Get Operation -> Rear lid Guide for Cupra Leon 4 Door First Generation (2020-2026)

Operation

Childproof locks

anti-clockwise for the right hand side

doors.

Emergency lock of doors without

lock cylinders

Deactivating the childproof lock

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Unlock the vehicle and open the door

whose childproof lock you want to deacti-

vate.

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With the door open, rotate the groove in

the door using the ignition key, anti-clock-

wise for the left hand side doors Fig. 85

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and clockwise for the right hand side

doors.

Fig. 85 Childproof lock on the left hand

side door.

Once the childproof lock is activated, the

door can only be opened from the outside.

Fig. 84 Locking the door manually.

The childproof lock prevents the rear doors

from being opened from the inside. This sys-

tem prevents minors from opening a door

accidentally while the vehicle is running.

If the central locking system should fail to

work at any time, doors with no lock cylinder

will have to be locked separately.

Rear lid

The emergency lock is located on the front

of the front passenger's door and the rear

doors. It can only be seen if the door is open.

This function is independent of the vehicle

electronic opening and locking systems. It

only affects rear doors. It can only be activa-

ted and deactivated manually, as described

below:

Introduction

The rear lid unlocks and locks together with

the doors.

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Pull the cap out of the opening.

Insert the key in the inside slot and turn it

On vehicles with Keyless Access, the rear lid

unlocks automatically when it is opened

to the right as far as it will go (if the door is on

the right side) or to the left (if the door is on

the left side).

Activating the childproof lock

page 101.

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Unlock the vehicle and open the door in

which you wish to activate the childproof

lock.

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Replace the cap.

WARNING

Once the door has been closed it can no

longer be opened from the outside. Pull the

interior door handle once to unlock and

open the door.

Careless and unsuitable locking, opening

and closing of the rear lid can cause acci-

dents and serious injury.

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With the door open, rotate the groove in

the door using the ignition key, clockwise

for the left hand side doors Fig. 85 and

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Opening and closing

Note

Opening and closing

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The rear lid must not be opened when

the reverse or rear fog lights are lit. This

may damage the tail lights.

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To open: pull on the handle and lift it up

Fig. 86. The rear lid opens automatically.

Before closing the rear lid, make sure that

the key has not been left inside the luggage

compartment.

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Do not close the rear lid by pushing it

To close: hold one of the handles on the

down with your hand on the rear window.

The glass could smash. Risk of injury!

inner trim and close it by moving it down-

wards, or press the button on the rear lid

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Ensure the rear lid is locked after closing

Fig. 87.

Opening and closing the rear lid

it. If not, it may open unexpectedly while

driving.

If the doors are locked, the rear lid is also

locked.

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Closing the rear lid without observing and

ensuring it is clear could cause serious in-

jury to you and to third parties. Make sure

that no one is in the path of the rear lid.

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Never drive with the rear lid open or half-

closed, exhaust gases may penetrate into

the interior of the vehicle. Danger of poi-

soning!

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Never leave the vehicle unattended or al-

low children to play inside or next to it, es-

pecially if the rear lid is open. Children

could enter the luggage compartment,

close the rear lid and become trapped. A

locked vehicle can reach extremely high

and low temperatures, depending on the

time of year, thus causing serious injuries,

illness or even death.

Fig. 86 Rear lid: opening from outside.

The rear lid opening system operates electri-

cally. It is activated by using the insignia sha-

ped handle on the rear lid Fig. 86 .

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To lock or unlock the rear lid, press the  or

 buttons of the vehicle key.

A warning appears on the instrument panel

display if the rear lid is open or not properly

closed. An audible warning is also given if it is

opened while the vehicle is moving faster

than 6 km/h (4 mph).

CAUTION

Before opening or closing the rear lid, make

sure that there is enough space to open or

close it, e.g. when pulling a trailer or in a ga-

rage.

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Operation

the handle of the rear lid. The rear lid is un-

locked if an authorised key is recognised in

the proximity of the vehicle.

detection zone at the rear outside the vehi-

cle.

Rear lid with electric opening and

closing

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OR: manually move the rear lid in the di-

3 Valid for: LEON Sportstourer

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OR: depending on the features, pull the 

rection of closing until it closes automatical-

ly.

button on the driver door upwards

Fig. 88. The button also works when the

ignition is switched off.

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The rear lid goes down automatically to the

final position and also closes automatically

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OR: press and hold the  button of the

in Introduction on page 108.

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vehicle key for approx. 1 second. If the vehi-

cle is locked, only the rear lid is unlocked (the

doors remain locked).

Interrupting opening or closing

After beginning to open or close the rear lid,

the action can be halted by pressing one of

the  buttons.

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OR: on vehicles with Keyless Access and

sensor-controlled opening you can open the

rear lid by moving one foot in the area of the

sensors located below the rear bumper (Easy

Open page 111 ). The rear lid will be auto-

matically opened.

If you press one of the  buttons again, the

rear lid will move again in the original direc-

tion.

Fig. 87 Rear lid: button to close the rear lid.

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If the rear lid is met with resistance or an ob-

stacle during the automatic opening or clos-

ing, opening or closing will be interrupted

immediately. For the closing process, the

rear lid opens again slightly.

Closing the rear lid

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Briefly press the  button on the rear lid

Fig. 87

in Introduction on

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page 108.

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OR: depending on the features, pull the 

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Check why it has not been possible to

open or close the rear lid.

button on the driver door upwards

Fig. 88.

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Try to open or close the rear lid again.

