Seat Leon Owner's Manual page 268

Leaving a parking space (parallel parking)
The necessary conditions to exit a parking
space with Park Assist have to be met
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page 262.
Press button in the infotainment system,
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> Driver assistance > Park Assist sys-
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tem. When the system is connected, the sym-
bol on the Infotainment System screen is
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highlighted.
Turn on the corresponding turn signal to-
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wards the road you will enter when exiting the
parking space.
Engage the reverse gear, or press the but-
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ton in the infotainment system.
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Release the steering wheel
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duction on page 261. Please note the fol-
lowing message: Intervention in active
direction. Watch your surroundings!
While you keep watch around you, carefully
start accelerating up to no more than 7 km/h
(4 mph). When exiting the parking space, the
system only takes charge of the steering.
You, as the driver, have to accelerate, en-
gage the clutch if necessary, change
gears and brake.
Reverse until the continuous ParkPilot sig-
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nal sounds; OR: reverse until the instrument
panel display shows the forward indication.
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The progress bar Fig. 188
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distance to cover page
Press the brake pedal until the parking as-
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sist system completes the steering wheel
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turns; OR: press the brake pedal until the
symbol
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screen.
Move forward until the continuous ParkPilot
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signal sounds; OR: move forward until the re-
verse indication appears on the instrument
panel display. The Park Assist system steers
the vehicle forward and back until it can exit
the space.
The vehicle can exit the space when a cor-
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responding message is displayed on the in-
strument panel and, in some cases, an
acoustic signal sounds. Take charge of the
steering with the turning angle set by the Park
Assist system.
››› Paying attention to the traffic, exit the park-
in Intro-
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ing space.
.
Automatic operation of the brakes
by the parking assist system
Park Assist helps the driver by automatically
braking in certain situations.
The driver is always responsible for braking in
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time
Automatic braking intervention to avoid
exceeding the speed limit
indicates the
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265. To avoid exceeding the allowed speed of ap-
prox. 7 km/h (4 mph) when entering or leaving
a parking space, the brakes may activate au-
Driving
goes out on the instrument panel
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tomatically. After automatically activating
the brakes, the manoeuvres to enter or exit a
parking space may continue.
The brakes are only automatically activated
once for each attempt to enter or exit a park-
ing space. If the speed of approximately
7 km/h (4 mph) is exceeded again, the corre-
sponding operation is halted.
Automatic braking to reduce damages
Depending on certain conditions, the Park
Assist system can automatically brake the
vehicle when faced with an obstacle, briefly
actioning and holding down the brake ped-
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al . Following this the driver must press
the brake pedal.
Automatic braking intervention to reduce
damage leads to the parking manoeuvre fin-
ishing.
WARNING
The automatic braking intervention by Park
Assist should never tempt you to take any
risk that may compromise safety. The sys-
tem is not a replacement for driver aware-
ness.
The Park Assist system is subject to cer-
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tain limitations inherent to the system. In
certain situations, the automatic braking
intervention may only work in a limited way
or not work at all.