ignition Seat Exeo ST 2013 Owner's manual

300If and when
Do not pull too hard with the towing vehicle and take care to avoid jerking
the tow rope. When towing on an unpaved road, there is always a risk of
overloading and damaging the anchorage points.
The ignition of the vehicle being towed must be switched on to prevent the
steering wheel from locking and also to allow the use of the turn signals,
horn, windscreen wipers and washers.
As the brake servo does not work if the engine is not running, you must ap-
ply considerably more pressure to the brake pedal than you normally would.
As the power assisted steering does not work if the engine is not running,
you will need more strength to steer than you normally would.
Towing vehicles with an automatic gearbox
● Put the selector lever into position “N”.
● Do not drive faster than 50 km/h (30 mph).
● Do not tow further than 50 km.
● If a breakdown vehicle is used, the vehicle must be towed with the front
wheels raised.
Note
● Observe legal requirements when towing or tow-starting.
● Switch on the hazard warning lights of both vehicles. However, observe
any regulations to the contrary.
● For technical reasons, vehicles with an automatic gearbox must not be
tow-started.
● If damage to your vehicle means that there is no lubricant in the gear-
box, you must raise the driven wheels while the vehicle is being towed.
● If the vehicle has to be towed more than 50 km (30 miles), the front
wheels should be raised during towing, and towing should be carried out by
a qualified person. ●
The steering wheel is locked when the vehicle has no electrical power.
The vehicle must then be towed with the front wheels raised. Towing should
be carried out by a qualified person.
● The towline anchorage should always be kept in the vehicle. Please refer
to the notes ⇒ page 299, Tow-starting. 
Front towing eyeFig. 247 Fitting the tow-
line anchorage to front of
the vehicle
Fitting the towline anchorage
– Take the towline anchorage from the on-board tool set.
– Remove the front cover by pressing down on the right hand
side.
– Bolt the anchorage to its limit to the left, in the direction of the
arrow ⇒ Fig. 247. 

Index
Numbers and Symbols
230 V socket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
A
Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230 Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Adaptive headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 Faulty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Airbag Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Airbag covers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Curtain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Front airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Air conditioner 2C-Climatronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Air distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Air outlets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Air purity sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Air recirculation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Air recirculation (automatic) . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Automatic mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Blower . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Defrosting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
ECON Mode (economy) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167 Economical use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Key settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Solar-powered blower/sunroof . . . . . . . . . 171
Temperature selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Air duct Fitting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276, 283
Removing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276, 282
Air purity sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Alcantara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Alternator Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Ambient lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Anti-lock brake system How it works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Anti-theft alarm system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 Interior monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Antifreeze . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Aquaplaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Armrest Storage compartment in front armrest . . . 144
Armrests Adjusting the front armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Ashtray Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
ASR Control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
How the system works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Athermic windscreen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231 Auto-check system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Automatic car wash tunnel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Automatic gearbox
Dynamic gear control programme . . . . . . . 192
Kick-down feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
multitronic® . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Paddle levers (tiptronic mode) . . . . . . . . . 194
Safety interlock for ignition key . . . . . . . . . 174
Selector lever lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Selector lever positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Steering wheel with paddle levers . . . . . . 194
tiptronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
tiptronic mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Automatic headlight control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Auxiliary heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
B
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247 Battery voltage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Disconnection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Long periods of non-use . . . . . . . . . . 247, 248
Replacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247, 248
Testing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Winter operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247, 248
Bicycle rack Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Biodiesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Biodiesel fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
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Head restraintsFront seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Rear seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Removing and fitting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Heated Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Heated rear window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 Heating element wires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Heated seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
High pressure cleaners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
How to jump start description . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
I
Identification number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
Identification plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
Ignition key Safety interlock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Ignition lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Indicator lamps Glow plug system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Main beam headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Indicator lamps - overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Instruments Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64, 121
Interior lights Ambient lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 Interior mirror
With manual anti-dazzle setting . . . . . . . . 133
Interior monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Intermittent wipe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
ISOFIX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
J
Jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261, 266
Jump-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Jump leads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
K
Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 Air conditioner settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Remote control key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Settings for the driver seat . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Kick-down feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
L
Lamps Cruise speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64, 121
Lights Adaptive headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Automatic headlight control . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Coming home function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Cornering light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 Dipped beam headlights faulty . . . . . . . . . . 85
Dynamic headlight range control . . . . . . . 122
Headlight flasher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Leaving home function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Parking light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Reverse lights faulty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Switching on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Xenon lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Load compartment in the luggage compart- ment
see Loading the luggage compartment . . . 16
Loading the luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . 16
Locking the doors manually if the central lock- ing fails to work
Locking the doors manually if the centrallocking fails to work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Long periods of non-use Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Extending . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Fastening rings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Loading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Luggage compartment liner . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Luggage net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Net partition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Retaining strap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Side storage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Ski bag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
see also Loading the luggage compartment . .16
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