steering Seat Ibiza 5D 2014 Owner's Guide

Emergencies
Towing vehicles with an automatic gearbox
● Put the selector lever into position “N”.
● Do not drive faster than 50 km/h (31 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 au-
tomatic gearbox must not be tow-started.
● If there is no lubricant in the gearbox as the
result of a fault, 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 vehi-
cle 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. Front towline anchorage
Fig. 166
Towline anchorage at the front of the
vehicle Read the additional information carefully
›››  page 28
Fitting the towline anchorage
– Take the towline anchorage from the on-
board tool set.
– Remove the front cover by pressing down
on its left-hand side. For FR finishes, press
down and pull outwards. For the rest of the
Sport finishes, remove the cover by insert-
ing a screwdriver into the lower slot and
levering gently.
– Bolt the anchorage to its limit to the left, in
the dir ection of
the arrow ››› Fig. 166. Rear towline anchorage Read the additional information carefully
›››  page 28
There is a towline anchorage at the rear on
the right below the rear bumper.
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Technical specifications
Advice
Operation
Safety
The essentials

Index
Differential lock fault (EDL) control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Digital clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Disposal Seat belt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Door handle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Door lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Door lock cylinders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Door release lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Childproof locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Double headlight bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Driver see Correct sitting position . . . . . . . . . 30, 31, 32
Driv e
shaft differential
XDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Driving driving abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Economically/with Respect for the Environ-ment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
With a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Driving abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 Headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Driving Economically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Driving safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Driving with Respect for the Environment . . . . . 136
Duplicate keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Dust filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Dynamic headlight range control . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
E EDL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Electric windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10, 87 Electro-hydraulic steering
control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Electronic differential lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Electronic immobiliser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Electronic Stability Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60, 139
Electronic Stability Control (ESC) control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Emission control system control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Engine Running in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10, 167 Working in the engine compartment . . . . . . . . 166
Engine coolant G 12 plus-plus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
G 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Engine coolant fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Engine fault control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Engine management control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Engine oil Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Checking engine oil level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Oil properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Topping up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Engine oil dipstick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Engine oil pressure control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 Environmental friendliness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Environmental tip Avoiding pollution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 ESC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60, 139
see also Electronic Stability Control . . . . . . . . 139
Exhau

st gas emission control system . . . . . . . . . 135
Exterior mirror Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Exterior view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
External aerial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
F Fabric trim cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Fastening rings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Filling the fuel tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Fire extinguisher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
First-aid kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Floor mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Fog light bulb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Fog lights with cornering function . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Footwell lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Front head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
headrests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Front airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Front ashtray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Front drink holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Front interior light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Front parking aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Front passenger airbag deactivation . . . . . . . . . . 45 safety information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Front passenger front airbag Deactivation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Front reading light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
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Index
Remote control key Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Synchronising . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Removing and fitting the wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Replacement keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Replacement of parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Rev counter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Roll-back function panoramic/tilting sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Roof aerial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Roof carrier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Roof carrier system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Rubber seals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Running in Brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Running in tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
S Safe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Safe driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Safe Security system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 child safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
child seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Safety equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Safety information Front passenger airbag deactivation . . . . . . . . 46
Safety instructions Coolant temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
front airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Safety notes Seat belt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Using seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Seals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Seat belt
Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Seat belt cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Seat belt control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Seat belt position for pregnant women . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Seat belt protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Seat belt release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
unfastened . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Seat belt tensioner control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Seat heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Selecting a gear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Selective opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Semiautomatic air conditioning controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Service interval display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Single headlight bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Sitting position driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Sitting position, occupants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180, 210
Soot accumulation in the diesel engine particu- late filter
control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Spanner symbol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Spare parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Spare wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Speed selector lever lock
control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Start-Stop Activating and deactivating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
functioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Starting petrol engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124, 125
Starting the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124, 125 after the fuel tank has been run dry . . . . . . . . 125
Starting the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Steam jets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 steering lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Steering wheel height adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Storage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 Front passenger side . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
right front seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Sun visor Sliding/tilting sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Sun visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Switch Hazard warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Heated rear window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Light switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Switches Electric windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Switching off the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
T
Tail lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Tank Fuel level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Reserve indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Tank capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Technical modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
The PND (portable navigation device) . . . . . . . . . 69
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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
ALTEA range, some of the equipment and
functions that are described in this manual
are not included in all types or variants of the
model; they may vary or be modied depend -
ing on the technical requirements and on the
market; this is in no way deceptive advertis-
ing.
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 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. ®
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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
Texts preceded by this symbol contain additio -
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This manual is divided into ve large parts,
which are:
1. Safety
2. Operation
3. Tips
4. Technical data
5. Alphabetical index
At the end of this manual, there is a detailed
alphabetical index that will help you quickly
nd the information you require.