Driving
Maximum cooling power or heating power in
the c a
se of
Climatronic
When driving, the maximum cooling power or
heating power can be adjusted by pressing
the 1 or
2
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Fig. 144
b
utton repeatedly.
The temperature is not regulated.
● Maximum cooling power: adjus
t the tem-
perature below +16°C (+60°F). The display
then shows LO.
● Maximum heating power: adjus
t the tem-
perature above +29°C (+84°F). The display
then shows HI.
Dust and pollen filter
The dust and pollen filter should be changed
regularly in order to maintain air conditioner
performance.
If the vehicle is used frequently in areas
where the outside air is highly polluted, it
may be necessary to change the filter before
the next scheduled service.
Water under the vehicle
If the humidity and temperature outside the
vehicle are high, condensation can drip off
the evaporator in the cooling system and
form a small pool underneath the vehicle.
This is normal and does not indicate a leak! Driving
St op
pin
g and starting the en-
gine
Switching on the ignition and starting
the engine Fig. 145
Vehicle key positions Read the additional information carefully
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Immobiliser display
When an invalid key is used or in the event of
a system fault, is displayed on the instru-
ment panel. The engine cannot be started.
Pushing or towing
For technical reasons, the vehicle must not
be push- or tow-started. Jump starting is pref-
erable. Key not authorised for the vehicle
If a key
which is not authorised for this vehi-
cle is inserted in the ignition lock, it can be
removed as follows:
● Automatic gearbox : the key c
annot be re-
moved from the ignition lock. Press and re-
lease the selector lever locking button. Key
can be removed from the vehicle.
● Manual gearbox: Remov
e the key from the
ignition. WARNING
Switching off the engine while driving makes
st op
ping the vehicle difficult. As a conse-
quence you may lose control of the vehicle
and there is a risk of serious accident.
● The assisted braking and steering systems,
the airbag sys
tem, seat belts and certain
safety equipment are only active while the
engine is running.
● The engine should only be switched off
when the vehic
le is at a standstill. WARNING
While the engine is running or starting it
cou l
d help reduce the risk of serious injury.
● Never start or leave the engine running in
poorly v
entilated or closed spaces. Exhaust
gas contains carbon monoxide, a toxic, col-
ourless and odourless gas. Carbon monoxide
can cause people to lose consciousness. It
can also cause death. » 133
Technical data
Advice
Operation
Emergencies
Safety
Towing bracket device
Towing bracket device
Driv in
g w
ith a trailer
Information on driving with a trailer The vehicle is
not certified f
or trailer cou-
pling. The vehicle is not factory-equipped
with a towing bracket, nor is it possible to ret-
rofit it. WARNING
Installing a towing bracket on the vehicle
ma y
cause accidents and serious injuries
while operating the vehicle.
● Never install a towing bracket on the vehi-
cle.
● The tr
ailer may be released from the vehicle
when the vehic
le is moving. CAUTION
Any type of towing bracket installed on the
vehic l
e can cause serious and costly damage
that are not covered under the SEAT guaran-
tee. 163
Technical data
Advice
Operation
Emergencies
Safety
Index
Dynamic headlight range control . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
E E10 se
e
Ethanol (fuel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
EDL see Electronic differential lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
EDS see Brake assist system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Electrical devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120, 121
Electric windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
see Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Electronic differential lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Electronic immobiliser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 operating fault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Electronic Stability Control (ESC) . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Emergencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
changing a wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
emergency towing of the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
fire extinguishers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
first aid kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
hazard warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
jump leads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
puncture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
replacing a blown fuse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
vehicle tool kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
warning triangle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Emergency closing or opening driver door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
passenger door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Emergency locking and unlocking . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 rear lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Emergency unlocking
rear lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Emission control system control and warning lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Emissions data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Engine assisted starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
noises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
running in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Start-Stop system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Engine and ignition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 12 Volt sockets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
ignition lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Immobiliser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
starting the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
stopping the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
unauthorised vehicle key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10, 187 battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33, 196
brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33, 194
coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32, 192
engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31, 191
windscreen washer reservoir . . . . . . . . . . 33, 195
Engine coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 checking the level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
G 12 plus-plus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
G 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
temperature display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Engine data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Engine management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 control lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31, 189 changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
checking oil level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190, 191
control and warning lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189 dipstick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
oil pr
operties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
topping up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Environment environmental compatibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Environmental ecological driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Environmental tips refuelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164 safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
ESC electronic stability control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Ethanol (fuel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Event Data Recorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Exhaust gas purification system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Exterior mirrors adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
vehicle care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Exterior rear view mirrors control of the function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
electric exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Exterior view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5, 6
F Fabrics: cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Fastening rings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Fault parking distance warning system . . . . . . . . . . 154
Fault memory connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Filling the tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183, 185
Fire extinguisher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
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Index
Technical data ax l
e lo
ads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
engine oil specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
kerb weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
roof load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
total weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
tyre pressures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
windscreen washer reservoir capacity . . . . . . 196
windshield washer fluid container capacity . . . 31
Technical features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Technical modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Technical specifications dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Temperature gauge coolant temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Temporary spare wheel Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Tightening torque . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213 wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
TIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Tiptronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Top Tether . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Top Tether system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Tow-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43, 75
Towing things to note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Towing bracket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163 description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Towing the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42, 75, 133 front towline anchorage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
tow bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
tow rope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Towline anchorages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Traction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Traction control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Traction control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 Traction Control (TC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Trai
ler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Transporting driving with the rear lid open . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
loaded vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Transporting children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Transporting items fastening rings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
roof carrier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
roof carrier system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Transporting objects roof carrier system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Treadwear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Turn signal convenience function . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Turn signal lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21, 105
Tyre load rating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Tyre Mobility Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
inflating a tyre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
sealing a tyre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Tyre Mobility System see Anti-puncture kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Tyre pressures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203, 212 spare wheel or temporary spare wheel . . . . . . 204
Tyre profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Tyre repair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Tyre repair kit see Anti-puncture kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Tyres avoiding damage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
damage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
errors in wheel alignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
foreign bodies in the tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
handling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 interchanging tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
new . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
ol
d . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
replacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
run-out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
serial number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
speed rating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208, 209
storing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
technical details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
tyre code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
tyre identification number (TIN) . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
tyre load rating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
tyre pressures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
tyres with directional tread pattern . . . . . . . . . 201
valve caps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
wear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
wear indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
wheel balancing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
with compulsory direction of rotation . . . . . . . . 41
with directional tread pattern . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Tyre tread depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Tyre wear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
U Unfastening the seat belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13, 56
Unlocking and locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 by remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
from the inside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Upholstery cleaning textile covers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
upholstery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Upholstery: cleaning upholstery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
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