2015 Seat Leon 5D wipers

Advice
Carbon parts The carbon parts on your vehicle have a pain-
ted s
ur
face. They do not need any special
care and are cleaned just like any other pain-
ted part ››› page 231.
Paint damage Minor damage to the paint, such as scratches
or st
one c

hips, should be touched up without
delay before the metal starts to corrode. Suit-
able touch-up brushes or sprays for your car
can be obtained from a SEAT Official Service.
The number of the original paint finish on the
vehicle is given on the data sticker
››› page 265.
If corrosion is already visible it must be thor-
oughly removed by a specialised workshop.
Windows Clear vision is an essential safety factor.
The w
ind
s

creen must not be cleaned with in-
sect remover or wax, otherwise the wind-
screen wipers will not function properly (jud-
dering).
Traces of rubber, oil, grease or silicone can
be removed with a window cleaning solution
or a silicone remover. Wax residue can only be removed with a special cleaner. Your SEAT
Offici

al Service will be able to provide you
with more detailed information.
The windows should also be cleaned on the
inside at regular intervals.
Use a separate cloth or chamois to dry the
windows. Cloths used for waxing and polish-
ing contain residues that will cause smears
on the glass. WARNING
Do not use water-repellent coatings on the
wind s

creen. In bad visibility conditions (e.g.
in the rain, dark or with a low sun), these
coatings may cause dazzle: risk of accident!
Such coatings can also cause the windscreen
wiper blades to make noise. CAUTION
● Remo v

e snow and ice from windows and ex-
terior mirrors with a plastic scraper only. To
avoid scratches caused by dirt on the glass,
the scraper should only be pushed in one di-
rection and not moved to and fro.
● The heating element for the rear window is
located on the inner s
ide of the window. To
avoid damaging them, do not apply stickers
to these heating elements.
● Never use warm or hot water to remove
snow and ic
e from windows and mirrors. This
could cause the glass to crack! Wheels
The wheels require regular attention to pre-
serv
e their ap

pearance. It is important to re-
move road salt and brake dust by washing
the wheels at regular intervals, otherwise the
finish will be impaired.
After washing, the wheels should only be
cleaned with an "acid-free" cleaning agent
for alloy wheels. This is available from SEAT
Official Services and specialist retailers. Nev-
er leave the cleaning agent on the rims for
any longer than specified in the instructions
before rinsing it off. If the wheel cleaner fluid
contains acid it can attack the surfaces of the
wheel bolts.
Car polish or other abrasive agents should
not be used for maintaining the rims. If the
protective coating is damaged, e.g. by flying
stones, the damaged area should be re-
paired immediately. WARNING
Please note when cleaning the wheels that
wat er

, ice and road salt can impair the effec-
tiveness of the brakes; this can cause an acci-
dent. Exhaust tail pipe
It is important to remove road salt and brake
du
s
t

by washing the wheels at regular
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Advice
In right-hand drive vehicles the brake fluid
r e
ser
voir is on the other side of the engine
compartment.
Changing brake fluid
The regular intervals at which the brake fluid
should be replaced are listed in the Mainte-
nance Programme. We recommend you have
it replaced at a SEAT Official Service, during
an Inspection Service. WARNING
● Brak e fluid shou

ld be stored in the closed
original container in a safe place out of reach
of children. Risk of poisoning!
● If the brake fluid is left in the system for
too long and the br
akes are subjected to
heavy use, vapour bubbles may form in the
brake system. This would seriously affect the
efficiency of the brakes and the safety of the
vehicle. This may cause an accident. CAUTION
Brake fluid should not come into contact with
the v ehic

le paintwork, as it is abrasive. Windscreen washer reservoir
Chec k
in

g and topping up the wind-
screen washer reservoir Read the additional information carefully
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Check the water level in the windscreen
washer reservoir regularly and top up as re-
quired.
The container for the windscreen washer con-
tains the cleaning fluid for the windscreen,
the rear window and the headlight washer
system*.
● Open the bonnet  ››
›

page 246.
● The windscreen washer reservoir is marked
with the symbol
 on the cap.
● Check there is enough windscreen water in
the reser
voir.
Recommended windscreen wipers
● For the hottest seasons we recommend
summer G 052 184 A1 for c
lear glass. Propor-
tions of the mixture in the washer fluid tank:
1:100 (1 part concentrate per 100 parts wa-
ter).
● All year round, G 052 164 A2 for clear
glas
s. Approximate proportion of the winter
mixture, up to -18°C (0°F): 1:2 (1 part con-
centrate per 2 parts water); otherwise, a 1:4 proportion of mixture in the washer fluid
tank.
Cap

