Operation
CAUTION
● When the engine i s
cold, avoid high revs
and heavy acceleration and do not make the
engine work hard. Indications on the display
A variety of information can be viewed on the
ins
trument
panel display ››› Fig. 124 3 de-
pending on the v
ehicle equipment:
● Bonnet, rear lid and doors open
›› ›
page 38.
● Information and warning texts.
● Mileage.
● Time.
● Navigation instructions.
● Outside temperature.
● Compass.
● Shift lever position ›››
page 183.
● Recommended gear (manual gearbox)
›››
page 39.
● Multifunction display (MFD) and menus
with differ
ent setting options ›››
page 35.
● Service interval display ›››
page 41.
● Second speed display ›››
page 35.
● Speed warning function ›››
page 40.
● Start-Stop system status display
›››
page 196. ●
Identifyin
g letters on engine (MKB).
Distance travelled
The odometer registers the total distance
travelled by the car.
The odometer (trip ) shows the distance
travelled since the last odometer reset. The
last digit of the trip recorder indicates distan-
ces of 100 metres or one tenths of a mile.
● Briefly press the button ›››
Fig. 124 4 to re-
set the trip r
ec
order to 0.
● Keep the button 4 pressed for about 3
sec ond
s
and the previous value will be dis-
played.
Time
● To set the time, keep the button ›››
Fig. 124
4 pressed for more than 3 seconds to select
the hour or minut e di
s
play.
● To continue setting the time, press button
4 . Hold button down to scroll through the
number s
quic
kly.
● Press the button 4 again in order to finish
settin g the time.
The time c an al
so be set via the button
and the S
ET
TINGS function button in the Easy
C onnect
sy
stem ››› page 118. Compass
With the ignition on and the nav
igation sys-
tem on, the cardinal point corresponding to
the direction of travel of the vehicle is dis-
played on the instrument panel.
Selector lever position
The selected gear is displayed on the side of
the selector lever and on the instrument pan-
el display. In positions D and S, and with the
Tiptronic, the corresponding gear is also dis-
played.
Recommended gear (manual gearbox)
The recommended gear in order to save fuel
is displayed on the instrument panel while
you are driving ›››
page 39.
Second speed display (mph or km/h)
In addition to the speedometer, the speed
can also be displayed in a different unit of
measurement (in miles or in km per hour).
This option cannot be deactivated in models
destined for countries in which the second
speed must always be visible.
The second speed display can be adjusted in
the Easy Connect system via the button
and the S
ET
TINGS function button
› ›
›
page 118.
114
Operation
Odometer Fig. 125
Instrument panel: odometer and re-
set b
utt
on. The distance covered is displayed in “kilome-
tr
e
s” or mi
les “m”. It is possible to change
the measurement units (kilometres
“km”/miles “m”) in the radio/Easy Connect*.
Please refer to the Easy Connect* Instructions
Manual for more details.
Odometer/trip recorder
The odometer shows the total distance cov-
ered by the vehicle.
The trip recorder shows the distance that has
been travelled since it was last reset. It is
used to measure short trips. The last digit of
the trip recorder indicates distances of 100
metres or tenths of a mile.
The trip recorder can be set to zero by press-
ing 0.0/SET
› ›
› Fig. 125
. Fault display
If there i
s a fault in the instrument panel, the
letters DEF will appear in the trip recorder
display. Have the fault repaired immediately,
as far as is possible.
Coolant temperature gauge For vehicles with no coolant temperature
gaug
e, a c
ontrol lamp appears for high
coolant temperatures ››› page 273. Please
note ››› .
The c oo
l
ant temperature gauge 2 ›››
Fig. 124 only w
orks when the ignition is
switched on. In order to avoid engine dam-
age, please read the following notes for the
different temperature ranges.
Engine cold
If only the diodes in the lower part of the
scale light up, this indicates that the engine
has not yet reached operating temperature.
Avoid high revs and heavy acceleration and
do not make the engine work hard.
Normal temperature
If in normal operations, the diodes light up
until the central zone, it means that the en-
gine has reached operating temperature. At
high outside temperatures and when making
the engine work hard, the diodes may contin- ue lighting up and reach the upper zone. This
is
no c
ause for concern, provided the control
lamp does not light up on the instrument
panel digital display.
Heat range
When the diodes light up in the upper area of
the display and the control lamp appears
on the instrument panel display, the coolant
temperature is excessive ››› page 273. CAUTION
● To en s
ure a long useful life for the engine,
avoid high revs, driving at high speed and
making the engine work hard for approxi-
mately the first 15 minutes when the engine
is cold. The phase until the engine is warm al-
so depends on the outside temperature. If
necessary, use the engine oil temperature*
››› page 40 as a guide.
● Additional lights and other accessories in
front of
the air inlet reduce the cooling effect
of the coolant. At high outside temperatures
and high engine loads, there is a risk of the
engine overheating.
● The front spoiler also ensures proper distri-
bution of the c
ooling air when the vehicle is
moving. If the spoiler is damaged this can re-
duce the cooling effect, which could cause
the engine to overheat. Seek specialist assis-
tance. 116
Index
manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
m anual
g
ear change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Gear engaged . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Gear recommendation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Gearshift paddles (automatic gearbox) . . . . . . . 185
General instrument panel controls and displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
turn signal and main beam lever . . . . . . . . . . . 139
warning and indication lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
General overview of the engine compartment . . 270
Glove compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Glow plug system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
H Handbrake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174, 175 warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Hazard warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31, 141
HBA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Head-on collisions and the laws of physics . . . . . 79
Head-protection airbags description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Headlights driving abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
front head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
rear head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Heated rear window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50, 51, 53 heating element wires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162 defrosting the windscreen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
demisting the windscreen and side windows 162
Heating and fresh air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52, 161 Heating and fresh air system
contro ls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Heating or cooling the interior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Heating system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Hill driving assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
How to jump start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Hydraulic Brake Assist automatic hazard warning lights activation . . 180
I Identification plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Identifying letters on engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Ignition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30, 168
Ignition lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30, 168 see Starter button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Incorrect sitting position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Indications on the display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 adaptive cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
assist systems submenu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
distance travelled . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
doors, bonnet and rear lid open . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
driver information system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
journey data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
MKB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
outside temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
recommended gear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
SEAT Drive Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
second speed display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
selector lever positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114, 183
service intervals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
speed warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Start-Stop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 warning and control lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
warning and inf
ormation messages . . . . . . . . . 39
Inertia mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Infotainment system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Inspection service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Instrument cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Instrument panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113, 114
instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
service interval indication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
warning and control lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Instrument panel lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Interior bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Interior lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Interior mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 anti-dazzle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Interior view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
ISOFIX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26, 28
ISOFIX system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
J Jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 mounting points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Journey data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Jump leads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
K Key-operated switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Key by remote control unlocking and locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Keyless-Entry see Keyless Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Keyless-Exit see Keyless Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
298
Index
Keyless Access Keyl
e
ss-Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Keyless-Exit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Press & Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
special characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
starting the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
unlocking and locking the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . 129
Keyless Access locking and ignition system see Keyless Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Keys replacing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
spare key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
synchronise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
unlocking and locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15, 124
vehicle key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Kick-down automatic gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
manual gear change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
L Launch control programme (automatic gearbox) 187
Leaving Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Leaving Home Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Lifting the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30, 137 additional brake light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
automatic lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
changing the bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
coming home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
control and warning lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
daytime running lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
fog lights with cornering function . . . . . . . . . . 140
instrument lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
interior light and front reading lights . . . . . . . 107
interior lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
leaving home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 lights range control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
light swit
ch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137, 138
luggage compartment light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
main beam lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
main beams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
motorway light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
number plate light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
parking lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
reading lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
turn signal lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Lights range control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Light switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Load compartment in the luggage compartment see Loading the luggage compartment . . . . . 152
Loading the luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Loading the vehicle fastening rings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
roof carrier system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Locking and unlocking in the door cylinder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
with Keyless Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
with the central lock button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Locking the front passenger door manually . . . . . 16
Luggage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16, 152 luggage compartment light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
luggage compartment variable floor . . . . . . . . 155
store the rear shelf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
unlocking manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
see also Loading the luggage compartment . 152
Luggage compartment floor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Luggage compartment lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Luggage compartment variable floor . . . . . . . . . 155
M
Main beam lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 Maintenance and cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Mainten
ance intervals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Malfunction adaptive cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
clutch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
diesel particulate filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Front Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
front assist monitoring system . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Manual air conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Manual gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Mobile telephones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Multimedia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
My Beat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
N Noises adaptive cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Number of seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
O
Octane rating (petrol) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 reset button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
trip recorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Oil change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Oil properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
On-screen messages Front Assist monitoring system . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
One-touch opening and closing electric windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
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