2015 Seat Altea change key battery

Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Safe driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Safety first! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Advice about driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Proper sitting position for occupants . . . . . . . . 6
Pedal area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
The reason why we should wear seat belts . . . 11
How to properly adjust your seatbelt . . . . . . . . 14
Seat belt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Brief introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Airbag overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Deactivating airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Transporting children safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Safety for children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Child seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Dash panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Warning lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Digital instrument panel display . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Instrument panel menus* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Steering wheel controls* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
General information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Audio system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Radio navigation system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Opening and closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Central locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Radio frequency remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Anti-theft alarm system* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Boot hatch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Electric windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Sliding/tilting sunroof* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Lights and visibility
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Interior lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Visibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Windscreen wiper and rear window wiper
systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Rear vision mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Seats and head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Adjusting the seat and head restraints . . . . . . 88
Seat functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Rear seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Transport and practical equipment . . . . . . . . . 93
Compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Multi-purpose mobile storage compartment* . 96
Ashtray*, cigarette lighter* and power sockets 98
First-aid kit, warning triangle, fire extinguisher 100
Luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Roof carrier/rack system* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Air conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Climatic* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
2C-Climatronic* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
General notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Power steering (servotronic*) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
All-wheel drive* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Driving with LPG* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Journeys abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Ignition lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Braking and parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Manual gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Automatic gearbox/DSG automatic gearbox* . 127
Run-in and economical driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Driver assistance systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Braking and stability systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Start-Stop System* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 Parking aid acoustic system* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Cruise speed* (cruise control system - CCS) . . . 142
Towing bracket device
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Trailer towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Advice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Care and maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Accessories and technical modifications . . . . . 147
Care and cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Care of the vehicle exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Caring for the vehicle interior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Checking and refilling levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Petrol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
LPG system (Liquefied petroleum gas)* . . . . . . 160
Working in the engine compartment . . . . . . . . 163
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Cooling system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Windscreen washer reservoir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Vehicle battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Wheels and tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Winter service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Emergencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Vehicle tools, spare wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Wheel change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Tyre repair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Jump-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Towing and tow-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Emergency locking and unlocking . . . . . . . . . . 193
Changing the wiper blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Fuses and bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Changing the lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
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Dash panel
● Coolant symbol  with the warning mes-
s ag
e STOP SEE COOLANT INSTRUCTION MAN-
UAL.
● Engine oil pressure symbol  with the
warnin

g message STOP ENGINE OIL PRESSURE
LOW! INSTRUCTION MANUAL.
Warning messages, Priority 2 (yellow)
If one of these faults occurs, the correspond-
ing warning lamp lights up and is accompa-
nied by an audible warning. Check the corre-
sponding function as soon as possible al-
though the vehicle may be used without risk.
If several priority 2 warning messages are de-
tected at the same time, the symbols are dis-
played one after the other for about 2 sec-
onds at a time. After a set time, the informa-
tion text will disappear and the symbol will
be shown as a reminder at the side of the
display.
Priority 2 warning messages will not be
shown until all Priority 1 warning messages
have been dealt with!
Examples of priority 2 warning messages
(yellow): 1)
● Fuel warning light with the information text
PLEASE REFUEL . ●
Windscreen washer fluid symbol  with the
inform

