Anti-Theft Alarm System - Seat LEON Owner's Manual

anti-clockwise for the right hand side
doors.
Deactivating the childproof lock
Unlock the vehicle and open the door
–
whose childproof lock you want to deacti-
vate.
With the door open, rotate the groove in
–
the door using the ignition key, anti-clock-
wise for the left hand side doors
and clockwise for the right hand side
doors.
Once the childproof lock is activated, the
door can only be opened from the outside.
The childproof lock can be activated or deac-
tivated by inserting the key in the groove
when the door is open, as described above.

Anti-theft alarm system*

Description
The anti-theft alarm makes it more difficult to
break into the vehicle or steal it.
The anti-theft alarm is automatically turned
on when the vehicle is locked with the key.
● The turn signal light will flash twice on
opening and deactivating the alarm.
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● The turn signal light will flash once on clos-
ing and activating the alarm.
When does the system trigger an alarm?
The anti-theft alarm siren will be triggered for
about 30 seconds accompanied by sound
and optical (flashing) warning signals and
will be repeated about ten times when the
vehicle is locked and the following unauthor-
ised actions are attempted:
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Fig. 134
Opening a door that is mechanically un-
●
locked using the vehicle key without switch-
ing on the ignition in the next 15 seconds (in
certain markets, such as the Netherlands,
there is no 15 second waiting time and the
alarm is activated immediately on opening
the door).
A door is opened.
●
● The bonnet is opened.
The rear lid is opened.
●
● When the ignition is switched on with a
non-authorised key.
● When the vehicle battery is disconnected.
Movement inside the vehicle (in vehicles
●
with interior monitoring
When the vehicle is towed (in vehicles with
●
anti-tow system
When the vehicle is raised (in vehicles with
●
anti-tow system
Operation
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page 126).
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page 126).
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page 126).
● When the vehicle is transported on a ferry
or by rail (vehicles with an anti-tow system or
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vehicle interior monitoring page
● When a trailer connected to the anti-theft
alarm system is disconnected.
How to turn OFF the alarm
Unlock the vehicle with the unlocking button
on the key or turn on the ignition with a valid
key.
Note
After 28 days, the indicator light will be
●
switched off to prevent the battery from ex-
hausting if the vehicle has been left parked
for a long period of time. The alarm system
remains activated.
● If, after the audible warning goes off, an-
other monitored area is accessed (e.g. the
rear lid is opened after a door has been
opened), the alarm is triggered again.
The anti-theft alarm is not activated when
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the vehicle is locked from within using the
central locking button .
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If the driver door is unlocked mechanically
●
with the key, only the driver door is unlocked,
the rest of the doors remain locked. Only
when the ignition has been turned on will the
other doors be available - but not unlocked -
and the central locking button will be activa-
ted.
126).