towing Seat Toledo 2012 Owner's Guide

228Description of the data
● equipment that is not included in the running order
● when using the towing bracket, the drawbar load (max. 50 kg)
Calculating fuel consumption and CO 2 emissions according to the ECE
regulations and the EU specifications
Calculation of fuel consumption for urban driving starts when cold-starting
the engine. Then, normal city driving is simulated.
In extra-urban driving fuel consumption calculation, the vehicle brakes and
accelerated in all gears, as in daily use of the vehicle. The driving speed
moves between a range of 0 and 120 km/h (0 and 75 mph).
The consumption value in combined driving is composed of 37 % of the val-
ue of urban driving and 63 % of the value of extra-urban driving.
WARNING
The maximum permitted weight values must not be exceeded – Risk of
an accident and damage to the vehicle!
Note
● If you wish to calculate the exact weight of your vehicle please contact a
SEAT dealer.
● Depending on the volume of equipment, the driving style, road condi-
tions, weather conditions and the condition of the vehicle, the consumption
values can differ from the theoretical values reproduced here. Information on fuel consumption
Fuel consumption
The consumption and emission details shown on the vehicle
data sticker differ from one vehicle to another.
The vehicle's fuel consumption and CO 2 emissions can be consulted on the
vehicle data sticker in the spare wheel well, inside the luggage compart-
ment and on the rear cover of the Maintenance Programme.
The fuel consumption and CO 2 emission values refer to the weight category
assigned to your vehicle according to the engine and gearbox combination,
as well as the specific equipment fitted, and is only used to compare be-
tween the different models.
The fuel consumption and CO 2 emissions do not depend only on the per-
formance of the vehicle, they can also differ from the established values de-
pending on other factors such as driving style, road conditions, traffic con-
ditions, environmental conditions, load and number of passengers.
Calculation of fuel consumption
The consumption values have been calculated based on measurements per-
formed or supervised by certified CE laboratories according to the latest ver-
sion of directives 715/2007/EC and 80/1268/CEE (for more information
consult the European Union Publications Office at EUR-Lex: © European Un-
ion, http://eur-lex.europa.eu/en/index.htm) and are valid for the kerb
weight indicated for the vehicle.
Note
In practice, and considering all the factors mentioned here, consumption
values can differ from those calculated in the current European regulations. 

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Description of the data
Weights
Kerb weight refers to the basic model with a fuel tank filled to 90% capacity
and without optional extras. The figure quoted includes 75 kg to allow for
the weight of the driver.
For special versions and optional equipment fittings or for the addition of
accessories, the weight of the vehicle will increase ⇒ 
.
WARNING
● Please note that the centre of gravity may shift when transporting
heavy objects; this may affect the vehicle's handling and lead to an acci-
dent. Always adjust your speed and driving style to suit road conditions
and requirements.
● Never exceed the gross axle weight rating or the gross vehicle weight
rating. If the allowed axle load or the allowed total weight is exceeded,
the driving characteristics of the vehicle may change, leading to acci-
dents, injuries and damage to the vehicle.

Towing a trailer Trailer weights
Trailer weight
The trailer weights and drawbar loads approved are selected in intensive tri-
als according to precisely defined criteria. The approved trailer weights are
valid for vehicles in the EU for maximum speeds of 80 km/h (50 mph) (in
certain circumstances up to 100 km/h, 62 mph). The figures may be differ-
ent in other countries. All data in the official vehicle documentation takes
precedence over these data at all times ⇒ 
.Drawbar load
The maximum permitted drawbar load on the ball joint of the towing bracket
must not exceed
75 kg.
In the interest of road safety, we recommend that you always tow approach-
ing the maximum drawbar load. The response of the trailer on the road will
be poor if the drawbar load is too small.
If the maximum permissible drawbar load cannot be met (e.g. with small,
empty and light-weight single axle trailers or tandem axle trailers with a
wheelbase of less than 1 metre), a minimum of 4% of the actual trailer
weight is legally required for the drawbar load.
WARNING
● For safety reasons, do not exceed the 80 km/h (50 mph) limit. This is
also valid in countries where higher speeds are permitted.
● Never exceed the maximum trailer weights or the drawbar load. If the
permissible axle load or the permissible total weight is exceeded, the
driving characteristics of the vehicle may change, leading to accidents,
injuries and damage to the vehicle.

Wheels
Tyre pressure, snow chains, wheel bolts
Tyre pressures
The sticker with the tyre pressure values can be found on the inside of the
fuel tank flap. The tyre pressure values given there are for cold tyres. Do not
reduce the slightly raised pressures of warm tyres ⇒ 
.
Snow chains
Snow chains may be fitted only to the front wheels. 
Safety FirstOperating instructionsPractical TipsTechnical specifications

Controls and displayssummary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
coolant temperature display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179 checking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
topping up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
passenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Curtain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
D Danger of fitting a child seat on the front pas- senger seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Data sticker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
DAY LIGHT see daytime driving lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Daytime driving lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Defrosting rear window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 Diesel
fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
see fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Diesel fuel winter driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Digital clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Dipstick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Disabling the airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Display service interval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Disposal Airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Seat belt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Door childproof locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
manual locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Drink holder Drink holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Driver see Correct sitting position . . . . . . . 11, 12, 13
Driving abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
driving through water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Emission values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
fuel consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Driving safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Driving the vehicle with a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . 161
E
Ecological driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154 Economical and ecological driving . . . . . . . . . 154
EDL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Electronic differential lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Electronic immobiliser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Emergency
jump-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
towing the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
tyre repairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Emission values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Engine running in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
starting the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
switching off the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231 battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Engine coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176 changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
oil properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
topping up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Environmental compatibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
ESC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141 control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
extending the rear lid locking time see rear lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
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Spare parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Spare wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56see speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
START-STOP description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
jump-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Starting the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Starting with jump leads jump-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Steering wheel controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Storage luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Storage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Summary control lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
controls and displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Sun visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 see sun visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Switching off the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
T Technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Technical Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Temperature selection heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
The danger of not using the seat belt . . . . . . . . 23
Tightening torque of wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . 230
Tiptronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143 see automatic gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 Tool kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Topping up
coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
windscreen washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Top Tether system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Tow-away protection system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Towing a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Towline anchorage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209 rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Traction control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161 Towing a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Trailer weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Transport roof carrier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Transporting children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Trip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Trip counter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Tyre pressures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Tyre repair kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Tyre repairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Tyres see Wheels and tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
U Underbody sealant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Unlocking central locking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 USB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
V
Vehicle interior monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Vehicle status see Auto-check system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Vehicle tool kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Ventilation slits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
W
Warning symbols see warning lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Warning triangle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Washing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164 automatic car wash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
by hand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
washing with high-pressure cleaners . . . . 166
Waxing see care of vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Wearing suitable shoes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230 anti-theft wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
caps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
loosening and tightening . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Wheels and tyres changing a wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
general notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
handling wheels and tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
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