The essentials
CAUTION
● Remo v
e the snow chains to drive on roads
without snow. Otherwise they will impair
vehicle handling, damage the tyres and wear
out very quickly.
● Wheel rims may be damaged or scratched if
the chain
s come into direct contact with
them. SEAT recommends the use of covered
snow chains. Note
Snow chains are available in different sizes
acc or
ding to the vehicle type. Emergency towing of the vehi-
c
l
e
T
owing Fig. 58
Right side of the front bumper: tow-
line anc hor
ag
e screwed in. Towline anchorages
Att
ac
h the b
ar or rope to the towline ancho-
rages.
It is located with the vehicle's tools
››› page 69.
Screw the front towline anchorage into the
screw connection ››› Fig. 58 and tighten it
with the wheel brace.
Tow rope or tow bar
When towing, the tow bar is the safest and
vehicle friendly way. You should only use a
tow rope if you do not have a tow bar. A tow rope should be slightly elastic to avoid
damag
e to both vehicles. It is advisable to
use a tow rope made of synthetic fibre or sim-
ilarly elastic material.
● Only secure the tow rope or tow bar to the
towline anc
horage or specially designed fit-
ting.
Notes for the driver of the towed vehicle
● Keep the ignition running to prevent the
steerin
g wheel from locking and also to allow
the use of the turn signals, horn, windscreen
wipers and washers.
● As the power assisted steering does not
work if
the engine is not running, you will
need more strength to steer than normally.
● The brake must be depressed much harder
as the br
ake servo does not operate. Avoid
hitting the towing vehicle.
● Note the instructions and information con-
tained in the Ins
truction Manual for the vehi-
cle to be towed.
Notes for the driver of the towing vehicle
● Accelerate gently and carefully. Avoid sud-
den manoeuvr
es.
● Brake well in advance than usual and brake
gently.
● Not
e the instructions and information con-
tained in the In s
truction Manual for the vehi-
cle to be towed. » 41
General instrument panel
Operation
Gener a
l
instrument panel
Instrument panel Key to
Fig. 94:
Interior door r el
ease lever . . . . . . . . . 96
Turn switch for adjusting the exteri-
or mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
– Exterior mirr or a
djustment
– Heated exterior mirrors
Air outlets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Lever for . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
– Turn sign
als and main beam
headlights
– Cruise control system (CCS) –
– – /+ – /- . . . . . . .151
Steering wheel with horn and – Driver airb ag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Da
sh panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86, 25
Windscreen wiper/ windscreen
wash l
ever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
– Wind s
creen wipers
– Rear window wiper
1 2
3
4
5
6
7 –
Lev
er w
ith buttons for controlling
the SEAT information system - ,
/ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Controls for:
– Start
-Stop system button . . .156
– Rear w
indow heating button . .124
– Left
seat heating controls . . . . . 109
Switches for: – Heating and
ventilation system .124
– Air conditioner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
SEA
T Portable System (supplied by
SEAT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
R
adio (factory fitted) ›››
Booklet Ra-
dio
Controls for:
– Hazard warning lights switch
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
– Pa s
senger front airbag off warn-
ing lamp . .58
– Right seat
heating controls
or rear window heating button
(alternative position) . . . . . . . . . . .109, 124
Storage compartment with drink
hol der in the c
entre console . . . . . . .116
Handle of the storage compartment
or stor
age compartment open 1)
. . . 112
8 9
10
11
12
13
14 In the side of the dash panel: Key
sw
it
c
h for switching off the front
passenger airbag 1)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Position of passenger front airbag
on the dash p
anel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Ashtray* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
12 volt socket or cigarette light-
er* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117, 116
Lever for:
– Manual g
earbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
– Autom atic
gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Handbrake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Button for:
– City
Safety Assist function
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Ignition lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Storage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . .112
Steering column adjustment lev-
er . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Open bonnet lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Headlight range control . . . . . . . . 101
Light switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Central lock button . . . . . . . . . .92
Button for operating the electric
window
s of the driver door . . . . .99
15 16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
1)
According to version
85
Technical data
Advice
Operation
Emergencies
Safety
Index
Preparation before replacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
r ep
l
acing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
G Gearbox lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Gear change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 automatic gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
changing gears manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
gear recommendation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Manual gear change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
putting the vehicle in gear (manual gearbox) 138
Gear engaged . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
General instrument panel Instrument panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
General view control and warning lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Generator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Glove compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113, 114
H
Handbrake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Hazard warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22, 103
Head-on collisions and the laws of physics . . . . . 54
Headlight range control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Headlights driving abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Head rest adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Head restraints Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Rear head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Heated rear window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Heating and ventilation system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Hill driving assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 Hill hold
contro l and warning lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Start-Stop system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
How to jump start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Hubcaps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
I
Identifying letters on engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Ignition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 see "Engine and ignition" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Ignition lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 removal lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
unauthorised vehicle key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
In case of emergency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Indications on the display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
recommended gear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
reminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
seat belt status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
selector lever positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Start-Stop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Instrument panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 control and warning lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86, 87
general instrument panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
service intervals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Instrument panel lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Interior lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Interior rear vision mirror anti-dazzle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 Interior view
left . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
ISOFIX system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
J Jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35, 69, 71 mounting points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Jump leads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
K Keys control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
duplicates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
mechanical key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
replacing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
spare key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Synchronising . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
unlocking and locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8, 93, 95
vehicle key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Kick-down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
L Labels and plates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Level control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Lift platform . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21, 101, 102 audible warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
control and warning lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
control lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
daytime running lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
dipped beam headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
driving abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Hazard warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
headlight range control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
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