Seat Leon Owner's Manual page 105

If the doors are locked, the rear lid is also
locked.
Rear lid with electric opening and
closing*
3 Valid for: Leon Sportstourer
Rear lid: button to close the rear lid.
Fig. 82
On the driver's door: button to open
Fig. 83
and close the rear lid.
Opening and closing
Opening the rear lid
Unlock the vehicle and briefly press the
●
handle of the rear lid. On vehicles with
Keyless Access you can directly press the
handle of the rear lid. The rear lid is unlocked
if an authorised key is recognised in the prox-
imity of the vehicle.
OR: pull the button on the driver door
●

›››
upwards Fig. 83. The button also works
when the ignition is switched off.
OR: press and hold the button of the ve-
●

hicle key for approx. 1 second. If the vehicle is
locked, only the rear lid is unlocked (the doors
remain locked).
OR: on vehicles with Keyless Access and
●
sensor-controlled opening you can open the
rear lid by moving one foot in the area of the
sensors located below the rear bumper (Easy
›››
Open page 104). The rear lid will open
automatically.
Closing the rear lid
Briefly press the button on the rear
●

›››
lid Fig. 82.
OR: pull the button on the driver door
●

›››
upwards Fig. 83.
OR: on vehicles with Keyless Access, press
●
and hold the vehicle key button until the

rear lid is closed, or move one foot into the
area of the sensors located below the rear
›››
bumper (Easy Open) page 104. The key
of the vehicle must not be further away than
1.5 m from the boot or inside the vehicle.
OR: manually move the rear lid in the direc-
●
tion of closing until it closes automatically.
The rear lid lowers automatically to the fi-
●
nal position and also locks automatically .
Interrupting opening or closing
After beginning to open or close the rear lid,
the action can be halted by pressing one of
the buttons.

Continue opening or closing the rear lid by
hand. To do this, some force will have to be
used.
If you press one of the buttons again, the

rear lid will move again in the original direc-
tion.
If the rear lid meets with resistance or an ob-
stacle during the automatic opening or clos-
ing, opening or closing will be interrupted im-
mediately. For the closing process, the rear
lid opens again slightly.
Check why it has not been possible to open
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or close the rear lid.
Try to open or close the rear lid again.
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If necessary, the rear lid can be opened or
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closed by hand using reasonable force.
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