Cupra Formentor User manual

FORMENTOR

FORMENTOR Inglés (07.20)

5FF012720

Inglés 5FF012720 (07.20)

Owner’s manual

SEAT S.A. is permanently concerned about continuous development of its types and models. For this reason we ask you to understand,

that at any given time, changes regarding shape, equipment and technique may take place on the car delivered. For this reason no

right at all may derive based on the data, drawings and descriptions in this current handbook.

All texts, illustrations and standards in this handbook are based on the status of information at the time of printing. Except for error or

omission, the information included in the current handbook is valid as of the date of closing print.

Re-printing, copying or translating, whether total or partial is not allowed unless SEAT allows it in written form.

SEAT reserves all rights in accordance with the “Copyright” Act.

All rights on changes are reserved.

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This paper has been manufactured using bleached non-chlorine cellulose.

Vehicle identication data

Model:

Vehicle Registration:

Vehicle identification

number:

Date of vehicle registration

or vehicle delivery:

SEAT Official Service:

Service advisor:

Telephone:

Conrmation of receipt of

documentation and vehicle keys

The following items were delivered

with the vehicle: YES NO

On-board documentation

First key

Second key

Correct working order of all keys was

checked

Location:

Date:

Signature of owner:

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 33, 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.



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

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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Safety for children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Emergencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Self-help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Information, assistance and emergency call serv-

ice* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Emergency equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Tyre repairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Changing a wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Changing the windscreen wiper blades . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Jump start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Tow start and towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Fuses and bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Changing bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Controls and displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Interior view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Instruments and warning/control lamps . . . . . . . . 64

Instrument panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Using the instrument panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Control lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Infotainment system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Multifunction steering wheel* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Opening and closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Set of vehicle keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Central locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Anti-theft alarm system* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Rear lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Window controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Sunroof* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Vehicle lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Interior lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

Visibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Windscreen wiper and rear window wiper sys-

tems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Sun protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Seats and headrests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Adjusting seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Headrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Seat functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Transport and practical equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

Storing objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

Luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

Roof carrier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

Storage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

Power sockets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

Air conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

Heating, ventilation and cooling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

Auxiliary heating (additional heating)* . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

Infotainment system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156

First steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156

Overview and controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

General instructions for use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161

Data transfer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

CUPRA CONNECT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

Full Link . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171

WLAN access point* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176

Infotainment operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

voice control* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

Radio/Multimedia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180

Navigation* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187

Telephone interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194

Multimedia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200

Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201

Start and driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201

Starting and stopping the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201

Start-Stop system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205

DSG automatic transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207

Gear-change recommendation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213

Hill Descent Control (HDC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214

Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214

Driving modes (Drive Profile)* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215

Driving tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217

Table of Contents

Driver assistance systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221

General notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221

Driver assistance sensors and cameras . . . . . . . . . . . 222

Cruise control system (CCS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224

Speed limiter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226

emergency brake assistance system (Front As-

sist)* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228

ACC - Adaptive Cruise Control* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232

Proactive speed adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238

Lane Assist* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240

Driving Assist (Travel Assist) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242

Emergency Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244

Lane departure warning (Side Assist) with rear

cross traffic alert (RCTA) and door opening warn-

ing (Exit Assist)* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246

Braking and parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252

Braking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252

Stabilisation and brake assistance systems . . . . . . . . 256

Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260

Help with parking and manoeuvring . . . . . . . . . . . . 260

Assisted parking system (Park Assist)* . . . . . . . . . . . . 260

Parking aid parking and manoeuvring (ParkPi-

lot) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267

Parking System Plus* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268

Rear parking aid* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271

Reverse Assist (Rear View Camera)* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272

Towing bracket device* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275

Trailer mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275

Electrically unlocking trailer hook* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281

Retrofitting a towing bracket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283

Practical tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285

Checking and refilling levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285

Refuelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285

Fuel types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286

Engine management and emissions control sys-

tem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287

Engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289

Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291

Cooling system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294

Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296

Windscreen washer reservoir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297

12-volt battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298

Energy management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301

Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302

Wheels and tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302

Tyre pressure monitor system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309

Spare wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311

Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313

Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313

Service intervals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313

Additional service offers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315

Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316

Vehicle maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316

Maintenance and cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316

Accessories and modifications to the vehicle . . . 321

Accessories, spare parts and repair work . . . . . . . . . 321

Information for the user . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324

Information for the user . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324

Information stored by the control units . . . . . . . . . . . 324

Other important information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324

Information about the EU Directive

2014/53/EU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325

Technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328

Indications about the technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . 328

Important information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333

General views of the vehicle

Exterior view

Levels control

–Oil

›››page 291

–Brake fluid

›››page 296

–Battery

›››page 298

Bonnet

–Unlocking lever

›››page 290

–Open/close

›››page 290

Towing the vehicle

–Towline anchorage

›››page 56

–Tow-start

›››page 54

CDriving assistance sensors

›››page 221

Front multifunction camera

Front camera “Area View”

Front radar

Parking aid sensors

Park assist sensor

General views of the vehicle

Exterior view

Rear lid

–Opening from outside

›››page 102

–Emergency opening

›››page 105

Towing the vehicle

–Towline anchorage

›››page 56

–Tow-start

›››page 54

Opening and closing

–Doors

›››page 100

–Central locking

›››page 91

–Emergency lock

›››page 100

Fuel tank

–Fuel capacity

›››page 328

–Open/Close cap

›››page 285

Action in the event of a puncture

–Anti-puncture kit

›››page 44

–Wheel change

›››page 46

Driving assistance sensors

›››page 221

Rear view camera

Parking aid sensors

Rear radars

Park assist sensor

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