airbag Seat Leon SC 2013 Service Manual

228Intelligent technology
To restore the necessary energy balance, the system will then temporarily
shut off the electrical components that are using a lot of power, or reduce
the current they are consuming. Heating systems in particular use a large
amount of electrical power. If you notice, for instance, that the seat heating*
or the heated rear window is not working, they may have been temporarily
switched off or regulated to a lower heat output. These systems will be
available again as soon as sufficient electrical power is available.
You may also notice that the engine runs at a slightly faster idling speed.
This is quite normal, and no cause for concern. The increased idling speed
allows the alternator to meet the greater power requirement and charge the
battery at the same time. 
Information recorded in the control units
Your vehicle is fitted at the factory with a series of electronic control units
responsible for the engine and gearbox management. In addition, the con-
trol units supervise the correct performance of the exhaust gas system and
the airbag systems.
Therefore, while the vehicle is being driven, these electronic control units
are continuously analysing the vehicle data. In the event of faults or devia-
tions from the theoretical values, only this data is stored. Generally, the in-
strument panel warning lamps indicate whether there are any malfunctions.
This data can only be read and analysed using special equipment.
The storing of the data allows specialised workshops to detect and repair
faults. Stored data may include:
● Important data about the engine and gearbox
● Speed
● Direction of travel ●
Braking force
● Seat belt check
The vehicle control units never record conversations held by passengers in
the vehicle.
If the control unit records an accident with airbag activation, the system
may automatically send a signal. This will depend on the network operator.
Normally, transmission is only possible in areas with sufficient coverage.
Event Data Recorder
The vehicle is not fitted with an event data recorder.
An event data recorder temporarily stores the vehicle information. There-
fore, in the event of accident, it is possible to obtain detailed information
about how the accident occurred. For example, in vehicles with airbag sys-
tems, data relating to speed of impact, seat belt status, seat positions and
airbag activation times may be stored. The volume of data depends on the
manufacturer.
Event data recorders can only be mounted with authorisation from the vehi-
cle owner and, in some countries, they are governed by local legislation.
Reprogramming control units
On the whole, all the data required for the component management is stor-
ed in the control units. The programming of certain convenience functions,
such as the turn signal convenience mode, individual door opening and dis-
play indications can be modified using special equipment at the workshop.
If the convenience functions are reprogrammed, the Instruction Manual in-
formation and descriptions will not coincide with the modified functions.
Therefore, SEAT recommends that any changes are recorded in the “Other
workshop notes section” of the Service Plan.
You can find out about possible reprogramming at your SEAT Official Serv-
ice. 

272Accessories and modifications to the vehicle
Accessories and modifications to the vehicle
Accessories, replacement parts and repairs
Always ask your dealer or specialist retailer for advice be-
fore purchasing accessories and replacement parts.
Your vehicle is designed to offer a high standard of active and passive safe-
ty. For this reason, we recommend that you ask a SEAT Official Service for
advice before fitting accessories or replacement parts. Your SEAT Official
Service has the latest information from the manufacturer and can recom-
mend accessories and replacement parts which are suitable for your re-
quirements. They can also answer any questions you might have regarding
official regulations.
We recommend you to use only SEAT accessories and Genuine SEAT parts ®
.
SEAT has tested these parts and accessories for suitability, reliability and
safety. SEAT Official Services have the necessary experience and facilities to
ensure that the parts are installed correctly and professionally.
Any retro-fitted equipment which has a direct effect on the vehicle and/or
the way it is driven e.g. cruise control system or electronically-controlled
suspension, must bear the e mark (the European Union's authorisation
symbol) and be approved for use in the vehicle in question.
If any additional electrical components are fitted which do not serve to con-
trol the vehicle itself (for instance a refrigerator box, laptop or ventilator fan,
etc.), these must bear the  mark (manufacturer conformity declaration in
the European Union).
WARNING
Accessories, for example telephone holders or cup holders, should never
be fitted on the covers, or within the working range of the airbags. Other-
wise, there is a danger of injury if the airbag is triggered in an accident.
 Technical modifications
Modifications must always be carried out according to our
specifications.
Unauthorised modifications to the electronic components, software, wiring
or data transfer in the vehicle may cause malfunctioning. Due to the way the
electronic components are linked together in networks, other indirect sys-
tems may be affected by the faults. This can seriously impair safety, lead to
excessive wear of components, and also invalidate your vehicle registration
documents.
You will appreciate that your SEAT dealership cannot be held liable for any
damage caused by modifications and/or work performed incorrectly.
We recommend that all work should be performed by a SEAT Official Service
using Genuine SEAT parts
®
.
WARNING
Incorrectly performed modifications or other work on your vehicle can
lead to malfunctions and cause accidents.

