2010 Seat Leon 5D Owner's manual

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Deactivating front passenger airbag . . . . . . 45
Front airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Seat belt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Using child seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Using seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Seals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Seat adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135, 138
Seat belt cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Seat belt position Pregnant women . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Seat belt protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Seat belt release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Seat belt tensioner Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Seat belt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Seat belt warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Incorrectly fastened . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Not worn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Seat heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Selective opening* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Selector lever locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Selector lever positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Servotronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191 Side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Side lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Sitting position Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Front passenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Sitting position, occupants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Sliding/tilting sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244, 276
Soot accumulation in the diesel engine particulate filter
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Spare parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Spare wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Starting Petrol engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Starting petrol engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Starting the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163, 164 After the fuel tank has been run dry . . . . . . 164
Start-Stop Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Switching on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Steam jets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160 Steering lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Steering wheel audio controls Audio + telephone version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Audio version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Steering wheel height adjustment . . . . . . . . . . 160 Storage area
Other storage areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Storage compartment Front passenger side . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Storage compartments Front left hand side seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Sun visor Sliding/tilting sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Sun visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Switch Hazard warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Light switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Switches Electric windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Switching off the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
TTail lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Tailgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 Emergency opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Tank Fuel level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Reserve indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Tank capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
TCS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
TCS (Traction control system) Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Technical modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
The danger of not using the seat belt . . . . . . . . 22
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304Tightening torque of wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Tilting sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Top Tether system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Tow starting
Comments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Towing a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Towing bracket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Towing bracket, fitting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Towing eye . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Towing eyes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Tow-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Traction control system Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Trailer Trailer towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Trailer turn signals Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Trailer weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Turn signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 Indicator lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Tyre Mobility System (Tyre repair kit) . . . . . . . . 252
Tyre Mobility-System (Tyre repair kit) . . . . . . . 247
Tyre pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237 Loss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Tyre pressure monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Tyre pressure warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Tyre pressures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276 Tyre repair kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247, 252
Tyres and wheels
Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Tyres service life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Tyres tread depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Tyres with directional tread pattern . . . . . . . . . 237
UUnderbody protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Unlocking and locking Personalisation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102VVehicle battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Vehicle data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Vehicle identification data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Vehicle identification number . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Vehicle modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Vehicle paintworkMaintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Products for vehicle maintenance . . . . . . . 203
Vehicle tools Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Vehicle washing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Ventilation slits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Volumetric sensor* Activation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Deactivation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
WWarning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Warning lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Warning messages in the display . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Warning reportsRed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66, 80
Yellow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66, 81
Warning symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Warning triangle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Washer fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Washing by hand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Washing the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Washing with high pressure cleaners . . . . . . . 205
Water Warning message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Water in the windscreen washer tank . . . . . . . 230
Wear indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Wearing suitable shoes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249, 276 Tightening torque . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Wheel trims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237, 276
Why assume the correct sitting position? . . . . . 30
Why should head restraints be correctly adjusted? 13
Why wear seat belts? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19, 21, 30
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Windscreen interval wipe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
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Windscreen washer fluid
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Windscreen wiper blades Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Windscreen wipers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 Changing the front blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Changing the rear wiper blade . . . . . . . . . . 232
Winter driving Diesel engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Winter tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Wooden trim cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Working in the engine compartment . . . . . . . . 221
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product developments. They have tools and highly specialized person-
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