2016 Seat Ibiza ST open gas tank

Advice
WARNING
Brake fluid is poisonous. Old brake fluid im-
pairs the br
aking effect.
● Before opening the bonnet to check the
brake fluid lev
el, read and observe the warn-
ings ››› page 201.
● Brake fluid should be stored in the closed
original c
ontainer in a safe place out of reach
of children. There is a toxic risk.
● Perform the brake fluid change according to
the Maintenanc
e Programme. Heavy use of
the brakes may cause a vapour lock if the
brake fluid is left in the brake system for too
long. This would seriously affect the effec-
tiveness of the brakes and the safety of the
vehicle. This may cause an accident. CAUTION
Brake fluid damages the vehicle paintwork.
Wipe off an y

brake fluid from the paintwork
immediately. For the sake of the environment
The brake pads and brake fluid must be col-
lected and di s

posed of according the applica-
ble regulations. The SEAT Technical Service
network has the necessary equipment and
qualified personnel for collecting and dispos-
ing of this waste material. Windscreen washer reservoir
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indscreen washer
reservoir water Read the additional information carefully
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The windscreen washer and the headlight
washers are supplied with fluid from the
windscreen washer fluid container in the en-
gine compartment. The container holds ap-
prox. 3 litres; in vehicles with headlight
washers* it holds approx. 4.5 litres.
The tank is in the engine compartment.
Plain water is not enough to clean the wind-
screen and headlights. We recommend that
you always add a product to the windscreen
washer fluid. Approved windscreen cleaning
products exist on the market with high deter-
gent and anti-freeze properties, these may be
added all-year-round. Please follow the dilu-
tion instructions on the packaging. WARNING
Any work carried out in the engine compart-
ment or on the engine mu s

t be carried out
cautiously.
● When working in the engine compartment,
alway
s observe the safety warnings
››› page 201. CAUTION
● Never put r

adiator anti-freeze or other addi-
tives into the windscreen washer fluid.
● Always use approved windscreen cleansing
products di
luted as per instructions. If you
use other washer fluids or soap solutions,
the tiny holes in the fan-shaped nozzles
could become blocked. Vehicle battery
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and warnings on handling
the battery Read the additional information carefully
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Wear eye protection

Battery acid is extremely corrosive. Wear protec-
tive gloves and eye protection!

Fires, sparks, open flames and smoking are pro-
hibited!

A highly explosive mixture of gases is released
when the battery is under charge.

Keep children away from acid and batteries!
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Index
Exhaust gas purification system cat
alytic c
onverter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
diesel particulate filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Extending the luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
exterior lighting changing the bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
folding in electrically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
folding in manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
heated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Exterior view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5, 6
F Fabric: cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Fastening rings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Fatigue detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Fault in electronic differential lock (EDL) control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Faulty bulbs changing the bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Filling the fuel tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Filling the tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199 fuel gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Fire extinguisher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
First-aid kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Floor mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Fluid Level control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Fog-light bulb FR version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Fog light bulb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Front airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14, 69 safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Front ashtray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Front drink holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 Front passenger front airbag
control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
deactivation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Front seat manual adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Front seat backrest folding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
lifting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41, 200 consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
ethanol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
fuel gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
refuelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
saving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Fuel consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168 why does fuel consumption increase? . . . . . . 169
Fuel tank cap opening and closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Fuel tank flap opening and closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44, 81 fuse box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
identifying blown fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Identifying by colours . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Preparation before replacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
replacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
G
Gear-change indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28, 161
Gearbox lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Gear change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
changing gears (manual gearbox) . . . . . . . . . 161
manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
manual gear change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Gear engaged . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Gear recommendation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
General ins
trument panel
Controls and displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Turn signal and main beam lever . . . . . . . . . . 120
warning and indication lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
General overview of the engine compartment . . 204
Glove compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Glow plug system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
H
Handbrake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152, 153 warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Hazard warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22, 123
HBA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Head-on collisions and the laws of physics . . . . . 63
Head-protection airbags description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Headlight range control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Headlights Driving abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Headlight washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
front head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Rear head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Headrests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Heated rear window heating element wires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143 Defrosting the windscreen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Demisting the windscreen and side windows 143
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