Seat Leon 5D Owner's Manual page 114

The Easy Open feature is not available or on-
ly has limited availability in the following sit-
uations (examples):
If the rear bumper is very dirty.
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If the rear bumper is wet with salt water, e.g.
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after having driven on gritted roads.
If the electrical unlocking tow hitch is not
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covered.
If the vehicle has been equipped at a later
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time with a tow bracket.
In the event of heavy rain, the Easy Open fea-
ture may take a little longer to open the boot
or may deactivate automatically, to avoid the
boot opening by accident, e.g. because of
the running water.
The Easy Open function can be permanently
connected and disconnected in the infotain-
ment system using the

ing function button.
WARNING
If there is a valid key in the proximity of the
rear lid, in some cases the Easy Open func-
tion may be accidentally activated and the
rear lid will open, for example, when
sweeping under the rear bumper, when di-
recting a water jet or high pressure steam
to the area or when carrying out mainte-
nance work or repairs in that area. If acci-
dentally opened, the rear lid could injure
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somebody situated in its area of operation
or cause material damage.
Therefore, always make sure that there is
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no unsupervised valid key in the area near
the rear lid.
Before carrying out any maintenance or
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repair work on the vehicle, always disable
the Easy Open feature via the infotainment
system.
Before washing the vehicle, always disa-
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ble the Easy Open feature via the infotain-
ment system.
Before attaching a bicycle rack or a trail-
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er, page
Open feature via the infotainment system.
Emergency unlocking of the rear lid
> Exterior > Clos-
Fig. 96
emergency release (Leon).
Operation
292, always disable the Easy
Detail of the luggage compartment:
Detail of the luggage compartment:
Fig. 97
manual release mechanism (Leon Sportstour-
er).
The rear lid can be unlocked from inside in
the event of an emergency (e.g. no battery).
There is a groove in the luggage compart-
ment allowing access to the emergency
opening mechanism.
Unlocking the rear lid from inside the lug-
gage compartment
Insert the key blade into the slot and move
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the key in the direction of the arrow until the
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lock unlocks Fig. 96, Fig. 97.