Care and maintenance
Advice
Care and maintenance
Accessories and modifications to the vehicle
Accessories, replacement of parts and
modifications Your vehicle is designed to offer a high
standard of active and passive safety.
Before purchasing accessories and parts,
and before making technical changes to your
vehicle, we recommend that you consult your
Technical Service.
SEAT dealerships will be happy to provide
you with the latest information about the
use, legal requirements and recommenda-
tions from the manufacturer regarding acces-
sories and spare parts.
We recommend you use only
SEAT Approved
Accessories ®
and SEAT Approved Spare
P ar
ts ®
. This way, SEAT can guarantee that
the product in question is suitable, reliable
and safe. SEAT Technical Services have the
necessary experience and facilities to ensure
that parts are correctly and professionally in-
stalled. Despite a continuous observation of the mar-
ket, SEAT is not able to assess the reliability,
safety and suitability of parts that
SEAT has
not approved . For this reason, SEAT cannot
assume responsibility for any non-genuine
parts used, even if these parts have been ap-
proved by an official testing agency or are
covered by an official approval certificate.
Any retro-fitted equipment which has a direct
impact
on the driver's control of the vehicle,
such as a cruise control system or electroni-
cally-controlled suspension, must be ap-
proved by SEAT for use in your vehicle and
bear the e mark (the European Union's au-
thori
sation symbol).
If any additional electrical devices are fitted
which do not serve to control the vehicle it-
self, such as refrigerator boxes, laptops or
ventilator fans, they must bear the CE mark
(European Union manufacturer conformity
declaration). WARNING
Accessories, for example telephone holders
or cup holders, should never be fitted on the
covers, or within the working range, of the
airbags. Otherwise, there is a danger of in-
jury if the airbag is triggered in an accident. Technical modifications
Modifications must always be carried out ac-
cording to our specifications. Unauthorised
modifications to the electronic components
or software in the vehicle may cause malfunc-
tions. Due to the way the electronic compo-
nents are linked together in networks, other
indirect systems may be affected by the
faults. This can seriously impair safety, lead
to excessive wear of components, and also
invalidate your vehicle registration docu-
ments.
SEAT Technical Services cannot be held liable
for any damage caused by modifications
and/or work incorrectly performed. For this
reason, we recommend having all work per-
formed by a SEAT Technical Service using
SEAT
®
Original Spare Parts. WARNING
Any type of work or modification performed
incorrectly on your vehicle can lead to mal-
functions and can cause accidents. Roof aerial*
The vehicle can be fitted with a foldable* and
anti-theft* roof aerial which can be folded
backwards, for example when going through
an automatic car wash.
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Technical specifications
Advice
Operation
Safety
The essentials
Index
Cetane number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Changing gear see Manual gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Ch an
ging gear in tiptronic mode . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Changing the AFS headlight bulbs xenon light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Changing the bulbs AFS headlight bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
double headlight bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
fog light bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
general notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
interior light and reading light . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
luggage compartment light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
number plate light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
single headlight bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Turn signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Changing the double headlight bulbs dipped beam headlight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
main beam headlight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
side light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Changing the headlight bulbs turn signal lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Changing the single headlight bulbs dipped/main beam headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
side light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
turn signal bulb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Changing the tail light bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . 203, 204 on the rear lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
on the side panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Changing windscreen wiper blades . . . . . . . . . . 193
Chassis number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Checking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Checking battery electrolyte level . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Checking engine oil level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Child safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Child seat Categorisation in groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Child seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
ISOFIX system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
on the front passenger seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Top Tether system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Cigarette lighter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Cleaning alloy wheel rims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Cleaning chrome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Cleaning engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Cleaning plastic parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Cleaning steel wheel rims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Cleaning the instrument panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Cleaning windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Climatronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 automatic mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
General notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
manual mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Cloth seat covers cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Coming Home Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Compartment for on-board documentation . . . . 104
Compatibility with mobile phones . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Control Exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Control lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Control lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Controlling the information system . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Controls Electric windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
panoramic/tilting sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Controls on the column Audio control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Convenience closing sliding/tilting sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Convenience opening
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24, 172
Coolant fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Coolant level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172 control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Coolant loss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Coolant temperature control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Correct adjustment of front head restraints . . . . . 32
Correct sitting position front passenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Incorrect sitting position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
passenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Cruise control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Cruise speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150 Control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
D Dangers in not using the seat belt . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Dangers of using a child seat on the front pas- senger seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Dash panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Daytime driving lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Daytime running lights Nordic countries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Deactivated airbags front passenger airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Deactivation of the front passenger front airbag . 11
Diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Diesel engine Winter operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Diesel engine particulate filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Differential lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
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