
tion Manual together with the on-board documentation.
WARNING
Read and always observe information and warnings concerning the use
of child seats ⇒ 
in Safety notes on using child seats on page 47.Group 2 and 3 child seats
A suitable child seat and a correctly adjusted seat belt can
help you to protect your child.
Fig. 30 Forward-facing
child seat installed on
rear seat
Follow the manufacturer's instructions and observe any statutory require-
ments when installing and using child seats.
We recommend you to always include the manufacturer's Child Seat Instruc-
tion Manual together with the on-board documentation.
Group 2 child seats
Children under 7 years of age weighing between 15 and 25 kg are best pro-
tected by group 2 child seats together with properly adjusted seat belts.
Group 3 child seats
Children over 7 years of age weighing between 22 and 36 kg but less than
1.5 metres tall are best protected by child seats with head restraints togeth-
er with properly worn seat belts ⇒ Fig. 30.
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Child safety
Securing child seats
Ways to secure a child seat
A child seat can be secured differently on the rear seat and
on the front passenger seat. You can secure a child seat to the rear seat or front passenger seat in the
following ways:
● Child seats in groups 0 to 3 can be secured with a seat belt.
● Group 0, 0+ and 1 child seats with the “ISOFIX” system can be secured
to the “ISOFIX” retaining rings. In this case, seat belts are not necessary.
Mass groupSeating positionFront passenger seatRear side seatRear centralseat
Group 0
to 10 kgU*UU
Group 0+ to 13 kgU*UU
Group I
9 to 18 kgU*UU
Group II
15 to 25 kgU*UU
Group III
22 to 36 kgU*UU
Suitable for universal restraint systems for use in this mass group.
Move the front passenger seat as far back as possible, as high as pos-
sible and always disable the airbag.
WARNING
● When travelling, children must be secured in the vehicle with a re-
straint system suitable for age, weight and size.
● Never install a child seat facing backwards on the front passenger
seat unless the front passenger airbag has been disabled. This could
cause fatal injuries to the child! However, if, in exceptional cases, it is
necessary to transport a child in the front passenger seat, the front pas-
senger airbag ⇒ page 44, Deactivating airbags* must always be disabled
and the seat adjusted to its highest position, where possible.
● Read and always observe information and warnings concerning the
use of child seats ⇒ 
in Safety notes on using child seats on page 47.
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Child seats fastened with the “ISOFIX” and Top Tether* system
Child seats with the ISOFIX or Top Tether* system can be secured quickly, easily and safely on the rear outer seats.
Fig. 31 ISOFIX securing
rings
Fig. 32 Top Tether* se-
curing ring When removing or fitting the child seat, please be sure to follow
the manufacturer's instructions.
–
Move the rear seat as far to the rear as it will go.
– Press the child seat onto the ISOFIX retaining rings until the
child seat can be heard to engage securely. If the child seat is
equipped with Top Tether* anchor points, secure it to the corre-
spondent ring ⇒ Fig. 32. Observe the manufacturer's instruc-
tions.
– Pull on both sides of the child seat to ensure that it is secure.
Two ISOFIX retaining rings are fitted on each rear seat. In some vehicles, the
rings are secured to the seat frame and, in others, they are secured to the
rear floor. The access to the ISOFIX rings is between the rear seat backrest
and the seat cushioning. The Top Tether* anchors are located at the rear of
the backrests of the rear seats (behind the seat backrest or in the luggage
compartment).
Child seats with the ISOFIX and Top Tether* attachment system are available
from Technical Services. 

