Seat Leon 1.9 TDi 110 SE Review

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Seat Leon 1.9 TDi 110 SE
3.7 stars
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Wlord's Review of Seat Leon 1.9 TDi 110 SE

5th Oct 2006

Overall Rating

4.5 stars
  • Value for money
    4 stars
  • Length of ownership
    1year 10 months
  • Performance
    3.5 stars
  • Reliability
    5 stars
  • Year Manufactured
    2004
  • Doors
    5
  • Practicality
    4 stars
Good Points

Great torque and economical. More car for your money than VAG groups other offerings.


Bad Points

Does not feel well put together. Eats front tyres.


General Comments

I have the Seat Leon 1.9 TDi 110 SE 130bhp version. The VAG groups input is obvious. However I am not sure where this was put together (not Germany I would imagine). The car is great and I feel I got a great deal. It's fast (but not licence losing by accident) and does 50mpg without much care. After only a few months the cabin had about 5 different vibrations and rattles. There are also two different ones coming from under the bonnet (not diesel engine noises). Due to the 3 year warranty, the car went back and Seat almost fell over themselves with potential fixes. I was amused as this is my second Seat and they identified one of the noises as a common fault that my first car had with the back seats. As they failed to deal with this in my first car, I already knew about this problem and it wasn't one that my new car had, as yet. This concerned me as they gave this as a fix done (but wasn't wrong in the first place). Sure enough I got into my car and the rear parcel shelf still resonated during the mid range revs and the air bag still rattled. The under bonnet issue was as bad as ever and although they said one noise was the engine cover (which they claimed to have sorted), both noises where in evidence straight away. The second noise was more concerning, they claimed it was an air con pipe (which is an alloy) touching the cabin bulkhead. More annoying was their admission that they couldn't find the area or bit in question. To sum it up, I gave them a car with annoying (not I admit serious) problems and they fixed a problem that didn't exist and missed all the reported ones. I wanted to deal with it myself but found that they do not do a Haynes manual for this car at all.

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