
Checking and refilling levels
checked at regular intervals, preferably when
fi l
lin
g the tank and before a journey.
When the engine is working hard, for in-
stance during sustained high-speed motor-
way cruising in summer or when climbing
mountain passes, the oil level should pref-
erably be kept within area ››› Fig. 168 A .
Topping up engine oil Read the additional information carefully
›› ›
page 31.
The engine oil must be changed regularly ac-
cording to the specifications of the Mainte-
nance Programme.
Due to the problems linked with disposing of
used oil and the need for suitable tools and
special knowledge, always visit a specialised
workshop to have the engine oil and filter
changed. SEAT recommends taking your car
in for technical service.
Detailed information on the service intervals
is shown in the Maintenance Programme.
Engine oil additives make new oil darker after
the engine has been running for a short peri-
od. This is normal and does not mean more
frequent oil changes are required. WARNING
Only change the engine oil yourself if you
hav e the s
pecialist knowledge required!
● Before opening the bonnet, read and ob-
serve the w
arnings ››› page 186.
● Wait for the engine to cool down. Hot oil
may
cause burn injuries.
● Wear eye protection to avoid injuries, such
as ac
id burns, caused by splashes of oil.
● When removing the oil drain plug with your
finger
s, keep your arm horizontal to help pre-
vent oil from running down your arm.
● Wash your skin thoroughly if it comes into
contact
with engine oil.
● Engine oil is poisonous! Used oil must be
stor
ed in a safe place out of the reach of chil-
dren. CAUTION
No additives should be used with engine oil.
This c
ould result in engine damage. Any dam-
age caused by the use of such additives
would not be covered by the factory warranty. For the sake of the environment
Before changing the engine oil, find a suita-
bl e loc
ation or service for proper disposal. For the sake of the environment
Always dispose of engine oil with the utmost
re s
pect for the environment. Never dispose of used engine oil in places such as a garden,
wood
s, dr
ains, roads, paths, rivers and drain-
age systems. Engine coolant
Introduction WARNING
Engine coolant is toxic!
● Only keep engine coolant in its original
c ont ainer
, tightly shut and in a safe place.
● Never store engine coolant in empty food
container
s or bottles as other people may ac-
cidentally drink it.
● Always keep engine coolant out of reach of
chil
dren.
● Ensure that the proportion of engine cool-
ant ad
ditive corresponds to the lowest out-
side temperature to which the vehicle will be
exposed.
● If the outside temperature is extremely low,
the engine coo
lant could freeze causing the
vehicle to stop. As this would also cause the
heating to stop working, vehicle occupants
without warm clothing could freeze. For the sake of the environment
Coolants and additives can contaminate the
env ir
onment. If any fluids are spilled, they » 191
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
Storage compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 driv er s
ide
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Sunglasses storage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Sun protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Sun visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Switch hazard warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Switching lights off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Switching lights on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Switching the ignition on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Symbols see control and warning lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
T TC see Brake assist systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Technical data axle loads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
engine oil specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
kerb weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Roof load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
total weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
tyre pressures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
windscreen washer liquid amount . . . . . . . . . 195
windshield washer fluid container capacity . . . 31
Technical features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Technical modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Technical specifications dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Temperature display liquid coolant temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
temporary spare wheel snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Tightening torque . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212 wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
TIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208 Tiptronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Top T
ether . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Top Tether system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Tow-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43, 75
Towing bracket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163 description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Towing the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42, 75, 135 front towline anchorage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
special features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
tow bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
tow rope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Towline anchorages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Traction control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Traction control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Traction Control (TC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Traction (tyres) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Transporting driving with the rear lid open . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
loaded vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Transporting children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Transporting items fastening rings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
roof carrier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
roof carrier system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Transporting objects roof carrier system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Treadwear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Turn signal convenience function . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Turn signal lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21, 105
Tyre load rating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Tyre mobility set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
do not use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
sealing a tyre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Tyre Mobility Set
inflating a ty re . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Tyre Mobility System see Anti-puncture kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Tyre pressure spare wheel or temporary spare wheel . . . . . . 203
Tyre pressures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203, 211
Tyre profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Tyre repair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Tyre repair kit see Anti-puncture kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Tyres avoiding damage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
damage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
errors in wheel alignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
foreign bodies in the tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
handling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
interchanging tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
new . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
old . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
replacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
run-out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
serial number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
speed rating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
storing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
technical details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
tyre code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Tyre identification number (TIN) . . . . . . . . . . . 208
tyre load rating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Tyre pressures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
tyres with directional tread pattern . . . . . . . . . 200
valve caps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
wear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
wear indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
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