tow Seat Alhambra 2019 User Guide

Driving
Driving
St ar
t and driving
St
opping and starting the
engine
Introduction Immobiliser display
When an invalid k
ey is used or in the e

vent of
a system fault,  or ,mmobiliser on is dis-
played on the instrument panel. The engine
cannot be started.
Pushing or towing
For technical reasons, the vehicle must not
be push- or tow-started. Jump starting is
preferable. WARNING
Turning off the engine while driving will
make it difficult t o st

eer and stop the vehi-
cle; this could even result in the loss of con-
trol causing an accident with serious con-
sequences.

Driving
Note
The recommended gear display is switched
off when the clutch pedal is pr essed.Steering
Information r el
ating to different ve-
hicle processes. Electro-mechanical power steering assists
the driv
er when st
eering.
El

ectro-mechanical power steering adapts
electronically to the speed of the car, torque
and turning angle.
If the power steering should fail at any time or
the engine is switched off (for instance when
being towed), the car can still be steered, as
long as the key remains in the ignition. How-
ever, more effort than normal will be required
to turn the steering wheel.
Steering column electronic lock
Vehicles with Keyless Access: the steering
column locks when the driver

Driving
For vehicles with the optical parking system
(OPS), the inf ot
ainment syst
em screen dis-
plays the detected zones in front of and be-
hind the vehicle, indicating - within the limits
of the system - the position of obstacles in re-
lation to the vehicle.
The park assist system cannot be switched
on if the factory-fitted towing bracket is elec-
trically connected to a trailer. WARNING
Despite the assistance provided by the
park assist system, do not run any risks when parking. The syst em is not a r

eplace-
ment for driver awareness.

Towing bracket device
Note
An incorrect warning may be given when
snow chains ar e in use because the chains
incr
ease the tread of the wheel. Towing bracket device
Driving with a tr ail
er
Intr
oduction Always be aware of the legal requirements
for each country t
o driv

e with a trailer and to
use a tow hitch.
Your car is intended mainly for transporting
passengers however, it can also be used to
tow a trailer provided that it is fitted with the
necessary equipment. The additional load
has an effect on the useful life, fuel consump-
tion and the vehicle performance and, in
some cases, reduce the service intervals.
Driving with a trailer requires more force from
the vehicle and, thus, more concentration
from the driver.
For wintertime temperatures, fit winter tyres to
the vehicle and the trailer.
Drawbar load
The maximum permitted Drawbar load exer-
ted by the trailer drawbar on the ball joint of
the tow hitch must not exceed 100 kg (ap-
proximately 220 lbs).
Vehicles with the Start-Stop function
With a SEAT factory fitted or retrofitted tow
hitch, the Start-Stop function is automatically deactivated when a trailer is connected. For
to
w hit

ches not installed by SEAT, the Start-
Stop function must be deactivated manually
using a button located on the dash panel be-
fore driving with a trailer and it must remain
off for the entire journey

Towing bracket device
Trailer rear lights
The r ear lights of a tr
ail
er must fulfil the corre-
sponding standards

Towing bracket device

Towing bracket device
authorised and do not overload the front or
the r ear of the tr
ail
er:

Towing bracket device
Retrofitting a tow hitch Fig. 282
Measurements and attachments to
r etr ofit a t
ow hitch SEAT recommends visiting a specialised
w
orkshop t
o r

etrofit a tow hitch. For example,
it may be necessary to adjust the cooling
system or to include thermal plates. SEAT recommends taking your car in for technical
service.
In any case, the separ

ation distances must be
observed when fitting a tow hitch. The dis-
tance between the centre of the tow hitch
ball and the road surface