OR: on vehicles with Keyless Access, press

Fig. 88 On the driver’s door: button to

open and close the rear lid.

If necessary, the rear lid can be opened or

and hold the  vehicle key button until the

rear lid is closed, or move one foot into the

area of the sensors located below the rear

bumper (Easy Open) page 111 . The vehi-

cle key must be in the Keyless Access system

closed by hand using reasonable force.

Opening the rear lid

Particular features if towing a trailer

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Unlock the vehicle page 98 and briefly

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If the factory-fitted towing bracket is electri-

cally connected to a trailer page 288 , the

press the handle of the rear lid. On vehicles

with Keyless Access you can directly press

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Opening and closing

electric rear lid can only be opened or closed

with the buttons on the rear lid itself or by

using the Easy Open function.

Resetting and memorising the opening

angle

Emergency unlocking

page 113

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For the rear lid to reopen completely, the

opening angle must be reset and memorised

again.

WARNING

Acoustic warnings

If a lot of snow builds up on the rear lid or it

is heavily loaded, the rear lid may not open

or, after opening, it may lower by itself due

to the extra weight and cause serious in-

jury.

Throughout the process of opening or clos-

ing the rear lid, acoustic warnings can be

heard. Exception: when the rear lid is

opened manually using the handle or the

Easy Open function with the movement of

the foot or closed using the button on the

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Release the rear lid and open it to the

memorised height.

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Lift the rear lid by hand as far as it goes. To

do this, some force will have to be used.

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Do not open the rear lid when there is a

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Press the  button Fig. 87 on the rear

lot of snow on it or when carrying a load

(e.g. on a rack).

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rear lid itself Fig. 87 .

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lid for at least 3 seconds.

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Before opening the rear lid, remove the

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This resets and memorises the factory-set

Modifying and memorising the opening

angle

snow or the load.

opening angle. Memorisation is indicated by

blinking of the hazard warning lights and an

audible warning.

If the space behind or above the vehicle is

less than the travel area of the rear lid, you

can change the opening angle of the rear lid.

Rear lid with sensor-controlled

opening and closing (Easy Open)

3 Valid for: LEON Sportstourer

Automatic protection against overheating

To memorise a new opening angle, the rear

lid must be open at least halfway.

If the system is operated repeatedly in a

short space of time, it automatically switches

off to prevent overheating.

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Interrupt the opening process in the de-

sired position.

Once the system is cool again, the function

can be reused. Until then, the rear lid can

only be opened and closed by hand using

reasonable force.

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Press the  button Fig. 87 on the rear

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lid for at least 3 seconds.

The opening angle is memorised. Memorisa-

tion is indicated by blinking of the hazard

warning lights and an audible warning.

If with the rear lid open the vehicle battery is

disconnected page 326 or the corre-

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sponding fuse burns out page 60 , the

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system will have to be reset. This requires

closing the rear lid completely once.

Fig. 89 Rear lid with sensor-controlled

opening (Easy Open).

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Operation

If there is a valid vehicle key in the proximity

of the rear lid, it is possible to unlock and

open or close it moving one foot in the area

of the sensors located under the rear bump-

er.

The Easy Open feature is not available or on-

ly has limited availability in the following sit-

uations (examples):

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Therefore, always make sure that there is

no unsupervised valid key in the area near

the rear lid.

●

Before carrying out any maintenance or

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If the rear bumper is very dirty.

repair work on the vehicle, always disable

the Easy Open feature via the infotainment

system.

If the rear bumper is wet with salt water,

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Switch the ignition off.

e.g. after having driven on gritted roads.

Stand in front of the rear bumper, in the

●

If the vehicle has been equipped at a later

●

Before washing the vehicle, always disa-

middle.

time with a tow bracket.

ble the Easy Open feature via the infotain-

ment system.

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With a brisk movement, bring your foot

In the event of heavy rain, the Easy Open

feature may take a little longer to open the

boot or may deactivate automatically, to

avoid the boot opening by accident, e.g. be-

cause of the running water.

and lower leg as close as you can to the

bumper. The lower part of the leg needs to

be close to the upper sensor area and your

foot must be close to the lower sensor area

1

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Before attaching a bicycle rack or a trail-

er, page 288 , always disable the Easy

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Open feature via the infotainment system.

Fig. 89

.

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The Easy Open function can be connected

and disconnected permanently in the info-

tainment system using the button  > Vehi-

cle > Exterior > Central locking.

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Quickly remove your foot and lower leg

2

from the sensor areas Fig. 89

lid will be automatically opened.

. The rear

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If the rear lid fails to open, repeat the pro-

cedure after a few seconds.

WARNING

The rear lid can be closed with another foot

movement similar to the opening one (provi-

ded a valid vehicle key is in the proximity of

the rear lid).

If there is a valid key in the proximity of the

rear lid, in some cases the Easy Open func-

tion may be accidentally activated and the

rear lid will open, for example, when

sweeping under the rear bumper, when di-

recting a water jet or high pressure steam to

the area or when carrying out maintenance

work or repairs in that area. If accidentally

opened, the rear lid could injure somebody

situated in its area of operation or cause

material damage.

When closed, the rear lid automatically locks

if the vehicle has been locked beforehand

and there is no valid key inside.

While the rear lid is in motion (either open-

ing or closing), it can be stopped with anoth-

er foot movement similar to the opening one

(provided a valid vehicle key is in the proximi-

ty of the rear lid).

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Operation -> Rear lid for Your Cupra Leon 4 Door First Generation (2020-2026)

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