2020 Seat Ateca alternator

Driving
rolling resistance, under-inflation al so
incr ea-
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e wear and impairs handling.
Do not use winter tyres all year round as
they increase fuel consumption by up to 10%.
Avoid carrying unnecessary loads
Given that every kilo of extra weight will in-
crease the fuel consumption, it is advisable
make sure that no unnecessary loads are be-
ing transported.
Since the luggage rack increases the aero-
dynamic drag of the vehicle, you should re-
move it when not needed. At speeds of
100-120 km/h (62-75 mph), this will save 12%
of fuel.
Save electrical energy
The engine drives the alternator, thereby
generating electricity. This implies that any
increase in power consumption also increa-
ses fuel consumption! For this reason, switch
off any unneeded electrical devices. Devices
that use a lot of electricity includes the blow-
er at a high setting, the rear window heating
or the seat heating*

Practical tips
current they are using. This limits the amount
of po w
er consumed and helps t o ensur
e r
eli-
able starting even after a long period. Some
convenience functions, such as remote vehi-
cle opening, may not be available under cer-
tain circumstances. These functions will be
restored when you switch on the ignition and
start the engine.
With the engine switched off
For example, if you listen to the sound system
with the engine switched off the battery will
run down.
If the energy consumption means there is a
risk that the engine will not start, a text will
appear in vehicles with a driver information
system*.
This driver indicator tells you that you must
start the engine so that the battery can re-
charge.
When the engine is running
Although the alternator generates electrical
power, the battery can still become dis-
charged while the vehicle is being driven. This
can occur when a lot of power is being con-
sumed but only a small amount supplied, es-
pecially if the battery is not fully charged ini-
tially.
To restore the necessary energy balance, the
system will then temporarily shut off the elec-
trical devices that are using a lot of power, or reduce the current they are consuming. Heat-
ing systems in particular use a large amount
of el
ectrical power. If you notice, for instance,
that the seat heating* or the rear window
heater is not working, they may have been
temporarily switched off or regulated to a
lower heat output. These systems will be
available again as soon as sufficient electri-
cal power is available.
You may also notice that the engine runs at a
slightly faster idling speed when necessary.
This is quite normal, and no cause for con-
cern. The increased idling speed allows the
alternator to meet the greater power require-
ment and charge the battery at the same
time. Wheels
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Index
Index
Numbers and Symbol s
4Driv e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . 264
A
ABS see Anti-l
ock brake system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
ACC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . . . . 276 radar sensors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . 374
Active cylinder management (ACT) status indication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Adaptive Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276 control and warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
function to prevent overtaking on the right . 282
indications on the screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 276
operating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
radar sensors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
special driving situations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
temporarily deactivating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
AdBlue control and warning lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338
information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338
loading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. . 339
minimum filling capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338
specification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 339
tank capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338
Additional heating see Auxiliary heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158 Adjust
front seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . 132
headrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. . . . .
124
seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . . . . . 12
time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. . . . . . 80
vehicle menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Adjusting the seat belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . . . . . 21 description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . 21
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 activation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 22
control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
deactivation of the front airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . 21
front airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 23
how it works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Air conditioning Climatronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
manual air conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
usage instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Air recirculation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Air vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. . . 155
Alternator warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353
AM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. . . . . . . . 187
Ambient lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. 125
Android Auto

Index
Change a bulb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . 58 dipped beam headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
f og light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. . . . . 61
main beam headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
number pl
ate light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
tail light bulb in the bodywork . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
tail light bulb in the rear lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
turn signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. . 60
Change the wiper blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Changing a wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
41 subsequent work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
wheel nuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. . 43
Changing parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
374
Checking levels engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345
Childproof locks electric windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Child seats group classification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
ISOFIX system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
securing with the seat belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Top Tether system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33, 35, 36
Cleaning the vehicle high pressure cleaning equipment . . . . . . . . 369
special care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373
vehicle exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371
vehicle interior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372
wash the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369
Climate control auxiliary heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
windscreen heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Climatronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
151
Clocks set the time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. . 80 Closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . . . . 97
bonnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. . . 343
rear lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . . 109
sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. .
115
sunshade blind (glass roof) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
112
Clutch (lamp) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Coming Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 122
Communication between the Infotainment System and mobile devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Connectivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177 Full Link . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . . . 177
SEAT Media Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
WLAN access point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Connectivity Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Connectors faults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . . . 148
Contact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . 243
Control and warning lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 adaptive cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
adBlue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. . . 338
airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . . . 25
airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
alternator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353
anti-lock brake system ABS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
ASR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300, 302
audible warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
blind spot detector (BSD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
braking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
cruise control (GRA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
diesel preheating system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340
EDL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . . . 300
electromechanical steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
electronic parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295 emissions control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340
engine coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
engine management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340
engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. . 346
ESC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
300, 302
fuel reserve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
gear change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
hill descent control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Lane Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. 285
lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. . . . . . 117
particulate filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340, 341
press on the brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272, 277
rear cross traffic alert (RCTA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
refuelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81, 335
remote control (independent heating) . . . . . 159
replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
seat belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . . . 15
speed limiter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Start-Stop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
steering column lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
tow hook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. 332
tyre pressure loss indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363
Controls and displays overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Controls on the steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Convenience close function windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
113
Convenience open function windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
113
Cooling system check the coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
refilling coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
Copyright . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . . 195 information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
171
391