Checking and refilling levels
The specifications (VW standards) set out in
the f o
l
lowing page should appear on the con-
tainer of the service oil; when the container
displays the specific standards for petrol and
diesel engines together, it means that the oil
can be used for both types of engines.
We recommend that the oil change indicated
in the Maintenance Programme, be per-
formed by a technical service or specialised
workshop.
The correct oil specifications for your engine
are listed in the ›››
page 41.
Service intervals
Service intervals can be flexible (LongLife
service) or fixed (dependent on time/dis-
tance travelled).
If the PR code that appears on the back of the
Maintenance Programme booklet is PR QI6,
this means that your vehicle has the LongLife
service program. If it lists the codes QI1, QI2,
QI3, QI4 or QI7, the interval service is de-
pendent on the time/distance travelled.
Flexible service intervals (LongLife service
intervals*)
Special oils and processes have been devel-
oped which, depending on the characteris-
tics and individual driving profiles, enable
the extension of the oil change service (Long-
Life service intervals). Because this oil is essential for extending the
servic
e intervals, it must only be used ob-
serving the following indications:
● Avoid mixing it with oil for fixed service in-
terv
als.
● Only in exceptional circumstances, if the
engine oil
level is too low ››› page 206 and
LongLife oil is not available, it is permitted to
top up (once) with oil for fixed service inter-
vals ›››
page 41 (up to a maximum of 0.5
litres).
Fixed service intervals*
If your vehicle does not have the “LongLife
service interval” or it has been disabled (by
request), you may use oils for fixed service
intervals, which also appear in
››› page 41. In this case, your vehicle
must be serviced after a fixed interval of 1
year/15,000 km (10,000 miles)(whatever
comes first) ››› Booklet Maintenance Pro-
gramme.
● In exceptional circumstances, if the engine
oil l
evel is too low ››› page 206 and you can-
not obtain the oil specified for your vehicle,
you can add a small quantity of oil conform-
ing to the specification ACEA A2 or ACEA A3
(petrol engines) or ACEA B3 or ACEA B4 (die-
sel engines) (up to 0.5 l). Vehicles with diesel particulate filter*
The Mainten
ance Programme states whether
your vehicle is fitted with a diesel particulate
filter.
Only VW 507 00 engine oil, with reduced ash
formation, may be used in diesel engines
equipped with particulate filter. Using other
types of oil will cause a higher soot concen-
tration and reduce the life of the DPF. There-
fore:
● Avoid mixing this oil with other engine oils.
● Only in exceptional circumstances, if the
engine oil
level is too low ››› page 206 and
you cannot obtain the oil specified for your
vehicle, you can use a small quantity of oil
(once) conforming to the VW 506 00,
VW 506 01, VW 505 00, VW 505 01 or
ACEA B3/ACEA B4 specification. (up to 0.5 l). Note
Before a long trip, we recommend finding an
engine oi l
that conforms to the correspond-
ing VW specifications and recommend keep-
ing it in the vehicle. This way, the correct en-
gine oil will always be available for a top-up if
needed. 205
Technical data
Advice
Operation
Emergencies
Safety
Advice
●
If w ork
ing inside the engine compartment,
remember that, even when the ignition is
switched off, the radiator fan may start up au-
tomatically, and therefore there is a risk of in-
jury. WARNING
If there is not enough anti-freeze in the cool-
ant sys
tem, the engine may fail leading to se-
rious damage.
● Please make sure that the percentage of
additiv
e is correct with respect to the lowest
expected ambient temperature in the zone in
which the vehicle is to be used.
● When the outside temperature is very low,
the cool
ant could freeze and the vehicle
would be immobilised. In this case, the heat-
ing would not work either and inadequately
dressed passengers could die of cold. CAUTION
Do not top up the expansion tank with cool-
ant fluid if it
is empty! Air could enter the
cooling system. In this case, stop driving.
Seek specialist assistance. Otherwise, there
is a risk of engine damage. CAUTION
The original additives should never be mixed
with c oo
lants which are not approved by
SEAT. Otherwise, you run the risk of causing severe damage to the engine and the engine
coo
lin
g system.
