lights Seat Altea 2009 Workshop Manual

If and when
256Tu r n si g nal l a m ps– Raise the bonnet.
– Rotate the lamp holder ⇒fig. 178 to the left and pull.
– Remove the bulb by pressing on the lamp holder and rotating at the same time to the left.
– Installation is done in the reverse order.
Dipped beam lights–Raise the bonnet.
Fig. 178 Turn signal
lamps
AA
Fig. 179 Dipped head-
lightsFig. 180 Dipped head-
lights
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– Remove the loops ⇒page 256, fig. 179 in the direction of
the arrow and remove the cover.
– Remove the connector ⇒page 256, fig. 180 from the bulb.
– Disengage the retainer spring ⇒ page 256, fig. 180 pressing
inwards to the right.
– Extract the bulb and fit the replacement so that the rim of the attachment plate is on the reflector cut-out.Main beam lights
– Raise the bonnet.
– Remove the cover ⇒fig. 181 by pulling on this.
– Remove the connector ⇒fig. 182 from the bulb.
– Press the spring ⇒fig. 182 inwards and to the right.
– Extract the bulb and fit the replacement so that it sits correctly into the cut-out on the reflector.
– Installation is done in the reverse order.
A1
A2
A3
Fig. 181 Main beam
headlights
Fig. 182 Main beam
headlights
AC
A1
A2
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If and when
258Side lights– Raise the bonnet.
– Remove the cover ⇒fig. 183 by pulling on this. – Extract the lamp holder
⇒fig. 184 outwards.
– Replace the bulb by pulling this out and inserting the replace- ment.
– Installation is done in the reverse order.
Rear lights•
Side lights
•
Brake lights
•
Turn signals
•
Reversing lights
•
Rear fog light
Fig. 183 Side lightsFig. 184 Side lights
AD
A1
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Side lights and brake lights– Open the tailgate.
– Remove the bolts ⇒fig. 185 . – Remove the cover of the luggage compartment lateral panel.
– Unscrew the plastic fitting
⇒fig. 186 securing the rear light.
Inserting a screwdriver under the plastic fitting may help to
loosen it.
– Partially remove the rear light from its casing taking care not to pull on the cable.
– Remove the lamp holder connector.
– Unscrew the bolts ⇒page 260, fig. 187 from the lamp holder
and pull on this.
– Press on the lamp and rotate to the left then fit the replacement.
– To refit follow the steps in reverse order, taking special care when fitting the lamp holder. The metal contacts of the lamp holder
ends should be correctly fitted with respect to the rear light
contacts.
Fig. 185 Side lights and
brake lightsFig. 186 Side lights and
brake lights
AA
ABAC
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If and when
260Tu r n i n d i ca to rs– Remove the diode from its housing ⇒ page 259.– Unscrew the bolts ⇒
fig. 187 from the lamp holder and pull
on this.
– Pull out the indicator lamp holder using a screw driver in the direction of the arrow ⇒fig. 188.
– Fit the replacement lamp by pressing it down and rotating to the left.
– Installation is in the reverse order.
Reverse light / rear fog light– Rotate the lamp holder to the left, and remove it in the direction of the arrow ⇒fig. 189.
– Replace the bulb by pressing on it and rotating at the same time to the left.
Fig. 187 Indicator lightFig. 188 Indicator lights.
AC
Fig. 189 Lamp on interior
side of bumper
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Side indicators– Press the indicator to the left or to the right to remove the lamp.
– Remove the lamp holder from the indicator.
– Remove the failed glass bulb and replace with a new bulb.
– Insert the lamp holder in the indicator guide until it clicks into
place.
– First place the indicator in the opening in the bodywork, fixing the tabs ⇒fig. 190 , arrow .
– Insert the bulb as shown by the arrow ⇒fig. 190 .
Luggage compartment lights– Remove the bulb by pressing on the inside edge of this -arrow-
using the flat side of a screwdriver ⇒fig. 191.
Fig. 190 Side indicator
A1
A2
Fig. 191 Luggage
compartment lightFig. 192 Luggage
compartment light
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If and when
264How to jump start: description⇒ fig. 197 shows the flat battery and the charged battery.
Jump lead terminal connections
– Switch off the ignition on both vehicles ⇒.
1. Connect one end of the red jump lead to the positive ⇒fig. 197
terminal of the vehicle with the flat battery ⇒.
2. Connect the other end of the red jump lead to the positive terminal in the vehicle providing assistance.
3. Connect one end of the black jump lead to the negative terminal on the battery of the vehicle providing assistance. 4. Connect the other end of the black jump lead to a solid metal
component which is bolted on to the engine block, or onto the
engine block itself of the vehicle with the flat battery. Do not
connect it to a point near the battery ⇒.
