Instruments and warning lamps
Brake system›››
page
33
Fasten your seat belt›››
page
34
Alternator›››
page
34
Door open›››
page
34
Engine oil (red or yellow colour)›››
page
34
Coolant temperature/level (red or
blue colour)›››
page
35
Power steering›››
page
35
Electronic stability control (ESC)›››
page
35
Traction control system (ASR)›››
page
35
Anti-lock brake system (ABS)›››
page
36
Rear fog light›››
page
36
Bulb fault›››
page
36
Emission control system›››
page
36
Glow plug system (diesel en-
gines)›››
page
36
Engine electronics control (petrol
engines)›››
page
36
Particulate filter (diesel engines)›››
page
37
Fuel reserve›››
page
37
Airbag system›››
page
37
Tyre pressure›››
page
38
Liquid level in the window washer
system›››
page
38
Turn signals (left/right)››› page
38
Fog lights›››
page
38
Cruise speed›››
page
38
Selector lever lock›››
page
38
Main beams›››
page
38 WARNING
● Failure to observe control lamps and warn-
ing messages can result in serious personal
injuries or damage to your vehicle.
● The engine compartment is a dangerous
area. Carrying out work in the engine com- partment, i.e. checking and filling service liq-
uids, can lead to injury, scalding, burns and
fires. Therefore the corresponding warnings
must always be observed
››› page 132, En-
gine compartment. Handbrake
If the
warning lamp lights up, the hand-
br ak
e is applied. Additionally, driving the ve-
hicle at speeds exceeding 6 km/h (4 mph) for
at least 3 seconds produces an audible warn-
ing.
The informative display indicates:
Release the handbrake!
Brake system The warning lamp
illuminates if the brake
fluid level is too low or if there is a fault in the
ABS system.
The informative display indicates:
Brake fluid Instruction Manual!
Stop the vehicle, switch off the engine and
check the level of the brake fluid
››› page 139
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33
Technical specifications
Advice
Operation
Safety
Lights and visibility
Turn signal and main beam lever Fig. 47
Turn signal and main beam lever. The turn signal and main beam lever also op-
erates the parking lights and the headlight
flasher.
Right and left-hand
turn signal
– Move the lever ››› Fig. 47 up A or down
B .
– In order for the turn signals to flash three
times (turn signal to change lanes), move
the lever briefly up or down just as far as
point of resistance and then release it.
– Keep the lever held down at the point of re-
sistance for the turn signals to flash for as
long as you hold the lever, e.g. when
changing lanes.
Main beams
– Switch on the dipped beam ›››
page 61. –
Press the lever ››› Fig. 47 forward in the di-
r ection indic
ated by arrow C .
– Pull the lever back to its original position in
the direction indicated by arrow D to
switch the main beam off.
Headlight flasher
– Pull the lever ››› Fig. 47 towards the steer-
ing wheel (point of resistance) in the direc- tion indicated by arrow D .
Parking lights
Instructions for use ››› page 65. CAUTION
Never use the main beam headlights or the
headlight flasher if they could dazzle other
drivers. Note
● The turn signals only work when the igni-
tion is switched on. The corresponding warn-
ing lamp or flashes in the general instru-
ment p
anel.
● The turn signals switch off automatically
when the steering wheel is returned to the
straight-ahead position.
● If a turn signal bulb is defective, the control
lamp flashes at double speed. Automatic headlight control (AHC)
If the light switch is in this position
››› Fig. 45, the side lights, headlights and the
number p l
ate lights will turn on or off auto-
matically.
The light is adjusted according to the data re-
corded by the light sensor that is installed
between the windscreen and the inside rear
view mirror.
If the light switch is in position , the sym-
bol located next to the light switch will il-
luminate. If the light illuminates automatical-
ly, symbol located next to the light switch
will also illuminate.
Automatic headlights in case of rain
If the light switch is in position and is
connected to the automatic wipe in case of
rain for more than 10 seconds or wipe (posi-
tion 2 or
3 ) for longer than 15 seconds,
››› page 69 then the side lights and head-
lights w
ill automatically switch on.
The light automatically switches off if more
than 4 minutes have elapsed and the auto-
matic wipe or wipe (position 2 or
3 ) have
not been switched on. »
63
Technical specifications
Advice
Operation
Safety
Operation
Note
● The parking lights can only be activated
with the ignition disconnected.
● The parking light will not come on automat-
ically after switching off the ignition if the
left- or right-hand turn signal is left on. Adjusting the headlights
The light beam of the dipped beam lights is
asymmetric: the side of the road on which
you are driving is lit more intensely.
