Checking and refilling levels
CAUTION
The original additives should never be mixed
with c oo
lants which are not approved by
SEAT. Otherwise, you run the risk of causing
severe damage to the engine and the engine
cooling system.
● If the fluid in the expansion tank is not pur-
ple b
ut is, for example, brown, this indicates
that the G13 additive has been mixed with an
inadequate coolant. The coolant must be
changed as soon as possible if this is the
case! This could result in serious faults and
engine damage. For the sake of the environment
Coolants and additives can contaminate the
env ir
onment. If any fluids are spilled, they
should be collected and correctly disposed
of, with respect to the environment. Brake fluid
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in
g the brake fluid levelRead the additional information carefully
› ›
›
page 57
The position of the brake fluid reservoir is
shown in the corresponding engine compart-
ment image ›››
page 270. The brake fluid res-
ervoir has a black and yellow cap. The brake fluid level drops slightly when the
vehicl
e is being used as the brake pads are
automatically adjusted as they wear.
However, if the level goes down noticeably in
a short time, or drops below the “MIN” mark,
there may be a leak in the brake system. A
display on the instrument panel will warn you
if the brake fluid level is too low ››› page 117. WARNING
Before opening the bonnet to check the brake
fluid lev el, r
ead and observe the warnings
››› page 267. Changing the brake fluid
The Maintenance Programme indicates brake
fluid c
h
an
ge intervals.
We recommend that you have the brake fluid
changed by a Technical Service.
Before opening the bonnet, please read and
follow the warnings ››› in safety notes for
w ork
in the en
gine compartment on
page 267 in section “Safety notes for work-
ing in the engine compartment”.
In the course of time, brake fluid becomes
hygroscopic and absorbs water from the am-
bient air. If the water content in the brake flu-
id is too high, the brake system could cor-
rode. This also considerably reduces the boil-
ing point of the brake fluid. Heavy use of the brakes may then cause a vapour lock which
coul
d impair the braking effect.
Be sure to always use the correct brake fluid.
Only use brake fluid that expressly meets the
VW 501 14 standard.
You can buy VW 501 14 standard brake fluid
in a SEAT dealership or a SEAT Official Serv-
ice. If none is available, use only high-quality
brake fluid that meets DIN ISO 4925 CLASS 4
standards, or USA Standards FMVSS 116 DOT
4.
Using any other kind of brake fluid or one
that is not of a high quality may affect opera-
tion of the brake system and reduce its effec-
tiveness. Never use a brake fluid if the con-
tainer does not state that it complies with VW
501 14, DIN ISO 4925 CLASS 4 standards, or
USA standards FMVSS 116 DOT 4. WARNING
Brake fluid is poisonous. Old brake fluid im-
pair s
the braking effect.
● Before opening the bonnet to check the
brake fluid l
evel, read and observe the warn-
ings ››› page 267.
● Brake fluid should be stored in the closed
original
container in a safe place out of reach
of children. There is a toxic risk.
● Perform the brake fluid change according to
the Mainten
ance Programme. Heavy use of
the brakes may cause a vapour lock if the
brake fluid is left in the brake system for too » 275
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long. This would seriously affect the effec-
tivene
s
s of the brakes and the safety of the
vehicle. This may cause an accident. CAUTION
Brake fluid damages the vehicle paintwork.
W ipe off an
y brake fluid from the paintwork
immediately. For the sake of the environment
The brake pads and brake fluid must be col-
lect ed and di
sposed of according the applica-
ble regulations. The SEAT Technical Service
network has the necessary equipment and
qualified personnel for collecting and dispos-
ing of this waste material. Windscreen washer reservoir
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in
g and topping up the wind-
screen washer reservoir water Read the additional information carefully
› ›
›
page 57
The windscreen washer is supplied with liq-
uid from the windscreen washer reservoir in
the engine compartment. It has a capacity of
approximately 3 litres.