● If the fluid in the expansion tank is not pur-
ple b
ut is, for example, brown, this indicates
that the G13 additive has been mixed with an
inadequate coolant. The coolant must be
changed as soon as possible if this is the
case! This could result in serious faults and
engine damage. For the sake of the environment
Coolants and additives can contaminate the
en vir
onment. If any fluids are spilled, they
should be collected and correctly disposed
of, with respect to the environment. Brake fluid
Chec k
in
g the brake fluid level Read the additional information carefully
› ›
›
page 43
The position of the brake fluid reservoir is
shown in the corresponding engine compart-
ment illustration ››› page 204. The brake fluid
reservoir has a black and yellow cap.
The brake fluid level drops slightly when the
vehicle is being used as the brake pads are
automatically adjusted as they wear. However, if the level goes down noticeably in
a short time, or dr
ops below the “MIN” mark,
there may be a leak in the brake system. A
display on the instrument panel will warn you
if the brake fluid level is too low ››› page 100. WARNING
Before opening the bonnet to check the brake
fluid lev el, r
ead and observe the warnings
››› page 201. Changing the brake fluid
The Maintenance Programme indicates brake
fluid c
h
an
ge intervals.
We recommend that you have the brake fluid
changed by a Technical Service.
Before opening the bonnet, please read and
follow the warnings ››› in safety notes for
w ork
in the en
gine compartment on
page 201 in section “Safety notes for work-
ing in the engine compartment”.
In the course of time, brake fluid becomes
hygroscopic and absorbs water from the am-
bient air. If the water content in the brake flu-
id is too high, the brake system could cor-
rode. This also considerably reduces the boil-
ing point of the brake fluid. Heavy use of the
brakes may then cause a vapour lock which
could impair the braking effect.
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the rear lid and lift the floor covering. The
b att
er
y is located next to the spare wheel.
– Check the colour display in the "magic eye"
on the top of the b
attery.
– If there are air bubbles in the window, tap
the window g
ently until they disperse.
The position of the battery is shown in the
corresponding engine compartment diagram
››› page 204. The location of the battery in
the luggage compartment can be seen in
››› Fig. 186.
The “magic eye” indicator, located on the top
of the battery changes colour, depending on
the charge state and electrolyte level of the
battery.
There are two different colours:
● Black: correct charge status.
● Transparent/clear yellow: the battery must
be repl
aced. Contact a specialised workshop.
Charging or changing the battery The battery is maintenance-free and is
c
hec
k
ed during the inspection service. All
work on the vehicle battery requires special-
ist knowledge.
If you often drive short distances or if the ve-
hicle is not driven for long periods, the bat- tery should be checked by a specialised
workshop betw
een the scheduled services.
If the battery has discharged and you have
problems starting the vehicle, the battery
might be damaged. If this happens, we rec-
ommend you have the vehicle battery
checked by a Technical Service where it will
be re-charged or replaced.
Charging the battery
The vehicle battery should be charged by a
specialised workshop only, as batteries us-
ing special technology have been installed
and they must be charged in a controlled en-
vironment.
Replacing a vehicle battery
The battery has been developed to suit the
conditions of its location and has special
safety features.
Genuine SEAT batteries meet the mainte-
nance, performance and safety specifications
of your vehicle. WARNING
● We r ec
ommend you use only maintenance-
free or cycle free leak-proof batteries which
comply with standards T 825 06 and
VW 7 50 73. This standard applies as of
2001.