When a car that is manufactured in a country
that drives on the right travels to a country
that drives on the left (or vice versa), it is nor-
mally necessary to cover part of the headlight
bulbs with stickers or to change the adjust-
ment of the headlights to avoid dazzling oth-
er drivers.
In such cases, the regulations specify certain
light values that must be complied with for
designated points of the light distribution.
This is known as “Tourist light”.
The light distribution of the halogen and full-
LED headlights of the SEAT Toledo allows the
specific “tourist light” values to be met with-
out the need for stickers or changes in the
settings. Note
“Tourist light” is only allowed temporarily. If
you are planning a long stay in a country that
drives on the other side, you should take the
vehicle to an Authorised Technical Service to
change the headlights. Interior lights
Interior lighting – version 1 Fig. 50
Interior lighting – version 1. Switching on the interior light
– Move the switch A
›››
Fig. 50 toward the
s ide of
the light. The symbol will be dis-
played.
Switching off the interior light – Move the switch A
›››
Fig. 50 to the centre
po s
ition O. Operating the courtesy light
–
Move the switch A
››› Fig. 50 to the centre
of the light
. The symbol will be dis-
played.
Reading lights
– The reading lights are switched on and off
by pressing switch B
››› Fig. 50 .
Wher e the c
ourtesy light is on (switch A ›››
Fig. 50 in position
), the light will come
on if:
● the
vehicle is unlocked,
● one of the doors is opened,
● The key is removed from the ignition
When the courtesy light is on (switch A in
position ), the light will switch off if:
● the vehicle is locked,
● the ignition is switched on,
● 30 seconds after all of the doors have been
closed
If a door is left open or if switch A is in the
position, the interior lighting switches off
after about 10 minutes to prevent the battery
from running flat.
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Advice
● Replace the cover again or close the fuse
box lid. CAUTION
If you replace a fuse with higher-rating fuse,
you could cause damage to another part of
the electrical system. Changing bulbs
Introduction Changing bulbs requires a certain degree of
practical skill. If in doubt, we recommend you
have defective bulbs changed by a special-
ised service or, in case of an emergency,
seek professional assistance.
●
Switch off the ignition and all of the lights
before changing a bulb.
● Do not touch the glass part of the bulb with
your bare hands. The fingerprints left on the
glass will vaporise as a result of the heat gen-
erated by the bulb, reducing bulb life and
causing condensation on the reflector sur-
face, thus reducing effectiveness.
● A bulb must only be replaced by one of the
same type. The type is indicated on the bulb,
either on the glass part or on the base.
● There is a storage area for the bulb box in
the spare wheel well or below the carpet in
the luggage compartment. The light source used for each function is lis-
ted below:
Double headlights
H7 Long Life
H7
W5W Long Life PY21W NA P21W Super Long Life WARNING
● Take particular care when working on com-
ponents in the engine compartment if the en-
gine is warm. Risk of burns.
● Bulbs are highly sensitive to pressure. The
glass can break when you touch the bulb,
causing injury.
● The high voltage element of gas discharge
bulbs* (xenon light) must be handled correct-
ly. Otherwise, there is a risk of death.
● When changing bulbs, please take care not
to injure yourself on sharp parts in the head-
light housing. CAUTION
● Remove the ignition key before working on
the electric system. Otherwise, a short circuit
could occur.
● Switch off the lights and the parking light
before changing a bulb. Dipped beam:
Main beam:
Side lights:
Turn signals:
Daytime driving lights: For the sake of the environment
Please ask your specialist retailer how to dis-
pose of used bulbs in the proper manner. Note
● Depending on weather conditions (cold or
wet), the front lights, the fog lights, the rear
lights and the turn signals may be temporari-
ly misted. This has no influence on the useful
life of the lighting system. By switching on
the lights, the area through which the beam
of light is projected will quickly be demisted.
However, the edges may continue to be mis-
ted.
● Please check at regular intervals that all
lighting (especially the exterior lighting) on
your vehicle is functioning properly. This is
not only in the interest of your own safety,
but also that of all other road users.
● Before changing a bulb, make sure you
have the correct new bulb.
● Do not touch the glass part of the bulb with
your bare hands, use a cloth or paper towel
instead. Otherwise, the fingerprints left on
the glass will vaporise as a result of the heat
generated by the bulb, they will be deposited
on the reflector and damage its surface. 166
Fuses and bulbs
Double headlight bulbs Fig. 143
Main headlight bulbs. Installation position of double headlight
bulbs
Side lights
Main beam headlights
Dipped beam headlights
Turn signal lights
Daylight
A B
C
D
E Changing side light bulbs
Fig. 144
Changing side light bulbs. –
Raise the bonnet.
– Remove the protective cover ››› Fig. 144 .
– Remo
ve the bulb holder ››› Fig. 144 1 by
pulling it outwards.
