2013 Seat Exeo ST tow

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● Main headlight lamps: Xenon ⇒ 
lights.
● Sources of the DRL (daylight) light unit and position.
WARNING
● Take particular care when working on components in the engine com-
partment if the engine is warm. Risk of burns.
● Bulbs are highly sensitive to pressure. The glass can break when you
touch the bulb, causing injury.
● The high voltage element of gas discharge bulbs* (xenon light) must
be handled correctly. Otherwise, there is a risk of death.
● When changing bulbs, please take care not to injure yourself on sharp
parts in the headlight housing.
CAUTION
● Remove the ignition key before working on the electric system. Other-
wise, a short circuit could occur.
● Switch off the lights or parking lights before you change a bulb.
For the sake of the environment
Please ask your specialist retailer how to dispose of used bulbs in the prop-
er manner.
Note
● Depending on weather conditions (cold or wet), the front lights, the fog
lights, the tail lights and the turn signals may be temporarily misted. This
has no influence on the useful life of the lighting system. By switching on
the lights, the area through which the beam of light is projected will quickly
be demisted. However, the edges may continue to be misted.
● Please check at regular intervals that all lighting (especially the exterior
lighting) on your vehicle is functioning properly. This is not only in the inter-
est of your own safety, but also in that of all other road users. ●
Before changing a bulb, make sure you have the correct new bulb.
● Do not touch the glass part of the bulb with your bare hands, use a cloth
or paper towel instead. Otherwise, the fingerprints left on the glass will va-
porise as a result of the heat generated by the bulb, they will be deposited
on the reflector and will impair its surface. 
Removing the air duct
The air duct has to be removed to gain access to the bulbs
for the right-side headlight.
Fig. 217 Air duct on
right side of vehicle
– Unscrew bolts A
⇒ Fig. 217.
– Detach air duct from guide B
and take it out. 

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If and when
Towing and tow-starting
Tow-starting
The use of jump leads is preferable to tow-starting.
We recommend that you do not tow-start your vehicle. Jump-start-
ing is preferable ⇒ page 295.
However, if your vehicle has to be tow-started:
– Engage the 2nd or the 3rd gear.
– Keep the clutch pressed down.
– Switch the ignition on.
– Once both vehicles are moving, release the clutch.
– As soon as the engine starts, press the clutch and move the
gear lever into neutral. This helps to prevent driving into the
towing vehicle.
WARNING
The risk of accidents is high when tow-starting. The vehicle being towed
can easily collide with the towing vehicle.
CAUTION
When tow-starting, fuel could enter the catalytic converter and damage it. General notes
Please observe the following points if you use a tow rope:
Notes for the driver of the towing vehicle
–
Drive slowly at first until the tow rope is taut. Then accelerate
gradually.
– Begin and change gears cautiously. If you are driving an auto-
matic vehicle, accelerate gently.
– Remember that the brake servo and power steering are not
working in the vehicle you are towing. Brake sooner than nor-
mal and pressing the pedal gently.
Notes for the driver of the towed vehicle
– Ensure that the tow rope remains taut at all times when towing.
Tow rope or tow bar
It is easier and safer to tow a vehicle with a tow bar. You should only use a
tow rope if you do not have a tow bar.
A tow rope should be slightly elastic to reduce the loading on both vehicles.
It is advisable to use a tow rope made of synthetic fibre or similarly elastic
material.
Attach the tow rope or the tow bar only to the towline anchorages provided
or a towing bracket.
Driving style
Towing requires some experience, especially when using a tow rope. Both
drivers should be familiar with the technique required for towing. Inexper-
ienced drivers should not attempt to tow. 
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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.
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. Please refer
to the notes ⇒ page 299, Tow-starting. 
Front towing eyeFig. 247 Fitting the tow-
line anchorage to front of
the vehicle
Fitting the towline anchorage
– Take the towline anchorage from the on-board tool set.
– Remove the front cover by pressing down on the right hand
side.
– Bolt the anchorage to its limit to the left, in the direction of the
arrow ⇒ Fig. 247. 

