traction control Seat Leon 5D 2017 User Guide

Driver assistance systems
● When c ornerin
g
● On r
oads in poor condition
● In unfavourable weather conditions
● When a sporty driving style is employed
● In the event of a serious distraction to the
driver
Fatigue det

ection will be restored when the
vehicle is stopped for more than 15 minutes,
when the ignition is switched off or when the
driver has unbuckled their seat belt and
opened the door.
In the event of slow driving during a long pe-
riod of time (below 65 km/h, 40 mph) the
system automatically re-establishes the tired-
ness calculation. When driving at a faster
speed the driving behaviour will be recalcula-
ted.
Parking aid
Relat
ed video Fig. 224
Safety General information
Assorted assistance systems – which vary
depending on the equipment
fitt

ed in the car
– will help you when parking or manoeu-
vring.
The rear parking aid is an audible assistant
that warns about obstacles located behind
the vehicle ››› page 238.
During parking, Parking System Plus assists
the driver by visually and audibly warning
them about obstacles detected in front and
behind the vehicle ››› page 239. WARNING
● Alw a

ys pay attention, also when looking
straight ahead, to traffic and the vehicle sur-
roundings. The assistance systems are not a
replacement for driver awareness. When in-
serting or removing the vehicle from a park-
ing space, or when performing similar ma-
noeuvres the driver always assumes the re-
sponsibility.
● Adapt your speed and driving style at all
times t
o suit visibility, weather, road and traf-
fic conditions.
● The ultrasound sensors have blind spots in
which ob
stacles and people are not regis-
tered. Pay special attention to children and
animals.
● Always keep visual control of the vehicle
surrou
ndings: use the mirrors for additional
help. CAUTION
Parking Aid functions may be negatively af-
fect ed b

y different factors that may lead to
damage to the vehicle or its immediate sur-
rounds:
● Under certain circumstances, the system
does not
detect or display certain objects:
– Objects such as chains, trailer draw bars,
fences, posts and thin trees.
– Objects that are located above the sen-
sors, such as protrusions in a wall.
– Objects with certain surfaces or struc-
tures, such as wire mesh fences or pow-
der snow.
● Certain surfaces of objects and garments
do not refl
ect the ultrasound sensors' sig-
nals. The system cannot detect, at least cor-
rectly, these objects or people wearing such
clothes.
● Ultrasound sensor signals may be affected
by e
xternal sound sources. In certain circum-
stances this may prevent them from detect-
ing people or objects.
● Please note that low obstacles detected by
the syst
em may no longer be registered by
the sensors as the car moves closer, so the
system will not give any further warning. In
certain circumstances, objects such as high
kerbs that could damage the bottom of the
vehicle are not detected either.
● If the first warning from the ParkPilot is ig-
nored, the v
ehicle could suffer considerable
damage. » 237
Technical data
Advice
Operation
Emergencies
Safety

Index
Index
A
A C
C
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
radar sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159, 256
Adaptive cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214 function for preventing overtaking in an insidelane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
indications on the display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
radar sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
special driving situations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
warning and control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Adaptive Cruise Control deactivating temporarily . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
operating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Additional consumers (efficiency program) . . . . . 43
Adjusting front head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
front seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
rear head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Adjusting the head restraints front head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Adjustment CAR menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
front head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
rear head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Airbag covers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22, 85 activation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 deactivation of front airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
desc
ription . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
front airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22, 87
functioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
head-protection airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24, 88
knee airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23, 87
side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24, 87
Air conditioning Climatronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52, 173
heating and fresh air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
manual air conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
user instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Air outlets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Air recirculation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Alcantara: cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Anchoring the front tow line. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Anti-freeze . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Anti-locking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Anti-puncture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65, 95
Anti-puncture kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65, 95 check after 10 minutes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Anti-puncture set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Anti-theft alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125, 133 trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
vehicle interior monitoring and anti-tow pro-tection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Anti-theft security system . . . . . . . . . . 15, 125, 131
Anti-tow protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Aspects to note before setting off . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
ASR see Traction control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Assistance systems ACC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
adaptive cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Auto Hold function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
cruise control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Emergency Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228 emergency brake assist (Front Assist) . . . . . . . 210
fatigue detection
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
parking aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237, 238
traffic jam assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
traffic sign detection system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
tyre monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
tyre monitoring indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
tyre monitoring systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Assisted starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Audible warning signal control and warning lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
unfastened safety belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Auto Hold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Auto Hold function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Auto Lock (central locking) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Automatic car washes switching the Auto Hold function off . . . . . . . . 209
Automatic dipped beam control . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Automatic gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191 downhill speed control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
driving tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
emergency program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
kick-down feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
launch control program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
manual release of the selector lever . . . . . . . . . 50
safety interlock for ignition key . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
selector lever lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
selector lever positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
steering wheel with gear shift paddles . . . . . . 193
tiptronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191, 193
AUX-IN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
B Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Before setting off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
315

Index
safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
u nf
a
stened . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Seat belt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21, 84
SEAT Drive Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Seat heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Seats adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
electric seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
rear seat backrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Selective unlocking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Selector lever lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Selector lever (automatic gearbox) malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
manual release mechanism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Service intervals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Service notification: read . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Side airbags description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Signal lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Sliding panoramic sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Smell of gas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69, 291 four-wheel drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Spanner symbol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Special characteristics tow-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Speed warning device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Sport Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Start-Stop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Start-Stop system driver messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
starting and stopping the engine . . . . . . . . . . 206 switching off and on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
the engine does
not switch off . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
the engine starts by itself . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Starter button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Starting the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Starting the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Steering electromechanical steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
engaging the steering lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Steering wheel adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
gear shift paddles (automatic gearbox) . . . . . 193
Steering wheel controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Storage area front seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Storage compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157, 159 glove compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
glove compartment lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Sun blind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139, 148 roll-back function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Sun protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Sun visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Switch hazard warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Switching off the engine with the key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Switching off the lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Switching on the lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Switching the ignition on and off . . . . . . . . 30, 178
System Easy Connect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
T Tailboard for transporting long items . . . . . . . . . 166
Tail lights changing a bulb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 Taking care of your vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
interior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Technical data capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
roof load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Technical modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Technical specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Textiles: cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Tightening torque of wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
Timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 lap times . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Tiptronic (automatic gearbox) . . . . . . . . . . 191, 193
Top speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Top Tether . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27, 29
Top Tether system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27, 29
Tow-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70, 98
Tow-starting the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Towing a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Towing bracket retrofitting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Towing bracket device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246 ball coupling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
operation and care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Towing the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69, 98
Towline anchorage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70, 95 rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Tow rope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Traction control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Traffic Jam Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227 malfunctions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
situations in which Traffic Jam Assist must beswitched off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
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