towing capacity Seat Alhambra 2015 Owner's Manual

Emergencies
Starting
7. Start the engine of the vehicle with the boosting battery and let it run at idling
speed.
8. Start the engine of the vehicle with the flat battery and wait 2 or 3 minutes until the
engine is “running”.
Removing the jump leads
9. Before you remove the jump leads, switch off the dipped beam headlights (if they
are switched on).
10. Turn on the heater blower and heated rear
w indo
w in the vehicle with the flat battery.
This helps minimise voltage peaks which
are generated when the leads are discon-
nected.
11.When the engine is running, disconnect the leads in reverse order to the details
given above.
Connect the battery clamps so they have
good metal-to-metal contact with the battery
terminals.
If the engine fails to start, switch off the start-
er after about 10 seconds and try again after
about 1 minute. WARNING
● Please note the safety warnings referring to
working in the engine compartment
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● The b att

ery providing assistance must have
the same voltage as the flat battery (12V) and
approximately the same capacity (see imprint
on battery). Failure to comply could result in
an explosion.
● Never use jump leads when one of the bat-
teries is frozen. Danger of explosion! Even af-
ter the battery has thawed, battery acid could
leak and cause chemical burns. If a battery
freezes, it should be replaced.
● Keep sparks, flames and lighted cigarettes
away from batteries, danger of explosion.
Failure to comply could result in an explo-
sion.
● Observe the instructions provided by the
manufacturer of the jump leads.
● Do not connect the negative cable from the
other vehicle directly to the negative terminal
of the flat battery. The gas emitted from the
battery could be ignited by sparks. Danger of
explosion.
● Do not attach the negative cable from the
other vehicle to parts of the fuel system or to
the brake line.
● The non-insulated parts of the battery
clamps must not be allowed to touch. The
jump lead attached to the positive battery
terminal must not touch metal parts of the ve-
hicle, this can cause a short circuit. ●
Position the leads in such a way that they
cannot come into contact with any moving
parts in the engine compartment.
● Do not lean on the batteries. This could re-
sult in chemical burns. Note
The vehicles must not touch each other, oth-
erwise electricity could flow as soon as the
positive terminals are connected. Towing and tow starting
Introduction When towing, always respect legal require-
ments.
For technical reasons, it is not possible to
tow a vehicle if the battery is flat.
If the vehicle comes with the Keyless Access
system, towing is only allowed with the igni-
tion on!
The vehicle battery drains if the vehicle is
towed with the engine switched off and the
ignition connected. Depending on the battery
charge status, the drop in voltage may be so
large, even after just a few minutes, that no
electrical device in the vehicle may work e.g.
the hazard warning lights. In vehicles with
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Technical specifications
Advice
Operation
Safety

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
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
Tiredness detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Traction control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Traction control when accelerating (ASR) . . . . 155
Tyre monitoring indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Tyre monitoring systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
T Technical data Axle loads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Curb weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Engine oil specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Reservoir capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Roof load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Total weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Tyre pressures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Technical details Type of fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Technical modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190 Labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Lifting platform . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Plates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Technical specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Telephone management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Temperature display Outside temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Temperature gauge
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
The rear lid Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
See "The rear lid" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Unlocking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Things to note Auxiliary heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128, 131
Diesel particulate filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Electric sliding doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Fumes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Increase in exhaust gases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Keyless Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Parking sensor system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Rear assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Removing the vehicle key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Switching Auto Hold off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
washing the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Water underneath the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Tightening torque Wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Tightening torque of wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
TIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Tips for driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Before starting out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Tiptronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Tiredness detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Total weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Tow hitch Function control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Installing a bicycle carrier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Tow hitch ball See "Trailer" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255 All-wheel drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Automatic gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Driving tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258 Front towline anchorage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Rear towline anchorage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Special notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Tow bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Towing prohibited . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Towing rope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
With a tow hitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Towing a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Towing bracket Optical parking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Parking sensor system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Tow starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Traction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Traction control system (ASR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Traction control when accelerating (ASR) . . . . . . 155
Trailer Adjusting the headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Anti-theft alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Drawbar load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Driving with a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179, 185
Electrically releasing the hitch ball . . . . . . . . . 182
Fitting a trailer tow hitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Function control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Hitch ball . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Hitching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Loading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Power socket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Rear LED lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181, 184
Rear lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181, 184
Stabilising the vehicle and trailer combina-tion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Trailer cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181, 184
Trailer weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Wing mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Trailer cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181, 184
Trailer tow hitch Electric release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
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