towing Seat Ibiza 2018 Owner's manual
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Table of Contents
Table of Contents The essential s
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7
Exterior view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Exterior view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Driver-side general instrument panel
(left-hand driv
e) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Driver-side general instrument panel
(right-hand drive)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Passenger-side general instrument pan-
el (left-hand driv
e) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Passenger-side general instrument pan-
el (right-hand drive)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Centre console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Interior view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
How it works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Opening and closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Before driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . . . 21
Child seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 23
Starting the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Lights and visibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Easy Connect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
34
Warning lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Gearbox lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Air conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. 41
Fluid level control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Emergencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . . . . 50
Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . . . . 51
Action in the event of a puncture . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Changing a wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
57 Emergency towing of the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . 58
How to jump start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Changing the windscreen wiper blades . . . . 61
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
63
Safe driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Advice about driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Correct position of the vehicle occu-
pants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . . . . 64
Pedal area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Why wear a seat belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
How to properly adjust your seat belt . . . . . . 72
Seat belt tensioners* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Brief introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Airbag safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Deactivating airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Transporting children safely . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Child safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Child seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 82
Emergencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84Self-help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Emergency equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Tyre repair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 85
Changing the windscreen wiper blades . . . . 87
Towing or tow-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Fuses and bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . . . . 91
Changing bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Change the front bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Changing the tail light bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Changing the interior bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Controls and displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
General instrument panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Instruments and warning/control
lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. .
102
Dashboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Using the instrument panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Control and warning lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Multifunction steering wheel* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Opening and closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . . . . 125
Central locking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Anti-theft alarm* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Rear lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . . . 136
Controls for the windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Sunroof* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. 138
Lights and visibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. . . . . . 141
Interior lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. 146
Visibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 147
Windscreen wiper and rear window wiper
systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . 14
8
Rear view mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Seats and head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Adjusting the seat and head restraints . . . . . . 150
Seat functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. 152
Transport and practical equipment . . . . . . 155
Practical equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Roof carrier* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. 161
Air conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Heating, ventilation and cooling . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Heating and fresh air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Manual air conditioning* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Climatronic* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
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Table of Contents
Infotainment System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Safety warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Overview of the unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
General instructions for use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Connectivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Data transfer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Full Link* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. . . . 182
SEAT Media Control* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
WLAN access point* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Operating modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. . . . . 193
Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . . . 194
Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. . 201
Vehicle Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. 211
Multimedia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. . 218
Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220Start and driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Starting and stopping the engine . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Braking and parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Braking and stability systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Manual gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Automatic gearbox/DSG automatic gear-
bo x* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. . . . .
236
Gear
-change recommendation . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. . . 244
Run-in and economical driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Engine management and emission control
system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. . 2
48
Driving tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. . . 250
Driver assistance systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Start-Stop system* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Cruise control system (CCS)* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253 Speed limiter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Emergency braking assistance system
(Front Assist)* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 258
Adaptiv
e Cruise Control (ACC)* . . . . . . . . . . . 262
SEAT Drive Profile* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Parking aid parking and manoeuvring
(ParkPilot) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
273
Parking System Plus* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Rear parking aid* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Rear Assist “Rear View Camera”* . . . . . . . . . . 279
Towing bracket device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
Towing bracket device* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
Trailer towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
Practical tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293 Accessories and modifications to the ve-
hicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. . .
293
Accessories and modifications to the vehi-
cle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . . . . 293
Checking and r
efilling levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
Refuelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . 294
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. . . . . . 296
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The essentials
Emergency towing of the ve-
hicl e
T o
wing Fig. 78
Right side of the front bumper: towline
anchor age
. Fig. 79
Right side of the rear bumper: towline
anchor age. Towline anchorages
Att
ach the bar or r ope t
o the towline ancho-
rages.
The towline anchorages are located under
the floor panel in the luggage compartment,
next to the vehicle tools
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Emergencies
lights will no longer function. Do not have
the vehicl
e t
owed away. Failure to follow
this instruction could result in an accident. WARNING
The risk of accidents is high when tow-
st ar ting, f
or example, the towed vehicle
can easily be driven into the towing vehicle. CAUTION
If there is no oil in the gearbox or no lubri-
cant in the automatic tr ansmission the car
may only be t
owed with the driven wheels
lifted clear of the road, or transported on a
special car transporter or trailer. CAUTION
Do not tow a vehicle for more than 50 m in
attempt t o st
art it. There is risk of damage
to the catalytic converter. Note
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Driving
Towing bracket device T o
wing br
acket device*
Introduction The towing bracket device fitted to your vehi-
cle
, be it f
actory-fitted or a genuine SEAT ac-
cessory, meets all the national technical and
legal requirements for towing.
Your vehicle is fitted with a 13-pin connector
for the electrical connection between the
trailer and the vehicle. If the trailer is equip-
ped with a 7-pin connector you can use the
corresponding adaptor, which is available as
a genuine SEAT accessory.
The maximum authorised towing load is 50
kg. WARNING
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Towing bracket device
Key to
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Towing bracket device
Assembling the detachable ball -
St ep 2 Fig. 256
Locking the lock. Fig. 257
Placing the cover over the lock. Do not omit this first step
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Towing bracket device
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Driving
only. The correct towing bracket figures for
your specific model, which may be l o
w
er
than these figures, are given in the vehicle
documentation or on
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Towing bracket device
only powered when the engine is running. The
char ge wir
e (pin 10) char
ges, for example, a
caravan battery.
Pin 9 and 10 should not be connected to
each other to avoid discharging or damaging
the vehicle