The tank is in the engine compartment. Plain water is not enough to clean the wind-
scr
een and headlights. We recommend that
you always add a product to the windscreen
washer fluid. Approved windscreen cleaning
products exist on the market with high deter-
gent and anti-freeze properties, these may be
added all-year-round. Please follow the dilu-
tion instructions on the packaging. WARNING
Any work carried out in the engine compart-
ment or on the en gine mu
st be carried out
cautiously.
● When working in the engine compartment,
alwa
ys observe the safety warnings
››› page 267. CAUTION
● Never p ut
radiator anti-freeze or other addi-
tives into the windscreen washer fluid.
● Always use approved windscreen cleansing
products
diluted as per instructions. If you
use other washer fluids or soap solutions,
the tiny holes in the fan-shaped nozzles
could become blocked. Vehicle battery
S ymbo
l
s and warnings on handling
the battery Read the additional information carefully
›› ›
page 57
Wear eye protection
Battery acid is extremely corrosive. Wear protec-
tive gloves and eye protection!
Fires, sparks, open flames and smoking are pro-
hibited!
A highly explosive mixture of gases is released
when the battery is under charge.
Keep children away from acid and batteries!
WARNING
Always be aware of the danger of injury and
chemic a
l burns as well as the risk of accident
or fire when working on the battery and the
electrical system:
● Wear eye protection. Protect your eyes,
skin and clothin
g from acid and particles con-
taining lead.
● Battery acid is extremely corrosive. Wear
protectiv
e gloves and eye protection. Do not
tilt the batteries. This could spill acid through
the vents.
● Rinse battery acid from eyes immediately
for sever
al minutes with clear water. Then276
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seek medical care immediately. Neutralise
any
ac
id splashes on the skin or clothing
with a soapy solution, and rinse off with plen-
ty of water. If acid is swallowed by mistake,
consult a doctor immediately.
● Fires, sparks, open flames and smoking are
prohibit
ed. When handling cables and electri-
cal equipment, avoid causing sparks and
electrostatic charge. Never short the battery
terminals. High-energy sparks can cause in-
jury.
● A highly explosive mixture of gases is re-
lea
sed when the battery is under charge. The
batteries should be charged in a well-ventila-
ted room only.
● Keep children away from acid and batteries.
● Before working on the electrical system,
you mus
t switch off the engine, the ignition
and all electrical devices. The negative cable
on the battery must be disconnected. When a
light bulb is changed, you need only switch
off the light.
● Deactivate the anti-theft alarm by unlock-
ing the v
ehicle before you disconnect the bat-
tery! The alarm will otherwise be triggered.
● When disconnecting the battery from the
vehicl
e on-board network, disconnect first
the negative cable and then the positive ca-
ble.
● Switch off all electrical devices before re-
connecting the b
attery. Reconnect first the
positive cable and then the negative cable.
Never reverse the polarity of the connections.
This could cause an electrical fire. ●
Never c h
arge a frozen battery, or one which
has thawed. This could result in explosions
and chemical burns. Always replace a battery
which has frozen. A flat battery can also
freeze at temperatures close to 0°C (+32°F).
● Ensure that the vent hose is always connec-
ted to the b
attery.
● Never use a defective battery. This could
cause an e
xplosion. Replace a damaged bat-
tery immediately. CAUTION
● Nev er di s
connect the battery if the ignition
is switched on or if the engine is running.
This could damage the electrical system or
electronic components.
● Do not expose the battery to direct sunlight
over a lon
g period of time, as the intense ul-
traviolet radiation can damage the battery
housing.
● If the vehicle is left standing in cold condi-
tions f
or a long period, protect the battery
from “freezing”. If it freezes it will be dam-
aged. Warning lamp
It lights up
Alternator fault. The control lamp
lights up when the igni-
tion i s
switched on. It should go out when the
engine has started running.
If the control lamp lights up while driving,
the alternator is no longer charging the bat-
tery. You should immediately drive to the
nearest specialised workshop.