acity
The reservoir holds approximately 3 litres in
versions without headlight washer and 5 li-
tres in versions with headlight washer. WARNING
If the water from the windscreen washer does
not c ont

ain enough anti-freeze, it may freeze
on the windscreen and rear window, reducing
forward and rear visibility.
● In winter, ensure the windscreen washer
contain
s enough anti-freeze.
● In cold conditions, you should not use the
winds
creen washer system unless you have
warmed the windscreen with the ventilation
system. The antifreeze could freeze on the
windscreen and reduce visibility. WARNING
Never mix an unsuitable antifreeze or other
simi l

ar additives with the windscreen washer
water. A greasy layer may be formed on the
windscreen which will impair visibility.
● Use clean water with a window cleaner rec-
ommended by
SEAT.
● If necessary, add a suitable antifreeze to
the water in the r
eservoir.252

Index
Traction control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
T r
affic
sign detection system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
windscreen damage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Traffic Sign Detection System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209 Indication on display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Traffic signs indication on display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220 connecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226, 227
driving with a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
electrical socket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
hitching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
parking aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
rear lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
safety lug . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
tow rope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Trailer weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Transporting children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Transporting objects fastening rings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
net bag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
retaining hooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
roof carrier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
roof carrier system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
tailboard for transporting long items . . . . . . . 153
Trim parts: cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Trims cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Turn signal convenience function . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Turn signal lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Tyre mobility set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Tyre Mobility System see Anti-puncture kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Tyre monitoring system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259 tyre monitoring indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261 Tyre pressure monitoring system . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Tyr
e pressures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Tyre profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Tyre repair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Tyre repair kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 see also Anti-puncture kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255 Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
new tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
repair kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
tyre pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
useful life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
wear indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
with compulsory direction of rotation . . . . . . . . 60
with directional tread pattern . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Tyre tread depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Tyre wear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
U Unfastening the seat belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16, 75
Unlocking and locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 by remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
with the central locking switch . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Upholstery: cleaning alcantara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
USB/AUX-IN input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
V Vanity mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Vehicle chassis number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
data label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
identification data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
raising . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Vehicle battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53, 253
ass isted starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
charge level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
connecting and disconnecting . . . . . . . . 39, 253
power management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
replacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
winter conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Vehicle care natural leather . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
windscreen wipers service position . . . . . . . . . 64
Vehicle interior monitoring and anti-tow system 123 activation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Vehicle seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Vehicle tool kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Vehicle tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Ventilation slits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
W Warning and indication lamps . . . . . . . . . . 41, 108 adaptive cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
applying the brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188, 198
ASR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
audible warning signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
cruise control system (GRA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Diesel particulate filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
electromechanical steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
engine management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
engine pre-heating/fault system . . . . . . . . . . . 109
ESC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
for seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
gear change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
instrument panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41, 42, 43
Lane Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
refuelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
302

Index
Start-Stop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
ty r
e monit
oring system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Warning symbols see Warning and indication lamps . . . . . . . . . 108
Warning triangle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Washing the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Wheel changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Wheel balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268 anti-theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
caps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
loosening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
tightening torque . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Wheel cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 removing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255, 267 chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58, 60
cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
new wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
temporary spare wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
wheel cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Wheel spanner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Windows electric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14, 124
removing ice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Window wiper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Window wiper blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
windscreen and rear window wiper blades cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Windscreen and rear window wiper blades . . . . . 88 changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Windscreen washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53, 136 Windscreen washer water
capac ity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
checking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Topping up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Windscreen wiper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 Heated windscreen washer jets . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Window wiper lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Windscreen wiper and rear window wiper sys- tems
service position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Windscreen wipers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
headlight washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Lifting the wiper blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
rain sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
replacing the wiper blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
service position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
special features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Winter conditions battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Defrosting the windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Taking care of your vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Winter operation Headlight washers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Heated windscreen washer jets . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Salt on the roads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Winter tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263 all-wheel drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
X XDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
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