2013 Seat Ibiza SC coolant temperature

186Driving and the environment
WARNING
The towing bracket ball coupling must be stored securely in the luggage
compartment to prevent them being flung through the vehicle and caus-
ing injury.
Note
● By law, the ball coupling must be removed if a trailer is not being towed
if it obscures the number plate. 
Driving tips
Driving with a trailer always requires extra care. Weight distribution
The weight distribution of a loaded trailer with an unladen vehicle is very
unfavourable. However, if this cannot be avoided, drive extra slowly to allow
for the unbalanced weight distribution.
Speed
The stability of the vehicle and trailer is reduced with increasing speed. For
this reason, it is advisable not to drive at the maximum permissible speed
in an unfavourable road, weather or wind conditions. This applies especially
when driving downhill.
You should always reduce speed immediately if the trailer shows the slight-
est sign of snaking. Never try to stop the “snaking” by increasing speed.
Always brake in due course. If the trailer has an overrun brake, apply the
brakes gently at first and then, firmly. This will prevent the jerking that can
be caused by locking of trailer wheels. Select a low gear in due course be-
fore going down a steep downhill. This enables you to use the engine brak-
ing to slow down the vehicle. Reheating
At very high temperatures and during prolonged slopes, driving in a low
gear and high engine speed, always monitor if the excessive coolant tem-
perature gauge is activated
⇒ page 75.
Electronic Stability Control*
The ESC* system helps to stabilise the trailer in case of skidding or rocking. 

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Checking and refilling levels
6. Raise the bonnet ⇒ page 208.
You should not do any work in the engine compartment unless you know ex-
actly how to carry out the jobs and have the correct tools! Have the work car-
ried out by a specialised workshop if you are uncertain.
All service fluids and consumables, e.g. coolant, engine oil, spark plugs
and batteries, are under constant development. SEAT provides a constant
flow of information to the Technical Services concerning modifications. For
this reason, we recommend you to have service fluids and consumables re-
placed by a Technical Service. Please observe the relevant instructions
⇒  page 196. The engine compartment of the vehicle is a hazardous area
⇒ 
.
WARNING
All work on the engine or in the engine compartment, e.g. checking and
refilling fluids, involves the danger of injury and scalding as well as the
risk of accident or fire.
● Never open the bonnet if you see steam, smoke or coolant escaping
from the engine compartment. Otherwise, there is a risk of sustaining
burns. Wait until no more steam or coolant is emitted, then allow the en-
gine to cool before carefully opening the bonnet.
● Switch off the engine and remove the key from the ignition.
● Apply the handbrake and move the gear lever to neutral or selector
lever to position P.
● Keep children away from the vehicle.
● Never touch hot engine parts. There is a risk of burns.
● Never spill liquids on a hot engine or on a hot exhaust gas system.
This is a fire hazard.
● Avoid causing short-circuits in the electrical system, particularly at
the points where the jump leads are attached ⇒ page 257. The battery
could explode.
WARNING (Continued)
● Never touch the radiator fan. It is temperature controlled and could
start automatically, even when the engine has been switched off and the
key removed from the ignition!
● Do not unscrew the cap on the coolant expansion tank when the en-
gine is hot. If the coolant is hot, the cooling system will be pressurised!
● Protect face, hands and arms by covering the cap with a large, thick
cloth to protect against escaping coolant and steam.
● Always make sure you have not left any objects, such as cleaning
cloths and tools, in the engine compartment.
● If you have to work underneath the vehicle, you must use suitable
stands additionally to support the vehicle, there is a risk of accident!. A
hydraulic jack is insufficient for securing the vehicle and there is a risk of
injury.
● If any work has to be performed when the engine is started or with
the engine running, there is an additional, potentially fatal, safety risk
from the rotating parts, such as the drive belts, alternator, radiator fan,
etc., and from the high-voltage ignition system. You should also observe
the following points:
–Never touch the electrical wiring of the ignition system.
– Ensure that jewellery, loose clothing and long hair do not get trap-
ped in rotating engine parts. Danger of death. Before starting any
work remove jewellery, tie back and cover hair, and wear tight-fitting
clothes.
– Never accelerate with a gear engaged without taking the necessary
precautions. The vehicle could move, even if the handbrake is ap-
plied. Danger of death.
● If work has to be carried out on the fuel system or on electrical com-
ponents, you must observe the following safety notes in addition to the
above warnings:
–Always disconnect the battery from the on-board network. The ve-
hicle must be unlocked when this is done, otherwise the alarm will be
triggered.
– Do not smoke. 
Safety FirstOperating instructionsPractical TipsTechnical Specifications

