Seat 2014 LEON CUP RACER, Owner'S Manual

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The essentials
Adjusting the steering wheel
Fig. 20
Adjusting the position of the steering wheel:
Pull the
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Fig. 20
1
lever down, move the
steering wheel to the desired position and lift
the lever back up until it locks.
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in Adjusting the steering wheel po-
sition on page 39
Starting the vehicle
Ignition lock
Fig. 21
See Fig. 3 for positioning
Switch ignition on: Place the key in the igni-
tion and start the engine.
Locking and unlocking the steering wheel
● Engaging the steering wheel lock: Remove
the key from the ignition and turn the wheel
until it locks. In vehicles with an automatic
gearbox, the gear lever must be in the
P posi-
tion in order to remove the key. If necessary,
press the locking key on the selector lever
and release it again.
● Unlocking the steering wheel: Put the key
into the ignition and turn it at the same time
as the steering wheel in the direction indica-
ted by the arrow. If it is not possible to turn
the steering wheel, it may be because it is
locked.
Turning on/switching off the ignition, glow
plugs reheating
●
Switch ignition on: Turn the key to the
2
position.
●
Switch ignition off. Turn the key to the
1
position.
●
Diesel vehicles
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: The glow plugs reheat
when the ignition is switched on
Starting the engine
● Manual gearbox: press the clutch pedal all
the way down and move the gearbox lever in-
to neutral.
● Automatic gearbox: Press the brake pedal
and move the selector lever to the P position
or into N .
● Turn the key to the
3
position. The key au-
tomatically returns to the
2
position. Do not
press the accelerator.
Start-Stop System*
When you stop and release the clutch pedal,
the Start-Stop system* turns off the engine.
The ignition remains switched on.
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in Switching on the ignition and
starting the engine with the key on
page 130
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