2013 Seat Altea XL warning lights

284If and when
Starting
5. Start the engine of the vehicle with the boosting battery and let
it run at idling speed.
6. Start the engine of the vehicle with the flat battery and wait two or three minutes until the engine is “running”.
Removing the jump leads
7. Before you remove the jump leads, switch off the dipped beam headlights (if they are switched on).
8. Turn on the heater blower and heated rear window in the vehi- cle with the flat battery. This helps minimise voltage peaks
which are generated when the leads are disconnected.
9. When the engine is running, disconnect the leads in reverse or- der to the details given above.
Connect the battery clamps so they have good metal-to-metal contact with
the battery terminals.
If the engine fails to start, switch off the starter after about 10 seconds and
try again after about half a minute.
WARNING
● Please note the safety warnings referring to working in the engine
compartment ⇒ page 233, Working in the engine compartment.
● The battery providing assistance must have the same voltage as the
flat battery (12V) and approximately the same capacity (see imprint on
battery). Failure to comply could result in an explosion.
WARNING (Continued)
● Never use jump leads when one of the batteries is frozen. Danger of
explosion! Even after the battery has thawed, battery acid could leak and
cause chemical burns. If a battery freezes, it should be replaced.
● Keep sparks, flames and lighted cigarettes away from batteries, dan-
ger of explosion. Failure to comply could result in an explosion.
● Observe the instructions provided by the manufacturer of the jump
leads.
● Do not connect the negative cable from the other vehicle directly to
the negative terminal of the flat battery. The gas emitted from the battery
could be ignited by sparks. Danger of explosion.
● Do not attach the negative cable from the other vehicle to parts of the
fuel system or to the brake line.
● The non-insulated parts of the battery clamps must not be allowed to
touch. The jump lead attached to the positive battery terminal must not
touch metal parts of the vehicle, this can cause a short circuit.
● Position the leads in such a way that they cannot come into contact
with any moving parts in the engine compartment.
● Do not lean on the batteries. This could result in chemical burns.
Note
The vehicles must not touch each other, otherwise electricity could flow as
soon as the positive terminals are connected. 

286If and when
Do not pull too hard with the towing vehicle and take care to avoid jerking
the tow rope. When towing on an unpaved road, there is always a risk of
overloading and damaging the anchorage points.
The ignition of the vehicle being towed must be switched on to prevent the
steering wheel from locking and also to allow the use of the turn signals,
horn, windscreen wipers and washers.
As the brake servo does not work if the engine is not running, you must ap-
ply considerably more pressure to the brake pedal than you normally would.
As the power assisted steering does not work if the engine is not running,
you will need more strength to steer than you normally would.
● The vehicle must not be towed faster than 50 km/h (30 mph).
● The vehicle must not be towed faster than 50 km/h (30 mph).
Towing vehicles with an automatic gearbox
● Put the selector lever into position “N”.
● Do not drive faster than 50 km/h (30 mph).
● Do not tow further than 50 km.
● If a breakdown vehicle is used, the vehicle must be towed with the front
wheels raised.
Note
● Observe legal requirements when towing or tow-starting.
● Switch on the hazard warning lights of both vehicles. However, observe
any regulations to the contrary.
● For technical reasons, vehicles with an automatic gearbox must not be
tow-started.
● If damage to your vehicle means that there is no lubricant in the gear-
box, you must raise the driven wheels while the vehicle is being towed.
● If the vehicle has to be towed more than 50 km (30 miles), the front
wheels should be raised during towing, and towing should be carried out by
a qualified person. ●
The steering wheel is locked when the vehicle has no electrical power.
The vehicle must then be towed with the front wheels raised. Towing should
be carried out by a qualified person.
● The towline anchorage should always be kept in the vehicle. 

