
Advice
Note
● Remove stains from fresh ball-pen and oth-
er inks, lipstick, shoe cream and similar
stains on the fabric (leather), upholstery and
fabric trim as soon as possible.
● We recommend that you visit an authorised
SEAT dealer to clean and care for the interior
of your vehicle, due to the problems that may
arise when cleaning and caring for the interi-
or of your vehicle and to the utensils and
knowledge required. Washing the vehicle
The best protection of the vehicle from the
harmful influences of the environment in-
volves
frequent washing and waxing. The fre-
quency w
ith which the vehicle is washed de-
pends on many different factors, such as:
● Frequency of use
● Type of parking (garage, underneath trees,
etc.)
● Time of year
● Weather conditions
● Environmental conditions
The longer substances such as insects, bird
droppings, resinous tree sap, road dirt, in-
dustrial deposits, tar, soot or road salt and
other aggressive materials remain on the
paintwork, the more damage they do. High temperatures (for instance in strong sunlight)
further intensify the corrosive effect.
After the winter season, it is important to
have the underside of the vehicle
wa
shed
thoroughly.
Automatic car washes Your vehicle can be washed in an automatic
car wash.
Before going through an automatic car wash,
be sure to take the usual precautions such as
closing the windows, etc.
If the vehicle has special accessories such as
spoilers or a roof rack or two-way radio aerial,
etc., it is advisable to consult the car wash
operator beforehand.
The windscreen wiper rubbers must be de-
greased after going after the car wash and
waxing.
Washing by hand When washing the car by hand, use plenty of
water to soften the dirt first and rinse off as
well as possible.
Then clean the vehicle with a
sponge, glove
or brush
. Start on the roof and work down.
U
se only slight pressure when cleaning the
painted surfaces of the vehicle. A car sham-poo should only be used for very persistent
dirt.
Rinse the sponge or glove thoroughly and of-
ten.
Wheels, sills and underside should be
cleaned last. Use a second sponge for this.
After washing, rinse the vehicle thoroughly
and then dry with a chamois.
Washing with high-pressure cleaners When cleaning the vehicle with a high-pres-
sure cleaner, always follow the operating in-
structions for the equipment. This particular-
ly applies to the
operating pressure and the
distance of the spray from the surface of the
v ehic
le. Do not hold the spray nozzle too
close to the parking aid system sensors and
soft materials, such as rubber hoses or insu-
lating material. WARNING
Do no use a nozzle that sprays the water out
in a direct stream or one that has a “rotating
jet”! CAUTION
Do not use water hotter than +60 °C (140 °F).
Risk of damage to the vehicle! 124

Advice
●
Make sure you do not damage the paint-
work on the vehicle on removing snow and
ice from the windows and rear vision mirrors.
● Do not remove the snow or ice dirty with
thick particles, e.g. gravel, sand or road salt,
from windows and mirrors. Risk of damage to
the glass and mirror surfaces. Radio reception and aerial
In vehicles factory-fitted with an audio or
navigation system, the aerial may be instal-
led in different places:
● inside the rear window next to the heating
elements,
● on the roof of the vehicle.
Headlights Use soap and clean, hot water to clean the
front headlights.
CAUTION
● Never rub the headlights to dry them and
do not use sharp objects to clean the plastic
glass material. These could damage the pro-
tective paint and cause the headlights to
crack. ●
Do not use aggressive cleaning products or
chemical solvents to clean the glass. This
could damage the headlights. Care of rubber seals
The weatherstrips on doors and windows will
remain pliable and last longer if they are oc-
casionally treated with a suitable rubber care
product. This will prevent premature ageing
and leaks. If they are properly cared for, the
seals will be less likely to freeze up in the
winter.
Door lock cylinder Special products must be used to defrost
lock cylinders.
Note
● Make sure, when washing the vehicle, that
the least amount of water possible enters the
lock cylinders.
● We recommend the use of products from
the selection of SEAT Original Accessories to
care for the door lock cylinder. Wheels
Wheel trims
If you wash the vehicle regularly, you should
also thoroughly wash the wheel trim. Regu-
larly remove any brake dust and road salt
from the wheels, otherwise the wheel materi-
al could be damaged. Repair any damage to
the wheel paintwork immediately.
Alloy wheels
After thorough washing, treat the wheels
with a protective product for alloy wheels. Do
not use abrasive products to care for the
wheels.
WARNING
Moisture, ice and road salt may affect braking
efficiency. Risk of accident! CAUTION
Heavy dirt on the wheels could lead to their
misalignment. This could result in vibrations
being transmitted to the steering wheel that
under certain conditions may cause prema-
ture steering wear. This dirt must be re-
moved. Note
We recommend you leave paint damage re-
pairs to a SEAT Authorised Service. 126

Index
Index
A
ABS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Adjusting the seat belt height . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Adjustment seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Aerial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 see radio reception . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Airbag covers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Airbags description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 activation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
front airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
functioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Head-protection airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
air conditioning air conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Air conditioning air conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90, 92
Climatronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Air recirculation manual air conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Anti-lock system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Anti-theft alarm system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Ashtrays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Aspects to take into account before starting the
vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
ASR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 Assistance systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Assistance system ABS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
ASR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Start-Stop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Assistance systems ABS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
EDL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
ESC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35, 108
parking aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Audible signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Auto-check system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Automatic disconnection of electrical equip- ment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Automatic gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 back-up programme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Driving programmes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
instructions for use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
kick-down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
manual release of the selector lever . . . . . . . . 162
parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Selector lever lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
selector lever positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
stopping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Tiptronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Automatic headlight control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
AUX-IN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
B Back-up automatic gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 Battery
automatic disconnection of electrical equip-ment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
checking acid level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
replacing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
winter service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Before starting the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Belt tightening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Bonnet closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Boot hook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
retaining elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
retaining nets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
see boot hatch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Boot hatch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 automatic lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Boot lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 automatic lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Brake assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Brake fluid checking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Brakes brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
handbrake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
running in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
warning lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Brake servo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Button on driver's door electric window opening and closing . . . . . . . . 60
187

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
191

Index
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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