Seat Leon 5D 2016 Owner's manual
Manufacturer: SEAT, Model Year: 2016, Model line: Leon 5D, Model: Seat Leon 5D 2016Pages: 324, PDF Size: 6.93 MB
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OWNER’S
MANUAL
Leon
5F0012720BG
Inglés
5F0012720BG (11.16)
Leon
Inglés (11.16)
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SEAT S.A. is permanently concerned about continuous development of its t\
ypes and models. For this reason we ask you to under-
stand, that at any given time, changes regarding shape, equipment and te\
chnique may take place on the car delivered. For this reason
no right at all may derive based on the data, drawings and descriptions \
in this current handbook.
All texts, illustrations and standards in this handbook are based on the\
status of information at the time of printing. Except for error
or omission, the information included in the current handbook is valid a\
s of the date of closing print.
Re-printing, copying or translating, whether total or partial is not all\
owed unless SEAT allows it in written form.
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© SEAT S.A. - Reprint: 15.11.16
About this manual
This manual contains a description of the
equipment supplied with the vehicle at the
time this manual was published. Some of the
units described herein will not be available
until a later date or are only available in cer -
tain markets.
Because this is a general manual for the LEON
range, some of the equipment and functions
that are described in this manual are not in-
cluded in all types or variants of the model;
they may vary or be modi ed depending on
the technical requirements and on the mar -
ket; this is in no way deceptive advertising.
The illustrations are intended as a general
guide and may vary from the equipment tted
in your vehicle in some details.
The steering indications (left, right, forward,
reverse) appearing in this manual refer to the
normal driving movements of the vehicle ex -
cept when otherwise indicated.
The audiovisual material only is intended to
help users to understand certain car function -
alities better. It does not replace the instruc -
tion manual. Please use the instruction manu-
al to obtain more comprehensive information
and indications.
The equipment marked with an aster -
isk* is tted as standard only in certain
versions, and is only supplied as op -
tional extras for some versions, or are
only offered in certain countries.
® All registered marks are indicated with
®. Although the copyright symbol does
not appear, it is a copyrighted mark.
>> The section is continued on the follow -
ing page.
Important warnings on a given page
Detailed contents on a given page
General information on a given page
Emergency information on a given page
Audiovisual material on a given page
WARNING
Texts preceded by this symbol contain infor -
mation on safety. They warn you about possi -
ble dangers of accident or injury.
CAUTION
Texts with this symbol draw your attention to
potential sources of damage to your vehicle.
For the sake of the environment
Texts preceded by this symbol contain rele-
vant information concerning environmental
protection.
Note
Texts preceded by this symbol contain additio -
nal information.
This manual is divided into six large parts,
which are:
1. The essentials
2. Safety
3. Emergencies
4. Operation
5. Tips
6. Technical data
At the end of this manual, there is a detailed
alphabetical index that will help you quickly
nd the information you require.
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Foreword
This Instruction Manual and its correspond-
in
g s
up
plements should be read carefully to
familiarise yourself with your vehicle.
Besides the regular care and maintenance of
the vehicle, its correct handling will help pre-
serve its value.
For safety reasons, always note the informa-
tion concerning accessories, modifications
and part replacements.
If selling the vehicle, give all of the on-board
documentation to the new owner, as it
should be kept with the vehicle. You can access the information in this man-
ual us
ing:
● Thematic table of contents that follows the
manual’s g
eneral chapter structure.
● Visual table of contents that uses graphics
to indicat
e the pages containing “essential”
information, which is detailed in the corre-
sponding chapters.
● Alphabetical index with many terms and
synonyms
to help you find information. WARNING
Read and always observe safety informa-
tion conc ernin
g the passenger's front air-
bag ››› page 83, Important information
regarding the front passenger's airbag .»
