interior lights Seat Exeo 2008 User Guide

Lights and visibility
128•
the interior lighting is switched on
•
reverse gear is engaged
Sensors for automatic headlights*
When the light switch is set to the AUTO position, the dipped beam head-
lights are switched on and off automatically according to the ambient light
level with the aid of the sensors located in the interior rear view mirror
⇒ page 113.
WARNING
Electrolyte fluid can leak from a broken mirror. This fluid can cause irrita-
tion to the skin, eyes and respiratory organs. Wash thoroughly with clean
water should you come into contact with this fluid. Seek medical assist-
ance if needed!
Caution
Electrolyte fluid leaking from a broken mirror can cause damage to plastic
surfaces. Use a sponge or similar to remove the fluid as soon as possible.
Note
•
The rear-view mirrors automatic anti-dazzle function* will only work prop-
erly if the sun blind* for the rear window is rolled down and if there are no
other objects preventing light fr om reaching the interior mirror.
•
If you have to stick any type of sticker on the windscreen, do not do so in
front of the sensors. Doing so could pr event the automatic headlight or anti-
dazzle function from working correctly or even from working at all.
Exterior mirrors
The exterior mirrors are adjusted electrically.Adjusting the exterior mirrors
– Turn the adjuster knob to position ⇒fig. 103 (left exterior
mirror) or position (right exterior mirror).
– Move the knob as required to adjust the exterior mirror for a good view behind you.
Retracting both exterior mirrors
– Turn the knob to position .It is advisable to fold the exterior mirrors, for example when parking or when
driving along narrow spaces.
Fig. 103 Detailed view of
the armrest: Adjuster
knobAL
AR
AA
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248Fuse assignment
This list shows the fuses which can be replaced relatively
easily by the owner.No.
Consumer
Amps
1
Climate control
10
2
Footwell lamps
5
3
Heated washer jets
5
4
Radiator fan
5
5
Telephone, multifunction switch, rear window sun
blind
10
6
Air conditioner (air purity sensor), pressure sensor
5
7
Electronic Stabilisation Pro gram (ESP), brake light
switch, clutch pedal switch, steering angle sensor
10
8
Telephone
5
9
Brake servo (vacuum pump)
15
10
Self-directing headlights (adaptive light) right
5
11
Tyre pressure monitoring
12
Diagnostic socket
10
13
Steering column unit
10
14
Brake lights
10
15
instrument panel
10
16
Vacant
5
17
Parking aid, self-levelling suspension, tyre pressure
monitoring system, rain/ light sensor
10
18
Self-directing headlights (adaptive light) left
5
19
Fog lights
15
20
Vacant
21
Vacant
22
Driver's door / front passenger's door
15
23
Rear doors
15
24
Central electrics unit for convenience equipment
20
25
Heater blower
30
26
Rear window heater
30
27
Electrical socket for trailer (control unit)
30
28
Fuel pump, auxiliary pump for diesel
20
29
Vacant
30
Sliding/tilting sunroof
20
31
Diagnosis connection, automatic anti-dazzle interior
mirror with automatic adjustment
15
32
Towing socket
15
33
Lighter
20
34
Vacant
35
Luggage compartment power point*
20
36
Wiper system
30
37
Pump for windscreen washer and headlight washer
system
30
38
Central electrics unit for convenience equipment, bon-
net unlocking
15
39
Radio
20
No.
Consumer
Amps
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Safety First
Operating instructions
Practical tips
Te c h n i c a l D a t a
Fitting the rear light unit
The rear light unit is easy to fit.
– First place the rear light unit in ⇒fig. 212 arrow in the
housing.
– Gently press the rear light unit against the housing, first in posi- tion and then in position , until that the clips engage firmly
in the rubber mountings.
– Apply gentle pressure on the front side of the rear light unit and secure using the screwdriver from the luggage compartment
⇒ fig. 213 .
– Try to move the rear light sideways to ensure it is correctly fitted.
– Replace the cover in the interior trim.
– Put the screwdriver back into the tool kit.
– Make sure that all bulbs for the rear lights are working.
CautionTake care when fitting the rear light unit to make sure there is no damage to
the paintwork or any of its components.
Fig. 212 Fitting the rear
light unitFig. 213 Luggage
compartment: Location of
the bolt securing the rear
light unit
A1
A2
A3
A1
A2
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– Fit the cover back in the interior trim so that it engages.
– Put the screwdriver back into the tool kit.
– Make sure that all bulbs for the rear lights are working.Side indicators– Press the indicator to the left or to the right to remove the lamp.
