New to the site, picking up an 08 150 Multijet dynamic on monday and was wondering if their are any nice little tips and tricks to know. Had a good couple of run outs in it and was very impressed, its a belting engine mid range and pulls brilliantly. Showed it to my wife and she just looked terrified by the air con and radio screen, poor thing. Really looking forward to owning this car, especially as it replaces a horrible Seat Altea.
General Bravo Multijet 150 tips and tricks
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General Bravo Multijet 150 tips and tricks
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Congrats on the purchase and welcome to the site - with regard to tips and tricks not sure specifically what kind you're after, but things that may interest you that you probably may not know:
* Turning lights - when the headlights are on if you indicate or turn the wheel past about 45* the corresponding fog light illuminates the kerb for you.
* Dont know if your Altea was a diesel so I may be teaching you to suck eggs, but dont try and drive it like a petrol - to get the most out of it change up at around 3200rpm - even thrashing it you should still maintain best part of 50mpg. Also allow the glow plug indicator light to go off before starting.
* As with any car, allow for proper warm up and cool down at the end of each trip.
* The button to the left of the CD Player (that looks like a steering wheel) lightens the steering for multi-storey car park adventures.
* You have a storage area hidden in the front seat - just today my passenger nearly broke mine thinking the lever would slide the seat forwards.
* Radio Test - With the radio on, holding the number 6 plus any other number will perform a certain self-test - one is speakers, its rather loud. You can also change the climate display to show RPMs apparently, but I dont have this option in mine so have no idea how - possibly.
* Pushing in the rear courtesy lights turns them on - not many people seem to know this.
* Follow me home lights - just blip the left stalk after the engine is switched off but before you take the keys out (I think).
* Lift the carpet out of the boot and check under it to see if you have a toolkit/spare wheel/jack.
* If it has white dials be prepared to never know how fast you are going (they are difficult to read under most light).
Without meaning to put a downer on things, there are a few things to be aware of - dont think it to be a hugely unreliable car, these are just the most common issues and if you spend an hour or so checking for them now you can likely take it straight back to the dealer if there are any problems:
* The clips on some of the wheel nut centre caps can snap and hence the covers come loose - give each one a few taps and make sure none are loose/about to fall off.
* Front badge - casing can crack from stone chips - check.
* Look under the front of the car and see if the heat shield is loose - on my (150 MJ Sport) they are very loose and close to the ground and can come apart if grounded out on speed bumps.
* Play a few CD's in the CD player - these can be temperamental - mine only plays some CD's.
* The washer fluid hose can leak on the join by the fuse box - open the bonnet and spray the rear (not the front jets or you'll make a mess) and check under the front left of the car for a puddle.
* Check for any peeling on the leather steering wheel/handbrake lever.
* Listen for any rattles immediately behind the instrument binnacle - a small but common issue is stuff coming loose behind there and flapping about.
* Misting up behind the rear light clusters - this is normal.
Only other thing is the only problems I've ever had have been drivetrain related (flywheel and driveshaft bearing) - I dont think the problems are as common in the petrol variants but listen as you accelerate for any nasty noises.
Other than that enjoy it and enjoy the forum, and please share some pictures!
* Turning lights - when the headlights are on if you indicate or turn the wheel past about 45* the corresponding fog light illuminates the kerb for you.
* Dont know if your Altea was a diesel so I may be teaching you to suck eggs, but dont try and drive it like a petrol - to get the most out of it change up at around 3200rpm - even thrashing it you should still maintain best part of 50mpg. Also allow the glow plug indicator light to go off before starting.
* As with any car, allow for proper warm up and cool down at the end of each trip.
* The button to the left of the CD Player (that looks like a steering wheel) lightens the steering for multi-storey car park adventures.
* You have a storage area hidden in the front seat - just today my passenger nearly broke mine thinking the lever would slide the seat forwards.
* Radio Test - With the radio on, holding the number 6 plus any other number will perform a certain self-test - one is speakers, its rather loud. You can also change the climate display to show RPMs apparently, but I dont have this option in mine so have no idea how - possibly.
* Pushing in the rear courtesy lights turns them on - not many people seem to know this.
* Follow me home lights - just blip the left stalk after the engine is switched off but before you take the keys out (I think).
* Lift the carpet out of the boot and check under it to see if you have a toolkit/spare wheel/jack.
* If it has white dials be prepared to never know how fast you are going (they are difficult to read under most light).
Without meaning to put a downer on things, there are a few things to be aware of - dont think it to be a hugely unreliable car, these are just the most common issues and if you spend an hour or so checking for them now you can likely take it straight back to the dealer if there are any problems:
* The clips on some of the wheel nut centre caps can snap and hence the covers come loose - give each one a few taps and make sure none are loose/about to fall off.
* Front badge - casing can crack from stone chips - check.
* Look under the front of the car and see if the heat shield is loose - on my (150 MJ Sport) they are very loose and close to the ground and can come apart if grounded out on speed bumps.
* Play a few CD's in the CD player - these can be temperamental - mine only plays some CD's.
* The washer fluid hose can leak on the join by the fuse box - open the bonnet and spray the rear (not the front jets or you'll make a mess) and check under the front left of the car for a puddle.
* Check for any peeling on the leather steering wheel/handbrake lever.
* Listen for any rattles immediately behind the instrument binnacle - a small but common issue is stuff coming loose behind there and flapping about.
* Misting up behind the rear light clusters - this is normal.
Only other thing is the only problems I've ever had have been drivetrain related (flywheel and driveshaft bearing) - I dont think the problems are as common in the petrol variants but listen as you accelerate for any nasty noises.
Other than that enjoy it and enjoy the forum, and please share some pictures!
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turn engine off, remove or keep key it doesn't matter, head light stalk on main beam, push the stalk forward to switch between 30, 60 etc seconds then leave the car, voila.
Cheers, they are the kind of things I was after. Altea was a diesel, just a very rubbish one after trading in a Cupra R for it. But I`m now used to driving a diesel thankfully. Didnt know about the follow me home thing or the storage so they are useful to know. I`ll carry out your check list as soon as I get it I think, Ive a mate who has a garage so he can sort anything daft out for me. Really looking forward to getting it and playing with all the little toys.
Once the car is unlocked, hold the unlock button on the fob for 5ish seconds; the windows will come down - great for hot days so the air blows through the car before you get in.
Vice-versa for closing them. Can't remember who it was who opened a thread about this feature but I use it more than I ever thought.
Vice-versa for closing them. Can't remember who it was who opened a thread about this feature but I use it more than I ever thought.
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Here are a few tricks i didn't know at first :
- The center armrest is adjustable.
- To fill the wiper fluid, you have to pull the blue filter at the top of the bottle first.
- The button on the cruise control stalk is for automatically going back to the recorded speed after you slow down. that way you get back to cruise speed without readjusting it with up and down.
- You have hillholder which will prevent your car going accidentally backwards when you're on a slope. just switch to first gear and the car will stay on the brakes by itself to give you time to step on the accelerator.
- The pesky seat belt beep disabling option can be activated at a dealership.
- The clock will slowly unfase itself, make sure you adjust about every month
- Whenever you have a problem with the blue&me and its buttons, unplug the battery and replug it to reset its memory.
- Be careful when plugging USB drives the little usb icon gets scratched very easily and then it looks bad
- The center armrest is adjustable.
- To fill the wiper fluid, you have to pull the blue filter at the top of the bottle first.
- The button on the cruise control stalk is for automatically going back to the recorded speed after you slow down. that way you get back to cruise speed without readjusting it with up and down.
- You have hillholder which will prevent your car going accidentally backwards when you're on a slope. just switch to first gear and the car will stay on the brakes by itself to give you time to step on the accelerator.
- The pesky seat belt beep disabling option can be activated at a dealership.
- The clock will slowly unfase itself, make sure you adjust about every month
- Whenever you have a problem with the blue&me and its buttons, unplug the battery and replug it to reset its memory.
- Be careful when plugging USB drives the little usb icon gets scratched very easily and then it looks bad
Had it for a few days now and loving it so far. The Blue&me is a very easy to use little thing, connected to it with ease with my phone. The Climate control is taking a bit of getting use to, I might even have to resort to reading the manual. Only gripe is theres a squeaky drivers seat, which is a bit annoying, and I`m not overly impressed with the stereo, might have a hunt for the full screen thingy in other models (I presume its fairly easy to install). But its a lovely car to drive, nice bit of umpf when needed and found the city parking thing very useful. One thing though, Tad-bravo you say it has hill holder, are you sure? I tried a hill start today and it rolled back.
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it has to be quite a steep hill i find, otherwise it does roll back
So EVERY Bravo has the hillholder thing? Not just some models?
I think you will find that SOME Bravos have the hill holder, my 2007 120T Dynamic does not :-(
I have a 57 plate mjet 150.. I'm sure it doesn't have the hill holder - isn't a light supposed to come on when it's holding position on a hill?
I have a question.. Is there a way for the climate control to be set to activate aircon only when it's warm enough? From what I can work out, fully auto will have the compressor going even if it's cold outside. I would like to be able to leave it at one temp, with the compressor kicking in and cooling if warm, and heater coming on if too cold.
I have a question.. Is there a way for the climate control to be set to activate aircon only when it's warm enough? From what I can work out, fully auto will have the compressor going even if it's cold outside. I would like to be able to leave it at one temp, with the compressor kicking in and cooling if warm, and heater coming on if too cold.
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Aha, thought so. My Bravo does not have it either then
On the contrary my low-speced bravo friend, you're missing a lot not to mention that if you don't have hillholder, you don't have ESP.
The simple way to know if you have hillholder is to look for the disable ASR button under the city/sport button.
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get urself a nice little box of tricks like mine to take it to 200+bhp
get urself a nice little box of tricks like mine to take it to 200+bhp
is yours re-mapped or on a tuning box? cheers
I think there may be a clue in "box of tricks"
I honestly think tuning boxes are the way forward. While remaps may be more reliable, tuning boxes can be taken off the car in 2 seconds (literally) and that will be extremely useful for the possible upcoming new law which will mean remapped cars will fail MOT's.
It's also cool because on a lot of tuning boxes you can adjust the power to your preference.
It's also cool because on a lot of tuning boxes you can adjust the power to your preference.
get urself a nice little box of tricks like mine to take it to 200+bhp
Is that one of these tuning boxes that plugs into a sensor on the common rail? Any idea how much those little beauties are?
got a couple of questions too. Simply cant get the hang of the air con, and cant be arsed reading the manual so will do what a man always does (eventually) and ask an other man. I have it set to 16 but it just isnt blowing out cold air unless I stick it onto LOW and the fan speed is at its lowest, all this while its set to full auto.
Next one is where can I get some decent mats as its came with none at all, which is a bit odd.
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