light Seat Alhambra 2020 Owner's Guide

Driving
failure of the lighting system, and conse-
quently can cause accidents and serious
injuries.

Practical tips
Super unleaded petrol 95 octane petrol or
normal 91 oct ane petr
ol at least
W e r
ecommend refuelling with super 95 oc-
tane petrol (91 AKI). If not available, normal 91
octane petrol (87 AKI) (with a slight power
loss) may be used.
Super unleaded petrol, 95 octanes at
least
You should use super 95 octane petrol (91
AKI) at least.
If super is not available, if necessary, use nor-
mal 91 octane petrol (87 AKI). In this case only
use moderate engine speeds and a light
throttle. Refuel with super as soon as possi-
ble.
Unleaded super plus 98 octane petrol or
super 95 octane petrol at least
We recommend refuelling with super plus 98
octane petrol (93 AKI). If not available: super
95 octane petrol (91 AKI) (with a slight power
loss).
If super is not available, if necessary, use nor-
mal 91 octane petrol (87 AKI). In this case only
use moderate engine speeds and a light
throttle. Refuel with super as soon as possi-
ble. CAUTION

Practical tips
Control and warning lamps b
It lights up red
The engine cannot be restarted! The AdBlue level
is too l ow.
Stop the vehicle in a suitable, safe and flat area then
top up with the minimum required quantity of AdBlue

Practical tips
;
Flashes
Combustion failures that can damage the catalytic
converter.
R educe speed and driv
e carefully to the nearest spe-
cialised workshop to have the engine checked. 
It lights up
Particulate filter blocked

Practical tips
Check the water level in the windscreen
w asher r
eservoir r
egul
arly and top up as re-
quired.
The container for the windscreen washer
contains the cleaning fluid for the wind-
screen, the rear window and the headlight
washer system*.

Practical tips
battery from “freezing”. If it freezes it will
be damaged.
Warning lamp

It lights up
Alternator fault. The control lamp lights up when the ignition is
switched on. It should go out when the engine
has st art
ed running.
If the control lamp  lights up while driving, the alternator is no longer charging the bat-
tery. You should immediately drive to the
nearest specialised workshop.
You should avoid using electrical equipment
that is not absolutely necessary because this
will drain the battery.
Checking the battery electrolyte
level The electrolyte level should be checked reg-
ul
arly in high-mil
eage vehicl
es, in hot coun-
tries and in ol

der batteries.

Vehicle maintenance
Problem Solution
Care Apply preservative cream regu-
larly to protect fr
om sunlight.
Use a colour preservative if re-
quired a)
Neutral soap solution: two tablespoons maximum in
1 litre of water
Carbon fibr e par

tsProblem Solution
Dirt Clean like plastic partsTake special care with...
Headlights/tail lights

Indications about the technical data
Engine specifications Petrol engines
1.4 TSI Start-Stop
Power output in kW (PS) at 1/min 110 (150)/5,000-6,000
Maximum torque (Nm at 1/min) 250/1,500-4,000
No. of cylinders/displacement (cm 3
) 4/1,395
Fuel Super 95 / Normal 91 (with a slight power loss) ROZ
Gearbox manualDSG
Top speed (km/h) 200 (VI)198 (VI)
Acceleration from 0-100 km/h (seconds) 9.99.9
Maximum authorized weight (kg) (5/7 seats) 2,300 / 2,4302,310 / 2,430Diesel engines
2.0 TDI CR Start-Stop
Power output in kW (PS) at 1/min 110 (150)/3,500130 (177)/3,500-4,000
Maximum torque (Nm at 1/min) 340/1, 750-3,000380/1, 750-2,500
No. of cylinders/displacement (cm 3
) 4/1,9684/1,968
Fuel Diesel according to standard EN 590, min. 51 CN
Gearbox manualDSGDSGDSG 4Drive
Top speed (km/h) 198 (VI)198 (VI)210 (VI)208 (VII)
Acceleration from 0-100 km/h (seconds) 10.610.3 9.39.1
Maximum authorized weight (kg) (5/7 seats) 2,390 / 2,5202,410 / 2,5402,390 / 2,540 2,560 / 2,590 357

