Seat ibiza User manual

OWNER’S
MANUAL
Ibiza
6P0012720BE
Inglés 6P0012720BE (05.17)
Ibiza Inglés (05.17)
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stand, that at any given time, changes regarding shape, equipment and technique may take place on the car delivered. For this reason
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About this manual
This manual contains a description of the
equipment supplied with the vehicle at the
time this manual was published. Some of the
units described herein will not be available
until a later date or are only available in cer-
tain markets.
Because this is a general manual for the
IBIZA, some of the equipment and functions
that are described in this manual are not in-
cluded in all types or variants of the model;
they may vary or be modified depending on
the technical requirements and on the mar-
ket; this is in no way deceptive advertising.
The illustrations are intended as a general
guide and may vary from the equipment fitted
in your vehicle in some details.
The steering indications (left, right, forward,
reverse) appearing in this manual refer to the
normal driving movements of the vehicle ex-
cept when otherwise indicated.
The audiovisual material only is intended to
help users to understand certain car function-
alities better. It does not replace the instruc-
tion manual. Please use the instruction manu-
al to obtain more comprehensive information
and indications.
The equipment marked with an aster-
isk* is fitted as standard only in certain
versions, and is only supplied as op-
tional extras for some versions, or are
only offered in certain countries.
® All registered marks are indicated with
®. Although the copyright symbol does
not appear, it is a copyrighted mark.
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Important warnings on a given page
Detailed contents on a given page
General information on a given page
Emergency information on a given page
Audiovisual material on a given page
WARNING
Texts preceded by this symbol contain infor-
mation on safety. They warn you about possi-
ble dangers of accident or injury.
CAUTION
Texts with this symbol draw your attention to
potential sources of damage to your vehicle.
For the sake of the environment
Texts preceded by this symbol contain rele-
vant information concerning environmental
protection.
Note
Texts preceded by this symbol contain additio-
nal information.
This manual is divided into six large parts,
which are:
1. The essentials
2. Safety
3. Emergencies
4. Operation
5. Tips
6. Technical data
At the end of this manual, there is a detailed
alphabetical index that will help you quickly
find the information you require.

Foreword
This Instruction Manual and its correspond-
ing supplements should be read carefully to
familiarise yourself with your vehicle.
Besides the regular care and maintenance of
the vehicle, its correct handling will help pre-
serve its value.
For safety reasons, always note the informa-
tion concerning accessories, modifications
and part replacements.
If selling the vehicle, give all of the on-board
documentation to the new owner, as it
should be kept with the vehicle.
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
Read and always observe safety informa-
tion concerning the passenger's front air-
bag ››› page 67, Important information
regarding the front passenger's airbag.»

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Table of Contents
Table of Contents
The essentials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Exterior view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Exterior view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Interior view (left-hand drive) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Interior view (right-hand drive) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
How it works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Opening and closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Before driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Child seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Starting the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Lights and visibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Easy Connect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Driver information system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Journey data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Warning lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Gearbox lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Air conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Fluid Level control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Emergencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Action in the event of a puncture . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Changing a wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Emergency towing of the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . 46
How to jump start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Changing the windscreen wiper blades . . . . . . 49
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Safe driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Safety first! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Advice about driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Correct position for passengers . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Pedal area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Why wear a seat belt? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
How to properly adjust your seatbelt . . . . . . . . 59
Belt pretensioners* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Brief introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Airbag safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Deactivating airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Transporting children safely . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Safety for children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Child seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Emergencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Self-help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Emergency equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Tyre repair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Changing the windscreen wiper blades . . . . . . 73
Towing or tow-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Fuses and bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Changing bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Single headlight bulb change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Double headlight bulb change . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Changing the AFS headlight bulbs . . . . . . . . . . 82
Changing the fog light bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Changing the tail light bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Changing the side and interior bulbs . . . . . . . . 84
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Controls and displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
General instrument panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Instruments and warning/control lamps . . . . . 88
Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Warning and control lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Introduction to the Easy Connect system* . . . . 93
System settings (CAR)* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Communications and multimedia . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Steering wheel controls* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Multimedia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Opening and closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Central locking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Radio frequency remote control* . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Anti-theft alarm* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Boot hatch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Electric windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Lights and visibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Interior lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Visibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Windscreen wiper and rear window wiper sys-
tems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Rear view mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Seats and head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Adjusting the seat and head restraints . . . . . . 118
Seat functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Transport and practical equipment . . . . . . . . . 121
Practical equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Roof rack/roof luggage rack* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Air conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Heating, ventilation and cooling . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Heating and fresh air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Air conditioning* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Starting and stopping the engine . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Braking and parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Braking and stability systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Manual gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Run-in and economical driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Engine management and exhaust gas purifica-
tion system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Driving tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
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Driver assistance systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Start-Stop System* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Fatigue detection (break recommendation)* . . 153
Parking aid* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Rear Assist “Rear View Camera”* . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Cruise speed* (cruise control - GRA) . . . . . . . . . 159
Towing bracket device and trailer . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Trailer mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Retrofitting a towing bracket* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Advice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Care and maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Accessories and modifications to the vehi-
cle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Care and cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Care of the vehicle exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Caring for the vehicle interior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Checking and refilling levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Refuelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Working in the engine compartment . . . . . . . . 176
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Cooling system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Windscreen washer reservoir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Vehicle battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Wheels and tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Winter service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Technical specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Important information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Information on fuel consumption . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Trailer mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Engine data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
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The essentials
Exterior view
1 ››› page 9
2 ››› page 9
3 ››› page 37
4 ››› page 46
5 ››› page 36
6 ››› page 10
7 ››› page 41
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The essentials
Exterior view
1 ››› page 38
2 ››› page 37
3 ››› page 39
4 ››› page 40
5 ››› page 39
6 ››› page 37
7 ››› page 39
8 ››› page 43
9 ››› page 42
10 ››› page 125
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The essentials
Interior view (left-hand drive)
1 ››› page 12
2 ››› page 20
3 ››› page 21
4 ››› page 32
5 ››› page 33
6 ››› page 22
7 ››› page 25
8 ››› page 23
9 ››› page 36
10 ››› page 21
11 ››› page 14
12 ››› page 20
13 ››› page 35
14 ››› page 11
15 ››› page 10
16 ››› page 40
17 ››› page 11
18 ››› page 11
19 ››› page 13
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The essentials
Interior view (right-hand drive)
1 ››› page 21
2 ››› page 32
3 ››› page 21
4 ››› page 36
5 ››› page 23
6 ››› page 22
7 ››› page 25
8 ››› page 33
9 ››› page 20
10 ››› page 12
11 ››› page 10
12 ››› page 14
13 ››› page 13
14 ››› page 35
15 ››› page 11
16 ››› page 11
17 ››› page 20
18 ››› page 40
19 ››› page 11
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