
Operation
●
Addition a
l lights and other accessories in
front of the air inlet reduce the cooling effect
of the coolant. At high outside temperatures
and high engine loads, there is a risk of the
engine overheating.
● The front spoiler also ensures proper distri-
bution of the c
ooling air when the vehicle is
moving. If the spoiler is damaged this can re-
duce the cooling effect, which could cause
the engine to overheat. Seek specialist assis-
tance. Fuel level
Fig. 123
Fuel gauge. The display
6
› ›
› Fig. 121
only works when
the ignition is switched on. When the display
reaches the reserve mark, the lower diode
lights up in red and the control lamp ap-
pears ››› page 96. When the fuel level is very
low, the lower diode flashes in red. The distance to empty fuel level is displayed
on the instrument
panel 3
› ››
Fig. 121
.
Y
ou can consult the tank capacity of your ve-
hicle in the ›››
page 40 section. CAUTION
Never run the fuel tank completely dry. An ir-
re gu
lar fuel supply could cause misfiring. In
this way the unburned fuel can reach the ex-
haust system, which could cause the catalytic
converter to overheat resulting in damage. Warning and indication lamps
W arnin
g symbo
ls Read the additional information carefully
› ›
›
page 35
There are red warning symbols (priority 1)
and yellow warning symbols (priority 2).
Warning messages, Priority 1 (red)
If one of these faults occurs, the warning
lamp will light up or flash and will be accom-
panied by three audible warnings. This is a
danger warning. Stop the vehicle and switch
off the engine. Check the fault and correct it.
Obtain professional assistance if necessary.
If several priority 1 faults are detected at the
same time, the symbols will be displayed one after the other for about 2 seconds at a time
and wil
l continue until the fault is corrected.
No menus will be shown in the display for the
duration of a priority 1 warning message.
Examples of priority 1 warning messages
(red)
● Brake system symbol with the warnin
g
message STOP BRAKE FLUID INSTRUC-
TION MANUAL or STOP BRAKE FAULT IN-
STRUCTION MANUAL .
● Coolant symbol with the warnin
g mes-
sage STOP SEE COOLANT INSTRUCTION
MANUAL .
● 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.
100

Instruments and warning/control lamps
WARNING
● When the tyr e pr
essure control lamp lights
up, reduce speed immediately and avoid any
sudden turning or braking manoeuvre. Stop
when possible, and check the tyre pressure
and status.
● The driver is responsible for maintaining
correct
tyre pressures. For this reason, tyre
pressure must be regularly checked.
● Under certain circumstances (e.g. when
driving in a s
porty manner, in winter condi-
tions or on a dirt track) the tyre control lamp
may light up belatedly or may function incor-
rectly. Note
If the battery is disconnected, the yellow
warnin g l
amp lights up after turning the
ignition on. This should turn off after a brief
journey. Speed selector lever lock*
The brake pedal must be depressed when
thi
s
w
arning lamp lights up. This is necessary
when the automatic gearbox* selector lever
is moved out of the positions P or N.Fuel Reserve/Level
It lights up when only 7 litres of fuel remain
in the tank, and an
ac
oustic signal* also
sounds. It reminds you to fuel up the fuel
tank as soon as possible ››› page 199.
Main beam headlights The control lamp
lights up when the m ain
be
ams are on or when the headlight flasher
is operated.
For further information see ›››
page 125.
Electromechanical steering* The control lamp should light up for a few
sec
ond
s
when the ignition is switched on. It
should go out once the engine is started.
For further information on steering see
››› page 152.
It lights up red
The electromechani-
cal steering is dam-
aged.Have the steering checked im-
mediately by a specialised work-
shop.
It lights up yellow
Electromechanical
steering operation
is limited.Have the steering checked im-
mediately by a specialised work-
shop.
If the yellow warning lamp does
not light up again after the en-
gine is restarted and the vehicle
has travelled a short distance,
you do not need to take it to a
specialised workshop.
The 12-volt battery
was disconnected
and has been recon-
nected.Take the vehicle for a short run
at 15-20 km/h (9-12 mph).
It flashes yellow
The steering column
is tight.Turn the wheel a little to both
sides.
The steering column
does not unlock or
lock.Remove the key from the ignition
and switch the ignition back on.
If necessary, check the messag-
es displayed on the instrument
panel display.
Do not drive on if
the steering
column remains locked after the
ignition has been switched on.
Seek specialist assistance. WARNING
If the warning lamps and the corresponding
mes s
ages are ignored when they light up, the
vehicle may stall in traffic and cause acci-
dents and severe injuries. » 105
Technical data
Advice
Operation
Emergencies
Safety

Index
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
Warning and indication lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 ABS Anti-loc
k
brake system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Alternator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
applying the brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
ASR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
audible warning signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
brake system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
diesel particulate filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
EDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
emission control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
engine management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
engine pre-heating/fault system . . . . . . . . . . . 101
ESC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Fuel reserve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
GRA Cruise control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
instrument panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35, 36, 37
lamp fault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
main beam headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
rear fog light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
seat belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
steering column lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
windscreen washer fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Warning messages Red . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Yellow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Warning symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 see also Warning and indication lamps . . . . . 100
Washing care of the vehicle exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Washing the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192 high pressure cleaners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Wheel balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213 Wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
anti-theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
caps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
loosening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
tightening torque . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Wheel cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 removing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212, 219 anti-theft bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
new wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
removing and fitting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
wheel cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Windows electric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11, 120
removing ice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Window wiper blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Windscreen and rear window wiper blades . . . . . 78
Windscreen defrosting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Windscreen washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43, 129
Windscreen washer fluid control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Windscreen washer water check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
filling amounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Topping up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Windscreen wiper blades cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Windscreen wipers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23, 129 lifting the wiper blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
replacing the wiper blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
service position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Winter conditions Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 thawing windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
tyre
s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Winter operation Diesel engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Winter tyres sizes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
X XDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
244