2018 Seat Tarraco Owner's manual

Start and driving
Economical and environmentally-
friendly driving Fuel consumption, environmental pollution
and wear t
o the engine
, brakes and tyres de-
pends largely on driving style. Fuel consump-
tion can be reduced by 10-15% with an eco-
nomical driving style and proper anticipation
of traffic conditions. The following section
gives you some tips on lessening the impact
on the environment and reducing your oper-
ating costs at the same time.
Active cylinder management (ACT

Driving
(2.5 miles), when fuel consumption will return
t o a normal l
e
vel.
Check tyre pressure
Always make sure the tyres are inflated to the
correct pressures

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Note

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normal driving conditions, the filter cleans it-
self . The particul
at
e filter is cleaned automat-
ically without need for indication by the
warning lamp . This may be noticed be- cause the engine idle speed increases and
an odour may be detected.
If automatic filter purification cannot be car-
ried out (because only short trips are taken,
for example), soot will accumulate on the fil-
ter and the particulate filter warning lamp will
 switch on.
Facilitate the automatic filter cleaning proc-
ess by driving in the following manner:

Driving
Winter tyres
Thanks t o f
our
-wheel drive, your vehicle will
have plenty of traction in winter conditions,
even with the standard tyres. Nevertheless,
we still recommend that winter tyres or all-
season tyres be fitted on all four wheels to
give even better braking response.
Snow chains
On roads where snow chains are mandatory,
this also applies to cars with four-wheel drive

Driver assistance systems
Driver assistance systems
St ar
t
-Stop system*
Control lamps 
It lights up
The Start-Stop system is available, the automatic en-
gine shutdown is activ
e.i
It lights up
The Start-Stop system is not available. Instructions for the driver on the instru-
ment panel displ
ay
Start-Stop system deactivated.
Start the engine manually
This driv er message is displ

ayed when cer-
tain conditions are not met during the stop-
ping phase and the Start-Stop system can-
not restart the engine. The engine must be
started manually.
Start-Stop system: Fault! Function
not available
There is a fault in the Start-Stop system. Take
the vehicle to a workshop to have the fault re-
paired. Description and operation The Start-Stop system helps save fuel and
reduce CO
2 emissions.
In St art

-Stop mode, the engine will automati-
cally switch off when the vehicle stops or is
stopping; for example when stopping at traf-
fic lights. The ignition remains switched on
during the stopping phase. The engine auto-
matically switches back on when required. In
this situation, the light of the START ENGINE STOP button stays on.
As soon as the ignition is swit ched on, the
St

art-Stop function is automatically activa-
ted.
Further information about the Start-Stop sys-
tem can be found on the Easy Connect sys-
tem: by pressing the button  in the Vehicle
status menu.
Vehicles with a manual gearbox

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The engine does not switch off
Bef or
e the st
opping phase, the system verifies
whether certain conditions are met. The en-
gine does not switch off, in the following sit-
uations for example: