2005 Seat Leon 5D radio

Accessories, parts replacement and modifications187
Safety First
Operating instructions
Tips and Maintenance
Te c h n i c a l D a t a
WARNING
Incorrectly performed modifications or other work on your vehicle can lead
to malfunctions and cause accidents.Roof aerial*The vehicle may be fitted with a collapsible roof aerial* with antitheft
system*, which can be folded backwards, when, for example, going through
an automatic carwash.
To f o l d
Unscrew the aerial rod, tilting it backwards into a horizontal position and then
screw in again.
To return to working position
Continue in the reverse order to that given in the previous instruction.Mobile telephones and two-way radiosAn external aerial is required for mobile phones and two-way
radios.SEAT has approved your vehicle for use with mobile telephones and two-way
radios providing the following conditions are observed:•
The correct installation of an external aerial,
•
transmitting power of maximum 10 watts.
An external aerial is needed to give the equipment its optimal range. First consult your Authorised Service Centre if you wish to use a mobile tele-
phone or a two-way radio with a transmitting power in excess of 10 watts.
Here you will receive information concerning the technical possibilities for
retrofitting this equipment.
Mobile telephones and two-way radios
should be fitted only by a qualified
workshop, for example an Authorised Service Centre.
WARNING
•
Always concentrate primarily on driving. If you are distracted while
driving you could have an accident.
•
Never attach the telephone mountings to the surfaces covering the
airbag units or within the range of the airbags, danger of injury if the airbag
is triggered.
•
If you use mobile telephones or two-way radios in the vehicle without
an external aerial, electromagnetic ra diation in the vehicle could exceed
authorised limits. This also applies to external aerials that have not been
correctly installed.Caution
Failure to observe the above conditions could cause the electronics to
malfunction. The most common causes of faults are:•
no external aerial,
•
external aerial incorrectly installed,
•
transmitting power in excess of 10 watts.Note
Please observe the operating instructions of your mobile telephone / two-way
radio.
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Index
274PPaintwork
Polishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Waxing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Parking lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Parts replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16, 55
Petrol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191 Trips to foreign countries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Petrol additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Petrol engines, starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Physical principles of a frontal collision . . . . . . 21
Plastic key tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Plastic parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Pollen filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145RRadio frequency remote control Changing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Radio navigation St eering wheel controls
audio + telephone version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
audio version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Radio wave remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Rain sensor* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Rear fog light Indication lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Rear interior lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Rear lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Rear reading lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Rear seat bench . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Rear window heating
Heating element wires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Rear window wiper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Rear-view mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Refuelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Registration light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Remote control key Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Synchronising . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Removing and fitting the wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Repairs Airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Replacement keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Rev counter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Reverse gear Manual gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
RME fuel (biodiesel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Roll-back function Sliding/tilting roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Roof aerial* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Roof carrier* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Rubber seals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 Running in
Brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Running in tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
SSafe driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Safety equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Safety instructions Coolant temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Safety notes Belt tension devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Curtain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Disabling front passenger airbag . . . . . . . . 46
Front airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Using child seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Using seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Safety system- safe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Seals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Seat adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123, 126
Seat belt position Pregnant women . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Seat belt release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Seat belt warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
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Index
276Turn signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75, 114
Two-way radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Type plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Tyre Mobility-System (Tyre repair kit) . . . . . . . 216
Tyre monitor indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Tyre pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Tyre pressures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Tyre repair kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216, 222
Tyres and wheels Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Tyres service life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Tyres tread depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Tyres with directional tread pattern . . . . . . . . . 210UUnderbody sealant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Using the Tiptronic gear system . . . . . . . . . . . . 157VVehicle battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Vehicle data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Vehicle identification data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Vehicle identification number . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Vehicle paint Car care products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Vehicle tools Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Vehicle wallet storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 Ventilation slits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Volumetric sensor*
Activation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Deactivation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
WWarning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Warning lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Warning reportsRed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Yellow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Warning texts in the display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Warning triangle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Washer fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Washing by hand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Washing the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Washing with high pressure cleaners . . . . . . . 179
Water warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Water in the windscreen washer tank . . . . . . . 203
Wear indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219, 251 Torque . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Wheel change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Wheel trims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209, 250
Why assume the correct sitting position? . . . . . 30
Why should head restraints be correctly adjusted? 13 Why wear seat belts? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19, 21
Why wear seatbelts? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Windscreen washer fluid
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Windscreen wiper blades Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Windscreen wipers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 Changing the front blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Changing the rear blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Winter driving Diesel engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Winter tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Wiper/wash automatic function . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Working in the engine compartment . . . . . . . . 193
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