2020 Seat Ibiza towing

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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Table of Contents
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
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Emergencies
Vehicle tool kit Fig. 30
Underneath the floor panel of the lug-
gage compartment: v ehicl
e tool kit.The vehicle tool kit is located under the floor
panel in the luggage compartment. T
o ac-
cess the v

ehicle tools ››› page 132
.
The tool kit includes:
Adapter for the anti-theft bolt*
Towing eye, removable
Wheel spanner*
Crank handle for jack
Jack*
Hook for extracting the central wheel
trims*
Clip for removing the wheel bolt caps
Some of the items listed are only provided in
certain model versions, or are optional extras. 1 2
3
4
5
6
7 WARNING
When the vehicle tool kit, tyre mobility set
and spar e wheel ar

e loose in the interior
they can be violently thrown in case of a
sudden manoeuvre or braking and espe-
cially in accidents, causing serious injury.

Emergencies
must be started using jump leads to deacti-
v
at
e the steering column electronic gear-
box lock. Front towline anchorage
Fig. 45
Right side of the front bumper: remove
the co v

er. Fig. 46
Right side of the front bumper: towline
anchor age in position. The housing of the removable towline an-
chor
age is on the right side of the fr

ont bump-
er underneath a cover ››› Fig. 45
.
The towing eye should always be kept in the
vehicle.
Bear in mind the instructions for towing
››› page 52.
Fitting the towline anchorage

Fuses and bulbs
The housing of the screw towing eye is on the
right side of the r ear bumper behind a lid
›
›› Fig. 47.
Bear in mind the instructions for towing
››› page 52.
Fitting the rear towline anchorage

Driving
Electronic differential lock (EDL)*
When the EDL det ects wheel
spin, 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 down.
Tractor-trailer sway mitigation*
If the vehicle is pulling a trailer, it will control
the following: tractor-trailers tend to sway.
When the swaying of the trailer is felt by the
vehicle and detected by the ESC, it will auto-
matically brake the towing vehicle within the
limits of the system and mitigate the sway.
Tractor-trailer sway mitigation is not available
in all countries ››› page 248
.
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 t
orque 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.
Multi-collision brake
The multi-collision brake consists of automat-
ic braking activated by the Airbag control
unit. It is activated when, in the event of an
accident, the Airbag control unit detects de-
celerations above the activation level, and
braking is managed by the ESC system.
In the event of an accident, the multi-collision
brake can help the driver by braking to avoid
the risk of skidding during the accident and
causing other collisions.
The following actions control automatic brak-
ing during the accident:

Towing bracket device*

Driving
Vehicles with the Start-Stop system
If the v ehicl
e has a factory-fitted towing
bracket or one that is retrofitted by SEAT, the
Start-Stop system operates as normal. No
special characteristics need to be taken into
account.
If the system does not recognise the trailer or
the trailer bracket has not been retrofitted by
SEAT, the Start-Stop system must be discon-
nected by pressing the corresponding button
in the lower part of the centre console before
driving with the trailer, and it should remain
off for the rest of the journey ››› .
V ehicl

es with driving profile selection
If you are going to be towing a trailer, the use
of the Eco driving profile is not recommen-
ded. You are advised to select another of the
available driving profiles before beginning to
drive with a trailer.
Trailer weight/drawbar load
Never exceed the authorised trailer weight. If
you do not load the trailer up to the maximum
permitted trailer weight, you can then climb
correspondingly steeper slopes.
The maximum trailer weights listed are only
applicable for altitudes up to 1000 m above
sea level. Since higher altitude decreases en-
gine performance and the ability to climb
slopes, the tow load decreases proportional-
ly. The weight of the vehicle and trailer com- bination must be reduced by 10% for every
1000 m of altitude

. When possible, operate
the trailer with the maximum authorised
drawbar load on the ball joint of the towing
bracket, but do not exceed the specified lim-
it. WARNING
Never use the trailer to transport people,
since it w oul

d put their life in danger and is
also prohibited. WARNING
Undue use of the towing bracket may
cause injury and accidents.