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Vehicle maintenance and cleaning
● Insert a new blade of the same length and type in the wiper arm in the
opposite direction to the arrow ⇒ Fig. 162 B
and hook into place. This fea-
ture is operational when the knob is in position (arrow A).
● Replace the wiper arm on the rear window.
WARNING
Worn or dirty wiper blades reduce visibility and increase the risk of acci-
dent and serious injury.
● Always replace damaged or worn blades or blades which do not clean
the windscreen correctly.
CAUTION
● Damaged or dirty windscreen wipers could scratch the glass.
● If products containing solvents, rough sponges or sharp objects are
used to clean the blades, the graphite layer will be damaged.
● Never use fuel, nail varnish remover, paint thinner or similar products to
clean the windows. 
Caring for and polishing the vehicle paintwork
Waxing
Regular waxing protects the paintwork. It is time to apply a good coat of wax
when water no longer forms droplets and rolls off the clean paintwork.
Even if a wax solution is used regularly in the automatic car wash, SEAT rec-
ommends protecting the paint with a hard wax coating at least twice a year.
Polishing
Polishing is only necessary if the paint has lost its shine, and the gloss can-
not be brought back by applying wax. If the polish does not contain wax, a wax product should be applied after
polishing.
CAUTION
● To prevent damage, car polish or hard wax should not be used on com-
ponents painted in matt paint, plastic components and the glass headlamp
and tail light covers.
● Do not polish the paintwork if it is dirty, apply polish in dusty or sandy
zones. 
Cleaning chrome parts
Clean chrome parts with a damp cloth. SEAT recommends the use of a
chrome care product to clean stains and dirt from chrome surfaces. Use a
soft dry cloth to polish chrome parts.
CAUTION
To prevent scratching chrome surfaces:
● Do not use abrasive products.
● Do not clean or polish chrome parts in a sandy or dusty environment.
● Do not polish dirty surfaces. 
Caring for and cleaning anodized surfaces
It is not easy to detect the difference between aluminium and an anodized
surface, for example, a radiator grille. However, anodized surfaces must not
be treated in the same way as aluminium surfaces. Never use rough spong-
es or cloths to wipe away insect remains. 
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Checking and refilling levels
CAUTION
● To avoid damage to the bonnet and to the windscreen wiper arms, only
open the bonnet when the windscreen wipers are in place against the wind-
screen.
● Before driving, always lower the wiper arms. 
Engine oil Introduction
Additional information and warnings:
● ⇒ Booklet Maintenance Programme
● Working in the engine compartment ⇒ page 279
● Accessories, parts replacement, repairs and modifications ⇒ page 261
WARNING
Incorrectly handling engine oil can cause injury and serious burns.
● Always protect your eyes when handling engine oil.
● Oil is toxic and must be kept out of the reach of children.
● Engine oil must only be kept closed in its original container. The same
applies to use oil until it has been disposed of.
● Never store engine oil in empty food containers or bottles as other
people may accidentally drink it.
● Regular contact with engine oil can be bad for the skin. If you come
into contact with engine oil, wash your skin with soap and water.
● With the engine running, the engine oil gets extremely hot and can
cause severe skin burns. Always wait until the engine has fully cooled.
For the sake of the environment
Similar to the other service liquids, spilled engine oil can be bad for the en-
vironment. Collect any spilt fluids in suitable containers and dispose of in
accordance with legislation and with the utmost respect for the environ-
ment. 
Warning and control lamps
lights upPossible causeSolution
Insufficient engine oil.Switch the ignition off. Check
the engine oil level
⇒ page 285.
flashesPossible causeSolution
Engine oil pressure too low.
 Stop the vehicle!
Switch off the engine. Check the
engine oil level.
- If the warning lamp flashes al-
though the oil level is correct,
do not continue driving or leave
the engine running. Otherwise,
the engine could be damaged.
Seek specialist assistance.
Engine oil sensor faulty.Contact a specialised workshop.
Have the engine oil sensor
checked. 
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If and when
● Screw in the towline anchorage into its position anticlockwise as far as
it will go ⇒ 
. Use a suitable tool to firmly tighten the towline anchorage in
its location.
● After towing, remove the towline anchorage by turning it clockwise and
put the cover back in place.
CAUTION
● The towline anchorage must always be completely and firmly tightened.
Otherwise, it could be released while towing and tow-starting.
