Operation
WARNING
Any distraction may lead to an accident, with
the risk of
injury.
● Do not operate the instrument panel con-
trol
s when driving. CAUTION
● When the engine i s
cold, avoid high revs
and heavy acceleration and do not make the
engine work hard. Revolution counter
The rev counter indicates the number of en-
gine r
ev
o
lutions per minute ›››
Fig. 125 1 .
T og
ether w
ith the gear-change indicator, the
rev counter offers you the possibility of using
the engine of your vehicle at a suitable
speed.
The start of the red zone on the dial indicates
the maximum engine speed which may be
used briefly when the engine is warm and af-
ter it has been run in properly. Before reach-
ing this range, you should change to a higher
gear for vehicles with a manual gearbox or for
automatic gearboxes put the selector lever in
“D” or take your foot off the accelerator ped-
al.
We recommend that you avoid high revs and
that you follow the recommendations on the gear-change indicator. Consult the additional
information in
›
›› page 41, Gear-change
indicator. CAUTION
Never allow the rev counter needle 1 ›››
Fig. 125 to g o int
o the red zone on the
scale for more than a very brief period, other-
wise there is a risk of engine damage. For the sake of the environment
Changing up a gear early will help you to save
fuel and minimi
se emissions and engine
noise. Indications on the display
Read the additional information carefully
› ›
›
page 40
A variety of information can be viewed on the
instrument panel display ›››
Fig. 125 3 de-
pendin g on the
v
ehicle equipment:
● Bonnet, rear lid and doors open
›››
page 40.
● Information and warning texts.
● Mileage.
● Time.
● Navigation instructions.
● Outside temperature. ●
Compa
ss.
● Shift lever position ›››
page 190.
● Recommended gear (manual gearbox)
›››
page 41.
● Multifunction display (MFD) and menus
with differ
ent setting options ›››
page 37.
● Service interval display ›››
page 43.
● Second speed display ›››
page 119.
● Speed warning function ›››
page 42.
● Start-Stop system status display
›››
page 204.
● Active cylinder management display
(ACT ®
)* ››
› page 200
● Low consumption driving status ( )
››
› page 119
● Engine code (MKB) ›››
page 119.
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. 125 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.
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Operation
Note
● Differ ent
versions of the instrument panel
are available and therefore the versions and
instructions on the display may vary. In the
case of displays without warning or informa-
tion texts, faults are indicated exclusively by
the warning lamps.
● Depending on the equipment, some set-
tings
and instructions can also be carried out
in the Easy Connect system.
● When several warnings are active at the
same time, the symbol
s are shown succes-
sively for a few seconds and will stay on until
the fault is rectified. Odometer
Fig. 126
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”/mile
s “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. 126
.
Fault display
If there is 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 Fig. 127
Instrument panel: coolant tempera-
t ur
e g
auge For vehicles with no coolant temperature
g
aug
e, a c
ontrol lamp appears for high
coolant temperatures ››› page 269. Please
note ››› .
The c oo
l
ant temperature gauge only works
when the ignition is switched on ››› Fig. 127.
In order to avoid engine damage, please read
the following notes for the different tempera-
ture 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.
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Index
Gear change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 aut om
atic
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
changing gears (manual gearbox) . . . . . . . . . 189
kick-down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
manual gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Gear engaged . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Gear recommendation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Gear shift paddles (automatic gearbox) . . . . . . . 192
General instrument panel controls and displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
turn signal and main beam lever . . . . . . . . . . . 147
warning and indication lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
General overview of the engine compartment . . 266
Glove compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Glow plug system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
H Handbrake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182 warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Hazard warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32, 150
HBA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Head-on collisions and their laws of physics . . . . 83
Head-protection airbags description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Headlights driving abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
front head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
rear head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Headrests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Heated rear window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53, 54, 56
heating el ement wires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170 defrosting the windscreen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
demisting the windscreen and side windows 170
Heating and fresh air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55, 169
Heating and fresh air system controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Heating or cooling the interior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Heating system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Hill driving assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
How to jump start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Hydraulic Brake Assist automatic hazard warning lights activation . . 186
I Identification plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Identifying letters on engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
Ignition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31, 175
Ignition lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31, 175 see also Starter button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Incorrect position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Indications on the display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 ACT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
adaptive cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
assist systems submenu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
distance travelled . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
doors, bonnet and rear lid open . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Driver information system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
ECO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Emergency brake assist system (Front Assist) 212
journey data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
MKB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 outside temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
recommended g
ear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
SEAT Drive Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
second speed display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
selector lever position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
selector lever positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
service intervals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
speed warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Start-Stop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
warning and control lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
warning and information messages . . . . . . . . . 41
Inertia mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Infotainment system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Inspection service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Instrument panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117, 118
instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
service interval indication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
warning and control lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Instrument panel lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Interior bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Interior lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Interior mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152 anti-dazzle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Interior view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
ISOFIX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27, 29
ISOFIX system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
J Jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 mounting points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Journey data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
302
Index
smell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
s pec
i
al features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Noises adaptive cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
refuelling natural gas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Number of seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
O Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 reset button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
trip recorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Oil change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Oil properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
On-board computer see Driver information system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
One-touch opening and closing electric windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Opening bonnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
fuel tank flap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257, 258
sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Opening and closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 bonnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
by remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
fuel cap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
fuel tank flap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257, 258
in the door cylinder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
in the lock cylinder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
rear lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16, 141
sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
with the central lock button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Operating malfunction sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 Outside temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
P
Panoramic
sliding sunroof
convenience opening and closing . . . . . . . . . 143
see also Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182, 193
Parking aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228 adjusting the display and audible warnings . 232
parking aid plus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
sensors and camera: cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
towing bracket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Parking Aid automatic activation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
braking while manoeuvring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
rear parking aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
visual indication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Parking aid system see Parking aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228, 230
Parking distance warning system see Parking aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228, 230
Parking (automatic gearbox) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
ParkPilot see Parking aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228, 230
Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Passenger see Correct sitting position . . . . . . . . . 76, 77, 78
Passenger-side instrument panel left-hand drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
right-hand drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Petrol additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
refuelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Plastic parts: cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251, 254
Pollution filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 Positioning seat belts
during pre gnancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Power-assisted steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Power steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Pre-heating system control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Preheating the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Press & Drive starter button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
starting the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Products for vehicle maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Puncture action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
R Radar sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214, 219
Radio screen: cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Radio transmitters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Raising the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Rear Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234 instructions for use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
special characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Rear Assist system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Rear fog light control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Rear lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16, 17, 141
Rear lights access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Rear seat passengers see Correct sitting position . . . . . . . . . 76, 77, 78
Rear shelf store . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Rear View Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
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