Seat Leon 5D Owner's Manual page 269

system itself, the rear and side environment of
the vehicle using the rear sensors
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page 237. It detects moving objects that
approach from behind, such as cars
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Fig. 193.
If a critical situation is detected when the
door is opened, it will be alerted by an acous-
tic signal on the door speaker of the corre-
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sponding side Fig. 194. Additionally, the
control lamp of the lane departure warning of
the corresponding door will flash. If the door
has already been opened and another road
user has been detected in a critical situation,
the control lamp of the lane departure warn-
ing on the corresponding side will light up
permanently.
The brightness of the door opening warning
indication cannot be adjusted.
When you want to access the vehicle for the
first time, with the doors closed and locked,
the function will be available 3 minutes after
the first opening of any of the doors. The
function will continue to be available as long
as the vehicle has the ignition connected and
is not moving.
After switching off the ignition, the function
will remain available for approximately 3 mi-
nutes. After that time, the control lamps will
light up indicating the deactivation of the
function.
Driver assistance systems
WARNING
Always pay close attention to the traffic
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and the surroundings of the vehicle. The
door opening warning (Exit Assist) cannot
replace the necessary attention to be paid
by the vehicle's occupants. The responsi-
bility for opening the doors and exiting the
vehicle always lies with the occupants of
the same.
The door opening warning (Exit Assist)
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operates continuously as long as the vehi-
cle ignition is on. Otherwise, the system is
deactivated and the lamps light up briefly.
It is possible that the traffic situation is
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not interpreted correctly and you cannot
be aware of all the objects that are ap-
proaching, such as pedestrians. Always
visually monitor the traffic and the area
surrounding the vehicle.
WARNING
The door opening warning (Exit Assist) is
subject to system limits and cannot warn of
an imminent collision in all cases:
If your vehicle is too deep in the parking
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space and the adjacent vehicles hide it.
In certain circumstances, objects or peo-
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ple who approach, e.g. on a bicycle or
scooter, are not detected.
The system does not react to stopped
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objects.
Note
The door opening warning (Exit Assist) is
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activated/deactivated in the Driver assis-
tance Menu.
The brightness of the door opening warn-
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ing indication cannot be adjusted.
The system is not available when driving
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with a trailer.
Managing the assist systems
Enabling and disabling the assist systems
Both the Side Assist and Exit Assist can be
switched on and off by accessing the Assis-
tants menu in the infotainment system.
Exit Assist and Rear Cross Traffic Alert (RCTA)
can also be found in the Park Assist Settings
menu.
Side Assist and the Rear Cross Traffic Alert
(RCTA) can also be switched off and on in the
instrument cluster Assistants menu
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page 72.
Open the Assistants menu in the infotain-
ment system.
Side Assist
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Door opening warning
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Rear cross traffic alert
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