Winter Service - Seat LEON Owner's Manual

Removing the temporary spare wheel
Lift and hold up the floor panel to remove
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the temporary spare wheel
Turn the thumb wheel anti-clockwise.
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Take out the temporary spare wheel.
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Chains
For technical reasons, snow chains must not
be used on the temporary spare wheel.
If you have a puncture on one of the front
wheels when using snow chains, fit the tem-
porary spare wheel in place of one of the rear
wheels. Fit the snow chains on the rear wheel
that you have removed and replace the punc-
tured front wheel with this wheel.
WARNING
● After fitting the temporary spare wheel,
check the tyre pressures as soon as possible.
Failure to do so may cause an accident. The
tyre pressures are listed on the inside of the
fuel tank flap.
Do not drive at over 80 km/h (50 mph)
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when the temporary spare wheel is fitted on
the vehicle: risk of accident!
● Avoid heavy acceleration, hard braking and
fast cornering: risk of accident!
Never use more than one temporary spare
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wheel at the same time, risk of accident.
No other type of tyre (normal summer or
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winter tyre) may be fitted on the compact
temporary spare wheel rim.
Fig. 181.
If you are driving using the spare wheel,
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the ACC system could automatically switch
off during the journey. Switch off the system
when starting off.
Extraction of the spare wheel in
vehicles with SEAT SOUND 10
speakers (with subwoofer)*
Disassemble the subwoofer's floor panel
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(carpet) as follows:
LEON/LEON SC model: first, pull the carpet
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in the direction of the backrest and then
pull it upwards to remove it. LEON ST mod-
el: lift and secure the floor storage com-
partment as explained in
Disconnect the subwoofer's speaker cable.
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Turn the securing wheel anti-clockwise.
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Remove the subwoofer speaker and the
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spare wheel.
When replacing the spare wheel, place the
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subwoofer speaker in the direction indica-
ted by the arrow and with the word
"FRONT" facing forward.
Reconnect the speaker cable and firmly ro-
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tate the securing wheel clockwise so that
Wheels

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In winter road conditions winter tyres will
considerably improve vehicle handling. The
design of summer tyres (width, rubber com-
pound, tread pattern) gives less grip on ice
and snow. This applies particularly to vehi-
cles equipped with wide section tyres or with
high speed tyres (code letters H, V or Y on
the sidewall).
the subwoofer system and wheel are firmly
in place.
Winter tyres
Winter tyres must be fitted on all four
wheels.
Only use winter tyres that are approved for
your vehicle.
Please note that the maximum permissible
speed for winter tyres may be lower than
for summer tyres.
Also note that winter tyres are no longer ef-
fective when the tread is worn down.
After fitting the wheels you must always
check the tyre pressures. The correct tyre
pressures are listed on the sticker on the
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inside of the fuel tank flap page 208.
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