Instruments and warning/control lamps
CAUTION
● To prev ent
damage to the engine, the rev
counter needle should only remain in the red
zone for a short period of time.
● When the engine is cold, avoid high revs
and heavy acc
eleration and do not make the
engine work hard. For the sake of the environment
Changing up a gear in time reduces fuel con-
sumption and noise. Rev counter
The rev counter indicates the number of en-
gine r
ev
olution
s per minute ›››
Fig. 121 1 .
T og
ether w ith the g
ear-change indicator, the
rev counter offers you the possibility of using
the engine of your vehicle at a suitable
speed.
The start of the red zone on the dial indicates
the maximum engine speed which may be
used briefly when the engine is warm and af-
ter it has been run in properly. Before reach-
ing this range, you should change to a higher
gear for vehicles with a manual gearbox or for
automatic gearboxes put the selector lever in
“D” or take your foot off the accelerator ped-
al. We recommend that you avoid high revs and
that y
ou follow the recommendations on the
gear-change indicator. Consult the additional
information in ›››
page 28, Gear-change
indicator. CAUTION
Never allow the rev counter needle 1 ›››
Fig. 121 to go int o the r
ed zone on the
scale for more than a very brief period, other-
wise there is a risk of engine damage. For the sake of the environment
Changing up a gear early will help you to save
fuel and minimi se emi
ssions and engine
noise. Indications on the display
A variety of information can be viewed on the
in
s
trument p
anel display ›››
Fig. 121 3 de-
pendin g on the
vehic
le equipment:
● Bonnet, rear lid and doors open
››› p
age 28.
● Information and warning texts.
● Mileage.
● Time.
● Navigation instructions.
● Outside temperature.
● Compass. ●
Shift lev
er position ››› page 161.
● Recommended gear (manual gearbox)
››› p
age 28.
● Multifunction display (MFD) and menus
with different
setting options ›››
page 25.
● Service interval display ›››
p
age 33.
● Second speed display ›››
p
age 25.
● Speed warning function ›››
p
age 32.
● Start-Stop system status display
››› p
age 172.
● Low consumption driving status (ECO)
››› p
age 98
● Identifying letters on engine (MKB).
● Active cylinder management display
(ACT ®
)* ›››
page 168
Distance travelled
The odometer registers the total distance
travelled by the car.
The odometer (trip ) shows the distance
travelled since the last odometer reset. The
last digit of the trip recorder indicates distan-
ces of 100 metres or one tenths of a mile.
● Briefly press the button ››› Fig. 121
4 to re-
set the trip r
ecor
der to 0.
● Keep the button 4 pressed for about 3
sec ond
s and the pr
evious value will be dis-
played. »
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Technical data
Advice
Operation
Emergencies
Safety
Instruments and warning/control lamps
●
Depending on the equipment, some set -
tin
gs and instructions can also be carried out
in the Easy Connect system.
● When several warnings are active at the
same time, the symbols
are shown succes-
sively for a few seconds and will stay on until
the fault is rectified. Odometer
Fig. 122
Instrument panel: odometer and re-
set b
utt on. The distance covered is displayed in “kilome-
tr
e
s” or mi l
es “m”. It is possible to change
the measurement units (kilometres
“km”/miles “m”) in the radio/Easy Connect*.
Please refer to the Easy Connect* Instructions
Manual for more details. Odometer/trip recorder
The odometer shows
the total distance cov-
ered by the vehicle.
The trip recorder shows the distance that has
been travelled since it was last reset. It is
used to measure short trips. The last digit of
the trip recorder indicates distances of 100
metres or tenths of a mile.
The trip recorder can be set to zero by press-
ing 0.0/SET
› ››
Fig. 122
.
F au
lt display
If there is a fault in the instrument panel, the
letters DEF will appear in the trip recorder
display. Have the fault repaired immediately,
as far as is possible.
Coolant temperature gauge For vehicles with no coolant temperature
g
aug
e, a c ontr
ol lamp appears for high
coolant temperatures ›››
page 207. Please
note ››› .
The c oo
lant
temperature gauge 2 ›››
Fig. 121 only w ork
s when the ignition is
switched on. In order to avoid engine dam-
age, please read the following notes for the
different temperature ranges. Engine cold
If only
the diode
s in the lower part of the
scale light up, this indicates that the engine
has not yet reached operating temperature.
Avoid high revs and heavy acceleration and
do not make the engine work hard.
