2015 Seat Altea washer fluid

Checking and refilling levels
WARNING
Any work carried out in the engine compart-
ment or on the engine must be carried out
cautiously.
● When working in the engine compartment,
always observe the safety warnings
››› page 163.
● When the engine is warm or hot, the cool-
ing system is pressurised! Do not unscrew
the cap on the coolant expansion tank when
the engine is hot. This is a burn injury risk. CAUTION
● When mixed with other additives the colour
of G12 will change to brown. If this occurs
you should have the coolant changed imme-
diately. Failure to do so will result in engine
damage!
● If a lot of coolant fluid has been lost, wait
for the engine to cool. This avoids damaging
the en gine. Lar
ge coolant losses are an indi-
cation of leaks in the cooling system. See a
specialised workshop immediately and have
the cooling system checked. Otherwise, there
is a risk of engine damage. Windscreen washer reservoir
Topping up washer fluid  Fig. 150
In the engine compartment: Cap of
windscreen washer fluid reservoir The
windscreen washer
and the
headlight
washers are supplied with fluid from the
windscreen washer fluid container in the en-
gine compartment. The container holds ap-
prox. 3 litres; in vehicles with headlight
washers* it holds approx. 5.5 litres.
The reservoir is located on the right-hand
side of the engine compartment.
Plain water is not enough to clean the wind-
screen and headlights. We recommend that
you always add a product to the windscreen
washer fluid. Approved windscreen cleaning
products exist on the market with high deter-
gent and anti-freeze properties, these may be
added all-year-round. Please follow the dilu-
tion instructions on the packaging. WARNING
Any work carried out in the engine compart-
ment or on the engine must be carried out
cautiously.
● When working in the engine compartment,
always observe the safety warnings
››› page 163. CAUTION
● Never put radiator anti-freeze or other addi-
tives into the windscreen washer fluid.
● Always use approved windscreen cleansing
products diluted as per instructions. If you
use other washer fluids or soap solutions,
the tiny holes in the fan-shaped nozzles
could become blocked. 171
Technical specifications
Advice
Operation
Safety

Technical features
Dimensions and capacities Dimensions ALTEAALTEA XLALTEA FREETRACK
Length / Width (mm)4,282/1,7684,467/1,7684,493/1,778
Height at kerb weight (mm)1,5461,5751,615
Front and rear projections (mm)916/788913/976940/977
Wheelbase (mm)2,5782,5782,578
Turning radius (m)10.710.710.7
Front/rear
a)
track width (mm)1,525/1,509
1,539/1,5231,527/1,506
1,541/1,5201,534/1,519
1,542/1,527
a) This data will change depending on the type of wheel rim.
Capacities
Fuel tank (I)Vehicles with front-wheel driveVehicles with four-wheel drive
55 - Reserve 760 - Reserve 8
LPG Fuel tank (I)39
Windscreen washer fluid container/with headlight washer (I)3/5.5 Tyre pressure
Summer-grade tyres:
The correct tyre pressure can be seen on the sticker on the inside of the tank flap.
Winter tyres:
The pressure of these tyres is 0.2 bar higher than that of summer tyres (2.9 psi/20 kPa).
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Technical specifications
Advice
Operation
Safety

Index
Tank flap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Technical modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Tightening torque of wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Tilting sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Tire Mobility Set Check after 10 minutes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Do not use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Inflating a tyre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Sealing a tyre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Top Tether system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Tow-away protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Tow-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Towing a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Towing bracket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145, 192
Towing bracket, fitting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Towing hook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Towline anchorage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Towline anchorages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Tow starting General notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Traction control system (ASR) control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Trailer Trailer towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Trailer turn signals control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Trailer weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Transporting children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Transporting objects Roof carrier system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Tread depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Turn signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41, 77
Tyre mobility set Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187 Tyre mobility system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Tyre Mobility System
see tyre mobility system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Tyre pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 Loss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Tyre pressure control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Tyre pressure monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Tyre pressures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Tyre repair set see tyre mobility system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Tyres and wheels Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Tyres tread depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Tyres useful life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Tyres with directional tread pattern . . . . . . . . . . 175
U Underbody protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Unlocking and locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Personalisation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Upholstery Treating your upholstery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
V Vehicle battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Vehicle care Treating your upholstery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Vehicle data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Vehicle identification data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Vehicle identification number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Vehicle maintenance electrically adjustable seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
heated seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
natural leather . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
non-electrically adjustable seats . . . . . . . . . . 155
seats with airbag components . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
seats without airbag components . . . . . . . . . . 155 synthetic leather . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
trim fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
unheated seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Vehicle modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Vehicle paintwork Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
polishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Products for vehicle maintenance . . . . . . . . . . 148
Vehicle tools Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Vehicle washing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Ventilation slits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
W Warning lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Warning messages Red . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38, 49
Yellow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39, 49
Warning messages in the display . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Warning symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Warning triangle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Washer fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Washing by hand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Washing the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Washing with high pressure cleaners . . . . . . . . . 150
Water Warning message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Water in the windscreen washer tank . . . . . . . . . 171
Wear indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Wearing suitable shoes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184, 210 Tightening torque . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Wheel change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175, 210
Wheel trims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Why assume the correct sitting position? . . . . . . . 17
Why should head restraints be correctly adjusted? 9
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Index
Why wear seat belts? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11, 17
W indo
w
s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Windscreen washer fluid Control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Windscreen wiper blades cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Windscreen wipers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 Changing blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Changing the rear wiper blade . . . . . . . 195, 196
Winter operation Diesel engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Winter tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Wooden trim cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Working in the engine compartment . . . . . . . . . 163
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