2016 Seat Leon 5D fuses

Transport and practical equipment
●
Do not p ut
hot drinks in the drink holders.
During normal or sudden driving manoeuvres,
sudden braking or an accident, the hot drink
could be spilled. Danger of scalding. CAUTION
When driving, do not leave open cans in the
c up ho l

ders. The drink might be spilt on brak-
ing, for example, and could damage the vehi-
cle. Drink holders
Fig. 155
Centre console: front drink holders. Front drink holders
– Place drinks in the holder ››
›
Fig. 155.
Placement of two drinks is possible. There
is also the possibility of placing larger plas-
tic bottles in the trims of the doors. WARNING
● Do not p l

ace any hot drinks in the drink
holder while the vehicle is moving. Hot drinks
could spill and cause burns, which may cause
an accident.
● Do not use hard china cups or glasses.
These cou
ld cause injury in the event of an
accident. CAUTION
You should avoid putting open drinks con-
tainer s

in the drink holders. The drinks could
otherwise spill over and cause damage to e.g.
the electrical equipment or the seat covers. Glove compartment
Fig. 156
Glove compartment Opening/closing
– To open the glove compartment, pull the
handl
e in the dir

ection of the arrow.
– To close the glove compartment, move the
cov

er upwards until it engages.
Depending on the vehicle equipment, the CD
player is located in the glove compartment.
Separate operating instructions are enclosed
for this equipment in the corresponding In-
struction Manual. WARNING
The cover of the glove compartment should
alw a

ys be closed while driving. Failure to fol-
low this instruction could result in an acci-
dent. Other storage compartments
You will find more object holders, compart-
ments
and s
up

ports in other parts of the ve-
hicle:
● In the top of the glove compartment in ve-
hicle
s that do not have a CD reader. The load
of the compartment should not exceed
1.2 kg.
● In the centre console under the centre arm-
res
t*.
● In the driver side panel there is a remova-
ble bo
x for access to fuses and relays. The »
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Technical data
Advice
Operation
Emergencies
Safety

Operation
Safety lug
The s af
ety
lug B
› ››
Fig. 237
i
s used to hook
up the trailer's retainer cable.
On hooking it up to the safety lug, the retain-
er cable should have slack in all the trailer
positions with respect to the vehicle (sharp
bends, reverse gear, etc.).
Headlights
The front part of the vehicle may be raised
when the trailer is connected and the light
may dazzle the rest of the traffic.
Adapt the height of the headlights using the
headlight range rotary adjuster 1)
. WARNING
● Never u se the s

afety lug to tow!
● Adjust your speed to suit the road and traf-
fic condition
s.
● All work on the electrical system must be
carried out on
ly by specialised workshops.
● Never connect the trailer's electric system
to the electric
al connections of the rear lights
or any other power sources.
● After hooking up the trailer and connecting
the socket, c
heck that all the trailer's rear
lights are working properly. Note
● If ther e i

s any fault in the trailer's lighting,
check the fuses in the instrument panel fuse
box ›››
 page 54.
● The contact between the retainer cable and
the safety
lug may give rise to mechanical
wear in the lug's surface protection. This
wear will not prevent the safety lug from op-
erating properly or cause any fault and is ex-
cluded from the warranty.
● When connecting and disconnecting the
trail
er, the towing vehicle's handbrake
should be applied. Anti-theft alarm system
When the vehicle is locked, the alarm is trig-
g
er
ed when the el

ectrical connection be-
tween vehicle and trailer is interrupted.
Always turn off the anti-theft alarm system
before connecting or disconnecting a trailer
››› page 124.
Conditions for the integration of a trailer in
the anti-theft alarm system.
● The vehicle is factory-equipped with an an-
ti-theft al
arm system and a towing bracket
device. ●
The trail
er is connected electrically to the
towing vehicle by the trailer connector.
● The electrical system of the vehicle and the
trail
er are prepared for operation.
● The vehicle is locked with the ignition key
and the anti-theft al
arm system is activated. CAUTION
For technical reasons, trailers fitted with rear
LED lights ar

e not integrated in the anti-theft
alarm system. Driving tips
Driving with a trailer always requires extra
c
ar
e.
W

