bonnet Seat Alhambra 2009 Owner's Guide

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Safety First
Operating instructions
Tips and Maintenance
Te c h n i c a l D a t a
– Insert a new wiper blade of the same length and design in the
direction of arrow and hook the blade back onto the wiper
arm.
– Now pull the wiper blade against the direction of arrow until it engages.
– Push the wiper arm back against the glass.These are available from SEAT Service
®.
If the wiper scrapes , it should be replaced if damaged, or cleaned if soiled.
If this does not produce the desired results, the setting angle of the wind-
screen wiper arms might be incorrect. They should be checked by a qualified
workshop and corrected if necessary.
WARNING
Do not drive unless you have good visibility through all windows!•
Clean the windscreen wiper blades and all windows regularly.
•
The wiper blades should be changed once or twice a year.Caution
•
Damaged or dirty windscreen wipers could scratch the windscreen.
•
Never use fuel, nail varnish remover, paint thinner or similar products to
clean the windows. This could damage the windscreen wiper blades.
•
Never move the windscreen wiper or windscreen wiper arm manually - this
could cause damage!Note
•
The wiper arms can be moved to the service position only when the
bonnet is properly closed.
Brake fluidChecking the brake fluid level
The brake fluid is checked at the intervals given in the service
schedule.– Read off the fluid level at the transparent brake fluid reservoir. It should always be between the “MIN” and “MAX” marks.The position of the brake fluid reservoir is shown in the corresponding engine
compartment diagram ⇒page 262. The brake fluid reservoir has a black and
yellow cap.
The brake fluid level drops slightly when the vehicle is being used as the
brake pads are automatically adjusted as they wear.
A2
A2
Fig. 148 In the engine
compartment: Brake fluid
reservoir cover
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224However, if the level goes down noticeably in a short time, or drops below the
“MIN” mark, there may be a leak in the brake system. A display on the instru-
ment panel will warn you if the brake fluid level is too low ⇒page 72.
WARNING
Before opening the bonnet to check the brake fluid level, read and observe
the warnings ⇒ page 211.Changing the brake fluid
The Maintenance Program indicates the brake fluid change
intervals.We recommend that you have the brake fluid changed by an Authorised
Service Centre.
Before opening the bonnet, please read and follow the warnings ⇒ in
“Safety instructions on working in the engine compartment” on page 211 in
“Working in the engine compartment”.
Brake fluid absorbs moisture. In the course of time, it will absorb water from
the ambient air. If the water content in the brake fluid is too high, the brake
system could corrode. This also considerably reduces the boiling point of the
brake fluid. Heavy use of the brakes may then cause a vapour lock which
could impair the braking effect.
It is important that you use only brake fluid compliant with the US standard
FMVSS 116 DOT 4. We recommend the use of Genuine SEAT brake fluid.
WARNING
Brake fluid is poisonous. Old brake fluid impairs the braking effect.
•
Before opening the bonnet to check the brake fluid level, read and
observe the warnings ⇒page 211.
•
Brake fluid should be stored in the closed original container in a safe
place out of reach of children. There is a toxic risk.
•
Complete the brake fluid change according to the Maintenance
Program. Heavy use of the brakes may cause a vapour lock if the brake fluid
is left in the system for too long. This would seriously affect the efficiency
of the brakes and the safety of the vehicle. This may cause an accident.Caution
Brake fluid could damage the paintwork. Wipe off any brake fluid from the
paintwork immediately.
For the sake of the environment
Brake fluid must be drained and disposed of in the proper manner observing
environmental regulations.
WARNING (continued)
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226•
If the vehicle is left standing in cold conditions for a long period, protect
the battery from frost. If it “freezes” it will be damaged.
Checking the electrolyte level
The electrolyte level should be checked regularly in high-
mileage vehicles, in hot countries and in older batteries.– Open the bonnet and open the battery cover at the front ⇒ in
“Safety instructions on working in the engine compartment” on
page 211 ⇒ in “Warnings on handling the battery” on
page 225.
– Check the colour display in the "magic eye" on the top of the battery.
– If there are air bubbles in the window, tap the window gently until they disperse.The position of the battery is shown in the corresponding engine compart-
ment diagram ⇒ page 262.
The round window (“magic eye”) on the top of the battery changes colour,
depending on the charge level and electrolyte level of the battery.
If the colour in the window is colourless or bright yellow, the electrolyte level
of the battery is too low. Have the battery checked by a qualified workshop.
The colours green and black are used by the workshops for diagnostic
purposes.
Charging and changing the vehicle battery
The battery is maintenance-free and is checked during the
inspection service. All work on the vehicle battery requires
specialist knowledge.If you often drive short distances or if the vehicle is not driven for long
periods, the battery should be checked by a qualified workshop between the
scheduled services.
If the battery has discharged and you have problems starting the vehicle, the
battery might be damaged. If this happens, we recommend you have the
vehicle battery checked by an Authorised Service Centre where it will be re-
charged or replaced.
Charging the battery
The vehicle battery should be charged by a qualified workshop only, as
batteries using special technology have been installed and they must be
charged in a controlled environment.
Replacing a vehicle battery
The battery has been developed to suit the conditions of its location and has
special safety features.
Genuine SEAT batteries fulfil the maintenance, performance and safety spec-
ifications of your vehicle.
WARNING
•
We recommend you use only maintenance-free or cycle free leak-proof
batteries which comply with the standards T 825 06 and VW 7 50 73. This
standard applies as of 2001.
•
Before starting any work on the batteries, you must read and observe
the warnings ⇒ in “Warnings on handling the battery” on page 225.
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Index
274Belt tension devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Belt tensioner
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Biodiesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Bonnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Brake assist system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223 Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Brake pad wear Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Brake pad wear indicator* Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Brake servo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181, 187
Brake system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223 brake servo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181, 187
Braking distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Breakdown set storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Bulb change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Bulb defect warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Buzzer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163CCar care Exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196 Car care products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Car phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Car washes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
CCS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
CD changer
Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Central locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 individual opening of doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Central locking button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Central stowage on instrument panel . . . . . . . 134
Cetane number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Changing a light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Changing a wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238, 242
Changing brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Changing bulbs lights on tailgate/rear door . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Lights on vehicle body . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Reading light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Registration plate light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Changing gear See Manual gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Changing the bulbs interior light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
rear lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Changing the lamps Side indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Chassis number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Checking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Checking battery electrolyte level . . . . . . . . . . 226 Checking engine oil level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Child safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Child seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Categorisation in groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Group 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Group 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Group 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Groups 0 and 0+ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
in front passenger seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
securing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Childproof locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Cigarette lighter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Cleaning alloy wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Cleaning and caring for your vehicle . . . . . . . . 195
Cleaning chrome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Cleaning cloth seat covers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Cleaning dash panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Cleaning engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Cleaning fabric trim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Cleaning leather . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Cleaning plastic parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Cleaning seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Cleaning windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Cleaning wooden trim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Climatronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153 Air outlet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
faults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
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Index
276Electric windows
controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
one-touch closing and opening . . . . . . . . . 103
roll-back function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Electrical accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Electrical windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Electronic differential lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184 Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Electronic immobiliser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Electronic stabilisation program . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Electronic stabilisation programme . . . . . . . . . . 76 Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163, 185
Electronic stabilisation programme (ESP) warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Emergency opening Doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Engine Running in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Engine compartment Working in the engine compartment . . . . . 211
Engine coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Engine fault indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Engine hood See Bonnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Engine management Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Checking level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Oil properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Topping up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Engine oil dipstick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Engine oil pressure Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Engine oil temperature display . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Engine oil temperature gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189 Environmental friendliness . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Environmentally friendly driving . . . . . . . . . . . 189
ESP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76, 184 warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Exhaust gas indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120, 198
External aerial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
FFastening rings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17, 145
Fastening seat belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Fault in the exhaust system* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Fault messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Faults in operation of air conditioning . . . . . . 159
First-aid kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Floor mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 Foot brake
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Four-wheel drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186 Replacing tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Winter tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Front airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Front passenger airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Front seats adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Fuel Diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Petrol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Fuel level Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Fuel reserve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Fuel tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208 See also Fuel reserve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Fuel tank cap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Fuel: save . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Fuse box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
GG 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
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