steering Seat Alhambra 2015 Workshop Manual

Index
Cleaning and maintenance of natural leather 203
cleaning the trim fabric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
synthetic leather . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Seat with position memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Selective Catalytic Reduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Selector lever locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Service interval display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Service notification: read . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Side airbags See "Airbag system" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Side light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Sign Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174 Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Disconnection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Indication on display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Operation mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Sitting position Incorrect position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Sliding door Manually opening and closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Sliding doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Childproof lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Opening and closing electrically . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242, 276 All-wheel drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Spanner symbol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Spare fuel canister . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Spare parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Special features Automatic car wash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Folding exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
High pressure cleaning equipment . . . . . . . . . 197
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138, 141, 285
Pushing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Radio reception . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205 Washing the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Windscreen wipers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Special notes High-pressure cleaning system . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Long parking times . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255, 257
Tow starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Specifications Combined weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Drawbar load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Trailer weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Specific notes Electric sliding doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Spectacle case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Speed rating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Stabilising the vehicle and trailer combination . 186
Start-Stop function Driving with a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Start-Stop Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Start assist See "Start assist systems" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Starter button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Starting assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253 Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Jump leads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Positive pole on the starting assistancepoints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Starting using an external battery See Starting assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Steering Control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Counter steering assistance system . . . . . . . . 133
Electromechanical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Power steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Steering column lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Tendency to pull to one side . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 Steering wheel
Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Rocker switches (Tiptronic) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Storage compartment on the roof console . . . . . 113
Storage compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 Glove compartment lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Sudden braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Sun blind Anti-trap function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Sun blinds Rear side windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Sun protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Sun visor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Symbols See "Lamps" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
System Automatic dipped beam control . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Systems ABS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Adaptive headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Anti-lock brake system (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
ASR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155, 156
Auto Hold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
BAS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Brake assist system (BAS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Braking assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Cruise control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
EDL and XDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Electronic differential lock system (EDL andXDS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Electronic Stability Control (ESC) . . . . . . . . . . . 154
ESC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Lane Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Lane Assist system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Launch-Control Programme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Optical parking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161 297

Index
Washing by hand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Washing the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Wooden trim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Vehicle chassis number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Vehicle code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274 Vehicle data label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Vehicle key Synchronising . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Vehicle key set See "Keys" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Vehicle maintenance electrically adjustable seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
heated seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
natural leather . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
non-electrically adjustable seats . . . . . . . . . . 202
seats with airbag components . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
seats without airbag components . . . . . . . . . . 202
synthetic leather . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
trim fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
unheated seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Vehicle specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Vehicle telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Vehicle tool kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244 Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Vehicle's battery Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Connecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Disconnecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Replacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Running flat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Vibrations Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Voice control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 W
Warning lamp AdBlue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Alternator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Brake system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Changing gear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Cruise control system (CCS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Engine oil pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Pressing the brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Rear lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Vehicle battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Warning triangle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Washing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195 by hand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Washing the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195 Sensors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160, 163
Special features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
things to note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
with high pressure cleaning equipment . . . . . 197
Water box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Wear indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Wear of tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246, 247, 276 Caps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Tightening torque . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Wheel load capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Wheel rims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233 Beadlock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Bolted trims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
See "Wheels and tyres" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276 Wheels and tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Avoiding damage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Changing a wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Damaged tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Errors in wheel alignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Foreign bodies in the tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Interchanging tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
New tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Older tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Replacing tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Run-flat tyre codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Run-out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Serial number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Speed rating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239, 240
Storing tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Tread depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Tyre code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Tyre identification number (TIN) . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Tyre load rating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Tyre pressures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Tyre pressure sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Tyres with directional tread pattern . . . . 232, 240
Valve caps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Wear indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Wear of tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Wheel balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Wheel rims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Winter tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Wheel trims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246 Full hub caps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Wheel bolts caps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Windows See "Electric windows" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Window wiper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
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About this manual
This manual contains a description of the
equipment supplied with the vehicle at the
time this manual was published. Some of the
units described herein will not be available
until a later date or are only available in cer -
tain markets.
Because this is a general manual for the
ALTEA range, some of the equipment and
functions that are described in this manual
are not included in all types or variants of the
model; they may vary or be modied depend -
ing on the technical requirements and on the
market; this is in no way deceptive advertis-
ing.
The illustrations are intended as a general
guide and may vary from the equipment tted
in your vehicle in some details.
The steering indications (left, right, forward,
reverse) appearing in this manual refer to the
normal driving movements of the vehicle ex -
cept when otherwise indicated.
* The equipment marked with an aster -
isk* is tted as standard only in certain
versions, and is only supplied as op -
tional extras for some versions, or are
only offered in certain countries. ®
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®. Although the copyright symbol does
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ing page.
WARNING
Texts preceded by this symbol contain infor -
mation on safety. They warn you about possi -
ble dangers of accident or injury.
CAUTION
Texts with this symbol draw your attention to
potential sources of damage to your vehicle.
For the sake of the environment
Texts preceded by this symbol contain rele-
vant information concerning environmental
protection.
Note
Texts preceded by this symbol contain additio -
nal information.
This manual is divided into ve large parts,
which are:
1. Safety
2. Operation
3. Tips
4. Technical data
5. Alphabetical index
At the end of this manual, there is a detailed
alphabetical index that will help you quickly
nd the information you require.