brake Seat Arona 2019 Owner's Manual

The essentials
CAUTION
When removing/fitting the wheel, the rim
may hit and damage the brake disc. For this
r eason, pl
ease take care and get a second
person to assist you. Tyres with compulsory direction of
rotation
A directional tread pattern can be identified
by the arrows on the sidew
all that point in the
dir

ection of rotation. Always observe the di-
rection of rotation indicated when fitting the
wheel to guarantee optimum properties of
this type of tyres with regard to grip, noises,
wear and aquaplaning.
If it is absolutely necessary to fit the spare
tyre* against the direction of rotation, drive
with care as this means the tyre does not of-
fer optimum driving properties. This is of par-
ticular importance when the road surface is
wet.
To return to directional tread tires, replace the
punctured tyre as soon as possible and re-
store the obligatory direction of rotation of all
tyres.
Subsequent work

Operation
Front drink holder* Fig. 157
Front drink holders in the centre con-
sol e. In the central console, next to the hand brake,
ther
e ar
e tw o drinks hol
ders

Driving
WARNING
Longer braking distances and faults in the
brake system incr ease the risk of acci-
dents.

Start and driving
away. Always apply the handbrake when you
l eav
e your v ehicl
e and when you park
.
Applying the handbrake

Start and driving
Electronic differential lock (EDS)* The EDL operates along with the ABS in vehi-
cles equipped with Electronic St
abilit
y Con-
trol (ESC)*.
EDL helps the vehicle to start moving, accel-
erate and climb a gradient in slippery condi-
tions where this may otherwise be difficult or
even impossible.
It uses the ABS sensors to monitor the speed
of the driven wheels.
At speeds of up to approximately 80 km/h
(50 mph), it is able to balance out differences
in the speed of the driven wheels of approxi-
mately 100 rpm/min caused by a partially
slippery road surface. It does this by braking
the wheel which has lost traction and distrib-
uting more driving force to the other driven
wheel via the differential.
To prevent the disc brake of the braking
wheel from overheating, the EDL cuts out au-
tomatically if subjected to excessive loads.
The vehicle will continue to function normally
without EDL. For this reason, the driver is not
informed that the EDL has been switched off.
The EDL will switch on again automatically
when the brake has cooled down. Control lamp
A malfunction in the EDL is indicated by the
ESC control lamp 

. Take the vehicle to a
specialised workshop as soon as possible. WARNING

Driving
vehicle to a specialised workshop as soon as
possibl e
.
If ther e is a f
ault in the ABS, the ESC* and the
t
yre pressure control lamp will also light up.
Brake system fault
If the ABS warning lamp  lights up together with the brake warning lamp , there is a
fault in the ABS function and in the brake sys-
tem

Start and driving
Electronic torque management
(XDS)* When taking a curve, the driveshaft differen-
tial mechanism allows the outer wheel t
o t
urn
at a higher speed than the inner wheel. In this
way, the wheel that is turning faster (outer
wheel) receives less drive torque than the in-
ner wheel. This may mean that in certain sit-
uations the torque delivered to the inner
wheel is too high, causing the wheels to spin.
On the other hand, the outer wheel is receiv-
ing a lower drive torque than it could transmit.
This causes an overall loss of lateral grip on
the front axle, resulting in understeer or
“lengthening” of the trajectory.
The XDS system can detect and correct this
effect via the sensors and signals of the ESC.
Via the ESC, the XDS will brake the inside
wheel and counter the excess driving torque
of that wheel. This means that the driver

Driving
The system maintains brake pressure for ap-
pr o
ximat ely tw
o seconds aft
er the driver
takes his foot off the brake pedal to prevent
the vehicle from lurching backward when it is
started. During these 2 seconds, the driver
has enough time to release the clutch pedal
and accelerate without the vehicle moving
and without having to use the handbrake,
making start-up easier, more comfortable
and safer.
These are the basic operation conditions:

Start and driving
Downhill speed control* The downhill speed control function helps the
driver when driving down steep gr
adients.
Do
wnhill speed control is activated when the
selector lever is in D/S and the driver applies
the foot brake. The automatic gearbox auto-
matically engages a lower gear that is suita-
ble for the slope. The downhill speed control
function attempts to maintain the speed at
which the vehicle was travelling when the
foot brake was applied (subject to the laws of
physics and technical drive limitations). It
may be necessary to adjust the speed again
using the foot brake in certain situations. Giv-
en that the downhill speed control can only
change down to 3rd gear, on very steep de-
scents the tiptronic mode may be required. In
this case, manually reduce the tiptronic to
2nd or 1st gear to use the engine brake and
reduce the charge on the brakes.
Downhill speed control is deactivated as
soon as the road levels out again or you press
the accelerator pedal.
On vehicles with cruise control system*

Driving
If the vehicle is equipped with automatic
gearbo x, the ACC can br
ake the v
ehicl
e until
it stops completely if a vehicle in front of it
stops.
The distance programmed should be in-
creased when the road surface is wet.
Driver intervention prompt
During driving, the ACC is subject to certain
limitations inherent in the system. In other
words, in certain circumstances the driver will
have to adjust speed him or herself, as well as
the distance from other vehicles.
In this case, the instrument panel screen will
warn you to intervene by applying the brake
and a warning tone will be heard