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If and when
Rear towline anchorage
There is a towline anchorage at the rear on the right below the rear bumper. 
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Description of specifications
Towing a trailer Trailer weights
Trailer weight
The trailer weights and drawbar loads approved are selected in intensive tri-
als according to precisely defined criteria. The approved trailer weights are
valid for vehicles in the EU for maximum speeds of 80 km/h (50 mph) (in
certain circumstances up to 100 km/h (60 mph). The figures may be differ-
ent in other countries. All data in the official vehicle documentation takes
precedence over these data at all times ⇒ 
.
Drawbar loads
The maximum permitted drawbar load on the ball joint of the towing bracket
must not exceed 75 kg.
In the interest of road safety, we recommend that you always tow approach-
ing the maximum drawbar load. The response of the trailer on the road will
be poor if the drawbar load is too small.
If the maximum permissible drawbar load cannot be met (e.g. with small,
empty and light-weight single axle trailers or tandem axle trailers with a
wheelbase of less than 1 metre), a minimum of 4% of the actual trailer
weight is legally required for the drawbar load.
WARNING
● For safety reasons, do not exceed the 80 km/h (50 mph) limit. This is
also valid in countries where higher speeds are permitted.
● Never exceed the maximum trailer weights or the drawbar load. If the
permissible axle load or the permissible total weight is exceeded, the
driving characteristics of the vehicle may change, leading to accidents,
injuries and damage to the vehicle.
 Wheels
Tyre pressure, snow chains, wheel bolts
Tyre pressures
The sticker with the tyre pressure values can be found on the inside of the
fuel tank flap. The tyre pressure values given there are for cold tyres. The
slightly raised pressures of warm tyres must not be reduced. ⇒ 
Snow chains
Snow chains may be fitted only to the front wheels.
Consult the section “wheels” of this manual.
Wheel bolts
After the wheels have been changed, the tightening torque of the wheel
bolts should be checked as soon as possible with a torque wrench ⇒ 
.
The tightening torque for steel and alloy wheels is 120 Nm.
WARNING
● Check the tyre pressure at least once per month. Checking the tyre
pressure is very important. If the tyre pressure is too high or too low,
there is an increased danger of accidents, particularly at high speeds.
● If the tightening torque of the wheel bolts is too low, they could loos-
en while the vehicle is in motion. Risk of accident! If the tightening tor-
que is too high, the wheel bolts and threads can be damaged.
Note
We recommend that you ask your Technical Service for information about
appropriate wheel, tyre and snow chain size. 
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Dimensions and capacities
Dimensions
Length, width 4661-4741a)
mm/ 1772 mm
Height at kerb weight 1454 mm with roof bars
Front and rear projection 976 mm/ 1048-1123a)
mm
Wheelbase 2642 mm
Turning circle 11.2 m
Track width b) Front
Rear
1522 mm 1523 mm
Capacities
Fuel tank 70 litres. Reserve 10 litres.
Windscreen washer fluid container with headlight washer 4.8 l.
Tyre pressure
Summer-grade tyres:
The correct tyre pressure can be seen on the sticker on the inside of the tank flap.
Winter tyres:
The pressure of these tyres is the same as the summer tyre pressure plus 0.2 bar.
a) With towing eye.
b) This data will change depending on the type of wheel rim. 

Index
Numbers and Symbols
230 V socket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
A
Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230 Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Adaptive headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 Faulty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Airbag Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Airbag covers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Curtain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Front airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Air conditioner 2C-Climatronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Air distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Air outlets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Air purity sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Air recirculation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Air recirculation (automatic) . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Automatic mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Blower . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Defrosting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
ECON Mode (economy) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167 Economical use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Key settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Solar-powered blower/sunroof . . . . . . . . . 171
Temperature selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Air duct Fitting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276, 283
Removing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276, 282
Air purity sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Alcantara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Alternator Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Ambient lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Anti-lock brake system How it works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Anti-theft alarm system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 Interior monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Antifreeze . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Aquaplaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Armrest Storage compartment in front armrest . . . 144
Armrests Adjusting the front armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Ashtray Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
ASR Control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
How the system works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Athermic windscreen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231 Auto-check system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Automatic car wash tunnel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Automatic gearbox
Dynamic gear control programme . . . . . . . 192
Kick-down feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
multitronic® . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Paddle levers (tiptronic mode) . . . . . . . . . 194
Safety interlock for ignition key . . . . . . . . . 174
Selector lever lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Selector lever positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Steering wheel with paddle levers . . . . . . 194
tiptronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
tiptronic mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Automatic headlight control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Auxiliary heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
B
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247 Battery voltage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Disconnection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Long periods of non-use . . . . . . . . . . 247, 248
Replacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247, 248
Testing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Winter operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247, 248
Bicycle rack Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Biodiesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Biodiesel fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
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Emergency activation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260, 305
Solar-powered blower/sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Solar sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Spare keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Spare parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Spare wheel Steel rim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Speed warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84, 85
Speed warning function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Start-Stop Activating and deactivating . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Steam jets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Steering Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Manual steering wheel adjustment . . . . . 173
Steering wheel controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Stopping the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Sun visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Switches on the driver door Electric windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Symbols Red symbols in central display . . . . . . . . . . 80
Yellow symbols on central display . . . . . . . 82
T Technical modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
The danger of not using the seat belt . . . . . . . . 21 The environment
Heated rear window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Leaks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Warming up the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Tightening torque of wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . 305
tiptronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
tiptronic mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Tow-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208, 299 Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Notes on towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208, 209
Removable towing bracket . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Technical requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Towing a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
Towing bracket, fitting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Towing eyes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
Towline anchorage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
Tow starting General notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
Traction control system How the system works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Traction control system (ASR) control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Trailer weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
Trip recorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Turn signal lamps Hazard warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Trailer turn signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Turn signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Turn signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Tyre mobility system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262 Tyre Mobility System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Tyre pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69, 93, 251
Loss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Tyre pressure monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Tyre pressure monitoring system . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Tyre pressures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
Tyre repair kit Tyre Mobility System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Tyres and wheels Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Tyres tread depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Tyres useful life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Tyres with directional tread pattern . . . . . . . . 251
U Underbody protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Upholstery Treating your upholstery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
V
Vehicle care Treating your upholstery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Vehicle data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
Vehicle identification data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
Vehicle identification number . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
Vehicle keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Vehicle maintenance electrically adjustable seats . . . . . . . . . . . 226
heated seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
natural leather . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
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