2020 Seat Alhambra traction control

Braking and parking
virtual standstill. You can continue to steer the
v ehicl
e ev
en when the br
akes are on full.
Keep your foot on the brake pedal and do not
pump the brakes. You will feel the brake pedal
pulsate while the ABS is working.
If the running gear or brake system is modi-
fied, the effectiveness of the ABS could be se-
verely limited.
Hydraulic Brake Assist (HBA)
The brake assist system can reduce the re-
quired braking distance. The braking force is
automatically boosted if you press the brake
pedal quickly in an emergency. You must
keep pressing the brake pedal until the dan-
ger has passed.
Traction control system (ASR)
In the event of wheelspin, the traction control
system reduces the engine torque to match
the amount of grip available. This helps the
car to start moving, accelerate or climb a
gradient.
Electronic differential lock (EDL)
When the EDL detects wheelspin, it brakes
the spinning wheel and directs the power to
the other driven wheel. This function is active
up to approximately 100 km/h (62 mph).
To prevent the disc brake of the braked wheel
from overheating, the EDL cuts out automati-
cally if subjected to excessive loads. The ve- hicle can still be driven. The EDL will switch on
again automatically when the brake has
cooled do
wn.
Electronic engine torque management
(XDS)
When taking a curve, the driveshaft differen-
tial allows the outer wheel to turn at a higher
speed than the inner wheel. In this way, the
wheel that is turning faster (outer wheel) re-
ceives less drive torque than the inner wheel.
This may mean that in certain situations the
torque delivered to the inner wheel is too
high, causing the wheels to spin. On the other
hand, the outer wheel is receiving a lower
drive torque than it could transmit. This can
cause a loss of grip on the drive axle, in this
case the front axle, which results in under-
steer or “lengthening” of the trajectory.
The XDS can detect and correct this effect
via the sensors and signals of the ESC.
Via the ESC, the XDS will brake the inside
wheel and counter the excess driving torque
of that wheel. This means that the requested
trajectory is much more precise.
XDS works in combination with the ESC and is
always active, even when ASR is disconnec-
ted, or when the ESC is in Sport mode or dis-
connected. WARNING
Driving at high speed on icy, slippery wet
ground can result in loss of v ehicl

e control
and serious injury to the driver and passen-
gers.

Index
disconnecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 84
driv er al
ert syst em . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
7
4
dynamic chassis control (DCC) . . . . . . . . . . . 253
ear View Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
emergency braking (Front Assist) . . . . . . . . . 260
optical parking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
park Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . 287
parking aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . 292
parking distance warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
rear cross traffic alert (RCTA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
reverse assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
road sign detection system messages . . . . . . 76
steering wheel assist for parking . . . . . . . . . . 287
tyre control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333
tyre pressure loss indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334
Assisted start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Audible warning control and warning lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. . . . . . 115
unbuckled seat belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Auto Hold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Auto Hold Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Auto Lock (central locking) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Automatic car wash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340 disconnecting the Auto Hold function . . . . . 283
Automatic dipped beam headlight control . . . 116
Automatic gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246 control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
driving tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. . 249
emergency release of the selector lever. . . 251
ignition key extraction lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
kick-down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
launch-control program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
operating fault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249, 250
selector lever lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247 selector lever positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
steering wheel with shift paddles . . . . . . . . . 24
8
tiptronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246, 248
towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. . . . 54
AUX-IN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. . . . . 237 external audio source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
AUX-IN multimedia socket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Auxiliary heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . 166 activate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
automatic disconnection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
connecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. 166
disconnecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
electricity consumers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
radio-operated remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
remote control range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
special characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166, 169
usage instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
B Bag hooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . . 146
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . . . 92 change on the remote control (independ-ent heating) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Before starting the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Belt tightening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Bicycle carrier fitting onto the coverable tow hook . . . . . . . 306
max. load rating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
Biodiesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . . . . 311
Blind spot detector (BSD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273, 274 control lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
driving situations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
how it works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
indication on the exterior mirror . . . . . . . . . . . 275 malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 273
trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. . 279
Blo
wn bulbs
change a bulb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Bluetooth

Index
Top Tether System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32, 34
T or
que
wheel nuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. . 4
8
T
owable loads loading the trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
Tow cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300, 301
Tow hook control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
unlocking electrically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
Towing device fitting a bicycle carrier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
fitting later . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
tow hook with electric unlocking . . . . . . . . . . 305
Towing the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52, 54 automatic gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
four-wheel drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
front towline anchorage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
manual gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
rear towline anchorage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
special characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52, 55
tow bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . . 54
towing cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
towing prohibited . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
with towing device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Traction control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
Traction control system (ASR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
Traffic information (TP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. . . . 298 adjusting the headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
anti-theft alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
blind spot detector (BSD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
connecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
300
exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300 hitching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . 300
LED tail lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300, 301
loading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. . 302
malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
300
optical parking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
parking aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . 292
power socket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
retrofitting a towing bracket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
special characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
stabilisation of the towing vehicle and trail- er combination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304
tail lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300, 301
technical requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
towable loads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
towing cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300, 301
trailer mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
unlocking the tow hook electrically . . . . . . . 305
vertical load on the tow hitch . . . . . . . . 298, 302
Trailer mode see Trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Transport luggage net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 146
rail system with fasteners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Transportation of children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Trips abroad headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. . 122
petrol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. . 257
Turning off the lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Turning on the lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
115
Turning the ignition on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Turn signal lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Tyre Mobility System see Anti-puncture kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Tyre monitor system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333
Tyre pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330 Tyre pressure loss indicator
tyre pressure l oss indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334
Tyre profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331
Tyre repair kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . 40 see also Anti-puncture kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Tyre repairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. . 41
Tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. . . . . 327 accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 328
change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. . . 44
directional tread pattern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
foreign objects inserted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328
new tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328
speed symbol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328
tread wear indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331
tyre pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330
useful life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330
with directional tread pattern . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328
Tyre tread depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331
Tyre wear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . 331
U Unlock and lock by remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . . . 101
electric sliding door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
sliding door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. 103
with Keyless Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
with the central locking switch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
USB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . . . . . 237 connecting external data media . . . . . . . . . . 209
load devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
USB/AUX-IN input. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
USB port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. . . . . 150
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