5. Position the leads in such a way that they cannot come into contact with any moving parts in the engine compartment.
Starting
6. Start the engine of the vehicle with the boosting battery and let it run at idling speed.
7. Start the engine of the car with the flat battery and wait one or two minutes until the engine is “running”.
Removing the jump leads
8. Before you remove the jump leads, switch off the headlights (if they are switched on).
9. Turn on the heater blower and rear window heater in the vehicle with the flat battery. This helps minimise voltage peaks which are
generated when the leads are disconnected.
10. When the engine is running, disconnect the leads in reverse order to the deta ils given above.
Connect the battery clamps so they have good metal-to-metal contact with
the battery terminals.
If the engine fails to start, switch off the starter after about 10 seconds and
try again after about half a minute.
Fig. 197 How to connect
the jump leads
AA
AB
A+
A+
A-
AX
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Do not pull too hard with the towing vehi
cle 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 wo rk if the engine is not running, you
will need more strength to steer than you normally would.
Towing vehicles with an automatic gearbox
•
Put the selector lever into position “N”.
•
Do not drive faster than 50 km/h when towing a vehicle.
•
Do not tow further than 50 km.
•
If a breakdown vehicle is used, the vehicle must be towed with the front
wheels raised.Note
•
Observe legal requirements when towing or tow-starting.
•
Switch on the hazard warning lights of both vehicles. However, observe
any regulations to the contrary.
•
For technical reasons, vehicles with an automatic gearbox must not be
tow-started.
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If damage to your vehicle means that there is no lubricant in the gearbox,
you must raise the drive wheels while the vehicle is being towed.
•
If the vehicle has to be towed more than 50 km, the front wheels must be
raised during towing, and towing should be carried out by a qualified person.
•
The steering wheel is locked when the vehicle has no electrical power. The
vehicle must then be towed with the front wheels raised. Towing should be
carried out by a qualified person.
•
The towing eye should always be kept in the vehicle. Please refer to the
notes on ⇒page 266, “Tow-starting”.
Trailer eyes
Fig. 198 The front right
section of the vehicle:
Fitting the front towing
eyeFig. 199 Fitting the
towing eye to the rear of
the vehicle
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Index289
Index
AABS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Acoustic signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Acoustic warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Adjusting the seat belt height . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
AFS (curve lights) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Air conditioner* 2C-Climatronic* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Air conditioning system General notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Air conditioning* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Air recirculation mode 2C-Climatronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Manual air conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Airbag covers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Curtain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Front airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Alarm system Switching off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Alternator Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Ambient temperature display . . . . . . . . . . . . 64, 71 Anti-freeze . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Anti-lock brake system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Anti-puncture tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Anti-theft alarm system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 Switching off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Anti-theft wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Aquaplaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Ashtray* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Automatic anti-dazzle interior mirror* Activating the anti-dazzle function . . . . . . 127
Deactivating anti-dazzle function . . . . . . . . 127
Automatic car wash tunnel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Automatic gearbox / DS G automatic gearbox . 172
Automatic lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Automatic mode 2C-Climatronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Automatic wiper/wash function for the rear window 126
Auxiliary audio connection: AUX-IN . . . . . . . . . 147
BBall coupling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
BAS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185 Battery
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Winter conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Belt tension device Disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Belt tension devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Biodiesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Biodiesel fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Bonnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Brake assist system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228 Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Brake servo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185, 192
Brake system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228 Brake servo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Braking distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Bulb changes general notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Bulb defect warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Buzzer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118, 167
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290CCatalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
CD changer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Central locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Automatic locking system for involuntary unlocking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Automatic speed dependent locking and un- locking system* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Emergency unlocking system . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Selective unlocking system* . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Unlocking system* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Central locking button Central locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
unlocking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Centre arm rest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Cetane number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Changing gear See Manual gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Changing the lamps Main headlight lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
rear lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Changing the main headlight lamps
dipped beam lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
main beam lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Side lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
turn signal lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Changing the rear lights
indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
luggage compartment lights . . . . . . . . . . . 261
rear fog light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260 reverse light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
side lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Changing windscreen wiper blades . . . . . . . . . 225
Chassis number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Checking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Checking battery electrolyte level . . . . . . . . . . 230
Checking engine oil level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Securing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Child seats on the front passenger seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Cigarette lighter* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Cleaning alloy wheel rims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Cleaning and caring for your vehicle . . . . . . . . 201
Cleaning chrome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Cleaning engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Cleaning steel wheel rims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Cleaning windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Climatic* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Climatronic General notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Cloth seat covers cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Clothes hook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Cockpit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Control lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Control lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Controls
Electric windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Light switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Convenience closing Sliding/tilting roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Convenience opening Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222, 223 Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Coolant Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Coolant level warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Coolant Loss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Coolant temperature Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Cruise control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Cruise control* Turning off the cruise control system . . . . 184
Curtain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
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