engine Seat Altea XL 2011 Owner's Manual

Technical Specifications
302Diesel engine 1.6 TDI CR 77 kW (105 PS) with Start&StopEngine specifications
Performance
Weights
Trailer weight Power output in kW (PS)
rpm 77 (105)/ 4400
Maximum torque in Nm at rpm 250/1500-2500
No. of cylinders/ capacity in cm
3
4/1598
Fuel Min. 51 CN
a)
a)Cetane- Number (cetane index) = Measure of the combustion power of the dieselMaximum speed in km/h 183
Acceleration from 0-80 km/h in sec. 8.2
Acceleration from 0-100 km/h in sec. 12.4
Gross vehicle weight in kg 2024
Weight in running order (with driver) in kg 1480
Gross front axle weight in kg 1040
Gross rear axle weight in kg 1010
Permitted roof load in kg 75
Trailer without brakes 740
Trailer with brakes, gradients up to 8% 1500
Trailer with brakes, gradients up to 12% 1400
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Technical Specifications303
Safety First
Operating Instructions
Practical Tips
Technical Specifications
Engine oil capacity
Diesel engine 2.0 TDI CR 103 kW (140 PS) DPFEngine specifications
Performance
Weights
Approximate engine oil capacity with oil filter change
4.5 litres
Power output in kW (PS) rpm 103 (140)/ 4200
Maximum torque in Nm at rpm 320/ 1750 - 2500
No. of cylinders/ capacity in cm
3
4/ 1968
Fuel Min. 51 CN
Manual Automatic
Maximum speed in km/h 201201
Acceleration from 0-80 km/h in sec. 7.06.7
Acceleration from 0-100 km/h in sec. 10.010.0
Manual Automatic
Gross vehicle weight in kg 20342049
Weight in running order (with driver) in kg 14901505
Gross front axle weight in kg 10701085
Gross rear axle weight in kg 10201020
Permitted roof load in kg 75
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Technical Specifications
304Trailer weight
Engine oil capacityDiesel engine 2.0 TDI PD 103 kW (140 PS) without DPFEngine specifications
Performance Manual
Automatic
Trailer without brakes in kg 740750
Trailer with brakes, gradients up to 8% in kg 15001500
Trailer with brakes, gradients up to 12% in kg 14001400
Approximate engine oil capacity with oil filter change 4.5 litres
Power output in kW (PS) rpm 103 (140)/ 4000
Maximum torque in Nm at rpm 320/ 1750 - 2500
No. of cylinders/ capacity in cm
3
4/ 1968
Fuel Min. 51 CN
Manual Automatic
Maximum speed in km/h 201201
Acceleration from 0-80 km/h in sec. 7.06.7
Acceleration from 0-100 km/h in sec. 10.010.0
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Safety First
Operating Instructions
Practical Tips
Technical Specifications
Weights
Trailer weight
Engine oil capacity
Manual
Automatic
Gross vehicle weight in kg 20882123
Weight in running order (with driver) in kg 15441579
Gross front axle weight in kg 10821112
Gross rear axle weight in kg 10241029
Permitted roof load in kg 75
Trailer without brakes 750
Trailer with brakes, gradients up to 8% 1500
Trailer with brakes, gradients up to 12% 1400
Approximate engine oil capacity with oil filter change 4.3 litres
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Index
308CCatalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
CD changer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Central locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Automatic speed dependent locking and un-locking system* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Emergency unlocking system . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Locking system for involuntary unlocking . 101
Selective unlocking system* . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Unlocking system* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Central locking button Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Unlocking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Centre armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Cetane number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Changing a wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Changing gear See Manual gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Changing gear in tiptronic mode . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Changing the bulbs Main headlight bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Tail lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Changing the main headlight bulbs dipped beam headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Main beam headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Side lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Turn signal bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Changing the tail light bulbs Side light, fog light and tail light on the tailgate279 Changing the tail lights
Luggage compartment lights . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Turn signal, side and brake lights on the body278
Changing windscreen wiper blades . . . . . . . . . 243
Chassis number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
Checking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Checking battery electrolyte level . . . . . . . . . . 248
Checking engine oil level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Child safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Child seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Categorisation in groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Group 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Group 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Group 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Groups 0 and 0+ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Securing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Child seats ISOFIX system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
on the front passenger seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Top Tether system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Cigarette lighter* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Cleaning alloy wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Cleaning chrome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Cleaning engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Cleaning steel wheel rims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Cleaning windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Climatic* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Climatronic General notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170 Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Cloth seat covers cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Clothes hook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Cockpit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Coming/leaving home function . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Compartment for on-board documentation . . 144
Control lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Control lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Controls
Electric windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Sliding/tilting sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Convenience closing Sliding/tilting sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Convenience opening Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240, 241 Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Coolant level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241 Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Coolant loss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Coolant temperature Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Correct adjustment of front seat head restraints . . 13
Correct adjustment of rear seat head restraints In-use and non-use positions . . . . . . . . . . . 14
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Correct sitting position
Front passenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Incorrect sitting position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Cruise control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193 Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Cruise control* Turning off the cruise control system . . . . . 195
Curtain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42DDanger of fitting a child seat on the front passenger seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Dash panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Dash panel cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Daytime lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 Activating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Deactivating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Deactivating front passenger airbag Safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Deactivating the airbag Front passenger airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Diesel engine Winter driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Diesel engine particulate filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Differential lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 Differential lock fault (EDL)
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Digital clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Dipped beam headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Display (without warning or information texts) . 61
Disposal Airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Seat belt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Door lock cylinders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Door release lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Doors Childproof locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Drawer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Drive wheels traction control system . . . . . . . . 198
Driver See Correct sitting position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Driveshaft differential XDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Driving Driving abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Economically / Environmentally friendly . . 207
With a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Driving abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210 Headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Driving programmes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Driving safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Driving with an automatic gearbox / DSG automatic gearbox* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Duplicate keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 Dust filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Dynamic cornering lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Dynamic headlight range control . . . . . . . . . . . 122
EEconomical driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
EDL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Electric power steering Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Electrical sockets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Electronic differential lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Electronic immobiliser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90, 175
Electronic Stability Programme . . . . . . . . . 88, 199 Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Electronic Stability Programme (ESP) Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Emergency braking warning . . . . . . . . . . 124, 197
