Seat LEON Owner's Manual page 187

On vehicles with the driver information sys-
tem, the ESC lamp lights up permanently and
the corresponding text message Stability
control deactivated (temporary) ap-
pears on the instrument panel to indicate the
deactivation status.
When the engine is running, switch off the
–
1)
traction control (ASR) .
Turn the selector lever to the position "S"
–
or tiptronic, or else select the sport driv-
ing mode from the SEAT Drive Profile*
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page 219.
Press the brake pedal firmly with your left
–
foot and hold it down for at least one sec-
ond.
With your right foot, press the accelerator
–
down to the full throttle or kick-down posi-
tion. The engine speed will stabilise at
about 3,200 rpm (petrol engine) or about
2,000 rpm (diesel engine).
Take your left foot off the brake pedal.
–
WARNING
● Always adapt your driving style to the traf-
fic conditions.
Only use the launch control programme
●
when road and traffic conditions permit, and
1)
Vehicles without driver information system: the
warning lamp flashes slowly/Vehicles with driver in-
formation system: the warning lamp stays on.
Driving
make sure your manner of driving and accel-
erating the vehicle does not inconvenience or
endanger other road users.
Make sure that the ESC remains switched
●
on. Please note that when the ASR and ESC
are deactivated, the wheels may start to spin,
causing the vehicle to lose grip. Risk of acci-
dent!
● After putting the vehicle into gear, the
"sport" mode of the ESC should be deactiva-
ted again by briefly pressing the
ton.
Note
● After using the Launch control programme,
the temperature in the gearbox may have in-
creased considerably. In this case, the pro-
gramme could be disabled for several mi-
nutes. The programme can be used again af-
ter the cooling phase.
● Accelerating with the Launch control pro-
gramme places a heavy load on all parts of
the vehicle. This can result in increased wear
and tear.
Downhill speed control*
The downhill speed control function helps
the driver when driving down steep gradi-
ents.
Downhill speed control is activated when the
selector lever is in D/S and the driver applies
the foot brake. The automatic gearbox auto-
matically engages a lower gear that is suita-
ble for the slope. The downhill speed control
but-
OFF

function attempts to maintain the speed at
which the vehicle was travelling when the
foot brake was applied (subject to the laws of
physics and technical drive limitations). It
may be necessary to adjust the speed again
using the foot brake in certain situations. Giv-
en that the downhill speed control can only
change down to 3rd gear, on very steep de-
scents the tiptronic mode may be required. In
this case, manually reduce the tiptronic to
2nd or 1st gear to use the engine brake and
reduce the charge on the brakes.
Downhill speed control is deactivated as
soon as the road levels out again or you
press the accelerator pedal.
On vehicles with cruise control system*
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page 195, downhill speed control is acti-
vated when you set a cruising speed.
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