Seat Leon 5D Owner's Manual page 138

WARNING
Serious injuries can be caused if the rear
seat backrest is lowered or lifted without
due care and attention.
Never lower or lift the rear seat backrest
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while driving.
Do no trap or damage the seat belt when
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raising the rear seat backrest.
When lowering or lifting the rear seat
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backrest, keep your hands, fingers, feet
and other body parts out of its path.
For the rear seat belts to offer the neces-
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sary protection all the parts of the rear
backrest must be properly engaged. This is
particularly important in the case of the
centre rear seat. If someone is seated in a
seat whose backrest is not properly engag-
ed they will fly forward, along with the
backrest, during an accident or a sudden
driving or braking manoeuvre.
A red signal on the button
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the backrest is not engaged. Always check
that the red marking is not visible when the
backrest is in the upright position.
When the rear seat backrest is lowered or
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is not properly engaged nobody else can
travel in the corresponding seats (not even
a child).
CAUTION
Serious damage can be caused to the vehi-
cle and other objects if the rear seat back-
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rest is lowered or lifted without due care
and attention.
Before lowering the rear seat backrest,
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always adjust the front seats so that nei-
ther the headrests nor the cushions of the
rear backrest can hit them.
Unlock the seat backrest with the
cord.
3 Valid for: LEON Sportstourer
warns that
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In the luggage compartment: levers to
Fig. 119
unlock the rear backrest.
Lower the headrest properly.
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Open the rear lid.
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Pull the remote release lever of the left part
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Fig. 119
in the direction of the arrow. The released
part of the rear seat backrest is folded auto-
matically down and forwards.
Operation
or right part of the backrest
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If this occurs, close the rear lid.
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The rear seat backrest is not engaged when
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the red marking of the button
visible.
Front centre armrest
Front centre armrest
Fig. 120
To raise the armrest, pull it fully up in the di-
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rection of the arrow Fig. 120
step depending on the desired opening.
To lower the armrest, first lift it to its highest
position. Then lower it down.
To move the armrest horizontally, move it for-
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ward Fig. 120 or backward as much as
possible in the direction of the corresponding
arrow.
Fig. 118 is
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up or step by