Wheels and tyresTyre code (example)Meaning
Made in GermanyCountry of manufacture.
MAX LOAD 615 KGUS load rating, indicating maximum permitted load per tyre.
MAX INFLATION 350 KPA (51 PSI)US limit, indicating maximum permitted tyre pressure.
SIDEWALL 1 PLY RAYONInformation about tyre wall components:
1 layer of rayon (artificial silk).
TREAD 4 PLIES
1 RAYON + 2 STEEL + 1 NYLONInformation about tread components:
In the example, there are 4 layers below the tread: 1 layer of rayon (artificial silk), 2 layers of steel reinforcement and 1
layer of nylon.
Information for the end consumer concerning the comparative values of the established base tyres (standardised test procedures)
››› page 175:
TREADWEAR 220Relative service life of the tyre, with respect to specific US standard test.
TRACTION ABraking capacity of tyre on wet surface (AA, A, B or C).
TEMPERATURE ATyre temperature resistance at higher test speeds (A, B or C).
If the tyre has other markings, these are specific tyre manufacturer codes or specific national codes, e.g. for Brazil or China.
a)
The letters TIN refer to the tyre serial number.
Tyres with directional tread pattern
Tyres with directional tread pattern have
been designed to operate best when rotating
in only one direction. An arrow on the tyre
sidewall indicates the direction of rotation on
tyres with directional tread. Always observe
the direction of rotation indicated when
mounting the wheel. This guarantees opti-
mum grip and helps to avoid aquaplaning,
grip, noise and wear. If the tyre is mounted in the opposite direc-
tion of rot
ation, drive with extreme caution,
as the tyre is no longer being used correctly.
This is of particular importance when the
road surface is wet. Change the tyre as soon
as possible or remount it with the correct di-
rection of rotation.
Tyre load rating
The load rating code indicates the maximum
load in kilogrammes each wheel can carry
(load capacity). 425 kg
462 kg
487 kg
515 k
g
545 kg
615 kg
Speed rating
The speed rating indicates the maximum
speed permitted for the tyres. »
78
81
83
85
87
91
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Technical data
Advice
Operation
Emergencies
Safety
Technical featuresUrban cycle
Measurement of the urban cycle starts
with an engine cold start. City driving is
then simulated at between 0 and
50 km/h (0 and 31 mph).
Road cycle
In the road cycle simulation, the car un-
dergoes frequent acceleration and
braking in all gears, as in normal every-
day driving. The road speed ranges
from 0 to 120 km/h (0 and 75 mph).
Combined
The average combined consumption is
calculated with a weighting of around
37 % for the urban cycle and 63 % for
the road cycle.
CO
2 emis-
sions of the
combination
The exhaust gases are collected during
both driving cycles to calculate carbon
dioxide emissions (urban and road).
The gas composition is analysed below
to evaluate the CO 2 content and other
emissions. Note
● The kerb w eight
may vary according to the
vehicle equipment. This could raise consump-
tion and the CO 2 emissions slightly.
● In practice, consumption values could be
different
to the values calculated based on
the 715/2007/EC or 80/1268/EEC regula-
tions. Wheels
Ty
r
e pressure, snow chains, wheel
bolts Tyre pressures
The stic
k
er with the tyre pressure values can
be found on the inside of the fuel tank flap.
The tyre pressure values are given for cold
tyres ››› page 200. The slightly raised pres-
sures of warm tyres must not be reduced.
››› Snow chains
Sno
w c
h
ains may be fitted only to the front
wheels.
Consult the section “wheels” of this manual.