Emergency manual locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Emergency opening Doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Emission control system Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Engine Running in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Engine compartment Working in the engine compartment . . . . . 233
Engine coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
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Index
310Engine fault
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Engine management Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236 Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Checking engine oil level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Oil properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Topping up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Engine oil dipstick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Engine oil pressure Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66, 87
Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207 Environmental friendliness . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Environmental tip Avoiding pollution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Environmentally friendly driving . . . . . . . . . . . 207
ESP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88, 199 See also Electronic Stability Programme . . 173
Example of menu use Program a speed limit warning . . . . . . . . . . 69
To activate and deactivate the speed limit warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Example of the use of the menus Open the Configuration menu with the MFI lever68
Open the Configuration menu with the steering wheel controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Examples of menu use
Open the main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Open the winter tyres menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
To close the winter tyres menu . . . . . . . . . . 69
Exhaust gas purification system . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
FFabric trim cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Fire extinguisher* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Flexible service interval display . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Floor mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Fog lights with cornering function . . . . . . . . . . 123
Folding the seat backrests down . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Folding tray* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Front airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Front drinks holders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Front interior light type 1 Switching light off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Switching light on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Front interior light type 2 Switching light off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Switching light on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Front passenger airbag deactivation . . . . . . . . . 44
Front reading lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 Front seat adjustment
Lumbar support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Fuel Diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Petrol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Fuel level Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Fuel reserve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Warning message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Fuel Tank Opening the fuel tank flap . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Fuel tank See Fuel reserve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Fuel: save . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
GG 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Gear shift pattern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
General overview of the engine compartment 293
Glove compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Glow plug system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176 Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
GRA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193HHandbrake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188 Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86, 188
Hazard warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
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Roof storage compartment* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Rubber seals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Run-flat tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Running in
Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205SSafe driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Safety equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Safety instructionsCoolant temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Safety notes Airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Curtain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Deactivating front passenger airbag . . . . . . 45
Front airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Seat belt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Using child seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Using seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Safety system - Safe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Seals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Seat adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137, 140, 142
Seat belt cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Seat belt position Pregnant women . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Seat belt protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Seat belt release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Seat belt tensioner
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Seat belt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Seat belt warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Incorrectly fastened . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Not worn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Seat heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Selective opening* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Selector lever locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Selector lever positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Servotronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Side lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Sitting position Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Front passenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Sitting position, occupants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Sliding/tilting sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Soot accumulation in the diesel engine particulate filter
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Spare parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Spare wheel* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259 Starting Petrol engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Starting petrol engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Starting the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175, 176
After the fuel tank has been run dry . . . . . . 176
Start-Stop Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Switching on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Steam jets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172 Steering lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Steering wheel audio controls Audio + telephone version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Audio version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Steering wheel height adjustment . . . . . . . . . . 172
Storage area Centre armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Front seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Other storage areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Storage compartment Front passenger side . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Storage in the luggage compartment . . . . . . . 147
Sun blind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Sun visor Sliding/tilting sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Sun visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Switch Hazard warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Light switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Switches Electric windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Switching off the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
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Wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Tightening torque . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Wheel trims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Why assume the correct sitting position? . . . . . 30
Why should head restraints be correctly adjusted? 13
Why wear seat belts? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19, 21, 30
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Windscreen interval wipe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Windscreen washer fluid Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Windscreen wiper blades Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Windscreen wipers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 Changing blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Changing the rear wiper blade . . . . . . . . . . 244
Winter driving Diesel engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Winter tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Wooden trim cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Working in the engine compartment . . . . . . . . 233
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SEAT S.A. is permanently concerned about continuous development of its types and models. For this reason we ask you to understand, that
at any given time, changes regarding shape, equipment and technique may take place on the car delivered. For this reason no rig ht at all
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Vehicle data
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1.Vehicle identification number
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.Identification numbers
Type/Model/Engine
Gearbox/Finishes
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.Identification letters
Engine/Gearbox/Paintwork
Equipment
4
.Identification codes of variable equipment
5
.Consumption (l/100 km) / CO2Emissions (g/km) urban
Consumption (l/100 km) / CO
2Emissions (g/km) motorway
Consumption (l/100 km) / CO
2Emissions (g/km) mixed
Note
• We recommend that you visit an Authorised SEAT Service Centre when-
ever you require any work done on your vehicle.
• SEAT regularly communicates to its Authorised Service Centres new
product developments. They have tools and highly specialized person-
nel who can guarantee the safety and performance of your vehicle.
• Scrupulously following the General Programme for Inspection
Services in Authorised SEAT Service Centres will ensure you maintain
greater value for your vehicle.
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