Checking and refilling levels
reasons, the electrolyte level cannot be
c hec
k
ed in these batteries.
Preparations
● Prepare the vehicle for work in the engine
compar
tment ››› page 184
● Open the bonnet ›››
page 184.
● Press on the tabs ›››
Fig. 171 (arrows) in the
direction of the arrows and lift the battery
cover up.
Checking the battery electrolyte level
● Make sure there is sufficient lighting to
cle
arly recognise the colours. Never use
flames or shiny objects as a light source.
● Depending on the level of acid, the Magic
eye on the top of
the battery will change col-
our.
Colour in-
dicatorNecessary operations
Light yellow
or colourlessThe electrolyte level of the vehicle's bat-
tery is too low. Have the battery checked
and, where applicable, replaced by a
specialised workshop.
BlackThe electrolyte level of the vehicle's bat-
tery is correct. WARNING
Working with the vehicle battery involves a
risk of
corrosion, explosions and electric
shock.
● Never tilt the vehicle battery. Battery acid
coul
d spill out of the openings for the release
of gases and cause corrosion damage.
● Never open the vehicle battery.
● If battery acid splashes on you, immediate-
ly rinse
your eyes and skin abundantly with
water for several minutes. Then seek medical
care immediately.
● If acid is swallowed by mistake, consult a
doctor immediat
ely. Charging, replacing and connecting or
di
s
c
onnecting the battery Charging the battery
The
v
ehic
le battery should be charged by a
specialised workshop only, as batteries us-
ing special technology have been installed
and they must be charged in a controlled en-
vironment ››› . SEAT recommends taking
y our c
ar in f
or technical service.
Replacing a vehicle battery
The battery has been developed to suit the
conditions of its location and has special
safety features. If the battery must be re-
placed, consult a technical service for infor- mation on electromagnetic compatibility, the
size and m
aintenance, performance and
safety requirements of the new battery in
your vehicle before you purchase one. SEAT
recommends you have the battery replaced
by a technical service.
Use only maintenance-free genuine batteries
conforming to TL 825 06 and VW 7 50 73
Standards. These standards must be dated
April 2008 or later.
Vehicles fitted with the Start-Stop system are
equipped with a special battery. Therefore,
this battery must only be replaced by another
with the same specifications.
Disconnecting the vehicle's battery
If you must disconnect the battery from the
electrical system, please note the following:
● Switch off the ignition and all electrical
equipment.
● The v
ehicle must be unlocked before dis-
connecting the b
attery, otherwise the alarm
will be triggered.
● First disconnect the negative cable and
then the positiv
e ››› .
C onnectin
g the
vehicle's battery
● Before reconnecting the battery, switch off
the engine and all
electrical devices.
● First reconnect the positive cable and then
the negativ
e ››› .
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Technical data
Advice
Operation
Emergencies
Safety
Index
control and warning lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
ru nnin
g in new br
ake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Brake servo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136, 147
Brake system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147 fault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Braking brake assist system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Bulb fault see Changing bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
C Capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 natural gas tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
windscreen washer liquid reservoir . . . . . . . . 193
Caring for paintwork . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Caring for the vehicle exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166, 167
interior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 control and warning lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
malfunctions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
CCS see cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Central locking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 after airbag deployment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
emergency locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
opening doors individually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
remote control key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Changing a wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35, 71 subsequent tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Changing bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 front bumper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
number plate light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 rear lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
side turn s
ignal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Changing gear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 automatic gear change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Control and warning lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
engaging the gears (automatic gearbox) . . . . 139
tiptronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Changing the blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Changing the wiper blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Charging the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Child safety seat Securing with the seat belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Child seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16, 65 Disabling the front passenger front airbag . . . . 15
ISOFIX system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19, 67
mounting child seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
mounting systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
on the front passenger seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
on the rear seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16, 64
Top Tether system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
transporting children in the vehicle . . . . . . . . . 66
weight categories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Cigarette lighter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
City Safety Assist function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152 control and warning lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Special driving situations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
dash panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
padding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 textile covers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
washin
g the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Washing the vehicle with high pressure clean- ers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Cleaning the vehicle high pressure cleaners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Climate control Faults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Close . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 bonnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
electric windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
panoramic sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Clothes hook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Code number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 centre console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
glove compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113, 114
passenger side . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113, 114
Sunglasses storage compartment . . . . . . . . . . 113
Conformity certification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Consumption information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Control and warning lamps Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
brake system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Changing gear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
City Safety Assist function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Emission control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
engine management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
ESC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
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Index
instrument panel lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
light c
ontr
ols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
main beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
main beam headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
main beam lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
parking light remains on both sides . . . . . . . . 102
side lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
turn signal lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Load compartment in the luggage compartment see Loading the luggage compartment . . . . . 118
Loading general advice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
loaded vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
transporting the load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Loading the luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . 118 Driving with the rear lid open . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Loading the vehicle class N1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
fastening rings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
retaining hooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
roof carrier system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Locking and unlocking electric windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
in the lock cylinder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
panoramic sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9, 97, 118 closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
driving with the rear lid open . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
emergency unlocking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
luggage compartment variable floor . . . . . . . . 120
opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 unlocking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
see a
lso Loading the luggage compartment . 118
Luggage compartment floor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Luggage compartment hatch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Luggage compartment variable floor . . . . . . . . . 120
M Main beam lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Main panel turn signal and main beam lever . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Malfunction automatic gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Malfunction in the catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Mobile phones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161 use without an exterior aerial . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Model plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
N
Natural gas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179 Fuel tank cap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
refuelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179, 183
Noises brake assist systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Notes for the user . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Number of seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
O Octane rating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Odometer partial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Oil properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Open and close . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 panoramic sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 Opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
bonnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
electric
windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
fuel tank flap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Fuel tank flap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
panoramic sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Opening and closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 bonnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
by remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
from the inside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Fuel tank flap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
in the lock cylinder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
panoramic sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11, 100
rear lid of the luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . 9
tank flap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Opening doors individually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Optical parking system (OPS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
P
Paintwork code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Panoramic sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11, 100 anti-trap function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132, 134 downhill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
uphill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Parking aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 optical parking system (OPS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Parking aid system see Parking aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
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