2013 Seat Leon SC traction control

224Intelligent technology
Disable ASR
ASR mode is deactivated ⇒ page 79 through the Easy Connect system
menu. The traction control system will be disabled.
The control lamp  will light up. For vehicles with a driver information sys-
tem* the driver will be informed that ASR is disabled.
In the following exceptional circumstances enabling the ESC Sport mode to
improve the traction of the wheels is tenable:
● “Swing” the vehicle to unblock it.
● Driving in deep snow or on loose surfaces.
Activate ASR
ASR mode is activated ⇒ page 79 through the Easy Connect system menu.
The traction control system will be enabled.
The control lamp  switches off. For vehicles with a driver information sys-
tem* the driver will be informed that ASR is enabled.
WARNING
You should switch on the ESC Sport mode only if the traffic conditions
and your driving ability allow you to do so safely: risk of skidding!
● With ESC in Sport mode, the stabilising function will be limited to al-
low for a sportier drive. The driving wheels could spin and the vehicle
could skid.
Note
If the ASR is disconnected or the ESC’s Sport mode is selected, cruise con-
trol* will be switched off. Brakes
New brake pads
For the first 400 km (250 miles), new brake pads have not yet reached their
maximum braking capacity, and need to be “run in” first. However, you can
compensate for the slightly reduced braking effect by applying more pres-
sure on the brake pedal. Avoid overloading the brakes while running them
in.
Wear
The rate of wear on the
brake pads depends a great deal on how you drive
and the conditions in which the vehicle is operated. This is a particular
problem in urban traffic and short stretches, or with very sporty driving.
Depending on the speed, the braking force, and the environmental condi-
tions (for example, the temperature, air humidity, etc.) noises may be pro-
duced on braking.
Wet roads or road salt
In certain situations (for example, on driving through flooded areas, in se-
vere downpours or after washing the vehicle) the braking action could be
delayed if the discs and pads are damp, or frozen in winter. In this case the
brakes should be dried by pressing the brake pedal several times.
At high speed and with the windscreen wipers activated, the brake pads will
briefly touch the brake discs. This takes place, although unnoticeable to the
driver, at regular intervals to improve the response time of the brakes when
they are wet.
The effectiveness of the brakes can also be temporarily reduced if the vehi-
cle is driven for some distance without using the brakes when there is a lot
of salt on the road in winter. The layer of salt that accumulates on the discs
and pads can be removed by gently applying the brakes a few times. 

Index
A
ABSsee Anti-lock brake system . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
ACC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189 radar sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Acoustic parking aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Acoustic warnings Headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Adaptive cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189 control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
messages on the display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
radar sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Special driving situations . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
switching off temporarily . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
using . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Additional electrical appliances (efficiency pro- gramme) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Adjusting front head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
front seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
rear head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Adjusting the head restraints Front head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Airbag covers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
curtain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Differences between front passenger frontairbag systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Front airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Knee airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Air pressure (tyres) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Alarm system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Alcantara: cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Ambient lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Anti-dazzle rear vision mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Anti-freeze protection Windscreen washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Anti-lock brake system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Anti-theft alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87, 95 see also Anti-theft alarm system . . . . . . . . . 87
Anti-theft alarm system Interior monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Tow-away protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Anti-theft security system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87, 98
Anti-theft wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
Antifreeze . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Aspects to take into account before starting the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
ASR see Traction control system . . . . . . . . . . . . 222 Assistance systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
ACC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
adaptive cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
monitoring system Front Assist . . . . . . . . . 202
Parking aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Assisted starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Assist systems Tyre monitoring indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Audible warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Auto Lock (central locking) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Automatic car washes see Washing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Automatic dipped beam control . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Automatic gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 Backup programme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Downhill speed control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Driving tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Kick-down feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Launch Control Programme . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Manual release of selector lever . . . . . . . . 182
Safety interlock for ignition key . . . . . . . . . 163
Selector lever lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Selector lever positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Steering wheel with gearshift paddles . . . 178
tiptronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173, 178
B
Back support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
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Index

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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