214Checking and refilling levels
WARNING
If there is not enough anti-freeze in the coolant system, the engine may
fail leading to serious damage.
● Please make sure that the percentage of additive is correct with re-
spect to the lowest expected ambient temperature in the zone in which
the vehicle is to be used.
● When the outside temperature is very low, the coolant could freeze
and the vehicle would be immobilised. In this case, the heating would
not work either and inadequately dressed passengers could die of cold.
CAUTION
The original additives should never be mixed with coolants which are not
approved by SEAT. Otherwise, you run the risk of causing severe damage to
the engine and the engine cooling system.
● If the fluid in the expansion tank is not purple but is, for example,
brown, this indicates that the G 13 additive has been mixed with an inade-
quate coolant. The coolant must be changed as soon as possible if this is
the case! This could result in serious faults and engine damage.
For the sake of the environment
Coolants and additives can contaminate the environment. If any fluids are
spilled, they should be collected and correctly disposed of, with respect to
the environment. Checking the coolant level and topping up

The correct coolant level is important for fault-free function-
ing of the engine cooling system.
Fig. 138 In the engine
compartment: Coolant
expansion tank cap
Before opening the bonnet, read and observe the warnings ⇒ 
in
Safety instructions on working in the engine compartment on
page 206.
Opening the coolant expansion tank
– Switch off the engine and allow it to cool.
– To prevent scalding, cover the cap on the coolant expansion
tank with a thick cloth and carefully unscrew the cap ⇒ 
.
Checking coolant level
– Look into the open coolant expansion tank and read off the
coolant level.
– If the level is below the “MIN” mark, top up with coolant. 

Central lock buttonLocking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Unlocking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Central locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Automatic speed-dependent locking . . . . . 84
Locking system for involuntary unlocking . 84
Selective unlocking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Unlocking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Cetane number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Changing bulbs interior light and reading light . . . . . . . . . 255
Changing bulbs on tail lights . . . . . . . . . 250, 251
Changing gear see Manual gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Changing gear in tiptronic mode . . . . . . . . . . 160
Changing rear lights on the rear lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
on the wing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Changing single headlight bulbs Turn signal bulb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Changing the AFS headlight bulbs Xenon lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Changing the bulbs AFS headlight bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
fog light bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
luggage compartment light . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
number plate light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Side turn signal lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Changing the main headlight bulb turn signal lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Changing the main headlight bulbs turn signal lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247 Changing the single headlight bulbs
Dipped/main beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Side light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Changing windscreen wiper blades . . . . . . . . 216
Chassis number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Checking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Checking battery electrolyte level . . . . . . . . . . 221
Checking engine oil level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Child safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Child seat Categorisation in groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Group 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Group 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Group 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Groups 0 and 0+ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Securing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Child seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 ISOFIX system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
on the front passenger seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Top Tether system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Cigarette lighter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Cleaning alloy wheel rims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Cleaning chrome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Cleaning engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Cleaning steel wheel rims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Cleaning windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Climatronic automatic mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
General notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
manual mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Cloth seat covers cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Cockpit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Coming Home function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Compartment for on-board documentation . . 125
Control
Exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Control lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Control lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Controls Electric windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Convenience closing Sliding/tilting sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Convenience opening Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213, 214
Coolant level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214 control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Coolant loss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Coolant temperature control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Correct adjustment of front head restraints . . . 13
Correct sitting position front passenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Incorrect sitting position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
passenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Cruise control Control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Cruise control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
284 Index

Overviewcontrol lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Control lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Dash panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
warning lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Warning lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
P Paintwork Polishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Panoramic sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Parking aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Parking lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Passenger see Correct sitting position . . . . . . . 10, 11, 12
Pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Petrol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205 Driving abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Petrol additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Physical principles of a frontal collision . . . . . . 21
Plastic parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Plastic parts cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Pollen filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Pollution filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Power socket in the luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Power sockets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Products for vehicle maintenance . . . . . . . . . . 187 R
Radio frequency remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 Changing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Rain sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Rear drink holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Rear fog light control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Rear head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Rear lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Emergency opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Rear parking aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Rear seat folding down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Rear seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Rear shelf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Rear shelf with storage compartment Storage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Rear view mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Rear window automatic wiper/washer . . . . . . 113
Rear window wiper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Recommended gear display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Refuelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Remote control key Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Synchronising . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Removing and fitting the wheel . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Repairs Airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Replacement keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Replacement of parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Rev counter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Reverse gear
Manual gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Roll-back function panoramic/tilting sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Roof aerial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Roof rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Rubber seals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Running in Brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Running in tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
S Safe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Safe driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Safety equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Safety instructions Coolant temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Safety notes Airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Deactivating front passenger airbag . . . . . . 42
Front airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Seat belt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
288 Index