2017 Seat Alhambra mirror

Table of Contents
Table of Contents
The e s
senti
als . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Exterior view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Exterior view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Interior view (left-hand drive) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
How it works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Unlocking and locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Before driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Child seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Starting the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Lights and visibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
SEAT information system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Warning lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Gearbox lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Air conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Fluid Level control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Emergencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Action in the event of a puncture . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Changing a wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Emergency towing of the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . 50
How to jump start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Changing windscreen wipers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Safe driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Safety first! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Advice about driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Correct position of the vehicle occupants . . . . 57
Pedal area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Seat belts
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Why wear a seat belt? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
How to properly adjust your seatbelt . . . . . . . . 64
Seat belt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Brief introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Airbag safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Deactivating airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Transporting children safely . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Safety for children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Child seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Integrated child seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Emergencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Self-help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
In case of emergency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Vehicle tool kit* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Changing a wheel* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Tyre repair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Changing the windscreen wiper blades . . . . . . 87
Tow-starting and towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Emergency locking and unlocking . . . . . . . . . . 89
Fuses and bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Changing bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
General instrument panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Instrument panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Control lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Communications and multimedia . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Steering wheel controls* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Multimedia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Three button unit in headliner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Opening and closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Vehicle key set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Central locking and locking system . . . . . . . . . 112 Doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Sliding doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Rear lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Electric windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Panoramic sliding sunroof* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Lights and visibility
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Visibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Windscreen wiper and window wiper sys-
tems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
R

ear vision mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Seats and head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Adjusting the seats and head restraints . . . . . . 140
Seat functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Transport and practical equipment . . . . . . . . . 150
Transporting objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Roof carrier* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Storage compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Drink holders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Ashtray and cigarette lighter* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Power sockets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Air conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Air conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Auxiliary heater* (additional heater) . . . . . . . . 177
Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Stopping and starting the engine . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Braking and parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Run-in and economical driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Engine management and exhaust gas purifica-
tion syst
em . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Driving tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Driver assistance systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Braking and stability systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Start assist systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Parking distance warning system* . . . . . . . . . . 208 3

The essentials
Manually closing the panoramic sun-
r oof Fig. 15
On the interior roof lining: remove
c o
v
er. Fig. 16
Allen bolt to close the panoramic slid-
in g s
u

nroof ●
Push open the cover in the direction indica-
t ed (arr
o

w) ››› Fig. 15. ●
Insert
a standard 4 mm Allen key 1)
into the
Allen bolt ››› Fig. 16 A .
● Rotate the Allen bolt to close the panoram-
ic s
lidin

g sunroof.
● Re-install the lining.
● Bring the vehicle to a specialised workshop
to chec
k the panoramic sliding sunroof given
that the emergency closing operation could
damage general operation or the anti-trap
function of the panoramic sliding sunroof.

››› in Introduction on page 90 Before driving
M anua
l

ly adjusting the front seat Fig. 17
Front left seat controls The controls are mirrored for the front right-
h
and se
at

.
Mechanically and electrically adjusted con-
trols can be combined on the seat.
Fig. 17FunctionNecessary operations
1
Moving the
head restraint
backwards or
forwards.Pull the lever and move
the seat forwards. The
front seat must be engag-
ed when the lever is re-
leased!
2Adjusting the
lumbar sup-
port*.Turn the lever.» 1)
Not included with the vehicle tool kit. 13

The essentialsFig. 17FunctionNecessary operations
3Adjusting the
seat backrest
angle.Turn the wheel.
4Adjusting the
seat height.Pull the lever up or push
down (several times if
necessary) from its home
position.

››› in Manual adjustment of seats on
page 140 Electrical controls on the front seat*
Fig. 18
Adjusting the front left seat forwards
or b ac
k

wards, the height, the seat angle and
the front seat backrest Fig. 19
Adjusting the lumbar support The controls are mirrored for the front right-
h
and se
at

.
Mechanically and electrically adjusted con-
trols can be combined on the seat.
Fig. 18 Press the control in the direction of the
arrow:
A
1Move the seat backwards or for-
wards.
2 and 3Raise or lower the seat.
2 or 3Adjust the seat angle.
BForwards
or back- wards.Adjust the seat backrest angle.
Fig. 19 Press the corresponding area of the
switch:
1 or 2Adjust the curve of the lumbar support.
3 or 4Adjust the height of the lumbar support. 
››› in Electric driver's seat adjustment*
on page 141 14

The essentials
Seat belt tensioners In the event of a head-on, lateral or rear colli-
sion, the se
at
belts on the front seats and the
outer seats of the second row will tighten au-
tomatically.
The tensioner can be triggered only once.

››› in Service and disposal of belt ten-
sion devices on page 68
››› page 67 Adjusting the exterior mirrors
Fig. 23
In the driver door: exterior mirror con-
tr o
l

s Adjusting the exterior mirrors: Turn the knob
t
o the c
orr

esponding position: Turning the knob to the desired posi-
tion, adjus

t the mirrors on the driver
side (L, left) and the passenger side (R,
right) to the direction desired.
Depending on the equipment fitted on
the vehicle, the mirrors may be heated
according to the outside temperature.
Folding in mirrors.

››› in Exterior mirrors on page 139
››› page 139 Adjusting the steering wheel
Fig. 24
Mechanical steering wheel adjust-
ment Adjust the steering wheel before your trip
and on
ly
when the

vehicle is stationary.
L/R


●
Push the l
ever ››› Fig. 24 1 downwards.
● Adjust the steering wheel so that you can
ho l
d ont

o the steering wheel with both hands
on the outside of the ring at the 9 o'clock and
3 o'clock positions and your arms slightly
bent.
● Push the lever firmly upwards until it is
flush to the s
teering column ››› in Adjust-
in g the s
t
eering wheel position on
page 58.

››› in Adjusting the steering wheel po-
sition on page 58 16

The essentials
A specialised workshop will be able to pro-
gr amme or modif
y
additional functions, ac-
cording to the vehicle equipment. SEAT rec-
ommends taking your car in for technical
service.
Some menu options can only be read when
the vehicle is at a standstill.
As long as a priority 1 warning is displayed, it
will not be possible to read the menus. To
display the menus, confirm the warning by
pressing OK .
Summary of the menu structure ■
Mu ltif

unction display (MFD) ››› page 29
■ Travelling time
■ Current fuel consumption
■ Average fuel consumption
■ Operating range
■ Distance covered
■ Average speed
■ Digital display of speed
■ Oil temperature digital display
■ Speed warning
■ Audio ›››
Booklet Radio or ›››
Booklet Navi-
gation system
■ Navigation ›››
Booklet Navigation system
■ Telephone ›››
Booklet Radio or ›››
Book-
let Navigation system
■ Auxiliary heating ›››
 page 177 ■
Activ ation
■ Pr

ogramme On / Off
■ Disconnection
■ Timer 1-3
■ Day
■ Time
■ Minute
■ Activate
■ Duration
■ Operating mode
■ Heat
■ Ventilation
■ Day
■ Default setting
■ Vehicle condition ››› page 28
■ Configuration ››› page 30
■ Multifunction display data
■ Travelling time
■ Current fuel consumption
■ Average fuel consumption
■ Distance covered
■ Operating range
■ Average speed
■ Digital display of speed
■ Speed warning
■ Compass
■ Convenience ››› page 31
■ Central locking system (Central locking)
■Automatic lock (Auto. lock) On / Off ■
Automatic unlocking (Auto. unlock.)
On / Off
■ Unlocking doors (Door unlock.: All,
One door, Vehicle side, Individual)
■ Back
■ Electric windows
■ Off
■ All
■ Driver
■ Back
■ Mirror angle (Mirror angle) On / Off
■ Adjusting mirrors (Adjust. mirrors)
■ Individual
■ Synchronised
■ Back
■ Factory settings (Factory settings)
■ Back
■ Lights & visibility ››› page 31
■ Coming Home
■ Leaving Home
■ Footwell light
■ Convenience turn signals On / Off
■ Default setting
■ Tourist light On / Off
■ Time
■ Winter tyres
■ Language
■ Units
■ Second speed display On / Off » 27

