2016 Seat Alhambra steering

Advice
●
Ty r
es must be replaced before the wear in-
dicators are at the same level as the tread
pattern.
● Worn tyres have significantly reduced grip,
espec
ially on wet surfaces, increasing the
risk of “aquaplaning”.
● Worn tyres make control of the vehicle
more difficu
lt in normal or difficult driving
conditions, increasing the braking distance
and the risk of skidding. Tyre damage
Damage to wheels and tyres is often invisible
t
o the n
ak

ed eye. If you notice unusual vibra-
tion or the car pulling to one side, this may
indicate that one of the tyres is damaged
››› .
● Slow down immediately if you think you
h av
e a d

amaged wheel.
● Check the wheels and tyres for damage.
● If tyres are worn, stop driving and seek
qualified ass
istance.
● If there is no visible exterior damage, drive
slowly
and carefully to the nearest special-
ised workshop and have the vehicle checked.
Foreign bodies in the tyre
● Do not remove foreign bodies if they have
penetrated thr
ough the tyre wall! ●
If the v
ehicle comes with a tyre mobility
system, where necessary seal the damaged
tyre as shown in section ››› page 85. Use a
specialised workshop for repair or replace-
ment. SEAT recommends visiting a SEAT deal-
ership for this.
The sealant at the lower part of the tyre tread
wraps around the foreign body and provision-
ally seals the tyre.
Tyre wear
The wear of tyres depends on a number of
factors, for example:
● Driving style.
● Unbalanced wheels.
● Running gear settings.
Driving
style: Driving round bends quickly or
sudden acceleration or braking speed accel-
erates tyre wear. When the driving style is
normal, if the tyres wear too quickly, have the
running gear settings checked at a special-
ised workshop.
Wheel run-out: The wheels on new vehicles
are balanced. However, certain circumstan-
ces may lead to imbalance (run-out), which is
detected as vibrations in the steering wheel.
Run-out leads to wear of the steering and
suspension. In the event of run out, the
wheels should be balanced again. When a
new wheel is fitted, it should be balanced
again. Running gear settings
: an incorrectly
posi-
tioned running gear increases the wear of
tyres and affects your safety while driving. If
tyres wear too quickly, have the wheel align-
ment checked at a specialised workshop. WARNING
If you notice unusual vibration or the car pulls
to one s ide whi

le driving, this may indicate
that one of the tyres is damaged.
● Reduce speed immediately and stop, while
obser
ving the highway code.
● Check the wheels and tyres for damage.
● Never carry on driving on worn tyres or
wheels. Reque
st qualified assistance immedi-
ately.
● If there is no visible exterior damage, drive
slowly
and carefully to the nearest special-
ised workshop and have the vehicle checked. 294

Index
Central locking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 aft
er airb
ag deployment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Anti-theft alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Emergency locking and unlocking . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
keyless Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
opening doors individually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
remote control key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Centre armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Changing a wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45, 84 subsequent work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Changing bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 body . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
front bumper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
halogen headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
number plate light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
rear lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
rear lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
xenon headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Changing gear Control and warning lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Changing gears automatically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Changing the blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Changing windscreen wipers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Charging the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Checking tyre pressures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
Checking fluid levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Child safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Child seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 deactivating the passenger front airbag . . . . . . 18
disabling the front passenger front airbag . . . . 73
integrated child seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
in the passenger seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
ISOFIX system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 mounting systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
on rear se
ats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20, 75
securing with seat belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Top Tether system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
transporting children in the vehicle . . . . . . . . . 75
weight categories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Child seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Chrome parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Cigarette lighter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172, 173
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253 compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
dash panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
folding the rear view mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
natural leather . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
seatbelts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
synthetic leather . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
textile covers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
trims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
washing the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Washing the vehicle with high pressure clean-ers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Cleaning the vehicle high pressure cleaners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Climatronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36, 176
Closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 bonnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
electric windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10, 125
panoramic sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Clothes hook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Code number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45, 83
Combined weight rating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245 Coming Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Compar
tments
centre console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Front central armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Connectors faults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Consumption how it is determined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Control and warning lamps Changing gear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
for the seat belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
fuel level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Lane Assist system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
refuelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Control of function rain sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Controls on the steering wheel operating the audio system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
operating the audio system and telephone . . 108
Control units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250 reprogramming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Convenience closing windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Convenience functions Reprogramming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Convenience opening windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Convenient entry function for the third row of seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Cooling system checking the coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
topping up with coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
309