Wheel bolts
After the wheels have been changed, the
tightening torque of the wheel bolts should
be checked as soon as possible with a torque
wrench ››› . The tightening torque for steel
and al lo
y
wheels is 140 Nm. WARNING
● Check the ty
re pressure at least once per
month. Checking the tyre pressure is very im-
portant. If the tyre pressure is too high or too
low, there is an increased danger of accidents
- particularly at high speeds. ●
If the tight enin
g torque of the wheel bolts
is too low, they could loosen while the vehi-
cle is in motion. Risk of accident! If the tight-
ening torque is too high, the wheel bolts and
threads can be damaged. Note
We recommend that you ask your Technical
Ser vic
e for information about appropriate
wheel, tyre and snow chain size. 211
Technical data
Advice
Operation
Emergencies
Safety
Index
unfastened . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
w arnin
g l
amp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Seat belt tensioner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13, 57
Seat heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
SEAT information system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
SEAT Portable System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Incorrect position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
number of seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Rear backrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Service fluids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Service interval display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Side airbags description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40, 211 temporary spare wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Spare fuel canister . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Spare parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Spare wheel removing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Spare wheel or temporary spare wheel advice for driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Speed limiter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Speed rating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Start-Stop system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156, 157 operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Starting the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 electromechanical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
power steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
steering column lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
tendency to pull to one side . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
warning and indication lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Steering wheel adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Storage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
centre c onsole . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
driver side . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Other storage compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Sunglasses storage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Sun protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Sun visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Switch hazard warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Switching lights off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Switching lights on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Switching the ignition on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Symbols see Control and warning lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
T TC see Brake assist systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Technical data axle loads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
engine oil specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
kerb weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
reservoir capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Roof load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
total weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
tyre pressures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
windshield washer fluid container capacity . . . 30
Technical features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Technical information type of fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Technical modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Technical specifications dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Temperature display liquid coolant temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Temporary spare wheel
snow c hains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Tightening torque . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211 wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
TIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Tiptronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Top Tether system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Tow-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42, 74
Towing bracket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158 description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Towing the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41, 74, 130 front towline anchorage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
special features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
tow bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
tow rope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Towline anchorages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Traction control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147, 148
Traction Control (TC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Traction (tyres) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Transporting driving with the rear lid open . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
loaded vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Transporting children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Transporting items fastening rings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
roof carrier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
roof carrier system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122, 123
Treadwear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Turn signal convenience function . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Turn signal lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22, 102
Tyre load rating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Tyre mobility set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
do not use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
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Index
inflating a tyre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
se alin
g a ty
re . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Tyre Mobility System see Anti-puncture kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Tyre pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200, 211 spare wheel or temporary spare wheel . . . . . . 201
Tyre profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Tyre repair kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 see also Anti-puncture kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Tyres avoiding damage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
damage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
errors in wheel alignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
foreign bodies in the tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
handling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
interchanging tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
new . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
old . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
replacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
run-out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
serial number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
speed rating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
storing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
technical details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
tyre code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Tyre identification number (TIN) . . . . . . . . . . . 206
tyre load rating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
tyre pressures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
tyres with directional tread pattern . . . . . . . . . 198
valve caps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
wear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
wear indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
wheel balancing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199 with compulsory direction of rotation . . . . . . . . 40
with direction
al tread pattern . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Tyre tread depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Tyre wear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
U Unfastening the seat belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13, 55
Unlocking and locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 by remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
from the inside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Upholstery cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 textile covers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Upholstery: cleaning upholstery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
V Valve caps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Vanity mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Vehicle chassis number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
data label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
identification data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
identification number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
loading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
raising . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
recycling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Vehicle battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32, 193 acid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
assisted starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
automatic device disconnection . . . . . . . . . . . 196
charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
checking the battery electrolyte level . . . . . . . 194
connecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
control and warning lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
discharging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
disconnecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195 preparations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
repl
acing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
running flat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Vehicle care Airbag modules (dash panel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
aluminium wheel rims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
anodized surfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
antenna incorporated in window . . . . . . . . . . . 176
chrome wheel rims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
cleaning wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Dash panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
De-icing the door lock cylinder . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
interior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Plastic parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
protection of vehicle undercarriage . . . . . . . . 171
rubber seals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
vehicle paintwork . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Wooden trim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Vehicle care products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Vehicle code Vehicle data label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Vehicle data label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Vehicle key set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Vehicle tool kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35, 69 components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Vibrations steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
W Warning and control lamp lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
225