Seat Leon 5D Owner's Manual page 112

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: depending on the features, pull the
●
button on the driver door upwards
The button also works when the ignition is
switched off.
OR: press and hold the
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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
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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
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Open page 111). The rear lid will be auto-
matically opened.
Closing the rear lid
Briefly press the button on the rear lid
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Fig. 93 in Introduction on page
OR: depending on the features, pull the
●
button on the driver door upwards
OR: on vehicles with Keyless Access, press
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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
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bumper (Easy Open)
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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-
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tion of closing until it closes automatically.
The rear lid goes down automatically to the
●
final position and also closes automatically
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in Introduction on page
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Fig. 94. Interrupting opening or closing
After beginning to open or close the rear lid,
the action can be halted by pressing one of
button of the ve-
the


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
rear lid will move again in the original direc-
tion.
If the rear lid is met 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.
108.
Check why it has not been possible to open
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
or close the rear lid.
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Fig. 94.
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.
page 111. The key of
Operation
108.
buttons.
buttons again, the
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Particular features if towing a trailer
If the factory-fitted towing bracket is electri-
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cally connected to a trailer page
electric rear lid can only be opened or closed
with the buttons on the rear lid itself.
Acoustic warnings
Throughout the process of opening or closing
the rear lid, acoustic warnings can be heard.
Exception: when the rear lid is opened man-
ually using the handle or the Easy Open func-
tion with the movement of the foot or closed
using the button on the rear lid itself
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Fig. 93.
Modifying and memorising the opening
angle
If the space behind or above the vehicle is
less than the travel area of the rear lid, you
can change the opening angle of the rear lid.
To memorise a new opening angle, the rear
lid must be open at least halfway.
Interrupt the opening process in the desired
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position.
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Press the button Fig. 93
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lid for at least 3 seconds.
The opening angle is memorised. Memorisa-
tion is indicated by blinking of the hazard
warning lights and an audible warning.
292, the
on the rear