vehicle Seat Ateca 2019 Repair Manual

Driver assistance systems
Driver assistance systems
St ar
t
-Stop system*
Control lamps 
It lights up
The Start-Stop system is available, the automatic en-
gine shutdown is activ
e.i
It lights up
The Start-Stop system is not available. Instructions for the driver on the instru-
ment panel displ
ay
Start-Stop system deactivated.
Start the engine manually
This driv er message is displ

ayed when cer-
tain conditions are not met during the stop-
ping phase and the Start-Stop system can-
not restart the engine. The engine must be
started manually.
Start-Stop system: Fault! Function
not available
There is a fault in the Start-Stop system. Take
the vehicle to a workshop to have the fault re-
paired. Description and operation The Start-Stop system helps save fuel and
reduce CO
2 emissions.
In St art

-Stop mode, the engine will automati-
cally switch off when the vehicle stops or is
stopping; for example when stopping at traf-
fic lights. The ignition remains switched on
during the stopping phase. The engine auto-
matically switches back on when required. In
this situation, the light of the START ENGINE STOP button stays on
1)
.
As soon as the ignition is swit ched on, the
St

art-Stop function is automatically activa-
ted.
Further information about the Start-Stop sys-
tem can be found on the Easy Connect sys-
tem: by pressing the button  in the Vehi-
cle status menu.
V ehicl
es with a manual gearbo

x

Driver assistance systems
After detecting that the vehicle is stationary
and the br ak
e pedal has been r
eleased, the
Auto Hold function holds the vehicle. The driv-
er can lift their foot off the brake pedal.
When the driver touches the accelerator
pedal or accelerates slightly to continue driv-
ing, the Auto Hold function releases the brake.
The vehicle moves according to the slope of
the road.
If the vehicle is stationary and one of the con-
ditions required by the Auto Hold function is
impaired, it disconnects itself and the button

Driver assistance systems
Setting speed
T o set your speed, mo
v
e the third lever loca-
ted in position 1 upwards or downwards until
the desir ed speed is sho
wn on the instrument
panel displ

ay. The speed adjustment is made
at 10 km/h (6 mph) intervals.
Once you are driving, if you wish to set the
current speed as the vehicle

Driver assistance systems
WARNING
There is a danger of rear collision when the
minimum distance t o the v
ehicle in front is
exceeded and the speed difference be-
tween both vehicles is so great that a
speed reduction by the ACC will not suf-
fice. In this case the brake pedal should be
applied immediately.

Driving
Note
If you do not switch off the ACC in the
afor ementioned sit
uations, you may com-
mit a legal offence. Special driving situations
Fig. 264
(A) Vehicle on a bend. (B) Motorcy-
clist ahead out of r ange of the radar sensor

. Fig. 265
(C) Vehicle changing lanes. (D) One
v ehicl e t

urning and another stationary. The adaptive cruise control (ACC) has cer-
t
ain physical limit
ations inher

ent in the sys-
tem. For example, certain reactions of the
ACC, in certain circumstances, may be unex-
pected or come late from the driver

Driver assistance systems
Narrow or misaligned vehicles
The r adar sensor can only det
ect narr
ow or
misaligned vehicles when they are within
range

Driving
Lane Assist system* Intr oduction Fig. 266
On the windscreen: field of vision of
the L ane Assist syst
em camer
a.Using the camera located in the windscreen,
the L
ane Assist syst
em det

ects the possible
lines dividing the lanes. When the vehicle in-
voluntarily approaches a dividing line it has
detected, the system notifies the driver with a
corrective steering movement. The purpose is
not only to warn the driver, but also to keep
the vehicle inside the lane. This movement
can be over-regulated at any time.
No warning is produced with the turn signals
activated, given that the Lane Assist system
understands that a lane change is required. Control lamp "
It lights up yellow
Lane Assist active but not available.
The system cannot accurat
ely recognise the lane.
Please see page 294, Lane Assist system is not avail-
able (the control lamp is lit up yellow). "
It lights up green
Lane Assist system active and available. Some control and warning lamps will light up
briefly when the ignition is s
wit
ched on t

o
check certain functions. They will switch off
after a few seconds. WARNING
Observe the safety warnings

Driver assistance systems

Flashes
The blind spot detector has detected a vehicle in the
blind spot and the turn signal has been t urned on in
the dir
ection of the detected vehicle

Driver assistance systems
Driving situations Fig. 273
Schematic diagram:  Passing sit ua-
tion with tr affic behind the vehicle.  Indication
from the blind spot detector in the left-hand ex-
ternal mirror. Fig. 274
Schematic diagram:  Situation of
passing and then mo ving int

o the right-hand
lane.  Indication from the blind spot detector
in the right-hand external mirror. In the following situations, an indication will
be displ
ayed in the e
xt

ernal mirror

Driver assistance systems
Using the blind spot detector (BSD)
with parking assist ant (RC
T
A)Activating and deactivating the blind spot
detect
or (BSD) with parking assist

ant
(RCTA)
The blind spot detector with parking assistant
can be switched on and off by accessing the
Assistance systems menu on the dash
panel display using the steering wheel con-
trols. If the vehicle is equipped with a multi-
function camera, it can also be accessed by
means of the driver assistance systems key
located on the main beam headlight lever.
Open the Assistants menu.