clock Seat Altea 2006 User Guide

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Safety First
Operating instructions
Tips and Maintenance
Te c h n i c a l D a t a
Notes for the driver of the towing vehicle
– Drive slowly at first until the tow-rope is taut. Then accelerate
gradually.
– Begin and change gears cautiously. If you are driving an auto- matic vehicle, accelerate gently.
– Remember that the brake servo and power steering are not working in the vehicle you are towing. Brake earlier than you
would normally, but with a more gentle pressure on the brake.
Notes for the driver of the towed vehicle
– Ensure that the tow-rope remains taut at all times when towing.
Fitting the towing eye
– Take the towing ring and the wheel spanner out of the vehicle tool kit.
– Pull the lower front cover down and leave the cover hanging on the vehicle.
– Remove the cover of the screw hole, insert a screwdriver into the lower slot and lever gently.
– Screw the towing eye as shown by arrow anti-clockwise to the
limit position in the front ⇒page 254, fig. 194 or rear
⇒ page 254, fig. 195 threaded hole.
– Use the wrench for leverage to tighten the towing eye.Tow-rope or tow-bar
It is easier and safer to tow a vehicle with a tow-bar. You should only use a
tow-rope if you do not have a tow-bar. A tow-rope should be slightly elastic to
reduce the loading on both vehicles.
It is advisable to use a tow-rope made of synthetic fibre or similarly elastic
material.
Attach the tow-rope or the tow-bar only to the towing eyes provided or a
towing bracket.
Driving style
Towing requires some experience, especially when using a tow-rope. Both
drivers should be familiar with the technique required for towing. Inexperi-
enced drivers should not attempt to tow-start or tow away another vehicle.
Do not pull too hard with the towing vehicle and take care to avoid jerking the
tow-rope. When towing on an unpaved road, there is always a risk of over-
loading and damaging the anchorage points.
The ignition of the vehicle being towed must be switched on to prevent the
steering wheel from locking and also to allow the use of the turn signals,
horn, windscreen wipers and washers.
As the brake servo does not work if th e engine is not running, you must apply
considerably more pressure to the brake pedal than you normally would.
As the power assisted steering does not work if the engine is not running, you
will need more strength to steer than you normally would.
Towing vehicles with an automatic gearbox
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Put the selector lever into position “N”.
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Do not drive faster than 50 km/h when towing a vehicle.
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Do not tow further than 50 km.
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If a breakdown vehicle is used, the vehicle must be towed with the front
wheels raised.Note
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Observe legal requirements when towing or tow-starting.
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Index
278Buzzer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116, 159CCar care
Exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Car care products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Car phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Car washes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
CD changer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Central locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 Automatic speed dependent locking and un-locking system* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Emergency unlocking system . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Locking system for invo luntary unlocking . . 94
Selective unlocking system* . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Unlocking system* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Central locking button Central locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
unlocking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Centre arm rest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Cetane number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Changing gear See Manual gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Changing the lamps Main headlight lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
rear lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Changing the main headlight lamps
dipped beam lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
main beam lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245 Side lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
turn signal lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Changing the rear lights indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
luggage compartment lights . . . . . . . . . . . 249
rear fog light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
reverse light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
side lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Changing windscreen wiper blades . . . . . . . . . 214
Chassis number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Checking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Checking battery electrolyte level . . . . . . . . . . 219
Checking engine oil level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Child safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Child seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Categorisation in groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Group 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Group 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Group 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Groups 0 and 0+ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
ISOFIX system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Securing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Child seats on the front passenger seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Cigarette lighter* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Cleaning alloy wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Cleaning and caring for your vehicle . . . . . . . . 187
Cleaning chrome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Cleaning cloth seat covers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Cleaning dash panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193 Cleaning engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Cleaning fabric trim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Cleaning leather . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Cleaning plastic parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Cleaning seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Cleaning steel wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Cleaning windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Cleaning wooden trim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Climatic* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Climatronic
General notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Clothes hook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Cockpit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Control Light switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Control lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Control lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Controls Electric windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Convenience closing Sliding/tilting roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Convenience opening Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211 Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Coolant Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Coolant level warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
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Coolant Loss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Coolant temperature
Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Cruise control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Cruise control* Turning off the cruise control system . . . . . 174
Curtain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42DDanger of fitting a child seat on the front passenger seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Diesel engine Winter driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Differential lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Differential lock fault (EDL) warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Digital clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Dipped headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Disabling front passenger airbag Safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Disabling the airbag Disabling front passenger airbag . . . . . . . . . 44
Display (without warning or information texts) . 59Displays in the Mult
i-function display
Memory displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Door lock cylinders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Door release lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Doors Childproof locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Drawer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Drinks holders at the front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Drive wheels traction control system . . . . . . . . 176
Driving Driving abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
With a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
with a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Driving abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 Headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Driving economically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Driving programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Driving safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Driving with an automati c gearbox / DSG automatic
gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Driving with respect for the environment . . . . . 185
Duplicate keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Dust filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Dynamic headlight range control . . . . . . . . . . . 113
EEDL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
EDS Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Electric steering system
warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Electrical sockets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Electronic differential lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178 Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Electronic immobiliser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81, 160 warning message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Electronic stabilisation program . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Electronic stabilisation programme . . . . . . . . . . 80 Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Electronic stabilisation programme (ESP) warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
emergency manual locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Emergency opening Doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Emission control system warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Engine Running in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Engine compartment Working in the engine compartment . . . . . 203
Engine coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Engine fault Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Engine management Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206 Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Checking level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Oil properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
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