Cupra Ateca 2020 User manual

ATECA
Owner’s manual
ATECA Inglés (07.20)
575012720BQ
Inglés 575012720BQ (07.20)

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or vehicle delivery:
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Introduction
Thank you for your trust choosing a CUPRA
vehicle.
With your new CUPRA, you will be able to en-
joy a vehicle with state-of-the-art technolo-
gy and top quality features.
We recommend reading this Instruction
Manual carefully to learn more about your
vehicle so you can enjoy all its benefits in
your daily driving.
Information about handling is complemen-
ted with instructions regarding the operation
and maintenance of the vehicle in order to
ensure its safety and maintain its value.
Moreover, we want to give you valuable ad-
vice and tips to drive your vehicle efficiently
and respecting the environment.
We wish you safe and enjoyable motoring.
CUPRA
WARNING
Read and always observe safety infor-
mation concerning the passenger's
front airbag
›››page 32, Fitting and us-
ing child seats.

About this manual
This manual describes the features of the
vehicle at the time of drafting this text. Some
of the features described below will be intro-
duced in the future or will only be available in
certain markets.
Some of the features described here are
not included in all the types or variations
of the model and they can be varied or
modified based on technical or marketing
requirements without it being considered
misleading advertising.
Some details on the drawings may vary from
its vehicle and must be interpreted as a
standard representation.
The direction indicators (left, right, for-
wards, backwards) in this manual refer to the
travel direction of the vehicle unless other-
wise stated.
The audiovisual material is only meant to
help the users better understand some fea-
tures of the car. It is not a replacement for
the instruction manual. Access the instruc-
tion manual to see the complete information
and warnings.
The features marked with an asterisk
are included by default only in certain
versions of the model, supplied as op-
tional only for certain versions or only
offered in certain countries.

Trademarks are marked with ®. The ab-
sence of this symbol does not guaran-
tee that the term is not a trademark.
It indicates that the section continues
on the next page.
You can access the information in this man-
ual using:
●Thematic table of contents that follows the
manual’s general chapter structure.
●Visual table of contents that uses graphics
to indicate the pages containing “essential”
information, which is detailed in the corre-
sponding chapters.
●Alphabetical index with many terms and
synonyms to help you find information.
WARNING
Texts after this symbol contain informa-
tion about safety and warn you about
possible accident or injury risks.
CAUTION
Texts after this symbol indicate possible
damage to the vehicle.
For the sake of the environment
Texts after this symbol contain informa-
tion about the protection of the envi-
ronment.
®
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Note
Texts after this symbol contain addition-
al information.

Digital instruction manual
The digital version of the manual can be
found on the official CUPRA website:
Fig. 1 CUPRA website
●scan the QR code
›››Fig. 1
●OR enter the following address in the navi-
gator website:
http://www.cupraofficial.com/owners/cu-
pra-car-model-manuals.html
and select your vehicle.

Table of Contents
Table of Contents
General views of the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Exterior view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Exterior view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Overview (left hand drive) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Overview (right hand drive) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Interior view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Safe driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Advice about driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Correct sitting position of vehicle occupants . . . . . . 13
Pedal area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
The whys and wherefores of seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
How to properly adjust your seat belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Seat belt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
PreCrash system* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Brief introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Operation of the airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Transporting children safely . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Safety for children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Emergencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Self-help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Information, assistance and emergency call serv-
ice* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Emergency equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Tyre repairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Changing a wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Changing the windscreen wiper blades . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Jump start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Tow start and towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Fuses and bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Changing bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Controls and displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Interior view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Instruments and warning/control lamps . . . . . . . . 66
Instrument panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Using the instrument panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Control lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Infotainment system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Multifunction steering wheel* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Opening and closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Set of vehicle keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Central locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Anti-theft alarm system* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Rear lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Window controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Sunroof* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Vehicle lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Interior lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Visibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Windscreen wiper and rear window wiper sys-
tems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Sun protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Seats and headrests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Adjusting seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Headrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Seat functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Transport and practical equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Storing objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Roof carrier* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Storage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Power sockets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Air conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Heating, ventilation and cooling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Infotainment system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
First steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Overview and controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
General instructions for use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Data transfer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
SEAT CONNECT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Full Link . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
WLAN access point* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Infotainment operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
voice control* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Radio/Multimedia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Navigation* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Telephone interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Multimedia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Start and driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Starting and stopping the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Start-Stop system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
DSG automatic transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Gear-change recommendation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Hill Descent Control (HDC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Driving modes (Drive Profile)* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Driving tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
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Table of Contents
Driver assistance systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
General notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Driver assistance sensors and cameras . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Cruise control system (CCS)* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Speed limiter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Emergency brake assistance system (Front As-
sist)* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
ACC - Adaptive Cruise Control* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Lane Assist* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Driving Assist (Travel Assist) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Emergency Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Side Assist with Rear Cross Traffic Alert (RCTA)* . . . 239
Braking and parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Braking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Stabilisation and brake assistance systems . . . . . . . . 248
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Help with parking and manoeuvring . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Assisted parking system (Park Assist)* . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Parking aid parking and manoeuvring (ParkPi-
lot) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Parking System Plus* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Rear parking aid* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Trailer Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Peripheral view system (Top View Camera)* . . . . . . . 267
Reverse Assist (Rear View Camera)* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Towing bracket device* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Trailer mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Electrically unlocking trailer hook* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Retrofitting a towing bracket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
Practical tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
Checking and refilling levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
Refuelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
Fuel types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Engine management and emissions control sys-
tem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
Engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
Cooling system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Windscreen washer reservoir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
12-volt battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
Energy management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Wheels and tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Tyre pressure monitor system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308
Spare wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
Service intervals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
Additional service offers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314
Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315
Vehicle maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315
Maintenance and cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315
Accessories and modifications to the vehicle . . . 320
Accessories, spare parts and repair work . . . . . . . . . 320
Information for the user . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323
Information for the user . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323
Information stored by the control units . . . . . . . . . . . 323
Other important information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323
Information about the EU Directive
2014/53/EU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324
Technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
Indications about the technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
Important information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333
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General views of the vehicle
Exterior view
Levels control
–Oil
›››page 290
–Brake fluid
›››page 295
–Battery
›››page 297
Bonnet
–Unlocking lever
›››page 289
–Open/close
›››page 289
A
B
Towing the vehicle
–Towline anchorage
›››page 54
–Tow-start
›››page 52
CDriving assistance sensors
›››page 216
Front multifunction camera
Rear-view cameras “Area View”
Front camera “Area View”
Front radar
Parking aid sensors
Park assist sensor
1
2
3
4
5
6
7

General views of the vehicle
Exterior view
Rear lid
–Opening from outside
›››page 103
–Emergency opening
›››page 107
Towing the vehicle
–Towline anchorage
›››page 54
–Tow-start
›››page 52
Opening and closing
–Doors
›››page 101
–Central locking
›››page 92
–Emergency lock
›››page 101
A
B
C
Fuel tank
–Fuel capacity
›››page 327
–Open/Close cap
›››page 284
Action in the event of a puncture
–Anti-puncture kit
›››page 42
–Wheel change
›››page 44
D
E
Driving assistance sensors
›››page 216
Rear view camera
Parking aid sensors
Rear radars
Park assist sensor
1
2
3
4
8