phone Seat Altea 2014 User Guide

226Accessories, replacement of parts and modifications
Accessories, replacement of parts and modifications
Accessories and spare parts
Always consult a SEAT dealership before purchasing acces-
sories and parts.
Your vehicle is designed to offer a high standard of active and passive safe-
ty.
Before purchasing accessories and parts, and before making technical
changes to your vehicle, we recommend that you consult your Technical
Service.
SEAT dealerships will be happy to provide you with the latest information
about the use, legal requirements and recommendations from the manufac-
turer regarding accessories and spare parts.
We recommend you use only SEAT Approved Accessories®
and SEAT Ap-
proved Spare Parts ®
. This way, SEAT can guarantee that the product in
question is suitable, reliable and safe. SEAT Technical Services have the
necessary experience and facilities to ensure that parts are correctly and
professionally installed.
Despite a continuous observation of the market, SEAT is not able to assess
the reliability, safety and suitability of parts that SEAT has not approved. For
this reason, SEAT cannot assume responsibility for any non-genuine parts
used, even if these parts have been approved by an official testing agency
or are covered by an official approval certificate.
Any equipment subsequently installed which has a direct effect on the driv-
er's control of the vehicle (e.g. cruise control system or electronically-con-
trolled suspension) must be approved by SEAT and bear the e mark (the Eu-
ropean Union's authorisation symbol). If any
additional electrical components are fitted which do not serve to con-
trol the vehicle itself (e.g. refrigerator box, laptop or ventilator fan), these
must bear the CE mark (European Union manufacturer conformity declara-
tion).
WARNING
Accessories, for example telephone holders or cup holders, should never
be fitted on the covers, or within the working range, of the airbags. Oth-
erwise, there is a danger of injury if the airbag is triggered in an accident.

Technical modifications
Modifications must always be carried out according to our
specifications.
Unauthorised modifications to the electronic components or software in the
vehicle may cause malfunctions. Due to the way the electronic components
are linked together in networks, other indirect systems may be affected by
the faults. This can seriously impair safety, lead to excessive wear of compo-
nents, and also invalidate your vehicle registration documents.
SEAT Technical Services cannot be held liable for any damage caused by
modifications and/or work incorrectly performed.
For this reason, we recommend having all work performed by a SEAT Techni-
cal Service using SEAT Original Spare Parts ®
. 

227
Accessories, replacement of parts and modifications
WARNING
Any type of work or modification performed incorrectly on your vehicle
can lead to malfunctions and can cause accidents.

Roof aerial*
The vehicle may be fitted with a foldable* and anti-theft* aerial that may be
positioned parallel to the roof.
To fold down
Unscrew the rod, position parallel to the roof and tighten once again.
To return to working position
Continue in the reverse order to the previous instruction.
CAUTION
If an automatic car wash tunnel is used, before entering the tunnel, put the
aerial down parallel to the roof and do not tighten to avoid damage. 
Mobile phones and two-way radios
First consult your Technical Service if you wish to use a mobile telephone or
a two-way radio with a transmitting power output in excess of 10 watts.
Here you will receive information concerning the technical possibilities for
retrofitting this equipment.
Mobile telephones and two-way radios should be only fitted by a special-
ised workshop, for example a SEAT dealership.
WARNING
● Always concentrate primarily on driving. If you are distracted while
driving you could have an accident.
● Never attach the telephone mountings to the surfaces covering the
airbag units or within the range of the airbags. There is a high danger of
injury if the airbag is triggered.
Note
Please observe the operating instructions of your mobile telephone/two-
way radio. 
Safety FirstOperating instructionsPractical TipsTechnical Specifications

