124Lights and visibility
● Damaged blades: A film of water on the damaged blades may lengthen
the activation time, reduce the washing intervals or result in a fast and con-
tinuous wipe.
● Insects: insects on the sensor may trigger the windscreen washer.
● Salt on roads: in winter, salt spread in the roads may cause an extra
long wipe when the windscreen is almost dry.
● Dirt: dry dust, wax, coating on glass (Lotus effect) or traces of detergent
(car wash) may reduce the effectiveness of the rain sensor or make it react
more slowly, later or not at all.
● Cracked windscreen: the impact of a stone will trigger a single wipe cy-
cle with the rain sensor on. Next the rain sensor detects the reduction in the
sensitive surface area and adapts accordingly. The behaviour of the sensor
will vary with the size of the damage caused by the stone.
WARNING
The rain sensor may not detect enough rain to switch on the wipers.
● If necessary, switch on the wipers manually when water on the wind-
screen obstructs visibility.
Note
● Clean the sensitive surface of the rain sensor regularly and check the
blades for damage ⇒ Fig. 73 (arrow).
● To remove wax and coatings, we recommend a window cleaner contain-
ing alcohol. Checking and topping up the windscreen washer reservoir
with water
Fig. 74 In the engine
compartment: wind-
screen washer reservoir
top
Check the water level in the windscreen washer reservoir regularly and top
up as required.
● Open the bonnet
⇒ page 251.
● The washer reservoir is marked with the symbol on the lid
⇒ Fig. 74.
● Check there is enough water in the reservoir.
● To top up, mix water with a window cleaner recommended by SEAT
⇒
.
Please follow the instructions for use found on the packaging.
● In cold weather, a special antifreeze should also be added to prevent
the water from freezing ⇒
.
Balanced (wheels) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Ball coupling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260Assisted starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Charge Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Disconnecting/Connecting . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Power Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Winter conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Before starting the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Bench seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Biodiesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224 Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Brake servo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
New brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Braking Brake assist system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Hill driving assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
C
Carbon components: Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Care of vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Care (paint care) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
CD-ROM player (navigation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Central locking Anti-theft alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Central locking switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 Electric windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Remote control key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Selective unlocking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Sliding/tilting sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Central locking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Manual locking in an emergency . . . . . . . . 99
Rear lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Cetane number (Diesel fuel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Changing Windscreen and rear window wiper blades . .263
Changing a bulb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293 Bulb sizes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Changing gear Engaging gears (manual gearbox) . . . . . . 172
Manual gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Changing main headlight main beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
turn signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
Changing main headlight bulbs daylight bulb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Dipped beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Changing the battery of the vehicle key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Chassis number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
Child-proof lock Electric windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Child safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Child seat Categorisation in groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Group 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Group 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Group 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Groups 0 and 0+ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Securing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Child seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 ISOFIX system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
on the front passenger seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Top Tether system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55, 56
City emergency braking function . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238 Alcantara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Carbon components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Display/Easy Connect control panel . . . . . 242
Exhaust pipe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Leather . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Plastic parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240, 242
Radio display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Rims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Trim parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Trims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Washing the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Windscreen and rear window wiper blades . .263
Cleaning/De-icing the windows . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Cleaning the rims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Cleaning the upholstery Natural leather . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Closing Bonnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Panoramic sliding sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Panoramic sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
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