SEAT LEON SE TDI

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Wed 30 Oct 2002 20:10
SEAT LEON SE TDI - Derbs
I have a new Ieon se TDI. Can anyone tell me how to test the alarm system,(which dose not seem to work) and what does the button at the bottum of the drivers door pillor do.
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Wed 30 Oct 2002 22:46
SEAT LEON SE TDI - Honestjohn
Get up at 5 o'clock on an icy morning, then scrape the ice off the windscreen. The alarm should go off and wake up all your neighbours. (That's what happens with a Skoda Superb, haven't checked my own Leon yet.)

HJ
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Wed 30 Oct 2002 23:20
SEAT LEON SE TDI - RB
I've just become an owner of a Toledo TDi SE too.

Not tried to set the alarm off yet!

However, the button near the bottom of the driver's door pillar. It deactivates the internal motion censor. You do this if, for example, you have a dog in the car and you need to wander off and lock the doors.

If you don't press the button as you exit the car, then Fido or Fifi will set the alarm off.

Aha - thinking about it, that's how you can see if the alarm works! If you haven't got a dog, then borrow one, or a child or whatever moves!

Nice cars - i am new to both diesel and SEAT and so far so good - done 2500 miles of fast and slow all conditions in 4 weeks and am getting well over 50mpg.

Hope this helps.

Richard Butler
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Thu 31 Oct 2002 00:06
SEAT LEON SE TDI - Dynamic Dave
Derbs,

To test motion sensors

Open any window wide open and tape a piece of newspaper in its place. Set alarm and wait for it to settle/arm itself. Punch through newspaper with fist. This will simulate the window being broken and affect the air pressure inside the car, thus triggering the montion sensors. Alternately you could just stick your arm in through the open window and wave it around like a madman. This technique however doesn't work on my Vectra as the motion sensors aren't that sensitive, which is why I use the newspaper method.


To test Door/boot/bonnet sensors

leave a door slightly ajar, making sure the interior light has gone off. Set alarm, and open door. Repeat for the other doors, boot, and bonnet.
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