alternator Seat Tarraco 2020 Owner's manual

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

Driving
Brake blending 1)
The br ak
e energy recuperation can generate
a braking effect. This braking effect depends
on the selected driving programme and the
level of charge of the high-voltage battery.
If the braking effect caused by the recupera-
tion is very intense, the vehicle’s brake lights
with turn on. The electric engine, when oper-
ating as an alternator, can generate braking
torque on the front wheels based on the RPM
and the temperature and charge level of the
high-voltage battery.
These variable parameters cause fluctuating
electric decelerations which are hydraulical-
ly compensated according to the driver’s de-
sires. This function is called “brake blending”
and it combines mechanical braking with the
engine brake effect. WARNING
Driving at high speed on icy, slippery wet
gr ound can r

esult in loss of vehicle control
and serious injury to the driver and passen-
gers.

Wheels
alternator to meet the greater power require-
ment and char ge the batt
ery at the same
time. Wheels
Wheel s and t
yres
General notes

Index
Index
Numbers and Symbol s
12-v
olt battery
assisted start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
charge level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351
charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350
disconnect and connect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82, 347
electrolyte level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350
energy management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351
replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350
winter operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347
4Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
A
ABS see Anti-lock brake system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
ACC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Access aid for the third row . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155, 373
Activating SEAT CONNECT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Active cylinder management (ACT) status indication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Adapting the playback volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Adaptive Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254 control and warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
noises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
special driving situations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
status display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
system limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259 AdBlue
control and w arning lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333
information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333
loading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334
minimum filling capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333
specification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334
tank capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333
Additional heating see Auxiliary heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Adjust fold down the front passenger’s backrest . . 135
front seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
headrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
rear seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
seat with memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Adjusting the seat belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
activating and deactivating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
for the head . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
for the knees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
side . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 activation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
deactivation of the front airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
front airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
how it works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Air conditioning
air recir culation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
air vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Climatronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
manual air conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Air recirculation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Air vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Alternator warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
Ambient lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Android Auto™ Disconnecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
establish connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
special characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Anti-lock brake system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Anti-puncture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44, 45
Anti-puncture kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43, 44 check after 10 minutes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
inflating the tyre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
sealing the tyre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Anti-puncture set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Anti-theft alarm system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309, 310
Anti-trap function sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
sunshade blind (glass roof) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Antifreeze . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343
Apple CarPlay Disconnecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
establish connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
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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
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