Table of Contents
Table of Contents
The essentials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Exterior view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Interior view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
How it works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Unlocking and locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Before driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Starting the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Lights and visibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Easy Connect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Driver information system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Warning lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Gearbox lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Air conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Level control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Action in the event of a puncture . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Emergency towing of the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Safe driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Safety first! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Advice about driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Sitting position for vehicle occupants . . . . . . . 38
Pedal area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
The reasons why we should wear seat belts . . 43
How to properly adjust your seatbelt . . . . . . . . 46
Seat belt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Brief introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Airbag overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Deactivating airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Transporting children safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Safety for children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Child seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Operation
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Controls and displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Instruments and warning/control lamps . . . . . 66
Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Control lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Driver information system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Information system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Driving data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Speed warning function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Service interval display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Introduction to the Easy Connect system* . . . . 81
System Settings (CAR)* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Opening and closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Central locking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Anti-theft alarm system* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Rear lid (luggage compartment) . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Electric windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Panoramic sliding sunroof* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Lights and visibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Visibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Windscreen wiper and window wiper systems . 102
Rear vision mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Seats and head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Adjusting the seats and headrests . . . . . . . . . . 106
Seat functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Transport and practical equipment . . . . . . . . . 111
Storage compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Storing objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Roof carrier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Air conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Heating, ventilation and cooling . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Ignition lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Braking and parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Manual gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 Automatic gearbox/DSG automatic gearbox* . 132
Run-in and economical driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Driver assistance systems
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Braking and stability systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Start-Stop system* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Cruise control system (CCS)* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Adaptive Cruise Control ACC* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Monitoring system Front Assist* . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Lane Assist system* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
SEAT driving modes (SEAT Drive Profile)* . . . . . 169
Tiredness detection (break recommendation)* 172
Parking aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Towing bracket device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Trailer towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Advice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Care and maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Accessories and modifications to the vehicle . 182
Care and cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Vehicle exterior care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Care of the vehicle interior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Intelligent technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Electro-mechanical steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Progressive steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Four-wheel drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Power Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Checking and refilling levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Refuelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Bonnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Cooling system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Windscreen washer reservoir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Wheels and tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Tyre monitoring systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
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Compact temporary spare wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Winter service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Emergencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Changing a wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Tyre repair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Jump starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Towing and tow-starting the vehicle . . . . . . . . . 224
Emergency locking and unlocking . . . . . . . . . . 227
Fuses and bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Changing bulbs in headlight unit . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Changing bulb for front fog light* . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Changing tail light bulbs (on side panel) . . . . . 237
Changing tail light bulbs (on rear lid) . . . . . . . . 239
Technical specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Technical specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Important . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Vehicle identification data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Information on fuel consumption . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Towing a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Engine specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Filling capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
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The essentials
How it works
Unlocking and locking
Doors Fig. 5
Fig. 6
See Fig. 3 for positioning Locking and unlocking the vehicle using the
key
● Locking: press the ››› Fig. 5 button. ●
Loc king the vehicle without activating the
anti-theft system: Press the ››› Fig. 5
button
for a second time for the next 2 seconds.
● Unlocking: press the ››› Fig. 5
button.
● Unlocking the rear lid: Hold down the
››› Fig. 5
button for at least 1 second.
Locking and unlocking with the central
locking switch
● Locking: press the
››› Fig. 6 button. None
of the doors can be opened from the outside.
The doors can be opened from the inside by
pulling the inside door handle.
● Unlocking: press the ››› Fig. 6
button.
››› in Description on page 82
››› page 82
››› page 227 Rear lid
Fig. 7
●
Opening the rear lid: Pull on the release
lever and lift it up ››› Fig. 7. The rear lid opens
automatically.
● Closing the rear lid: Hold it by one of the
handles on the interior lining and close it by
pushing gently.