Normal temperature
If in normal operations, the diodes light up
until the central zone, it means that the en-
gine has reached operating temperature. At
high outside temperatures and when making
the engine work hard, the diodes may contin-
ue lighting up and reach the upper zone. This
is no cause for concern, provided the control
lamp does not light up on the instrument
panel digital display.
Heat range
When the diodes light up in the upper area of
the display and the control lamp appears
on the instrument panel display, the coolant
temperature is excessive ››› page 207. CAUTION
● To ens ur
e a long useful life for the engine,
avoid high revs, driving at high speed and
making the engine work hard for approxi-
mately the first 15 minutes when the engine
is cold. The phase until the engine is warm al-
so depends on the outside temperature. If
necessary, use the engine oil temperature*
››› page 31 as a guide. » 99
Technical data
Advice
Operation
Emergencies
Safety
Index
Heating and fresh air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40, 142
He atin
g and fr e
sh air system
controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Heating system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Hill driving assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
How to jump start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Hydraulic Brake Assist automatic hazard warning lights activation . . 158
I Identification plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Identifying letters on engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Ignition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21, 150
Ignition lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21, 150
Incorrect sitting position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Indications on the display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 assist systems submenu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
distance travelled . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
doors, bonnet and rear lid open . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Driver information system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
ECO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
journey data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
MKB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
outside temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
recommended gear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
SEAT Drive Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
second speed display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
selector lever position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Selector lever positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
service intervals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
speed warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Start-Stop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
warning and information messages . . . . . . . . . 29 Infotainment system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
204
Inspection service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Instrument cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Instrument panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96, 97
instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
service interval indication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
warning and control lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Interior lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Interior mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 anti-dazzle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Interior view left guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
right-hand drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
ISOFIX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18, 20
ISOFIX system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
ISOFIX System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
J Jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 mounting points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Journey data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Jump leads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
K
Key-operated switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Key by remote control unlocking and locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Keys replacing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
spare key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
synchronise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
unlocking and locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
vehicle key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 Kick-down
automatic g earbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
L
Leaving Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Leaving Home Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Lifting the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Lighting of the instrument panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21, 118 adaptive headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
additional brake light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
automatic lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
changing the bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
coming home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Control and warning lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Daytime running lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
fog lights with cornering function . . . . . . . . . . 122
headlight range control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
interior light and front reading lights . . . . . . . . 92
interior lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
leaving home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
lighting of the instrument panel . . . . . . . . . . . 122
light switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Light switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
luggage compartment light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
main beam lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
main beams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
number plate light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
parking lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
reading lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
turn signal lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
turn signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Light switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Load compartment in the luggage compartment see Loading the luggage compartment . . . . . 135
Loading the luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . 135
240
Index
Loading the vehicle fa
st
ening rings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
roof luggage rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Locking and unlocking with the central lock button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Luggage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9, 135 luggage compartment lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
store the rear shelf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
stretched luggage net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Unlocking manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
see also Loading the luggage compartment . 135
Luggage compartment lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
M Main beam lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Maintenance and cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
maintenance intervals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
malfunction catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Malfunction diesel particulate filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Manual gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Mobile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Mobile phones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Multimedia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
N
Noises tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Number of seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
O Octane rating (petrol) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Reset b utton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
trip recorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Oil change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Oil properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
One-touch opening and closing Electric windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Open and close . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 rear lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 bonnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
fuel tank flap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
tilting panoramic roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Opening and closing bonnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
by remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
fuel tank flap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
in the lock cylinder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
rear lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
rear lid of the luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . 9
tilting panoramic roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
with the central lock button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Outside temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
P
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Parking aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Parking Aid adjusting the display and audible warnings . 179
automatic activation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
fault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
parking system plus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
rear parking aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
sensors and camera: cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194 towing bracket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
visual
indication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Parking aid system see Parking aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175, 177
Parking distance warning system see Parking aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175, 177
Parking (automatic gearbox) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
ParkPilot see Parking aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175, 177
Particulate filter (diesel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Passenger see Correct sitting position . . . . . . . . . 57, 58, 59
Pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Petrol additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
refuelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Plastic parts: cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194, 197
Pollution filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Positioning seat belts during pregnancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Power-assisted steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Power socket in the luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Power steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Pre-heating system control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Products for vehicle maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Puncture action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
R Radio frequency remote control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Raising the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
241