Controls and displays
Operation
Controls and displays Overview Door handle
Central locking switch
. . . . . . . . . . . .85
Electric control to adjust exterior
mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Air outlets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Control lever for:
– Turn signals and main beam
headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
– Lane Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
– Main beam assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
– Cruise control system (CCS) . . . . .150
Depending on equipment fitted:
– Lever for cruise control . . . . . . . . . .150
Steering wheel with horn and – Driver airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
– On-board computer controls . . . .72
– Controls for radio, telephone,
navigation and speech dialogue
system ›››
Booklet Radio
– Paddle levers for tiptronic gear-
shift (automatic gearbox) . . . . . . .135
Instrument panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
1 2
3
4
5
6
7
8 Control lever for:
– Windscreen wipers and washer . .102
– Wipe and wash system . . . . . . . . . .102
– On-board computer . . . . . . . . . . . . .72
Depending on equipment fitted: ra-
dio or display for Easy Connect
(navigation, radio, TV/video) . . . . . .81
Depending on the equipment, but-
tons for:
– SEAT driving modes . . . . . . . . . . . . .169
– Start-Stop system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
– Park assist system . . . . . . . . . . . . . .173
– Hazard warning lights . . . . . . . . . .99
– Airbag off display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Depending on the equipment,
glove compartment with: . . . . . . . . .112
– CD player* and/or SD card*
››› Booklet Radio
– Multimedia interface* ››› Book-
let Radio
Tyre pressure switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . .213
Front passenger airbag switch . . . .55
Front passenger airbag . . . . . . . . . . .50
Passenger seat heating control . . . .108
Storage compartment
Depending on equipment fitted,
gear lever or selector lever for:
– Manual gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
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12
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15
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17
18 –
Automatic gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . .132
Depending on the equipment, con-
trols for: – Heating and ventilation system or
manual air conditioner . . . . . . . . . .29, 28
– Automatic air conditioner . . . . . . .26
Parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Driver seat heating control . . . . . . . .108
Ignition lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Knee airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Adjustable steering column . . . . . . .14
Storage compartment
Bonnet lock release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .199
Headlight range control . . . . . . . . . . .100
Light switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Electric windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Note
● Some of the equipment listed in this sec-
tion is only fitted on certain models or are op-
tional extras.
● A separate Instructions Manual is enclosed
if the vehicle is equipped with a factory-fitted
radio, CD player, AUX IN connection or navi-
gation system.
● The arrangement of switches and controls
on right-hand drive models* may be slightly
different from the layout shown in ››› page 64.
However, the symbols used to identify the
controls are the same. 19
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65Technical specifications
Advice
Operation
Safety
The essentials
Operation
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Do not put hot drinks in the drink holders.
During normal or sudden driving manoeuvres,
sudden braking or an accident, the hot drink
could be spilled. Danger of scalding. CAUTION
When driving, do not leave open cans in the
cup holders. The drink might be spilt on brak-
ing, for example, and could damage the vehi-
cle. Drink holders
Fig. 115
Centre console: front drink holders. Front drink holders
– Place drinks in the holder ››› Fig. 115 .
Pl ac
ement of two drinks is possible. There
is also the possibility of placing larger plas-
tic bottles in the trims of the doors. WARNING
● Do not place any hot drinks in the drink
holder while the vehicle is moving. Hot drinks
could spill and cause burns, which may cause
an accident.
● Do not use hard china cups or glasses.
These could cause injury in the event of an
accident. CAUTION
You should avoid putting open drinks con-
tainers in the cup holders. The drinks could
otherwise spill over and cause damage to e.g.
the electrical equipment or the seat covers. Glove box
Fig. 116
Glove compartment Opening/closing
– To open the glove compartment, pull the
handle in the direction of the arrow.
– To close the glove compartment, move the
cover upwards until it engages.
Depending on the vehicle equipment, the CD
player is located in the glove compartment.
Separate operating instructions are enclosed
for this equipment in the corresponding In-
struction Manual. WARNING
The cover of the glove compartment should
always be closed while driving. Failure to fol-
low this instruction could result in an acci-
dent. Other storage compartments
You will find more object holders, compart-
ments and supports in other parts of the ve-
hicle:
● In the top of the glove compartment in ve-
hicles that do not have a CD reader. The load
of the compartment should not exceed
1.2 kg.
