2018 Seat Leon Owner's manual

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Fitting

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Raising the vehicle Fig. 78
Crossbar: brands. Fig. 79
Crossbar: mounting the jack on the ve-
hicl e.

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the wheel condition and hub mounting surfa-
ces. These surf aces must be cl
ean bef
ore fit-
ting the wheel.
Tyres with compulsory direction of
rotation A directional tread pattern can be identified
by the arro
ws on the side

wall that point in the
direction of rotation. Always observe the di-
rection of rotation indicated when fitting the
wheel to guarantee optimum properties of
this type of tyres with regard to grip, noises,
wear and aquaplaning.
If it is absolutely necessary to fit the spare
tyre* against the direction of rotation, drive
with care as this means the tyre does not of-
fer optimum driving properties. This is of par-
ticular importance when the road surface is
wet.
To return to directional tread tires, replace the
punctured tyre as soon as possible and re-
store the obligatory direction of rotation of all
tyres.
Subsequent work

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Emergency towing of the ve-
hicl e
T o
wing Fig. 80
Right side of the front bumper: towline
anchor age scr
e

wed in. Fig. 81
Right side of the rear bumper: towline
anchor age scr e

wed in. Towline anchorages
Att
ach the bar or r ope t

o the towline ancho-
rages.
The towline anchorages are located under
the floor panel in the luggage compartment,
next to the vehicle tools

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Tow-starting If the engine will not start, first try starting it
using the battery of another v
ehicl
e

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Connect the other end of the black
jump
l ead X to a solid metal component bol-
t ed t
o the engine bl
ock or to the engine
block itself of the vehicle with the flat
battery. Do not connect it to a point near
the battery A .
P osition the l
eads in such a w

ay that
they cannot come into contact with any
moving parts in the engine compart-
ment.
Starting Start the engine of the vehicle with the
boosting battery and let it run at idling
speed.
Start the engine of the vehicle with the
flat battery and wait for 2 or 3 minutes
until the engine is running.
Removing the jump leads Before you remove the jump leads,
switch off the dipped beam headlights if
they are switched on.
Turn on the heater blower and heated
rear window in the vehicle with the flat
battery. This helps minimise voltage
peaks which are generated when the
leads are disconnected.
When the engine is running, disconnect
the leads in reverse order to the details
given above.
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10.
11.
Make sure the battery clamps have sufficient
metal-t

o-metal contact with the battery ter-
minals.
If the engine fails to start after about 10 sec-
onds, switch off the starter and try again after
about 1 minute. WARNING

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Changing the wiper blades Windscr een wipers service posi-
tion Fig. 84
Wipers in service position. The wiper arms can be raised when the wip-
ers ar
e in service position

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