You should avoid using electrical equipment
that is not absolutely necessary because this
will drain the battery.
Checking the battery electrolyte level The electrolyte level should be checked regu-
l
arly
in high-mi
leage vehicles, in hot coun-
tries and in older batteries.
– Open the bonnet and open the battery cov-
er at the front
››› in safety notes for work
in the en gine c
omp
artment on page 267
››› in Symbols and warnings on handling
the b att
er
y on page 276. For vehicles with
the battery under the spare wheel, open
the rear lid and lift the floor covering. The
battery is located next to the spare wheel.
– Check the colour display in the "magic eye"
on the top of the b
attery.
– If there are air bubbles in the window, tap
the window g
ently until they disperse. »
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Emergencies
Safety
Index
B
B ac
k
seat
folding down and raising the back seat back- rest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Before setting off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Belt pretensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Biodiesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Blind spot detector (BSD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220 control lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
driving situations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
indication in the external rear view mirror . . . 221
malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
operating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Bonnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17, 267, 270 closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Boot hatch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Boot lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Brake assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57, 275 changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174, 191
Brakes brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
new brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Brake servo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174, 182
Brake system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Braking brake assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Braking distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
BSD see Blind spot detector (BSD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Bulbs changing the bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 Buzzer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
C Capac
ities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
fuel tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Car care exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193 malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
CCS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Central locking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 anti-theft alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
automatic speed-dependent locking . . . . . . . 128
central locking button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
electric windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
emergency locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
key by remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Keyless Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
safe security system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
selective unlocking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
self-locking system to prevent involuntary un-locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
unlocking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Central wheel trim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61, 62
Centre console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Cetane number (diesel fuel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Changing a bulb additional brake light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
dipped beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
DRL (daytime running light) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
fog light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
general notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
interior light and reading light . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
luggage compartment light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
main beam headlight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
number plate light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
rear bulb in the side panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 rear light in the rear lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
turn sign
al light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Changing a wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 subsequent work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Changing settings CAR menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Changing the blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Charging the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Checking levels engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Child-proof locking electric windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Child seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23, 89 categorisation in groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
ISOFIX system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23, 88
securing with seat belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Top Tether system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26, 29
Chrome parts cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Cigarette lighter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
City Emergency braking function . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256 adhesive sheets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
alcantara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
alloy wheel rims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
chrome parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Easy Connect control panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
high pressure cleaners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
leather . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
plastic parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259, 262
radio display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
rubber seals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
294
Index
steel wheel rims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
w a
shin
g the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
windows and exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
windscreen wiper blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
wooden trim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Climatronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 adjusting the temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
automatic mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
fan regulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
general notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
windscreen defrost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 bonnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Clutch (warning lamp) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Coming Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Coming Home Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Connectivity Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Contact key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Control and warning lamps alternator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Anti-lock brake system (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
ASR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
blind spot detector (BSD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
braking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
diesel particulate filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
EDL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
emission control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
ESC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
instrument panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
parking assistant (RCTA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
speed limiter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 steering column lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
tyre
s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
Controls and displays general instrument panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Controls on the steering wheel operating the audio system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
operating the telephone and audio system . . 121
Coolant checking level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Coolant level control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Coolant temperature control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Cooling system checking coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273, 274
coolant temperature gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
topping up coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273, 274
Correct position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Correct sitting position front passenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
rear seat passengers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Cruise control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198 operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
warning and indication lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Current . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
D Dangers in not using the seat belt . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Dash panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Data sticker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Deactivation of front passenger front airbag . 21, 86
Detachable ball assembling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
checking attachment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248 placing in standby position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
remov
ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248, 249
standby position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Diesel diesel particulate filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
refuelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Diesel particulate filter malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Digital clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
Direction of rotation tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113, 114
Display messages speed limiter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Disposal seat belt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Distance control see Adaptive Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Door cylinder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Door handle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 de-icing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Door lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 de-icing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Door lock cylinder de-icing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Door release lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Doors childproof locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