Radio transmitters and business equipment
Radio transmitters (fixed installation)
Any retrofit installations of radio transmitters in the vehicle require prior ap-
proval. SEAT generally authorises in-vehicle installations of approved types
of radio transmitters provided that: 

Index
A
ABSsee Anti-lock brake system . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
ACC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189 radar sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Acoustic parking aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Acoustic warnings Headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Adaptive cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189 control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
messages on the display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
radar sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Special driving situations . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
switching off temporarily . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
using . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Additional electrical appliances (efficiency pro- gramme) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Adjusting front head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
front seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
rear head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Adjusting the head restraints Front head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Airbag covers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
curtain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Differences between front passenger frontairbag systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Front airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Knee airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Air pressure (tyres) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Alarm system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Alcantara: cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Ambient lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Anti-dazzle rear vision mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Anti-freeze protection Windscreen washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Anti-lock brake system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Anti-theft alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87, 95 see also Anti-theft alarm system . . . . . . . . . 87
Anti-theft alarm system Interior monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Tow-away protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Anti-theft security system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87, 98
Anti-theft wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
Antifreeze . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Aspects to take into account before starting the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
ASR see Traction control system . . . . . . . . . . . . 222 Assistance systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
ACC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
adaptive cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
monitoring system Front Assist . . . . . . . . . 202
Parking aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Assisted starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Assist systems Tyre monitoring indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Audible warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Auto Lock (central locking) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Automatic car washes see Washing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Automatic dipped beam control . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Automatic gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 Backup programme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Downhill speed control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Driving tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Kick-down feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Launch Control Programme . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Manual release of selector lever . . . . . . . . 182
Safety interlock for ignition key . . . . . . . . . 163
Selector lever lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Selector lever positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Steering wheel with gearshift paddles . . . 178
tiptronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173, 178
B
Back support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
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Index

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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Index

