Operation
Instruments V iew of
in
strument panelFig. 95
Instrument panel, on dash panel: variant 1 (A) and variant 2 (B). Details of the instruments
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Fig. 95:
Speedometer. Depending on the
vehicle in km/h or in mph.
Displays on the screen . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Reset knob for trip rec
order (trip).
– Press the button 0.0/SET bri
efly to
sw it
ch the trip odometer and od-
ometer.
1 2
3 –
Pr e
s
s the 0.0/SET for
5 seconds
t
o
r
eset the odometer to zero and,
where necessary, other indicators
on the multifunction display. . . . .23
Fuel reserve display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Rev counter (with the engine ru
n-
ning, in thousands of revolutions
per minute).
The beginning of the red zone of
the rev counter indicates the maxi-
4 5 mum speed in any gear after run-
nin
g
-in and w
ith the engine hot.
However, it is advisable to change
up a gear or move the selector lever
to D (or lift your foot off the acceler-
ator) before the needle reaches the
red zone ››› .
C loc
k
set button .
– If necessary, change the time dis-
play by pressing the top and
6
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General instrument panel
bottom buttons of the rocker
sw it
c
h ›››
Fig. 33
B .
– Pr e
s
s the button to change
the hour , so th
at
it is flashing.
– To continue setting the time,
press button 0.0/SET . Hold button
do wn t
o s
croll through the num-
bers quickly.
– Press the button again to
c h
an
ge the minutes, so that it
flashes.
– To continue setting the time,
press button 0.0/SET . Hold button
do wn t
o s
croll through the num-
bers quickly.
– Press button again to end the
c loc
k
setting. CAUTION
● When the engine i s
cold, avoid high revs
and heavy acceleration and do not make the
engine work hard.
● To prevent damage to the engine, the rev
count
er needle should only remain in the red
zone for a short period of time. For the sake of the environment
Changing up a gear in time reduces fuel con-
sumption and noi se. Note
On the screen of the SEAT Portable System
(sup p
lied by SEAT) ››› page 164 other instru-
ments can be viewed, such as an outside tem-
perature gauge. Indications on the display
A variety of information can be viewed on the
ins
trument
panel display ››› Fig. 95 2 , de-
pending on the v
ehicle equipment:
● Warning and information messages.
● Odometer.
● Time.
● Outside temperature.
● Selector lever positions ››
›
page 137.
● Recommended gear (manual gearbox)
›››
page 137.
● Multifunction display (MFI) ›››
page 23
● Service interval display ›››
page 88 .
● Start-Stop system status display
›››
page 156.
● Fuel gauge ›››
page 180.
● Seat belt status display for rear seats
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page 51. Warning and information messages
The syst
em runs a check on certain compo-
nents and functions when the ignition is
switched on and while the vehicle is moving.
Faults in the operation are displayed on the
screen using red and yellow symbols on the
instrument panel display ( ›››
page 25)
and, in some cases, with audible warnings.
The display may vary according to the type of
instrument panel fitted.
Priority 1 warning (red symbols)
Symbol flashing or lit; partly combined with audible
warnings.
Stop the vehicle! It is dangerous ››› !
Check the function that is faulty and repair it. If necessa-
ry, request assistance from specialised personnel.
Priority 2 warning (yellow symbols)
Symbol flashing or lit; partly combined with audible
warnings.
A faulty function, or fluids which are below the correct
levels may cause damage to the vehicle! ›››
Check the faulty function as soon as possible. If neces-
sary, request assistance from specialised personnel. Odometer
The odomet
er
r
egisters the total distance
travelled by the car.
The odometer (trip ) shows the distance
travelled since the last odometer reset. The
last figure indicates 100 m. »
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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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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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