230Checking and refilling levels
LPG system (Liquefied petroleum gas)*
Applies to the model: ALTEA / ALTEA XL Refuelling with LPG
Fig. 160 Fuel tank open with LPG filler neck and adapter
Fig. 161 LPG tank in
spare wheel well Before refuelling, turn off the engine and switch off the ignition and mobile
telephone ⇒ 
.
Read the instructions on how to use the LPG pump carefully.
Opening the fuel tank cap
The LPG filler neck is behind the fuel cap, next to the petrol filler neck.
● The tank flap is located on the rear right hand side of the vehicle.
● Open the fuel tank flap.
Refuelling
● Remove the plug from the gas filler mouth ⇒ Fig. 160 1
.
● Screw the required adapter 2 on the LPG gas filler neck.
● Refuel as indicated in the pump instructions.
● The fuel tank will be full when the pump compressor automatically cuts
the supply.
● If you wish to finish refuelling in advance, release the button on the
pump to stop the flow.
Closing the fuel tank cap
● Unscrew the adapter of the gas filler neck 2
.
● Screw the cap onto the gas filler neck 1.
● Close the fuel tank flap. The tap should be flush with the bodywork.
WARNING
Incorrect handling of LPG can cause explosions, fire, serious burns and
other injuries.
● LPG is a highly explosive and inflammable substance.
● Small quantities of LPG may leak out after refuelling. If LPG comes in-
to contact with the skin there is a risk of freezing. 

Manual gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Manual mode2C-Climatronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
MEDIA-IN connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
MFI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Mirrors Exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Interior rear vision mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Vanity mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Mobile phones and two-way radios . . . . . . . . 227
Multi-purpose mobile storage compartment Closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Multi-purpose mobile storage compartment* Fitting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Multifunction display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
N
Number of seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
O
Observations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Octane number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Oil change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Oil properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239 One-touch opening and closing
Electric windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Opening and locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Outside temperature indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Overview control lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Control lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Dash panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
warning lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Warning lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
P Paintwork Polishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Parking aid acoustic system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Parking lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Parking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Parking System Plus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Passenger see Correct sitting position . . . . . . . 10, 11, 12
Pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Petrol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233 Driving abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Petrol additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Physical principles of a frontal collision . . . . . . 21
Plastic parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Plastic parts cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Pollen filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Pollution filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169 Power sockets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Power steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Products for vehicle maintenance . . . . . . . . . . 214
R Radio frequency remote control . . . . . . . . . . . 104 Changing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Radio navigation controls on the steering wheel
Audio + telephone version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Rain sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Rear cup holder Armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Rear fog light control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82, 115
Control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Rear interior lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Rear lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Emergency opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Rear reading lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Rear seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Rear shelf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 Storage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Rear window automatic wiper/washer . . . . . . 130
Rear window wiper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Recommended gear display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Refuelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Registration light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285, 286
314 Index

Steering wheel audio controlsAudio version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Audio + telephone version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Steering wheel height adjustment . . . . . . . . . 171
Storage compartment Centre armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Front passenger side . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Front seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Other storage compartments . . . . . . . . . . 145
Storage in the luggage compartment . . . . . . . 144
Sun blind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Sun visor Sliding/tilting sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Sun visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Switch Hazard warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Light switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Switches electric windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Switching off the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
T Tank Fuel level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Reserve indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Tank capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Technical modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
The danger of not using the seat belt . . . . . . . . 22
Tightening torque of wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . 296
Tilting sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Top Tether system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Tow-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
Towing a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Towing bracket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Towing bracket, fitting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Towline anchorage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
Towline anchorages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
Tow starting
General notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
Traction control system (ASR) control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Trailer Trailer towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Trailer turn signals control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Trailer weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Turn signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82, 122
Tyre-Mobility-System (Tyre repair kit) . . . . . . . 269
Tyre Mobility-System (Tyre repair kit) . . . . . . . 263
Tyre pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253 Loss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Tyre pressure control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Tyre pressure monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Tyre pressures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
Tyre repair kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263, 269
Tyres and wheels Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Tyres tread depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256 Tyres useful life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Tyres with directional tread pattern . . . . . . . . 253
U Underbody protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Unlocking and locking Personalisation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Upholstery Treating your upholstery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
V
Vehicle battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Vehicle care Treating your upholstery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Vehicle data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
Vehicle identification data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
Vehicle identification number . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
Vehicle maintenance electrically adjustable seats . . . . . . . . . . . 222
heated seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
natural leather . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
non-electrically adjustable seats . . . . . . . 222
seats with airbag components . . . . . . . . . 222
seats without airbag components . . . . . . 222
synthetic leather . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
trim fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
unheated seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Vehicle modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
316 Index