Controls and displays
Operation
C ontr
o
ls and displays
General instrument panel Door release lever
Centr
al
locking switch . . . . . . . . . . . .119
Electric control to adjust exterior
mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Air outl
ets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Control lever for:
– Turn s ign
als and main beam
headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
– Lane Ass i
st . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
– Main beam a
ssist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
– Cruise c
ontrol system (CCS) . . . . .185
Depending on equipment fitted:
– Lev er f
or cruise control . . . . . . . . . .185
Steering wheel with horn and – Driver airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
– On-boar d c
omputer controls . . . .31
– Contro
ls for radio, telephone,
navigation and speech dialogue
system ›››
Booklet Radio
– Paddle levers for tiptronic gear-
shift (automatic gearbox) . . . . . . .170
Instrument panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
1 2
3
4
5
6
7
8 Control lever for:
– Wind
s
creen wipers and washer . .136
– Wipe and wa
sh system . . . . . . . . . . 136
– On-board c
omputer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Depending on equipment fitted: ra-
dio or disp
lay for Easy Connect
(navigation, radio, TV/video) . . . . . .110
Depending on the equipment, but-
tons
for:
– SEAT driving modes . . . . . . . . . . . . .204
– Star t
-Stop system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
– Park a
ssist system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
– Hazard w
arning lights . . . . . . . . . .133
– Tyr
e pressure switch . . . . . . . . . . . .261
– Airbag off di
splay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Depending on the equipment,
glov e c
ompartment with: . . . . . . . . .146
– CD pl a
yer* and/or SD card*
››› Booklet Radio
Tyre pressure switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . .261
Front passenger airbag switch . . . .82
Front passenger airbag . . . . . . . . . . .17
Passenger seat heating control . . . .142
USB/AUX-IN input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Depending on equipment fitted,
ge ar l
ever or selector lever for:
– Manual gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
– Autom atic
gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18 Depending on the equipment, con-
tr
o
l
s for:
– Heating and ventilation system or
manual air conditioner . . . . . . . . . .49, 47
– Automatic
air conditioner . . . . . . .45
Parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Driver seat heating control . . . . . . . .142
Ignition lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Knee airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Adjustable steering column . . . . . . .17
Storage compartment
Bonnet lock
release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Headlight range control . . . . . . . . . . .134
Headlight switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Electric windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 Note
● Some of the equipment li
sted in this sec-
tion is only fitted on certain models or are op-
tional extras.
● A separate Instructions Manual is enclosed
if the v
ehicle is equipped with a factory-fitted
radio, CD player, AUX IN connection or navi-
gation system.
● The arrangement of switches and controls
on right-hand driv
e models* may be slightly
different from the layout shown in
››› page 102. However, the symbols used to
identify the controls are the same. 19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
103
Technical data
Advice
Operation
Emergencies
Safety
Operation
●
Do not p ut
hot drinks in the drink holders.
During normal or sudden driving manoeuvres,
sudden braking or an accident, the hot drink
could be spilled. Danger of scalding. CAUTION
When driving, do not leave open cans in the
c up ho l
ders. The drink might be spilt on brak-
ing, for example, and could damage the vehi-
cle. Drink holders
Fig. 155
Centre console: front drink holders. Front drink holders
– Place drinks in the holder ››
›
Fig. 155.
Placement of two drinks is possible. There
is also the possibility of placing larger plas-
tic bottles in the trims of the doors. WARNING
● Do not p l
ace any hot drinks in the drink
holder while the vehicle is moving. Hot drinks
could spill and cause burns, which may cause
an accident.
● Do not use hard china cups or glasses.
These cou
ld cause injury in the event of an
accident. CAUTION
You should avoid putting open drinks con-
tainer s
in the cup holders. The drinks could
otherwise spill over and cause damage to e.g.
the electrical equipment or the seat covers. Glove compartment
Fig. 156
Glove compartment Opening/closing
– To open the glove compartment, pull the
handl
e in the dir
ection of the arrow.
– To close the glove compartment, move the
cov
er upwards until it engages.
Depending on the vehicle equipment, the CD
player is located in the glove compartment.