Index
Cornering lights see "St atic
c
ornering lights" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
static . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Correct position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Counter steering assistance system . . . . . . . . . . 185
Crossing through water salt water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Cruise Control System (CCS) . . . . . . . . . . . . 32, 221 Control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
D Dangers of not using a seat belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Dash panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Data registry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Data storage during the journey . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Daytime running lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
DCC see Dynamic chassis control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
De-icing the locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Diagnostics connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268 auxiliary heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
biodiesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
filter pre-heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
winter-grade diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Diesel particulate filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203 Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
recommended gear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
things to note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Differential lock See Braking assist systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Digital clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306 Directional tread pattern
tyre s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Disconnecting devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
Disconnecting the passenger front airbag . . . . . . 18
Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100, 101
Disposal belt tension device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Door childproof lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
emergency locking and unlocking . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
opening and closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Door handle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Door lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Door lock cylinder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Drawbar load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237 loading the trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Drawers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Drink holders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 central console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Driving automatic gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
cross country . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
data storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
driving abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
driving through water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
economical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
fuel gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
fuel level too low . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Parking downhill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Parking uphill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
undercarriage guard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
with a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237 Driving abroad
headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Driving in winter fuel consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49Tread depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
tyre pressures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
Windscreen washer container . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Driving safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Driving through water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Driving tips For a loaded vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Driving with a trailer extinguisher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
technical requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Duplicate keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Dynamic Chassis Control (DCC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233 Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
fault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Dynamic headlight range control . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
E
EDS See Braking assist systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Electric windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Electrical devices . . . . . . . . . . . . 173, 174, 183, 242
Electrical socket trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Electric child safety lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Electric sliding doors opening and closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
rollback anti-trap function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Electric windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 see Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Electronic differential lock system (EDS) . 205, 206
310

Index
disconnecting the passenger front airbag . . . . 18
Saf e driv
in
g . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Safety equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Safety instructions using child seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20, 75
Sale of vehicle in other countries / continents . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Salt water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Scrapping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264 airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
vend-of-life vehicles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
convenient entry function for the third row ofseats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
electric front seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
folding down rear seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
folding the backrest of the front passenger seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
incorrect position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
number of seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
rear seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
seat with position memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Seat belt position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 for pregnant women . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15, 64
automatic belt retractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
belt height adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
belt tensioner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
belt tension limiter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
protective function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
purpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
seat belt position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
twisted belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 unfastened . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
w
arning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
with two buckles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Seat belt tensioner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15, 67
Seat belt with two buckles fastening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
twisting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
unfastening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Seat functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146 convenient entry function for the third row ofseats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
folding the backrest of the front passenger seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
lumbar massage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Seat heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
SEAT information system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Seat upholstery cleaning and maintenance of natural leather . 261
synthetic leather . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Selective Catalytic Reduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Selector lever locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Service fluids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Service interval display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Service notification: read . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Signal lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Sign Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230, 231 Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Disconnection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
indication on display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Operation mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Sliding door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 childproof lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
manually opening and closing . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
opening and closing electrically . . . . . . . . . . . 122 Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49, 300
all-wheel driv e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Spanner symbol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Spare fuel canister . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Spare parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Specifications combined weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
drawbar load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Trailer weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Spectacle case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Speed rating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
Stabilising the vehicle and trailer combination . 244
Start-Stop function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209 Driving with a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Start assist See Assist systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Starter button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Starting assistance description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
jump leads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
positive pole . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Starting the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Steering counter steering assistance system . . . . . . . . 185
electromechanical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
power steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
steering column lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
tendency to pull to one side . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
warning and indication lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Steering wheel adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Steering wheel controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Storage compartment in the roof console . . . . . 167
Storage compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
drawers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
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protection of vehicle undercarriage . . . . . . . . 258
rubber se al
s
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Special features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
vehicle paintwork . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Wooden trim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Vehicle care products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Vehicle code Vehicle data label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Vehicle data label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Vehicle key set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Vehicle tool kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45, 82 components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Vehicle undercarriage guard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Vibrations steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
Voice control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
W Warning and control lamp ABS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
adBlue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
blind spot detector (BSD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
brake system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
changing bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
Cruise Control System (CCS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
emission control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
engine management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
engine oil sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
ESC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
generator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285 indication of break pad wear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
lock
ing the steering column . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32, 105
parking assistance (RTA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
rear lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
refuelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
tyre monitoring indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
vehicle battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
windscreen washer fluid level . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Warning lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Warning triangle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Washing the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253 sensors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211, 214
special features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
things to note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Wax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Wear indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
Wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84, 300 anti-theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45, 83, 84
caps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
loosen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
tightening torque . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Wheel load capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Wheel rims beadlock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
bolted trims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288, 290, 300 changing a wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45, 48, 84
hubcaps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Wheels and tyres speed rating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Wheel trim hubcaps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
remove . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Windows
automatic operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
automatic raising/lowering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
convenience closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
convenience opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
removing ice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
roll-back function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Window wiper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Window wiper blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Windscreen and rear window wiper blades . . . . . 87
Windscreen washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41, 137
Windscreen washer fluid checking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Topping up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
Windscreen wipers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26, 137 functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
headlight washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
heated windscreen washer jets . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
lifting the wiper blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
rain sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
replacing the wiper blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
service position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
special features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
window wiper lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Windscreen wipers service position . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Wing mirrors driving with a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Winter additional heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
menu configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Winter driving Driving with a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
filter pre-heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
winter-grade diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
winter tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
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Because this is a general manual for the
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The illustrations are intended as a general
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