ation text REFILL WINDSCREEN WASHER
FLUID. Top up the washer fluid level.
Information messages displayed on
the screen*
Messages a)Description
SERVICEThe service interval has ended. Take
the vehicle to a Technical Service.
IMMOBILISERImmobiliser system active. The vehicle
will not start. Take the vehicle to a
Technical Service.
ERRORInstrument panel faulty. Take the vehi-
cle to a Technical Service.
CLEAN AIR FIL-
TERWarning: The air filter must be cleaned
NO KEYWarning: Correct key cannot be found
in the vehicle.
KEY BATTERYWarning: Key battery low. Change the
battery.
CLUTCHWarning: Press the clutch to start. In
vehicles with manual gearbox and
Start-Stop system.
--> P/NWarning: Place the selector level in po-
sition P/N to start. Only in vehicles
with automatic gearbox.
Messages a)Description
--> PWarning: Place the selector lever in po-
sition P to stop the engine.
STARTINGWarning: The engine starts automati-
cally. Start-Stop system activated.
START MAN-
UALLYWarning: The engine must be started
manually. Start-Stop system activated
ERROR START- STOPWarning: Start-Stop system error.
START-STOP
IMPOSSIBLEWarning: Although the Start-Stop sys-
tem is switched on, the engine cannot
be stopped automatically. Not all the
necessary conditions are met
START-STOP ACTIVEWarning: Start-Stop system activated.
Vehicle in Stop mode.
SWITCH OFFWarning: Start-Stop system activated.
Switch off the ignition when you leave
the vehicle.
STOP TRANS-
MISSION TOO HOTWarning: Stop the engine. Gearbox
overheated.
BRAKEWarning: To start the engine, press the
brake pedal. Only in vehicles with au-
tomatic gearbox.
COASTINGFUNCTIONWarning: Coasting mode active. Trans-
mission engaged. Only in vehicles with
automatic gearbox.
» 1)
Depending on the version of the model.
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Technical specifications
Advice
Operation
Safety

Advice
Emergency boot hatch opening Fig. 168
Rear lid: emergency opening. This allows the vehicle to be opened if the
central locking does not work (for example, if
the battery is flat)
There is a groove in the luggage compart-
ment allowing access to the emergency
opening mechanism.
Opening the rear lid from inside the luggage
compartment
– Insert the key in the groove and unlock the
locking system, turning the key from right
to left, as shown by the arrow ››› Fig. 168 .Ch
an ging the wiper blades
Changing windscreen wiper blades Fig. 169
Windscreen wipers in the service po-
sition. Fig. 170
Changing the windscreen wiper
blades Perfect wiper blade condition is essential for
clear vision. Damaged wiper blades should
be replaced immediately.To change the blades it is necessary to move
the wipers from the rest position into the
service position.
Service position (for changing wiper blades)
–
Ensure that the wiper blades are not frozen.
– Turn the ignition on and off and then (with-
in approximately 8 seconds), push the
windscreen wiper lever out of the short
wipe position. The windscreen wipers will
move to the service position.
Changing the windscreen wiper blades – Lift the wiper arm away from the wind-
screen.
– Push the side buttons, free the blade and
pull in the direction of the arrow ››› Fig. 170
Fitting the wiper blade
– Insert a blade of identical length and de-
sign into the wiper arm.
– Slide the blade until it clicks into position.
– Push the wiper arms back against the wind-
screen.
The windscreen wiper arms return to their
original position when the ignition is turned
on and the windscreen wiper lever is operat-
ed, or when driving faster than 6 km/h.
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Index
Loading the luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Locking gear in Tiptronic mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
LPG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33, 118, 160
LPG system Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Refuelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
LPG System filler neck Filler neck adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 see also Loading the luggage compartment . 101
L ug
gage compartment net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
M Main beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75, 77
Main beam headlights control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Main headlight bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Maintenance and cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Manual gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Manual mode 2C-Climatronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
MEDIA-IN connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Mirrors Exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Interior rear vision mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Vanity mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Mobile phones and two-way radios . . . . . . . . . . 148
Multi-purpose mobile storage compartment Closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Fitting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
N
Number of seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 O
Octane number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Oil change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Oil properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
One-touch opening and closing Electric windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Opening and closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Outside temperature indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 control lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Control lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Dash panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
warning lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Warning lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
P Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Parking aid acoustic system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Parking lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Parking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Parking System Plus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Passenger see Correct sitting position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6, 8
Ped

als . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Petrol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 journeys abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Petrol additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Plastic parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Pollen filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Pollution filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Power sockets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Power steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Products for vehicle maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 Puncture repair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
R Rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Radio frequency remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Changing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Radio navigation controls on the steering wheel Audio + telephone version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Rain sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Raising the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Rear cup holder Armrests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Rear fog light control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40, 76
Control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Rear interior lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Rear reading lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Rear seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Rear shelf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 Storage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Rear window automatic wiper/washer . . . . . . . . . 85
Rear window wiper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Recommended gear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Recommended gear display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Refuelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Registration light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Remote control key Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Synchronising . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Removing and fitting the wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Replacement keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Replacement of parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Rev counter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Reverse gear Manual gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
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