The essentials
Submenu ConvenienceCentral lock-
ing
››› page 112
Auto. lock (Auto Lock): automatic
locking of all doors and boot when
reaching a speed of approximately
15 km/h (10 mph). In order to unlock
the vehicle when it is stopped, push the
central locking button, pull the door
handle or remove the key from the igni-
tion lock if the Auto unlock function
is enabled.
Auto unlock (Auto Lock): Unlocking
all doors and the boot by removing the
ignition lock key.
Door unlock : when unlocking the ve-
hicle with the key, the following doors
will unlock based on the setting:
– All : all of the doors are unlocked.
– One door : when unlocking the vehi-
cle with the key, only the driver's door
unlocks. Pressing the button
 again
unlocks all doors and the boot.
– Vehicle side : the doors on the
driver's side unlock.
On vehicles fitted with the Keyless
Access ››› page 112 system, when using
the corresponding handle, all doors un-
lock on the side of the vehicle where the
key is.
Handling
windows
Adjusting the electric windows: this en-
ables the windows to be opened or
closed when the vehicle is unlocked or
locked respectively. The open function
can only be activated from the driver
door ››› page 125.
Rear vision
mirror ad-
justmentTilts passenger mirror downwards when
reverse gear is engaged. This enables
the driver to see the edge of the pave-
ment, for example ››› page 137.
Exterior mir-
ror adjust.If synchronised adjustment is selec-
ted, when the driver side exterior mirror
is adjusted, the passenger exterior mir-
ror is also moved.
Factory set-
tingsSome functions of the Convenience
submenu will be reset to the factory val-
ue.
BackThe Configuration menu is dis-
played again. Lights & visibility
submenu
Coming
HomeThis permits the adjustment of the time
the headlamps stay on after locking or
unlocking the vehicle, the function can
also be connected or disconnected here
››› page 131.
Leaving
Home
Footwell
lightThis permits the adjustment of the
brightness of the footwell lighting when
the doors are open, the function can al-
so be connected or disconnected here
Convenience
turn signals
Switching convenience turn signals on
and off When the convenience turn sig-
nals are connected,, these flash at least
three times when the turn signal is
switched on ››› page 128.
Factory set-
tingsAll the configurations in the submenu
Lights & visibility are reset to
the predefined factory values.
Tourist light
Headlamp adjustment for countries in
which vehicles are driven on the other
side of the road. When the mark is acti-
vated, the headlamps of a left-hand
drive vehicle are adjusted for driving on
the left. This function must only be used
for a short period.
BackThe Configuration menu is dis-
played again. Personal convenience settings
When two people use a vehicle, SEAT recom-
mend
s
th

at each person always uses “their”
own remote control key. When the ignition is
switched off, or the vehicle is locked, the per-
sonal convenience settings are stored and
automatically allocated to the vehicle key
››› page 26.
The values of the personalised convenience
settings of the following menu options are al-
located to the vehicle key: ■ Parking heating menu
■ Configuration Menu
■ Time
■ Language
■ Units
■ Convenience settings menu» 31

The essentials
■ Door u n
loc
k (individual opening, Auto
Lock)
■ Convenience handling of windows
■ Rear vision mirror adjustment
■ Lights & visibility settings
menu
■ Coming home and leaving home
■ Footwell light
■ Convenience turn signals
The stored settings are automatically activa-
ted, at the latest when the ignition is switch-
ed on. Please refer to the information and
tips relating to the seat memory
›››  page 144. Cruise control
Operating the c ruise control system
(CCS)* Fig. 46
On the left of the steering column:
sw it
c

