Checking and refilling levels
●
When working in the engine compartment,
always observe the safety warnings
››› page 166.
● When the en gine i
s warm or hot, the cool-
ing system is pressurised! Do not unscrew
the cap on the coolant expansion tank when
the engine is hot. This is a burn injury risk. CAUTION
● If you notice a change in the colour of the
liquid because it has been in use for a long
time, it is recommended to change it, as it
will have lost some of its properties and
could cause damage to the engine.
● If a lot of coolant fluid has been lost, wait
for the engine to cool. This avoids damaging
the engine. Large coolant losses are an indi-
cation of leaks in the cooling system. See a
specialised workshop immediately and have
the cooling system checked. Otherwise, there
is a risk of engine damage. Brake fluid
Checking the brake fluid level Read the additional information carefully
››› page 25
The position of the brake fluid reservoir is
shown in the corresponding engine compart- ment illustration
››› page 168 . The brake fluid
r e
servoir 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 57. WARNING
Before opening the bonnet to check the brake
fluid level, read and observe the warnings
››› page 166. Changing the brake fluid
The Maintenance Programme indicates brake
fluid change intervals.
We recommend that you have the brake fluid
changed by a Technical Service.
Before opening the bonnet, please read and
follow the warnings
››› in Safety instruc-
tions on working in the engine compartment
on page 166 in section “Safety notes for
w ork
ing in the engine compartment”.
In the course of time, brake fluid becomes
hygroscopic and absorbs water from the am-
bient air. If the water content in the brake flu- id is too high, the brake system could cor-
rode. This also considerably reduces the boil-
ing 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 expressly meets the
VW 501 14 standard.
You can buy VW 501 14 standard brake fluid
in a SEAT dealership or a SEAT Official Serv-
ice. 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 opera-
tion of the brake system and reduce its effec-
tiveness. Never use a brake fluid if the con-
tainer does not state that it complies with VW
501 14, DIN ISO 4925 CLASS 4 standards, or
USA standards FMVSS 116 DOT 4.
WARNING
Brake fluid is poisonous. Old brake fluid im-
pairs the braking effect.
● Before opening the bonnet to check the
brake fluid level, read and observe the warn-
ings ››› page 166.
● Br ak
e fluid should be stored in the closed
original container in a safe place out of reach
of children. There is a toxic risk. » 173
Technical specifications
Advice
Operation
Safety
The essentials
Index
Front seat Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Front towline anchorage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Petrol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Fuel consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136, 209
Fuel level Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Fuel reserve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Fuel tank Opening the fuel tank flap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
see also Fuel reserve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
F uel
tank flap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Fuel: saving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25, 195 Fuse box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Identifying blown fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Identifying by colours . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Preparation before replacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
G Gear-change indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Gear lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Gear shift pattern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
General overview of the engine compartment . . 168
Glove compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Glove compartment light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Glow plug system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
H
Handbrake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Hazard warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15, 95
HBA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 Head-on collisions and the laws of physics . . . . . 36
Headlight range control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Headlights
Driving abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Headlight washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
angle adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
removing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Headrests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Head rests adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
angle adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
removing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Heated exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Heated front seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Heated rear window heating element wires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23, 114
Heating system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
High pressure cleaners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Hill driving assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
How to jump start description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Hydraulic Brake Assist Automatic hazard warning lights activation . . 140
I
Identification plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Ignition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13, 123
Ignition key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Ignition lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13, 123
Importance of the correct adjustment of head re- straints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Instrument and switch lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Instrument lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Instrument panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Service interval display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Interior lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Interior rear vision mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Interior view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
ISOFIX system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
J Jack Mounting points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Jump-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Jump leads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
K Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
L Leather cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Leaving Home Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Level control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Lifting the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Light Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14, 90 Automatic lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Load compartment in the luggage compartment see Loading the luggage compartment . . . . . 108
Lo
ading the luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Loading the vehicle luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9, 108 Fastening rings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Loading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Luggage net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
see also Loading the luggage compartment . 108
L ug
gage compartment light . . . . . . . . . . . . 96, 207
232
Index
Remote control key Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Synchronising . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Removing and fitting the wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Replacement keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Replacement of parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Rev counter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Roll-back function panoramic/tilting sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Roof aerial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Roof carrier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Roof carrier system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Rubber seals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Running in Brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Running in tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
S Safe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Safe driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Safe Security system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 child safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
child seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Safety equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Safety information Front passenger airbag deactivation . . . . . . . . 46
Safety instructions Coolant temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
front airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Safety notes Seat belt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Using seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Seals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Seat belt
Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Seat belt cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Seat belt control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Seat belt position for pregnant women . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Seat belt protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Seat belt release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
unfastened . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Seat belt tensioner control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Seat heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Selecting a gear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Selective opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Semiautomatic air conditioning controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Service interval display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Single headlight bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Sitting position driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Sitting position, occupants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180, 210
Soot accumulation in the diesel engine particu- late filter
control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Spanner symbol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Spare parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Spare wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Speed selector lever lock
control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Start-Stop Activating and deactivating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
functioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Starting petrol engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124, 125
Starting the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124, 125 after the fuel tank has been run dry . . . . . . . . 125
Starting the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Steam jets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 steering lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Steering wheel height adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Storage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 Front passenger side . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
right front seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Sun visor Sliding/tilting sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Sun visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Switch Hazard warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Heated rear window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Light switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Switches Electric windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Switching off the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
T
Tail lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Tank Fuel level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Reserve indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Tank capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Technical modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
The PND (portable navigation device) . . . . . . . . . 69
234