2012 Seat Leon 5D battery capacity

220Checking and refilling levels
● Before starting any work on the battery, always observe the warnings lis-
ted under ⇒  page 218, Important safety warnings for handling a vehicle
battery.
● Do not forget to replace the battery coverings, where applicable. This
helps to protect against excess temperatures. This in turn extends the vehi-
cle service life.
For the sake of the environment
 Batteries contain toxic substances including sulphuric acid and lead. They
must be disposed of appropriately and must not be disposed of with ordi-
nary household waste. Make sure disconnected batteries cannot tip over.
Sulphuric acid could be spilt! 
Windscreen washer reservoir and wiper
blades
Windscreen washer
Fig. 112 Engine com-
partment: Windscreen
washer reservoir top The windscreen washer reservoir  contains the cleaning fluid for the wind-
screen, the rear window and the headlight washer system* ⇒ Fig. 112. Res-
ervoir capacity: ⇒ page 276.
To prevent the nozzles from becoming blocked with chalk deposits, fill res-
ervoir with water with a low calcium content (distilled water). Always add
washer fluid to the water (with anti-freeze additive in winter).
CAUTION
● Never put radiator anti-freeze or other additives into the windscreen
washer fluid.
● Never use washer fluid which contains paint thinners or solvents as it
can damage the paintwork. 

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Emergencies
Starting
5. Start the engine of the vehicle with the boosting battery and let it run at idling speed.
6. Start the engine of the vehicle with the flat battery and wait two or three minutes until the engine is “running”.
Removing the jump leads
7. Before you remove the jump leads, switch off the dipped beam headlights (if they are switched on).
8. Turn on the heater blower and heated rear window in the vehi- cle with the flat battery. This helps minimise voltage peaks
which are generated when the leads are disconnected.
9. When the engine is running, disconnect the leads in reverse or- der to the details given above.
Connect the battery clamps so they have good metal-to-metal contact with
the battery terminals.
If the engine fails to start, switch off the starter after about 10 seconds and
try again after about half a minute.
WARNING
● Please note the safety warnings referring to working in the engine
compartment ⇒ page 209.
● The battery providing assistance must have the same voltage as the
flat battery (12V) and approximately the same capacity (see imprint on
battery). Failure to comply could result in an explosion.
WARNING (Continued)
● Never use jump leads when one of the batteries is frozen. Danger of
explosion! Even after the battery has thawed, battery acid could leak and
cause chemical burns. If a battery freezes, it should be replaced.
● Keep sparks, flames and lighted cigarettes away from batteries, dan-
ger of explosion. Failure to comply could result in an explosion.
● Observe the instructions provided by the manufacturer of the jump
leads.
● Do not connect the negative cable from the other vehicle directly to
the negative terminal of the flat battery. The gas emitted from the battery
could be ignited by sparks. Danger of explosion.
● Do not attach the negative cable from the other vehicle to parts of the
fuel system or to the brake line.
● The non-insulated parts of the battery clamps must not be allowed to
touch. The jump lead attached to the positive battery terminal must not
touch metal parts of the vehicle, this can cause a short circuit.
● Position the leads in such a way that they cannot come into contact
with any moving parts in the engine compartment.
● Do not lean on the batteries. This could result in chemical burns.
Note
The vehicles must not touch each other, otherwise electricity could flow as
soon as the positive terminals are connected. 
Safety FirstOperating instructionsPractical TipsTechnical specifications

Gearshift paddles (automatic gearbox) . . . . . 159
General overview of the engine compartment 267
GlassCleaning/De-icing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Glove compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 Multiple CD loader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Glove compartment lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
H Handbrake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147 Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Hazard warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Headlight range control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Headlights Changing a bulb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Dipped beam headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Driving abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Headlight control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Headlight washers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Side light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Heated rear window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136, 138
Hill hold assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148 see also Hill hold assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
How to jump start description . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
I
Identification plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Identifying letters of engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Ignition lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 Increase capacity
of luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Indicator Vehicle key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Inertia mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Information on emissions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Inspection service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Installation of exhaust gas filtration systems Catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Particulate filter Diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Instrument cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Instrument panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61, 62
Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Service interval display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Instrument panel lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Interior anti-dazzle rear vision mirrors . . . . . . 123
Interior monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Interior rear vision mirror see Rear vision mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
ISOFIX system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
J
Jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232 Mounting points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Jump leads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Jump starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241 K
Key Driver messages (mechanical contact) . . . 145
Unlocking/Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Keys Assigning a key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Changing the battery (vehicle key) . . . . . . . 90
Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Locking/Unlocking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Spare key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Vehicle key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Kick-down Manual gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Kick-down feature Automatic gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Knee airbag See "Airbag system" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
L
Lamps Audible warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Control lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Warning lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Lane Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168 Cleaning the camera area . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Lane Assist system see Lane Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Launch Control Programme (automatic gear- box) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
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SystemsCruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Tiredness detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Tyre monitoring indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Tyre monitoring systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
T Technical data Reservoir capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Technical modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Technical specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Temperature display Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Outside temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64, 73
The danger of not using the seat belt . . . . . . . . 22
Tightening torque of wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . 266
tiptronic (automatic gearbox) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Tiptronic (automatic gearbox) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Tiredness detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Top Tether system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54, 55
Tow-away protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Tow-starting the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Tow-starting the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Towing Retrofitting a towing bracket . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Towing a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194, 265
Towing bracket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Towline anchorage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Traction control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183 Trailer
Parking aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Trailer weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Transporting children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Trim parts: cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Trims: Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Trip recorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61, 67
Turning off the lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Turning on the headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Turn signal convenience function . . . . . . . . . . 107
Turn signal lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Tyre Tyre pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Useful life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Tyre Mobility System (Tyre repair kit) . . . . . . . 233
Tyre monitoring indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Tyre monitoring system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Tyre monitoring systems Control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Tyre monitoring indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Tyre pressures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Tyre repair kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Tyres Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Indications of wear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Repair kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232, 233
With compulsory direction of rotation . . . 239 U
Unlocking/Locking With remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
With the central locking switch . . . . . . . . . . 93
Upholstery: Cleaning Alcantara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
V
Vehicle Identification number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Raising . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Sticker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Vehicle identification data . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Vehicle battery Disconnect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Vehicle care Changing wiper blades of the windscreenand rear window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Cleaning windscreen and rear window wip- er blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Service position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Vehicle interior monitoring and anti-tow system Activation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Vehicle key Synchronising . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Vehicle tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Ventilation slits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
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