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Table of Contents
Table of Contents
The e s
senti
als . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Exterior view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Exterior view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Interior view (left guide) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Interior view (right-hand drive) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
How it works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Unlocking and locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Before driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Child seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Starting the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Lights and visibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Easy Connect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Driver information system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Journey data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Warning lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Gearbox lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Air conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Level control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Emergencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Action in the event of a puncture . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Changing a wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Emergency towing of the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . 61
How to jump start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Changing the wiper blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Safe driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Safety first! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Advice about driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Correct position for passengers . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Pedal area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Seat belts
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Why wear a seat belt? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
How to properly adjust your seatbelt . . . . . . . . 75
Seat belt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Brief introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Airbag safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Deactivating airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Transporting children safely . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Safety for children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Child seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Emergencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Self-help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Vehicle tool kit anti-puncture kit* . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Tyre repair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Manual unlocking/locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Changing the windscreen wiper blades . . . . . . 88
Towing and tow-starting the vehicle . . . . . . . . . 89
Fuses and bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Changing bulbs in headlight unit . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Changing front fog light bulbs* . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Changing the rear light bulbs (on the side pan-
el) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Chan

ging the rear light bulbs (on the rear
lid) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

103
Controls and displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
General instrument panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Instruments and warning/control lamps . . . . . 104
Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Control lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 Introduction to the Easy Connect system*
. . . . 110
System settings (CAR)* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Communications and multimedia . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Steering wheel controls* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Multimedia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Opening and closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Central locking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Anti-theft alarm system* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Rear lid (luggage compartment) . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Electric windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Panoramic sliding sunroof* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Lights and visibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Visibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Windscreen wiper and window wiper sys-
tems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
R

ear vision mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Seats and head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Adjusting the seats and headrests . . . . . . . . . . 140
Seat functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Transport and practical equipment . . . . . . . . . 145
Storage compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Storing objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Roof carrier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Air conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Heating, ventilation and cooling . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Ignition lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Braking and parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Manual gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Automatic gearbox/DSG automatic gear-
box* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
R

un-in and economical driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Driver assistance systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Braking and stability systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Start-Stop system* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Cruise control system (GRA)* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Adaptive Cruise Control ACC* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187 5

The essentials
Depending on the equipment fitted on
the v
ehic
le, the mirrors may be heated
according to the outside temperature.
Folding in mirrors.

››› in Adjusting the exterior rear view
mirrors on page 139
››› page 139 Adjusting the rear view mirror (auto-
m
atic
anti-d

azzle function)*Fig. 19
Automatic anti-dazzle interior rear vi-
s ion mirr
or

. ●
Switching on the automatic anti-dazzle
f u nction: pr

ess the 1
› ›
› Fig. 19 button. The
2 warning lamp lights up and, in bright
light, the r e
ar
view mirror darkens.


●
Adjustin
g the rear view mirror: turn it in the
direction of the arrows.

››› in Anti-dazzle rear vision mirrors on
page 138 Adjusting the steering wheel
Fig. 20
Lever in the lower left side of the
s t
eerin

g column. ●
Adjusting the position of the steering
wheel: P ul

l the ››› Fig. 20 1 lever down,
mo v
e the s
teering wheel to the desired posi-
tion and lift the lever back up until it locks.

››› in Adjusting the steering wheel po-
sition on page 68 Airbags
Fr ont
airb

ags Fig. 21
Driver airbag located in steering
wheel . » 17

The essentials
press the locking key on the selector lever
and r el
e
ase it again.
● Unlocking the steering wheel: Put the key
into the ignition and turn it
at the same time
as the steering wheel in the direction indica-
ted by the arrow. If it is not possible to turn
the steering wheel, it may be because it is
locked.
Turning on/switching off the ignition, glow
plugs reheating
● Switch ignition on: Turn the key to the 2position.
●
Switch ignition off. Turn the key to the 1position.
●
Diesel vehicles : The glo
w p
lugs reheat
when the ignition is switched on
Starting the engine
● Manual gearbox: press the clutch pedal all
the way
down and move the gearbox lever in-
to neutral.
● Automatic gearbox: Press the brake pedal
and move the sel
ector lever to the P position
or into N.
● Turn the key to the 3 position. The key au-
t om
atic

ally returns to the 2 position. Do not
pr e
s
s the accelerator. Start-Stop System*
When you s

top and release the clutch pedal,
the Start-Stop system* turns off the engine.
The ignition remains switched on.