Index
Armrests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. . . 155
Ashtr ay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. . .
1
76
ASR see Brake assistance systems . . . . . . . . 245, 246
switching on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
see also Traction control system . . . . . . . . . . 244
Assistance call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Assistance systems ACC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . . 278
adaptive cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
adaptive headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
auto Hold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
blind spot detector (BSD) with rear crosstraffic alert (RCTA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
brake assistance systems (BAS) . . . . . . . . . . . 245
cruise control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
disable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . 30
dynamic chassis control (DCC) . . . . . . . . . . . 297
electronic differential lock system (EDL) . . . 245
electronic drive torque management (XDS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . 245
emergency braking assistance (Front As- sist) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. . . . 275
enable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . 30
lane Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. 286
lane assist system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
Launch-Control programme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
optical parking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
park Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . 265
park assist system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
parking assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
parking distance warning system . . . . . . . . . 263
rear assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. . 270
rear cross traffic alert (RCTA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Rear View Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270 sign Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . 294
Start-St
op . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
start assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
tiredness detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
traction control when accelerating (ASR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245, 246
traffic signal detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
tyre monitoring indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
tyre monitoring system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Assisted starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Assist systems lane assist system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
Auto Hold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 261
Automatic belt retractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Automatic car wash switching Auto Hold off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
switching the start assist off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Automatic car wash tunnel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353
Automatic dipped beam control . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Automatic gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248 driving tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. . 250
emergency release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
ignition key removal lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
kick-down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 250
AUX-IN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. 112, 204
Auxiliary heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184 automatic off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318
operating instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
remote control range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
special features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
switching off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184 switching on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
things to note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
187
Auxiliary heater remote control auxiliary heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
B BAS see Brake assistance systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Battery changing in the vehicle key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Before setting off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Belt height adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Belt tension device service and disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Belt tensioner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. 70
Belt tension limiter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Belt tightening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Bicycle carrier fitting on the tow hitch ball . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304
maximum load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304
Biodiesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . . . 320
Blind spot detector (BSD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289, 290 control lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
driving situations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
indication in the external rear view mirror . . 291
malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 289
operating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. . 294
Bluetooth Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Bonnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. . . . . . . 13 close . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . . . 13
closure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . 13
opening and closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325
372

Index
DCC see Dynamic chassis contr ol . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
297
Diagnostics connect
or . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358
Diesel refuelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . 320
Differential lock see Brake assistance systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Digital clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. . 370
Directional tread pattern tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. . . . . 52
Disconnecting devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337
Disconnecting the passenger front airbag . . . . 19
Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104, 105
Disposal belt tension device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Distance control see Adaptive Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. . . . . . . 123 childproof lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
emergency locking and unlocking . . . . . . . . . . 10
opening and closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Door handle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Door lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . 10
Door lock cylinder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Door release lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Drawbar load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301 loading the trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
Drawers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . 173
Drink holder central console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Drink holders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . . . 176 Driver
see Correct sitting position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Driving aut
omatic gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
cross country . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
data storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358
driving abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
driving through water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
economical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
254
fuel gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. . 317
fuel level too low . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318
parking downhill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
parking uphill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. 241
safe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . . . 59
towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. . . . 92
trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. . 307
undercarriage guard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
with a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Driving abroad headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. . 138
Driving in winter fuel consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
52
tread depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344
tyre pressures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342
Driving through water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Driving tips for a loaded vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Driving with a trailer extinguisher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 303
technical requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
Duplicate keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Dynamic chassis control (DCC) control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. 297
operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297 Dynamic Chassis Control (DCC) . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
fault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. . . . 298
Dynamic headlight r
ange control . . . . . . . . . . . 139
E E10 see Ethanol (fuel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320
EDL see Brake assistance systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
see also Electronic differential lock . . . . . . . 244
Electrical devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178, 187, 306
Electrical socket trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. . 305
Electric child safety lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Electric sliding door opening and closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
rollback anti-trap function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Electric windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 see Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Electronic differential lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Electronic differential lock system (EDL) . . . . . 245
Electronic drive torque management (XDS) . 245
Electronic immobiliser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238 operating fault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Electronic Stability Control (ESC) . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Emergencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 85 bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . . . . 46
changing a wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
emergency towing of the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . 53
extinguishers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. 85
first aid kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . . . 85
fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . . . . 45
hazard warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
jump leads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
puncture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 375