Seat Leon 5D Owner's Manual page 280

WARNING
Quick turns of the steering wheel when
parking or exiting a parking space with
Park Assist can cause serious injury.
Do not hold the steering wheel during
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manoeuvres to park or exit a parking space
until the system requests it. Doing so disa-
bles the system during the manoeuvre, re-
sulting in the parking being cancelled.
CAUTION
In certain circumstances, the ultrasonic
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sensors do not detect objects such as trail-
er tongues, bars, fences, posts or thin trees,
or an open (or opening) rear lid, which
could damage the vehicle.
Retrofitting of certain accessories to the
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vehicle, such as a bicycle rack, may inter-
fere with the operation of the Park Assist
system and cause damage.
The Park Assist system uses as a refer-
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ence parked vehicles, curbs and other ob-
jects. Make sure that the tyres and wheels
are not damaged while parking. If necessa-
ry, opportunely interrupt the parking ma-
noeuvre to avoid damaging the vehicle.
The ultrasound sensors on the bumper
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may be damaged or shifted in the event of
a collision, for example, when entering or
exiting a parking space.
If you use high-pressure or vapour equip-
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ment to clean the ultrasound sensors, do
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Driving
not apply it directly unless very briefly and
always from a distance of more than 10 cm.
A registration plate or plate holder on the
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front with larger than the space for the reg-
istration plate, or a registration plate that is
curved or warped can cause:
False detections.
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The sensors to lose visibility.
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Cancellation of the parking manoeuvre
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or defective parking.
If one of the ultrasonic sensors is dam-
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aged, the area corresponding to that group
of sensors (front or rear) is deactivated and
cannot be activated until the fault is cor-
rected. However, you can still use the sen-
sors of the other bumper as per usual. If
there is a fault in the system, consult a spe-
cialist workshop. SEAT recommends visiting
a SEAT dealership for this.
Note
In order to guarantee good system oper-
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ation, keep the ultrasound sensors of the
bumper clean, free of snow or ice, and do
not cover them with adhesives or other ob-
jects.
Certain sources of noise, such as rough
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asphalt or paving stones and the noise of
other vehicles can induce the Park Assist
system or ParkPilot to give erroneous warn-
ings. The presence of metal objects can al-
so affect the manoeuvre.
In order to become familiar with the sys-
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tem and its functions, SEAT recommends
that you practice operating the Park Assist
system in an area where there is not too
much traffic or in a car park.
Description of the parking assist
system
The components of the Park Assist system
are the ultrasonic sensors located in the front
and rear bumpers, the to switch the sys-
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tem on and off and the messages on the in-
strument cluster display.
Prerequisites for parking
The traction control (TCS) must be switch-
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ed on page 276.
Speed when passing next to the parking
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space: do not exceed approx. 50 km/h (31
mph).
Keep a distance between 0.5 and 2.0 me-
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tres when driving past the parking space.
Space length (parallel parking): vehicle
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length + 0.8 meters.
Space width (angle parking): vehicle width
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+ 0.8 meters.
Do not exceed approximately 7 km/h
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(4 mph) when parking. The vehicle will per-
form an automatic braking only once if this
speed is exceeded. If you exceed the speed