2019 Seat Ateca ignition

The essentials
Starting the vehicle Ignition l ock Fig. 43
Ignition key positions. Turn on the ignition: place the key in the igni-
tion and st
art the engine
.
L
ocking and unlocking the steering wheel

The essentials
Sym-
bol Ignition switch-
ed off Ignition is
swit
ched on
 F
og lights, dipped
beam and side
lights off. Daylight running
lights swit
ched on.


 The “Coming
home”, “Leaving
home” and W
el

-
come lights may be
switched on. Automatic control
of dipped beam
and daytime run-
ning light.
 Side light on. Daylight running
lights swit
ched on.
 Dipped beam head-
light off Dipped beam
swit
ched on.  Fog lights:
mo
ve the switch to the first po-
sition, from positions ,  or .

The essentials
Interior lights Fig. 48
Detail of headliner: front interior light-
ing. Knob Function
 Switches interior lights off.
 Switches interior lights on.
Central po- sitionor
 a) Door contact switch-on.
The int
erior lights come on aut
omati-
cally when the v
ehicle is unlocked, a
door is opened or the key is removed
from the ignition.
The light goes off a few seconds af-
ter all the doors are closed, the vehi-
cle is locked or the ignition is switch-
ed on.
 Turning the reading light on and off a)
Depending on version. Ambient light*: light guide on door panel.
Lighting can be sel
ected fr

om 8 possible col-
ours via the  menu and the SETTINGS
function butt on.


The essentials
How to jump start: description Fig. 82
Diagram of connections for vehicles
without St art Stop syst
emFig. 83
Diagram of connections for vehicles
with St art Stop syst

emJump lead terminal connections
Swit
ch off the ignition of both v

ehicles

Safety
heard for a few seconds. The warning light
will al so fl
ash
4.
The lamp 4 goes out when the driver and
passenger seat belts are fastened with the
ignition switched on.
Rear seat belts fastened display*
Depending on the model version, when the
ignition is switched on, the seat belt status
display

Instruments and warning/control lamps
Cool zone. The engine has not r eached
oper ating t
emperature yet. Avoid high en-
gine speeds and stressing the engine if it
has not reached operating temperature.
Normal zone. At high outside tempera-
tures and when making the engine work
hard, the diodes may continue lighting up
and reach the upper zone. This is no
cause for concern, provided the control
lamp does not light up 
Warning area. When the engine is work-
ing hard, especially at high outside tem-
peratures, the diodes may light up in the
warning area.
The coolant temperature gauge only works
when the ignition is switched on.
Control and warning lamp 
It lights up red

Operation
The figure displayed are the kilometres that
can still be tr av
ell
ed or the time until the next
service.
Service due
When the time for a service or an inspec-
tion comes, an audible warning will be emit-
ted when the ignition is switched on and the
fixed key symbol > may appear on the in-
strument panel for a few seconds, along with
one of the following messages:

Opening and closing
Related video Keyless Access Fig. 138
Handsfree Unlocking and locking the vehicle
with K
eyl
ess Access* Fig. 139
Keyless Access locking and ignition
syst em:
 In the pr
o
ximity of the car.  Open-
ing the rear lid with sensor-controlled opening
(Easy Open) Fig. 140
Locking and ignition system without
Keyl ess Access: sensor surf

ace A for unlock-
ing inside the door handle and sensor surf ace
B for locking on the exterior of the handle.
Depending on the equipment, the vehicle
may hav
e the K
eyl

ess Access system.
Keyless Access is a key-free locking and igni-
tion system to unlock and lock the vehicle
without actively using its key. To do this, all
that is required is to have a valid vehicle key in
the detection area where you are attempting
to access the vehicle