alarm Seat Alhambra 2013 User Guide

294Checking and refilling levels
WARNING (Continued)
● Battery acid is very corrosive and caustic. It can burn skin and cause
blindness. When handling the battery, protect yourself from splashes of
acids, above all your hands, arms and face.
● Never tilt the vehicle battery. Battery acid could spill out of the open-
ings to release gases and cause corrosion damage.
● Never open the vehicle battery.
● If battery acid splashes on you, immediately rinse your eyes and skin
abundantly with water for several minutes. Then seek medical care imme-
diately.
● If acid is swallowed by mistake, consult a doctor immediately.

Charging, replacing and connecting or disconnecting the
battery
Charging the battery
The vehicle battery should be charged by a specialised workshop only, as
batteries using special technology have been installed and they must be
charged in a controlled environment ⇒ 
. SEAT recommends visiting a
Technical Service.
Replacing a vehicle battery
The battery has been developed to suit the conditions of its location and
has special safety features. If the battery must be replaced, consult a Tech-
nical Service for information on electromagnetic compatibility, the size and
maintenance, performance and safety requirements of the new battery in
your vehicle before you purchase one. SEAT recommends you have the bat-
tery replaced by a Technical Service.
Use only maintenance-free genuine batteries conforming to TL 825 06 and
VW 7 50 73 Standards. These standards must be dated April 2008 or later. Start-Stop systems (
⇒ page 197) are equipped with a special battery. There-
fore, it must only be replaced with a battery of the same specifications.
Disconnecting the vehicle's battery
If you must disconnect the battery from the electrical system, please note
the following:
● Switch off the ignition and all electrical equipment.
● The vehicle must be unlocked before disconnecting the battery, other-
wise the alarm will be triggered.
● First disconnect the negative cable and then the positive ⇒ 
.
Connecting the vehicle's battery
● Before reconnecting the battery, switch off the engine, the ignition and
electric devices.
● First reconnect the positive cable and then the negative ⇒ 
.
Different control lamps may light up after connecting the battery and switch-
ing the ignition on. They will be turned off after a short trip at a speed of
between 15 - 20 km/h (10 - 12 mph). If the warning indicators remain lit,
please visit a specialised workshop to have the vehicle checked.
If the battery has been disconnected for a long time, it is possible that the
next service date is not displayed or calculated correctly ⇒ page 57. Respect
the maximum service intervals permitted ⇒ Booklet Maintenance Pro-
gramme.
Automatic consumer disconnection
The intelligent vehicle electrical system automatically implements a range
of measures to prevent the battery from discharging when high demands
are made on it: 

318If and when
WARNING
Opening and closing doors carelessly can cause serious injury.
● If the vehicle is locked from outside, the doors and windows cannot
be opened from the inside.
● Never leave children or disabled people alone in the car. They could
be trapped in the car in an emergency and will not be able to get them-
selves to safety.
● Depending on the time of the year, temperatures inside a locked and
closed vehicle can be extremely high or extremely low resulting in seri-
ous injuries and illness or even death, particularly for young children.
WARNING
Getting in the way of the doors and the panoramic sliding sunroof is dan-
gerous and can lead to serious injury.
● Open and close the doors and the panoramic sliding sunroof only
when nobody is in the way.
CAUTION
When opening and closing in an emergency, carefully disassemble compo-
nents and then reassemble them carefully to avoid damage to the vehicle. Manually locking and unlocking the driver door
Fig. 190 Driver door
handle: Hidden lock cyl-
inder
As a general rule, when the driver door is locked all other doors are locked.
Unlocking manually only opens the driver door. Please note the instructions
for the anti-theft alarm ⇒ page 74.
● Unfold the key shaft
⇒ page 71.
● Insert the key shaft into the opening in the cover on the driver door han-
dle from below ⇒ Fig. 190 (arrow) then remove the cover upwards.
● Insert the key shaft into the lock cylinder to unlock or lock the vehicle.
Unlocking notes:
● The anti-theft alarm will remain active when vehicles are unlocked. How-
ever, the alarm will not yet be triggered ⇒ page 74.
● If the driver door is opened, the alarm will be triggered.
● Switch the ignition on. When the ignition is switched on, the electronic
immobiliser recognises a valid vehicle key and deactivates the anti-theft
alarm system. 

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If and when
Note
The anti-theft alarm is not activated when the vehicle is locked manually us-
ing the key ⇒ page 74. 
Locking the passenger side door and sliding doors
manually
Fig. 191 To the front of
the passenger side door:
Emergency lock, hidden
by a rubber cap
Fig. 192 Emergency
locking of the vehicle us-
ing the vehicle key
The passenger side door and the sliding doors can be locked manually. The
anti-theft alarm is not activated in this case.
● Door open.
● Remove the rubber cap to the front of the door. The rubber cap is
marked with a lock symbol  ⇒ Fig. 191.
● Unfold the key shaft ⇒ page 71.
● Insert the key shaft horizontally into the opening and moved the colour
lever forwards ⇒ Fig. 192.
● Replace the rubber cap and close the door.
● Check if the door is locked.
● Carry out the same operation on the other doors if necessary.
● Have the vehicle checked by a specialised workshop.
Note
The doors can be opened and unlocked individually from the inside by pull-
ing the inside door handle. To open, pull the inner door release lever twice
⇒ page 74. 
Safety FirstOperating instructionsPractical tipsTechnical Specifications

