handbrake Seat Leon 5D 2016 User Guide

Operation
Safety lug
The s af
ety
lug B
› ››
Fig. 237
i
s used to hook
up the trailer's retainer cable.
On hooking it up to the safety lug, the retain-
er cable should have slack in all the trailer
positions with respect to the vehicle (sharp
bends, reverse gear, etc.).
Headlights
The front part of the vehicle may be raised
when the trailer is connected and the light
may dazzle the rest of the traffic.
Adapt the height of the headlights using the
headlight range rotary adjuster 1)
. WARNING
● Never u se the s

afety lug to tow!
● Adjust your speed to suit the road and traf-
fic condition
s.
● All work on the electrical system must be
carried out on
ly by specialised workshops.
● Never connect the trailer's electric system
to the electric
al connections of the rear lights
or any other power sources.
● After hooking up the trailer and connecting
the socket, c
heck that all the trailer's rear
lights are working properly. Note
● If ther e i

s any fault in the trailer's lighting,
check the fuses in the instrument panel fuse
box ›››
 page 54.
● The contact between the retainer cable and
the safety
lug may give rise to mechanical
wear in the lug's surface protection. This
wear will not prevent the safety lug from op-
erating properly or cause any fault and is ex-
cluded from the warranty.
● When connecting and disconnecting the
trail
er, the towing vehicle's handbrake
should be applied. Anti-theft alarm system
When the vehicle is locked, the alarm is trig-
g
er
ed when the el

ectrical connection be-
tween vehicle and trailer is interrupted.
Always turn off the anti-theft alarm system
before connecting or disconnecting a trailer
››› page 124.
Conditions for the integration of a trailer in
the anti-theft alarm system.
● The vehicle is factory-equipped with an an-
ti-theft al
arm system and a towing bracket
device. ●
The trail
er is connected electrically to the
towing vehicle by the trailer connector.
● The electrical system of the vehicle and the
trail
er are prepared for operation.
● The vehicle is locked with the ignition key
and the anti-theft al
arm system is activated. CAUTION
For technical reasons, trailers fitted with rear
LED lights ar

e not integrated in the anti-theft
alarm system. Driving tips
Driving with a trailer always requires extra
c
ar
e.
W

eight distribution
The weight distribution of a loaded trailer
with an unladen vehicle is very unfavourable.
However, if this cannot be avoided, drive ex-
tra slowly to allow for the unbalanced weight
distribution.
Speed
The stability of the vehicle and trailer is re-
duced with increasing speed. For this reason,
it is advisable not to drive at the maximum 1)
This does not apply for vehicles with bi-xenon
hea dlights.
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Index
Exterior rear view mirrors ext
erior
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
heated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Exterior view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7, 8
External aerial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
F Fastening rings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Fatigue detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Filling the tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Floor mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Fluid Level control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Fog light bulb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Folding table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Four-wheel drive snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
winter tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Four wheel drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Front airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16, 78
Front armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Front Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207 City Emergency braking function . . . . . . . . . . . 211
malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
on-screen messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
operating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
radar sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
switching off temporarily . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
system limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
see also Front Assist Monitoring system . . . . . 207
Front Assist monitoring system malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
on-screen messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
operating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Front Assist Monitoring system City Emergency braking function . . . . . . . . . . . 211
radar sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208 Front Assist Monitoring System
switc hing off temporarily . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
system limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Front passenger front airbag control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
deactivation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17, 81
Front seat manual adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50, 258 consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
ethanol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
fuel gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
natural gas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
refuelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
saving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Fuel consumption switching off using inertia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
why does fuel consumption increase? . . . . . . 189
Fuel tank cap opening and closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Fuel tank flap opening and closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Full-LED Headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Function Coming Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Function Leaving Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54, 91 fuse box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
identifying blown fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
identifying by colours . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
preparation before replacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
replacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
G
Gear-change indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Gearbox DSG see Automatic gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180 Gearbox lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Gear ch
ange . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
kick-down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
manual gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
manual gear change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Gear engaged . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Gear recommendation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Gearshift paddles (automatic gearbox) . . . . . . . 182
General instrument panel control lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
controls and displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
warning lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Glove compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
H
Handbrake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Hand brake See Parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Handbrake warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Hazard warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25, 135
Head-on collisions and the laws of physics . . . . . 73
Head-protection airbags description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Headlight range control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Headlights changing a bulb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
driving abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
headlight washers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
front head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
rear head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
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