brakes Seat Alhambra 2015 Owner's Guide

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
Technical specifications
Advice
Operation
Safety

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
Technical specifications
Advice
Operation
Safety

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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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

Index
Electronic locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Electronic opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Emergency locking and unlocking . . . . . . . . . . 261
Opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
See "Rear lid" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Unlocking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Rear seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Rear shelf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Rear vision mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Rear vision mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Recommended gear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Recycling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Reflective vest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Reflective vests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Refuelling Mistakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Remote control Auxiliary heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
See "Keys" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Removing ice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Removing snow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Removing wax deposits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Repairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189, 190 Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Lifting platform . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Plates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Replacement of parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Reprogramming control units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Reservoir capacity Windscreen washer water reservoir . . . . . . . . 227
Retaining hooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Retro-fitting Two-way radios . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Vehicle telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Rev counter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Reversing camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Rocker switches
Tiptronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Rollback anti-trap function Electric sliding doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Roof carrier system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Rubber seals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Run-flat tyres Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Running-in Brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
First trips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Running-in brake pads Please also see "Brakes" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Running in Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Wheels and tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
S SAFE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61, 137
Safe driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Safety equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Sale of vehicle In other countries / continents . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Salt water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Scrapping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Seat belt position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Seat belt protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Automatic belt retainer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Belt height adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Belt tensioner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Belt tension limiter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Fastening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Seat belt position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Seat belt status display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Twisted belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Unfastened . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Unfastening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
With two buckles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Seat belt warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Seat belt with two buckles Fastening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Twisting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Unfastening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Seat functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Convenient entry function for the third row ofseats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Folding the seat backrest of the front passen- ger seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Seat heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
SEAT information system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6, 8 Adjusting the head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Adjusting the steering wheel position . . . . . . . . 7
Convenient entry function for the third row ofseats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Correct position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Electric front seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Fitting the head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Folding the seat backrest of the front passen- ger seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Heated seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
manual adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Number of seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Rear seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Removing the head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Seat with position memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Seat upholstery Alcantara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
cleaning Alcantara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
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