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Child safety
Mass groupSize classElectrical equipmentMounting directionVehicle Isofix positionsRear side seats
Baby carrierFISO/L1Backward-facingXGISO/L2Backward-facingXGroup 0 to 10 kgEISO/R1Backward-facingIU
Group 0+ to 13 kgEISO/R1Backward-facingIUDISO/R2Backward-facingIUCISO/R3Backward-facingIU
Group I 9 to 18 kg
DISO/R2Backward-facingIUCISO/R3Backward-facingIUBISO/F2Forward-facingIUB1ISO/F2XForward-facingIUAISO/F3Forward-facingIUGroup II 15 to 25 kg------Forward-facing---Group III 22 to 36 kg------Forward-facing---
Suitable for ISOFIX universal child restraint systems approved for use in
this mass group
ISOFIX position not suitable for ISOFIX child restraint systems for this
mass group or size class
WARNING
● The securing rings are designed only for use with ISOFIX and Top
Tether* child seats.
● Never secure child seats that do not have the ISOFIX and Top Tether*
system, retaining belts or secure other objects to the securing rings –
this could result in potentially fatal injuries to the child!
● Ensure that the child seat is secured correctly using the “ISOFIX” and
Top Tether* securing rings.
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Car care Exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
CCS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
CD changer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Central lock button Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Unlocking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Central locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 Automatic locking system for involuntaryunlocking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Automatic speed dependent locking and unlocking system* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Emergency unlocking system . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Selective unlocking system* . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Unlocking system* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Centre armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Cetane number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Changing gear see Manual gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Changing gear in tiptronic mode . . . . . . . . . . 178
Changing the bulbs Main headlight bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Tail lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Changing the main headlight bulbs Main beam lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Side lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Turn signal bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Changing the main headlight lamps dipped lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264 Changing the tail light bulbs
Position light, fog light and tail light on therear lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Changing the tail lights Luggage compartment lights . . . . . . . . . . 269
Turn signal, side and brake lights on thebody . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Changing windscreen wiper blades . . . . . . . . 232
Chassis number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Checking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Checking battery electrolyte level . . . . . . . . . . 237
Checking engine oil level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Checklist Seat upholstery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Child safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Child seat Categorisation in groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Group 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Group 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Group 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Groups 0 and 0+ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Securing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Child seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 ISOFIX system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
on the front passenger seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Top Tether system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Cigarette lighter* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Cleaning alloy wheel rims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Cleaning chrome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Cleaning engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Cleaning steel wheel rims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210 Cleaning windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Climatic* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Climatronic
General notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Clothes hook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Cockpit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Compartment for on-board documentation . . 138
control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Control lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Control lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Controls electric windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Sliding/tilting sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Convenience closing Sliding/tilting sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Convenience opening Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229, 230 control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Coolant level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230 control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Coolant loss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Coolant temperature Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Correct adjustment of front seat head re- straints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Correct adjustment of rear seat head restraints In-use and non-use positions . . . . . . . . . . . 14
290 Index

Headlight range control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
HeadlightsDriving abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Headlight washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Head restraints Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132, 133
Adjustment of the head restraint angle . . 133
Removing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Heated front seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Heated rear window 2C-Climatronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Heating element wires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
High pressure cleaners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Hill-start aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
How to jump start description . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Hydraulic Brake Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
I
Identification number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Identification plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Ignition key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Ignition lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Information in the multifunction display Memory displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Information messages in the display . . . . . . . . 65
Instrument and switch lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Instrument lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Instrument panel menu
Lights and visibility menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Instrument panel menus Configuration menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Example of menu use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Vehicle status menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Interior lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Interior rear vision mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Interval wipe, windscreen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
ISOFIX system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
J
Jack position points Sill panel trim with cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Jump-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Jump leads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
K
Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
L
Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Load compartment in the luggage compart- ment
see Loading the luggage compartment . . . 17
Loading the luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . 17
Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209 Luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
see also Loading the luggage compartment . .17
Luggage compartment net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
M
Main beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113, 120
Main beam headlights control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Main headlight bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Maintenance Airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Maintenance and cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Manual gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Manual mode 2C-Climatronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
MEDIA-IN connector* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
MFI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Mirrors Exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Interior rear vision mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Vanity mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Mobile phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Multi-purpose mobile storage compartment* 145 Closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Fitting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Uses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Multifunction display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
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Index