
Technical specifications
Diesel engine 1.6 TDI CR 77 kW (105 PS) with/without DPF Engine specificationsPower output in kW (PS) at rpmMaximum torque (Nm at rpm)No. of cylinders/displacement (cm
3
)Fuel
77 (105)/4,400250/1,500-2,5004/1,598Diesel according to standard DIN EN 590,
min. 51 CNa)
a)
Cetane Number (cetane index) = Measure of the diesel combustion power.
PerformanceALTEA
Automatic gearboxALTEA XL
Automatic gearbox
Top speed (km/h)183183
Acceleration 0-80 km/h (seconds)88.1
Acceleration 0-100 km/h (seconds)12.412.6
Weights (in kg)
Gross vehicle weight1,9952,049
Weight in running order (with driver)1,4751,505
Gross front axle weight1,0651,060
Gross rear axle weight9601,010
Permitted roof load7575
Maximum trailer weights (in kg)
Trailer without brakes730750
Trailer with brakes, gradients up to 8%1,5001,500
Trailer with brakes, gradients up to 12%1,4001,400 218

Technical features
Diesel engine 1.6 TDI CR 77 kW (105 PS) DPF Start-Stop Engine specificationsPower output in kW (PS) at rpmMaximum torque (Nm at rpm)No. of cylinders/displacement (cm
3
)Fuel
77 (105)/4,400250/1,500-2,5004/1,598Diesel according to standard DIN EN 590,
min. 51 CNa)
a)
Cetane Number (cetane index) = Measure of the combustion power of the diesel
PerformanceALTEAALTEA XL
Top speed (km/h)183183
Acceleration 0-80 km/h (seconds)88.2
Acceleration 0-100 km/h (seconds)12.212.4
Weights (in kg)
Gross vehicle weight1,9702,024
Weight in running order (with driver)1,4501,480
Gross front axle weight1,0451,040
Gross rear axle weight9601,010
Permitted roof load7575
Maximum trailer weights (in kg)
Trailer without brakes720740
Trailer with brakes, gradients up to 8%1,5001,500
Trailer with brakes, gradients up to 12%1,4001,400 219
Technical specifications
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Technical specifications
Diesel engine 2.0 TDI CR 103 kW (140 PS) Engine specificationsPower output in kW (PS) at rpmMaximum torque (Nm at rpm)No. of cylinders/displacement (cm
3
)Fuel
103 (140)/4,200320/1,750-2,5004/1,968Diesel according to standard DIN EN 590,
min. 51 CNa)
a)
Cetane Number (cetane index) = Measure of the diesel combustion power.
PerformanceALTEAALTEA XLALTEA XL
Four-wheel driveALTEA FREETRACK Four-wheel drive
Top speed (km/h)201201198193
Acceleration 0-80 km/h (seconds)6.66.76.96.9
Acceleration 0-100 km/h (seconds)9.79.810.110.2
Weights (in kg)
Gross vehicle weight1,9852,0342,1322,159
Weight in running order (with driver)1,4651,4901,5881,615
Gross front axle weight1,0651,0701,0901,110
Gross rear axle weight9551,0201,0801,070
Permitted roof load75757575
Maximum trailer weights (in kg)
Trailer without brakes730740750750
Trailer with brakes, gradients up to 8%1,5001,5001,6501,650
Trailer with brakes, gradients up to 12%1,5001,5001,6501,650 220

Index
Digital clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Dipped beam headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Display (without warning or information texts) . . 47
Disposal Seat belt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Door lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Door lock cylinder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Door lock handle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Door release lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Doors Childproof locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Drawer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Driver see Correct sitting position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6, 8
Driv e
shaft differential
XDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Drive wheel traction control system (ASR) . . . . . 137
Driving Economically/with Respect for the Environ-ment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
journeys abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
steering lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
With a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Driving abroad Headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Driving Economically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Driving programmes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Driving safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Driving with automatic gearbox/DSG automatic gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Driving with Respect for the Environment . . . . . 132
Duplicate keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Dust filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Dynamic headlight range control . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 E
EDL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Electric power steering Control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Electric windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Electronic differential lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Electronic immobiliser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46, 121
Electronic Stability Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Emergency braking warning . . . . . . . . . . . . 81, 136
Emergency manual locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Emergency opening Doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Emission control system control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Engine Running in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165 Working in the engine compartment . . . . . . . . 163
Engine coolant G 12 plus-plus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
G 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Engine coolant fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Engine fault Control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Engine management control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Checking engine oil level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Oil properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Topping up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Engine oil dipstick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167 Engine oil pressure
control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44, 49
Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 Environmental friendliness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Environmental tip Avoiding pollution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
ESC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45, 134 see also Electronic Stability Control . . . . . . . . 134
Examp
le of menu use
Open the Configuration menu with the steer- ing wheel controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Program a speed limit warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
To activate and deactivate the speed limit warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Example of the use of the menus Open the Configuration menu with the MFIlever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Examples of menu use Open the main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Open the winter tyres menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
To close the winter tyres menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Exhaust gas emission control system . . . . . . . . . 131
F Fastening rings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Filling the tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Fire extinguisher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
First-aid kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Flexible service interval display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Floor mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Fog lights with cornering function . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Folding table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Folding the seat backrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Front airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
225

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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