2018 Seat Ateca battery replacement

Advice
WARNING
● When rep airin
g or working on the electrical
system, proceed as follows:
–1. Remove the key from the ignition. The
negative cable on the battery must be
disconnected.
– 2. When the repair is finished, reconnect
the negative pole of the battery.
● Switch off all electrical devices before re-
connecting the b
attery. Reconnect first the
positive cable and then the negative cable.
Never reverse the polarity of the connections.
This could cause an electrical fire.
● Ensure that the vent hose is always connec-
ted to the b
attery.
● Never use damaged batteries. This could
cause an e
xplosion! Replace a damaged bat-
tery immediately. CAUTION
● Never di s

connect the battery if the ignition
is switched on or if the engine is running.
This could damage the electrical system or
electronic components. Charging the battery
Terminals for charging the battery are fitted
in the en
gine comp

artment. –
Note the warnin
gs ››› in Important safety
w arnin
g
s for handling a vehicle battery on
page 306 and ››› .
– Switch off all electrical devices. Remove the
ignition k ey
.
– R

aise the bonnet ›››
page 299.
– Open the battery cover.
– Connect the charger clamps as described
to the po

sitive pole of the battery (+) and
exclusively to an earth on the bodywork
(–).
– Only use a charger which is compatible for
use with 12

V nominal voltage batteries.
The charge must not exceed a voltage of 15
V.
– Now connect the battery charger to the
power soc

ket and switch on.
– After charging the battery: switch off the
batter

y charger and disconnect the power
socket cable.
– Finally disconnect the charger cables from
the batter

y.
– Replace the battery cover correctly.
– Close the bonnet ›››
page 299.
Important: Before you charge the battery
make sure you read the manufacturer's in-
structions for using the battery charger. WARNING
Never charge a battery that has frozen: re-
pl ac

e battery! Failure to do so may lead to an
explosion. Note
Use only the terminals in the engine compart-
ment t o c

harge the battery. Replacing the battery
The new battery should have the same speci-
fic
ation
s

(amperage, load and voltage) as the
used battery.
Your vehicle is equipped with an intelligent
power management system to control the
distribution of electrical energy ›››
page 203.
The power management function ensures
that the battery is charged much more effi-
ciently than on vehicles without a power
management system. To maintain this func-
tion after replacing the battery, we recom-
mend that the replacement battery used is of
the same make and type as the original fitted
battery. To make proper use of the power
management function after the battery has
been changed, have the battery coded to the
power management mode at a specialised
workshop.
306

Index
Replacement par
ts
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
Replacement parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
Replacing the battery of the vehicle key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Reset the trip recorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Retaining hooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Retrofitting towing bracket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
Reverse gear (automatic gearbox) . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Revolution counter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114, 115
Rims changing a wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
Roll-back function windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
RON (petrol) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Roof carrier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Roof carrier system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Roof load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170 technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Roof luggage rack attach the cross bars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Roof rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Running in new brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
new engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
new tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
S Safe driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Safelock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 see also Anti-theft security system . . . . . . . . . 125
Safety child safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
child seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 deactivating the front passenger airbag . . . . . . 22
safe driv
ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Safety equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Safety information knee airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Safety instructions belt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
head-protection airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
use of seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
using child seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24, 90
Safety interlock for ignition key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Saving fuel inertia mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Saving tips (efficiency program) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Seat electric seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Seat belt position for pregnant women . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19, 82
cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
protective function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
purpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79, 84
safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
unfastened . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Seat belt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20, 83
SEAT Drive Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Seat heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Seats adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
rear seat backrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Selective catalytic reduction see Exhaust purification system (diesel) . . . . 295 Selective unlocking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Selector l
ever lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Selector lever (automatic gearbox) malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
manual release mechanism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Service intervals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Service notification: read . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Side airbags description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Signal lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Sliding panoramic sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67, 319 four-wheel drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Spanner symbol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Special characteristics area view system (Top View Camera) . . . . . . . 268
high-pressure cleaning devices . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
tow-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98, 99
towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
trailer mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Speed limiter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212, 214 control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
display message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
operate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Speed warning device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Sport Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Stabilisation of the towing vehicle and trailer . . 281
Start-Stop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Start-Stop system driver messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
starting and stopping the engine . . . . . . . . . . 208
switching off and on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
338