check oil Seat Leon SC 2013 User Guide

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Emergencies
Tyre repair kit
What to do first
– Please observe the important safety notes ⇒ page 274.
– Apply the handbrake.
– Manual gearbox: Select first gear.
– Automatic gearbox: Move the selector lever to P.
– Check whether a repair is possible using the tyre repair kit
⇒ page 275. 
Using the tyre repair kit
Fig. 163 Tyre: irrepara-
ble damage The tyre repair kit is designed to repair your tyre provisionally only. The dam-
aged tyre should be replaced as soon as possible
⇒ 
.
If the tyre has been damaged by a nail, for example, remove the nail from
the tyre.
The tyre repair kit can be used at outside temperatures of up to -20 °C
(-4 °F).
The tyre repair kit must NOT be used:
● on cuts and punctures larger than 4 mm 1
⇒ Fig. 163
● If the wheel rim has been damaged 2
●
if you have been driving with very low pressure or a completely flat tyre
3.
If necessary, request assistance from specialised personnel.
WARNING
● Remember that the tyre repair kit cannot always be used, and that it
only serves to provide a provisional repair.
● Do not allow the sealing product to come into contact with your eyes,
skin or clothing.
● If you do come into contact with the sealing product immediately
rinse the eyes or skin affected with clean water.
● Do not inhale vapours.
● If any of the sealing product is accidentally ingested, immediately
rinse the mouth thoroughly and drink lots of water. Do not induce vomit-
ing. Seek medical advice immediately.
● Change clothing immediately if it becomes soiled with the sealing
product.
● If any allergic reactions should occur get medical help immediately.
● Keep the sealing product away from children. 
Safety FirstOperating instructionsPractical TipsTechnical specifications

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Technical specifications
Engine specifications
Checking fluid levels
From time to time, the levels of the different fluids in the ve-
hicle must be checked. Never fill with incorrect fluids, other-
wise serious damage to the engine may be caused.
Fig. 202 Diagram for the location of the various elements Coolant expansion tank
Engine oil dipstick
Engine oil filler cap
Brake fluid reservoir
Vehicle battery (underneath the cover)
Windscreen washer reservoir
The checking and refilling of service fluids are carried out on the compo-
nents mentioned above. These operations are described in ⇒ page 251.
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Overview
You will find further explanations, instructions and restrictions on the tech-
nical specifications as of
⇒ page 304. 
Safety FirstOperating instructionsPractical TipsTechnical specifications

Clutch (warning lamp) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Coming Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Consumption (fuel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
Control lampAirbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Tyre monitor indicator warning lamp . . . . 215
Tyre monitoring systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Windscreen wiper fluid level . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Control lamps adaptive cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
applying the brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Control of function Rain sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Controls and displays (overview) . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Control Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Convenience closing Panoramic sliding sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Convenience opening Panoramic sliding sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Convenience opening/closing . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Cooling system Checking the coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Coolant temperature gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Topping up coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Cornering lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Correct adjustment of front seat head re- straints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Correct adjustment of rear seat head restraints In-use and non-use positions . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Correct sitting position
front passenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Incorrect sitting position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
passenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184 Control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Cruise control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Curtain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
D Danger of fitting a child seat on the front pas- senger seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Data recorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Daytime driving light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
DEF (instrument panel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Depth of tread . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Diagnostic connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Diesel Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Particulate filter Diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Preheating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Digital clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323
Dipped beam headlight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Direction of rotation (tyres) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Disabling the airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61, 62
Display/Easy Connect control panel: Cleaning . .242
Disposal
Airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Seat belt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Distance control see adaptive cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Door/rear lid warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Doors Childproof locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Downhill speed control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Drawer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Drink holders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Driver see Correct sitting position . . . . . . . 11, 12, 13
Driver information system CD/radio display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Door/rear lid warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Engine oil temperature display . . . . . . . . . . 77
Operation via the windscreen wiper lever . 73
Outside temperature display . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Driving With a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234, 235
Driving abroad Headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Driving safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Driving through water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Dynamic headlight range control . . . . . . . . . . 117
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E10see Ethanol (fuel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Easy Connect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Economic driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
EDL see Electronic differential lock . . . . . . . . . 222
Efficiency programme Additional electrical appliances . . . . . . . . . 77
Saving tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Electrical accessories see Power socket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Electric windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 Convenience opening/closing . . . . . . . . . 103
Electro-mechanical steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225 Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Electronic differential lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Electronic Self-locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Electronic Stability Control (ESC) . . . . . . . . . . 222
Emergencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274 Automatic gearbox Backup programme . . 181
Replacing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Emergency braking warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Emergency locking and unlocking . . . . . . . . . . 98
Engine Assisted starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Preheating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Start-Stop system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Starting up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163 Starting up (driver messages with the me-
chanical contact) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Switching off (engine) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Engine compartment Closing the bonnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Opening the bonnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Engine coolant G 12 plus-plus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
G 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253 Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Checking oil level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Engine oil dipstick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Inspection service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Longlife inspection service . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Oil properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Replace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Service intervals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Temperature display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Topping up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Environment Ecological driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Environmental friendliness . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Environmental tip Leaks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Environmental tips Filling the tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248, 250
Environment warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219 ESC
Electronic stability control . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Multi-collision brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Sport Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Ethanol (fuel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Exhaust tail pipe: Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
extending the rear lid locking time see rear lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Exterior lighting Changing a bulb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Exterior mirrors Adjust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
heated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
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Fastening rings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18, 145
Fault in the gearbox (warning lamp) . . . . . . . . 181
Fault memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Faults Panoramic sliding sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Faults in the gearbox (warning lamps) . . . . . . 182
Faulty bulbs Changing a bulb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Filling the tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248 Fuel gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Opening the fuel tank cap . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Floor mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Fog light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Fold the seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
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