2017 Seat Ateca tow

Operation
SEAT recommends that towing brackets be
r etr
ofitted at a specialised workshop. For ex-
ample, it may very well be necessary to ad-
just the cooling system or mount thermal pro-
tection plates. SEAT recommends visiting a
SEAT dealership for this.
If a towing bracket is retrofitted, the distance
specifications should always be kept in
mind. The distance between the centre of the
spherical head and the road ››› Fig. 219 D must never be less than that indicated. This
al
so ap

plies when the vehicle is fully loaded,
including the technically permissible maxi-
mum vertical load on the coupling device.
Distance specifications ››› Fig. 219:
Attachment points
932.5 mm
65 mm min.
350-420 mm
220 mm
615.5 mm
1,043 mm WARNING
If the cables are improperly or incorrectly
c onnect

ed, this may lead to malfunctions in
the entire vehicle electronic system, as well
as to accidents and serious injuries.
● Never connect the trailer's electric system
to the el
ectrical connections of the tail lights A
B
C
D
E
F
G or any other unsuitable power sources. Only
u
se s

uitable connectors to connect the trail-
er.
● The towing bracket should be retrofitted
only
at a specialised workshop. WARNING
If the towing bracket is badly fitted or unsuit-
ab l

e, the trailer may separate from the vehi-
cle while driving. This could cause serious ac-
cidents and fatal injuries. Note
Only use towing brackets that have been ap-
pr o

ved by SEAT for the model in question.264

Intelligent technology
The retract function may not operate properly
in v
ery dirty belts. Make sure that the inertia
reel seat belts are completely dry before al-
lowing them to retract. CAUTION
● Do not r

emove the seat belts from the vehi-
cle to clean them.
● Do not use chemical cleaning agents on the
seat
belts, as this can damage the webbing.
Ensure that the seat belts do not come into
contact with corrosive fluids.
● If you find any damage to the belt webbing,
belt fittin
gs, the belt retractor or the buckle,
the belt in question must be replaced by a
specialised workshop. Intelligent technology
El ectr

omechanical steering Electro-mechanical power steering assists
the driv
er when s

teering.
Electro-mechanical power steering adapts
electronically to the speed of the car, torque
and turning angle.
If the power steering should fail at any time
or the engine is switched off (for instance
when being towed), the car can still be
steered. However, more effort than normal
will be required to turn the steering wheel.
Driver warning lamps and messages  (in red) Faulty steering! To
park the vehicle
If the warning lamp remains on and the driver
indication appears, the power steering could
be faulty.
Do not continue driving. Seek specialist as-
sistance.  (in yellow) Steering: System
fault! You may continue driving.
If the warning lamp comes on, the steering
could react with more difficultly or more sen-
sitivity than normal. In addition, when driving
in a straight line the steering wheel may be
off-centre. Drive slowly to a specialised workshop and
h
av

e the fault repaired.
 (in yellow) Steering lock:
fault! Go to an Official Service
The electronic steering lock is malfunction-
ing.
Go to a specialised workshop as soon as
possible and have the fault repaired. WARNING
Take it immediately to a specialised work-
shop and h av

e the fault repaired: risk of acci-
dent! Note
If the lamp  (in red) or el
se  (in yellow)
lights up briefly, you may continue driving. Four-wheel drive
3
V
alid for vehicles: with four-wheel drive
On four-wheel drive models, the engine pow-
er is distributed to all four wheels
General notes
On four-wheel drive vehicles, the engine
power is distributed to all four wheels. The
distribution of power is controlled automati-
cally according to your driving style and the
road conditions. Also see ›››
page 173. »
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Technical data
Advice
Operation
Emergencies
Safety

