Seat Leon 5D Owner's Manual page 350

In the luggage compartment: remove
Fig. 238
the subwoofer.
The temporary spare wheel is stored under
the floor panel in the luggage compartment
and is attached by a thumbnut.
The temporary spare wheel has been de-
signed to be used for short periods of time.
Have the tyres checked and replaced as
soon as possible at a SEAT Official Service or
at a specialised workshop.
The spare wheel must not be switched for a
spare wheel from another vehicle.
Removing the temporary spare wheel
Lift and hold up the floor panel to remove
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the temporary spare wheel
Turn the thumb wheel anti-clockwise
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Fig. 237.
Take out the temporary spare wheel.
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Getting the spare wheel out of vehicles
with BEATS Audio 10 speakers (with sub-
woofer)*
To remove the spare wheel, you must first re-
move the subwoofer.
Vehicles without a variable floor in the lug-
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gage compartment: pull the floor of the lug-
gage compartment (carpet) upwards to get it
out.
Vehicles with a variable luggage compart-
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ment floor: lift and secure the floor luggage
compartment as explained in
Disconnect the subwoofer
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speaker cable.
Turn the securing wheel in an anti-clock-
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wise direction
Remove the subwoofer speaker and the
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spare wheel.
When re-mounting the spare tyre, place the
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subwoofer on the base of the wheel rim with
care. When doing so, the tip of the "FRONT"
arrow on the subwoofer should point forward.
Reconnect the speaker cable and firmly ro-
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tate the securing wheel clockwise so that the
subwoofer system and wheel are firmly in
place.
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Chains
For technical reasons, snow chains must not
be used on the temporary spare wheel.
Practical tips
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Fig. 238
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Fig. 238 .
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If you have a puncture on one of the front
wheels when using snow chains, fit the tem-
porary spare wheel in place of one of the rear
wheels. Fit the snow chains on the rear wheel
that you have removed and replace the
punctured front wheel with this wheel.
WARNING
After fitting the temporary spare wheel,
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check the tyre pressures as soon as possi-
ble. Failure to do so may cause an acci-
dent. The tyre pressure is listed on the back
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of the left front door frame Fig.
Do not drive at over 80 km/h (50 mph)
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when the temporary spare wheel is fitted
on the vehicle: risk of accident!
Never travel more than 200 km using a
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temporary spare wheel.
Avoid heavy acceleration, hard braking
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and fast cornering: risk of accident!
Never use more than one temporary
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spare wheel at the same time, risk of acci-
dent.
No other type of tyre (normal summer or
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winter tyre) may be fitted on the compact
temporary spare wheel rim.
If you are driving using the spare wheel,
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the ACC system could automatically
switch off during the journey. Switch off the
system when starting off.
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