Driving Seat Leon 2018 Owner's Guide

Driving
Releasing the handbrake

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Braking and stability sys-
t ems
Contr ol l
amps 
It lights up
Fault in the ESC or disconnection caused by the sys-
tem.
As the ESC operat

es in conjunction with the ABS, the
ESC light will also come on if a fault should occur in
the ABS. 
Flashes
ESC or ASR activated. 
It lights up
ASR manually deactivated.
Or: ESC in Sport mode

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Electronic torque management (XDS)
When t aking a curv
e
, the driveshaft differen-
tial mechanism allows the outer wheel to turn
at a higher speed than the inner wheel. In this
way, the wheel that is turning faster (outer
wheel) receives less drive torque than the in-
ner wheel. This may mean that in certain sit-
uations the torque delivered to the inner
wheel is too high, causing the wheels to spin.
On the other hand, the outer wheel is receiv-
ing a lower drive torque than it could transmit.
This causes an overall loss of lateral grip on
the front axle, resulting in understeer or
“lengthening” of the trajectory.
The XDS system can detect and correct this
effect via the sensors and signals of the ESC.
Via the ESC, the XDS will brake the inside
wheel and counter the excess driving torque
of that wheel. This means that the driver

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Switching on/off the ESC and ASR Fig. 257
Centre console: Button for switching
on/off the ESC and ASR The ESC is switched on automatically when
the engine is st
art
ed, and only w
orks when
the engine is running and includes the ABS,
EDS and ASR systems.
The ASR and ESC function should only be
switched off in situations in which traction is
insufficient, among others:

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WARNING
You should switch on the ESC Sport mode
only if the traffic conditions and your driv-
ing abilit y all
ow you to do so safely: risk of
skidding!

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clutch and the gearbox, even if the clutch
pedal r emains depr
essed

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depressed before moving the selector lever
either in or out of position P .
R

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Selector lever lock Fig. 258
Selector lever lock. The selector lever lock prevents gears from
being engaged inadv
ert
ently, so that the v
e-
hicle is not set in motion unintentionally.
The selector lever lock is released as follows:

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Engaging gears with the tiptronic
mode* Fig. 259
Centre console: changing gear with
tiptr onic Fig. 260
Steering wheel: automatic gearbox
l e v
ers The tiptronic gives the driver the option to
change gears manually. Changing gear manually with the selector
l
e
v

er
It is possible to change to tiptronic mode,
both when the vehicle is stopped and while
driving.

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the selector lever to the desired position, for
inst ance
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