Seat Alhambra 2015 Owner's Manual

Technical specificationsPerformanceAutomatic
5 seats7 seats
Weights (in kg)
Gross vehicle weight2,3602,530
Weight in running order (with driver)1,7901,838
Gross front axle weight1,210/1,2601,220/1,270
Gross rear axle weight1,100/1,1501,260/1,310
Permitted roof load100100
Maximum trailer weights (in kg)
Trailer without brakes750
Trailer with brakes, gradients up to 8%2,200
Trailer with brakes, gradients up to 12%2,000
Diesel engine 2.0 TDI CR 85 kW (115 PS)
Engine specifications
Power output in kW (PS) at rpmMaximum torque (Nm at rpm)No. of cylinders/displacement (cm
3
)Fuel
85 (115)/1,750-2,500280/4,2004/1,968Diesel according to standard EN 590, min. 51 CN a)
a)
Cetane Number (cetane index) = Measure of the diesel combustion power.
Performance5 seats7 seats
Top speed (km/h)184
Acceleration from 0-80 km/h (seconds)8.4» 279
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Technical specificationsPerformance5 seats7 seats
Acceleration from 0-100 km/h (seconds)12.6
Consumption (l/100 km)/ CO
2 (g/km)
Urban cycle6.8/1796.9/182
Extra-urban cycle4.8/1274.9/130
Combined5.5/1435.6/146
Weights (in kg)
Gross vehicle weight2,3602,520
Weight in running order (with driver)1,7721,823
Gross front axle weight1,210/1,2601,210/1,260
Gross rear axle weight1,100/1,1501,260/1,310
Permitted roof load100100
Maximum trailer weights (in kg)
Trailer without brakes750
Trailer with brakes, gradients up to 8%2,200
Trailer with brakes, gradients up to 12%2,000 Diesel engine 2.0 TDI CR 100 kW (136 PS)
Engine specifications
Power output in kW (PS) at rpmMaximum torque (Nm at rpm)No. of cylinders/displacement (cm
3
)Fuel
100 (136)/1,750-2,500320/4,2004/1,968Diesel according to standard EN 590, min. 51 CN a)
a)
Cetane Number (cetane index) = Measure of the combustion power of the diesel280

Technical specificationsPerformanceManualAutomatic
5 seats7 seats5 seats7 seats
Top speed (km/h)192189
Acceleration from 0-80 km/h (seconds)7.87.8
Acceleration from 0-100 km/h (seconds)11.111.1
Consumption (l/100 km)/ CO
2 (g/km)
Urban cycle6.8/1796.9/182
Extra-urban cycle4.8/1275/132
Combined5.5/1435.7/149
Weights (in kg)
Gross vehicle weight2,3402,5002,3702,540
Weight in running order (with driver)1,1741,8221,8031,851
Gross front axle weight1,190/1,2401,190/1,2401,220/1,2701,230/1,280
Gross rear axle weight1,100/1,1501,260/1,3101,100/1,1501,260/1,310
Permitted roof load100100100100
Maximum trailer weights (in kg)
Trailer without brakes750750
Trailer with brakes, gradients up to 8%2,3002,4002,3002,400
Trailer with brakes, gradients up to 12%2,2002,200 281
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Diesel engine 2.0 TDI CR 103 kW (140 PS) Engine specificationsPower output in kW (PS) at rpmMaximum torque (Nm at rpm)No. of cylinders/displacement (cm
3
)Fuel
103 (140)/4,200320/1,750-2,5004/1,968Diesel according to standard EN 590, min. 51 CN a)
a)
Cetane Number (cetane index) = Measure of the combustion power of the diesel
PerformanceManualAutomaticAll-wheel drive
5 seats7 seats5 seats7 seats5 seats7 seats
Top speed (km/h)194191191
Acceleration from 0-80 km/h (seconds)7.77.77.5
Acceleration from 0-100 km/h (seconds)10.910.911.4
Consumption (l/100 km)/ CO 2 (g/km)
Urban cycle6.8/1796.9/1826.9/1827.4/1957.5/197
Extra-urban cycle4.8/1274.9/1305/1325.2/1375.4/143
Combined5.5/1435.6/1465.7/1496.0/1586.2/162
Weights (in kg)
Gross vehicle weight2,3402,5102,3702,5402,5302,580
Weight in running order (with driver)1,7741,8221,8031,8511,8911,942
Gross front axle weight1,190/1,2401,200/1,2501,220/1,2701,230/1,2801,250/1,3001,240/1,290
Gross rear axle weight1,100/1,1501,260/1,3101,100/1,1501,260/1,3101,230/1,2801,290/1,340
Permitted roof load100100100100100100
Maximum trailer weights (in kg) 282

