Seat Leon 1.6 S

I have the same fault mate and asked some advice at local seat garage they said fault was either wiring fault under battery tray or the dash combination

unit needs renewed thats costly, A temp solution is removig fuse 15 but clock doesnt work due to no constant live to unit.

i have 1 1.6 tdi PETROL (yes i know, a tdi but petrol), am sure they registered it wrong. iv had 3 faults so far....rear washer didnt work, interior light wouldnt turn off and now the sealtbelt warning light comes on randomly, even though im wearing it!!!

Not sure how me and this car will get on.This is the first car that has given me grief!!!

This model of Leon, a Seat Leon 1.6S 2002 model year, has a fundamental gearbox problem that Seat and their dealers will glaze over.

A business partner bought the car from new. The car obviously came with it's first gearbox (1). After 3 years the gearbox failed and was replaced (2) by my business partner.

I bought the car for a second family car. We are husband and wife with 7 year old child. No teenagers.

Shortly after buying the car the gearbox failed. The fault punched a hole in the casing. A reconditioned gearbox was installed (3).

A couple of weeks after installation the gearbox failed again, luckily under warranty and was replaced (4).

This weekend, three quarters of a year later it appears to have gone again.

It's a nice car, practical, reasonable performance.

You should not buy it though if you are on a budget as gearboxes are expensive.

A work colleague has a Seat Altea and has never had problems with it. Get one of those instead. I wish I had.

Seat Leon 16 further down is me. 2 years on and the car has been good although i dont know what the future holds. Only problem to date was one of the coils going faulty. Otherwise been a dream to drive for the last 2 years. I get over 450 miles out of a full tank by using Shell VPower Unleaded! I used to get only 360 on normal unleaded so this proved to be a good decision. It also improves reliability. So if you want close to diesel econonmy, petrol driving for very little go for the Leon 1.6s and use VPower. You will be good to your pocket and the environment.

hi i have a seat leon 1.6s and am having real problems with the dash lights, everytime i turn the ignition off all the dash lights go haywire and there is an alarm sound going off, had an auto electrician out and he couldnt find the problem

I've always had second hand cars but find myself constantly going to the garage to get them fixed, so 2 years ago I decided to buy a new car. After a lot of searching I chose the SEAT Leon. This was the BIGGEST mistake of my life. If it wasn't under warranty I would be in so much debt! I've had numerous courtesy cars.

My biggest complaint is the alarms. Within the first 6 months of purchasing the car I found the alarms would go off every 30 minutes. Whether I locked it with the button, the key or even if I didn't lock and just left the alarms just goes off. My car was in the garage for over a month while it got fixed.

2 years later and guess what? The alarms are doing the same thing again!

I loved the car when I first bought it, it was a perfect family car with plenty of space in boot for pushchairs. That was until the electrics decided to go the speedo gave up the ghost so I have to guess what speed I am doing. The fuel gauge is even worse it beeps at every corner you turn even when full up which drives you mad. The only way that we know of getting it fixed is to have all the clocks replaced but this can only be done by seat and costs a small fortune. I am now left with a car that is unsellable unless fixed.

I have a 2002 Seat Leon model and have suffered the same leak. My mechanic had no idea where it came from so we replaced the rubber seals both front and back and it still leaked. Took it to a Seat garage and they were not at all surprised to hear about the probelm and replaced the internal window seal membrane. £180 for both doors! Happy to say no more leaks but randomly my boot wont unlock! Anyone know how to fix that? Do I really need to go back to a garage?

Great car just should have got rid of it last year. Unfortunately now in year 6 (only 25K miles) and have had to replace the front and rear brake disks, full exhaust and now had the second ignition coil go in 2 months.

Potential to be a terrific car (faults aside)I can see why people buy Golfs, as I bought this because I couldn't afford a similar spec/age Golf. If I could do away with the faults I'd go for a TDi.