2018 Seat Leon Driving

Safe driving

Lights and visibility
Lights and visibility
Lights Contr ol l
amps 
It lights up
Driving light totally or partially faulty.
Fault in the cornering light system.

Operation
Setting 1
All seats occupied, luggage compart-
ment empty
Setting 2 All seats occupied, luggage compart
-
ment full. With tr ail
er and minimum
drawbar load.
Setting 3 Driver only, luggage compartment full
Driving with trail
er and minimum
dr

awbar load. Dynamic headlight range control
The control is not mount
ed in v

ehicles with
dynamic headlight range control. The head-
light range is automatically adjusted accord-
ing to the vehicle load status when they are
switched on. WARNING
Heavy objects in the vehicle may mean
that the headlights dazzle and distr act oth-
er driv

ers. This could result in a serious ac-
cident.

Start and driving
Driving
St ar
t and driving
St
arting and stopping the
engine
Switching the ignition on and start-
ing the engine with the key Fig. 251
Ignition key positions. Read the additional information carefully

Driving
Ignition is switched on
This driv er message is displ
ayed and a buz
-
zer is sounded when the driver door is
opened with the ignition switched on. WARNING

Start and driving
(e.g. the electric windows), which could
cause injuries.
CAUTION
If the engine has been running under high
l oad f or a l
ong time, there is a risk of heat
building up in the engine compartment af-
ter it has been switched off; this could
cause engine damage. For this reason, you
should idle the engine for approximately 2
minutes before you switch it off. Note

Driving
of the steering column

Start and driving
Step
Starting the engine with the start-
er button