Checking and refilling levels
CAUTION
● Do not mi
x cleaning products recommen-
ded by SEAT with other products. This could
lead to flocculation and may block the wind-
screen washer jets.
● When topping up service fluids, make abso-
lutely
certain that you fill the fluids into the
correct reservoirs. Using the wrong fluids
could cause serious malfunctions and engine
damage!
● Not having windscreen wiper fluid reduces
vi
sibility through the windscreen, and leads
to loss of visibility in headlights in models
with headlight washer. Battery
Gener a
l information Read the additional information carefully
› ›
› page 50.
The battery is located in the engine compart-
ment and is almost maintenance-free. It is
checked as part of the Inspection Service.
Nevertheless, check the terminals are clean
and have the correct tightening torque, espe-
cially in summer and winter.
Disconnecting the battery
The battery should only be disconnected in
exceptional cases. When the battery is dis- connected, some of the vehicle's functions
are “lo
st” (››› table on page 289). These
functions will require resetting after the bat-
tery is reconnected.
Deactivate the anti-theft alarm* before you
disconnect the battery Otherwise the alarm
will be triggered.
FunctionReprogramming
One-touch function of
the electric windows››› page 128, One-touch
opening and closing.
Remote control key
If the vehicle does not re-
spond to the key, they
should be synchronised
››› page 120.
Digital clock››› page 104.
ESC warning lampAfter driving for a few me-
tres, the warning lamp goes
out again. If the vehicle is not used for long periods
The
v
ehicle has a system for monitoring the
current consumption when the engine is left
unused for long periods of time ››› page 274.
Some functions, such as the interior lights, or
the remote door opening, may be temporarily
disabled to prevent the battery from running
flat. These functions will come back on as
soon as the ignition is switched on and the
engine started. Winter conditions
Durin
g the winter, the starting power may be
reduced, and if necessary, the battery should
be charged ››› in Important safety warn-
in g
s for handling a vehicle battery on
page 290
Important safety warnings for han-
dling a
vehicle battery All work on batteries requires specialist
kno
wl
edge. Please refer to a SEAT Official
Service or a workshop specialising in batter-
ies: risk of burns or exploding battery!
The battery must not be opened. Never try to
change the fluid level of the battery. Other-
wise explosive gas is released from the bat-
tery that could cause an explosion.
Wear eye protection.
Battery acid is very corrosive and caustic. Wear
protective gloves and eye protection. In the event
of electrolyte splashes, rinse off with plenty of
water.
Fires, sparks, open flames and smoking are pro-
hibited.
The battery should only be charged in a well-ven-
tilated zone. Risk of explosion!
Keep children away from acid and batteries!»
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Technical data
Advice
Operation
Emergencies
Safety
Advice
Temporary spare wheel Gener a
l information Fig. 228
Compact temporary spare wheel:
r ai
sed floor panel. The temporary spare wheel has been de-
s
igned t
o be used for short periods of time.
Have the tyres checked and replaced as soon
as possible at a SEAT Official Service or at a
specialised workshop.
Please note the following restrictions when
using the compact temporary spare wheel.
The compact temporary spare wheel is de-
signed specifically for this model. For this
reason, do not use a temporary spare wheel
from a different type of vehicle. Removing the temporary spare wheel
– Lift and hold up the floor panel to remove
the tempor
ary spare wheel.
– Turn the thumb wheel anti-clockwise
››
› Fig. 228.
– Take out the temporary spare wheel.
Chain
s
For technical reasons, snow chains must not
be used on the temporary spare wheel.
If you have a puncture on one of the front
wheels when using snow chains, fit the tem-
porary spare wheel in place of one of the rear
wheels. Fit the snow chains on the rear wheel
that you have removed and replace the punc-
tured front wheel with this wheel. WARNING
● Af t
er fitting the temporary spare wheel,
check the tyre pressures as soon as possible.
Failure to do so may cause an accident. The
tyre pressures are listed on the inside of the
fuel tank flap.
● Do not drive at over 80 km/h (50 mph)
when the tempor
ary spare wheel is fitted on
the vehicle: risk of accident!
● Never travel more than 200 km using a tem-
porar
y spare wheel.
● Avoid heavy acceleration, hard braking and
fa
st cornering: risk of accident! ●
Nev er u
se more than one temporary spare
wheel at the same time, risk of accident.
● No other type of tyre (normal summer or
wint
er tyre) may be fitted on the compact
temporary spare wheel rim.
● If you are driving using the spare wheel,
the AC
C system could automatically switch
off during the journey. Switch off the system
when starting off. Extraction of the spare wheel in vehi-
c
l
es with SEAT SOUND 10 speakers
(with subwoofer)* Fig. 229
In the luggage compartment: re-
mo v
e the subwoofer. To remove the spare wheel, you must first re-
mo
v
e the subwoofer.
