2013 Seat Leon SC rims

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Wheels and tyres
If you use tyres that are approved by SEAT you can be sure that the actual
tyre dimensions will be correct for your vehicle. If you decide to fit a differ-
ent type of tyre, you must obtain the appropriate manufacturer's certificate
from the tyre retailer to confirm that the tyres are suitable for your vehicle.
Keep this certificate in a safe place.
Your SEAT Official Service will be able to advise you on which tyres may be
fitted to your vehicle.
It is best to have all servicing of wheels and tyres performed by a special-
ised workshop. They are familiar with the procedure and have the necessary
special tools and spare parts as well as the proper facilities for disposing of
the old tyres.
WARNING
● It is very important to ensure that the tyres you have chosen have ad-
equate clearance. When selecting replacement tyres, do not rely entirely
on the nominal tyre size marked on the tyre; with some makes of tyre the
effective tyre size can differ significantly from the nominal dimensions,
even though the tyres have the same size designation. Inadequate tyre
clearance can result in damage to the tyres or the vehicle, causing a seri-
ous safety risk. It may also invalidate the vehicle's registration for use on
public roads.
● Avoid running the vehicle on tyres that are more than 6 years old. If
you have no alternative, you should drive slowly and with extra care at all
times.
● If wheel trims are fitted after the car is purchased, ensure that there
is an adequate flow of air for cooling the brake system.
For the sake of the environment
Old tyres must be disposed of according to the laws in the country con-
cerned.
Note
● Never mount used tyres if you are not sure of their “previous history”.
● For technical reasons, it is not generally possible to use the wheels from
other vehicles. In some cases, this may also be true for the same model of
wheel. 
Wheel bolts
The wheel bolts are designed to suit the rims on your car.
The wheel bolts are matched to the rims. When installing different wheels
(for instance alloy wheels or wheels with winter tyres) it is important to use
the correct wheel bolts with the right length and correctly shaped bolt
heads. This ensures that wheels are fitted securely and that the brake sys-
tem functions correctly.
The wheel bolts must be clean and turn easily.
A special adapter is required to turn the anti-theft wheel bolts*
⇒ page 279. 
Winter tyres
Winter tyres will improve the vehicles handling on snow and
ice.
– Winter tyres must be fitted on all four wheels.
– Only use winter tyres that are approved for your vehicle.
– Please note that the maximum permissible speed for winter
tyres may be lower than for summer tyres. 
Safety FirstOperating instructionsPractical TipsTechnical specifications

Balanced (wheels) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Ball coupling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260Assisted starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Charge Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Disconnecting/Connecting . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Power Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Winter conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Before starting the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Bench seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Biodiesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224 Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Brake servo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
New brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Braking Brake assist system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Hill driving assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
C
Carbon components: Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Care of vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Care (paint care) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
CD-ROM player (navigation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Central locking Anti-theft alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Central locking switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 Electric windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Remote control key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Selective unlocking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Sliding/tilting sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Central locking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Manual locking in an emergency . . . . . . . . 99
Rear lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Cetane number (Diesel fuel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Changing Windscreen and rear window wiper blades . .263
Changing a bulb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293 Bulb sizes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Changing gear Engaging gears (manual gearbox) . . . . . . 172
Manual gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Changing main headlight main beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
turn signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
Changing main headlight bulbs daylight bulb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Dipped beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Changing the battery of the vehicle key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Chassis number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
Child-proof lock Electric windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Child safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Child seat Categorisation in groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Group 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Group 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Group 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Groups 0 and 0+ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Securing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Child seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 ISOFIX system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
on the front passenger seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Top Tether system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55, 56
City emergency braking function . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238 Alcantara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Carbon components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Display/Easy Connect control panel . . . . . 242
Exhaust pipe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Leather . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Plastic parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240, 242
Radio display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Rims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Trim parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Trims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Washing the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Windscreen and rear window wiper blades . .263
Cleaning/De-icing the windows . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Cleaning the rims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Cleaning the upholstery Natural leather . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Closing Bonnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Panoramic sliding sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Panoramic sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
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Fault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Parking system plus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Rear parking aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Sensors/Camera: cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Towing bracket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Parking aid system see Parking aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Parking light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Parking (automatic gearbox) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Particulate filter (Diesel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Passenger see Correct sitting position . . . . . . . 11, 12, 13
Passenger's seat backrest folding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
lifting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Physical principles of a frontal collision . . . . . . 22
Plastic parts: Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240, 242
Polishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Power Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Power socket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Preheating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Pressure (tyres) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Progressive steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
R Racks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Radar sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191, 204
Radio display: cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Radio transmitters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272 Rain sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Control of function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Rear lid automatic locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Central locking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Manual release in an emergency . . . . . . . 101
see also luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . 100
Rear lights Changing a bulb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Rear seat folding down and lifting backrest . . . . . . . 138
Rear seat backrest folding down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
lifting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Rear vision mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Rear vision mirrors Adjusting the exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . 125
see also Rear vision mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Rear wiper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Reflective vests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Refuelling natural gas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Remote control See "Keys" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Remote control key Unlocking/Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Remove the wheel cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Repairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272 Airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Replacement parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Reservoir capacity Windscreen washer water reservoir . . . . . 125 Reset button (trip recorder) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Reset the trip recorder to zero . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Retaining hooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
retractable rear shelf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Retrofitting a towing bracket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Rev counter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61, 66
Reverse gear (automatic gearbox) . . . . . . . . . 173
Rims
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
RME (fuel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Roll-back function Panoramic sliding sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Roof carrier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Roof carrier system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Roof load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Running in New brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
New engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
New tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
S Safe driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Safelock see Anti-theft security system . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 child safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
child seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Safety equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Safety first . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
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SymbolsSee "Lamps" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
System Automatic dipped beam control . . . . . . . . 112
System Easy Connect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Systems ACC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
adaptive cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
monitoring system Front Assist . . . . . . . . . 202
Tiredness detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Tyre monitoring indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Tyre monitoring systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
T Tailboard for transporting long objects . . . . . 144
Technical data Reservoir capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
roof load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Technical modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Technical specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304
Temperature display Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Outside temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64, 73
The danger of not using the seat belt . . . . . . . . 23
Things to note natural gas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
natural gas fuel gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Tightening torque of wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . 307
tiptronic (automatic gearbox) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Tiptronic (automatic gearbox) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178 Tiredness detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Top Tether system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55, 56
Tow-away protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Tow-starting the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
Tow-starting the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
Towing
Retrofitting a towing bracket . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Towing a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234, 307
Towing bracket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Towline anchorage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Traction control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Trailer Parking aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Trailer weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
Transporting children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Transporting objects Fastening rings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Net bag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
retaining hooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Roof carrier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
roof carrier system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Roof carrier system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
tailboard for transporting long objects . . . 144
Trim parts: cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Trims: Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Trip recorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61, 67
Turning off the lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Turning on the headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Turn signal convenience function . . . . . . . . . . 110
Turn signal lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 Tyre
Tyre pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Useful life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Tyre Mobility System (Tyre repair kit) . . . . . . . 275
Tyre monitoring indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Tyre monitoring system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Tyre monitoring systems Control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Tyre monitoring indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Tyre pressures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
Tyre repair kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Tyres Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Indications of wear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Repair kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274, 275
With compulsory direction of rotation . . . 281
U Unlocking/Locking With remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
With the central locking switch . . . . . . . . . . 94
Upholstery: Cleaning Alcantara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
V
Vehicle Identification number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
Raising . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
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