Table of Contents
Table of Contents
The e s
senti
als . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Exterior view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Exterior view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Interior view (left-hand drive) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Interior view (right-hand drive) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
How it works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Unlocking and locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Before driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Child seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Starting the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Lights and visibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Easy Connect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Driver information system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Driving data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Warning lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Gearbox lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Air conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Fluid Level control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Emergencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Action in the event of a puncture . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Changing a wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Emergency towing of the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . 50
How to jump start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Changing the windscreen wiper blades . . . . . . 53
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Safe driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Safety first! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Advice about driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Correct position for passengers . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Pedal area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Seat belts
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
The whys and wherefores of seat belts . . . . . . . 61
How to properly adjust your seatbelt . . . . . . . . 64
Seat belt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Brief introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Airbag safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Deactivating airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Transporting children safely . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Safety for children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Child seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Emergencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Self-help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Emergency equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Changing a wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Tyre repairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Towing the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Fuses and bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Changing bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Changing the fog light bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Changing the rear lights (on the side panel) . . 87
Changing tail lights (on the rear lid) . . . . . . . . . 89
Changing the bulb on the number plate . . . . . . 91
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Controls and displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
General instrument panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Instruments and warning lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Control lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Introduction to the Easy Connect system* . . . . 99
System settings (CAR)* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 Communications and multimedia
. . . . . . . . . . . 100
Steering wheel controls* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Multimedia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Opening and closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Central locking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Anti-theft alarm system* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Rear lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Opening and closing of electric windows . . . . . 115
Lights and visibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Interior lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Visibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Windscreen wipers and windscreen wash-
ers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Mirr
ors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Seats and head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Adjusting seats and head restraints . . . . . . . . . 127
Seat functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Transport and practical equipment . . . . . . . . . 131
Practical equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Storing objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Roof rack* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Air conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Heating and air conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Heating and fresh air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Air conditioning (manual)* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Climatronic* (automatic air conditioning) . . . . 147
Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Starting and stopping the engine . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Brakes and brake servo systems . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Braking and stability systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Manual gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Automatic gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Run-in and economical driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
3
The essentials
Starting
7. Start the engine of the vehicle with the boo s
tin
g battery and let it run at idling
speed.
8. Start the engine of the vehicle with the flat batter
y and wait for 2 or 3 minutes until
the engine is running.
Removing the jump leads
9. Before you remove the jump leads, switch off the dipped be
am headlights if they are
switched on.
10.
Turn on the heater blower and heated rear
window in the vehicle with the flat battery.
This helps minimise voltage peaks which
are generated when the leads are discon-
nected.
11.When the engine is running, disconnect the lea
ds in reverse order to the details
given above.
Make sure the battery clamps have sufficient
metal-to-metal contact with the battery termi-
nals.
If the engine fails to start, switch off the start-
er after about 10 seconds and try again after
about 1 minute. WARNING
● Ple a
se note the safety warnings referring to
working in the engine compartment
››› page 202.
● The battery providing assistance must have
the same v
oltage as the flat battery (12V) and
approximately the same capacity (see imprint
on battery). Failure to comply could result in
an explosion.
● Never use jump leads when one of the bat-
teries
is frozen. Danger of explosion! Even af-
ter the battery has thawed, battery acid could
leak and cause chemical burns. If a battery
freezes, it should be replaced.
● Keep sparks, flames and lighted cigarettes
awa
y from batteries, danger of explosion.
Failure to comply could result in an explo-
sion.
● Observe the instructions provided by the
manufact
urer of the jump leads.
● Do not connect the negative cable from the
other vehic
le directly to the negative terminal
of the flat battery. The gas emitted from the
battery could be ignited by sparks. Danger of
explosion.
● Do not attach the negative cable from the
other vehic
le to parts of the fuel system or to
the brake line.
● The non-insulated parts of the battery
clamp
s must not be allowed to touch. The
jump lead attached to the positive battery
terminal must not touch metal parts of the ve-
hicle, this can cause a short circuit. ●
Po s
ition the leads in such a way that they
cannot come into contact with any moving
parts in the engine compartment.
● Do not lean on the batteries. This could re-
sult
in chemical burns. Note
The vehicles must not touch each other, oth-
er wi
se electricity could flow as soon as the
positive terminals are connected. Changing the windscreen wiper
b
l
a
des
Changing the wiper blades Fig. 69
Windscreen wiper blades. Set the windscreen wiper arms to the service
po
s
ition bef
ore changing the blades. » 53
Operation
Sun visors Fig. 138
Driver's sun visor. Fig. 139
Front passenger's sun visor. The sun visors for the driver and the front
p
a
s
senger can be pulled out of their central
supports and turned towards the doors in the
direction of arrow 1
› ›
› Fig. 138
and 2 ›››
Fig. 139 re s pectively.
The strip A is to store small objects such as
not ep
aper
, etc. The front passenger sun visor includes a van-
ity mirror
B with a cover. The cover is
opened b y
s
liding it in the direction indicated
by arrow 3
› ››
Fig. 139
. WARNING
Do not turn sun visors with attached objects
suc h a
s ball-pens, etc. toward the head pro-
tection airbag triggering zone on the side
windows. The head protection airbags could
injure occupants if triggered. Windscreen wipers and wind-
s
c
r
een washers
Introduction The windscreen wipers and windscreen
w
a
sher
s only work when the ignition is
switched on.
