2016 Seat Leon 5D wipers

Care and maintenance
Plastic parts Plastic parts are cleaned with a power wash-
er. If
thi
s is not sufficient, plastic parts
should only be treated with a special solvent-
free plastic cleaning agent . Do not use paint-
work cleaners, polishes or wax on plastic
parts.
Carbon parts The carbon parts on your vehicle have a pain-
t
ed s
ur

face. They do not need any special
care and are cleaned just like any other pain-
ted part ›››
page 246.
Paint damage Minor damage to the paint, such as scratches
or s
t
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 281.
If corrosion is already visible it must be thor-
oughly removed by a specialised workshop. Windows Clear vision is an essential safety factor.
The wind
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
Official 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 sc
r

aper 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-
ser
v
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. »
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Technical data
Advice
Operation
Emergencies
Safety

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  ››
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page 262.
● 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 wiper 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.268

Index
Traffic Jam Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216 malf
u
nctions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
situations in which Traffic Jam Assist must be switched off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
switching off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
switching on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Traffic sign detection system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222 operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
windscreen damage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Traffic Sign Detection System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223 indication on display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Traffic signs indication on display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234 connecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240, 241
driving with a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
electrical socket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
hitching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
parking Aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
rear lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
safety lug . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
tow rope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Trailer weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
Transporting children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Transporting items fastening rings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
roof carrier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
roof carrier system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Transporting objects net bag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
retaining hooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
roof carrier system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
tailboard for transporting long items . . . . . . . 156
Trim parts: cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Trims cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248 Turn signal convenience function . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Turn sign
al lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Tyre mobility set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
sealing a tyre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Tyre Mobility System see Anti-puncture kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Tyre monitoring system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Tyre monitoring systems tyre monitoring indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Tyre pressure monitoring system . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Tyre pressures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Tyre profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Tyre repair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Tyre repair kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 see also Anti-puncture kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271 accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
new tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
repair kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
tyre pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
useful life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
wear indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
with compulsory direction of rotation . . . . . . . . 59
with directional tread pattern . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Tyre tread depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Tyre wear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
U Unfastening the seat belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15, 74
Unlocking and locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 by remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
with Keyless Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
with the central locking switch . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 Upholstery: cleaning
alcantar a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
USB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
USB/AUX-IN Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
V Vanity mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Vehicle chassis number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
data label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
identification data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
identification number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
raising . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
unlocking and locking the vehicle with Keyless Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Vehicle battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52, 269 assisted starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
charge level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
connecting and disconnecting . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
disconnect and connect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
power management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
replacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
winter conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Vehicle care natural leather . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
windscreen wipers service position . . . . . . . . . 63
Vehicle interior monitoring and anti-tow system 126 activation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Vehicle seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Vehicle tool kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Vehicle tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Ventilation slits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
317

Index
W
W arnin
g and c
ontrol lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40, 109
adaptive cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
applying the brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198, 208
ASR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
audible warning signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
cruise control system (CCS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
electromechanical steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
engine management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
engine pre-heating/fault system . . . . . . . . . . . 190
ESC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
for seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
gear change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
instrument panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40, 42
instrument panel display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Lane Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
refuelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Start-Stop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
tyre monitoring system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Warning symbols see Warning and control lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Warning triangle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Washing the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
Wheel changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Wheel balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283 anti-theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
caps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
loosening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
tightening torque . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Wheel cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 removing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271, 283
chain s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57, 59
cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
new wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
temporary spare wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
wheel cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Wheel spanner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Windows electric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13, 127
removing ice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Window wiper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Window wiper blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Windscreen and rear window wiper blades . . . . . 87 changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Windscreen washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52, 139
Windscreen washer water capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
checking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
topping up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Windscreen wiper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 heated windscreen washer jets . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
window wiper lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Windscreen wiper and rear window wiper sys- tems
service position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Windscreen wipers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
headlight washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
lifting the wiper blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
rain sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
replacing the wiper blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
service position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
special characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 Winter conditions
batter y . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
defrosting the windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
taking care of your vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
Winter operation headlight washers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
heated windscreen washer jets . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
salt on the roads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Winter tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279 four-wheel drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
X
XDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
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