2013 Seat Ibiza ST park assist

166Driving
WARNING
● Take measures to reduce the risk of injury when you leave your vehi-
cle unattended.
● Never park where the hot exhaust system could ignite inflammable
materials, such as dry grass, low bushes, spilt fuel etc.
● Never allow vehicle occupants to remain in the vehicle when it is
locked. They would be unable to open the vehicle from the inside, and
could become trapped in the vehicle in an emergency. In the event of an
emergency, locked doors will delay assistance to vehicle occupants.
● Never leave children alone in the vehicle. They could set the vehicle
in motion, for example, by releasing the handbrake or the gearbox lever.
● Depending on weather conditions, it may become extremely hot or
cold inside the vehicle. This can be fatal.
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Hill driving assistant*
This function is only included in vehicles with ESC. The hill driving assistant helps the driver to move off and upwards on a hill
when the vehicle is stationary.
The system maintains brake pressure for approximately two seconds after
the driver takes his foot off the brake pedal to prevent the vehicle from
lurching backwards when it is started. During these two seconds, the driver
has enough time to release the clutch pedal and accelerate without the ve-
hicle moving and without having to use the handbrake, making start-up
easier, more comfortable and safer.
These are the basic operation conditions:
● being on a ramp or hill/slope,
● closed doors,
● vehicle completely stationary, ●
engine running and foot on the brake,
● besides having a gear engaged or being in neutral for manual gear
change and with the selector lever at positions S, D or R in vehicles with au-
tomatic gearbox.
This system is also active in reversing uphill.
WARNING
● If you do not start the vehicle immediately after taking your foot off
the brake pedal, the vehicle may start to roll back under certain condi-
tions. Depress the brake pedal or use the hand brake immediately.
● If the engine stalls, depress the brake pedal or use the hand brake
immediately.
● When following a line of traffic uphill, if you want to prevent the vehi-
cle from rolling back accidentally when starting off, hold the brake pedal
down for a few seconds before starting off.
Note
The Official Service or a specialist workshop can tell you if your vehicle is
equipped with this system. 
Parking aid* General information
Various aid systems are in place to help in parking and manoeuvring de-
pending on the vehicle’s equipment:
The rear parking aid is an audible aid that warns against obstacles behind
the vehicle ⇒ page 167.
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230If and when
If you have a puncture on one of the front wheels when using snow chains,
fit the compact temporary spare wheel in place of one of the rear wheels.
You can then attach the snow chains to the wheel taken from the rear and
use this wheel to replace the punctured front wheel.
WARNING
● The tyre pressures must be checked and corrected as soon as possi-
ble after fitting the temporary spare wheel.
● Do not drive faster than 80 km/h (50 mph), since higher speeds can
cause an accident.
● Avoid heavy acceleration, hard braking and fast cornering. Risk of ac-
cident.
● Never use more than one temporary spare wheel at the same time,
risk of accident.
● No other type of tyre (normal summer or winter tyre) may be fitted on
the compact temporary spare wheel rim.
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Tyre repair kit*
The tyre repair kit (for vehicles not including a temporary
spare wheel) is stored under the floor panel in the luggage
compartment. In the event of a punctured tyre, your vehicle is equipped with the Tyre Mo-
bility System (tyre repair kit).
The tyre repair kit consists of a container with sealing product to repair the
puncture and a compressor to generate the required tyre pressure. The kit
will reliably seal punctures up to a size of about 4 mm caused by the pene-
tration of a foreign body into the tyre.
Note
● Seek professional assistance if the repair of a tyre puncture is not possi-
ble with the sealing product. 
Wheel change Preparation work
What you must do before changing a wheel.
– If you have a flat tyre or puncture, park the vehicle as far away
from the flow of traffic as possible. Choose a location that is as
level as possible.
– All vehicle occupants should leave the vehicle. They should
wait in a safe area (for instance behind the roadside crash barri-
er).
– Switch the engine off. Switch the hazard warning lights on and
place the warning triangles in position.
– Apply the handbrake firmly.
– Engage the first gear , or put the selector lever to position P for
those vehicles with an automatic gearbox.
– If you are towing a trailer, unhitch it from your vehicle.
– Take the vehicle tools and the spare wheel out of the luggage
compartment. 

258If and when
itself of the vehicle with the flat battery. However, connect it to
a point as far as possible from the battery A
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6. Position the leads in such a way that they cannot come into contact with any moving parts in the engine compartment.
Starting
7. Start the engine of the vehicle with the boosting battery and let it run at idling speed.
8. 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
9. Before you remove the jump leads, switch off the dipped beam headlights (if they are switched on).
10.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.
11.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 206, 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.
● 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. 

Environmental tipAvoiding pollution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
ESC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72, 176 see also Electronic Stability Control . . . . . 148
Exhaust gas purification system . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
External aerial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
F
Fabric trim cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Fastening rings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Fire extinguisher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
First-aid kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Floor mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Fog lights bulb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Fog lights with cornering function . . . . . . . . . 105
Footwell lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Front airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Front ashtray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Front drink holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Front interior light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Front parking aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Front passenger airbag deactivation . . . . . . . . 41
Front reading light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 Front seat adjustment
Lumbar support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Fuel Diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Petrol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Fuel consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182, 264
Fuel level Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Fuel reserve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Fuel tank see Fuel reserve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Fuel Tank Opening the fuel tank flap . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Fuel: save . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237 Fuse box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Identifying blown fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Identifying by colours . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Preparation before replacing . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
G
Gear-change indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Gear shift pattern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
General overview of the engine compartment 267
Glove compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Glove compartment light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Glow plug system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 H
Handbrake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164 Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Hazard warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
HBA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Headlight flashers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Headlight range control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Headlights Driving abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Headlight washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Head restraints Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118, 119
Adjustment of the head restraint angle . . 119
Removing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Heated exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Heated front seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Heated rear window Heating element wires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Heating system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
High pressure cleaners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Hill driving assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
How to jump start description . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Hydraulic Brake Assist Automatic hazard warning lights activa-tion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
286 Index