››› in Rear lid on page 90
››› page 89
››› page 229 9
Technical specifications
Advice
Operation
Safety
The essentials
The essentials
Adjusting the steering wheel Fig. 20
Adjusting the position of the steering wheel:
Pull the
››› Fig. 20 1 lever down, move the
steering wheel to the desired position and lift
the lever back up until it locks.
››› in Adjusting the steering wheel po-
sition on page 39 Starting the vehicle
Ignition lock Fig. 21
See Fig. 3 for positioning Switch ignition on: Place the key in the igni-
tion and start the engine.
Locking and unlocking the steering wheel
● Engaging the steering wheel lock: Remove
the key from the ignition and turn the wheel
until it locks. In vehicles with an automatic
gearbox, the gear lever must be in the P posi-
tion in or der t
o remove the key. If necessary,
press the locking key on the selector lever
and release it again.
● Unlocking the steering wheel: Put the key
into the ignition and turn it at the same time
as the steering wheel in the direction indica-
ted by the arrow. If it is not possible to turn
the steering wheel, it may be because it is
locked. Turning on/switching off the ignition, glow
plugs reheating
●
Switch ignition on: Turn the key to the 2 position.
●
Switch ignition off. Turn the key to the 1 position.
●
Diesel vehicles : The glow plugs reheat
when the ignition i s
switched on
Starting the engine
● Manual gearbox: press the clutch pedal all
the way down and move the gearbox lever in-
to neutral.
● Automatic gearbox: Press the brake pedal
and move the selector lever to the P position
or into
N.
● Turn the key to the 3 position. The key au-
tomatically returns to the 2 position. Do not
press the accelerator.
Start-Stop System*
When you stop and release the clutch pedal,
the Start-Stop system* turns off the engine.
The ignition remains switched on.
››› in Switching on the ignition and
starting the engine with the key on
page 130
››› page 129 14
The essentials
● The vehicle has broken down
● When towing or being towed
››› in Hazard warning lights on
page 99
››› page 99 Interior lights
Fig. 25
KnobFunction
Switches interior lights off.
Switches interior lights on.
KnobFunction
Switches door contact control on (central po-
sition).
The interior lights come on automatically
when the vehicle is unlocked, a door is
opened or the key is removed from the igni-
tion.
The lights go off a few seconds after all the
doors are closed, the vehicle is locked or the
ignition is switched on.
Turning the reading light on and off
Ambient light: in the door panel, it changes
colour (white or red) depending on the driv-
ing mode.
››› page 101 Windscreen wipers and window wiper
blade
Fig. 26
More the lever to the required position:
0 Windscreen wiper off.
1
Windscreen wipers interval wipe.
Using the control
››› Fig. 26 A adjust the
interval (vehicles without rain sensor), or
the sensitivity of the rain sensor.
2 Slow wipe.
3
Continuous wipe.
4
Short wipe. Brief press, short clean. Hold
the lever down for more time to increase
the wipe frequency.
5
Automatic wipe. The windscreen washer
function is activated by pushing the lever
forwards, and simultaneously the wind-
screen wipers start.
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The essentialsMenuSubmenuPossible settingDescription
ESC system–Activation of the Electronic Stability Programme (ESC)›››
page 143
TyresTyre pressure monitoringTyre pressure storing (Calibration)››› page 212
Winter tyresActivation and deactivation of the speed warning. Setting the speed warning value››› page 215
Driver assistance
ACC (adaptive cruise control)Activation/deactivation: Gear programme, temporary distance from the vehicle in front (dis-
tance level)››› page 151
Front Assist (monitoring system)Activation/deactivation: monitoring system, pre-warning, distance warning display››› page 161
City emergency braking functionActivation/deactivation of the City emergency braking function.››› page 165
Lane Assist (system warning you if you
leave the lane)Activation/deactivation: Lane Assists, Lane Centring Assist››› page 166
Tiredness detectionActivation/deactivation››› page 172
Parking and manoeu-
vringParkPilotAutomatically activate, front volume, front sound settings, rear volume, rear sound settings,
adjust volume››› page 173
Vehicle lights
Vehicle interior lightingInstrument and control lighting, ambient door lighting, footrest lighting››› page 101
Coming home/Leaving home functionStart time for “Coming home” function, start time for “Leaving home” function››› page 97
››› page 98
Motorway lightActivation/deactivation››› page 100
Mirrors/windscreen wip-
ersRear vision mirrorsSynchronised regulation, lower the rear-view mirror when reversing, fold in after parking››› page 13
››› page 104
Windscreen wipersAutomatic windscreen wipers, wipe when reversing››› page 16
Opening and closingRadio-operated remote controlConvenience open function››› page 91
Central locking systemUnlocking doors, automatic locking/unlocking, audible confirmation››› page 82 18
The essentials
Front brake pads worn.
