fuel cap release Seat Alhambra 2017 Owner's Manual

Operation
because braking is only applied to the rear
wheels. A
lw
ays use the foot brake.
● Never accelerate from the engine compart-
ment with the en
gine running and a gear or a
gear range engaged. The vehicle could move,
even if the parking brake is applied. Note
● In vehic

les with a manual gearbox: when
the clutch pedal is released and the accelera-
tor pressed at the same time, the electronic
parking brake is automatically released.
● If the vehicle battery is flat, it will not be
poss
ible to disconnect the electronic parking
brake. Use the jump-start ›››
 page 51.
● When the electronic parking brake is ap-
plied or rel
eased, noises may be heard.
● If the electronic parking brake has not been
used for a lon
g while, the system sometimes
performs automatic and audible checks while
the vehicle is at a standstill. Parking
When parking your vehicle, all legal require-
ments
shou
l

d be observed.
To park the vehicle
Complete operations only in the sequence
given. ● Park the vehicle on a suitable surface ›››
.●
Pr e
s

s and hold the brake pedal until the ve-
hicle comes to a standstill.
● Connect the electronic parking brake
›››
page 189.
● For an automatic gearbox, move the selec-
tor lev
er to position P.
● Switch off the engine and release the brake
pedal.
● R

emove the key from the ignition.
● If necessary, turn the steering wheel slight-
ly to loc
k the steering.
● With a manual gearbox, engage 1st gear on
flat gr
ound and slopes, or even reverse gear
on hills, and release the clutch pedal.
● Ensure that all passengers leave the vehi-
cle, e
specially children.
● When leaving the vehicle, take all keys with
you.
● Loc

k the vehicle.
Additiona
l information for steep ascents and
descents
Before switching off the engine, rotate the
steering wheel so that if the vehicle should
move, it will be held by the kerb.
● On slopes, turn the front wheels so that
they are ag
ainst the edge of the kerb.
● Uphill, turn the wheels towards the centre
of the r o

ad. WARNING
The components of the exhaust system reach
ver y

high temperatures. This could cause a
fire and considerable damage.
● Always park your vehicle so that no part of
the exhau
st system can come in contact with
flammable materials (such as wood,
leaves,dried grass, or spilled fuel). CAUTION
● Spec i

al 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. To avoid damage, stop
before the wheels touch the barrier or kerb.
● Special attention is required when driving
through entranc
es, 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. Information on the brakes
For the first 200 to 300 km (100 to 200
mi
l
e

s), new brake pads have not yet reached
their maximum braking capacity, and need to
be “run in” first ››› . The slightly reduced
br ak in

g effect can be compensated for by in-
creasing pressure on the brake pedal. While
running in, the full braking distance or
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Index
Environment en v
ir
onmental compatibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Environmental ecological driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Environmental tip refuelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
ESC electronic stability control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Ethanol (fuel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Event Data Recorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Exhaust gas purification system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Exterior mirrors adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
vehicle care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Exterior rear view mirrors control of the function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
electric exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
folding the rear view mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Exterior view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5, 6
Extinguisher driving with a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
F Fabrics: cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Fastening rings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Fault dynamic chassis control (DCC) . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
panoramic sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
park assist system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
parking distance warning system . . . . . . . . . . 210
rear assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Fault memory connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248 Filling capacities
AdBlue tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Filling the tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261, 263
Fire extinguisher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
First-aid kit storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Fitting tow hitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Floor mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Fluid Level control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Fog light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Folding down rear seats load space . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Folding table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Folding the backrest of the front passenger seat 148
Folding wheel chocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Front airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Front passenger front airbag control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
disconnection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Front seat manual adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Front wiper blades change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39, 264 diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
refuelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
savings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Fuel consumption why does fuel consumption increase? . . . . . . 201
Fuel gauge control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
petrol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Fuel tank cap opening and closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Fuel tank flap
opening and clo sing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Function control tow hitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42, 90 fuse box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
identification using colours . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
identifying blown fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
preparation before replacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
replacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
G
Gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192 emergency release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Gearbox lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Gear change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 automatic gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34, 193
changing gears manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
gear recommendation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
manual gear change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
putting the vehicle in gear (automatic gear-box) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
putting the vehicle in gear (manual gearbox) 193
Tiptronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Gear engaged . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
General instrument panel instrument panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
General overview of the engine compartment . . 271
Generator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Glove compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Glove compartment lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
H
Hand brake see Parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Hazard warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25, 132
Head-on collisions and the laws of physics . . . . . 63
308

Index
Selector lever locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Ser v
ic
e fluids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Service interval display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Service notification: read . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Signal lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Sign Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227, 228 connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
disconnection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
indication on display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
operation mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Sliding door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 childproof lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
manually opening and closing . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
opening and closing electrically . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49, 296 all-wheel drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Spanner symbol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Spare fuel canister . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Spare parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Specifications combined weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
drawbar load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
trailer weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Speed rating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
Stabilising the vehicle and trailer combination . 241
Start-Stop function driving with a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Start-Stop Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Start assist see Start assist systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Starter button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Starting assistance description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
jump leads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
positive pole . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Starting the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Steering
contro l and warning lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
counter steering assistance system . . . . . . . . 182
electromechanical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
power steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
steering column lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
tendency to pull to one side . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
Steering wheel adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Steering wheel controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Storage compartment for (sun)glasses . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Storage compartment other storage compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Storage compartment in the roof console . . . . . 164
Storage compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163 cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
drawers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
folding table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
glove compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
glove compartment lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
instrument panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
portable waste bin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
rear footwell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
roof console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Sun blind anti-trap function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
opening and closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Sun blinds rear side windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Sun protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Sun visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Switch hazard warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Switching lights off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Switching lights on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 Switching the ignition on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Symbol
s
see Control and warning lamps . . . . . . . . 32, 105
Systems tyre monitoring systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
T Technical data engine oil specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
roof load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Technical details capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
loads on the axles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
tyre pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Technical features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
Technical modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Technical specifications dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
Telephone management three button unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Tightening torque . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296 wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
TIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
Tiptronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Tiredness detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Top Tether . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Top Tether system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Tow-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51, 87
Tow hitch electric release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
fitting a bicycle carrier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
function control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Towing blind spot detector (BSD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
parking distance warning system . . . . . . . . . . 210
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