Seat LEON Owner's Manual page 234

Take care not to cause short circuits in the
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electrical system.
WARNING
Using unsuitable fuses, repairing fuses or
bridging a current circuit without fuses can
cause a fire and serious injury.
Never use a fuse with a higher value. Only
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replace fuses with a fuse of the same amper-
age (same colour and markings) and size.
Never repair a fuse.
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● Never replace a fuse by a metal strip, staple
or similar.
CAUTION
● To prevent damage to the vehicle's electric
system, before replacing a fuse always turn
off the ignition, the lights and all electrical
elements and remove the key from the igni-
tion.
● If you replace a fuse with higher-rating
fuse, you could cause damage to another part
of the electrical system.
● Protect the fuse boxes when open to pre-
vent the entry of dust or humidity as they can
damage the electrical system.
Note
One component may have more than one
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fuse.
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Advice
Several components may run on a single
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fuse.
Vehicle fuses
On the driver-side dash panel: fuse
Fig. 202
box cover
Fig. 203 In the engine compartment: fuse box
cover
Read the additional information carefully
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Only replace fuses with a fuse of the same
amperage (same colour and markings) and
size.
Identifying fuses situated below the driver-
side dash panel by colours
Colour Amp rating
Black 1
Purple 3
Light brown 5
Brown 7.5
Red 10
Blue 15
Yellow 20
White or trans- 25
parent
Green 30
Orange 40
Opening and closing the fuse box situated
below the dash panel
● Opening: fold the cover down
● Closing: push back the cover it in until it
clicks into place.
To open the engine compartment fuse box
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● Open the bonnet page 198.
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Fig. 202.