2011 Seat Leon 5D washer fluid

226Checking and refilling levels
Washer fluid and windscreen wiper blades
Topping up washer fluid 
The water for cleaning the windscreen should always be
mixed with washer fluid.
Fig. 147 In the engine
compartment: Cap of
windscreen washer fluid
reservoir.
The windscreen washer and the headlight washers are supplied with fluid
from the windscreen washer fluid container in the engine compartment.
The reservoir is located on the right-hand side of the engine compartment.
Plain water is not enough to clean the windscreen and headlights. We rec-
ommend that you always add a product to the windscreen washer fluid. Ap-
proved windscreen cleaning products exist on the market with high deter-
gent and anti-freeze properties, these may be added all-year-round. Please
follow the dilution instructions on the packaging.
WARNING
Any work carried out in the engine compartment or on the engine must
be carried out cautiously.
● When working in the engine compartment, always observe the safety
warnings ⇒ page 217.
CAUTION
● Never put radiator anti-freeze or other additives into the windscreen
washer fluid.
● Always use approved windscreen cleansing products diluted as per in-
structions. If you use other washer fluids or soap solutions, the tiny holes in
the fan-shaped nozzles could become blocked. 

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Technical specifications
Technical specifications
Checking fluid levels
From time to time, the levels of the different fluids in the ve-
hicle must be checked. Never fill with incorrect fluids, other-
wise serious damage to the engine may be caused.
Fig. 185 Diagram for the
location of the various el-
ements
Coolant expansion tank
Windscreen washer fluid reservoir
Engine oil filler cap
Engine oil dipstick
Brake fluid reservoir
Vehicle battery (underneath the cover)
The checking and refilling of service fluids are carried out on the compo-
nents mentioned above. These operations are described in the ⇒ page 217.
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Overview
You will find further explanations, instructions and restrictions on the tech-
nical specifications as of
⇒ page 269. 
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Technical specifications
Dimensions and capacities
Dimensions
Length, width 4315 mm/ 1768 mm
Height at kerb weight 1459 mm
Front and rear projection 949 mm/ 788 mm
Wheelbase 2578 mm
Turning circle 10.7 m
Track width a) Front
Rear
1525 mm 1509 mm
1539 mm 1523 mm
Capacities
Fuel tank 55 l. Reserve 7 l.
Windscreen washer fluid container with headlight washer 3 l/ 5.5 l
Tyre pressure
Summer-grade tyres:
The correct tyre pressure can be seen on the sticker on the inside of the tank flap.
Winter tyres:
The pressure of these tyres is the same as the summer tyre pressure plus 0.2 bar.
a) This data will change depending on the type of wheel rim. 
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Index
A
ABS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Acoustic signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Acoustic warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Adaptive headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Adjusting the seat belt height . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
AFS (cornering lights) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Airbag covers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Curtain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Front airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Air conditioner General notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Air conditioner automatic mode 2C-Climatronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Air conditioner* 2C-Climatronic* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Air conditioning* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Air recirculation mode 2C-Climatronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Manual air conditioner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Alarm system Switching off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 Alternator
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Anti-freeze . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Anti-lock brake system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183 Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Anti-theft alarm system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 Switching off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Anti-theft wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Aquaplaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Ashtray* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Aspects to take into account before starting the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
ASR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183 Control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Automatic anti-dazzle interior mirror* Activating the anti-dazzle function . . . . . . 129
Deactivating anti-dazzle function . . . . . . . 129
Automatic car wash tunnel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Automatic gearbox Kick-down feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Automatic gearbox / DSG automatic gearbox 168
Automatic lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Automatic windscreeen wiper/washer . . . . . . 125
Auxiliary audio connection: AUX-IN . . . . . . . . 141
B
Ball coupling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196 Battery
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Winter conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Before starting the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Biodiesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Biodiesel fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Bonnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229 Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Brake pedal warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189 Worn brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Brake servo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182, 189
Brake system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229 Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Brake servo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Braking distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Bulb changes General notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Bulb defect warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Buzzer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122, 159
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TrailerTrailer towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Trailer turn signals Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Trailer weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Turn signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 Indicator lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Tyre Mobility-System (Tyre repair kit) . . . . . . . 242
Tyre Mobility System (Tyre repair kit) . . . . . . . 248
Tyre pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233 Loss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Tyre pressure monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Tyre pressures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Tyre pressure warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Tyre repair kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242, 248
Tyres and wheels Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Tyres service life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Tyres tread depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Tyres with directional tread pattern . . . . . . . . 233
U Underbody protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Unlocking and locking Personalisation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
V Vehicle battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Vehicle data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270 Vehicle identification data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Vehicle identification number . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Vehicle modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Vehicle paintwork
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Products for vehicle maintenance . . . . . . . 199
Vehicle tools Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Vehicle washing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Ventilation slits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Volumetric sensor* Activation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Deactivation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
W Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Warning lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Warning messages in the display . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Warning reports Red . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66, 80
Yellow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66, 80
Warning symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Warning triangle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Washer fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Washing by hand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Washing the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Washing with high pressure cleaners . . . . . . . 201
Water Warning message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Water in the windscreen washer tank . . . . . . . 226
Wear indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236 Wearing suitable shoes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245, 272
Tightening torque . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Wheel change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233, 272
Wheel trims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Why assume the correct sitting position? . . . . . 30
Why should head restraints be correctly adjus- ted? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Why wear seat belts? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19, 21, 30
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Windscreen washer fluid Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Windscreen wiper blades Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Windscreen wipers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 Changing the front blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Changing the rear wiper blade . . . . . . . . . 228
Winter driving Diesel engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Winter tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Wooden trim cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Working in the engine compartment . . . . . . . 217
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