2019 Seat Ateca vehicle

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Vehicle Registration:
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number:
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or vehicle delivery:
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Service advisor:
Telephone:
Confirmation of receipt of documentation
and vehicle keys
The following items were delivered
with the vehicle: YES
NO
On-board documentation
First key
Second key
Correct working order of all keys was
checked
Location:





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Introduction
Thank you f or your trust choosing a SEAT v
e-
hicl
e.
With your new SEAT, you will be able to enjoy
a vehicle with state-of-the-art technology
and top quality features.
We recommend reading this Instruction Man-
ual carefully to learn more about your vehicle
so you can enjoy all its benefits in your daily
driving.
Information about handling is complemented
with instructions regarding the operation and
maintenance of the vehicle in order to ensure
its safety and maintain its value. Moreover, we
want to give you valuable advice and tips to
drive your vehicle efficiently and respecting
the environment.
We wish you safe and enjoyable motoring.
SEAT, S.A.
WARNING
Read and always observe safety infor-
mation concerning the passenger

About this manual
This manual describes the f eat
ur
es of the ve-
hicle at the time of drafting this text. Some of
the features described below will be intro-
duced in the future or will only be available in
certain markets.
Some of the features described here are
not included in all the types or variations
of the model and they can be varied or
modified based on technical or marketing
requirements without it being considered
misleading advertising.
Some details on the drawings may vary from
its vehicle and must be interpreted as a
standard representation.
The direction indicators (left, right, forwards,
backwards) in this manual refer to the travel
direction of the vehicle unless otherwise sta-
ted.
The audiovisual material is only meant to
help the users better understand some fea-
tures of the car. It is not a replacement for the
instruction manual. Access the instruction
manual to see the complete information and
warnings.
The features marked with an asterisk
are included by default only in certain
versions of the model, supplied as op-
tional only for certain versions or only of-
fered in certain countries.
 Trademarks are marked with

Printed Instruction Manual
The print
ed instruction manual cont
ains r
ele-
vant information about the use of the vehicle
and the Infotainment System.
The digital version of the manuals contains
more in-depth information.















Digital Version of the Infotainment
Syst
em Manual Fig. 1
SEAT website The digital version is available on SEAT

Table of Contents
Table of Contents The essential s
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
7
Exterior view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Exterior view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Driver-side general instrument panel
(left-hand driv
e) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Driver-side general instrument panel
(right-hand drive)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Passenger-side general instrument pan-
el (left-hand driv
e) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Passenger-side general instrument pan-
el (right-hand drive)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Centre console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Interior view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
How it works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Unlocking and locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Before driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . . . 21
Child seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 25
Starting the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Lights and visibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Easy Connect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
35
Warning lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Gearbox lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Air conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. 42
Fluid level control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Emergencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . . . . 51
Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . . . . 52
Action in the event of a puncture . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Changing a wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
58 Emergency towing of the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . 58
How to jump start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Changing the wiper blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
63
Safe driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Advice about driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Correct position of the vehicle occu-
pants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . . . . 64
Pedal area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Why wear a seat belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
How to properly adjust your seat belt . . . . . . 72
Seat belt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Brief introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Airbag safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Deactivating airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Transporting children safely . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Safety for children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Child seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 82
Emergencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85Self-help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Emergency equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Tyre repair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 85
Manual unlocking/locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Changing the windscreen wiper blades . . . . 88
Tow-starting and towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Fuses and bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . . . . 92
Changing a bulb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Change the front bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Change the rear bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Controls and displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
General instrument panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Instruments and warning/control
lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. .
104
Dashboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Using the instrument panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Control lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Multifunction steering wheel* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Opening and closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Central locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Anti-theft alarm system* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Rear lid (luggage compartment) . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Controls for the windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Sunroof* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. 144
Lights and visibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. . . . . . 147
Visibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 156
Windscreen wiper and window wiper sys-
tems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . . . . 156
Mirr

or . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. . . . 158
Seats and head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Adjusting the seats and headrests . . . . . . . . . . 160
Seat functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. 161
Transport and practical equipment . . . . . . 164
Storage compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Storing objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Roof carrier* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. 173
Air conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Heating, ventilation and cooling . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Auxiliary heater (additional heater)* . . . . . . . . 182
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Table of Contents
Infotainment System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Safety warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Overview of the unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
General instructions for use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Connectivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Data transfer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Full Link* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. . . . 195
SEAT Media Control* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
WLAN access point* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Operating modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. . . . . 205
Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . . . 207
Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. . 216
Navigation in Offroad mode* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Vehicle Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. 230
Multimedia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. . 237
Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239Start and driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Starting and stopping the engine . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Braking and parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Braking and stability systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Manual gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Automatic gearbox/DSG automatic gear-
bo x* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. . . . .
252
Gear
-change recommendation . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. . . 260
Run-in and economical driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Power management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Engine management and emission control
system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. . 265
Driving tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. . .

267Driver assistance systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Start-Stop system* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Hill Descent Control (HDC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Auto Hold Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Cruise control system (CCS)* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Speed limiter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Emergency braking assistance system
(Front Assist)* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 279
Adaptiv

e cruise control (ACC)* . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Lane Assist system* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
Traffic Jam Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Emergency Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
Blind spot detector (BSD) with parking as-
sistance (RCT
A)* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
SEAT Drive Profile* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
Park Assist* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . 305
Parking aid parking and manoeuvring
(ParkPilot) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
313
Parking System Plus* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315
Rear parking aid* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319
Top View Camera* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321
Rear Assist (Rear View Camera)* . . . . . . . . . . . 326
Towing bracket device* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329
Trailer mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329
Practical tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340 Care and maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340
Accessories and modifications to the vehi-
cle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . . . . 340
Checking and r

efilling levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341
Filling the tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. . . . . . 343
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The essentials
How it works
Unl ocking and l
ocking
R
elated video Fig. 3
Opening and clos-
ing Doors
Fig. 4
Remote control key: keys. Fig. 5
Driver door: central locking switch. Locking and unlocking the vehicle using
the k
ey

The essentials
Child seats R el
at
ed video Fig. 35
Vehicle interior Important information regarding
the fr
ont passenger