2014 Seat Altea wheel bolts

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If and when
Anti-theft wheel bolts*
A special adapter is required to turn the anti-theft wheel
bolts.
Fig. 184 Anti-theft
wheel bolt
– Insert the adapter onto the wheel bolt and push it on as far as it
will go ⇒ Fig. 184.
– Fit the box spanner as far as it will go over the adapter.
– Loosen or tighten the wheel bolt as appropriate.
Code
The code number of the anti-theft wheel bolt is stamped onto the front part
of the adaptor.
The code number should be noted and kept in a safe place, as it is only by
using the code number that a duplicate adaptor can be obtained from the
SEAT Official Services. Tyres with directional tread pattern
Tyres with directional tread pattern must be fitted so that
they rotate in the correct direction.
A directional tread pattern can be identified by arrows on the sidewall that
point in the direction of rotation. Always note the direction of rotation indi-
cated when fitting the wheel. This is important so that these tyres can give
maximum grip and avoid excessive noise, tread wear and aquaplaning.
If, in an emergency, you have to mount the spare wheel so it rotates in the
wrong direction, you must drive extremely carefully. The tyre will not give
optimum performance. This is particularly important when driving on wet
roads.
To benefit from the advantages of tyres with this type of tread pattern, the
defective tyre should be replaced as soon as possible so that all tyres again
rotate in the correct direction. 
Tyre repair kit (Tyre-Mobility-System)*
General information and safety notes
Your vehicle is equipped with a tyre repair kit: the Tyre Mobility System.
In the event of a tyre puncture, a sealing product and an air compressor are
located in the luggage compartment under the floor panel.
The Tyre Mobility System will reliably seal punctures caused by the penetra-
tion of a foreign body of up to about 4 mm in diameter.
It is not necessary to remove the foreign body from the tyre.
Instructions for the sealing product are located on the sealing compound
container. 
Safety FirstOperating instructionsPractical TipsTechnical Specifications

296Description of specifications
wheelbase of less than 1 metre), a minimum of 4% of the actual trailer
weight is legally required for the drawbar load.
WARNING
● For safety reasons, you should not drive at speeds above 80 km/h (50
mph) when towing a trailer. This also applies to countries where higher
speeds are permitted.
● Never exceed the maximum trailer weights or the drawbar load. If the
permissible axle load or the permissible total weight is exceeded, the
driving characteristics of the vehicle may change, leading to accidents,
injuries and damage to the vehicle.

Wheels
Tyre pressure, snow chains, wheel bolts
Tyre pressures
The sticker with the tyre pressure values can be found on the inside of the
fuel tank flap. The tyre pressure values given there are for cold tyres. Do not
reduce the slightly raised pressures of warm tyres ⇒ 
.
Snow chains
Snow chains may be fitted only to the front wheels.
Consult the section “wheels” of this manual.
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. 

Index
A
ABS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Acoustic warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Adaptive headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Adjusting the seat belt height . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
AFS (cornering lights) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Airbag covers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Curtain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Front airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Air conditioner 2C-Climatronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
General notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Air conditioner automatic mode 2C-Climatronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Air conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Air recirculation mode 2C-Climatronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Manual air conditioner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Alarm system Switching off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Alcantara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
All-wheel drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 Alternator
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Anti-lock brake system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197 control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Anti-theft alarm system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 Switching off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Anti-theft wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Antifreeze . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Aquaplaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Ashtray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Aspects to note before setting off . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
ASR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197 Control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Audible warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Automatic anti-dazzle interior rear vision mirror Activating the anti-dazzle function . . . . . . 131
Deactivating the anti-dazzle function . . . . 131
Automatic car wash tunnel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Automatic gearbox Kick-down feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Automatic gearbox/DSG automatic gearbox . 183
Automatic lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Automatic windscreen wiper/washer . . . . . . . 127
Auxiliary audio input: AUX-IN . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
B
Ball coupling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211 Battery
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Winter conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Before setting off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Biodiesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Biodiesel fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Bonnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249 Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Brake pedal control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204 Worn brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Brake servo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196, 204
Brake system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249 Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Brake servo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Braking distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Bulb changes General notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Bulb defect Control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Buzzer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122, 173
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Steering wheel audio controlsAudio version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Audio + telephone version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Steering wheel height adjustment . . . . . . . . . 171
Storage compartment Centre armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Front passenger side . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Front seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Other storage compartments . . . . . . . . . . 145
Storage in the luggage compartment . . . . . . . 144
Sun blind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Sun visor Sliding/tilting sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Sun visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Switch Hazard warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Light switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Switches electric windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Switching off the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
T Tank Fuel level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Reserve indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Tank capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Technical modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
The danger of not using the seat belt . . . . . . . . 22
Tightening torque of wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . 296
Tilting sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Top Tether system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Tow-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
Towing a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Towing bracket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Towing bracket, fitting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Towline anchorage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
Towline anchorages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
Tow starting
General notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
Traction control system (ASR) control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Trailer Trailer towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Trailer turn signals control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Trailer weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Turn signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82, 122
Tyre-Mobility-System (Tyre repair kit) . . . . . . . 269
Tyre Mobility-System (Tyre repair kit) . . . . . . . 263
Tyre pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253 Loss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Tyre pressure control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Tyre pressure monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Tyre pressures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
Tyre repair kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263, 269
Tyres and wheels Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Tyres tread depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256 Tyres useful life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Tyres with directional tread pattern . . . . . . . . 253
U Underbody protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Unlocking and locking Personalisation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Upholstery Treating your upholstery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
V
Vehicle battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Vehicle care Treating your upholstery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Vehicle data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
Vehicle identification data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
Vehicle identification number . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
Vehicle maintenance electrically adjustable seats . . . . . . . . . . . 222
heated seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
natural leather . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
non-electrically adjustable seats . . . . . . . 222
seats with airbag components . . . . . . . . . 222
seats without airbag components . . . . . . 222
synthetic leather . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
trim fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
unheated seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Vehicle modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
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Vehicle paintworkMaintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Products for vehicle maintenance . . . . . . . 214
Vehicle tools Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Vehicle washing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Ventilation slits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Volumetric sensor Activation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Deactivation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
W Warning lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Warning messages Red . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66, 79
Yellow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66, 79
Warning messages in the display . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Warning symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Warning triangle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Washer fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Washing by hand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Washing the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Washing with high pressure cleaners . . . . . . . 216
Water Warning message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Water in the windscreen washer tank . . . . . . . 244
Wear indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Wearing suitable shoes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266, 296 Tightening torque . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Wheel change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264 Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253, 296
Wheel trims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Windscreen washer fluid Control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Windscreen wiper blades Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Windscreen wipers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 Changing blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Changing the rear wiper blade . . . . . 247, 248
Winter driving Diesel engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Winter tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Wooden trim cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Working in the engine compartment . . . . . . . 235
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