Table of Contents
Table of Contents Gener al vie
ws of the vehicle . . . . . . . . 7
Exterior view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Exterior view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Overview (left hand drive) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Overview (right hand drive) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Interior view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Safe driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Advice about driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Correct sitting position of vehicle occu-
pants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Pedal area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
The whys and wherefores of seat belts . . . . . 16
How to properly adjust your seat belt . . . . . . 19
Seat belt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Brief introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Operation of the airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Transporting children safely . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Child safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Emergencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38Self-help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Information, assistance and emergency
call service* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Emergency equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Tyre repairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Changing a wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Changing the windscreen wiper blades . . . . 48 Jump start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Tow start and towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Fuses and bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
55
Changing bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Controls and displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Interior view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Instruments and warning/control
lamps
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Instrument panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Using the instrument panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Control lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Infotainment system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Multifunction steering wheel* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Opening and closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Set of vehicle keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Central locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Anti-theft alarm system* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Rear lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Window controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Sunroof* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Vehicle lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Interior lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Visibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Windscreen wiper and rear window wiper
systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Mirr
ors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Sun protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 Seats and headrests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Adjusting seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
126
Headrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Seat functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Transport and practical equipment . . . . . . 131
Storing objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Roof carrier* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Storage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Drink holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Power sockets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Air conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Heating, ventilation and cooling . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Infotainment system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
First steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Overview and controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
General instructions for use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Data transfer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
SEAT CONNECT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Full Link . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
WLAN access point* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Infotainment operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Voice control* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Radio/Multimedia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Navigation* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Telephone interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Multimedia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Start and driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Starting and stopping the engine . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Start-Stop system* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Manual gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
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Automatic gearbox/DSG automatic gear-
bo x* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
199
Gear
-change recommendation . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
SEAT Drive Profiles* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Driving tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Driver assistance systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
General notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Drive assist sensors and cameras . . . . . . . . . . 212
Cruise control system (CCS)* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Speed limiter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Emergency brake assistance system (Front
Assist)* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
ACC - Adaptive Cruise Control* . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Braking and parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Braking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Stabilisation and brake assistance sys-
tems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
P
arking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Help with parking and manoeuvring . . . . . 234
Parking aid parking and manoeuvring
(ParkPil
ot)* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Parking System Plus* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Rear parking aid* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Reverse Assist (Rear View Camera)* . . . . . . . 239
Towing bracket device* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Trailer mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Towing bracket device* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Retrofitting a towing bracket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Practical tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Checking and refilling levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Refuelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Fuel types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
AdBlue® . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260Engine management and emissions control
system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Cooling syst
em . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Windscreen washer reservoir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
12-volt battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Wheels and tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Tyre pressure loss indicator* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
Spare wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286 SEAT Maintenance Programme . . . . . . . . . .
286
Service intervals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
Additional service offers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Vehicle maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Maintenance and cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Accessories and modifications to the ve-
hicle
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
Accessories, spare parts and repair work . . . 294
Information for the user . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
Information for the user . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
Information stored by the control units . . . . . . 297
Other important information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
Information about the EU Directive
2014/53/EU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302 Indications about the technical data . . . . 302
Important information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
6
Emergencies
If the engine fails to start because of a dis-
char ged batt
ery, the battery can be connec-
ted to the battery of another vehicle to start
the engine.
Jump leads must comply with standard DIN
72553 (see cable manufacturer's instruc-
tions). The wire cross section must be at least
25 mm 2
for petrol engines and at least
35 mm 2
for diesel engines. Note
Self-help
Make sure the battery clamps have sufficient
met al
-to-metal contact with the battery ter-
minals.
