Operation
● St ar
t
-Stop system status display
››› page 208.
● Active cylinder management display
(ACT ®
)* ››
› page 202
● Signs recognised by the traffic signal de-
tection sys
tem ››› page 245
● Low consumption driving status (ECO)
›››
page 116
● Engine code (MKB) ›››
page 117.
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. 119 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.
Time
● To set the time, keep the button ›››
Fig. 119
4 pressed for more than 3 seconds to select
the hour or minut e di
s
play.
● To continue setting the time, press the up-
per or lower p
art of the button 4 . Hold but-ton down to scroll through the numbers
quic
k
ly
.
● Press the button 4 again in order to finish
settin g the time.
The time c an al
so be set on the Easy Connect
system using the button and the function
b utt
on
SETTINGS > Date and time
››› page 33.
Compass
With the ignition on and the navigation sys-
tem on, the cardinal point corresponding to
the direction of travel of the vehicle is dis-
played on the instrument panel.
Selector lever position
The selected gear is displayed on the side of
the selector lever and on the instrument pan-
el display. In positions D and S, and with the
Tiptronic, the corresponding gear is also dis-
played.
Recommended gear (manual gearbox)
The recommended gear in order to save fuel
is displayed on the instrument panel while
you are driving ›››
page 41.
Second speed display (mph or km/h)
In addition to the speedometer, the speed
can also be displayed in a different unit of
measurement (in miles or in km per hour). This option cannot be deactivated in models
destined f
or countries in which the second
speed must always be visible.
The second speed display can be adjusted in
the Easy Connect system by means of the button and the function button SETTINGS >
Units › ›
›
page 33.
Speed warning
When the speed setting is exceeded, this will
be indicated on the instrument panel display.
This is very useful, for example when using
winter tyres that are not designed for driving
at the maximum speed of the vehicle
››› page 42.
The speed warning settings can be adjusted
in the Easy Connect system by means of the button and the function button SET-
TINGS > Driver Assistance
› ›
›
page 33.
Start-Stop operating display
Updated information relating to the status is
displayed on the instrument panel
››› page 208.
Low consumption driving status (ECO)*
Depending on the equipment, when driving,
the “ECO ” display appears on the instrument
panel when the vehicle is in low consump-
tion status due to active cylinder manage-
ment (ACT ®
)* ››› page 202.
116
Instruments and warning/control lamps
Identifying letters on engine (MKB)
Ho l
d the b
utton ››› Fig. 119 4 down for more
th an 15 sec
ond
s to display the identifying
letters of the vehicle engine (MKB). To do
this, the ignition must be switched on and
the engine switched off. WARNING
Observe the safety warnings ›››
in Warning
and contr o
l lamps on page 119. WARNING
Even though outside temperatures are above
freez in
g, some roads and bridges may be icy.
● At outside temperatures above +4°C
(+39°F), even when the “ice c
rystal” symbol
is not visible, there may still be patches of ice
on the road.
● The outside temperature sensor takes a
guideline meas
urement. 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 sever a
l warnings are active at the
same time, the symbols are shown succes-
sively for a few seconds and will stay on until
the fault is rectified. Odometer
Fig. 120
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”/miles “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 recor
der 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. 120
.
F
ault 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. 121
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 302. Please
note ››› .
»
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Technical data
Advice
Operation
Emergencies
Safety
Index
refuelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
s av
in
g . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Fuel consumption engine cut-off due to inertia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
why does fuel consumption increase? . . . . . . 204
Fuel tank cap opening and closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Fuel tank flap opening and closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Full-LED Headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Function Leaving Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61, 102 fuse box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103, 104
identifying blown fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
identifying by colours . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
preparation before replacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
replacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
G Gear-change indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Gearbox DSG see Automatic gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Gearbox lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Gear change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
kick-down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
manual gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
manual gear change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Gear engaged . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Gear recommendation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Gear shift paddles (automatic gearbox) . . . . . . . 195
General instrument panel control lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
controls and displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
warning lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Glove compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161 H
Hand brake
see P
arking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Hazard warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31, 149
HDC see Hill Descent Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Head-on collisions and their laws of physics . . . . 81
Head-protection airbags description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Headlights changing a bulb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
driving abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
headlight washers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
front head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
rear head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Headrests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Heated rear window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52, 54
Heated windscreen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Heating and fresh air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Hill Descent Control control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
How to jump start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
I Identifying letters on engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317
Ignition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30, 181
Ignition lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30, 181 see Starter button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Incorrect position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Indications on the display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
ACT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
a
daptive cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
assist systems submenu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
distance travelled . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
doors, bonnet and rear lid open . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
driver information system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
driving data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
ECO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Emergency brake assist system (Front Assist) 217
engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
MKB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
outside temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
recommended gear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
SEAT Drive Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
second speed display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
selector lever positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116, 193
service intervals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
speed warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Start-Stop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
traffic signs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
tyre monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313
warning and control lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
warning and information messages . . . . . . . . . 40
Inertia mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Infotainment system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
Inspection service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
Instrument panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114, 115
instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
service interval indication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
warning and control lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
334
Index
M M ain be
am a
ssist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Main beam lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Main panel turn signal and main beam lever . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Maintenance intervals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
Malfunction adaptive cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
clutch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
diesel particulate filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
emergency braking assistance system (FrontAssist) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
towing bracket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
Manual air conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Manual gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192 towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Manual release mechanism rear lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Manual unlocking and locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Maximum trailer weight loading the trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
MFD see Driver information system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Mobile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
Mobile telephones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
Model plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317
Multi-collision brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Multi-function display (MFD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Multimedia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
My Beat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
N Natural leather cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291 Navigation system
CD-ROM pla yer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Net bag luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Noises adaptive cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
auxiliary heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
ESC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67, 307
Number of seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
O Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 partial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
reset button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Oil change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
Oil properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
On-board computer see Driver information system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
One-touch opening and closing electric windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Open and close windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 bonnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
fuel tank flap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
rear lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
sun blind (sunroof) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Opening and closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15, 125 bonnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
by remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 fuel tank flap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
in the door cylinder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
r
ear lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
rear lid with electric opening and closing . . . . 137
sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
with the central locking switch . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Operating malfunction Park Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Outside temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
P
Paint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287 care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
damage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
Paintwork code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317
Panoramic sliding sunroof convenience opening and closing . . . . . . . . . 140
see also Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Park Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249 automatic braking intervention . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
automatic interruption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
conditions for exiting a parking space . . . . . . 256
exiting a parking space (only for parallelspaces) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
operating malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
parallel parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
parking conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
perpendicular parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
see Park Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
stopping prematurely . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187, 196 with Park Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Parking aid adjusting the display and audible warn-ings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261, 265
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