Index
A
AbroadExtended stay abroad with your vehicle . . 258
Sale of vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
ABS See "Brake assist systems" . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Acoustic warnings Headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Adaptive headlights Dynamic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
AdBlue Control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Minimum quantity for a refill . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Refilling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Tank filling capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Additional equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Additional heater See "Auxiliary heater" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Adjusting passenger exterior mirror . . . . . . . . 112
Adjustment Correct sitting position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Electric front seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Mechanical front seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Rear seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 Seat with position memory . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Adjustments Folding the seat backrest of the front pas-senger seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Headlight range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Aerial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Aerial built into the window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
AFS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29, 32 Cleaning dash panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Curtain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Deactivating the front passenger front air-bag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Deactivating using the key switch . . . . . . . . 36
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Differences between front passenger front airbag systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Faults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Front airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Knee airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Locking the vehicle after airbag deploy- ment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Repairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Use of child seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Vehicle care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256 Air conditioner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Air recirculation mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Air vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Climatronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Electronic manual air conditioning . . . . . . 158
Faults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Indirect ventilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Things to note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
User instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Air conditioning see "Air conditioner" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Air recirculation mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Air vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Alarm system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Alcantara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
All-wheel drive Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344
Winter tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304
Alternator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
Ambient lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Anodized surfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Anti-lock brake system (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Anti-theft alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Anti-theft alarm system Anti-tow system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
False alarms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Interior monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
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Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184Brake servo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Electronic parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Emergency braking function . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Brake assist systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Brake assist system (BAS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192 Specification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Brakes Brake assist systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Brake fluid level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Changing the brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Emergency brake indicator in case of sud-den braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316
Running-in brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Brake servo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188, 190
Brake system Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Brake systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Braking assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190 Brake assist system (BAS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Breakdown Securing the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315
Bulb fault See changing bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329 C
Card compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Care See "Care of your vehicle" . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Vehicle interior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Care of your vehicle Exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Caring for paintwork . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Carrier system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232 Control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
CD changer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141, 149
Central locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74, 77 Anti-theft alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Locking/unlocking the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . 76
Central locking system After airbag deployment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Opening doors individually . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Centre armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Changing Windscreen wiper blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Changing a wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309 Changing a wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314
Preparations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
Raising the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
Wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310
Changing bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329 Bodywork . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336
Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330
Control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329 Front bumper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334
Halogen headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331
Initial operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330
Number plate light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338
Rear lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335
Sea changing bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329
Tail lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335, 336
Xenon headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333
Changing gear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 Automatic gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Engaging gears (manual gearbox) . . . . . . 178
Manual gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Manually unlocking the gear selector lever . .322
Selecting gears (automatic gearbox) . . . . 179
Warning and control lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Changing gears Gear recommendation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Tiptronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Changing the battery of the vehicle key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Changing the wheel After changing the wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314
Checking Tyre pressures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Checking the oil level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
Check list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Checklist Before working in the engine compart-ment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Changing bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330
In case of an emergency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315
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Tiredness detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Traction control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Traction control when accelerating (ASR) . 191
Tyre monitoring indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Tyre monitoring systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
T Technical data Axle loads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Curb weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Engine oil specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Reservoir capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Roof load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Total weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Tyre pressures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
Weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Technical details Type of fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Technical modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261 Labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Lifting platform . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Plates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Technical specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348
Temperature display Outside temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Temperature gauge Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
The rear lid Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
See "The rear lid" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Unlocking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Things to note
Auxiliary heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164, 167
Diesel particulate filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Electric sliding doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Fumes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Increase in exhaust gases . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Parking sensor system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Rear assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Switching Auto Hold off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Water underneath the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . 161
Tightening torque Wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311
Tightening torque of wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . 350
TIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
Tips for driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Before starting out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Tiptronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Tiredness detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Total weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Tow hitch Function control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Installing a bicycle carrier . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Tow hitch ball See "Trailer" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343 All-wheel drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344
Automatic gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344
Driving tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346
Front towline anchorage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345
Rear towline anchorage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345
Special notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344
Tow bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344
Towing prohibited . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344 Towing rope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344
With a tow hitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344
Towing a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350
Towing bracket Optical parking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Parking sensor system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Tow starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344
Traction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
Traction control system (ASR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Traction control when accelerating (ASR) . . . . 191
Trailer Adjusting the headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Anti-theft alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Drawbar load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Driving with a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236, 240
Electrically releasing the hitch ball . . . . . . 237
Fitting a trailer tow hitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Function control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Hitch ball . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Hitching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Loading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Power socket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Rear LED lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236, 239
Rear lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236, 239
Stabilising the vehicle and trailer combina-tion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Trailer cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236, 238
Trailer weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Wing mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Trailer cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236, 238
Trailer tow hitch Electric release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
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