If the engine fails to start after about 10 sec-
onds, switch off the starter and try again after
about 1 minute. WARNING
Emergencies
No. Consumer/Amps
40 Light switch, diagnosis input, head-
l
amp r
ange regulator, LSS steering
column: lamps, halogen lamps,
switch, reverse gear, electrochromic
mirror, RKA without radio. 7.5
41 Regulation of unfolded exterior mir-
r
ors, 7.5
4
2 Clutch pedal, ignition relays, CNG
r
el
ay coil, AC pressure sensor 7.5
43 DWP relay coil, rear window wiper motor 15
44
Airbag 7.5
45 Left full LED headlight 7.5
46 Right full LED headlight 7.5
48 Steering column lock, Kessy Control
Unit 7.5
49 SCR relay 7.5
53 Automatic gearbox lever, ZSS 7.5
58 Windscreen washer pump 7.5
59 Heated rear view mirrors 10
60 Tow hook 30
61 Tow hook 30 Fuse arrangement in engine compartment
No. Consumer/Amps
1 MPI Engine Injection Module
10
TSI Engine Injection Module 15
Diesel Engine Injection Module 30
2 Fuel metering valve (TJ4/T6P/TJ7),
L
o
w temperature coolant pump
(TJ4/T6P/TJ7); Oil pressure regulat-
ing valve (TJ1), AGR coolant valve
(TJ1), High and low pressure water
pumps (TJ1), SCR relay coil, cylin-
der head water valve 7.5
3 Lambda probes 15
4 Engine petrol pump relay (MPI),
Gauge contr
ol unit (T
SI and diesel)15
5 Electric fan (EC), LDR valve, canni-
ster and v
ariable distribution valve,
oil pressure regulating valve, cylin-
der disconnection valves, WIV sen-
sor and CNG pressure regulator 10
6 Spark plugs (MPI and TSI)
20
Glow plug relay, Suction hose resis-
t or (diesel) 7.5
7
Vacuum pump (TSI, CNG) 15
8 Injectors and EKP relay coil (MPI),
Fuel metering v
alve (diesel) 10
9 Servo sensor 7.5 No. Consumer/Amps
10 Vref Battery: Gateway, BDM and
BCM 7.5
12 Detachable compressor 10
14 ESC, Relay 87 coil and engine con-
tr
oll
er of engines (+ TJ1 / TJ4 / TH4 /
T5I / T6P / TJ7 / TC5 / T5Y). 7.5
15 Automatic gearbox DQ200 and
AQ160 30
17 50 Diag 7.5
18 BDM starter motor 30
20 ESC (Pump)
60
ABS (Pump) 40
21 ESC/ABS (Valves) 25
24 TH4 Electric fan without A/C for
moder
at
e climate countries 30
25 TH4 fan with A/C or T5I for moder-
ate climat
e countries 20
PTC1 40
26 TJ1/TJ4/TJ7/T6P or TH4/T5I Electric
fan f
or warm climate countries 50
27 TH4 fan with A/C or T5I for moder-
ate climat
e countries 30
PTC2 40
28 PTC3 4058
Instruments and warning/control lamps
Analogue instrument panel Fig. 65
Monochrome instrument cluster on the
dash panel .Details of the instruments
››
› Fig. 65
:
Revolution counter (with the engine run-
ning, in hundreds of revolutions per mi-
nute) ››› page 78
.
1 Engine coolant temperature display
› ›
› page 80 or natural gas gauge in
vehicles with natural gas engine (CNG)
››› page 79
Displays on the screen ››› page 71
.
2 3 Adjuster button and display.
Speedomet
er
.
Fuel gauge ››› page 78
.
4 5
6
69
Operation
Digital dashboard (SEAT Digital Cockpit) Fig. 66
SEAT Digital Cockpit on the instrument
panel (cl assic vie
w). Details of the instruments:
Engine cool ant t
emperature display
››› page 80
Revolution counter. Revolutions per mi-
nute the engine is running ››› page 78
.
Gear engaged or position of the selec-
tor lever currently selected
Screen display ››› page 71
Speedometer
Digital speed display
Fuel gauge ››› page 78
.
Information Profile ››› page 70
.
1 2
3
4
5
6
7
8 The Digital SEAT Cockpit is an instrument
panel digit
al with monochr
ome screen in col-
our high resolution. It has a 3 views accessi-
ble using the button of the multifunction
st eering wheel. By sel
ecting different infor-
mation profiles, indications other than the
classic circular instruments can be displayed,
such as navigation data, multimedia informa-
tion or travel data.
The 3 views are:
Instruments and warning/control lamps
Indications of the compass
Depending on the equipment, when the igni-
tion is on, the instrument panel displ ay indi-
cat
es the direction in which you are driving
with a symbol, e.g. NW for Northwest.
When the Infotainment system is on and there
is no route guidance active, the graphic rep-
resentation of a compass is also shown.
Low consumption driving G*
Depending on the equipment, when the vehi-
cle is moving G is displayed on the instru- ment cluster display when the vehicle is in an
economical consumption status due to active
cylinder management (ACT®)* ››› page 209
.
Identifying letters on engine (LDM)
Vehicles with analogue instrument panel: