Operation
Non-adjustable air vents
Ther e ar
e no air
vents in the foot well and in
the rear area of the passenger compartment. 2 CAUTION
Never place food, medicines or other temper-
atur e-
sensitive objects close to the air vents.
Food, medicines and other objects sensitive to heat or cold may be damaged or made un-
suit
ab
le for use by the air coming from the
vents. Application tips and instructions for use
Fig. 144
At the top of the centre console: Clima-
tronic c
ontrols The following application tips and instruc-
tion
s of
use shall assist you to use the sys-
tems correctly.
Reasons for which the cooling is automati-
cally disconnected or cannot be connected
● The engine is not running.
● The fan is switched off.
● The air conditioner fuse is burnt out.
● The ambient temperature is less than ap-
prox
imately +3 °C (+38 °F). ●
The coolin
g system compressor has been
temporarily disconnected due to the exces-
sive temperature of the engine coolant.
● Another fault in the vehicle. Turn to a speci-
alised work
shop and have the former check
the air conditioning system.
Settings for optimum visibility
● Keep the air intake slots in front of the
winds
creen clear of snow, ice or leaves to en-
sure heating or cooling are not impaired, and
to prevent the windows from misting over. ●
So that the air m
ay circulate throughout the
passenger compartment from the front area
to the rear one, leave the ventilation slots un-
cluttered in the rear area of the boot.
● The maximum possible heating output and
fas
test possible elimination of ice on the win-
dows shall be reached when the engine cool-
ant is at operating temperature.
132
Care and maintenance
consumables should be changed at a speci-
ali sed w
ork
shop. Technical services are per-
manently informed of any modifications. WARNING
The incorrect use or handling of fluids or con-
sum ab
les may result in accident, serious in-
jury, burns or intoxication.
● Therefore, fluids must always be stored
closed in their origin
al container.
● Never store fluids in empty food containers
or bottles
as other people may accidentally
drink the fluid.
● Keep all fluids and consumables out of
reac
h of children.
● Read and observe the information and
warning
s given on the fluid containers.
● Only work in the open air or in well-ventila-
ted z
ones, when using products which give
off harmful vapours.
● Never use fuel, turpentine, engine oil, ace-
tone or any
other volatile liquid in the main-
tenance of the vehicle. These are toxic and
highly flammable. They could lead to fire or
explosions! CAUTION
● Only u
se appropriate fluids. Do not confuse
fluids as this can cause serious malfunctions
or engine damage.
● Accessories and other components moun-
ted in front
of the air inlet reduce the cooling effect of the coolant. If the engine is running
under gr
e
at strain in high outside tempera-
tures, it could overheat. For the sake of the environment
Leaking fluids could pollute the environment.
C o l
lect any spilt fluids in suitable containers
and dispose of them in accordance with legis-
lation and with respect for the environment. Repairs and technical changes
When performing repairs and technical mod-
ific
ation
s,
SEAT's directives must be ob-
served! ››› Unauthorised modifications to the electronic
c
omponents
or sof
tware in the vehicle may
cause malfunctions. Due to the way the elec-
tronic components are linked together in net-
works, other indirect systems may be affec-
ted by the faults. This may significantly affect
the vehicle's performance, increase compo-
nent wear and could mean that the vehicle
registration documents are no longer valid.
Your SEAT Official Service cannot be held lia-
ble for any damage caused by technical mod-
ifications or repairs performed incorrectly.
The SEAT Official Service does not accept lia-
bility for damage resulting from technical
modifications or repairs performed incorrect- ly; neither is the SEAT warranty valid in these
case
s.
SEAT recommends you have any technical
modifications or repairs performed at a SEAT
Official Service and that you use genuine
SEAT spare parts ®
.
Vehicles with special accessories and equip-
ment
The manufacturers of additional equipment
guarantee that the equipment complies with
applicable laws and regulations with respect
to the environment, in particular Directives
2000/53/CE and 2003/11/CE. The first direc-
tive governs the disposal of end-of-life vehi-
cles while the second refers to the restric-
tions on the marketing and use of certain
dangerous substances and preparations.
