2018 Seat Alhambra Owner's Manual

Index
identification number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
lo a
din
g . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
parking downhill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
parking uphill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
raising . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
recycling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
vehicle identification number . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
Vehicle battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42, 283 acid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
assisted starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
automatically disconnecting devices . . . . . . . 286
charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
checking the battery electrolyte level . . . . . . . 285
connecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
control and warning lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
discharging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183, 185
disconnect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
disconnecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
positive terminal for starting assistance . . . . . . 53
preparations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
replacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
starting assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Vehicle care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253 airbag modules (dash panel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
anodized surfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
antenna incorporated in window . . . . . . . . . . . 263
chrome parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
cleaning wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
dash panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
de-icing the door lock cylinder . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
interior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
plastic parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
protection of vehicle undercarriage . . . . . . . . 258
rubber seals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
things to note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254 vehicle paintwork . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
window
s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
wooden trim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Vehicle care products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Vehicle identification data vehicle data label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
Vehicle interior monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Vehicle key set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Vehicle tool kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46, 83 components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Vehicle undercarriage guard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Vehicle's battery running flat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
Vibrations steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Voice control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
W Warning lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Warning triangle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83, 134
Washing the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253 adhesive sheets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
sensors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211, 215
things to note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118, 254
Wax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Wear indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
Weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
What negatively affects driving safety? . . . . . . . . 57
Wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85, 299 anti-theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46, 84, 85
caps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
loosening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
tightening torque . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Wheel load capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294 Wheel rims
beadloc k . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
bolted trims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287, 289, 299 changing a wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46, 49, 85
hubcaps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Wheel trim hubcaps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
remove . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Windows automatic operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
automatic raising/lowering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
convenience closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
convenience opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
electric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
removing ice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
roll-back function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Window wiper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Window wiper blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Windscreen and rear window wiper blades . . . . . 88
Windscreen washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42, 137
Windscreen washer fluid control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Windscreen washer water checking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
topping up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Windscreen wiper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 heated windscreen washer jets . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Window wiper lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Windscreen wipers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
headlight washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
lifting the wiper blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
rain sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
replacing the wiper blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
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Index
service position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
s pec
i
al characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Windscreen wipers service position . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Wing mirrors driving with a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Winter additional heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
menu configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Winter conditions diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Winter driving Driving with a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
winter tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Winter operation headlight washers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
heated windscreen washer jets . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
salt on the roads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Winter tyres all-wheel drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
speed limit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
X XDS See Brake assistance systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
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About this manual
This manual contains a description of the
equipment supplied with the vehicle at the
time this manual was published. Some of the
units described herein will not be available
until a later date or are only available in cer -
tain markets.
B ecause this is a general manual for the
ALHAMBRA , some of the equipment and func -
tions that are described in this manual are not
included in all types or variants of the model;
they may vary or be modied depending on
the technical requirements and on the mar -
ket; this is in no way deceptive advertising.
The illustrations are intended as a general
guide and may vary from the equipment tted
in your vehicle in some details.
The steering indications (left, right, forward,
reverse) appearing in this manual refer to the
normal driving movements of the vehicle ex -
cept when otherwise indicated.
The audiovisual material only is intended to
help users to understand certain car function -
alities better. It does not replace the instruc -
tion manual. Please use the instruction manu -
al to obtain more comprehensive information
and indications.
The equipment marked with an aster -
isk* is tted as standard only in certain
versions, and is only supplied as op -
tional extras for some versions, or are
only offered in certain countries.
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Emergency information on a given page

WARNING
Texts preceded by this symbol contain infor -
mation on safety. They warn you about possi -
ble dangers of accident or injury.
CAUTION
Texts with this symbol draw your attention to
potential sources of damage to your vehicle.
For the sake of the environment
Texts preceded by this symbol contain rele-
vant information concerning environmental
protection.
Note
Texts preceded by this symbol contain additio -
nal information.
This manual is divided into six large parts,
which are:
1. The essentials
2. Safety
3. Emergencies
4. Operation
5. Tips
6. Technical data
At the end of this manual, there is a detailed
alphabetical index that will help you quickly
nd the information you require.

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