››› in Switching the ignition on and
starting the engine with the key on
page 165
››› page 164 Lights and visibility
Light sw
it

ch Fig. 36
See position on page 9-10 ●
Turn the switch to the required position
› ›
›

Fig. 36.
Sym-
bolIgnition switched
offIgnition is
switched on 
Fog lights, dipped
beam and side lights
off.Light off or daytime
driving light on.

The “Coming home”
and “Leaving home”
guide lights may be
switched on.Automatic control of
dipped beam and
daytime driving
light.

Side light on.

Dipped beam head-
light offDipped beam
switched on.

Front fog lights: mo
ve the switch to the
first position, from positions ,  or .
 Rear fog light: move the switch completely
from positions ,  or .
● Switching off fog lights: Push the switch or
turn it t

o the  position.

››› in Side light and dipped beam head-
light on page 128
››› page 128 25

The essentials
Turn signal and main beam lever Fig. 37
See position on page 9-10 More the lever to the required position:
Right t
urn s
ignal: Right-hand parking
light (ignition switched off).
Left turn signal: Left-hand parking light
(ignition switched off).
Main beam switched on: Control lamp 
lit up on the instrument panel.
Headlight flasher: lit up when the lever is
pushed. Control lamp  lit up.
Lever all the way down to switch it off.

››› in Turn signal and main beam lever
on page 129
››› page 129 1
2
3
4 Hazard warning lights
Fig. 38
See position on page 9-10 Switched on, for example:
● When approaching a traffic jam
● In an emergency
● The vehicle has broken down
● When towing or being towed

››› in Hazard warning lights  on
page 133
››› page 133 Interior lights
Fig. 39
Detail of headliner: front interior light-
in g.
KnobFunction 
Switches interior lights off.

Switches interior lights on.

Switches door contact control on (central po-
sition).
The interior lights come on automatically
when the vehicle is unlocked, a door is
opened or the key is removed from the igni-
tion.
The lights go off a few seconds after all the
doors are closed, the vehicle is locked or the
ignition is switched on.

Turning the reading light on and off
Ambient light*: in the door panel, it changes
c
o
lour (whit

e or red) depending on the driv-
ing mode. 26

The essentialsMenuSubmenuPossible settingDescription
Driver assistance
ACC (adaptive cruise control)Activation/deactivation: Gear programme, temporary distance from the vehicle in front (dis-
tance level)›››
page 187
Front Assist (monitoring sys-
tem)Activation/deactivation: monitoring system, pre-warning, distance warning display››› page 197
City emergency braking func-
tionActivation/deactivation of the City emergency braking function.››› page 201
Lane Assist (system warning
you if you leave the lane)Activation/deactivation: Lane Assists, Lane Centring Assist››› page 202
Detection of traffic signsThe following functions can be activated and deactivated:
– Display of traffic signs on the multi-function display
– Trailer detection (display of traffic signs for vehicles with trailer)››› page 208
Tiredness detectionActivation/deactivation››› page 210
Parking and ma-
noeuvringParkPilotAutomatically activate, front volume, front sound settings, rear volume, rear sound settings,
adjust volume››› page 211
Vehicle lights
Vehicle interior lightingInstrument and control lighting, ambient door lighting, footrest lighting››› page 135
Coming home/Leaving home
functionStart time for “Coming home” function, start time for “Leaving home” function››› page 132
››› page 132
Motorway lightActivation/deactivation››› page 134
Mirrors/wind‐
screen wipersRear vision mirrorsSynchronised regulation, lower the rear-view mirror when reversing, fold in after parking››› page 16,
››› page 139
Windscreen wipersAutomatic windscreen wipers, wipe when reversing››› page 27
Opening and clos-
ingRadio-operated remote controlConvenience open function››› page 125
Central locking systemUnlocking doors, automatic locking/unlocking, audible confirmation››› page 116» 29

