
Advice
Side lights/ brake lights 3 Applies to the model: ALTEA
Fig. 184
Side lights and brake lights. Fig. 185
Side lights and brake lights. –
Open the rear lid.
– Remove the bolts ››› Fig. 184 A .
– Remove the cover of the luggage compart-
ment lateral panel. –
Unscrew the plastic fitting ››› Fig. 185 B securing the tail light. Inserting a screw-
driver under the plastic fitting may help to
loosen it.
– Partially remove the tail light from its cas-
ing taking care not to pull on the cable.
– Remove the bulb holder connector.
– Unscrew the bolts ››› Fig. 186 C from the
bulb holder and pull on this.
– Press on the bulb and rotate to the left then
fit the replacement.
– To refit follow the steps in reverse order,
taking special care when fitting the bulb
holder. The metal contacts of the bulb hold-
er ends should be correctly fitted with re-
spect to the rear light contacts. Turn signal light 3 Applies to the model: ALTEA
Fig. 186
Turn signal light. Fig. 187
Turn signal light. –
Remove the lamp from its housing
››› page 202.
– Unscrew the bolts ››› Fig. 186 C from the
bulb holder and pull on this.
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Fuses and bulbs
– Pull out the turn signal bulb holder using a
screw driver in the direction of the arrow
››› Fig. 187 .
– Fit the r
eplacement bulb by pressing it
down and rotating to the left.
– Installation involves all of the above steps
in reverse sequence.
Reverse light/rear fog light 3 Applies to the model: ALTEA
Fig. 188
Lamp on interior side of bumper. –
Rotate the bulb holder to the left and re-
move it in the direction of the arrow
››› Fig. 188.
– Replace the bulb by pressing on it and ro-
tating at the same time to the left Turn signal, side and brake lights on
the body 3 Applies to the model: ALTEA XL/ALTEA FREETRACK
Fig. 189
Lights on the vehicle body. Fig. 190
Lights on the vehicle body. –
Open the cover of the luggage compart-
ment side panel ››› Fig. 189 .
– Turn the b
ulb holder to the left ››› Fig. 190. –
Remove the blown bulb and change it for a
new one.
– To refit follow the steps in reverse order,
taking special care when fitting the bulb
holder.
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Technical specifications
Advice
Operation
Safety

Advice
Position light, fog light and reverse
light on the rear lid 3 Applies to the model: ALTEA XL/ALTEA FREETRACK
Fig. 191
Lights on the boot. Fig. 192
Side light. Side light
A–
Open the rear lid.
– Pull the cover off. –
Take the lampholder out pressing on the
securing pins and extract it outwards.
– Remove the blown bulb and replace it with
another.
– To refit follow the steps in reverse order,
taking special care when fitting the bulb
holder.
Fog light and reverse lights B –
Open the rear lid.
– Pull the cover off.
– Turn the bulb holder to the left.
– Remove the blown bulb and replace it with
another.
– Installation involves all of the above steps
in reverse sequence. Side turn signals Fig. 193
Side turn signal. –
Press the turn signal to the left or to the
right to remove the bulb.
– Remove the bulb holder from the turn sig-
nal.
– Remove the failed glass bulb and replace
with a new bulb.
– Insert the bulb holder in the turn signal
guide until it clicks into place.
– First place the turn signal in the opening in
the bodywork, fixing the tabs ››› Fig. 193 ,
arr o
w 1 .
– Insert the bulb as shown by the arrow 2 ›››
Fig. 193.
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Index
Emergency unlocking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Selective unlocking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Unlocking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Centre armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Cetane number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Changing gear see Manual gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Ch an
ging gear in Tiptronic mode . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Changing the bulbs Main headlight bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Changing the lights general remarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Changing the main headlight bulbs Main beam lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Side lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Turn signal bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Changing the main headlight lamps dipped lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Changing the tail light bulbs Position light, fog light and tail light on therear lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Changing the tail lights Luggage compartment lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Rear fog light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Reverse light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Side lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Turn signal light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Turn signal, side and brake lights on the body . . .203
Changing windscreen wiper blades . . . . . . . . . . 194
Chassis number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Checking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Checking battery electrolyte level . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Checking engine oil level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Child safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Child seat Categorisation in groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Child seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
ISOFIX system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Top Tether system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Cigarette lighter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Cleaning alloy wheel rims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Cleaning chrome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Cleaning engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Cleaning exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Cleaning plastic parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Cleaning steel wheel rims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Cleaning the instrument panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Cleaning windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Climatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Climatronic General notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Clothes hook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Coming/Leaving Home function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Compartment for on-board documentation . . . . . 93
control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Control lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Controls electric windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Sliding/tilting sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Convenience closing sliding/tilting sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Convenience opening Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170 control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Coolant fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Coolant level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170 control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Coolant loss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170 Coolant temperature
control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Cornering lights Dynamic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Correct adjustment of front seat head restraints . . 9
Correct adjustment of rear seat head restraints In-use and non-use positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Correct sitting position front passenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Incorrect sitting position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
passenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Cruise control Complete system deactivation . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Cruise control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Cruise speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142 Control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
D Dangers in not using the seat belt . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Dash panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Daytime driving lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Daytime running lights Nordic countries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Deactivating front passenger airbags safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Deactivating the airbag Front passenger front airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Diesel engine Winter operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Diesel engine particulate filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Differential lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Differential lock fault (EDL) control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
224

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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