coolant level Seat Ibiza 5D 2005 User Guide

Checking and refilling levels
182Brake fluidChecking the brake fluid level
The brake fluid is checked at the intervals given in the service
schedule.– Read off the fluid level at the transparent brake fluid reservoir. It
should always be between the “MIN” and “MAX” marks.The position of the coolant expansion tank is shown in the corresponding
engine compartment diagram ⇒page 224. The brake fluid reservoir has a
black and yellow cap.
The brake fluid level drops slightly when the vehicle is being used as the
brake pads are automatically adjusted as they wear. However, if the level goes down noticeab
ly in a short time, or drops below the
“MIN” mark, there may be a leak in the brake system. A display on the instru-
ment panel will warn you if the brake fluid level is too low ⇒page 60.
WARNING
Before opening the bonnet to check the brake fluid level, read and observe
the warnings ⇒page 169.Changing the brake fluid
The brake fluid must be renewed every two years.We recommend that you have the brake fluid changed by an Authorised
Service Centre.
Before opening the bonnet, please read and follow the warnings ⇒ in
“Safety instructions on working in the engine compartment” on page 169 in
“Working in the engine compartment”.
Brake fluid absorbs moisture. In the cour se of time, it will absorb water from
the ambient air. If the water content in the brake fluid is too high, the brake
system could corrode. This also consider ably reduces the boiling point of the
brake fluid. Heavy use of the brakes may then cause a vapour lock which
could impair the braking effect.
For this reason the brake fluid must be renewed every two years.
It important that you use only use brake fluid compliant with the US standard
FMVSS 116 DOT 4. We recommend the use of Genuine SEAT brake fluid.
WARNING
Brake fluid is poisonous. Old brake fluid impairs the braking effect.
Fig. 128 In the engine
compartment: Brake fluid
reservoir cover
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Index
242CCar care
Exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Car care products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Car phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Car washes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Central locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Automatic speed dependent locking and un-locking system* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Emergency unlocking system . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Locking system for invo luntary unlocking . . 72
Selective unlocking system* . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Unlocking system* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Central locking button Central locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
unlocking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Cetane number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Change lamps dipped headlight lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Changing gear See Manual gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Changing lamps interior light and reading light . . . . . . . . . . 214
changing lamps rearlights on frame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Changing the lamps glovebox light* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
main beam lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207 Main headlight lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
number plate light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
side beam lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Side indicator lights . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Changing windscreen wiper blades . . . . . . . . . 180
Chassis number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Checking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Checking battery electrolyte level . . . . . . . . . . 184
Checking engine oil level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Child safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Child seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Categorisation in groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Group 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Group 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Group 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Groups 0 and 0+ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
ISOFIX system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Securing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Child seats on the front passenger seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Cigarette lighter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Cleaning alloy wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Cleaning and caring for your vehicle . . . . . . . . 153
Cleaning chrome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Cleaning cloth seat covers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Cleaning dash panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Cleaning engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Cleaning fabric trim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Cleaning leather . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160 Cleaning plastic parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Cleaning seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Cleaning steel wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Cleaning windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Cleaning wooden trim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Climatronic
automatic mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
General notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
manual mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Cockpit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Control Light switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Control lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Control lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Controls Electric windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Convenience closing Sliding/tilting roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Convenience opening Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176, 177
Coolant Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Coolant level warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Coolant Loss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
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Index243
Coolant temperature
Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Correct adjustment of front head restraints . . . . 12
Cruise control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Curtain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39DDanger of fitting a child seat on the front passenger seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Diesel engine Winter driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Differential lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Differential lock fault (EDL) warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Digital clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Dipped headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Disabling front passenger airbag Safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Disabling the airbag Disabling front passenger airbag . . . . . . . . . 41
Displays in the Multi-function display Memory displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Door lock cylinders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Door release lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Doors
Childproof locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Drive wheels traction control system . . . . . . . . 140
Driving Driving abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
With a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
with a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Driving abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 Headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Driving economically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Driving safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Driving with respect for the environment . . . . . 151
Duplicate keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Dust filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Dynamic headlight range control . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
EEDL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
EDS Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Electrical sockets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Electrohydraulic steering warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Electronic differential lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142 Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Electronic immobiliser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66, 126
Electronic stabilisation program . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Electronic stabilisation programme . . . . . . . . . . 66 Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 Electronic stabilisation programme (ESP)
warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Emission control system warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Engine Running in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Engine compartment Working in the engine compartment . . . . . 169
Engine coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Engine fault Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Engine management Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172 Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Checking level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Oil properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Topping up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Engine oil dipstick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Engine oil pressure Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Environmental tip Avoiding pollution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
ESP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66, 141
Exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
External aerial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
FFastening rings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16, 111
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