tow bar Seat Leon 2020 Owner's manual

Driving
Towing bracket device*
T r
ailer mode
Introduction Take into account country-specific regula-
tions about driving with a tr
ail

er and the use
of a towing bracket.
The vehicle has been developed primarily for
carrying people, although it can also be used
to tow a trailer if fitted with the corresponding
technical equipment. This additional load has
an effect on the useful life, fuel consumption
and vehicle performance and in some cases
can reduce the service intervals.
Driving with a trailer requires more force from
the vehicle, and thus more concentration
from the driver.
In winter, winter tyres should be fitted on both
the vehicle and the trailer.
Maximum vertical load technically permit-
ted on the coupling device
The maximum technical permitted vertical
load of the trailer's towing bracket on the
hook of the tow-bar is 80 kg.
Vehicles with the Start-Stop system
If the vehicle has a factory-fitted towing
bracket or one that is retrofitted by SEAT, the Start-Stop system operates as normal. No
special char
act

eristics need to be taken into
account.
If the system does not recognise the trailer or
the trailer bracket has not been retrofitted by
SEAT, the Start-Stop system must be discon-
nected by pressing the corresponding button
in the lower part of the centre console before
driving with the trailer, and it should remain
off for the rest of the journey ››› .
V ehicl

es with driving profile selection
If you are going to be towing a trailer, the use
of the Eco driving profile is not recommen-
ded. You are advised to select another of the
available driving profiles before beginning to
drive with a trailer.
Trailer weight/drawbar load
Never exceed the authorised trailer weight. If
you do not load the trailer up to the maximum
permitted trailer weight, you can then climb
correspondingly steeper slopes.
The maximum trailer weights listed are only
applicable for altitudes up to 1000 m above
sea level. Since higher altitude decreases en-
gine performance and the ability to climb
slopes, the tow load decreases proportional-
ly. The weight of the vehicle and trailer com-
bination must be reduced by 10% for every
1000 m of altitude. When possible, operate
the trailer with the maximum authorised drawbar load on the ball joint of the to

wing
bracket, but do not exceed the specified lim-
it. WARNING
Never use the trailer to transport people,
since it w oul

d put their life in danger and is
also prohibited. WARNING
Undue use of the towing bracket may
cause injury and accidents.

Indications about the technical data
Empty weight, total weight, axle loads
The empt y w
eight of the vehicle with driver
(75 kg) was calculated according to the (EU)
1230/2012 standard. Optional equipment can
increase the empty weight, which means that
the possible useful load decreases propor-
tionally.
Trailer weight
The maximum permitted drawbar load on the
ball head of the towing bracket is 80 kg. WARNING
The values indicated for the maximum per-
mitt ed w

eights must not be exceeded.
There is a risk of accident and damage! 373

Index
Levels control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372
Licenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Lift the v
ehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Light Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Light range control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
ambient light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
audible warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
AUTO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
change a bulb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
coming home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
control and warning lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
control lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
controlling the lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
cornering light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
daylight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
dipped beam headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
fog light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
fog light with cornering light function . . . . . . 124
headlight range control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
instrument lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
interior lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
leaving home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
main beam headlight lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
main beam headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
motorway light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
reading lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
side lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
switching on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
turn signal lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Loading the luggage compartment fastening rings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
general advice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112, 141
positioning the load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141 positioning the luggage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
roof carrier syst
em . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
trapdoor for transporting long objects . . . . . 148
Load on the roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152 technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Lock and unlock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 in the locking cylinder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
with the central locking switch. . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112, 141 electric opening and closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
emergency unlocking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
enlarge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
features of the electric rear lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
luggage compartment lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
net bag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .146
net partition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .148, 149
opening and closing controlled by sensors(Easy Open) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
retractable shelf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
storing the rear shelf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142, 144
variable luggage compartment floor . . . . . . 145
Luggage compartment floor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Luggage compartment shelf storing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142, 144
Lumbar support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
M Main beam assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Main beam headlight lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Maintenance see Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356
Maintenance frequencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331 Malfunction
adaptive cruise contr ol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
assisted parting system (Park Assist) . . . . . . 282
clutch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
PreCrash system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
towing device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
Manual gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228 towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Media Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Memory function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Microfiber: clean . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362
MirrorLink® Disconnecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
establish connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
special characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Mirrors adjusting the exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
anti-dazzle interior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
see also Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Mobile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366
Mobile phones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366
Mobile Signal Amplifier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Multi-collision brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Multifunction display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Multimedia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197, 217
favourites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
select source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
use streaming services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
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Index
Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 anti-tr ap function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
119
malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Sunshade blind anti-trap function (glass roof) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Switching off telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
telephone interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
System settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
T TCS see Traction control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
Technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372 fuel consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372
load on the roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
vehicle dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379
vertical load on the tow hitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372
Technical modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365
Telephone contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
disconnecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
favourites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
pairing a mobile phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Phone book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
send messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
speed dial buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
to call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Telephone interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211 places with risk of explosion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Temperature indicator exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Time adjust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74, 82Tiptronic (automatic transmission) . . . . . . 229, 231
To change the batt
ery
of the vehicle key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Top Tether . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38, 40, 41
Top Tether System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38, 40, 41
Torque wheel nuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Touch screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176, 177
Touch zones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Towable loads loading the trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
Tow cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300, 301
Tow hook control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
unlocking electrically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304
Towing device fitting a bicycle carrier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
fitting later . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
tow hook with electric unlocking . . . . . . . . . . 304
Towing the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56, 58 automatic gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57, 58
four-wheel drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
front towline anchorage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
manual gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57, 58
rear towline anchorage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
special characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56, 58
tow bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
towing cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
towing prohibited . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
with towing device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Traction control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
Trademarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Traffic information (TP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199 Traffic programme
see Tr affic information (TP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298 adjusting the headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
anti-theft alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
connecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
hitching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
LED tail lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300, 301
loading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
parking aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293, 295
power socket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
retrofitting a towing bracket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
special characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
stabilisation of the towing vehicle and trail- er combination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
tail lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300, 301
technical requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
towable loads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
towing cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300, 301
trailer mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
unlocking the tow hook electrically . . . . . . . 304
vertical load on the tow hitch . . . . . . . . 298, 302
Trailer mode see Trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Transportation of children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Trapdoor for transporting long objects . . . . . . 148
Travel Assist see Driving Assist (Travel Assist) . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Trips abroad headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
petrol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Turning off the lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Turning on the lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
393