Seat Leon - Automatic gearbox;DSG automatic gearbox*

Start and driving
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Never hol
d the vehicle “on the clutch” on
hills with the engine on.
Automatic gearbox/DSG au-
tomatic gearbox*
Intr
oduction
Your vehicle is equipped with an electronical-
ly controlled manual gearbo
x. Torque be-
tween the engine and the gearbox is trans-
mitted via two independent clutches. They
replace the torque converter found on con-
ventional automatic gearboxes and allow for
smooth, uninterrupted acceleration of the ve-
hicle.
The Tiptronic system allows the driver to
change gears manually
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page 209,
Changing gear in Tiptronic mode.
Control lamps

It lights up green
The brake is not pressed.
To select a gear r
ange, press the brake pedal.

Flashes green
The selector lever locking button is not engaged.
The vehicle is pr
evented from moving forwards. En-
gage the selector lever lock.
Selector lever positions
Fig. 151 In the centre console: selector lever.
The selector lever position is shown when the
corr
esponding sign lights up
. It is al
so dis-
played on the screen in manual shift positions
M, D, S and E (when the ECO driving mode is
selected
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page 214), the gear that is en-
gaged.

– Parking lock
When the P button is pressed, the drive
wheels are locked. Only press P when the ve-
hicle is stationary
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.
To press the P butt
on you must pr
ess the
br
ake pedal simultaneously.

– Reverse gear
Reverse gear must be engaged only when
the vehicle is stationary and the engine is
idling
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.
T
o engage r
e
verse gear R, you must press the
brake pedal simultaneously. The reverse
lights switch on when the reverse gear R is
selected and the ignition is on.

– Neutral
In this position, the gear is in neutral.
Press the brake pedal to move the lever from
N to D/S when the vehicle is stationary or at
speeds below 3 km/h (2 mph)
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.
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– P
ermanent f
orw
ard drive position
The D/S position enables the gears to be op-
erated in normal mode (D) or sport mode (S).
To select Sport mode S, move the lever back-
wards. Pushing the lever again will select nor-
mal mode D. The selected driving mode is
displayed on the instrument panel screen.
In normal mode (D), the gearbox selects the
best gear ratio. This depends on the engine
load, the road speed and the dynamic gear
control programme (DCP).
Sport mode (S) should be selected for a
sporty driving style. This setting makes use of
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