Instruments and warning/control lamps
CAUTION
● To pr ev
ent damage to the engine, the rev
counter needle should only remain in the red
zone for a short period of time.
● When the engine is cold, avoid high revs
and heavy ac
celeration and do not make the
engine work hard. For the sake of the environment
Changing up a gear in time reduces fuel con-
sumption and noi se.Rev counter
The rev counter indicates the number of en-
gine r
ev
o
lutions per minute ›››
Fig. 124 1 .
T og
ether w
ith the gear-change indicator, the
rev counter offers you the possibility of using
the engine of your vehicle at a suitable
speed.
The start of the red zone on the dial indicates
the maximum engine speed which may be
used briefly when the engine is warm and af-
ter it has been run in properly. Before reach-
ing this range, you should change to a higher
gear for vehicles with a manual gearbox or for
automatic gearboxes put the selector lever in
“D” or take your foot off the accelerator ped-
al. We recommend that you avoid high revs and
that
you follow the recommendations on the
gear-change indicator. Consult the additional
information in ›››
page 33, Gear-change
indicator. CAUTION
Never allow the rev counter needle 1 ›››
Fig. 124 to g o int
o the red zone on the
scale for more than a very brief period, other-
wise there is a risk of engine damage. For the sake of the environment
Changing up a gear early will help you to save
fuel and minimi
se emissions and engine
noise. Indications on the display
A variety of information can be viewed on the
in
s
trument
panel display ›››
Fig. 124 3 , de-
pendin g on the
v
ehicle equipment:
● Bonnet, rear lid and doors open
›››
page 34.
● Warning and information messages
›››
page 34.
● Distance travelled ›››
page 107.
● Time ›››
page 106.
● Navigation instructions.
● Outside temperature ›››
page 33. ●
Compa
ss ››› page 106.
● Shift lever position ›››
page 168.
● Recommended gear (manual gearbox)
›››
page 33.
● Multifunction display (MFD) and menus
with differ
ent setting options ›››
page 31.
● Service interval display ›››
page 38.
● Second speed display ›››
page 31.
● Speed warning function ›››
page 38.
● Start-Stop system status display
›››
page 183.
● Active cylinder management display
(ACT ®
)* ››
› page 177
● Signs recognised by the traffic signal de-
tection sys
tem ››› page 208
● Low consumption driving status (ECO)
›››
page 106
● Identifying letters on engine (MKB).
Dist
ance travelled
The odometer registers the total distance
travelled by the car.
The odometer (trip ) shows the distance
travelled since the last odometer reset. The
last digit of the trip recorder indicates distan-
ces of 100 metres or one tenths of a mile.
● Briefly press the button ›››
Fig. 124 4 to re-
set the trip r
ec
order to 0. »
105
Technical data
Advice
Operation
Emergencies
Safety
Instruments and warning/control lamps
instructions on the display may vary. In the
ca
se of
displays without warning or informa-
tion texts, faults are indicated exclusively by
the warning lamps.
● Depending on the equipment, some set-
tings
and instructions can also be carried out
in the Easy Connect system.
● When several warnings are active at the
same time, the symbol
s are shown succes-
sively for a few seconds and will stay on until
the fault is rectified. Odometer
Fig. 125
Instrument panel: odometer and re-
set b
utt
on. The distance covered is displayed in “kilome-
tr
e
s” or mi
les “m”. It is possible to change
the measurement units (kilometres
“km”/miles “m”) in the radio/Easy Connect*.
Please refer to the Easy Connect* Instructions
Manual for more details. Odometer/trip recorder
The odometer show
s the total distance cov-
ered by the vehicle.
The trip recorder shows the distance that has
been travelled since it was last reset. It is
used to measure short trips. The last digit of
the trip recorder indicates distances of 100
metres or tenths of a mile.
The trip recorder can be set to zero by press-
ing 0.0/SET
› ››
Fig. 125
.
F
ault display
If there is a fault in the instrument panel, the
letters DEF will appear in the trip recorder
display. Have the fault repaired immediately,
as far as is possible.
Coolant temperature gauge For vehicles with no coolant temperature
g
aug
e, a c
ontrol lamp appears for high
coolant temperatures ›››
page 250. Please
note ››› .
The c oo
l
ant temperature gauge 2 ›››
Fig. 124 only w
orks when the ignition is
switched on. In order to avoid engine dam-
age, please read the following notes for the
different temperature ranges. Engine cold
If on
ly
the diodes in the lower part of the
scale light up, this indicates that the engine
has not yet reached operating temperature.
Avoid high revs and heavy acceleration and
do not make the engine work hard.
Normal temperature
If in normal operations, the diodes light up
until the central zone, it means that the en-
gine has reached operating temperature. At
high outside temperatures and when making
the engine work hard, the diodes may contin-
ue lighting up and reach the upper zone. This
is no cause for concern, provided the control
lamp does not light up on the instrument
panel digital display.
Heat range
When the diodes light up in the upper area of
the display and the control lamp appears
on the instrument panel display, the coolant
temperature is excessive ››› page 250. CAUTION
● To en s
ure a long useful life for the engine,
avoid high revs, driving at high speed and
making the engine work hard for approxi-
mately the first 15 minutes when the engine
is cold. The phase until the engine is warm al-
so depends on the outside temperature. If
necessary, use the engine oil temperature*
››› page 36 as a guide. » 107
Technical data
Advice
Operation
Emergencies
Safety
Index
Full-LED headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
F u
nction C
oming Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Function Leaving Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55, 91 fuse box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
identifying blown fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Identifying by colours . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Preparation before replacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
replacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
G Gas fuel gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Gear-change indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Gearbox DSG see Automatic gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Gearbox lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Gear change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Kick-down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
manual gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Manual gear change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Gear engaged . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Gear recommendation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Gearshift paddles (automatic gearbox) . . . . . . . 170
General instrument panel Control lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
controls and displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Warning lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Glove compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
H
Handbrake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Hazard warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26, 133
Head-on collisions and the laws of physics . . . . . 74 Head-protection airbags
desc ription . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Headlight range control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Headlights Changing a bulb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
driving abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Headlight washers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
front head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
rear head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Headrests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Heated rear window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46, 48
Heating and fresh air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Hill driving assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
How to jump start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
I
Identifying letters on engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Ignition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24, 164
Ignition lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24, 164
Incorrect sitting position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Indications on the display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 ACT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
adaptive cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
assist systems submenu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
distance travelled . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
doors, bonnet and rear lid open . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Driver information system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
ECO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
journey data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 MKB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
outside temper
ature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
recommended gear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
second speed display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
selector lever positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106, 168
service intervals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
speed warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Start-Stop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
traffic signs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
tyre monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
warning and indication lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
warning and information messages . . . . . . . . . 34
Indications on the screen SEAT Drive Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Inertia mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Infotainment system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Inspection service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Instrument cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Instrument panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104, 105
instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
service interval indication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
warning and indication lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Interior lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Interior rear vision mirror anti-dazzle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Interior view left guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
right-hand drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
ISOFIX system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22, 23
J Jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58, 86 mounting points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
297
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