Technical data
Dimensions Fig. 245
Dimensions LEONLEON SCLEON STLEON ST X-PERIENCE
A/BFront and rear projection (mm)853/774853/774853/1,046853/1,060
CWheelbase (mm)2,6362,6012,6362,630
DLength (mm)4,2634,2284,5354,543
E/FFront/rear a)
track width (mm)1,533/1,504
1,549/1,5201,541/1,505
1,547/1,510
GWidth (mm)1,8161,8101,8161,816
HHeight at kerb weight (mm)1,4591,4461,451 b)1,478b)
Turning radius (m)10.9
a)
This data will change depending on the type of wheel rim.
b) Dimension to the roof bars.
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Index
Preheating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Pr ogr
e
ssive steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Puncture action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
R Racks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Radar sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189, 198
Radio-operated remote control see Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Radio display: cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Radio transmitters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Rain sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 control of the function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Raising the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Rear headrests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Rear Assist system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217 instructions for use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
special features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Rear lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12, 13 see also Luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Rear light bulbs on the rear lid fitting the bulb holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
removing the bulb holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Rear light bulbs on the side panel . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 removing the bulb holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Rear light on the side panel removing the rear light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Rear lights changing a bulb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Rear lights on the rear lid change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 Rear lights on the side panel
summar y . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Rear seat folding down and raising the backrest . . . . . . 143
Rear seat backrest folding down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
folding down and lifting the backrest . . . . . . . 144
lifting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Rear seat passengers see Correct sitting position . . . . . . . . . 67, 68, 69
Rear shelf storing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Rear View Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Rear view mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17, 139
Rear vision mirror interior anti-dazzle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Refuelling fuel gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
gas gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
natural gas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
opening fuel tank flap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Remote control key unlocking and locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Removing and installing head restraints . . . . . . 141
Repair work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Replacement parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Replacing the battery of the vehicle key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Reset the trip recorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Retaining hooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Retractable rear shelf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Rev counter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104, 105
Reverse gear (automatic gearbox) . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Rims Changing a wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Roll-back function
panoramic sliding sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
sun blind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Roof carrier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Roof load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Roof luggage rack attach the cross bars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Roof rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Running-in new brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
new engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
new tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
S
Safelock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 see also Anti-theft alarm system . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 child safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
child seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
deactivating the front passenger airbag . . . . . . 18
safe driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Safety equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Safety information Knee airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Safety instructions head-protection airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
using child seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20, 84
Safety interlock for ignition key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Safety notes Seat belt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Using seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Save fuel inertia mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Saving tips (efficiency programme) . . . . . . . . . . . 37
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Index
Seat adju
s
tment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
electric seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
rear seat backrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Seat belt position for pregnant women . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16, 75
cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
protective function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
purpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72, 77
Safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
unfastened . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Seat belt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16, 76
SEAT Drive Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Seat heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Selective unlocking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Selector lever lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Selector lever (automatic gearbox) malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
manual release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Service intervals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Service notification: read . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Side airbags description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Signal lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Sitting position driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Sliding panoramic sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Smell of gas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61, 267 all-wheel drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239 Spanner symbol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Speed limiter
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Speed warning device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Sport Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Start-Stop system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183 Driver messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
stopping and starting the engine . . . . . . . . . . 183
Switching off and on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
The engine does not switch off . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
The engine starts by itself . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Starting the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Starting the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Steering Electromechanical steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
engaging the steering lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Steering wheel adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Gearshift paddles (automatic gearbox) . . . . . 170
Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Steering wheel controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Storage area front seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Storage compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145, 146 glove compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
glove compartment lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Sun blind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127, 136 roll-back function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Sun protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Sun visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Switch hazard warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Switching off the engine with the key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Switching off the lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Switching on the lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 Switching the ignition on and off . . . . . . . . 24, 164
Sys
tem Easy Connect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
T Tailboard for transporting long items . . . . . . . . . 153
Taking care of your vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231 exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
interior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Technical data capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
roof load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Technical specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Tightening torques of wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 lap times . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Tiptronic (automatic gearbox) . . . . . . . . . . 167, 170
Tiredness detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Top speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Top Tether . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22, 24
Top Tether system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22, 24
Top Tether System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Tow-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Tow-starting the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Tow-starting the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Towing a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Towing bracket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220 ball coupling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
operation and care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
retrofitting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Towing the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Towline anchorages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62, 86 front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Tow rope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
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that are described in this manual are not in-
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