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Wheels
● Lif t
and secure the luggage compartment
floor as described in ››› page 154.
● Disconnect the sub
woofer ››› Fig. 229 1 speaker cable.
●
Turn the securing wheel in an anti-clock-
w i
se direction ››› Fig. 229 2 .
● Remove the s ub
woofer speaker and the
spare wheel.
● When re-mounting the spare tyre, place the
sub
woofer on the base of the wheel rim with
care. When doing so, the tip of the “FRONT”
arrow on the subwoofer should point for-
ward.
● Reconnect the speaker cable and firmly ro-
tat
e the securing wheel clockwise so that the
subwoofer system and wheel are firmly in
place.
Winter service
Wint
er tyres –
Winter tyres must be fitted on al
l four
wheels.
– Only use winter tyres that are approved for
your
vehicle. –
Ple
ase note that the maximum permissible
speed for winter tyres may be lower than
for summer tyres.
– Also note that winter tyres are no longer ef-
fectiv
e when the tread is worn down.
– After fitting the wheels you must always
chec
k the tyre pressures. The correct tyre
pressures are listed on the sticker on the
inside of the fuel tank flap ››› page 292.
In winter road conditions winter tyres will
considerably improve vehicle handling. The
design of summer tyres (width, rubber com-
pound, tread pattern) gives less grip on ice
and snow. This applies particularly to vehi-
cles equipped with wide section tyres or with
high speed tyres (code letters H, V or Y on
the sidewall).
Only use winter tyres of the correct type ap-
proved for your vehicle. The sizes of these
tyres are specified in the vehicle's docu-
ments (e.g. EC Certificate of Conformity or
COC 1)
). The vehicle documentation varies de-
pending on the country of residence. See al-
so ››› page 293.
Winter tyres lose a great deal of their proper-
ties when the tread is worn down to a depth
of 4 mm. The performance of winter tyres is also se-
ver
ely impaired by ageing, even if the tread is
still much deeper than 4 mm.
Winter tyres are subject to the following max-
imum speed limits according to speed rating
code letter: ›››
Speed rating
code letter
››› page 293Maximum speed limit
Q160 km/h (100 mph)
S180 km/h (112 mph)
T190 km/h (118 mph)
H210 km/h (130 mph)
V240 km/h (149 mph) (please note
relevant restrictions)
W270 km/h (168 mph)
Y300 km/h (186 mph) Vehicles capable of exceeding these speeds
mu
s
t have an appropriate sticker attached so
that it is visible to the driver. Suitable stickers
are available from the SEAT Official Service
and specialised workshop. Please note the
regulations to this effect in your country.
“All-weather” tyres can also be used instead
of winter tyres. »1)
COC = certificate of conformity.
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Technical data
Advice
Operation
Emergencies
Safety
Index
Changing a wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 sub
sequent work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Changing bulbs number plate light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Changing gear engaging gears (manual gearbox) . . . . . . . . . 176
Changing settings CAR menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Changing the blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Changing the wiper blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Charging the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
Checking levels engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
Child-proof locking electric windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Child seat Categorisation in groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Child seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17, 80 ISOFIX system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17, 79
securing with seat belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Top Tether system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19, 22
City Emergency braking function . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266 alcantara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
carbon parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Easy Connect control panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Exhaust pipe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
leather . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
natural leather . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
plastic parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Plastic parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Radio display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
trims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
washing the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266 wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
windo
ws . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Climatronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Close . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 rear lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 bonnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
rear lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
sun blind (sunroof) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Clutch (warning lamp) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Coming Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Connectivity Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Contact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Control and warning lamps diesel particulate filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
emission control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
remote control (auxiliary heater) . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Control lamps AdBlue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
blind spot detector (BSD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Hill Descent Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
parking assistant (RTA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
speed limiter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
tow hitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
towing bracket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Controls and displays general instrument panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Controls on the steering wheel operating the audio system and telephone . . 109
Coolant checking level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
cooling system checking coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286 Cooling system
Coo lant temperature gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
topping up coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
Cornering lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Correct position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Correct sitting position front passenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
rear seat passengers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36, 193 operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Cruise control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193 Warning and indication lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
D Dangers in not using the seat belt . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Dash panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Data sticker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Deactivating the front passenger front airbag . . . 15
Deactivation of front airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Defective bulbs changing a bulb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Diesel diesel particulate filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
preheating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
refuelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Diesel particulate filter malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Digital clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
Direction of rotation tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102, 103
Display messages speed limiter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
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