The essentialsMenuSubmenuPossible settingDescription
Multifunction
display–
Current consumption, average consumption, volume to fill up, convenience equipment,
ECOAdvice, journey duration, distance travelled, digital speed display, average speed,
speeding warning, oil temperature, coolant temperature, restore data “from start”, restore
data “total calculation”
››› page 31
Date and time–Time source, set the time, automatic summer time setting, select time zone, time format, set
the date, date format–
Measurement units–Distance, speed, temperature, volume, consumption–
Service–Chassis number, date of next SEAT service inspection, date of next oil change service››› page 38
Factory settings–All settings can be reset: driver assistance, parking and manoeuvring, lights, rear view mir-
rors and windscreen wipers, opening and closing, multi-function display– 
››› in CAR menu (Setup) on page 110
›››
page 110 30

The essentials
Enabling the main menu
● Switch the ignition on.
● If a message or vehicle pictogram appears,
pr e
s
s button ››› Fig. 43 1 on the windscreen
w iper l
ev
er or button  on the multifunction
s t
eerin
g wheel ››› Fig. 44.
● If managed from the windscreen wiper lev-
er: to dis
play the main screen ››› page 32 or
to return to the main menu from another
menu hold down the rocker button ››› Fig. 43
2 .
● If managed from the multifunction steering
whe e
l:

the main menu list is not displayed.
To go from point to point in the main menu,
press button 
 or
  several times
› ›
›

Fig. 44.
Select a submenu ● Press the rocker switch ›››
Fig. 43 2 on the
w ind
s
creen wiper lever up or down or turn
the thumbwheel of the multifunction steering
wheel ››› Fig. 44 until the desired option ap-
pears marked on the menu.
● The selected option is displayed between
two horizont
al lines. In addition, a triangle is
displayed on the right: 
● To consult the submenu option, press but-
ton ››

› Fig. 43 1 on the windscreen wiper
l ev
er or b
utton  on the multifunction steer-
in g wheel
›
›› Fig. 44. Making changes according to the menu
● With the rocker switch on the windscreen
wiper lev
er or the thumbwheel of the multi-
function steering wheel, make the desired
changes. To increase or decrease the values
more quickly, turn the thumbwheel faster.
● Mark or confirm the selection with button
›››
Fig. 43 1 on the windscreen wiper lever
or b utt
on  on the multifunction steering
wheel
›
›

› Fig. 44.
Button for the driving assistance sys-
tems* Fig. 45
On the turn signal and main beam
he a
dlight

lever: button for the driving assis-
tance systems With the turn signal and main beam head-
light
l
ev

er button, you can activate or deacti-
vate the driver assistance systems displayed in the Assist systems
menu
›››
 page 178.
Activate or deactivate a driver assistance
system ● Briefly press the button ›››
Fig. 45 in the di-
rection of the arrow to open the menu As-
sist systems .
● Select the driver assistance system and ac-
tivate or de
activate it ››› page 31. A mark indi-
cates that driver assistance system is switch-
ed on.
Menu
MenuFunction
DrivingdataInformation and possible configurations
of the multifunction display (MFD)
››› page 35, ››› page 110.
Assist
systemsInformation and possible configurations
of the driver assistance systems
››› page 110.
Naviga-
tion
Information instructions from the activa-
ted navigation system: when a route guid-
ance is activated, the turning arrows and
proximity bars are displayed. The appear-
ance is similar to the Easy Connect sys-
tem.
If route guidance is not activated, the di-
rection of travel (compass) and the name
of the street along which you are driving
are shown ››› Booklet Navigation system. 32