● Before starting any work on the batteries,
you mus
t read and observe the warnings ››› in Symbols and warnings on handling
the batt er
y on page 210. For the sake of the environment
Batteries contain toxic substances such as
s u lphuric
acid and lead. They must be dis-
posed of appropriately and must not be dis-
posed of with ordinary household waste. 211Technical data
Advice
Operation
Emergencies
Safety
Index
C
C ap
ac
ities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
fuel tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Car care Exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
CCS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Central locking anti-theft alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
automatic speed-dependent locking . . . . . . . 114
central locking button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
electric windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
key by remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Selective unlocking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
self-locking system to prevent involuntary un-locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
unlocking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Central locking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 Safe security system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Cetane number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Changing a DRL light bulb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Changing a bulb additional brake light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
AFS headlight bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
fog light bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
general notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
interior light and reading light . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
luggage compartment light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
number plate light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
tail light bulb on the rear lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
tail light bulb on the side panel . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
tail light bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
turn signal light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Turn signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Changing a double headlight bulb
dipped beam he adlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
double headlight bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Changing an AFS headlight bulb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 turn signal light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
xenon light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Changing a single headlight bulb side light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
single headlight bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
turn signal light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Changing a wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 subsequent work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Changing double headlight bulb side light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Changing settings CAR menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Changing the blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Changing the double headlight bulb main beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Changing the single headlight bulbs dipped/main beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Charging the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Checking levels engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Child-proof locking electric windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Child seat Categorisation in groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Child seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16, 73 ISOFIX system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16, 72
Securing with the seat belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Top Tether system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18, 20
Chrome parts cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Cigarette lighter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
alloy wheel rims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
chrome parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
cleaning of windows and exterior mirrors . . . . 194
engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
fabric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
high pressure cleaners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
leather . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
plastic parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194, 197
radio and climate controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
rubber seals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
steel wheel rims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
upholstery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
washing the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
windscreen wiper blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
wooden trim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Climatronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 adjusting the temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
air recirculation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
automatic mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
blower selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
general notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
windscreen defrost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 bonnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
tilting panoramic sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Coming Home Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Contact key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Controls and displays general instrument panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Controls on the steering wheel operating the audio system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
operating the audio system and telephone . . 110
236
Index
Convenience closing tiltin
g p
anoramic sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Convenience opening windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Coolant checking level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Coolant level control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Coolant temperature control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Cooling system checking coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Coolant temperature gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
topping up coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Correct position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Correct sitting position front passenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
rear seat passengers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34, 184 adjusting the stored speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
complete deactivation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
temporary deactivation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Cruise control system control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Cruise speed control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Current . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
D Dangers in not using the seat belt . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Dash panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Data sticker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Deactivating the front passenger front airbag . . . 14
Deactivation of front airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Diesel en
gine
Winter operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Diesel engine particulate filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Differential lock fault (EDS) control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Digital clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Direction of rotation tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96, 97
Disposal Seat belt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Door handle de-icing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Door lock de-icing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Door lock cylinder de-icing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Door release lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Doors Childproof locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
opening and closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Double headlight bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Driver see Correct sitting position . . . . . . . . . 57, 58, 59
Driver information system additional electrical appliances . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
assist systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
bonnet, rear lid and doors open . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
engine oil temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
gear-change indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
journey data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
outside temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
saving tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 service intervals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
speed warnin
g . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
warning and information messages . . . . . . . . . 29
Driving driving abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
with a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187, 188, 219
Driving abroad Headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
petrol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Driving assistance systems cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Driving safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Driving with a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
DSG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Duplicate keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Dust and pollen filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Dynamic headlight range control . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
E
Easy Connect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24, 107
Economic driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
EDL see Electronic differential lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
EDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Efficiency programme additional electrical appliances . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
saving tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Electrical power socket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Electric windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11, 120 convenience opening/closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Electrolyte . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Electronic differential lock . . . . . . . . . 103, 169, 170 control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102, 103
Electronic differential lock (XDS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Electronic immobiliser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107, 154
237
Index
Electronic Stability Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
El ectr
onic
Stability Control (ESC) . . . . . . . 103, 169
Emergencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
changing a wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
changing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
emergency towing of the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
emergency warning triangle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
fire extinguisher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
first-aid kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
hazard warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Jump leads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
panoramic/tilting sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
puncture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
replacing a blown fuse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Spare wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
vehicle tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Emergency operation selector lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Emergency warning triangle . . . . . . . . . . . . 75, 127
Emission control system control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Emissions data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Engine assisted starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Running in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Start-Stop system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10, 201, 204 battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
windscreen washer liquid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209 Engine coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
check ing level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
G12 plus-plus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
G13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Engine data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Engine fault control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Engine management control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41, 204 changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204, 206