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Related videos
Lane Assist››› page 213
Start-Stop››› page 191
Storing objects››› page 151
Light Assist››› page 132
Fatigue detection››› page 224
Front Assist››› page 207
Interior lights››› page 138
DSG automatic gearbox››› page 180
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SEAT Drive Profile››› page 219
Active cylinder management
(ACT®)››› page 188
Dynamic chassis control DCC››› page 219
Adaptive cruise control ACC››› page 196
Driving style CUPRA››› page 220
All-wheel drive››› page 254
CNG natural gas››› page 260
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Table of Contents
Table of Contents
The e s
senti
als . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Exterior view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Exterior view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Interior view (left-hand drive) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
How it works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Unlocking and locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Before driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Child seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Starting the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Lights and visibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Easy Connect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Driver information system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Driving data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Warning lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Gearbox lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Air conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Fluid Level control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Emergencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Action in the event of a puncture . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Changing a wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Emergency towing of the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . 60
How to jump start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Changing the wiper blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Safe driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Safety first! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Advice about driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Correct position for passengers . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Pedal area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Seat belts
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Why wear a seat belt? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
How to properly adjust your seatbelt . . . . . . . . 74
Seat belt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Brief introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Airbag safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Deactivating airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Transporting children safely . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Safety for children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Child seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Emergencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Self-help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Vehicle tool kit anti-puncture kit* . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Tyre repair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Manual unlocking/locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Changing the windscreen wiper blades . . . . . . 87
Towing and tow-starting the vehicle . . . . . . . . . 88
Fuses and bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Changing bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Change the front bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Changing incandescent rear light bulbs . . . . . . 97
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Controls and displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
General instrument panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Instruments and warning/control lamps . . . . . 104
Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Control lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Introduction to the Easy Connect system* . . . . 110
System settings (CAR)* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Communications and multimedia . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Steering wheel controls* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Multimedia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 Opening and closing
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Central locking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Anti-theft alarm system* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Rear lid (luggage compartment) . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Electric windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Panoramic sliding sunroof* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Lights and visibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Visibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Windscreen wiper and window wiper sys-
tems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Mirr
or . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Seats and head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Adjusting the seats and headrests . . . . . . . . . . 143
Seat functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Transport and practical equipment . . . . . . . . . 148
Storage compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Storing objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Roof carrier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Air conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Heating, ventilation and cooling . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Ignition lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Braking and parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Braking and stability systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Manual gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Automatic gearbox/DSG automatic gear-
box* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
R
un-in and economical driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Engine management and exhaust gas purifica-
tion syst
em . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Driving tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Driver assistance systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Start-Stop system* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Auto Hold Function* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Cruise control system (CCS)* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Adaptive Cruise Control ACC* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
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Front Assist system including City emergency
br ak
in
g and pedestrian monitoring* . . . . . . . . 207
Lane Assist system* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Traffic Jam Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Emergency Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
SEAT Drive Profile* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Traffic sign detection system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Fatigue detection (break recommendation)* . . 224
Parking aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Rear Assist “Rear View Camera”* . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Towing bracket device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Towing bracket device* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Trailer towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Advice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Care and maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Accessories and modifications to the vehi-
cle
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Care and cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Vehicle exterior care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Caring for the vehicle interior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Intelligent technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Electromechanical steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Progressive steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Four-wheel drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Power Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Checking and refilling levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Filling the tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Cooling system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Windscreen washer reservoir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Wheels and tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Tyre monitoring systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275 Temporary spare wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Winter service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
Technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Technical specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Important . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Vehicle identification data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Information on fuel consumption . . . . . . . . . . . 282
Trailer mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Engine data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
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The essentials
Exterior view1 ››› page 60
2 ››› page 50
3 ››› page 10 4
››› page 12
5 ››› page 55
6 ››› page 13 7
››› page 11
8 ››› page 50 7
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The essentials
Exterior view1 ››› page 51
2 ››› page 50
3 ››› page 52 4
››› page 54
5 ››› page 50
6 ››› page 52 7
››› page 52
8 ››› page 157
9 ››› page 57 10
››› page 56
11 ››› page 154 8