Folding table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Fold the back seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Front airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Front armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Front Assist city emergency braking function . . . . . . . . 206
malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
messages on the display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
radar sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
see monitoring system Front Assist . . . . . 202
system limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
temporarily switching off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
using . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Front Assist Monitoring system malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
messages on the display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
radar sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
using . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Front Assist Monitoring System city emergency braking function . . . . . . . . 206
system limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
temporarily switching off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Front seats see Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246 Consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
Diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Ethanol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Fuel gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
natural gas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247 Fuel consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
Full-LED headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
Fuse box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
Identifying blown fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Identifying by colours . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
Preparation before replacing . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
G Gear-change indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Gearbox DSG see Automatic gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Gear recommendation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Gearshift paddles (automatic gearbox) . . . . . 178
General overview of the engine compartment 309
Glass Cleaning/De-icing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Glove box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Glove compartment lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
H Handbrake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Hazard warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Headlight range control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Headlights Changing a bulb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Dipped beam headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Driving abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 Headlight control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Headlight washers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Side light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Heated rear window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155, 157
Hill driving assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Hill hold assist see Hill driving assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
How to jump start description . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
I
Identification plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
Identifying letters of engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
Ignition lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Increase capacity of luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Indicator Vehicle key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Inertia mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Information on emissions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
Inspection service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Installation of exhaust gas filtration systems Catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Particulate filter Diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Instrument cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Instrument panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61, 62
Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Service interval display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Instrument panel lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
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Interior anti-dazzle rear vision mirrors . . . . . . 126
Interior monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Interior rear vision mirrorsee Rear vision mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
ISOFIX system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
J
Jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274 Mounting points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Jump leads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Jump starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
K
Key Driver messages (mechanical contact) . . . 164
Unlocking/Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Keys Assigning a key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Changing the battery (vehicle key) . . . . . . . 91
Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Locking/Unlocking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Spare key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Vehicle key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Kick-down Manual gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Kick-down feature Automatic gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Knee airbag See "Airbag system" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 L
Lamps Audible warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Control lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Warning lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Lane Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207 Cleaning the camera area . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Lane Assist system see Lane Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Launch Control Programme (automatic gear- box) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Leather Care Natural leather . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Leather: Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Leaving Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Lighting Changing a bulb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 Acoustic warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
AUTO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Changing a bulb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Coming home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Control lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Controls lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Cornering lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Daytime driving light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Fog light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Headlight range control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Instrument lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Interior lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Leaving home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 Main beam lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Motorway lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Parking light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Reading lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Turn signal lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Load compartment in the luggage compart- ment
see Loading the luggage compartment . . . 17
Loading the luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . 17
Loading the vehicle fastening rings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
roof carrier system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
tailboard for transporting long objects . . . 144
Locking/Unlocking In the lock cylinder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
With the central locking switch . . . . . . . . . . 94
Longlife inspection service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
luggage compartment luggage compartment variable floor . . . . 148
Luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Luggage compartment lighting . . . . . . . . . 118
net bag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
net partition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142, 143
retractable rear shelf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
storing the rear shelf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
see also Loading the luggage compartment . .17
luggage compartment variable floor . . . . . . . 148
Luggage net luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
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Main beam assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Main beam headlight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Main beam lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Maintenance Airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Malfunction adaptive cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Front Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Front Assist Monitoring system . . . . . . . . . 203
Manual gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172 Kick-down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Manual locking of passenger door in an emer- gency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Manual operation Selector lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Manual operation in an emergency Passenger door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Rear lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
messages on the instrument panel display adaptive cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Front Assist Monitoring system . . . . . . . . . 203
Mobile phones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Modifications (technical) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Monitoring system Front Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Motorway lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Mounting/dismounting the head restraints . . 132
Mounting pin (tyre change) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Mounting points (jack) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Moving off Hill driving assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168 Multi-collision Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
N
Natural gas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247 fuel tank cap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
refuelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
smell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
things to note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Things to note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Natural Gas LNG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Natural gas quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Navigation system CD-ROM player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Net bag luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Net partition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142, 143
Noises adaptive cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
refuelling natural gas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Number of colour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
Number of seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
O
Octane rating (petrol) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Oil change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Oil properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
One-touch opening and closing Electric windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 Opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Bonnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Fuel tank cap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Fuel tank flap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Panoramic sliding sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Panoramic sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Rear lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Opening/Closing In the lock cylinder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
With remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
With the central locking switch . . . . . . . . . . 94
Outside temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Outside temperature display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Overview Turn signal and main beam lever . . . . . . . 110
Overview (controls and displays) . . . . . . . . . . . 59
P
Paint code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
Paint damage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Panoramic sliding sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 Closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Convenience closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Convenience opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Fault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Roll-back function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Parking aid Adjusting the display/audible warnings . 221
Environment warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
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Fault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Parking system plus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Rear parking aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Sensors/Camera: cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Towing bracket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Parking aid system see Parking aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Parking light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Parking (automatic gearbox) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Particulate filter (Diesel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Passenger see Correct sitting position . . . . . . . 11, 12, 13
Passenger's seat backrest folding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
lifting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Physical principles of a frontal collision . . . . . . 22
Plastic parts: Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240, 242
Polishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Power Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Power socket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Preheating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Pressure (tyres) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Progressive steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
R Racks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Radar sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191, 204
Radio display: cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Radio transmitters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272 Rain sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Control of function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Rear lid automatic locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Central locking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Manual release in an emergency . . . . . . . 101
see also luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . 100
Rear lights Changing a bulb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Rear seat folding down and lifting backrest . . . . . . . 138
Rear seat backrest folding down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
lifting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Rear vision mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Rear vision mirrors Adjusting the exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . 125
see also Rear vision mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Rear wiper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Reflective vests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Refuelling natural gas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Remote control See "Keys" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Remote control key Unlocking/Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Remove the wheel cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Repairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272 Airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Replacement parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Reservoir capacity Windscreen washer water reservoir . . . . . 125 Reset button (trip recorder) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Reset the trip recorder to zero . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Retaining hooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
retractable rear shelf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Retrofitting a towing bracket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Rev counter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61, 66
Reverse gear (automatic gearbox) . . . . . . . . . 173
Rims
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
RME (fuel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Roll-back function Panoramic sliding sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Roof carrier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Roof carrier system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Roof load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Running in New brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
New engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
New tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
S Safe driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Safelock see Anti-theft security system . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 child safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
child seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Safety equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Safety first . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
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Safety interlock for ignition key . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Safety notesAirbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Curtain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Front airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Seat belt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Using child seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Using seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Saving fuel Conscientious driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Inertia mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Saving tips (efficiency programme) . . . . . . . . . 78
Seat adjuster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Seat belt control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Seat belt position Pregnant women . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Seat belt protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Seat belt release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Incorrectly fastened . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Not worn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Seat belt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
SEAT Drive Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211 Seats
adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
rear seat backrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Selective unlocking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Selector lever Automatic gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Function fault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Selector lever (automatic gearbox) Manual release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Service interval display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Service intervals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Service notification: read . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Setting Headlight range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Side light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Sitting position driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Sitting position for vehicle occupants . . . . . . . 10
Sliding/tilting sunroof Convenience opening/closing . . . . . . . . . 103
Smell of gas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271, 307
Spanner symbol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Special features Windscreen wipers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Speed warning function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168 Sport Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Start-Stop system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Driver messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Stop/Start the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Switching on/off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
The engine does not switch off . . . . . . . . . 170
The engine starts by itself . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Warning lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Starting up (engine) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Steering Electro-mechanical steering . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Engage the steering lock (ignitionkey) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163, 165
Steering wheel Gearshift paddles (automatic gearbox) . . 178
Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Storage area front seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Storage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Storage compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 Glove compartment lighting . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Storing the rear shelf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Sun blind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Sun protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Sun visor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Switch Hazard warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Switching ignition on/off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Switching off using inertia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Switching off (engine) With the key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
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