Index
safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
u nf
a
stened . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Seat belt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15, 75
SEAT Drive Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Seat heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Seats adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
rear seat backrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Selective unlocking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Selector lever lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Selector lever (automatic gearbox) malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
manual release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Service intervals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Service notification: read . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Side airbags description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Signal lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Sitting position driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Sliding panoramic sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Smell of gas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60, 283 four-wheel drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Spanner symbol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Special characteristics tow-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Speed limiter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Speed warning device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Sport Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Start-Stop system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191 driver messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
stopping and starting the engine . . . . . . . . . . 192 switching off and on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
the engine does
not switch off . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
the engine starts by itself . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Starter button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Starting the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Starting the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Steering electromechanical steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
engaging the steering lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Steering wheel adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
gearshift paddles (automatic gearbox) . . . . . . 182
setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Steering wheel controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Storage area front seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Storage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 glove compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
glove compartment lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Storage compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Sun blind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129, 139 roll-back function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Sun protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Sun visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Switch hazard warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Switching off the engine with the key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Switching off the lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Switching on the lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Switching the ignition on and off . . . . . . . . 24, 167
System Easy Connect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
T Tailboard for transporting long items . . . . . . . . . 156 Taking care of your vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
interior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Technical data capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
roof load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Technical specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Tightening torques of wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 lap times . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Tiptronic (automatic gearbox) . . . . . . . . . . 180, 182
Tire Mobility Set inflating a tyre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Top speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Top Tether . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21, 23
Top Tether system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21, 23
Top Tether System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Tow-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Tow-starting the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88, 89
Tow-starting the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Towing a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Towing bracket retrofitting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Towing bracket device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234 ball coupling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
operation and care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Towing the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Towline anchorage rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Towline anchorages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61, 85
Tow rope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Traction control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
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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
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XDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
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About this manual
This manual contains a description of the
equipment supplied with the vehicle at the
time this manual was published. Some of the
units described herein will not be available
until a later date or are only available in cer -
tain markets.
Because this is a general manual for the LEON
range, some of the equipment and functions
that are described in this manual are not in-
cluded in all types or variants of the model;
they may vary or be modi ed depending on
the technical requirements and on the mar -
ket; this is in no way deceptive advertising.
The illustrations are intended as a general
guide and may vary from the equipment tted
in your vehicle in some details.
The steering indications (left, right, forward,
reverse) appearing in this manual refer to the
normal driving movements of the vehicle ex -
cept when otherwise indicated.
The audiovisual material only is intended to
help users to understand certain car function -
alities better. It does not replace the instruc -
tion manual. Please use the instruction manu-
al to obtain more comprehensive information
and indications.
The equipment marked with an aster -
isk* is tted as standard only in certain
versions, and is only supplied as op -
tional extras for some versions, or are
only offered in certain countries.
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WARNING
Texts preceded by this symbol contain infor -
mation on safety. They warn you about possi -
ble dangers of accident or injury.
CAUTION
Texts with this symbol draw your attention to
potential sources of damage to your vehicle.
For the sake of the environment
Texts preceded by this symbol contain rele-
vant information concerning environmental
protection.
Note
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This manual is divided into six large parts,
which are:
1. The essentials
2. Safety
3. Emergencies
4. Operation
5. Tips
6. Technical data
At the end of this manual, there is a detailed
alphabetical index that will help you quickly
nd the information you require.