2013 Seat Ibiza ST wheel bolt torque

226Checking and refilling levels
WARNING
● We recommend that you use only wheels and tyres which have been
approved by SEAT for your model. Failure to do so could impair vehicle
handling. Risk of accident.
● Avoid running the vehicle on tyres that are more than 6 years old. If
you have no alternative, you should drive slowly and with extra care at all
times.
● Never use old tyres or those with an unknown history of use.
● If wheel trims are retrofitted, you must ensure that the flow of air to
the brakes is not restricted. This could cause the brake system to over-
heat.
● All four wheels must be fitted with radial tyres of the same type, size
(rolling circumference) and the same tread pattern.
For the sake of the environment
Old tyres must be disposed of according to the laws in the country con-
cerned.
Note
● For technical reasons, it is not generally possible to use the wheels from
other vehicles. This can also apply to wheels of the same model. The use of
wheels or tyres which have not been approved by SEAT for use with your
model may invalidate the vehicle's type approval for use on public roads.
● If the spare tyre is not the same as the tyres that are mounted on the
vehicle (e.g. winter tyres) you should only use the spare tyre for a short peri-
od of time and drive with extra care. Refit the normal road wheel as soon as
possible. Wheel bolts
Wheel bolts must be tightened to the correct torque.
The design of wheel bolts is matched to the rims. If different wheel rims are
fitted, the correct wheel bolts with the right length and correctly shaped
bolt heads must be used. This ensures that wheels are fitted securely and
that the brake system functions correctly.
In certain circumstances, you should not use wheel bolts from a different
vehicle, even if it is the same model ⇒ page 196.
WARNING
If the wheel bolts are not tightened correctly, the wheel could become
loose while driving. Risk of accident.
● The wheel bolts must be clean and turn easily. Never apply grease or
oil to them.
● Use only wheel bolts which belong to the wheel.
● If the prescribed torque of the wheel bolts is too low, they could loos-
en whilst the vehicle is in motion. Risk of accident! If the tightening tor-
que is too high, the wheel bolts and threads can be damaged.
CAUTION
The prescribed tightening torque for wheel bolts for steel and alloy wheels
is 120 Nm. 

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If and when
WARNING
Switch on the hazard warning lights and place the warning triangles in
position. This is for your own safety and also warns other road users.
CAUTION
If you have to change the wheel on a slope, it is essential to lock the parallel
wheel on the same axle as that to be changed, with a wedge or similar in
order to immobilise the vehicle.
Note
Please observe legal requirements when doing so. 
Changing a wheel
Change the wheel as described below
– Remove the hub caps or the integral trim .
– Slacken the wheel bolts .
– Raise the vehicle with the jack at the corresponding point.
– Remove the wheel and then fit the spare wheel.
– Lower the vehicle.
– Tighten the wheel bolts firmly with the box spanner.
– Replace the hub cap. After changing a wheel
After changing the wheel there are still tasks to complete.
– Put the tools and jack back in the luggage compartment.
– Place the wheel with the defective tyre in the luggage compart-
ment and secure it.
– Check the tyre pressure of the newly fitted tyre as soon as pos-
sible.
– Have the tightening torque of the wheel bolts checked as soon
as possible with a torque wrench. The prescribed torque must
be 120 Nm.
Note
● If you notice that the wheel bolts are corroded and difficult to turn when
changing a wheel, they must be replaced before having the wheel bolt tight-
ening torque checked.
● For safety reasons, drive at moderate speeds until the wheel bolt tight-
ening torque has been checked. 
Safety FirstOperating instructionsPractical TipsTechnical Specifications

266Description of specifications
Snow chains
Snow chains may be fitted only to the front wheels, and only for the follow-
ing tyres:
175/70R14
185/60R15Chains with links not exceeding 15 mm (including the chain
closure)
215/45R16Chains with links not exceeding 9 mm (including the chain
closure)
215/40R17Chains with links not exceeding 7 mm (including the chain
closure)
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. 

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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Index

Traction control systemcontrol lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Traction control system (ASR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Trailer turn signals control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Trailer weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Turn signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76, 108
Two-way radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Tyre Mobility System (tyre repair kit) . . . . . . . . 230
Tyre pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Tyre pressure control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Tyre pressures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Tyre repair kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230, 235
Tyres and wheels Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Tyres tread depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Tyres useful life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Tyres with directional tread pattern . . . . . . . . 223
U Underbody protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
V Vehicle battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Vehicle data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Vehicle identification data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Vehicle identification number . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Vehicle interior heating or cooling system . . . 141 Vehicle interior monitoring and anti-tow system
Activation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Vehicle modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Vehicle paintwork Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Products for vehicle maintenance . . . . . . . 187
Vehicle tools Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Vehicle washing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Ventilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Ventilation slits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
W Warning lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Warning messages Red . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Yellow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Warning symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Warning triangle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Washer fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Washing by hand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Washing the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Washing tunnel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Washing with high pressure cleaners . . . . . . . 189
Water in the windscreen washer tank . . . . . . . 215
Wear indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Wearing suitable shoes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232, 266 Tightening torque . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Wheel change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230 Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222, 265
Why assume the correct sitting position? . . . . . 30
Why should head restraints be correctly adjus-
ted? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Why wear seat belts? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19, 21, 30
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Windscreen defrosting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Windscreen washer fluid control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Windscreen wiper blades Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Windscreen wipers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 Changing blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Changing the rear wiper blade . . . . . . . . . 218
Winter driving Diesel engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Winter tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Wooden trim cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Working in the engine compartment . . . . . . . 206
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