– Remove the bulb by pulling it out and fit
the new one.
– Installation involves all of the above steps
in reverse sequence.
– Fit the protective cover. Make sure that the
cover fits correctly on the housing during
operation.
– Check whether the new bulb is working. Changing main beam headlight bulbs
Fig. 145
Changing main beam headlight
bulbs. –
Raise the bonnet.
– Remove the protective cover.
– Remove connector ››› Fig. 145 1 by pulling
outward.
– Extract the bulb and fit the replacement so
that it fits correctly into the recess on the
reflector.
– Installation involves all of the above steps
in reverse sequence.
– Fit the protective cover. Make sure that the
cover fits correctly on the housing during
operation.
– Check whether the new bulb is working.
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Technical specifications
Advice
Operation
Safety
Advice
Changing the dipped headlight bulb Fig. 146
Changing dipped beam headlight
bulbs: wheel housing. Fig. 147
Changing dipped beam headlight
bulbs. –
Turn the wheel for access to the wheel
housing cover and remove the cover
››› Fig. 146 .
– Remo
ve the protective cover from the head-
light ››› Fig. 147. –
Remo
ve connector
››› Fig. 147 1 by pulling
outward.
– Unclip the retainer spring ››› Fig. 147 2 pressing clockwise and inwards.
– Extract the bulb and fit the replacement so
that the lug on the base fits into the recess
on the reflector.
– Fit the connector.
– Fit the protective cover. Make sure that the
cover fits correctly on the housing during
operation.
– Replace the wheel housing cover.
– Check whether the new bulb is working.
Changing turn signal bulbs Fig. 148
Changing turn signal bulbs. –
Raise the bonnet. –
Turn the bulb holder ››› Fig. 148 1 anti-
clockwise and remove it.
– Remove the bulb by pressing on the bulb
holder and turning it anti-clockwise at the
same time.
– Fit the replacement bulb in the bulb holder
and turn clockwise as far as it will go.
– Check whether the new bulb is working.
Changing daytime driving light bulbs Fig. 149
Changing daytime driving light
bulbs. –
Raise the bonnet.
– Turn the bulb holder ››› Fig. 149 1 anti-
clockwise and remove it.
– Remove the bulb by pressing on the bulb
holder and turning it anti-clockwise at the
same time.
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Fuses and bulbs
Position of the bulbs››› Fig. 156Bulb function
ATurn signals: PY21W NA LL
BSide lights-brake lights: P21/5W
CSide lights: P21/5W Note
Check the condition of the seal. If damaged, a
replacement can be acquired from an Official
Service. Fitting rear light
Fig. 157
Fit the tail light unit. Fig. 158
Fit the tail light unit. –
Make sure the connector is correctly in
place.
– Press the rear light unit backwards (driving
direction) by fitting the fastenings into the
rubber mountings ››› Fig. 157 A .
– Take the screwdriver or a Torx 20 key (T20)
from the vehicle tool kit and tighten (turn-
ing clockwise ››› Fig. 158 ) the two retaining
s c
rews that secure the front of the light. Changing rear lights (in rear
lid)
Remove the bulb holder Fig. 159
Remove the cover from the boot lid.
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Technical specifications
Advice
Operation
Safety
Index
H
Handbrake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Hazard warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
HBA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Head-on collisions and the laws of physics . . . . . 13
Head-protection airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Headlights Driving abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Headlight washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Headrests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Heated rear window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 air recirculation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
defrosting windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
rear window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
HHC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Hill-hold control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
How to jump start description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
I Identification plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Ignition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Ignition lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Immobiliser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Informative display see MAXI DOT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Interior ashtray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
cigarette lighter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Storage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 ISOFIX system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
J Jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150 fixing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Jump-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
K
Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
L
Lever main beam headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
turn signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Lifting the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Lights AUTO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
changing bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
control lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Daytime driving light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
dipped beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
front fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Front fog lights with cornering function . . . . . . 64
hazard warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
headlight flasher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Interior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Main beam headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
parking lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
parking lights on both sides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
range control of main lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
rear fog light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
side lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
switching lights on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
turn signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174 Load compartment in the luggage compartment
see Loading the luggage compartment . . . . . . 81
L o
ading the luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Locking central locking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
manual locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Locking a gear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Luggage carrier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Luggage compartment Category N1 vehicles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
manual release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Manual release of the rear lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
shelf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
see also Loading the luggage compartment . . 81
M Mak
e-up
mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Manual door locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
release of the rear lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Release of the selector lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Manual gearbox Gear lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
MAXI DOT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
MDI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Mirror exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Interior rear vision mirror with manual anti-dazzle adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Multi-function display function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
190