Checking and refilling levels
Be sure to always use the correct brake fluid.
On ly
u
se brake fluid that expressly meets the
VW 501 14 standard.
You can buy VW 501 14 standard brake fluid
in a SEAT dealership or a SEAT Official Serv-
ice. If none is available, use only high-quality
brake fluid that meets DIN ISO 4925 CLASS 4
standards, or USA Standards FMVSS 116 DOT
4.
Using any other kind of brake fluid or one
that is not of a high quality may affect opera-
tion of the brake system and reduce its effec-
tiveness. Never use a brake fluid if the con-
tainer does not state that it complies with VW
501 14, DIN ISO 4925 CLASS 4 standards, or
USA standards FMVSS 116 DOT 4. WARNING
Brake fluid is poisonous. Old brake fluid im-
pair s
the braking effect.
● Before opening the bonnet to check the
brake fluid l
evel, read and observe the warn-
ings ››› page 201.
● Brake fluid should be stored in the closed
original
container in a safe place out of reach
of children. There is a toxic risk.
● Perform the brake fluid change according to
the Mainten
ance Programme. Heavy use of
the brakes may cause a vapour lock if the
brake fluid is left in the brake system for too
long. This would seriously affect the effec-
tiveness of the brakes and the safety of the
vehicle. This may cause an accident. CAUTION
Brake fluid damages the vehicle paintwork.
Wipe off an
y brake fluid from the paintwork
immediately. For the sake of the environment
The brake pads and brake fluid must be col-
lect ed and di
sposed of according the applica-
ble regulations. The SEAT Technical Service
network has the necessary equipment and
qualified personnel for collecting and dispos-
ing of this waste material. Windscreen washer reservoir
Top pin
g up the windscreen washer
reservoir water Read the additional information carefully
› ›
›
page 43
The windscreen washer and the headlight
washers are supplied with fluid from the
windscreen washer fluid container in the en-
gine compartment. The container holds ap-
prox. 3 litres; in vehicles with headlight
washers* it holds approx. 4.5 litres.
The tank is in the engine compartment.
Plain water is not enough to clean the wind-
screen and headlights. We recommend that
you always add a product to the windscreen washer fluid. Approved windscreen cleaning
products e
xist on the market with high deter-
gent and anti-freeze properties, these may be
added all-year-round. Please follow the dilu-
tion instructions on the packaging. WARNING
Any work carried out in the engine compart-
ment or on the en gine mu
st be carried out
cautiously.
● When working in the engine compartment,
alwa
ys observe the safety warnings
››› page 201. CAUTION
● Never p ut
radiator anti-freeze or other addi-
tives into the windscreen washer fluid.
● Always use approved windscreen cleansing
products
diluted as per instructions. If you
use other washer fluids or soap solutions,
the tiny holes in the fan-shaped nozzles
could become blocked. Vehicle battery
S ymbo
l
s and warnings on handling
the battery Read the additional information carefully
› ›
›
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209
Technical data
Advice
Operation
Emergencies
Safety
Advice
Wear eye protection
Battery acid is extremely corrosive. Wear protec-
tive gloves and eye protection!
Fires, sparks, open flames and smoking are pro-
hibited!
A highly explosive mixture of gases is released
when the battery is under charge.
Keep children away from acid and batteries!
WARNING
Always be aware of the danger of injury and
chemic a
l burns as well as the risk of accident
or fire when working on the battery and the
electrical system:
● Wear eye protection. Protect your eyes,
skin and clothin
g from acid and particles con-
taining lead.
● Battery acid is extremely corrosive. Wear
protectiv
e gloves and eye protection. Do not
tilt the batteries. This could spill acid through
the vents.
● Rinse battery acid from eyes immediately
for sever
al minutes with clear water. Then
seek medical care immediately. Neutralise
any acid splashes on the skin or clothing
with a soapy solution, and rinse off with plen-
ty of water. If acid is swallowed by mistake,
consult a doctor immediately.
● Fires, sparks, open flames and smoking are
prohibit
ed. When handling cables and electri-
cal equipment, avoid causing sparks and electrostatic charge. Never short the battery
termin
a
ls. High-energy sparks can cause in-
jury.
● A highly explosive mixture of gases is re-
lea
sed when the battery is under charge. The
batteries should be charged in a well-ventila-
ted room only.
● Keep children away from acid and batteries.
● Before working on the electrical system,
you mus
t switch off the engine, the ignition
and all electrical devices. The negative cable
on the battery must be disconnected. When a
light bulb is changed, you need only switch
off the light.
● Deactivate the anti-theft alarm by unlock-
ing the v
ehicle before you disconnect the bat-
tery! The alarm will otherwise be triggered.
● When disconnecting the battery from the
vehicl
e on-board network, disconnect first
the negative cable and then the positive ca-
ble.
● Switch off all electrical devices before re-
connecting the b
attery. Reconnect first the
positive cable and then the negative cable.