eight distribution
The weight distribution of a loaded trailer
with an unladen vehicle is very unfavourable.
However, if this cannot be avoided, drive ex-
tra slowly to allow for the unbalanced weight
distribution.
Speed
The stability of the vehicle and trailer is re-
duced with increasing speed. For this reason,
it is advisable not to drive at the maximum 1)
This does not apply for vehicles with bi-xenon
hea dlights.
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Index
EDL se
e
Electronic differential lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Efficiency programme additional electrical appliances . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
saving tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Electrical accessories see Power socket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Electrical socket trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Electric windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13, 127 convenience opening and closing . . . . . . . . . 128
Electromechanical steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253 lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Electronic differential lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Electronic immobiliser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Electronic self-locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Electronic Stability Control (ESC) . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Electronic torque management (XDS) . . . . . . . . . 177
Emergencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 anti-puncture kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
automatic gearbox backup programme . . . . . 186
bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
changing a wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
emergency towing of the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
hazard warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
jump leads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
manual unlocking and locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
puncture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
replacing a blown fuse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
replacing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
vehicle tool kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Emergency Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217 see Emergency Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
switching off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
switching on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Emergency braking function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 Emergency braking warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Emergency
operation
passenger door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
selector lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Emission control system control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Emissions data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Engine assisted starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
noises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
preheating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
running in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Start-Stop system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
starting up (driver messages with the mechan-ical contact) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
switching off (key) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Engine and ignition automatic ignition switch-off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
My Beat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
preheating the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
starting the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
starting the engine with Press & Drive . . . . . . 171
stopping the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12, 262 battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52, 269
brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52, 267
closing the bonnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51, 266
engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50, 265
opening the bonnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
windscreen washer reservoir . . . . . . . . . . 52, 268
Engine coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 G 12 plus-plus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
G 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Engine data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284 Engine fault
contro l lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Engine management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189 control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50, 264 changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264, 266
checking oil level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
dipstick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
inspection service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
maintenance intervals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
oil properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
temperature display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
topping up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Environment ecological driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
environmental compatibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Environmental tips filling the tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
refuelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150, 245
ESC electronic stability control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
multi-collision brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Sport Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Ethanol (fuel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Exhaust gas purification system catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
diesel particulate filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Exhaust pipe: Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Extending the luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Exterior lighting changing a bulb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Exterior mirrors adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
310

Index
Exterior rear view mirrors ext
erior
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
heated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Exterior view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7, 8
External aerial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
F Fastening rings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Fatigue detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Filling the tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Floor mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Fluid Level control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Fog light bulb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Folding table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Four-wheel drive snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
winter tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Four wheel drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Front airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16, 78
Front armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Front Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207 City Emergency braking function . . . . . . . . . . . 211
malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
on-screen messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
operating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
radar sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
switching off temporarily . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
system limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
see also Front Assist Monitoring system . . . . . 207
Front Assist monitoring system malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
on-screen messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
operating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Front Assist Monitoring system City Emergency braking function . . . . . . . . . . . 211
radar sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208 Front Assist Monitoring System
switc hing off temporarily . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
system limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Front passenger front airbag control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
deactivation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17, 81
Front seat manual adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50, 258 consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
ethanol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
fuel gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
natural gas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
refuelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
saving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Fuel consumption switching off using inertia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
why does fuel consumption increase? . . . . . . 189
Fuel tank cap opening and closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Fuel tank flap opening and closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Full-LED Headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Function Coming Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Function Leaving Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54, 91 fuse box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
identifying blown fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
identifying by colours . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
preparation before replacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
replacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
G
Gear-change indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Gearbox DSG see Automatic gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180 Gearbox lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Gear ch
ange . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
kick-down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
manual gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
manual gear change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Gear engaged . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Gear recommendation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Gearshift paddles (automatic gearbox) . . . . . . . 182
General instrument panel control lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
controls and displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
warning lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Glove compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
H
Handbrake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Hand brake See Parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Handbrake warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Hazard warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25, 135
Head-on collisions and the laws of physics . . . . . 73
Head-protection airbags description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Headlight range control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Headlights changing a bulb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
driving abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
headlight washers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
front head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
rear head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
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