Technical specifications
Trailer mode Tr
ailer weights Trailer weight
The tr
ai

ler weights and drawbar loads ap-
proved are selected in intensive trials accord-
ing to precisely defined criteria. The ap-
proved trailer weights are valid for vehicles in
the EU for maximum speeds of 80 km/h (50
mph) (in certain circumstances up to 100
km/h (62 mph)). The figures may be different
in other countries. All data in the official vehi-
cle documentation takes precedence over
these data at all times ››› .
Dr a

wbar loads
The maximum permitted drawbar load on the
ball joint of the towing bracket must not ex-
ceed 80 kg.
In the interest of road safety, we recommend
that you always tow approaching the maxi-
mum drawbar load. The response of the trail-
er on the road will be poor, if the drawbar
load is too small.
If the maximum permissible drawbar load
cannot be met (e.g. with small, empty and
light-weight single axle trailers or tandem
axle trailers with a wheelbase of less than 1
metre), a minimum of 4% of the actual trailer
weight is legally required for the drawbar
load. WARNING
● For s

afety reasons, you should not drive at
speeds above 80 km/h (50 mph) when towing
a trailer. This also applies in countries where
higher speeds are permitted.
● Never exceed the maximum trailer weights
or the dra
wbar load. If the permissible axle
load or the permissible total weight is excee-
ded, the driving characteristics of the vehicle
may change, leading to accidents, injuries
and damage to the vehicle. Wheels
Ty

re pressure, snow chains, wheel
bolts Tyre pressures
The s
tic

ker with the tyre pressure values can
be found on the inside of the fuel tank flap.
The tyre pressure values given there are for
cold tyres. The slightly raised pressures of
warm tyres must not be reduced. ››› The pressure for win
t

er tyres is 0.2 bar
(2.9 psi / 20 kPa) higher than that of summer
tyres.
Snow chains
Snow chains may be fitted only to the front
wheels, and only for the following tyres:
215/60 R16Chains with links of maximum 15 mm
215/55 R17Chains with links of maximum 15 mm
215/50 R18Chains with links of maximum 15 mm
Other dimensions do not allow chains Wheel bolts
Af
t

er the wheels have been changed, the
tightening torque of the wheel bolts should
be checked as soon as possible with a torque
wrench ››› . The tightening torque for steel
and al lo

y wheels is 140 Nm. WARNING
● Chec k

the tyre pressure at least once per
month. Checking the tyre pressure is very im-
portant. If the tyre pressure is too high or too
low, there is an increased danger of accidents
- particularly at high speeds.
● If the tightening torque of the wheel bolts
is

too low, they could loosen while the vehi-
cle is in motion. Risk of accident! If the tight-
ening torque is too high, the wheel bolts and
threads can be damaged. Note
We recommend that you ask your Technical
Ser v

ice for information about appropriate
wheel, tyre and snow chain size. 303
Technical data
Advice
Operation
Emergencies
Safety

Index
Index
A
ABS se
e Anti-lock brake system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
ACC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197 radar sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148, 265
Adaptive cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197 indications on the display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
radar sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
special driving situations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
warning and control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Adaptive Cruise Control deactivating temporarily . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
operating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
AdBlue control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279, 280
maximum filling capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
refilling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
specification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
tank capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279, 280
warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
additional electrical appliances (efficiency pro- gramme) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Adjusting front head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
front seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Adjusting the head restraints front head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Adjustment CAR menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
front head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143 lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
re
ar head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66, 143
seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Airbag covers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15, 73 activation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
deactivation of front airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
front airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15, 75
functioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
head-protection airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Knee airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Air conditioning Climatronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42, 156
heating and fresh air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
manual air conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
User instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Air conditioning system auxiliary heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Air outlets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Air recirculation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Alcantara: cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Ambient lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Anti-freeze . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Anti-lock brake system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Anti-puncture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53, 83
Anti-puncture kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53, 83 Check after 10 minutes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Anti-puncture set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Anti-slip regulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Anti-theft alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112, 121 trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
vehicle interior monitoring and anti-tow sys-tem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Anti-theft security system . . . . . . . . . . . 9, 112, 119 Anti-theft system
trai ler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Anti-tow protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Anti-trap function sun blind (sunroof) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Area View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247 see area View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Area View system instructions for use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Special characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Aspects to take into account before starting the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Assistance systems ACC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
adaptive cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Area View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Auto Hold function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
blind spot detector (BSD) with parking assis-tance (RCTA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Cruise control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Emergency Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Front Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Hill Descent Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
parking assistance (RCTA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Pedestrian Monitoring system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
rear parking aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Traffic Jam Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
traffic sign detection system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
tyre monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
tyre monitoring indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
Assistance Systems fatigue detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
tyre monitoring systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Assisted starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 309