● In the centre console under the centre arm-
rest*.
● In the driver side panel there is a remova-
ble box for access to fuses and relays. The
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Index
Before starting the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Belt tightening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Bench seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Biodiesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Bonnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10, 198
Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146 Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Brake servo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
New brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Braking Brake assist system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Moving off on hills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
C Carbon components: Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Care of vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Care (paint care) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
CAR menu Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
CCS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
CD-ROM player (navigation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Central locking Anti-theft alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Central locking switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Electric windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Manual locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Rear lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Remote control key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Selective unlocking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Sliding/tilting sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Central locking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Cetane number (diesel fuel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196 Changing
of windscreen wiper and window washerblades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Changing a bulb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233 Bulb sizes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Changing gear Engaging gears (manual gearbox) . . . . . . . . . 132
Manual gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Changing main headlight turn signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Changing the battery of the vehicle key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Changing the main beam headlight bulb main beam headlight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Changing the main headlight bulb day light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
dipped light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Chassis number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Child-proof lock Electric windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Child safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Child seat Categorisation in groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Child seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 ISOFIX system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Top Tether system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59, 61
City Emergency braking function . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183 Alcantara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Carbon components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Display/Easy Connect control panel . . . . . . . . 187
Exhaust pipe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Leather . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
of Changing windscreen wiper and windowwasher blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Plastic parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185, 187
Radio display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187 Seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Trim parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Trims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Washing the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Cleaning/De-icing the windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Cleaning the upholstery Natural leather . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Climatronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Close . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Panoramic sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Bonnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Panoramic sliding sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Panoramic sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Clutch (warning lamp) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Coming Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Control lamp Cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Tyre monitor indicator warning lamp . . . . . . . 212
Tyre monitoring systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Control lamps Adaptive cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Control of function Rain sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Controls and displays (overview) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Convenience closing Panoramic sliding sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Convenience opening Panoramic sliding sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Convenience opening/closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
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Index
Leather: Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Leaving Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Level control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Lifting the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Lighting Changing a bulb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15, 94 Audible warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
AUTO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Changing a bulb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Coming home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Controls lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Cornering lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Daytime driving light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Dipped beam headlight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Fog light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Headlight range control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Instrument lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Interior lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Leaving home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Light switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Main beam lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Motorway lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Parking light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Reading lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Side light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Turn signal lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Light switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Load compartment in the luggage compartment see Loading the luggage compartment . . . . . 114
L o
ading the luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Loading the vehicle fastening rings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
roof carrier system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
tailboard for transporting long items . . . . . . . 118 Locking/Unlocking
In the lock cylinder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
With the central locking switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Longlife inspection service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9, 89 automatic lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Central locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Luggage compartment lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
luggage compartment variable floor . . . . . . . . 121
Manual release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
net bag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
net partition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116, 117
retractable rear shelf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
storing the rear shelf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
see also
Loading the luggage compartment . 114
Luggage compartment floor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Luggage compartment variable floor . . . . . . . . . 121
Luggage net luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Lumbar support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
M Main beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Main beam assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Main beam headlight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Main beam lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Main panel Turn signal and main beam lever . . . . . . . . . . . 95
malfunction Front Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Malfunction Adaptive cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
front assist monitoring system . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Manual action Passenger door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Rear lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228, 229 Manual gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Kick-down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Manual gear change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Manual operation Selector lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Messages on the instrument panel display Adaptive cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Mobile phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Mobile phones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Modifications (technical) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Monitoring systems Front Assist monitoring system . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Motorway lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Mounting pin (tyre change) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Mounting points (jack) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Move off Hill driving assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Multi-collision Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
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Natural gas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196 Fuel tank cap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
LNG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
refuelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
smell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
things to note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Natural gas quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Navigation system CD-ROM player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Net bag luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Net partition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116, 117
Noises Adaptive cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
refuelling natural gas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Number of colour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Number of seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
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