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WARNING (Continued)
● Wait until no more steam, smoke or coolant is emitted from the bon-
net, then carefully open the bonnet.
● When working in the engine compartment, always observe the safety
warnings ⇒ page 206.
Closing the bonnet
– Slightly raise the bonnet
– Release the bonnet stay and replace it in its support.
– At a height of about 30 cm let it fall so it is locked.
If the bonnet does not close, do not press downwards. Open it once more
and let it fall as before.
WARNING
If the bonnet is not closed properly, it could open while you are driving
and completely obscure your view of the road. Risk of accident.
● After closing the bonnet, always check that it is properly secured. The
bonnet must be flush with the surrounding body panels.
● If you notice that the bonnet latch is not secured when the vehicle is
moving, stop the vehicle immediately and close the bonnet properly.
Risk of accident.
Engine oil
General notes
The engine comes with a special, multi-grade oil that can be used all year
round.
Because the use of high-quality oil is essential for the correct operation of
the engine and its long useful life, when topping up or changing oil, use on-
ly those oils that comply with VW standards.
The specifications (VW standards) set out in the following page should ap-
pear on the container of the service oil; when the container displays the
specific standards for petrol and diesel engines together, it means that the
oil can be used for both types of engines.
We recommend that the oil change, indicated in the Maintenance Pro-
gramme, be performed by a Technical Service or a specialised workshop.
The correct oil specifications for your engine are listed in the ⇒ page 210,
Oil properties.
Service intervals
Service intervals can be flexible (LongLife service) or fixed (dependent on
time/distance travelled).
If the PR code that appears on the back of the “Maintenance Programme”
booklet is PR QI6, this means that your vehicle has the LongLife service pro-
grammed. If it lists the codes QI1, QI2, QI3, QI4 or QI7, the interval service
is dependent on time/distance travelled.
Flexible service intervals (LongLife service intervals*)
Special oils and processes have been developed which, depending on the
characteristics and individual driving profiles, enable the extension of the
oil change service (LongLife service intervals).
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Brake fluid Checking the brake fluid level
The brake fluid is checked at the intervals given in the serv-
ice schedule.
Fig. 144 In the engine
compartment: Brake fluid
reservoir cover
– Read off the fluid level at the transparent brake fluid reservoir. It
should always be between the “MIN” and “MAX” marks.
The position of the brake fluid reservoir is shown in the corresponding en-
gine compartment illustration ⇒ page 267. The brake fluid reservoir has a
black and yellow cap.
The brake fluid level drops slightly when the vehicle is being used as the
brake pads are automatically adjusted as they wear.
However, if the level goes down noticeably in a short time, or drops below
the “MIN” mark, there may be a leak in the brake system. A display on the
instrument panel will warn you if the brake fluid level is too low ⇒ page 65.
WARNING
Before opening the bonnet to check the brake fluid level, read and ob-
serve the warnings ⇒ page 206.
Changing the brake fluid
The Maintenance Programme indicates the brake fluid
change intervals. We recommend that you have the brake fluid changed by a Technical Serv-
ice.
Before opening the bonnet, please read and follow the warnings ⇒
in
Safety instructions on working in the engine compartment on page 206 in
section “Safety notes for working in the engine compartment”.
Brake fluid absorbs moisture. In the course of time, it will absorb water from
the ambient air. If the water content in the brake fluid is too high, the brake
system could corrode. This also considerably reduces the boiling point of
the brake fluid. Heavy use of the brakes may then cause a vapour lock
which could impair the braking effect.
Be sure to always use the correct brake fluid. Only use brake fluid that ex-
pressly meets VW 501 14 standards.
You can buy VW 501 14 standard brake fluid in a SEAT dealership or SEAT
Official Service. If none is available, use only high quality brake fluid that
meets DIN ISO 4925 CLASS 4 standards, or USA Standards FMVSS 116 DOT
4.
Using any other kind of brake fluid or one that is not of a high quality may
affect operation of the brake system and reduce its effectiveness. Never use
a brake fluid if the container does not state that it complies with VW 501 14,
DIN ISO 4925 CLASS 4 standards, or USA standards FMVSS 116 DOT 4.
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WARNING (Continued)
● Fires, sparks, open flames and smoking are prohibited. When han-
dling cables and electrical equipment, avoid causing sparks and electro-
static charge. Never short the battery terminals. High-energy sparks can
cause injury.
● A highly explosive mixture of gases is released when the battery is
under charge. The batteries should be charged in a well-ventilated room
only.
● Keep children away from acid and batteries.
● Before working on the electrical system, you must switch off the en-
gine, the ignition and all consumers. The negative cable on the battery
must be disconnected. When a light bulb is changed, you need only
switch off the light.