Technical specificationsPerformanceManualAutomaticAll-wheel drive
5 seats7 seats5 seats7 seats5 seats7 seats
Trailer without brakes750750750
Trailer with brakes, gradients up to 8%2,3002,4002,3002,4002,400
Trailer with brakes, gradients up to 12%2,2002,2002,400
Diesel engine 2.0 TDI CR 130 kW (177 PS)
Engine specifications
Power output in kW (PS) at rpmMaximum torque (Nm at rpm)No. of cylinders/displacement (cm
3
)Fuel
130 (177)/4,200380/1,750-2,5004/1,968Diesel according to standard EN 590, min. 51 CN a)
a)
Cetane Number (cetane index) = Measure of the combustion power of the diesel
PerformanceManualAutomatic
5 seats7 seats5 seats7 seats
Top speed (km/h)208205
Acceleration from 0-80 km/h (seconds)6.76.6
Acceleration from 0-100 km/h (seconds)9.39.6
Consumption (l/100 km)/ CO 2 (g/km)
Urban cycle7.3/1926.7/177
Extra-urban cycle5.0/1325.4/143
Combined5.8/1525.9/154
Weights (in kg)» 283
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Technical specificationsPerformanceManualAutomatic
5 seats7 seats5 seats7 seats
Gross vehicle weight2,3702,5302,3702,530
Weight in running order (with driver)1,8001,8511,8041,855
Gross front axle weight1,220/1,2701,220/1,2701,220/1,2701,220/1,270
Gross rear axle weight1,100/1,1501,260/1,3101,100/1,1501,260/1,310
Permitted roof load100100100100
Maximum trailer weights (in kg)
Trailer without brakes750750
Trailer with brakes, gradients up to 8%2,3002,4002,3002,400
Trailer with brakes, gradients up to 12%2,2002,200
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Technical specifications
DimensionsLength/Width (mm)4,854/1,904
Height at kerb weight (mm)1,720
Wheelbase (mm)2,919
Turning radius (m)11.9
Front/rear a)
track width (mm)1,557/1,569
1,605/1,617
a) This data will change depending on the type of wheel rim.
Capacities
Capacities
Fuel tank 70 litres. Reserve 8 li-
tres.
Windscreen washer fluid
container/
with headlight washer 3.5 l/ 6 l
Tyre pressure
Summer tyres:
Correct tyre pressure can be seen on the sticker on the
inside of the fuel tank flap.
Winter tyres:
The pressure of these tyres is 0.2 bar higher than that of
summer tyres (2.9 psi / 20 kPa). CAUTION
● Special care should be taken when parking
in areas with high kerbs or fixed barriers. Ob-
jects protruding from the ground may dam-
age the bumper or other parts of the vehicle
during manoeuvres.
● Special attention is required when driving
through entrances, over ramps, kerbs or oth-
er objects. The vehicle underbody, bumpers,
mudguards and running gear, and the engine
and exhaust system could be damaged as
you drive over these objects. 285
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Index
Index
A
Abroad Extended stay abroad with your vehicle . . . . . 205
Sale of vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
ABS See "Brake assist systems" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Acoustic warnings Headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Adaptive headlights Dynamic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
AdBlue Control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Minimum quantity for a refill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Refilling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Tank filling capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Additional equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Additional heater See "Auxiliary heater" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Adjusting passenger exterior mirror . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Adjusting the seats front seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Adjustment Correct sitting position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Electric front seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Mechanical front seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Rear seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Seat with position memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Adjustments
Folding the seat backrest of the front passen-ger seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Headlight range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Aerial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Aerial built into the window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
AFS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Airbags description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18, 20 activation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Cleaning dash panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Deactivating the front passenger front airbag . 25
Deactivating using the key switch . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Differences between front passenger front air-bag systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Faults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Front airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
functioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Head-protection airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Knee airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Locking the vehicle after airbag deployment . . 58
Repairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Use of child seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Vehicle care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Air conditioner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 Air recirculation mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Air vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Climatronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Electronic manual air conditioning . . . . . . . . . 123
Faults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Indirect ventilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Things to note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
User instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 Air conditioning
see "Air conditioner" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Air recirculation mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Air vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Alarm system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Alcantara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
All-wheel drive Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Winter tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Alternator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Ambient lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Anodized surfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Anti-lock brake system (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Anti-theft alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Anti-theft alarm system Anti-tow system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
False alarms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Interior monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Anti-theft bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Anti-theft locking bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Anti-theft wheel locking bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Anti-tow system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Anti-trap function Electric windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Panoramic sliding sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Sun blind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Antifreeze . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Armrests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Ashtray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Aspects to take into account before starting the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
ASR See "Brake assist systems" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
See "Brake assist" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Turning on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Assistance call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 287

Index
Assistance systems Cruise control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Electronic differential lock system (EDL andXDS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Electronic Stability Control (ESC) . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Assist systems Anti-lock brake system (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Auto Hold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Braking assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Lane Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Lane Assist system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Optical parking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Park Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Park Assist system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Parking aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Parking sensor system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Rear Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Rear assist system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Sign Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Start-Stop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Start assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Traction control system (ASR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Traction control when accelerating (ASR) . . . . 155
Tyre monitoring indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Auto Hold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Automatic belt retainer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Automatic car wash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195 Switching Auto Hold off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Switching the start assist off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Automatic device disconnection . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Automatic dipped beam control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Automatic gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143 Changing gear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
DSG automatic gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Ignition key removal lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Kickdown system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146 Launch-Control programme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146, 147
Manually unlocking the gear selector lever . . 262
Please also see "Changing gears" . . . . . . . . . 143
See "Automatic gearbox" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
AUX-IN connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Auxiliary heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128, 211 Automatic off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Operating instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Remote control range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Remote control: Replacing the battery . . . . . . 129
Switching off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Switching on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Things to note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128, 131
Auxiliary heater remote control Replacing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Axle loads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
B BAS See "Brake assist systems" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Battery Discharge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Discharging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
See Vehicle battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Battery acid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Before starting the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Belt height adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Belt tensioner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Service and disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Belt tension limiter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Bicycle carrier
Installing a bicycle carrier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Maximum load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Biodiesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Bonnet Closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Bottle holders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 Brake servo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Electronic parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Emergency braking function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Brake assist systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Brake assist system (BAS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225 Specification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Brakes Brake assist systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Brake fluid level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Changing the brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Emergency brake indicator in case of suddenbraking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Running-in brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Brake servo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142, 154
Brake system Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Brake systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Braking assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 Brake assist system (BAS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Breakdown Securing the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Bulb fault See changing bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
288