Seat Alhambra Owner's Manual page 262

instrument panel displays information on the
current status.
Vehicles with a manual gearbox
When the vehicle is at a standstill, leave it in
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neutral and take your foot off the clutch. The
engine switches off.
Simply depress the clutch pedal to move
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off again.
Vehicles with an automatic gearbox
Brake the vehicle until it is stopped, and
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keep your foot on the brake pedal or activate
the Auto Hold* system so that the vehicle re-
mains braked. The engine will switch off. The
warning lamp will appear in the display.
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The engine may stop before the vehicle
comes to a halt in the deceleration phase (at
7 km/h or 2 km/h, depending on the vehicle's
gearbox).
When you take your foot off the brake ped-
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al the engine will start up again. The warning
lamp will switch off. In vehicles with the Auto
Hold* system, when the system is active, the
engine will not start if you remove your foot
from the brake pedal. The car starts when
you press the accelerator pedal.
Important conditions for the engine to au-
tomatically switch off
The driver seat belt must be buckled.
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The driver door must be closed.
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The bonnet must be closed.
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The factory-fitted towing bracket must not
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be electrically connected to a trailer.
A minimum engine temperature has been
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reached.
The steering wheel must not be turned
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more than 270 degrees.
The vehicle has moved since the last stop.
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In vehicles with Climatronic: the tempera-
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ture inside the vehicle is within the pre-set
temperature range.
The temperature set is neither very high nor
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very low.
The air conditioning defrost function is not
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switched on.
In vehicles with Climatronic: the blower has
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not been manually set to a high speed.
The power level of the vehicle's battery is
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sufficient.
The vehicle's battery temperature is neither
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too high nor too low.
The vehicle is not on a steep gradient or
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slope.
The front wheels are not overly turned.
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The heated windscreen is not switched on.
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Reverse gear is not engaged.
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The park assist system is not switched on.
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Conditions for automatically restarting
the engine
The engine may automatically restart under
the following conditions:
If the vehicle interior is too hot or too cold.
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If the vehicle moves.
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If the vehicle's battery voltage drops.
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Conditions requiring the key to restart the
engine
The engine must be started manually under
the following conditions:
If the driver unbuckles his/her seat belt.
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If the driver door is opened.
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If the bonnet is opened.
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In vehicles with manual transmission: if a
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gear is engaged.
Switching Start-Stop mode on and off
manually
Press the button on the centre console
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Fig. 244.
The button will light up when the Start-Stop
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function is switched off.
The engine will start immediately if the vehi-
cle is in Stop mode when it is switched off
manually.