Separate operating instructions are enclosed
for this equipment in the corresponding In-
struction Manual. WARNING
The cover of the glove compartment should
alw a
ys be closed while driving. Failure to fol-
low this instruction could result in an acci-
dent. Other storage compartments
You will find more object holders, compart-
ments
and s
up
ports in other parts of the ve-
hicle:
● In the top of the glove compartment in ve-
hicle
s that do not have a CD reader. The load
of the compartment should not exceed
1.2 kg.
● In the centre console under the centre arm-
res
t*.
● In the driver side panel there is a remova-
ble bo
x for access to fuses and relays. The
146
Index
Blown bulbs ch
an
ging a bulb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Bonnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13, 246 opening the bonnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Brake assist system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Brake servo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
new brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Braking Brake assist system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Moving off on hills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
C Camera cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
cleanliness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Lane Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 fuel tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
natural gas tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
windscreen washer water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Car-care products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
CCS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
CD-ROM player (navigation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Central locking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 anti-theft alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
central locking switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Electric windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
manual locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
remote control key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
selective unlocking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
sliding/tilting sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Cetane number (diesel fuel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244 Changing
parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Changing a bulb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 front fog light bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
number plate light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
rear light bulb on the rear lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
rear light bulbs on the side panel . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Rear light on the side panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Changing a wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 subsequent work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Changing gear engaging gears (manual gearbox) . . . . . . . . . 167
Changing main headlight bulbs turn signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Changing settings CAR menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Changing the blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Changing the main beam headlight bulb main beam headlight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Changing the main headlight bulb day light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
dipped headlight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Changing the wiper blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Charging the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Checking levels engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Child-proof locking electric windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Child seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20, 85 categorisation in groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
ISOFIX system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20, 84
Securing with seat belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21Top Tether system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22, 24
City Emergency braking function . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201 Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
alcantar a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
carbon parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Easy Connect control panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Exhaust pipe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Leather . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
natural leather . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
plastic parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233, 235
Radio display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
trims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
washing the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Climatronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 bonnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Panoramic sliding sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Clutch (warning lamp) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Coming Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Controls and displays general instrument panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Controls on the steering wheel Operating the audio system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
operating the audio system and telephone . . 113
Convenience closing panoramic sliding sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Convenience opening panoramic sliding sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Coolant checking level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Cooling system checking coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Coolant temperature gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
topping up coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
294
Index
Multi-collision Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
M u
ltimedi
a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
N Natural gas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245 Fuel tank cap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
LNG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
refuelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242, 245
smell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
special features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Natural leather cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Navigation system CD-ROM player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Net bag luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Net partition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151, 152
Noises Adaptive cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
ESC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
refuelling natural gas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60, 255
Number of seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
O
Octane rating (petrol) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 partial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Reset button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Oil change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Oil properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
On-screen messages front assist monitoring system . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
One-touch opening and closing Electric windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 Opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
bonnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
fuel
tank flap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241, 242
Panoramic sliding sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Opening and closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11, 116 bonnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
by remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
fuel tank flap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241, 242
in the door cylinder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Panoramic sliding sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
rear lid of the luggage compartment . . . . . . . . 12
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
with the central locking switch . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Opening manually rear lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Outside temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
P Paint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233 care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
damage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Paintwork code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Panoramic sliding sunroof closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
convenience closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
convenience opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
convenience opening and closing . . . . . . . . . 125
fault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
roll-back function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166, 171
Parking aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211 adjusting the display and audible warnings . 216
automatic activation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
fault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216 Parking system plus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
rear p
arking aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
sensors and camera: cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
surroundings warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
towing bracket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
visual indication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Parking aid system see Parking aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Parking distance warning system see Parking aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Parking (automatic gearbox) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
ParkPilot see Parking aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Particulate filter (Diesel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Passenger see Correct sitting position . . . . . . . . . 67, 68, 69
Passenger door manual locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Passenger seat backrest folding down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
lifting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Petrol additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
refuelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Plastic parts: cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233, 235
Polishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Positioning seat belts during pregnancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Power Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Power socket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Power steering see Electromechanical steering . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Pre-heating system control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
299