Index
disconnecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 84
driv er al
ert syst em . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
7
4
dynamic chassis control (DCC) . . . . . . . . . . . 253
ear View Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
emergency braking (Front Assist) . . . . . . . . . 260
optical parking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
park Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . 287
parking aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . 292
parking distance warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
rear cross traffic alert (RCTA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
reverse assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
road sign detection system messages . . . . . . 76
steering wheel assist for parking . . . . . . . . . . 287
tyre control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333
tyre pressure loss indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334
Assisted start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Audible warning control and warning lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. . . . . . 115
unbuckled seat belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Auto Hold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Auto Hold Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Auto Lock (central locking) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Automatic car wash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340 disconnecting the Auto Hold function . . . . . 283
Automatic dipped beam headlight control . . . 116
Automatic gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246 control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
driving tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. . 249
emergency release of the selector lever. . . 251
ignition key extraction lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
kick-down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
launch-control program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
operating fault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249, 250
selector lever lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247 selector lever positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
steering wheel with shift paddles . . . . . . . . . 24
8
tiptronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246, 248
towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. . . . 54
AUX-IN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. . . . . 237 external audio source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
AUX-IN multimedia socket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Auxiliary heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . 166 activate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
automatic disconnection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
connecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. 166
disconnecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
electricity consumers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
radio-operated remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
remote control range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
special characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166, 169
usage instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
B Bag hooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . . 146
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . . . 92 change on the remote control (independ-ent heating) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Before starting the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Belt tightening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Bicycle carrier fitting onto the coverable tow hook . . . . . . . 306
max. load rating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
Biodiesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . . . . 311
Blind spot detector (BSD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273, 274 control lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
driving situations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
how it works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
indication on the exterior mirror . . . . . . . . . . . 275 malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 273
trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. . 279
Blo
wn bulbs
change a bulb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Bluetooth

Index
Central armrests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Centr al l
ocking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
anti-theft al arm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
99
central locking switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
emergency lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Keyless Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
remote control key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
selective unlocking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Cetane index (diesel fuel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311
Change a bulb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . 58 bodywork . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
front bumper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
62
halogen headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
number plate light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
rear lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . . . 63
tail lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. . . . 63
xenon headlight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Change the wiper blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Changing a wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
44 subsequent work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
wheel nuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. . 45
Changing parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
344
Checking levels engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317
Childproof locks electric windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Child seat integrated child seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Child seats group classification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
ISOFIX system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
securing with the seat belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Top Tether system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32, 34 Cleaning the vehicle
high pressure cleaning equipment . . . . . . . . 339
special car
e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343
vehicle exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341
vehicle interior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342
wash the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339
Climate control auxiliary heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
rear seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . 163
Climatronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Clocks set the time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. . . 78
Closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . . . . 93 bonnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. . . 316
luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
panoramic roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
111
Coat hooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. . . 155
Coming Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 119
Communication between the Infotainment System and mobile devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . . . 81
Connectivity Full Link . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . . . 184
Connectors faults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . . . 158
Contact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . 239
Control and warning lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 adaptive cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
adBlue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. . . . 312
airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . . . 25
airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
alternator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326
anti-lock brake system ABS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
ASR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . . . 284 audible warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
blind spot detector (BSD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
br
aking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
cruise control (GRA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
diesel preheating system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313
door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. . . . . 102
EDL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . . . 284
electromechanical steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
electronic parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
emissions control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313
engine coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
engine management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313
engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. . . 319
ESC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . . . 284
fuel reserve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Lane Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. . 271
lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. . . . . . 115
particulate filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313, 314
press on the brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260, 264
rear cross traffic alert (RCTA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
rear lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . . 106
refuelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79, 308
remote control (independent heating) . . . . . 167
replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
seat belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . . . 14
Start-Stop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
steering column lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
tow hook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. 305
tyre pressure loss indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333
windscreen washer fluid level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Controls and displays overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Controls on the steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Control units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
347 reprogramming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348
361