warning Seat Ateca 2018 Owner's Manual

Index
Replacement par
ts
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
Replacement parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
Replacing the battery of the vehicle key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Reset the trip recorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Retaining hooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Retrofitting towing bracket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
Reverse gear (automatic gearbox) . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Revolution counter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114, 115
Rims changing a wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
Roll-back function windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
RON (petrol) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Roof carrier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Roof carrier system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Roof load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170 technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Roof luggage rack attach the cross bars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Roof rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Running in new brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
new engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
new tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
S Safe driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Safelock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 see also Anti-theft security system . . . . . . . . . 125
Safety child safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
child seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 deactivating the front passenger airbag . . . . . . 22
safe driv
ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Safety equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Safety information knee airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Safety instructions belt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
head-protection airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
use of seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
using child seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24, 90
Safety interlock for ignition key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Saving fuel inertia mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Saving tips (efficiency program) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Seat electric seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Seat belt position for pregnant women . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19, 82
cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
protective function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
purpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79, 84
safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
unfastened . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Seat belt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20, 83
SEAT Drive Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Seat heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Seats adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
rear seat backrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Selective catalytic reduction see Exhaust purification system (diesel) . . . . 295 Selective unlocking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Selector l
ever lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Selector lever (automatic gearbox) malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
manual release mechanism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Service intervals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Service notification: read . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Side airbags description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Signal lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Sliding panoramic sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67, 319 four-wheel drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Spanner symbol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Special characteristics area view system (Top View Camera) . . . . . . . 268
high-pressure cleaning devices . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
tow-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98, 99
towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
trailer mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Speed limiter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212, 214 control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
display message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
operate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Speed warning device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Sport Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Stabilisation of the towing vehicle and trailer . . 281
Start-Stop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Start-Stop system driver messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
starting and stopping the engine . . . . . . . . . . 208
switching off and on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
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Index
the engine does not switch off . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
the en gine s
t
arts by itself . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Starter button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Starting the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Starting the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Steering electromechanical steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
engaging the steering lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Steering wheel adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
gear shift paddles (automatic gearbox) . . . . . 195
Storage area front seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Storage compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160, 161 glove compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
glove compartment lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Storing objects trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Sun blinds anti-trap function (sunroof) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Sun protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141 anti-trap function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
operating malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
sun blind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Sun visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Switch hazard warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Switching off the engine with the key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Switching off the lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Switching on the lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Switching the ignition on and off . . . . . . . . 30, 181 System Easy Connect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
T Tail
board for transporting long items . . . . . . . . . 164
Tail lights changing a bulb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Taking care of your vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285 exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
interior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Technical data capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304
roof load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
vertical load on the coupling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Technical modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
Technical specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317
Textiles: cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Things to note towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Tightening torque of wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . 319
Tiptronic (automatic gearbox) . . . . . . . . . . 193, 195
Top speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Top Tether . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26, 29
Top Tether system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26, 29
Top View Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265 see Top View Camera system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Top View Camera system Instructions for use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Tow-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Tow-starting the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 special characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Tow hitch control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
electrical unlocking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276 Towing
blind spot detector (BSD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
special characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Towing bracket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276 also see Trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
electrical unlocking tow hitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
fitting a bicycle rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
retrofitting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
Towing the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68, 98, 99 automatic gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
driving tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
four-wheel drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
front towing eye . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
manual gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
rear towing eye . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
special characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
things to note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
tow bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
towing not allowed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
with towing bracket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Towline anchorages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68, 95
Tow rope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275, 278
Traffic Jam Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233 malfunctions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
situations in which Traffic Jam Assist must beswitched off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Traffic sign detection system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245 limited operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
speed warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
windscreen damage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Traffic Sign Detection System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246 indication on display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Traffic signs indication on display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246 339

Index
Vertical load on the coupling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
V er
tic
al load on the trailer coupling
loading the trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
W Warning symbols see Control and warning lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Warning triangle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Washing the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285 sensors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
things to note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318
Welcome light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
What negatively affects driving safety? . . . . . . . . 73
Wheel balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308
Wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319 anti-theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
caps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
loosening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
tightening torque . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311
Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307, 319 central wheel trim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319
changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64, 66
new wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
temporary spare wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314
Wheel spanner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Wheel trim removing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Windows electric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18, 139
removing ice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
Window wiper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Window wiper blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Windscreen heated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 windscreen and rear window wiper blades
chan ging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Windscreen and rear window wiper blades . . . . . 97
Windscreen washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59, 153
Windscreen washer water capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304
checking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304
topping up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304
Windscreen wiper and rear window wiper sys- tems
service position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Windscreen wipers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32, 153 functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
headlight washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
heated windscreen washer jets . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
lifting the wiper blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
rain sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
replacing the wiper blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
service position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
special characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
window wiper lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Winter conditions battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
defrosting the windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
taking care of your vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315
Winter driving sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Winter operation headlight washers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
heated windscreen washer jets . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
salt on the roads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Winter tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315 four-wheel drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Wireless Charger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 X
XDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
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About this manual
This manual contains a description of the
equipment supplied with the vehicle at the
time this manual was published. Some of the
units described herein will not be available
until a later date or are only available in cer -
tain markets.
Because this is a general manual for the
ATECA , some of the equipment and functions
that are described in this manual are not in-
cluded in all types or variants of the model;
they may vary or be modied depending on
the technical requirements and on the mar -
ket; this is in no way deceptive advertising.
The illustrations are intended as a general
guide and may vary from the equipment tted
in your vehicle in some details.
The steering indications (left, right, forward,
reverse) appearing in this manual refer to the
normal driving movements of the vehicle ex -
cept when otherwise indicated.
The audiovisual material only is intended to
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alities better. It does not replace the instruc -
tion manual. Please use the instruction manu -
al to obtain more comprehensive information
and indications.
The equipment marked with an aster -
isk* is tted as standard only in certain
versions, and is only supplied as op -
tional extras for some versions, or are
only offered in certain countries.
® All registered marks are indicated with
®. Although the copyright symbol does
not appear, it is a copyrighted mark.
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Emergency information on a given page

WARNING
Texts preceded by this symbol contain infor -
mation on safety. They warn you about possi -
ble dangers of accident or injury.
CAUTION
Texts with this symbol draw your attention to
potential sources of damage to your vehicle.
For the sake of the environment
Texts preceded by this symbol contain rele-
vant information concerning environmental
protection.
Note
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nal information.
This manual is divided into six large parts,
which are:
1. The essentials
2. Safety
3. Emergencies
4. Operation
5. Tips
6. Technical data
At the end of this manual, there is a detailed
alphabetical index that will help you quickly
nd the information you require.