Never reverse the polarity of the connections.
This could cause an electrical fire.
● Never charge a frozen battery, or one which
has
thawed. This could result in explosions
and chemical burns. Always replace a battery
which has frozen. A flat battery can also
freeze at temperatures close to 0°C (+32°F).
● Ensure that the vent hose is always connec-
ted to the b
attery. ●
Never u se a def
ective battery. This could
cause an explosion. Replace a damaged bat-
tery immediately.
● For vehicles with the battery in the luggage
compar
tment: Check that the battery gas
ventilation hose is securely attached. CAUTION
● Nev er di s
connect the battery if the ignition
is switched on or if the engine is running.
This could damage the electrical system or
electronic components.
● Do not expose the battery to direct sunlight
over a lon
g period of time, as the intense ul-
traviolet radiation can damage the battery
housing.
● If the vehicle is left standing in cold condi-
tions f
or a long period, protect the battery
from “freezing”. If it freezes it will be dam-
aged. Checking the battery electrolyte level
The electrolyte level should be checked regu-
l
arly
in high-mi
leage vehicles, in hot coun-
tries and in older batteries.
– Open the bonnet and open the battery cov-
er at the front
››› in safety notes for work
in the en gine c
omp
artment on page 202
››› in Symbols and warnings on handling
the b att
er
y on page 210. For vehicles with
the battery under the spare wheel, open
210
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
Running in En gine
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
S s
afe driving safe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Safe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Safe Security system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 child safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
child seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
deactivating the front passenger airbag . . . . . . 14
Safe driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Safety equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Safety instructions Coolant temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
front airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
head-protection airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
using child seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16, 72
Safety notes Seat belt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Using seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Saving tips (efficiency programme) . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Seat heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Seat belt position for pregnant women . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12, 64
control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
protective function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
purpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61, 66
Safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
unfastened . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Seat belt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
contro l lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
SEAT Drive Profile System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185 indications on the display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Seat heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Selective opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Selector lever (automatic gearbox) manual release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Service intervals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Service notification: read . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Side airbags description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Side and interior bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Signal lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Single headlight bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Sitting position driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50, 219
Spanner symbol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Spare wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Speed limiter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Speed selector lever lock control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Speed warning device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Sport Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Start-Stop Activating and deactivating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Start-Stop System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Starting the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154, 155 after the fuel tank has been run dry . . . . . . . . 155
diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
petrol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Starting the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Steel wheel rims
cle aning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58, 153 control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
electromechanical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
power-assisted steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
steering column lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Steering wheel adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Steering wheel controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Steering wheel height adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Storage compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136, 142 glove compartment lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
of front door panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
on the driver side . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
on the front passenger side . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
right front seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
storage pocket in the seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Stretched luggage net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Sun visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 Sliding/tilting sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Switch hazard warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Switching off the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Switching off the lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Switching on the lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Switching the ignition on and off . . . . . . . . 20, 153
System Easy Connect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
T
Tail light bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Tail lights access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Taking care of your vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
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Index
Technical specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
T emper
at
ure display
engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
outside temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Tightening the belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Tightening torque of wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Tilting panoramic sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11, 122 closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
convenience closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
roll-back function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 lap times . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Tiptronic (automatic gearbox) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Tiredness detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Top speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Top Tether system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18, 20
Tow-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52, 79
Towing bracket ball coupling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
retrofitting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Towing bracket device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Towing the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51, 79
Towline anchorages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51, 80 front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Traction control system . . . . . . . . . . . 103, 169, 172 control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187 parking aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Trailer turn signals control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Trailer weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Transporting children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Transporting objects
fas tening rings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
roof carrier system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
roof luggage rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Turn signal lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Turn signals control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106, 126
Two-way radios . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Tyre mobility set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46, 76 Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Inflating a tyre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Sealing a tyre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Tyre pressure monitoring system . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Tyre pressures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Tyre profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212 changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
new tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104, 212, 213
useful life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
wear indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
with directional tread . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49, 212
Tyre tread depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Tyre wear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
U Unfastening the seat belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12, 64
Unlocking and locking by remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Unlocking manually rear lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Upholstery: cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
USB/AUX-IN input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
V Vanity mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 Vehicle
cha ssis number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
data sticker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
identification data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
identification number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
raising . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Vehicle battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43, 209 assisted starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
connecting and disconnecting . . . . . . . . 34, 209
electrolyte level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
winter conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Vehicle care windscreen wipers service position . . . . . . . . . 54
Vehicle interior heating or cooling system . . . . . 149
Vehicle interior monitoring and anti-tow system Activation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Vehicle paint code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Vehicle paintwork Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
polishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Products for vehicle maintenance . . . . . . . . . . 192
Vehicle seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Vehicle tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 housing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Vehicle underbody protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Vehicle wallet compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Vehicle washing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Ventilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Ventilation slits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
W Warning and control lamp cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
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