2020 Seat Tarraco engine coolant

Driving
Technical requirements Vehicles that are f
act ory-mounted with a
towing device meet all the technical and le-
gal requirements for driving with a trailer
››› page 313.
If the vehicle is retrofitted with a towing
bracket, only a bracket that is authorised for
the maximum authorised load of the trailer
that is to be towed may be fitted. The towing
bracket must be suitable for the vehicle and
the trailer and must be properly secured to
the vehicle's chassis. Only use a towing
bracket that has been authorised by SEAT for
this vehicle. Always check and take into ac-
count the towing bracket manufacturer's in-
structions.
Towing bracket fitted on the bumper
Never fit a towing bracket to the bumper or to
the area where the bumper is mounted. The
towing bracket should not impair the bum-
per's function. Do not make modifications or
repairs to the exhaust system or the brake
system. Make regular checks to ensure that
the towing bracket is secure.
Engine cooling system
Driving with a trailer increases the load on the
engine and cooling system. The cooling sys-
tem should have sufficient coolant and be
prepared for the additional effort involved in
driving with a trailer. Trailer brakes
If the tr
ail

er has its own brake system, please
take the relevant legal requirements into ac-
count. Never connect the trailer's brake sys-
tem to the vehicle's brake system.
Tow cable
Always use a cable between the vehicle and
the trailer ››› page 309
.
Trailer tail lights
The trailer's rear lights should comply with
the statutory safety regulations ››› page 309
.
Never connect the trailer's rear lights directly
to the vehicle's electric system. If you are not
sure that the trailer's electrical connection is
correct, have it checked by a specialised
workshop. SEAT recommends visiting a SEAT
dealership for this.
Exterior mirrors
If you cannot see the area behind the trailer
with the exterior mirrors of the towing vehicle,
additional mirrors will have to be installed in
accordance with the regulations of the coun-
try in question. The exterior mirrors should be
adjusted before you start driving and must
provide a sufficient field of vision at the rear.
Trailer maximum electricity consumption
Never exceed the values indicated! Europe, Asia, Africa, South America and Central
America Brake lights (total)
84 Watts
Turn signal (on each side) 42 Watts
Side lights (on each side) 50 Watts
Reverse lights (in total) 42 Watts
Rear fog light 42 Watts Australia
Brake lights (total)
108 Watts
Turn signal (on each side) 54 Watts
Side lights (on each side) 100 Watts
Reverse lights (in total) 54 Watts
Rear fog light 54 Watts WARNING
If the towing bracket is wrongly fitted or is
not the right one , the tr

ailer could become
detached from the vehicle and cause seri-
ous injury. CAUTION

Practical tips
Checking levels Fig. 240
Diagram for the location of the various
el ements. From time to time, the levels of the different
fluids in the v
ehicl
e must be checked. Never
fill with incorrect fluids, otherwise serious
damage to the engine may be caused.
Coolant expansion tank ››› page 343
Engine oil level dipstick ››› page 342
Engine oil filler cap ››› page 342
Brake fluid reservoir ››› page 346
Battery (under the cover) 1)
››› page 347
1 2
3
4
5 Windscreen washer reservoir
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› page 346 Note
The layout of parts may vary depending on
the engine . 6
Engine oil
Gener al not
es The engine comes with a special, multi-grade
oil that can be used all year r
ound.
Because the use of high-qualit

y oil is essen-
tial for the correct operation of the engine
and its long useful life, when topping up or
changing oil, use only those oils that comply
with VW standards. 1)
In hybrid vehicles the battery can be found in
the l eft hand side of the luggage compartment
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Practical tips
increased, but only up to 60 %; otherwise an-
tifr ee
ze protection will diminish and this will
worsen cooling.
When the coolant is topped up, use a mixture
of distilled water and at least 40 % of the
additive G12evo for optimal protection
against corrosion. Mixing G12evo with G13
(TL-VW 774 J), G12 plus-plus (TL-VW 774 G),
G12 plus (TL-VW 774 F), G12 (red) or G11
(green blue) engine coolants decreases pro-
tection again corrosion and should be avoi-
ded. WARNING
If there is not enough anti-freeze in the
cool ant syst

em, the engine may fail lead-
ing to serious damage.

Checking and refilling levels
Refilling coolant Fig. 244
In the engine compartment: marking
on cool ant e
xpansion tank. Fig. 245
Engine compartment: coolant expan-
sion t ank cap

. The coolant tank is located in the engine
compartment
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› page 340
.
Top up coolant when the level is below the 
(minimum) mark. Checking coolant level

Index
emissions control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335
engine cool ant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
80
engine management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335
engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341
ESC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278, 280
fuel reserve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
gear change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
hill descent control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Lane Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
lane departure warning (Side Assist) . . . . . . 269
lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
particulate filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335, 336
press on the brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251, 254
rear cross traffic alert (RCTA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
refuelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79, 330
remote control (independent heating) . . . . . 169
replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
seat belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
speed limiter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Start-Stop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
steering column lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
tow hook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314
Travel Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Tyre pressure monitor system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360
Controls rear seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Controls and displays overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Controls on the steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Convenience close function windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Convenience open function windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 Cooling system
check the coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345
refilling coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345
Copyright . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Correct sitting position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247 control and warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Current . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Current documentation attached . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
D Dangers of not using the seat belt . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Data label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380
Data transfer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Deactivating SEAT CONNECT services . . . . . . 186
Deactivation of cylinders see Active cylinder management (ACT) . . . . 70
Deactivation of the front airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Diesel engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340
particulate filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336
refuelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333
Display of road signs on the instrument panel activate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
deactivate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Disposal seat belt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Distance control see Adaptive Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Door cylinder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Door handle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Door lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 Doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
103
child l ock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Downhill assistance function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Downhill assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Drawers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Drink holder bottle holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
in the rear central armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Driver see Correct sitting position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Driver alert system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Driving driving on flooded roads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
economical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
parking on inclines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
park on upward slopes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
safe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
trips abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121, 243
with trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311
Driving Assist (Travel Assist) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264 operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
status display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Driving data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Driving data indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Driving mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Driving on flooded roads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Driving profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
DSG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Duplicate keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Dust and pollen filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Dynamic headlight range control . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
E e-Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
390

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
391