height adjustment Seat Alhambra 2018 User Guide

Seats and head restraints
Seats and head restraints
Adju s
tin
g the seats and headr-
ests
Manual adjustment of the seats Read the additional information carefully
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 page 15 WARNING
The safe driving chapter contains important
inform ation, tip

s, suggestions and warnings
that you should read and observe for your
own safety and the safety of your passengers
››› page 57. WARNING
● Adjus t

the front seats only when the vehi-
cle is stationary. Failure to follow this instruc-
tion could result in an accident.
● Be careful when adjusting the seat height.
Carel
ess or uncontrolled adjustment can
cause injuries.
● The front seat backrests must not be re-
clined for driv
ing. Otherwise, seat belts and
the airbag system might not protect as they
should in the case of an accident, increasing
risk of injury. Electric driver's seat adjustment*
Read the additional information carefully
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 page 16 WARNING
Using the front electric seats in a careless or
unc ontr

olled manner may lead to severe inju-
ries.
● The front seats can also be electrically ad-
just
ed when the ignition is switched off. Nev-
er leave children or disabled people alone in
the vehicle.
● In the event of an emergency, stop electri-
cal
adjustment by pressing any button. CAUTION
So as not the damage the electrical compo-
nents of

the front seats, do not kneel on the
seats or apply specific pressure to one point
of the seat or seat backrest. Note
● It m a

y not be possible to electrically adjust
the seat if the vehicle battery is very low.
● Seat adjustment is stopped when the en-
gine is s
tarted. Adjusting the rear seats
Fig. 148
Adjusting rear seats
FunctionNecessary operations
1 Adjusting the
seat backrest.
Pull the lever and adjust the seat
backrest to the required position
›››
. The seat backrest must be
engaged when the lever is re-
leased! There is a handle instead
of the lever on the third row of
seats and on the central seat of
the second row. It is used in the
same manner as the lever.
2 On the second
row of seats only:
moving the seat
backwards or for-
wards.Pull the lever and move the seat
forwards or backwards. The seat
must be engaged when the lever
is released! CAUTION
● Tiltin g the se

at backrest of the second row
of seats fully back could damage the luggage » 143
Technical data
Advice
Operation
Emergencies
Safety

Operation
compartment tray. Remove the tray before
adju
s
ting the seat backrest.
● Objects in the luggage compartment could
cause d
amage when moving the rear seats
forwards or backwards. Adjustment of the head restraints
Fig. 149
A: Adjust the head restraints with no
po s
s

ibility of lengthways direction adjust-
ment; B: Adjust the head restraints with
lengthways direction adjustment Fig. 150
Adjust the head restraints in the sec-
ond or third r o

w of seats Read the additional information carefully
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All seats are equipped with a head restraint.
Adjusting height
● Raise the head restraint in the direction of
the arrow or lo
wer it ››› Fig. 149 or ››› Fig. 150
1 with the button pressed
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›
in Removing
and in s
t
alling the head restraints on
page 146.
● The head restraint must engage securely in
position.
There are three possible positions
on the second row of seats and two possible
positions on the third row of seats.
Adjusting the front head restraints
● Push the head restraint forward in the di-
rection of the arr
ow or backward ››› Fig. 149
1 B w
ith the button pressed.
144

Operation
● Adju s
t
the head restraint according to the
correct seat position and secure it
››› page 145.
Removing the front head restraints in vehi-
cles with the lengthways direction adjust-
ment of the head restraints
● If necessary, adjust the seat backrest so
that the he
ad restraint can be fitted.
● Push the head restraint up and backward
as f
ar as it will go ››› .
● Place a flat object, e.g. a plastic card 2 B,
on both s ide
s

between the seat backrest cov-
er and the end protector of the seat backrest
retaining bar and unlock the retaining bars
with a little pressure.
● Completely pull out the head restraint.
Fitting the front
head restraints in vehicles
with the lengthways direction adjustment of
the head restraints
● Pull out the two retaining bars from the
head r
estraint as far as possible.
● Correctly place the head restraint into the
guides on the se
at backrest and insert it.
● Push the head restraint down as far as pos-
sibl
e until the two retaining bars are secured.
● Adjust the head restraint according to the
correct
seat position and secure it
››› page 145. Removing the head restraints from the sec-
ond and third ro

w of seats
● Fold the backrest of the rear seat forwards
›››
page 154.
● Push the head restraint up as far as it will
go ››

