Seat Leon >> Emergency manual locking

This permits mechanical locking of the doors in case of central locking system failure.

Fig. 58 Locking the doors

Fig. 58 Locking the doors manually

Locking the driver's door manually
Insert the key in the door lock cylinder and rotate in a clockwise direction for the left-hand side door and anti-clockwise for the right-hand side door.

Once the door has been closed it can no longer be opened from the outside.

Manual (emergency) locking of the remaining doors
Open the door and remove the cap A fig. 58 printed with a lock image.

This will expose a circular element with a groove in the centre. Insert the key into the groove and rotate the element clockwise for the right-hand side doors and anti-clockwise for the left-hand side doors.

Replace the cap and close the door. Once the door has been closed it can no longer be opened from the outside.

Unlocking the manually (emergency) locked driver's door
Insert the key in the door lock cylinder and rotate anti-clockwise for the lefthand side doors and clockwise for the right-hand side doors.

The door lock is released and the doormay be opened using the exterior door handle.

Unlocking the remaining manually (emergency) locked doors
First the driver's door must be unlocked to gain entry to the vehicle. Operate the internal door handle for the required door. If the child safety lock is activated on the rear doors, when the interior door release lever is operated the door is unlocked but does not open. The exterior door handle may now be used to open the door.

Note
Once the vehicle is open, if you wish to lock it manually (emergency locking), repeat the previous instructions.

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