Index
A
ABS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195Control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Acoustic warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Adaptive headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Adjusting the seat belt height . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
AFS (cornering lights) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Airbag covers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Curtain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Front airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Air conditioner General notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Air conditioner automatic mode 2C-Climatronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Air Conditioner* 2C-Climatronic* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Air conditioning* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Air recirculation mode 2C-Climatronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Manual air conditioner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Alarm system Switching off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Alcantara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
All-wheel drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198 Alternator
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Anti-lock brake system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195 Control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Anti-theft alarm system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 Switching off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Anti-theft wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Antifreeze . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Aquaplaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Ashtray* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Aspects to note before setting off . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
ASR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Audible warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Automatic anti-dazzle interior mirror Deactivating the anti-dazzle function . . . . 131
Automatic anti-dazzle interior mirror* Activating the anti-dazzle function . . . . . . 131
Automatic car wash tunnel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Automatic gearbox Kick-down feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Automatic gearbox / DSG automatic gearbox 180
Automatic lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Automatic windscreen wiper/washer . . . . . . . 127
Auxiliary audio connection: AUX-IN . . . . . . . . 151
B
Ball coupling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209 Battery
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Winter conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Before setting off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Biodiesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Biodiesel fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Bonnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246 Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Brake pedal control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Worn brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Brake servo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194, 202
Brake system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246 Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Brake servo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Braking distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Bulb changes General notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Bulb defect control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Buzzer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122, 171
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Index

Correct adjustment of rear seat head restraintsIn-use and non-use positions . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Correct sitting position front passenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Incorrect sitting position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
passenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Cruise control Control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Cruise control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Cruise control* Complete system deactivation . . . . . . . . . 192
Cruise speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190 Control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Daytime driving lights Activating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Deactivating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Daytime lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Deactivating front passenger airbag Safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Deactivating the airbag Front passenger front airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Diesel engine
Winter driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Diesel engine particulate filter . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Differential lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Differential lock fault (EDL) Control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Digital clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Dipped beam headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Display (without warning or information texts) 61
Disposal Airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Seat belt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Door lock cylinders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Door release lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Doors Childproof locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Drawer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Driver see Correct sitting position . . . . . . . 10, 11, 12
Driveshaft differential XDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Drive wheel traction control system . . . . . . . . 195
Driving Driving abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Economical/Environmentally friendly . . . . 204
With a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Driving abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206 Headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Driving programmes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Driving safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Driving with an automatic gearbox / DSG auto-
matic gearbox* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Duplicate keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Dust filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Dynamic cornering lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Dynamic headlight range control . . . . . . . . . . 119
E
Economical driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
EDL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197 Control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Electrical sockets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Electric power steering Control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Electronic differential lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197 Control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Electronic immobiliser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90, 172
Electronic Stability Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196 control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Emergency braking warning . . . . . . . . . . 121, 194
Emergency manual locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Emergency opening Doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Emission control system control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Engine Running in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Engine compartment Working in the engine compartment . . . . 233
307
Index

Engine coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240G 12 plus-plus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
G 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Engine fault Control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Engine management control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236 Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Checking engine oil level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Oil properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Topping up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Engine oil dipstick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Engine oil pressure control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66, 87
Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204 Environmental friendliness . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Environmentally friendly driving . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Environmental tip Avoiding pollution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
ESC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89, 170, 196 see also Electronic Stability Control . . . . . 170
Example of menu use Program a speed limit warning . . . . . . . . . . 69
To activate and deactivate the speed limitwarning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Example of the use of the menus Open the Configuration menu with the MFIlever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Open the Configuration menu with the steering wheel controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Examples of menu use
Open the main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Open the winter tyres menu . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
To close the winter tyres menu . . . . . . . . . . 69
Exhaust gas purification system . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
F
Fire extinguisher* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Flexible service interval display . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Floor mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Fog lights with cornering function . . . . . . . . . 120
Folding the seat backrests down . . . . . . . . . . 140
Folding tray* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Front airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Front drinks holders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Front interior light type 1 Switching light off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Switching light on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Front interior light type 2 Switching light off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Switching light on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Front passenger airbag deactivation . . . . . . . . 44
Front reading lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Front seat adjustment Lumbar support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 Fuel
Diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Petrol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
fuel consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Fuel consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Fuel level Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Fuel reserve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Warning message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Fuel tank see Fuel reserve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Fuel Tank Opening the fuel tank flap . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Fuel: save . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
G
Gear shift pattern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
General overview of the engine compartment 292
Glove compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Glow plug system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 Control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
H
Handbrake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185 Control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Hazard warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
HBA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Headlight flashers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
308 Index

Opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Uses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Multifunction display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
N
Number of seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
O
Observations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Octane number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Oil change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Oil properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
One-touch opening and closing Electric windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Opening and locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Outside temperature indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Overview control lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Control lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Dash panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
warning lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Warning lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 P
Paintwork Polishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Parking lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Parking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Parking System Plus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Passenger see Correct sitting position . . . . . . . 10, 11, 12
Pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Petrol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232 Driving abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Petrol additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Physical principles of a frontal collision . . . . . . 21
Plastic parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Plastic parts cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Pollen filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Pollution filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Power steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Products for vehicle maintenance . . . . . . . . . . 212
RRadio frequency remote control . . . . . . . . . . . 104 Changing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Radio navigation steering wheel controls Audio version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Audio + telephone version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Rain sensor* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Rear drink holder* Armrest* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146 Rear fog light
control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82, 115
Control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Rear interior lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Rear lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Emergency opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Rear reading lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Rear seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Rear shelf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Rear window automatic wiper/washer . . . . . . 130
Rear window wiper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Recommended gear display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Refuelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Registration light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Remote control key Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Synchronising . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Removing and fitting the wheel . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Repairs Airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Replacement keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Replacement of parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Rev counter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Reverse gear Manual gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Roll-back function Sliding/tilting sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Roof aerial* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Roof rack* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Roof storage compartment* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
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Rubber seals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Run-flat tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Running inEngine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
S Safe driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Safety equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Safety instructions Coolant temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Safety notes Airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Curtain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Deactivating front passenger airbag . . . . . . 45
Front airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Seat belt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Using child seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Using seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Safety system - Safe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Seals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Seat adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134, 137, 139
Seat belt cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Seat belt control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Seat belt position Pregnant women . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Seat belt protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Seat belt release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Incorrectly fastened . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Not worn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Seat belt tensioner control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Seat belt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Seat heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Seat upholstery Alcantara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
cleaning Alcantara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Cleaning and maintenance of natural leath-er . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
cleaning the trim fabric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
synthetic leather . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Selective opening* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Selector lever locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Selector lever positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
servotronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Side lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Sitting position driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Sitting position, occupants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Sliding/tilting sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257 Soot accumulation in the diesel engine particu-
late filter *
Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Spare parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Spare wheel* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Start-Stop Activating and deactivating . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Starting petrol engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172, 173
Starting the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172, 173 After the fuel tank has been run dry . . . . . 173
Steam jets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169 Steering lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Steering wheel audio controls Audio version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Audio + telephone version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Steering wheel height adjustment . . . . . . . . . 169
Storage compartment Centre armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Front passenger side . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Other storage compartments . . . . . . . . . . 144
Storage in the luggage compartment . . . . . . . 143
Stowage area Front seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Sun blind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Sun visor Sliding/tilting sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Sun visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Switch Hazard warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Light switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
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Switcheselectric windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Switching off the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
T Tail lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Tank Fuel level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Reserve indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Tank capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Technical modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
The danger of not using the seat belt . . . . . . . . 22
Tilting sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Top Tether system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Tow-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Towing a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
Towing bracket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Towing bracket, fitting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Towline anchorage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Traction control system control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Trailer Trailer towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Trailer turn signals control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Trailer weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
Turn signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83, 122
Tyre Mobility-System (Tyre repair kit) . . . . . . . 260 Tyre Mobility System (Tyre repair kit) . . . . . . . 266
Tyre pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Loss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Tyre pressure control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Tyre pressure monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Tyre repair kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260, 266
Tyres and wheels Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Tyres tread depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Tyres useful life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Tyres with directional tread pattern . . . . . . . . 250
U Underbody protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Unlocking and locking Personalisation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Upholstery Treating your upholstery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
V
Vehicle battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Vehicle data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Vehicle identification data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Vehicle identification number . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Vehicle maintenance electrically adjustable seats . . . . . . . . . . . 220
heated seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
natural leather . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
non-electrically adjustable seats . . . . . . . 220
seats with airbag components . . . . . . . . . 220 seats without airbag components . . . . . . 220
synthetic leather . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Treating your upholstery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
trim fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
unheated seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Vehicle modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Vehicle paintwork Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Products for vehicle maintenance . . . . . . . 212
Vehicle tools Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Vehicle washing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Ventilation slits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Volumetric sensor* Activation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Deactivation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
W
Warning lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Warning messages Red . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66, 80
Yellow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66, 80
Warning messages in the display . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Warning symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Warning triangle and first-aid kit . . . . . . . . . . 152
Washer fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Washing by hand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Washing the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Washing with high pressure cleaners . . . . . . . 214
Water Warning message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
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