hes and controls for operating the CCS ●
Switching on the CCS: move the lever to 
1
› ›
› Fig. 46
. The system switches on but it
does not control the speed as no speed has
been programmed.
● Activating the CCS: press the  A ›››
Fig. 46 butt on. It
memorises and main-
tains the current speed.
● Temporarily switching off the CCS: move
the lev er t

o  2
› ›
› Fig. 46 and release it
or press the brake or clutch pedal. The cruise
control system is switched off temporarily.
● Reactivating the CCS: move the lever to
 1
› ›
› Fig. 46
and release it. The memo-
rised speed is saved and controlled again. ●
Incre
asing stored speed during CCS regula-
tion: briefly move the lever toward   + to increase the speed by 10 km/h intervals.
B
y
ho

lding it down, the vehicle will accelerate
to the desired speed. Release the button to
store the current speed.
● Reducing stored speed during CCS regula-
tion: briefly mov
e the lever toward   – to decrease the speed by 10 km/h intervals.
B
y
ho

lding it down the vehicle will slow
down, ceasing to accelerate but not applying
the brakes. Release the button to store the
current speed.
● Switching off the CCS: move the lever to po-
sition  2
› ›
› Fig. 46
. The system is discon-
nected and the memorised speed is deleted.

››› in Cruise control system operation
on page 219
››› page 219 Warning lamps
C ontr
o

l and warning lamps Red warning lamps
 
Do not continue driving!
The electronic parking brake is
on, the brake fluid level is too
low or the brake system is faulty.››› page
187 32

General instrument panel
Operation
Gener a
l
instrument panel
Instrument panel Interior door release lever
. . . . . . . . .119
Central lock button    . . . . . . . . . . 112
Switch for adjusting the exterior
mirror s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
– Exterior mirr or a

djustment     
– Heated exterior mirrors 
– Folding exterior mirrors 
Instrument panel controls and light-
ing control  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Headlamp range adjustment  . . . 128
Light switch  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
– Light off - -
– Aut

omatic dipped beam head-
light control - -
– Side/dipped lights  
– Fog lights  
Lever for . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
– Main beam he
adlights 
– Headlight flasher 
– Turn signals 
– Parking lights 
Instrument panel:
1 2
3
4
5
6
7
8 –
Ins
truments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
– Digit

al di
splay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
– Warning and indic
ation lamps . . .105
Steering wheel with horn and – Driver airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
– On-bo

ard c
omputer controls . . . .26
– Contro
ls for radio, telephone,
navigation and speech dialogue
system ››› Booklet Radio
– Paddle levers for tiptronic gear-
shift (automatic gearbox) . . . . . . .195
Windscreen wiper/ windscreen
wash l
ever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
– Wind s

creen wipers  – 
– Intermittent wipe 
– “Brief wipe” x
– Windscreen wipers 
– Automatic windscreen wash/wipe

– Rear window wiper 
– Automatic rear window
wash/wipe 
– Lever with buttons for controlling
the SEAT information system - ,
/ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Left seat heating controls  . . . . . . . 144
Radio or navigation system (fitted
at fact

ory) ››› Booklet Radio or
››› Booklet Navigation system
9
10
11
12 Storage compartment
. . . . . . . . . . . . .163
Hazard warning lights switch  . . . 82
Switches for:
– Electr
onic

manual air condition-
ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
– Climatr
onic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Right seat heating controls  . . . . . 144
Button for:
– Anti-slip r

egulation (ASR)  . .187
– Start
-Stop operation  . . . . . . . . . .205
– Park in

g distance warning system
(Park Pilot)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
– Park As
sist system  . . . . . . . . . . . 211
– Tyr
e pressure monitor   . . . . .231
– Dyn
amic chassis control (DCC)  

– Opening the rear lid  . . . . . . . . .122
– Opening and clo
sing of electric
sliding doors  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Locking lever to open glove com-
par tment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
P

osition of passenger front airbag
on the dash p
anel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Key-operated switch in glove com-
partment
for deactivating front pas-
senger front airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
Passenger front airbag off warning
lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
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