Contemporary automobiles have a growing number of functionnalities and although they give us a lot of comfort, a lot of them are not all the time simple to use. No matter you have rented a car, been lent one, or just bought a seat leon, depending on its functionnalities, it can be difficult to figure out how to start a seat leon? Even if this required act of running a car may seem obvious to many of you, dependent on the options and the year of production of your car, it will be more or less simple to do so. On this webpage we will teach you the distinct techniques to start a seat leon with the key, then, in a second step, how to switch on a seat leon with a card, and finally, without using the key.
How to start a seat leon with key?
So we start our content which is designed to learn you how to start a seat leon, which is equipped with a classic key start. Find down below the different steps to be carried out to turn on the engine of your seat leon:
- Discern the position of the neiman (hole in which the key is introduced), it is most of the time on the right side of your steering wheel, on the dash. If your steering wheel is blocked, do not be reluctant to have a look at our content on the steering wheel blocked on seat leon that is blocked to discover how to unblock it.
- Place the key into this one.
- Verify that you are in neutral for a manual car and in the “N” or “P” position for an automatic transmission.
- Turn the ignition on by turning it clockwise a quarter turn until you feel you’ve passed the first notch.
- Check on your dashboard that the orange lights disappear, if you don’t know what they signify don’t be reluctant to have a look at our content on orange lights on seat leon to find out the explanation for this.
- You just have to go one more notch clockwise and hold it in the stop until your seat leon starts (do not let your starter run more than 10 seconds or you risk injuring it, if the car does not start, let it rest a few tens of seconds before a new testing)
- That’s it. You managed to start your seat leon,
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How to start a seat leon with the key card?
After learning about how to turn on the engine of a seat leon with key or will demonstrate you how to do it for a seat leon equipped with a key card and not a key. The method remains roughly the same, so don’t be reluctant to return to the previous section to have details on each of the steps to do. Learn down below the steps to follow to start your seat leon with a card:
- Depending on the year and the series, you may or may not need to insert the card in a dedicated slot, verify on your dashboard if your seat leon is equipped with this slot or not.
- If it has one, insert the card in this hole, or you can keep the card on you or anywhere in the cabin.
- Uncover the “start” button, which is commonly located at steering wheel height close to the classic neiman location, otherwise it is commonly situated on the centre console.
- Verify that you’re in neutral or neutral on an automatic transmission.
- Push the “start” button once to turn on the ignition of your seat leon
- Push a second time after a few seconds or extinction of the orange lights on your dashboard to start your seat leon
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How do I start a seat leon without a key?
And finally, we will see, how to start a seat leon without a key? Let’s imagine that you have lost your keys and your car is open, this could seem obvious. Nevertheless, you should know that if your seat leon is more recent than the mid 90’s it will be complicated to start it without a key because of all the security devices present on it. Naturally, this should only be done on YOUR car. Here is the procedure to carry out:
- Remove the cover that covers your steering wheel and situate among the 3 electric switches the one that concerns your engine/battery/starter (to help you, please bring your user manual).
- Strip, connect them mutually and isolate the battery and ignition wires (be careful not to electrocute yourself during the procedure). You now have electricity as if you had the contact
- At last, strip the starter wire and connect it promptly with the battery wire (do not make lengthened contact and only 1 or 2 seconds should be enough to start your seat leon).
There, you’ve found out all the options to start a seat leon.
If you have any additional questions about the seat leon, do not hesitate to consult our seat leon category.
