
Checking and refilling levels
Working in the engine compart-
ment Saf ety
not
es for work in the engine
compartment Read the additional information carefully
›› ›
page 17
Before starting any work on the engine or in
the engine compartment:
1. Switch off the engine and remove the key from the ignition.
2. Ap
ply the handbrake.
3. Move the gear lever to neutral or the selec- tor lev
er to position P.
4. Wait for the engine to cool down.
5. Keep children away from the vehicle.
6. Raise the bonnet ›››
page 274.
You should not do any work in the engine
compartment unless you know exactly how to
carry out the jobs and have the correct tools!
Have the work carried out by a specialised
workshop if you are uncertain.
All service fluids and consumables, e.g. cool-
ant, engine oil, spark plugs and batteries,
are under constant development. SEAT pro-
vides a constant flow of information to Tech-
nical Services concerning modifications. For
this reason, we recommend you have service fluids and consumables replaced by a Techni-
cal
Service. Please observe the relevant in-
structions ››› page 259. The engine compart-
ment of the vehicle is a hazardous area ››› .
WARNING
All work on the engine or in the engine com-
par tment, e.
g. checking and refilling fluids,
involves the danger of injury and burns, acci-
dents and even fire.
● Never open the bonnet if you see steam,
smoke or coo
lant escaping from the engine
compartment. Otherwise, there is a risk of
sustaining burns. Wait until no more steam or
coolant is emitted, then allow the engine to
cool before carefully opening the bonnet.
● Switch off the engine and remove the key
from the ignition.
● App
ly the handbrake and move the gear
lever t
o neutral or selector lever to position P.
● Keep children away from the vehicle.
● Never touch hot engine parts. There is a
risk of
burns.
● Never spill liquids on a hot engine or on a
hot exh
aust gas system. This is a fire hazard.
● Avoid causing short-circuits in the electri-
cal
system, particularly at the points where
the jump leads are attached ›››
page 72.
The battery could explode.
● Never touch the radiator fan. It is tempera-
ture c
ontrolled and could start automatically,
even when the engine has been switched off
and the key removed from the ignition! ●
Never c o
ver the engine with additional in-
sulating materials such as a blanket. Risk of
fire!
● Do not unscrew the cap on the coolant ex-
pans
ion tank when the engine is hot. If the
coolant is hot, the cooling system will be
pressurised!
● Protect face, hands and arms by covering
the cap with a l
arge, thick cloth to protect
against escaping coolant and steam.
● Always make sure you have not left any ob-
jects, s
uch as cleaning cloths or tools, in the
engine compartment.
● If you have to work underneath the vehicle,
you mus
t use suitable stands additionally to
support the vehicle, there is a risk of acci-
dent!. A hydraulic jack is insufficient for se-
curing the vehicle and there is a risk of injury.
● If any work has to be performed when the
engine is
started or with the engine running,
there is an additional, potentially fatal, safety
risk from the rotating parts, such as the drive
belts, alternator, radiator fan, etc., and from
the high-voltage ignition system. You should
also observe the following:
– Never touch the electrical wiring of the
ignition system.
– Ensure that jewellery, loose clothing and
long hair do not get trapped in rotating
engine parts. Danger of death. Before
starting any work remove jewellery, tie
back and cover hair, and wear tight-fit-
ting clothes. » 273
Technical data
Advice
Operation
Emergencies
Safety

Index
Index
A
ABS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
185
c ontr
ol lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
ACC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214 radar sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Adaptive cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205, 214 function for preventing overtaking in an insidelane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
indications on the display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
radar sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
special driving situations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
warning and control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Adaptive Cruise Control deactivating temporarily . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
operating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
AdBlue information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
maximum filling capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
refilling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
specification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
tank capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Additional consumers (efficiency program) . . . . . 42
Adjusting front head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
rear head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79, 153
seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Adjusting the front seats adjusting the lumbar support . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Adjusting the head restraints front head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
rear head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Adjusting the seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Adjustment
CAR menu
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
front head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Airbag covers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20, 86 activation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
deactivation of front airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
front airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21, 88
functioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
head-protection airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23, 89
side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22, 88
Air conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Climatronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
general notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
manual air conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Air outlets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Air recirculation air conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Alarm system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 switching off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Alcantara: cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Alloy wheel rims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Alternator warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
Ambient lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Anchoring the front tow line. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Anti-freeze . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Anti-lock brake system . . . . . . . . . . . . 181, 183, 185 control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Anti-puncture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64, 98 Anti-puncture kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64, 98
check after 10 minutes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Anti-puncture set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Anti-theft alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
vehicle interior monitoring and anti-tow pro-tection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Anti-theft alarm system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 switching off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Anti-theft security system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Anti-tow protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Aquaplaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Ashtray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Aspects to note before setting off . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
ASR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182 control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Assistance systems ACC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
adaptive cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
blind spot detector (BSD) with parking assis-tance (RCTA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Cruise control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
emergency brake assist (Front Assist) . . . . . . . 210
fatigue detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Park Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
parking aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240, 241
parking assistance (RCTA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
speed limiter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Assisted starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Audible warning signal unfastened safety belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
warning and control lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Automatic car wash tunnel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Automatic gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188 downhill speed control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
driving tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
emergency program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
kick-down feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192 301

Index
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260 adhe
s
ive sheets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
alcantara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
alloy wheel rims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
chrome parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Easy Connect control panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
high pressure cleaners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
leather . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
plastic parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263, 266
radio screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
rubber seals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
steel wheel rims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
washing the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
windows and exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
windscreen wiper blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
wooden trim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Climatronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 adjusting the temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
automatic mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
fan regulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
general notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
windscreen defrost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Close . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 bonnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Clutch (warning lamp) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Coming Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Coming Home Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Connectivity Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Contact key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 Control and warning lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
adaptiv e cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
alternator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
Anti-lock brake system (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
applying the brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
ASR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
audible warning signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
blind spot detector (BSD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
braking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
cruise control system (CCS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
depress the brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
diesel particulate filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
EDL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
emission control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
engine management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
engine pre-heating/fault system . . . . . . . . . . . 201
ESC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
gear change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
instrument panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47, 49
instrument panel display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
parking assistant (RCTA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
seat belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
speed limiter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Start-Stop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
steering column lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
Controls and displays general instrument panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Controls for the windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18, 141
Controls on the steering wheel without voice control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
with voice control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 Coolant
check ing level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
Coolant level control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Coolant temperature control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
Cooling coolant temperature gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Cooling system checking coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278, 279
topping up coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278, 279
Correct sitting position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
front passenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
rear seat passengers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 control and warning lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Cruise control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Current . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
D Dangers in not using the seat belt . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Dash panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Data label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
Deactivating the front passenger front airbag . . . 22
Deactivation of front airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Detachable ball assembling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
checking attachment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
placing in standby position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
removing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252, 253
standby position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Diesel diesel particulate filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
refuelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
303