Owner's Manual - Page 69

For 2015 LEON 5D.

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Instruments and warning/control lamps
CAUTION
To prevent damage to the engine, the rev
counter needle should only remain in the red
zone for a short period of time.
When the engine is cold, avoid high revs
and heavy acceleration and do not make the
engine work hard.
For the sake of the environment
Changing up a gear in time reduces fuel con-
sumption and noise.
Rev counter
The rev counter indicates the number of en-
gine revolutions per minute
Fig. 82
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.
Together with the gear-change indicator, the
rev counter offers you the possibility of using
the engine of your vehicle at a suitable
speed.
The start of the red zone on the dial indicates
the maximum engine speed which may be
used briefly when the engine is warm and af-
ter it has been run in properly. Before reach-
ing this range, you should change to a higher
gear for vehicles with a manual gearbox or for
automatic gearboxes put the selector lever in
“D” or take your foot off the accelerator ped-
al.
We recommend that you avoid high revs and
that you follow the recommendations on the
gear-change indicator. Consult the additional
information in page 74, Gear-change in-
dicator
.
CAUTION
Never allow the rev counter needle
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Fig. 82 to go into the red zone on the scale
for mor
e than a very brief period, otherwise
there is a risk of engine damage.
For the sake of the environment
Changing up a gear early will help you to save
fuel and minimise emissions and engine
noise.
Displays on screen
Fig. 83 A: bonnet open; B: rear lid open; C:
front left door open; D: rear right door open
(5-door vehicles only).
A variety of information can be viewed on the
instrument panel display ›› Fig. 82
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de-
pending on the vehicle equipment:
Bonnet, rear lid and doors open Fig. 83
.
Inf
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ation and warning texts.
Mileage.
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Technical specifications
AdviceOperationSafetyThe essentials
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