Index
Assist systems Park
Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
parking system Plus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
speed limiter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Audible signal lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Audible warning signal seat belt not fastened . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
warning and control lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Auto Hold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Auto Hold function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Auto Lock (central locking) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Automatic car washes switching the Auto Hold function off . . . . . . . . 192
Automatic dipped beam control . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Automatic gear safety interlock for ignition key . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Automatic gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177 backup programme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
downhill speed control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
driving tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
kick-down feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
launch control programme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
manual release of selector lever . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
selector lever lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
selector lever positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Steering wheel with gearshift paddles . . . . . . 179
tiptronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177, 179
towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
AUX-IN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Auxiliary heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161 activating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
electric consumers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
operating instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
remote control range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163 special features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
swit
ching off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
switching on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
things to note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
B Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 replacement in the remote control (auxiliaryheater) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Before starting the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Belt tightening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Bench seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Bicycle rack Fitting on the retractable tow hitch . . . . . . . . . 258
maximum load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Biodiesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11, 282 opening the bonnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Brake emergency braking function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172 brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
brake servo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
electronic parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
new brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Braking front assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
BSD see Blind spot detector (BSD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220 C
Camer
a
cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
cleanliness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Lane Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 AdBlue tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279, 280
fuel tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
windscreen washer water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
Car-care products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186 malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
CCS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
CD-ROM player (navigation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Central locking anti-theft alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
central locking switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Electric windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Keyless Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Manual locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
remote control key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
selective unlocking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
sliding/tilting sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Central locking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Central wheel trim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Cetane number (diesel fuel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Changing parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
changing a bulb dipped beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
rear bulb in the side panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
rear light in the rear lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Changing a bulb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 fog light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
main beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
turn signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
310

