glove box Seat Leon 5D 2012 Owner's manual

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Controls and displays
Operating instructions Controls and displays
Overview
Door handle
Central locking switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Electric control to adjust exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .122
Air outlets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Control lever for:
– Turn signals and main beam headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107
– Lane Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
– Main beam assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
– Cruise control system (CCS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Depending on equipment fitted:
– Lever for cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Steering wheel with horn and
– Driver airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
– On-board computer controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
– Controls for radio, telephone, navigation and speech dia-
logue system ⇒  Booklet Radio
– Paddle levers for tiptronic gearshift (automatic gearbox) . .159
Instrument panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Control lever for:
– Windscreen wipers and washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
– Wipe and wash system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
– On-board computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
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Depending on equipment fitted: Radio or display for Easy
Connect (navigation, radio, TV/video)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79
Depending on the equipment, buttons for:
– SEAT driving modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
– Start-Stop system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
– Park assist system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
– Hazard warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
– Airbag off display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Glove compartment with CD changer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .130
Depending on the equipment:
– Multimedia interface* ⇒ Booklet Radio
– Tyre pressure switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Front passenger airbag switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Front passenger airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Passenger seat heating control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Storage compartment
Depending on gearbox fitted, gear lever or selector lever for:
– manual gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
– automatic gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Depending on the equipment, controls for:
– Heating and ventilation system or manual air conditioner .138, 137
– Automatic air conditioner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Driver seat heating control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
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Safety FirstOperating instructionsPractical TipsTechnical specifications

130Seats and storage
WARNING
● Do not place any hot drinks in the drink holder while the vehicle is
moving. Hot drinks could spill and cause burns, which may cause an acci-
dent.
● Do not use hard china cups or glasses. These could cause injury in the
event of an accident.
CAUTION
You should avoid putting open drinks containers in the cup holders. The
drinks could otherwise spill over and cause damage to e.g. the electrical
equipment or the seat covers. 
Glove compartment
Fig. 77 Glove compart-
ment Open/close
–
To open the glove compartment, pull the handle in the direction
of the arrow.
– To close the glove compartment, move the cover upwards until
it engages.
The CD-ROM reader* for the SEAT navigation system* is found in the glove
compartment. Separate operating instructions are enclosed for this equip-
ment in the corresponding Instruction Manual.
WARNING
The cover of the glove compartment should always be closed while driv-
ing. Failure to do so could result in an accident.

Other storage compartments
You will find more object holders, compartments and supports in other
parts of the vehicle:
● In the top of the glove compartment in vehicles that do not have a CD
reader. The load must not exceed 1.2 kg.
● In the centre console under the centre armrest*.
● In the driver side panel there is a removable box for access to fuses and
relays. The load of the compartment should not exceed 0.2 kg.
● Coat hooks in the pillar B ⇒ 
.
● Other storage compartments are found in the rear seat, to the left and
the right of the seats. 

Gearshift paddles (automatic gearbox) . . . . . 159
General overview of the engine compartment 267
GlassCleaning/De-icing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Glove compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 Multiple CD loader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Glove compartment lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
H Handbrake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147 Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Hazard warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Headlight range control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Headlights Changing a bulb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Dipped beam headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Driving abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Headlight control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Headlight washers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Side light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Heated rear window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136, 138
Hill hold assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148 see also Hill hold assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
How to jump start description . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
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Identification plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Identifying letters of engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Ignition lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 Increase capacity
of luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Indicator Vehicle key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Inertia mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Information on emissions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Inspection service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Installation of exhaust gas filtration systems Catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Particulate filter Diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Instrument cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Instrument panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61, 62
Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Service interval display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Instrument panel lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Interior anti-dazzle rear vision mirrors . . . . . . 123
Interior monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Interior rear vision mirror see Rear vision mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
ISOFIX system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
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Jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232 Mounting points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Jump leads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Jump starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241 K
Key Driver messages (mechanical contact) . . . 145
Unlocking/Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Keys Assigning a key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Changing the battery (vehicle key) . . . . . . . 90
Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Locking/Unlocking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Spare key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Vehicle key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Kick-down Manual gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Kick-down feature Automatic gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Knee airbag See "Airbag system" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
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Lamps Audible warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Control lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Warning lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Lane Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168 Cleaning the camera area . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Lane Assist system see Lane Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Launch Control Programme (automatic gear- box) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
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Index

Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8child safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
child seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Safety equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Safety first . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Safety interlock for ignition key . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Safety notes Airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Curtain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Front airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Seat belt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Using child seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Using seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Saving fuel Conscientious driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Inertia mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Saving tips (efficiency programme) . . . . . . . . . 78
Seat adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Seat adjuster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Seat belt control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Seat belt position Pregnant women . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Seat belt protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Seat belt release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Incorrectly fastened . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Not worn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Seat belt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
SEAT Drive Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Selective unlocking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Selector lever Automatic gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Function fault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Selector lever (automatic gearbox) Manual release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Service interval display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Service intervals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Service notification: read . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Setting Headlight range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
side assist Cleaning the sensors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Side light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Sitting position driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Sitting position for vehicle occupants . . . . . . . 10
Sliding/tilting sunroof Convenience opening/closing . . . . . . . . . 101
Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229, 266
Spanner symbol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Special features Windscreen wipers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Speed warning function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Start-Stop system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Driver messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Stop/Start the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Switching on/off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
The engine does not switch off . . . . . . . . . 151
The engine starts by itself . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Warning lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Starting up (engine) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Steering Electro-mechanical steering . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Engage the steering lock (ignitionkey) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144, 146
Steering wheel Gearshift paddles (automatic gearbox) . . 159
Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Storage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Storage compartments Glove compartment lighting . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Sun visor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Switch Hazard warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Switching ignition on/off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Switching off using inertia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Switching off (engine) With the key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Symbols See "Lamps" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
System Automatic dipped beam control . . . . . . . . 109
System Easy Connect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
284 Index