● Deactivate the anti-theft alarm by unlocking the vehicle before you
disconnect the battery! The alarm will otherwise be triggered.
● When disconnecting the battery from the vehicle on-board network,
disconnect first the negative cable and then the positive cable.
● Switch off all electrical consumers before reconnecting the battery.
Reconnect first the positive cable and then the negative cable. Never re-
verse the polarity of the connections. This could cause an electrical fire.
● Never charge a frozen battery, or one which has thawed. This could
result in explosions and chemical burns. Always replace a battery which
has frozen. A flat battery can also freeze at temperatures close to 0 °C
(+32 °F).
● Ensure that the vent hose is always connected to the battery.
● Never use a defective battery. This could cause an explosion. Replace
a damaged battery immediately.
● For vehicles with the battery in the luggage compartment: Check that
the battery gas ventilation hose is securely attached.CAUTION
● Never disconnect the battery if the ignition is switched on or if the en-
gine is running. This could damage the electrical system or electronic com-
ponents.
● Do not expose the battery to direct sunlight over a long period of time,
as the intense ultraviolet radiation can damage the battery housing.
● If the vehicle is left standing in cold conditions for a long period, protect
the battery from freezing. If it freezes it will be damaged.
Checking the electrolyte level
The electrolyte level should be checked regularly in high-
mileage vehicles, in hot countries and in older batteries. – Open the engine bonnet and the battery cover ⇒
in Safety in-
structions on working in the engine compartment on page 207
⇒
in Warnings on handling the battery on page 220. For vehi-
cles with the battery under the spare wheel, open the rear lid
and lift the floor covering. The battery is located next to the
spare wheel.
– Check the colour display in the "magic eye" on the top of the
battery.
– If there are air bubbles in the window, tap the window gently
until they disperse.
The position of the battery is shown in the corresponding engine compart-
ment diagram ⇒ page 267. The location of the battery in the luggage com-
partment can be seen in ⇒ Fig. 195.
The “magic eye” indicator, located on the top of the battery changes colour,
depending on the charge state and electrolyte level of the battery.
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I
Identification plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Ignition key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Ignition lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Information in the multifunction display Memory displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Instrument and switch lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Instrument lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Instrument panel Service interval display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Interior rear vision mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Interval wipe, windscreen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
ISOFIX system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
J Jump-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Jump leads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
K
Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
L
Leather cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Leaving Home function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 Load compartment in the luggage compart-
ment
see Loading the luggage compartment . . . 16
Loading the luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . 16
Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
LPG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58, 152, 202
LPG system Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Filler neck adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Level indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Refuelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 Fastening rings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Loading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Luggage net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
see also Loading the luggage compartment . .16
Luggage compartment light . . . . . . . . . . 110, 256
M
Main beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101, 108
Main beam headlights control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Maintenance Airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Maintenance and cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Manual gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Manual heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 Manual heating system
Defrosting the windscreen . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Demisting the windscreen and side win-dows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
MFI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Mirrors Exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Interior rear vision mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
vanity mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Mobile phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Multifunction display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
N
Number of seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
O
Observations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Octane number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Oil change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Oil properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
One-touch opening and closing Electric windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Opening and locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Operation when a fault occurs panoramic/tilting sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Outside temperature display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Outside temperature indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
287
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
Using child seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Using seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Seals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Seat adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117, 120
Seat belt cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Seat belt control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Seat belt position Pregnant women . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Seat belt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Seat heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Security system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Selective opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Semiautomatic air conditioning controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Service interval display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Side lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Single headlight bulb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241 Sitting position
driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Sitting position, occupants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227, 266
Soot accumulation in the diesel engine particu- late filter
control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Spanner symbol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Spare parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Spare wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Speed selector lever lock control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Start-Stop Activating and deactivating . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Starting petrol engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150, 151
Starting the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150, 151 After the fuel tank has been run dry . . . . . 151
Steam jets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147 Steering lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Steering column controls Audio Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Steering wheel height adjustment . . . . . . . . . 147
Storage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 Front passenger side . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Front right seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Sun visor Sliding/tilting sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Sun visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 Switch
Hazard warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Heated rear window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Light switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Switches Electric windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
panoramic/tilting sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Switching off the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
T Tail lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Tank Fuel level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Reserve indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Tank capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Technical modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
The danger of not using the seat belt . . . . . . . . 22
Tightening torque of wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . 266
Tilting sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Tire Mobility System (tyre repair kit) . . . . . . . . 235
Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Top Tether system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Tow-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Towing a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184, 265
Towing bracket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Towing bracket, fitting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Towline anchorage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Towline anchorages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Tow starting Comments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
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