tow Seat Leon Sportstourer 2018 Owner's manual

Table of Contents
Table of Contents The essential s
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7
Exterior view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Exterior view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Driver-side general instrument panel
(left-hand driv
e) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Driver-side general instrument panel
(right-hand drive)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Passenger-side general instrument pan-
el (left-hand driv
e) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Passenger-side general instrument pan-
el (right-hand drive)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Centre console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Interior view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
How it works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Unlocking and locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Before driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . . . 22
Child seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 25
Starting the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Lights and visibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Easy Connect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
35
Warning lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Gearbox lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Air conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. 42
Fluid level control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Emergencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . . . . 51
Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . . . . 52
Action in the event of a puncture . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Changing a wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
57 Emergency towing of the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . 58
How to jump start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Changing the wiper blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
63
Safe driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Advice about driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Correct position of the vehicle occu-
pants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . . . . 64
Pedal area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Why wear a seat belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
How to properly adjust your seat belt . . . . . . 72
Seat belt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Brief introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Safety instructions about airbags . . . . . . . . . . 76
Deactivating airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Transporting children safely . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Safety for children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Child seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 81
Emergencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83Self-help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Emergency equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Tyre repair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 83
Manual unlocking/locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Changing the windscreen wiper blades . . . . 86
Towing or tow-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Fuses and bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . . . . 89
Changing bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Change the front bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Changing incandescent rear light bulbs . . . . 95 Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Controls and displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
General instrument panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Instruments and warning/control
lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. .
102
Dashboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Using the instrument panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Control lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Multifunction steering wheel* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Opening and closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Central locking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Anti-theft alarm system* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Rear lid (luggage compartment) . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Controls for the windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Panoramic sliding sunroof* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Lights and visibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. . . . . . 143
Visibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 151
Windscreen wiper and window wiper sys-
tems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . . . . 152
Mirr

or . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. . . . 154
Seats and head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Adjusting the seats and headrests . . . . . . . . . . 156
Seat functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. 157
Transport and practical equipment . . . . . . 160
Storage compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Storing objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Roof carrier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . 174
Air conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Heating, ventilation and cooling . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
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Infotainment System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Safety warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Overview of the unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
General instructions for use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Connectivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Data transfer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Full Link* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. . . . 191
SEAT Media Control* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
WLAN access point* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Operating modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. . . . . 201
Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . . . 203
Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. . 212
Navigation in Offroad mode* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Vehicle Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. 226
Multimedia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. . 233
Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235Start and driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Starting and stopping the engine . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Braking and parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Braking and stability systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Manual gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Automatic gearbox/DSG automatic gear-
bo x* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. . . . .
2
49
Gear-change recommendation . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. . . 257
Run-in and economical driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Power management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Engine management and emission control
system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. . 262
Driving tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
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264Driver assistance systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Start-Stop system* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Auto Hold Function* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Cruise control system (CCS)* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Emergency braking assistance system
(Front Assist)* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
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Adaptive Cruise Control ACC* . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Lane Assist system* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
Traffic Jam Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
Emergency Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
SEAT Drive Profile* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Parking aid parking and manoeuvring
(ParkPilot) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
292
Parking System Plus* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
Rear parking aid* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
Rear Assist “Rear View Camera”* . . . . . . . . . . 298
Towing bracket device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Towing bracket device* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Trailer towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
Practical tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313 Care and maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313
Accessories and modifications to the vehi-
cle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . . . . 313
Checking and r

efilling levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314
Filling the tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. . . . . . 317
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The essentials
Air distribution
3 
: Defr
ost function. The airfl o w is directed at the windscreen.
Manual air conditioning: Air recirculation is automatically switched off or is not switched on. Increase the fan power to clear the wind-
screen of condensation as soon as possible. To dehumidify the air, the cooling system will automatically switch on.
 : The air is direct
ed at the chest of driv
er and passengers by the dash panel air vents.
N : Distribution of air to
w
ards the chest and the footwell area.
 : Air distribution tow
ards the footwell.
u : Air distribution to
w
ards the windscreen and the footwell.
 Heated rear window: this only works when the engine is running and switches off automatically after a maximum of 10 minutes.
 Air recirculation

The essentials
Emergency towing of the ve-
hicl e
T o
wing Fig. 80
Right side of the front bumper: towline
anchor age scr
e

wed in. Fig. 81
Right side of the rear bumper: towline
anchor age scr e

wed in. Towline anchorages
Att
ach the bar or r ope t

o the towline ancho-
rages.
The towline anchorages are located under
the floor panel in the luggage compartment,
next to the vehicle tools

The essentials
Tow-starting If the engine will not start, first try starting it
using the battery of another v
ehicl
e

Self-help
CAUTION
If there is no oil in the gearbox or no lubri-
cant in the automatic tr ansmission the car
may only be t
owed with the driven wheels
lifted clear of the road, or transported on a
special car transporter or trailer. CAUTION
Do not tow a vehicle for more than 50 m in
attempt t o st

art it. There is risk of damage
to the catalytic converter. Note

Emergencies
After use, unscrew the towline anchorage and
fit the co v
er back on the bumper
. Put the tow-
line anchorage back in the vehicle tool kit.
The towline anchorage should always be
kept in the vehicle.
Rear towline anchorage Fig. 102
Right side of the rear bumper: cover-
cap . Fig. 103
Right side of the rear bumper: towline
anchorage scr e

wed in. The rear towline anchorage should only be
mount
ed if you wish t
o t

ow another vehicle.
Vehicles with towline anchorage
On the right of the rear bumper there is a
cover which covers a threaded hole.

Fuses and bulbs
Towing a vehicle equipped with au-
t omatic gearbo
xCertain restrictions must be observed when
to
wing your v
ehicle.
Please observe the relevant instructions

Operation
Traffic sign detection system* 1)Fig. 130
On the instrument panel display: ex-
ampl es of speed limits or o v
ertaking prohibi-
tions with their respective additional signs. The traffic sign detection system records the
st
andar
d tr

affic signs in front of the vehicle
with a camera located on the base of the in-
terior mirror and provides information about
speed limits and overtaking prohibitions. Within its limitations, the system also displays
additional signals, such as time-specific pro-
hibitions, signs f

or vehicles towing trailers

Opening and closing
The vehicle interior monitoring and the anti-
t o
w syst
em are automatically switched on
again next time the vehicle is locked.
The vehicle interior monitoring and anti-tow
sensor (tilt sensor) are automatically switch-
ed on when the anti-theft alarm is switched
on. In order to activate it, all the doors and
the rear lid must be closed.
If you wish to switch off the vehicle interior
monitoring and the anti-tow system, it must
be done each time that the vehicle is locked;
if not, they will be automatically switched on.
The vehicle interior monitoring and the anti-
tow system should be switched off if animals
are left inside the locked vehicle (otherwise,
their movements will trigger the alarm) or
when, for example, the vehicle is transported
or has to be towed with only one axle on the
ground.
False alarms
Interior monitoring will only operate correctly
if the vehicle is completely closed. Please ob-
serve related legal requirements.
The following cases may cause a false
alarm: