glove box Seat Alhambra 2008 Owner's Manual

Cockpit61
Safety First
Operating instructions
Tips and Maintenance
Te c h n i c a l D a t a
Operating instructionsCockpitOverviewOverview of the instrument panel
This overview will help you to familiarise yourself with the
controls and displays.
Door release lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Electric wing mirror adjustment control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Electric window control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Light switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Instrument lighting control / Headlamp range control . . . . . . .
Air outlets
main beam and turn signal light lever/ Cruise control* / . . . . .
Instrument panel / warning lights / . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Horn / Driver's airbag* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Ignition lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Windscreen wiper lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Switches for:
−rear window heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
− windscreen heater* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
− left seat heating* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
− ESP* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Climatronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Radio Cup holder* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Central upper stowage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Switches for:
−
hazard warning light switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
− PDC* (parking distance control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
− right seat heating* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
− cover for supplementary switch
Glove box/Stowage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Passenger airbag* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Passenger side upper stowage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Gear lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Ash tray/ lighter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Electric side window controls* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Handbrake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Pedals
Steering control adjustment lever* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Fusebox cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Unlock bonnet lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Note
•
Some of the items of equipment listed here are fitted only on certain
models/model years or are optional extras.
•
In versions with the steering wheel on the right, the layout of the control
elements is somewhat different. But the symbols assigned to the controls
A1
92
A2
119
A3
101
A4
109
A5
109
A6A7
111, 176
A8
62, 70
A9
36
A10
162
A11
116
A12
115
115
125
182
A13
152
A14
A15
136
A16
134
A17
110
174
125
A18
134
A19
36
A20
133
A21
166
A22
139
A23
101
A24
173
A25A26
160
A27
241
A28
211
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Lights and visibility113
Safety First
Operating instructions
Tips and Maintenance
Te c h n i c a l D a t a
Interior lights and reading lightsThe rocker control ⇒fig. 74 for the interior lights has the following posi-
tions: permanently lit
, door contact connection
 and off. Co ur tes y l ight posit ion

The interior lights are automatically switched on when the vehicle is unlocked
or a door is opened. and turn off about 20 seconds after the closure of the
doors. They also go off when the vehicle is locked or when the ignition is
switched on.
Interior light switched on

Press the symbol
 on the rocker switch to switch the interior lights at front
and rear on permanently.
Switching off the interior light
When the switch is in the intermediary position, the front and rear lights are
permanently switched off.
Reading light for the front passenger

The reading light for the front passenger is switched on and off with the
button ⇒ fig. 74 .
Reading light in the passenger compartment
There is a reading light above each rear door ⇒fig. 75 .
Using the button -arrow- the reading light is switched on or off.
Glove compartment light
The light in the glove box on the front passenger side will only light up if the
lights are switched on and the glove box is open.
Luggage compartment lighting
The light is switched on automatically when the tailgate
21) is opened and is
switched off when it is closed.
Fig. 74 Interior roof trim:
Interior lighting and
reading light in the front
of vehicleFig. 75 Reading light in
the passenger compart-
ment
AA
21)Optional equipment
AB
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Index287
Gear selector lever
See Automatic gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
See Automatic gearbox with Tiptronic . . . . 172
General overview of the engine compartment . 262
Glove compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Glove compartment light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Glow plug system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Guide lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109HHand brake warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Handbrake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76, 173
Hazard warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
head restraints Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122, 123
fitting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Removing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Headlamp washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Headlight flasher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Headlight range control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Headlights Driving abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Heated rear window Heating elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
High pressure cleaners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Hubcaps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
IIdentification number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Ignition key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Ignition lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Illumination of instruments and switches . . . . 109
Indicator lights indication lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Individual opening of doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Information messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Instrument lighting control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Instrument panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Integrated child seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Adjusting belt routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Cleaning the child seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Fastening harness belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Group 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Group 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Group 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Releasing harness belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Interior light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Interior lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Interior monitoring system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Intermittent wipe rear window wiper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
windscreen wiper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116JJack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239 Jump leads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Jump-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
KKey tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Key with remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Kick-down function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172LLifting platform . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Lifting the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Lighting of controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Load compartment See Luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Loading area See Luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14, 143 See also Luggage compartment . . . . . . 14, 143
Luggage compartment cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146MMain beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Main beam headlights Indicator lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
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