2020 Seat Tarraco catalytic converter

Driving
for a minimum of about 5 seconds already
sav es mor
e than the amount of fuel necessa-
ry for restarting.
The engine takes a long time to warm up
when it is idling. Mechanical wear and pollu-
tant emissions are also especially high during
this initial warm-up phase. It is therefore best
to drive off immediately after starting the en-
gine. Avoid running the engine at high speed.
Regular maintenance
Regular servicing helps in saving fuel even
before the engine is started. A well-serviced
engine gives you the benefit of improved fuel
efficiency as well as maximum reliability and
an enhanced resale value. A badly serviced
engine can consume up to 10% more fuel
than necessary.
Avoid short journeys
The engine and catalytic converter need to
reach their optimal operating temperature
in order to minimise fuel consumption and
emissions.
A cold engine consumes a disproportionate
amount of fuel. The engine reaches its work-
ing temperature after about four kilometres
(2.5 miles), when fuel consumption will return
to a normal level. Check tyre pressure
Alw
ays make sure the tyres are inflated to the
correct pressures ››› page 356
to save fuel. If
the pressure is below half bar, fuel consump-
tion may increase by 5%. Due to the greater
rolling resistance, under-inflation also increa-
ses tyre 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*. Plug-in hybrid drive: brak
e early and evenly
to take advantage of energy recovery. Note

Practical tips
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Flashes
Fault in the diesel engine management.
Hav e the engine check
ed as soon as possible by a
specialised workshop. Note
While the control lamps , ;,  or  are
on, ther
e might be faults in the engine, fuel
consumption may go up and the engine
might lose power. Catalytic converter
To maintain the useful life of the catalytic
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Index
emergency brake function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
ne w br
ake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Braking assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Braking system warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
C Camera cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Care see Cleaning the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367
Catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336
Central armrests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Central locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 anti-theft alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
central locking switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
emergency lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
remote control key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
selective unlocking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
unlock and lock the vehicle (Keyless Ac- cess) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Cetane index (diesel fuel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333
Change a bulb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Change the wiper blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Changing a wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
subsequent work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
wheel nuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Changing parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373
Charging cable for charging stations (AC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
for sockets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328
Charging socket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322 Charging the high-voltage battery
charging cabl e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
charging modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320
charging process display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324
charging socket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322
emergency unlocking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325
programmed charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319
settings in the infotainment system . . . . . . . . 319
troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325
Checking levels engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340
Check lists requirements for Android Auto™ . . . . . . . . . . . 189
requirements for Apple CarPlay . . . . . . . . . . . 188
requirements for MirrorLink® . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
reverse assist (Rear View) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304
Childproof locks electric windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Child seats group classification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
ISOFIX/i-Size system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
ISOFIX system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
securing with the seat belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Top Tether system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36, 39
Cleaning the vehicle high pressure cleaning equipment . . . . . . . . 368
special care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371
vehicle exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369
vehicle interior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370
wash the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368
Climate control auxiliary heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162 setting the temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
windscreen heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
165
Climatronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Clocks set the time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 bonnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338
rear lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
sunshade blind (glass roof) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Clutch (lamp) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Coming Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Connectivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180 WLAN access point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Connectivity Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Connectors faults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Control and warning lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 adaptive cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
adBlue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333
airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
alternator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
anti-lock brake system ABS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
ASR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278, 280
audible warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
braking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
cruise control (GRA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
diesel preheating system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335
EDL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
electric drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325
electromechanical steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
electronic parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Emergency Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
389

Index
E-Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
E10 see Ethanol (fuel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332
Easy Open special char
acteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
EDL see Electronic differential lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Electric windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Electrical accessories see Power sockets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Electric windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Electrolyte . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350
Electronic differential lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Electronic engine torque management (XDS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
Electronic immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104, 220
Electronic parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275 automatic connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
automatic disconnection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
connecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
disconnecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
emergency brake function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Electronic self-locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Electronic Stability Control (ESC) . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Emergencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 anti-puncture kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
changing a wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
changing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350
emergency vehicle towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
hazard warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
jump leads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 replace a blown fuse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
vehicl
e tool kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Emergency Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267 connecting and disconnecting . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
see also Emergency Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Emergency brake function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Emergency braking assist system . . . . . . . . . . . 244 operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
status display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
system limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
temporarily deactivating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Emergency braking warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Emergency call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Emergency call service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Emergency locking of the front passenger door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Emergency opening driver's door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
rear lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Emergency operation front passenger door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
gear selector lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Emissions control system AdBlue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333
catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336
control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335
particulate filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336
Energy management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351
Engine assisted start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
noises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
running in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240Start-Stop system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
start (driv
er instructions with the mechani-
cal contact) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Engine and ignition automatic ignition disconnection . . . . . . . . . . 217
emergency start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
My Beat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
preheat the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
starting the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
starting the engine with Press & Drive . . . . . 219
switching off the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337, 340 battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347
brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346
coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343, 345
engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342
opening and closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338
safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337
window washer tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346
Engine coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343 check the level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345
control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
G12evo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343
G12 plus-plus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343
G13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343
specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343
tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344
temperature indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Engine failure control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335
Engine management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335
control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335
Engine oil change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340, 343
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