● Vehicles with a factory fitted towing bracket, can only be used for towing
with a tow bar, specially designed to fit on a tow hitch ball. Otherwise, the
tow hitch ball and the vehicle may be damaged. Otherwise, a tow rope
should be used. 
Towing advice
Towing requires some experience, especially when using a tow rope. Both
drivers should be familiar with the technique required for towing. For this
reason, inexperienced drivers should abstain.
While driving, avoid excessive traction forces and jerking. When towing on
an unpaved road, there is always a risk of overloading and damaging the
anchorage points.
If the vehicle is towed, with the hazard warning lights on and the ignition
switched on, the turn signal may be used to indicate changes of direction.
Simply operate the turn signal lever as usual. Meanwhile, the hazard warn-
ing lights will go off. When the turn signal lever is returned to the rest posi-
tion, the hazard warning lights will be turned on automatically. Notes for the driver of the towed vehicle
●
Leave the ignition on to avoid locking the steering wheel, to release the
electronic parking brake and to activate the turn signals, the horn as well as
the window wipers and window washers.
● As the power assisted steering does not work if the engine is not run-
ning, you will need more strength to steer than normally.
● The brake must be depressed must harder as the brake servo does not
operate. Avoid hitting the towing vehicle.
● Note the instructions and information contained in the Instruction Man-
ual for the vehicle to be towed.
Notes for the driver of the towing vehicle
● Accelerate gently and carefully. Avoid sudden manoeuvres.
● Brake well in advance than usual and brake gently.
● Note the instructions and information contained in the Instruction Man-
ual for the vehicle to be towed. 
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Sliding doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81Childproof lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Opening and closing electrically . . . . . . . . . 82
Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305, 351 All-wheel drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
Spanner symbol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Spare fuel canister . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Spare parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Special features Automatic car wash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Folding exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
High pressure cleaning equipment . . . . . . 248
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185, 189, 359
Pushing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Radio reception . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Washing the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Windscreen wipers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Special notes High-pressure cleaning system . . . . . . . . . 239
Long parking times . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344, 345
Tow starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344
Specifications Combined weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Drawbar load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Trailer weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Specific notes Electric sliding doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Spectacle case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Speed rating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308
Stabilising the vehicle and trailer combina- tion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242 Start-Stop function
Driving with a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Start-Stop Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Start assist See "Start assist systems" . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Starting assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341 Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342
Jump leads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342
Positive pole on the starting assistancepoints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342
Starting using an external battery See Starting assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341
Steering Control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Counter steering assistance system . . . . . 170
Electromechanical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Power steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Steering column lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Tendency to pull to one side . . . . . . . . . . . 303
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Steering wheel Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Rocker switches (Tiptronic) . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Storage compartment on the roof console . . . 144
Storage compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142 Glove compartment lighting . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Sudden braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317
Sun blind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 Anti-trap function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Sun blinds Rear side windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 Sun visor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Symbols
See "Lamps" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
System Automatic dipped beam control . . . . . . . . . 99
Systems ABS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Adaptive headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Anti-lock brake system (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . 191
ASR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192, 193
Auto Hold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
BAS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Brake assist system (BAS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Braking assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
EDL and XDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Electronic differential lock system (EDL andXDS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Electronic Stability Control (ESC) . . . . . . . 191
ESC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Lane Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Lane Assist system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Launch-Control Programme . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Optical parking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Park Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Park Assist system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Parking aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Parking sensor system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Rear Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Rear assist system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Sign Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Start-Stop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Start assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
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Tyre pressure sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
Tyres with directional tread pattern . 299, 307
Valve caps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
Wear indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
Wear of tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304
Wheel balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304
Wheel rims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
Winter tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304
Wheel trims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308 Full hub caps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
Wheel bolt caps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
Windows See "Electric windows" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Windscreen washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Windscreen washer water Checking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Topping up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Windscreen wiper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 Window wiper lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Windscreen wiper fluid Control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Windscreen wipers Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Headlight washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Heated windscreen washer jets . . . . . . . . 108
Lifting the wiper blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Rain sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Replacing the wiper blades . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Service position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Special features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Windscreen wipers service position . . . . . . . . 108
Wing mirrors Driving with a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237 Winter
Additional heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Menu configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Winter-grade diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Winter driving Driving with a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Filter pre-heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Winter-grade diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Winter operation Headlight washers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Heated windscreen washer jets . . . . . . . . 108
Salt on the roads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Winter tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304 All-wheel drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
Speed limit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
X XDS See "Brake assist systems" . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
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