oil change Seat Altea Freetrack 2009 User Guide

Wheels and tyres
238wheels or tyres which have not been approved by SEAT for use with your
model may invalidate the vehicle's type approval for use on public roads.•
If the spare tyre is not the same as the tyres that are mounted on the
vehicle - for example with winter tyres - you should only use the spare tyre for
a short period of time and drive with extra care. Refit the normal road wheel
as soon as possible.
Wheel bolts
Wheel bolts must be tightened to the correct torque.The design of wheel bolts is matched to the rims. If different wheel rims are
fitted, the correct wheel bolts with the right length and correctly shaped bolt
heads must be used. This ensures that wheels are fitted securely and that the
brake system functions correctly.
In certain circumstances, you may not use wheel bolts from a different car -
even if it is the same model ⇒page 210.
After the wheels have been changed, the tightening torque of the wheel bolts
should be checked as soon as possible with a torque wrench ⇒. The tight-
ening torque for steel and alloy wheels is 120 Nm.
WARNING
If the wheel bolts are not tightened correctly, the wheel could become
loose while driving. Risk of accident.•
The wheel bolts must be clean and turn easily. Never apply grease or oil
to them.
•
Use only wheel bolts which belong to the wheel.
•
If the torque of the wheel bolts is too low, they could loosen whilst the
vehicle is in motion. Risk of accident! If the tightening torque is too high,
the wheel bolts and threads can be damaged.
Caution
The prescribed torque for wheel bolts for steel and alloy wheels is 120 Nm.Winter tyres
Winter tyres will improve the vehicles handling on snow and
ice.In winter conditions winter tyres will considerably improve the vehicles
handling. The design of summer tyres (width, rubber compound, tread
pattern) gives less grip on ice and snow.
Winter tyres must be inflated to a pressure 0.2 bar higher than the pressures
specified for summer tyres (see sticker on tank flap).
Winter tyres must be fitted on all four wheels.
Information on permitted winter tyre sizes can be found in the vehicle's regis-
tration documents. Use only radial winter tyres. All tyre sizes listed in the
vehicle documentation also apply to winter tyres.
Winter tyres lose their effectiveness when the tread is worn down to a depth
of 4 mm.
The speed rating code ⇒ page 237, “New tyres and wheels” determines the
following speed limits for winter tyres: ⇒
Q max. 160 km/h
S max. 180 km/h
T max. 190 km/h
H max. 210 km/h
In some countries, vehicles which can exceed the speed rating of the fitted
tyre must have an appropriate sticker in the driver's field of view. These
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Technical Data277
Safety First
Operating instructions
Practical tips
Te c h n i c a l D a t a
Engine oil capacity
Diesel engine 2.0l 125 kW (170 bhp). four-wheel driveGeneral engine data
Performance figures
Weights
Approximate engine oil capacity with oil filter change
4.5 litres
General engine data
Power output in kW (bhp) rpm 125 (170)/ 4200
Maximum torque in Nm at rpm 350/1750-2500
No. of cylinders, capacity in cm
3
4/ 1968
Compression 18,5 ± 0,5
Fuel Min. 51 CZ
Maximum speed in km/h 204
Acceleration from 0-80 km/h in sec. 5,9
Acceleration from 0-100 km/h in sec. 8,7
Gross vehicle weight in kg 2160
Weight in working order (with driver) in kg 1615
Front gross axle weight in kg 1115
Rear gross axle weight in kg 1086
Permitted roof load in kg 75
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Technical Data
278Trailer weigh ts
Engine oil capacity Trailer without brakes
750
With brakes, gradients up to 8% 1650
With brakes, gradients up to 12% 1650
Engine oil capacity with oil filter change. 5.5 litres
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Index
282Buzzer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118, 167CCatalytic 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
rear lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Changing the main headlight lamps dipped beam lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
main beam lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Side lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
turn signal lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Changing the rear light lamps Position light, fog light and rear light on the tailgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261 Changing the rear lights
Indicator, side and brake lights on the bodywork . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
luggage compartment lights . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Changing windscreen wiper blades . . . . . . . . . 225
Chassis number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
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 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180 Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Cruise control* Turning off the cruise control system . . . . 182
Curtain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
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Index
286Oil change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Oil properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
One-touch opening and closing
Electric windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Opening and locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Overview Control lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Instrument panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Warning lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75PPaintwork
Polishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Parking aid acoustic system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Parking lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Parts replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Petrol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213 Driving abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Petrol additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Petrol engines, starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Physical principles of a frontal collision . . . . . . 21
Plastic key tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Plastic parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Plastic parts cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Pollen filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163 Power steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Products for vehicle maintenance . . . . . . . . . . 201
RRadio frequency remote control
Changing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Radio navigation Steering wheel controls audio + telephone version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
audio version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Radio wave remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Rain sensor* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Rear drink holder* Armrest* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Rear fog light Indication lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Rear interior lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Rear lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Rear reading lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Rear seat bench . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Rear window heating Heating element wires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Rear window wiper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Rear-view mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Recommended gear display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Refuelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Registration light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Remote control key Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Synchronising . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 Removing and fitting the wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Repairs
airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Replacement keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Rev counter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Reverse gear Manual gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Roll-back function Sliding/tilting roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Roof aerial* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Roof carrier* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Roof stowage compartment* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Rubber seals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Running in Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
SSafe driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Safety equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Safety instructionsCoolant temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Safety notes Airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Belt tension devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Curtain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Disabling front passenger airbag . . . . . . . . 45
frontal airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
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