– Remove the lamp holder from the indicator.
– Remove the failed glass bulb and replace with a new bulb.
– Insert the lamp holder in the indicator guide until it clicks into place. – First place the indicator in the opening in the bodywork, fixing
the tabs ⇒fig. 218 , arrow .
– Insert the bulb as shown by the arrow ⇒fig. 218.
Fig. 218 Side indicator
A1
A2
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Index
294FFabric trim cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Fastening rings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Filling the tank
Releasing the tank flap ma nually . . . . . . . 209
Floor mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Front airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Front drink holders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Front passenger airbag deactivation . . . . . . . . . 44
Frontal airbags Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Fuel Diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Fuel gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Fuel level low . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Instantaneous fuel consumption . . . . . . . . . 84
Petrol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Fuel range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73, 84
Fuel tank opening the fuel tank flap . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Fuel: save . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Fuse Assignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
GGear shift pattern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
General overview of the engine compartment 282
Glove compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149Cool box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120HHandbrake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Hazard warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Head restraintRear seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Head restraints Front seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Rear seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Removing and fitting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
head restraints, correct adju stment . . . . . . . . . 13
In-use and non-use positions . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Headlight Automatic headlight control . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Headlight range control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 Dynamic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Faulty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 Automatic headlight control photosensors 113
Coming home function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Driving abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Front fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Headlight range control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 Headlight washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Leaving home function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Self-directing headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Heated Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Heated rear window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Heated seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
High pressure cleaners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
IIdentification number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Ignition key Safety interlock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Ignition lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Indicator lamps Cruise control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Glow plug system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Hazard warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Main beam headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Trailer indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Indicator lamps - overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Instruments Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62, 116
Interior lights Background lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
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Luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Interior monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Intermittent wipe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
ISOFIX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
JJack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236, 241
Jump leads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Jump-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271KKey tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Climate control settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Remote control key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Settings for the driver's seat . . . . . . . . . . . . 136LLeather cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Light sensor faulty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
LightingInstruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62, 116
Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 Automatic headlight control . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Cornering light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Dipped headlights faulty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Dynamic headlight range control . . . . . . . . 117 Headlight flasher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Parking light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Rear lights faulty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Self-directing headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Switching on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Xenon lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Liquid coolant Anti-freeze . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Checking the level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Liquid coolant additive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Topping up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Load compartment in the boot See Luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Locking the doors manually if the central locking
fails to work
Locking the doors manually if the central lock- ing fails to work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Long periods of non-use Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16, 139 Extending . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Fastening rings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Loading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Ski bag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Stretch net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
See also Luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . 16
Luggage rack See Roof carrier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
MMain beam headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Maintenance
airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Maintenance and cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Manual gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Manual operation Closing the sunroof manually . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Fuel tank flap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Mirrors Anti-dazzle interior rear -view mirror with auto-
matic adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Automatic exterior mirror adjustment . . . . 134
Enabling stored settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Heated exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Make-up mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Storing settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Mobile telephones and radiotelephones . . . . 207NNumber of seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18OObservations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Octane number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Oil consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Oil dipstick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Oil properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
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296On-board computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Override function
Sunroof override function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Overview Cockpit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57PPaintworkPolishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Parking aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167 SEAT parking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
SEAT parking system plus . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Petrol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210 Driving abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Petrol additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Physical principles of a frontal collision . . . . . . 19
Plastic key tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Plastic parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Plastic parts cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Power steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Products for vehicle maintenance . . . . . . . . . . 197QQuartz clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
RRadiator fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Radio display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Rain sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Rain sensor faulty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Reading lights Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Rear drink holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Rear fog light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Rear side window sun blind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Rear view mirror With manual anti-dazzle setting . . . . . . . . 127
Rear view mirrors Anti-dazzle setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Interior rear view mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Rear window heating Heating element wires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Rear window sun blind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Refuelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Registration light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Remote control key Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Locking and unlocking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Locking and unlocking the vehicle . . . . . . 102
Replacing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Remote control keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Re-synchronising . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Removing and fitting the wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . 242 Repairs
airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Replacement of parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Replacing rear bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Rev counter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Reverse gear Manual gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Roof carrier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 Attachment points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Roof load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Rubber seals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Running in Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
SSAFE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Safe driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7Aspects to take into account . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Before setting off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Driving safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Safety equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Safety instructions Engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Safety notes Airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Belt tension devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Curtain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Disabling front passenger airbag . . . . . . . . 45
frontal airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
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