2019 Seat Tarraco Owner's manual

Self-help

Emergencies
CAUTION
The vehicle must not be raised on the
crossbar. Only place the jack* on the
points designed for this purpose on the
strut. Otherwise, the v ehicl
e may be dam-
aged. Removing and installing a wheel
Fig. 42
Wheel change: loosen wheel nuts with
the sock et in the handl e of the scr
ew
driv er

.Change the wheel after loosening the wheel
nuts and r
aising the v ehicl
e with the jack .
When r emoving/fitting the wheel, the rim may
hit and damage the br

ake disc. For this rea-
son, please take care and get a second per-
son to assist you. Taking off the wheel

Self-help
If the tyre is mounted in the opposite direction
of r ot
ation, driv e with e
xtreme caution, as the
t yr
e is no longer being used correctly. This is
of particular importance when the road sur-
face is wet. Change the tyre as soon as pos-
sible or remount it with the correct direction
of rotation.
Works after changing a wheel

Emergencies
Changing the wiper rear wiper
bl ades Fig. 44
Changing the windscreen wiper
bl ades Fig. 45
Changing the rear wiper blade The windscreen wiper blades are supplied as
st
andar
d with a l ayer of gr
aphite
. This l
ayer is
responsible for ensuring that the wipe is silent.
If the graphite layer is damaged, the noise of the water as it is wiped across the windscreen
will be louder.
Check the condition of the wiper blades reg-
ularly. If the wipers scr

ape across the
glass, they should be changed if they are
damaged, or cleaned if they are dirty

Self-help
CAUTION

Emergencies
Connect the other end of the black
jump
l ead X to a solid metal component bol-
t ed t
o the engine bl ock or t
o the engine
bl ock itself of the v
ehicl
e with the flat
battery. Do not connect it to a point near
the battery A .
P osition the l
eads in such a w ay that
they cannot come int o contact with any
mo ving parts in the engine compart

-
ment.
Starting Start the engine of the vehicle with the
boosting battery and let it run at idling
speed.
Start the engine of the vehicle with the
flat battery and wait for 2 or 3 minutes
until the engine is running.
Removing the jump leads Before you remove the jump leads,
switch off the dipped beam headlights if
they are switched on.
Turn on the heater blower and heated
rear window in the vehicle with the flat
battery. This helps minimise voltage
peaks which are generated when the
leads are disconnected.
When the engine is running, disconnect
the leads in reverse order to the details
given above.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
Make sure the battery clamps have sufficient
metal-to-metal contact with the battery t

er-
minals.
If the engine fails to start after about 10 sec-
onds, switch off the starter and try again after
about 1 minute. WARNING

Self-help
For technical reasons, towing a vehicle
with a dischar ged batt
ery is not all o
w ed.
The jump st ar
t should be used instead

Emergencies
CAUTION