Index
Changing a wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 sub
sequent work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Changing bulbs number plate light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Changing gear engaging gears (manual gearbox) . . . . . . . . . 176
Changing settings CAR menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Changing the blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Changing the wiper blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Charging the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
Checking levels engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
Child-proof locking electric windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Child seat Categorisation in groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Child seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17, 80 ISOFIX system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17, 79
securing with seat belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Top Tether system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19, 22
City Emergency braking function . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266 alcantara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
carbon parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Easy Connect control panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Exhaust pipe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
leather . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
natural leather . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
plastic parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Plastic parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Radio display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
trims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
washing the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266 wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
windo
ws . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Climatronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Close . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 rear lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 bonnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
rear lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
sun blind (sunroof) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Clutch (warning lamp) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Coming Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Connectivity Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Contact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Control and warning lamps diesel particulate filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
emission control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
remote control (auxiliary heater) . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Control lamps AdBlue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
blind spot detector (BSD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Hill Descent Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
parking assistant (RTA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
speed limiter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
tow hitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
towing bracket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Controls and displays general instrument panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Controls on the steering wheel operating the audio system and telephone . . 109
Coolant checking level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
cooling system checking coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286 Cooling system
Coo lant temperature gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
topping up coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
Cornering lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Correct position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Correct sitting position front passenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
rear seat passengers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36, 193 operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Cruise control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193 Warning and indication lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
D Dangers in not using the seat belt . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Dash panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Data sticker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Deactivating the front passenger front airbag . . . 15
Deactivation of front airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Defective bulbs changing a bulb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Diesel diesel particulate filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
preheating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
refuelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Diesel particulate filter malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Digital clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
Direction of rotation tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102, 103
Display messages speed limiter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
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Display of traffic signs on the instrument panel activ at
e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
deactivate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Disposal Seat belt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Distance control see Adaptive cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Door cylinder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Door handle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Door lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Door release lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Doors Childproof locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
opening and closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Downhill speed control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Downhill speed control function . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Drawer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Drink holders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Driver see Correct sitting position . . . . . . . . . 63, 64, 65
Driver information system CD/radio indication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
engine oil temperature display . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Operation with the windscreen wiper lever . . . 29
Driving Driving abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
driving through water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Driving abroad headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Driving data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 data summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Driving in winter trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Driving mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Driving on flooded roads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187 Driving profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Drivin
g safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
DSG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Duplicate keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Dust and pollen filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Dynamic headlight range control . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
E E10 see Ethanol (fuel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Easy Connect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26, 108
Easy Open . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 special characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Economical driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
EDL see Electronic differential lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Efficiency programme additional electrical appliances . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
saving tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Electric windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12, 126 convenience opening and closing . . . . . . . . . 127
Electromechanical steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273 lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Electronic differential lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Electronic immobiliser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Electronic self-locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Electronic stability control (ESC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Electronic torque management (XDS) . . . . . . . . . 173
Emergencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Anti-puncture kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
automatic gearbox backup programme . . . . . 183
bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
changing a wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
emergency towing of the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
hazard warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 jump leads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Manual
unlocking and locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
puncture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
replacing a blown fuse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
replacing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
vehicle tool kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Emergency Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218 see Emergency Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
switching off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
switching on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Emergency braking function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Emergency braking warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Emergency operation passenger door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Selector lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Emission control system control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Emissions data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Engine assisted starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
noises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
preheating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
running in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Start-Stop system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
starting up (driver messages with the mechan- ical contact) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
switching off (key) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Engine and ignition automatic ignition switch-off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
My Beat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
preheating the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
starting the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
starting the engine with Press & Drive . . . . . . 168
stopping the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11, 282 battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50, 289
brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50, 287
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closing the bonnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
c oo
lant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49, 286
engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48, 285
opening the bonnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
windscreen washer reservoir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
Windscreen washer reservoir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Engine coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 G 12 plus-plus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
G 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Engine data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304
Engine fault control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Engine management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186 control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48, 284 changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284, 286
Checking oil level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
dipstick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
inspection service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
maintenance intervals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
Oil properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
temperature display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
topping up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Environment ecological driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Environmental compatibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Environmental tips Filling the tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
refuelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148, 265 ESC
electr onic stability control (ESC) . . . . . . . . . . . 173
multi-collision brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Sport Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Ethanol (fuel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Exhaust gas purification system catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
diesel particulate filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Exhaust pipe: Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Exhaust purification system (diesel) . . . . . . . . . . 279
Exiting a parking space with Park Assist . . . . . . 238
Exterior lighting changing a bulb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Exterior mirrors adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
driving with a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Exterior rear view mirrors exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
heated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Exterior view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5, 6
External aerial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
F Fastening rings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Fatigue detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Filling the tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276 fuel gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Floor mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Fluid Level control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Fog light bulb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Four-wheel drive snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
winter tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Four wheel drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Front airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15, 75
Front armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 Front assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Front
Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
City Emergency braking function . . . . . . . . . . . 211
malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
on-screen messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
operating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
radar sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
system limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
temporarily switching off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
see also Front Assist system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Front Assist monitoring system malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
on-screen messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Front Assist Monitoring system City Emergency braking function . . . . . . . . . . . 211
radar sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Front Assist Monitoring System system limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Front Assist system temporarily switching off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Front passenger front airbag control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
deactivation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15, 78
Front seat manual adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48, 277 consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
ethanol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
fuel gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
refuelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
saving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Fuel consumption Switching off using inertia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
why does fuel consumption increase? . . . . . . 186
Fuel tank cap opening and closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
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