Index
Multifunction display Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Multimedia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
N Number of seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
O
Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 see engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Oil level checking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Oil properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
On board computer see multi-function display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Opening and closing from the inside . . . . . . . . . . 56
Opening and closing windows electrically button on driver's door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
switch on driver's door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
switch on rear door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Outside temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Overview of the engine compartment . . . . . . . . . 134
P Paint see paint damage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Paint damage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Parking Parking aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Particulate filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Passenger see Correct sitting position . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6, 7, 8
P ed
als . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Petrol see fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 Polishing paintwork
see care of vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Positioning seat belts during pregnancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Power socket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Power steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Preheating – warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Preventing damage to the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Puncture repair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
R
Rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Radiator fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Radio reception aerial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Raising the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
rear vision mirror exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Rear vision mirror Interior rear vision mirror with manual anti-dazzle adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Recommended gear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Recommended gear display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 synchronisation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Remote control key replacing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Replacement parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Rev counter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Rims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Roof carrier attachment points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
roof load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Run-in
engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
the first 1,500 km . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Running in brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
the tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
S Safe driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Safe Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 child safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
child seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Safety equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Safety first . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Safety instructions front airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
head-protection airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
using child seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Safety notes Seat belt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Using seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Seat adjuster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Seat belt warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Seat belt control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Seat belt protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Seat belt release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
unfastened . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
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Seat belt tensioner control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Seat belt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Seats adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Selector lever see selector lever positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Selector lever positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Service display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Setting clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Settings exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Interior rear vision mirror with manual anti-dazzle adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
light range control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Sitting position driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Sitting position for vehicle occupants . . . . . . . . . . 6
Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149, 177
Spare changing a wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Spare wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 see speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Start-Stop description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Starting the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Starting with jump leads jump-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Steering wheel controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Storage luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Storage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76, 85
Summary
control lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
controls and displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Sun visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 see sun visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Switching off the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
T Technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Temperature selection heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Tightening torque of wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Tiptronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 see automatic gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Tool kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Topping up coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
windscreen washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Top Tether system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Tow-away protection system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Towing a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Towing bracket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160 rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Towline anchorage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160 rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Traction control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 Towing a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Trailer weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Transport roof rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Transporting children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Trip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Trip counter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Tyre Mobility System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
see Tyre Mobility System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Tyre pressures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Tyre repair kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Tyre repair set see Tyre Mobility System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Tyres see Wheels and tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Tyre tread . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Tyre tread depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
U
Underbody sealant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Unlocking central locking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Unlocking and locking from the inside . . . . . . . . . 56
USB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
V
Vehicle care door lock cylinder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Vehicle interior monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Vehicle status see Auto-check system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Vehicle tool kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Ventilation slits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Voice control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 activation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
disabling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
enter the number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
W Warning symbols see warning lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Warning triangle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
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Washing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 automatic car wash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
by hand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
washing with high-pressure cleaners . . . . . . . 124
Waxing see care of vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Wearing suitable shoes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177 anti-theft wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
caps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
loosening and tightening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Wheels and tyres changing a wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
general notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
interchanging tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
life cycle of tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
replacing tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
spare wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
wheel trim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
winter tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Why assume the correct sitting position? . . . . . . . 16
Why should head restraints be correctly adjusted? 8
Why wear seat belts? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11, 16
Windows de-icing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
see electric window opening and closing . . . . . 60
Windscreen see radio reception . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Windscreen washer checking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
headlight washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
topping up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 Windscreen washer fluid
warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Windscreen washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Windscreen wiper jets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
windscreen washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Windscreen wipers changing the rear window wiper blade . . . . . . 163
changing windscreen wiper blades . . . . . . . . . 162
control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
winter driving diesel fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Winter service battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Cleaning windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Winter tyres see Wheels and tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Wipe interval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
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About this manual
This manual contains a description of the
equipment supplied with the vehicle at the
time this manual was published. Some of the
units described herein will not be available
until a later date or are only available in cer -
tain markets.
Because this is a general manual for the
ALTEA range, some of the equipment and
functions that are described in this manual
are not included in all types or variants of the
model; they may vary or be modi ed depend -
ing on the technical requirements and on the
market; this is in no way deceptive advertis-
ing.
The illustrations are intended as a general
guide and may vary from the equipment tted
in your vehicle in some details.
The steering indications (left, right, forward,
reverse) appearing in this manual refer to the
normal driving movements of the vehicle ex -
cept when otherwise indicated.
* The equipment marked with an aster -
isk* is tted as standard only in certain
versions, and is only supplied as op -
tional extras for some versions, or are
only offered in certain countries. ®
All registered marks are indicated with
®. Although the copyright symbol does
not appear, it is a copyrighted mark.
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ing page.
WARNING
Texts preceded by this symbol contain infor -
mation on safety. They warn you about possi -
ble dangers of accident or injury.
CAUTION
Texts with this symbol draw your attention to
potential sources of damage to your vehicle.
For the sake of the environment
Texts preceded by this symbol contain rele-
vant information concerning environmental
protection.
Note
Texts preceded by this symbol contain additio -
nal information.
This manual is divided into ve large parts,
which are:
1. Safety
2. Operation
3. Tips
4. Technical data
5. Alphabetical index
At the end of this manual, there is a detailed
alphabetical index that will help you quickly
nd the information you require.