
Checking and refilling levels
CAUTION
● Do not r ef
uel if the filler indicates that the
fuel contains metal. LRP ( lead replacement
petrol) fuels contain high concentrations of
metal additives. Using them may damage the
engine!
● Never refuel with fuels containing a large
proportion of
ethanol (for example, E50, E85).
This could damage the fuel system.
● Just filling one full tank of leaded fuel or
fuel c
ontaining other metal additives would
seriously impair the efficiency of the catalytic
converter.
● Only use fuel additives that have been ap-
prov
ed by SEAT. Octane boosting or anti-
knock additives may contain metal additives
that could seriously damage the engine or
the catalytic converter. These additives must
not be used.
● High engine speed and full throttle can
damag
e the engine when using petrol with an
octane rating lower than the correct grade for
the engine. Note
● You m a
y use petrol with a high octane num-
ber than the one recommended for your en-
gine.
● In those countries where unleaded petrol is
not avai
lable, you may refuel with a fuel with
a low lead content. Diesel fuel
Please note the information on the inside of
the fuel
t
ank flap.
We recommend the use of diesel fuel which
complies to European standard EN 590. If
diesel fuel which meets European standard
EN 590 is not available, the Cetane number
(CZ) must, at minimum, be 51. If the engine
is equipped with a particulate filter, the sul-
phur content of the fuel must be below 50
parts per million.
Winter-grade diesel
Summer fuel becomes thicker in winter and it
is more difficult to start the engine. For this
reason, petrol stations in some countries al-
so offer winter diesel with improved fluidity
when cold (winter-grade diesel). CAUTION
● The v ehic
le is not designed for the use of
FAME fuel (biodiesel). The fuel system would
be damaged if you used biodiesel.
● Do not mix fuel additives, the so-called
“thinners”, petro
l or similar additives with
diesel fuel.
● If poor-quality diesel fuel is used, it may be
neces
sary to drain the fuel filter more fre-
quently than is specified in the Maintenance
Programme. We recommend having this done
by a specialised workshop. If water is allowed to collect in the filter, this can cause engine
perf
orm
ance problems. Selective catalytic reduction*
(AdBlue)
Introduction In vehicles with “Selective Catalytic Reduc-
tion”, a spec
i
al urea solution (AdBlue) is in-
jected into the exhaust gas system in front of
the catalytic converter to reduce nitrogen ox-
ide emissions.
The consumption of AdBlue depends on indi-
vidual driving style, the temperature at which
the system operates and the outside temper-
ature where the vehicle is driven.
AdBlue is kept in an independent tank in the
vehicle and should be refilled at an official
supplier. The AdBlue tank holds approxi-
mately 17 litres.
The AdBlue fill level must be checked when
the vehicle is being serviced. WARNING
If the AdBlue fill level is too low, the vehicle
ma y
not restart after switching the ignition
off. The emergency start or jump start will not
be possible either! » 265
Technical data
Advice
Operation
Emergencies
Safety

Index
ESC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
f or the se
at
belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
fuel level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
generator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
indication of break pad wear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
lane assist system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
locking the steering column . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32, 105
rear cross traffic alert (RTA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
rear lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
refuelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
tyre monitoring indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
vehicle battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
windscreen washer fluid level . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Control of function rain sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Controls on the steering wheel operating the audio system and telephone . . 106
Control units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247 reprogramming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Convenience closing windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Convenience functions reprogramming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Convenience opening windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Convenient entry function for the third row of seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Cooling system checking the coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
topping up with coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Cornering lights see "Static cornering lights" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
static . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 Correct position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
C
ounter steering assistance system . . . . . . . . . . 182
Crossing through water salt water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Cruise control system (CCS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219 control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Cruise Control System (CCS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
D Dangers of not using a seat belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Dash panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Data registry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Data storage during the journey . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Daytime running lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
DCC see Dynamic chassis control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
De-icing the locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Diagnostics connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Diesel refuelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Diesel particulate filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201 malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
recommended gear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Differential lock see Braking assist systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Digital clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
Directional tread pattern tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Disconnecting devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Disconnecting the passenger front airbag . . . . . . 18
Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100, 101 Disposal
belt ten sion device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 childproof lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
emergency locking and unlocking . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
opening and closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Door handle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Door lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Door lock cylinder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Drawbar load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234 loading the trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Drawers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Drink holder central console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Drink holders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168 rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Driving automatic gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
cross country . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
data storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
driving abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
driving through water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
economical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
fuel gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
fuel level too low . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
parking downhill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
parking uphill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
undercarriage guard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
with a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Driving abroad headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Driving in winter fuel consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
306

Index
interior lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
l e
av
ing home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
light controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
lighting of the instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
lighting of the switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
main beam headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
main beam lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
main beams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
parking light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
reading lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
side lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
turn signal lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Load compartment in the luggage compartment see Loading the luggage compartment . . . . . 152
Loading the luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . 152 driving with the rear lid open . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Loading the vehicle fastening rings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
general advice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
net partition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
rails and attachment system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
roof carrier system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
transporting a load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
vehicle loaded . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Loads on the axles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Locking and unlocking electric panoramic sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
electric sliding door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
in the lock cylinder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
sliding door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
sun blind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
with Keyless Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Locking button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194 Locking the doors manually if central locking
fail s to work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Luggage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10, 122, 152 closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
driving with the rear lid open . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
electronic locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
electronic opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
emergency unlocking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
extension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
folding down rear seats to create load space . 153
luggage compartment lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
net partition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
rails and attachment system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
shelf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
see also Loading the luggage compartment . 152
Luggage compartment baggage net . . . . . . . . . . 161
Luggage compartment hatch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Lumbar massage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Lumbar support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
M Main beam lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Main panel turn signal and main beam lever . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Malfunction air conditioner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
automatic gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
blind spot detector (BSD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
diesel particulate filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
lane assist system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Mobile phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108, 246
Mobile phones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246 Mobile telephone
use without an exterior aerial . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Mobile tow hitch ball fitting a bicycle carrier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Model plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
Motor oil oil properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Multifunction display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
N
Net luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Net partition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Noise tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Noises auxiliary heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
brake assist systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Notes for the user . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Number of seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
O Octane rating (petrol) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Odometer partial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Oil properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Open and close . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 bonnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
electric windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
fuel tank flap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
panoramic sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
310