›››
page
143
it lights up:
Fault in the ESC, or dis-
connection caused by the system.
flashes: ESC or ASR activated.
ASR manually deactivated.
ABS faulty or does not work.
Rear fog light switched on.›››
page
94
lights up or flashes:
fault in the
emission control system.–
it lights up:
pre-ignition of diesel
engine.
››› page
71
flashes: fault in the diesel engine
management.
fault in the petrol engine manage-
ment.›››
page
71
lights up or flashes:
fault in the
steering system.››› page
190
Tyre pressure too low, or fault in
the tyre pressure monitoring sys-
tem.›››
page
212
Fuel tank almost empty.›››
page
66
Fault in airbag system and seat
belt tensioners.›››
page
48
Lane Assist is switched on, but not
active.›››
page
166 Other warning lamps
Left or right turn signal.›››
page
94
Hazard warning lights on.››› page
99
Trailer turn signals›››
page
177
it lights up:
Press the foot brake!
flashes: the selector lever locking
button has not engaged.››› page
132
it lights up:
cruise control activated
or speed limiter switched on and
active.
››› page
150
flashes: the speed set by the
speed limiter has been exceeded.
Lane Assist is switched on and ac-
tive.›››
page
166
Main beam on or flasher on.›››
page
94 On the instrument panel screen
Fig. 35
See Fig. 3 for positioning Do not continue driving!
With the corresponding indica-
tion: door(s), rear lid or bonnet
open or not properly closed.››› page
82
››› page
89
››› page
198
Ignition: Do not carry on driv-
ing! Engine coolant level too low,
coolant temperature too high
››› page
203
Flashing: Fault in the engine
coolant system.
Do not continue driving!
Engine oil pressure too low.››› page
200» 23
Technical specifications
Advice
Operation
Safety
The essentials
The essentials
Fault in the battery.›››
page
205
Driving light totally or partially
faulty.›››
page
233
Fault in the cornering light sys-
tem.››› page
94
Diesel particulate filter blocked›››
page
141
Level of windscreen washer fluid
too low.›››
page
102
Flashing: Fault in the oil level de-
tection. Control manually.›››
page
200
Ignition: Insufficient engine oil.
Fault in the gearbox.›››
page
139
Light Assist on.›››
page
96
Immobiliser active.
Service interval display›››
page
80
Mobile telephone is connected
via Bluetooth to the original tele-
phone device.›››
Book-
let Radio
or
››› Book-
let Navi-
gation
system
Mobile telephone battery charge
meter. Available only for devices
pre-installed in factory.
Freezing warning. The outside
temperature is lower than +4°C
(+39°F).›››
page
74
Start-Stop system activated.›››
page
148
Start-Stop system unavailable.
Low consumption driving status›››
page
74 On the instrument panel
Fig. 36
See Fig. 3 for positioning
Front passenger front airbag is
disabled (
).
››› page
48
The front passenger front airbag
is activated (
).
››› page
48
››› in Control and warning lamps on
page 71
››› page 71 Gearbox lever
Manual gearbox Fig. 37
The position of the gears is indicated on the
gearbox lever
››› Fig. 37 .
● Pr e
ss the clutch pedal and keep your foot
right down.
● Move the gearbox lever to the required po-
sition.
● Release the clutch. 24