check oil level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
engine oil dipstick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
inspection service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
maintenance intervals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
oil properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
temperature display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
topping up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Engine oil pressure warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Environment ecological driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Environmental compatibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Environmental tips refuelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
ESC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103, 170 electronic stability control . . . . . . . . . . . 103, 169
Sport Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
see also Electronic Stability Control (ESC) . . . 170
Exhaust gas emission control system . . . . . . . . . 166
Extending the luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 Exterior lighting
chan ging a bulb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
folding in electrically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
folding in manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
heated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Exterior view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5, 6
F Fabric: cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Fastening rings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Faulty bulbs changing a bulb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Filling the tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199 fuel gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Fire extinguisher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
First-aid kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Floor mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Fog-light bulb FR version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Fog light bulb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Front headrests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Front airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14, 69 safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Front ashtray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Front drink holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Front passenger front airbag control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
deactivation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Front seat manual adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Front seat backrest folding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
lifting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
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Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 biodie
sel
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
fuel gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Petrol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
saving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Fuel consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Fuel reserve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Fuel tank see Fuel reserve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Fuel tank cap opening and closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Fuel tank flap opening and closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44, 81 fuse box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
identifying blown fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Identifying by colours . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Preparation before replacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
replacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
G Gear-change indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28, 159
Gearbox lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Gear change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
changing gears (manual gearbox) . . . . . . . . . 159
manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
manual gear change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Gear engaged . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Gear recommendation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
General instrument panel controls and displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
turn signal and main beam lever . . . . . . . . . . . 125
warning and indication lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
General overview of the engine compartment . . 204 Glass
remov ing ice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Glove compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Glow plug system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
H
Handbrake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156, 157 warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Hazard warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22, 127
HBA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Head-on collisions and the laws of physics . . . . . 63
Head-protection airbags description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Headlight range control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Headlights Driving abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Headlight washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Front head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Rear head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Headrests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Heated rear window heating element wires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147 Defrosting the windscreen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Demisting the windscreen and side windows 148
Heating and fresh air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40, 146 controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Heating system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Hill driving assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 How to jump start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
desc ription . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Hydraulic Brake Assist automatic hazard warning lights activation . . 171
I
Identification plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Identifying letters on engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Ignition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Ignition lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20, 153
Incorrect sitting position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Indications on the display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 assist systems submenu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
distance travelled . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
doors, bonnet and rear lid open . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Driver information system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
ECO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
journey data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
MKB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
outside temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
recommended gear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
SEAT Drive Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
second speed display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
selector lever position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
selector lever positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
service intervals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
speed warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Start-Stop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
warning and information messages . . . . . . . . . 29
Infotainment system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Inspection service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Instrument cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Instrument panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96, 97
instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
239
Index
Opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 bonnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
10
f uel
tank flap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
tilting panoramic sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Opening and closing bonnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
by remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
fuel tank flap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
in the lock cylinder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
rear lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
rear lid of the luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . 9
tilting panoramic sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
with the central lock button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Outside temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
P Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Parking aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176 adjusting the display and audible warnings . 180
automatic activation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
fault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
parking system plus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
rear parking aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
sensors and camera: cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
towing bracket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
visual indication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Parking aid system see Parking aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176, 178
Parking distance warning system see Parking aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176, 178
Parking (automatic gearbox) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
ParkPilot see Parking aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176, 178
Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190 Passenger
see Correct sitting position . . . . . . . . . 57, 58, 59
Pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Petrol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Plastic parts: cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194, 197
Pollution filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Positioning seat belts during pregnancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Power-assisted steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Power socket in the luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Power steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Pre-heating system control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Products for vehicle maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Puncture action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
R
Radio frequency remote control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Raising the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Rear headrests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Rear Assist system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 instructions for use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
special features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Rear drink holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Rear fog light control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102, 123
Rear lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9, 10
Rear seat passengers see Correct sitting position . . . . . . . . . 57, 58, 59 Rear shelf
stor age compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
store . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Rear View Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Rear view mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Rear window automatic wiper-washer . . . . . . . . 130
Rear window wiper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129, 130
Rear window wiper blade changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Refuelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199 Opening fuel tank flap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Repair work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Replacement parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Replacement keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Replacement parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Replacing the battery of the vehicle key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Reset the trip recorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Rev counter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96, 97
Rims Changing a wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Roll-back function tilting panoramic sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Roof aerial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Roof carrier system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Roof luggage rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142 attach the cross bars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Roof rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Rubber seals Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Running-in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212 brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
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