opening and closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Downhill speed control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Downhill speed control function . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Driver see Correct sitting position . . . . . . . . . 72, 73, 74
Driver-side general instrument panel left-hand drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
right-hand drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
295
Index
Rear window wiper blade ch
an
ging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Refuelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265 opening fuel tank flap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Removing and attaching head restraints . . . . . . 147
Repair work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Replacement parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Replacement keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Replacement parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Replacing the battery of the vehicle key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Reset the trip recorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Rev counter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113, 115
Reverse gear (automatic gearbox) . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Rims changing a wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Roll-back function windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Roof carrier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Roof carrier system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Roof load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157 technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Roof luggage rack attach the cross bars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Roof rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Rubber seals care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Run-in brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
S Safe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 Safe driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Safe Sec
urity system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 child safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
child seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
deactivating the front passenger airbag . . . . . . 21
safe driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Safety equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Safety instructions coolant temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
front airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
head-protection airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
seat belt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
using child seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23, 88
using seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Saving fuel inertia mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Saving tips (efficiency programme) . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Seat heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Seat belt position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 for pregnant women . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19, 80
control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
protective function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
purpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77, 82
safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
unfastened . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Seat belt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
SEAT Drive Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Seat heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Selective opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Selector lever lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184 Selector lever (automatic gearbox)
malfu nction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
manual release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Service intervals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Service notification: read . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Side airbags description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Signal lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Sitting position driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Spanner symbol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Spare wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Special characteristics tow-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Speed limiter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198, 200 control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
display message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
operate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Speed warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Speed warning device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Sport Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Start-Stop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Start-Stop system driver messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
stopping and starting the engine . . . . . . . . . . 196
switching off and on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
the engine does not switch off . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
the engine starts by itself . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Starter button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
301
Index
Starting the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169, 170 aft
er the f
uel tank has been run dry . . . . . . . . 170
diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
petrol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Starting the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Steel wheel rims cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73, 168 control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
electromechanical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
power-assisted steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
steering column lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Steering wheel adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
gearshift paddles (automatic gearbox) . . . . . . 185
Steering wheel controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Steering wheel height adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Storage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150 of front door panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
on the front passenger side . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
right front seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
storage pocket in the seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Sun visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Switch hazard warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Switching off the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Switching off the lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Switching on the lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Switching the ignition on and off . . . . . . . . 30, 168
System Easy Connect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
T Taking care of your vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256 interior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Technical data roof load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157 Technical specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Temperat
ure display
engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
outside temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Temporary spare wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Tightening the belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Tightening torque wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Tightening torque of wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
Tiptronic (automatic gearbox) . . . . . . . . . . 183, 185
Top speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Top Tether . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26, 29
Top Tether system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26, 29
Tow-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67, 96
Tow-starting the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Towing blind spot detector (BSD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
special characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Towing a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Towing bracket retrofitting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Towing bracket device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245 ball coupling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
operation and care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Towing the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66, 96
Towline anchorage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Tow rope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Traction control system . . . . . . . . . . . 177, 178, 179 control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245 connecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251, 252
driving with a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
electrical socket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
hitching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286 parking Aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
rear lights
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
safety lug . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
tow rope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Trailer turn signals control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Trailer weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
Transporting children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Transporting items fastening rings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
roof carrier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
roof carrier system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Transporting objects roof carrier system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Trim parts: cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Turn signal lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Turn signals control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Tyre Mobility System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
inflating a tyre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
sealing a tyre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
see also Anti-puncture kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Tyre pressure monitoring system . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Tyre pressures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
Tyre profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Tyre repair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Tyre repair kit see Anti-puncture kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278 changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
new tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279, 280, 282
run-in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
useful life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
wear indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
with directional tread pattern . . . . . . . . . 65, 279
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