The speed of the automatic wipe in case of
rain is automatically adjusted according to
the intensity of the rainfall.
The rear window is wiped once if the wind-
screen wipers are switched on and reverse
gear is engaged.
Fill the windscreen washer fluid ›››
page 210. WARNING
● Mak e s
ure the blades ›››
page 53 are in
perfect condition for good visibility and safe
driving.
● In cold conditions, you should not use the
wash/w
ipe system unless you have warmed
the windscreen with the heating and ventila-
tion system. The windscreen washer fluid
could otherwise freeze on the windscreen and
obscure your view of the road. CAUTION
● Durin g w
inter, always check that the wind-
screen wiper blades are not frozen to the
glass before each trip or before switching on
the ignition. If you switch on the windscreen
wipers when the wiper blades are frozen to
the glass, this could damage both the wiper
blades and the wiper motor.
● If the ignition is switched off when the
winds
creen wipers are on, they will start op-
erating in the same mode when the ignition
is switched back on. The wiper blades may be
frozen to the glass at low temperatures when
the ignition is switched off.
● Carefully separate the frozen wipers from
the winds
creen or rear window.
● Remove snow and ice from the wipers be-
fore s
tarting your journey.
● Careless handling could lead to the wiper
arms dam
aging the windscreen.124
Lights and visibility
●
For s af
ety reasons, the wiper blades should
be changed once or twice a year. They can be
purchased at a SEAT Authorised Service.
● The ignition cannot be switched on while
the winds
creen wiper arms are in a raised po-
sition. Otherwise, the windscreen wipers
would return to their original position and
could damage the paintwork on the bonnet. Note
Keep the wipers clean. The wipers can be
soi led w
ith remains of wax solutions from car
washes ››› page 194.
● On vehicles equipped with windscreen
washer j
ets, these are heated once the en-
gine is running. Operating windscreen wipers and
w
a
sher
s Fig. 140
Window wiper lever. Short wipe
– Give the windscreen a brief w ipe by
moving
the lever down to position 4
› ››
Fig. 140
.
W
ipe intervals/automatic wipe in case of rain
rain sensor*
– Push the lever up to position 1 ›››
Fig. 140.
– With switch A , adjust the wipe interval or
r ain sen
sor sen
sitivity.
Switch A has 4 positions.
The r ain sen
sor* i
s part of the intermittent
wipe function.
The rain sensor* controls the frequency of
the windscreen wiper intervals, depending
on the amount of rain.
Slow wipe
– Push the lever up to position 2 ›››
Fig. 140.
Continuou s
wipe
– Push the lever up to position 3 ›››
Fig. 140.
Autom atic
windscreen wash and wipe
– Pull the lever towards the steering wheel,
pos ition 5
› ›
› Fig. 140
, and the windscreen
washer and wipers are switched on. –
Rele
ase the lever. The washer will stop and
the windscreen wipers will keep running for
1-3 wipes (depending on the windscreen
washer operating time).
Rear window wiper*
– Press the lever forward to position 6 ›››
Fig. 140 and the r e
ar w
indow wiper will
run every 6 seconds.
Automatic rear window wash and wipe* – Press the lever fully forward to position 7 ›››
Fig. 140 and the re ar w
indow wiper and
washer switch on at the same time.
– Release the lever. The rear window washer
wi l
l stop and the rear window wipers will
keep running for 1-3 wipes (depending on
the jet operating time). When released, the
lever remains in position 6 .
Sw it
c
hing off the wipers
– Move the lever to position 0
› ›
› Fig. 140
. WARNING
The rain sensor may not detect enough rain
to sw it
ch on the wipers.
● If necessary, switch on the wipers manually
when water on the w
indscreen obstructs visi-
bility. » 125
Technical data
Advice
Operation
Emergencies
Safety
Index
instrument panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
in s
trument
panel display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
power steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
pressing the brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
seat belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
tyre pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Warning and control lights ESC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Warning and indication lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 audible warning signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
break recommendation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
coolant temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
deactivation of the airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
diesel particulate filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
disabling airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
fuel level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
gearbox malfunctions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Start-Stop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Warning symbols see Warning and control lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Warning triangle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Washing by hand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
care of the vehicle exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
car wash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
stickers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
with high-pressure cleaners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Washing the vehicle things to note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Wheel changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224 caps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
loosening and tightening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Wheel cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215, 224
anti-theft bo lts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46, 49, 75
cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
new wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
spare wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
wheel cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Wheel trim removing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Windows electric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11, 115
removing ice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Window wiper blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Windscreen washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 headlight washers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Windscreen washer fluid checking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Windscreen washers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Windscreen washer water checking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
topping up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Windscreen wiper jets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Windscreen wipers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20, 124 control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
lifting the wiper blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
replacing the wiper blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
service position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
windscreen washer fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Winter conditions battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201 snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
tyre
s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Winters conditions thawing windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Winter service battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
disconnecting and connecting . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Winter tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Wipe interval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
242