2013 Seat Leon SC instrument cluster

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Driving
CAUTION
When travelling at high speeds or at high engine speeds, selecting a gear
that is too low can cause considerable damage to the clutch and the gear-
box. This can also occur if the clutch pedal is pressed and held and it does
not engage.
CAUTION
To prevent damage and avoid premature wear, please observe the follow-
ing:
● Do not rest your hand on the gear lever while driving. The pressure ap-
plied by your hand is transmitted to the gearbox selector forks.
● Always ensure that the vehicle is completely stopped before engaging
the reverse gear.
● Always press the clutch to the floor when changing gears.
● Never hold the vehicle “on the clutch” on hills with the engine on. 
Automatic gearbox/DSG automatic gearbox* Introduction
Your vehicle is equipped with an electronically controlled manual gearbox.
Torque between the engine and the gearbox is transmitted via two inde-
pendent clutches. They replace the torque converter found on conventional
automatic gearboxes and allow for smooth, uninterrupted acceleration of
the vehicle.
The tiptronic system allows the driver to change gears manually if desired
⇒  page 178, Changing gears in tiptronic mode*. Selector lever positions
The selector lever position engaged is highlighted on the display in the in-
strument cluster. With the selector lever in the manual gearbox positions G,
D, E and S, the engaged gear is also indicated on the display.
P – Parking lock
When the selector lever is in this position, the driven wheels are locked me-
chanically. The parking lock must be engaged only when the vehicle is
sta-
tionary ⇒ 
.
The interlock button (the button on the selector lever handle) must be
pressed in and simultaneously the brake pedal must be depressed before
moving the selector lever either in or out of position P.
R – Reverse gear
Reverse gear must be engaged only when the vehicle is stationary and the
engine is idling ⇒ 
.
To move the selector lever to position R, the interlock button must be press-
ed in and at the same time the brake pedal must be depressed. The reverse
lights come on when the selector lever is in the R position with the ignition
on.
N – Neutral (idling)
With the selector lever in this position, the gear is in neutral.
D/S – Permanent drive (forward) position
The selector lever in the D/S position enables the gears to be controlled in
normal mode (D) or Sport (S). To select Sport mode (S), move the selector
lever backwards. Moving the lever again will select normal mode (D). The
selected driving mode is shown on the instrument panel display.
In normal mode (D), the gearbox automatically selects the best gear ratio.
This depends on the engine load, the road speed and the dynamic gear
control programme (DCP). 
Safety FirstOperating instructionsPractical TipsTechnical specifications

Folding table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Fold the back seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Front airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Front armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Front Assist city emergency braking function . . . . . . . . 206
malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
messages on the display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
radar sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
see monitoring system Front Assist . . . . . 202
system limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
temporarily switching off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
using . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Front Assist Monitoring system malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
messages on the display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
radar sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
using . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Front Assist Monitoring System city emergency braking function . . . . . . . . 206
system limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
temporarily switching off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Front seats see Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246 Consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
Diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Ethanol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Fuel gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
natural gas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247 Fuel consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
Full-LED headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
Fuse box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
Identifying blown fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Identifying by colours . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
Preparation before replacing . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
G Gear-change indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Gearbox DSG see Automatic gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Gear recommendation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Gearshift paddles (automatic gearbox) . . . . . 178
General overview of the engine compartment 309
Glass Cleaning/De-icing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Glove box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Glove compartment lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
H Handbrake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Hazard warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Headlight range control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Headlights Changing a bulb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Dipped beam headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Driving abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 Headlight control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Headlight washers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Side light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Heated rear window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155, 157
Hill driving assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Hill hold assist see Hill driving assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
How to jump start description . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
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Identification plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
Identifying letters of engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
Ignition lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Increase capacity of luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Indicator Vehicle key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Inertia mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Information on emissions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
Inspection service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Installation of exhaust gas filtration systems Catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Particulate filter Diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Instrument cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Instrument panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61, 62
Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Service interval display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Instrument panel lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
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