The vehicle owner should keep the documen-
tation for the additional equipment safely
and hand it over to the scrap yard at the end
of the vehicle's service life. This ensures that
any additional equipment mounted in end-of-
life vehicles is correctly disposed of with re-
spect for the environment. WARNING
Repairs or modifications which are not per-
formed c orr
ectly may result in damage or er-
rors in the vehicle operation, affecting the ef-
fectiveness of the driver assist systems. This
could result in serious accident. » 165
Technical data
Advice
Operation
Emergencies
Safety
Index
tyre pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
w ind
s
creen washer bottle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Driving safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Driving through water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Driving tips for a loaded vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Duplicate keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Dust filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Dynamic headlight range control . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
E E10 see Ethanol (fuel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
EDL see Electronic differential lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
EDS see "Brake assist systems" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Electric windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Electrical devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121, 122
Electric windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
see Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Electronic differential lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Electronic immobiliser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 operating fault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Electronic Stability Control (ESC) . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Emergencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
changing a wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
emergency towing of the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
fire extinguishers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
first aid kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
hazard warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 Jump leads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
punct
ure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
replacing a blown fuse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
vehicle tool kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
warning triangle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Emergency closing or opening driver door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
passenger door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Emergency locking and unlocking . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Emergency unlocking boot hatch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Emergency unlocking the boot hatch boot hatch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Emission control system control and warning lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Emissions data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Engine assisted starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
noises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
running in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
start-Stop system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Engine and ignition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 12 Volt sockets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
ignition lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
immobiliser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
starting the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
stopping the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
unauthorised vehicle key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10, 186 battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33, 196
brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33, 194
coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32, 191
engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31, 190, 191
windscreen washer reservoir . . . . . . . . . . 33, 195
Engine coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 checking the level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
G 12 plus-plus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 G 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
specific
ations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
temperature display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Engine data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Engine management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 control lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31, 188 changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
checking oil level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
control and warning lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
dipstick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
oil properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
topping up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Environment environmental compatibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Environmental ecological driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Environmental tips refuelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164 safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
ESC electronic stability control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Ethanol (fuel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Event Data Recorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Exhaust gas purification system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Exterior mirrors adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
vehicle care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Exterior rear view mirrors control of the function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
electric exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Exterior view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5, 6
220
Index
F F abric
s: c
leaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Fastening rings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Fault parking distance warning system . . . . . . . . . . 154
Fault memory connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Filling the tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182, 185
Fire extinguisher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
First-aid kit storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Floor mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Fluid Level control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Fog light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Front airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14, 62
Front passenger front airbag control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
disabling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
disconnection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Front seat manual adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
manually adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Front wiper blades change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31, 181 natural gas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
refuelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
savings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Fuel gauge control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
petrol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Fuel tank cap opening and closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Fuel tank flap opening and closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34, 78
fuse bo x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
identifying blown fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
identifying by colours . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
preparation before replacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
replacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
G
Gearbox lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Gear change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 automatic gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
changing gears manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
gear recommendation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
manual gear change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
putting the vehicle in gear (manual gearbox) 145
Gear engaged . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
General instrument panel instrument panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
General view control and warning lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Generator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Glove compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117, 118
H
Handbrake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Hazard warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21, 106
Head-on collisions and the laws of physics . . . . . 55
Headlight range control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Headlights driving abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Head rest adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Head restraints adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
rear head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Heating and fresh air controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Heating and fresh air system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Heating of
the rear window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28, 30
Hill driving assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Hill hold control and warning lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
start-Stop system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
How to jump start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Hubcaps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
I
Identifying letters on engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Ignition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 see "Engine and ignition" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Ignition lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 removal lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
unauthorised vehicle key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
In case of emergency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Indications on the display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
recommended gear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
reminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
seat belt status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
selector lever positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
start-Stop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Instrument panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 control and warning lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88, 89
general instrument panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
service intervals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Instrument panel lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
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