› .
● Pull out the head restraint ››
›
Fig. 152 1 with the button pressed.
●
Fold the backrest of the rear seat back-
w ar
d

s until it is engaged.
Fitting the head restraints in the second and
third row of seats
● Fold the backrest of the rear seat forwards
›››
page 154.
● Insert the head restraint into the guides on
the seat b
ackrest.
● Push the head restraint down while press-
ing the butt
on 1 .
● Fold the backrest of the rear seat backward
ag ain u
nti

l it is engaged.
● Adjust the head restraint to the correct po-
sition ››

› page 144. WARNING
Travelling with the head restraints removed
or improperly a

djusted increases the risk of
severe or fatal injuries in the event of acci-
dents and sudden braking or manoeuvres. ●
Alw a

ys fit and adjust the head restraint
properly whenever a person is occupying a
seat.
● Refit any removed head restraints immedi-
ately so th
at passengers are properly protec-
ted.
● All vehicle occupants must correctly adjust
the head r
estraint according to their height to
reduce the risk of back injuries in the event of
an accident. The upper edge of the head re-
straint must be as close as possible to the
same level as the top of your head and under
no circumstances below eye level. Keep the
back of your neck as close as possible to the
head restraint.
● Never adjust the head restraint while the
vehicl
e is in motion. CAUTION
When removing and fitting the head restraint,
mak e s

ure it does not hit the headliner of the
vehicle or the front seat backrest. Otherwise,
the interior roof and other parts of the vehicle
could be damaged. 146

Index
electronic drive torque management (XDS) . . 206
l ane As
s
ist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
lane assist system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Launch-Control programme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
optical parking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
park Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
park assist system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
parking assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
parking distance warning system . . . . . . . . . . 212
rear assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
rear cross traffic alert (RCTA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
rear View Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
sign Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
start-Stop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
start assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
tiredness detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
traction control when accelerating (ASR) . . .206, 207
traffic signal detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
tyre monitoring indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Assisted starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Auto Hold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Automatic belt retractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Automatic car wash switching Auto Hold off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
switching the start assist off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Automatic dipped beam control . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Automatic gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194 driving tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
emergency release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
ignition key removal lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
kick-down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196, 197
AUX-IN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Auxiliary heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180 automatic off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
operating instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182 remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
remote c
ontrol range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
remote control: replacing the battery . . . . . . . 181
special features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
switching off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
switching on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
things to note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Auxiliary heater remote control auxiliary heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
replacing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
B BAS see Brake assist system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Battery changing in the vehicle key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Before setting off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Belt height adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Belt tension device service and disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Belt tensioner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Belt tension limiter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Belt tightening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Bicycle carrier fitting on the tow hitch ball . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
maximum load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Biodiesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Blind spot detector (BSD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225 control lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
driving situations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
indication in the external rear view mirror . . . 226
malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
operating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Bonnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 opening and closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Bottle holders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 Brake
brake ser vo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
emergency braking function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Brake assist system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 specification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188 brake assist system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
brake fluid level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191changing the brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
control and warning lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
electronic parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
running in new brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Brake servo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192, 205
Brake system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205 fault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Braking brake assist system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
BSD see Blind spot detector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Bulb malfunction see Changing bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
C
Capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 windshield wiper fluid tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Card compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Caring for paintwork . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Caring for the vehicle exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203 control and warning lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
CCS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221 see cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
308

Index
Replacement parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
R ep
l
acing bulbs
see Changing bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Reprogramming control units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Retaining hooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Revolution counter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Rims changing a wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Roll-back function windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Rollback anti-trap function electric sliding doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Roof carrier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Roof carrier system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164 fastening the supports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Roof rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Rubber seals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Run-flat tyres codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
Run-in tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
Running in brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
new engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
S SAFE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119, 187
Safe driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Safety child safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
child seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
disconnecting the passenger front airbag . . . . 20
safe driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Safety equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Safety instructions using child seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22, 76 Sale of vehicle
in other countrie s / continents . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Salt water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Scrapping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264 airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
vend-of-life vehicles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Seat convenient entry function for the third row ofseats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
electric front seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
folding down rear seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
folding the backrest of the front passenger seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
incorrect position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
number of seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
rear seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
seat with position memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Seat belt position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 for pregnant women . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17, 65
automatic belt retractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
belt height adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
belt tensioner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
belt tension limiter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
protective function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
purpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
seat belt position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
twisted belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
unfastened . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
with two buckles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Seat belt tensioner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18, 68 Seat belt with two buckles
fas tening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
twisting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
unfastening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Seat functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147 convenient entry function for the third row ofseats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
folding the backrest of the front passenger seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
lumbar massage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Seat heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
SEAT information system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Seat upholstery cleaning and maintenance of natural leather . 261
synthetic leather . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Selective Catalytic Reduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Selector lever locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Service fluids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Service interval display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Service notification: read . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Signal lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Sign Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230, 231 connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
disconnection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
indication on display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
operation mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Sliding door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 childproof lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
manually opening and closing . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
opening and closing electrically . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50, 299 all-wheel drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Spanner symbol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Spare fuel canister . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
316