Probably a white or silver car
. Prior to user adjustable colours the ambient light colour was fixed to match the cars colour. Red if the car was red etc....
Ambient lighting in FR
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Probably a white or silver car
. Prior to user adjustable colours the ambient light colour was fixed to match the cars colour. Red if the car was red etc....
I've found that exact same issue with mine. Every time I restart the car, all of the footwell/door cards reset to zero brightness. Hoping a software update will fix it. By then it will be summer and I won't notice as much
I found by pressing the + button until I reached the brightness I wanted instead of using the slider I have found it keeps the setting even when switching the ignition off.I've found that exact same issue with mine. Every time I restart the car, all of the footwell/door cards reset to zero brightness. Hoping a software update will fix it. By then it will be summer and I won't notice as much
Thanks for your reply. I gave that a go but still back to zero the next day
, must be a software glitch
Picked up my Leon this week - have the same issue as this. After resetting infotainment it defaults to Red and shows 'Cool' as the current ambient light selected. As soon as you make any changes (only brightness) it changes to 'Individual', the lights change to a warm white and no way of changing back.. Regardless of what brightness set, it always resets to Zero on start up - a little frustrating!
Did you ever hear anything back from your dealer?
Never heard anything back. Interestingly, ours is now showing the same..... "Cool" is displayed on the screen but the colour on the doors is "red" (which we like). We're not going to change anything just in case it changes to white and can't then be changed!
Yes - a number of points in this thread on this. These range from the individual brightness settings being forgotten to the common item of either an inability to set a colour or a colour can be set and then be changed. On our FR, we were able to set the colour on the doors from the default of blueish white to red but have never been able to change them since (even though the settings page shows them as being the cool blue tone). That's fine (given red was the colour we wanted), but this does seem to be a very flaky part of the settings set-up. Our dealer's FR Hybrid had the opposite issue (changing from red to blue/White and then not being able to change them back!)
Yep
Yep. A lot of limitations and glitches. Have factory reset mine so it's red too and then I don't touch anything.
Yep. A lot of limitations and glitches. Have factory reset mine so it's red too and then I don't touch anything.
Hi All, Newb here, just picked up my first Seat, mk4 Leon PHEV, it wasnt a custom order and doesnt have the ambient wrap around lighting, however it looks like, to the untrained eye, that the module is in fact installed, this is on an FR+.
From reading the various threads are the opinions 1; yes they have the light modules installed and its software locked and 2; the "cutout" is visible but there's no light module installed?
as for the regular ambient lighting, ive not been able to work it out, when i open the door they are red in the door and white in the footwell, then when i start the engine they are white all around, but in the infotainment i only have the option to change brightness, not colour, is that expected?
From reading the various threads are the opinions 1; yes they have the light modules installed and its software locked and 2; the "cutout" is visible but there's no light module installed?
as for the regular ambient lighting, ive not been able to work it out, when i open the door they are red in the door and white in the footwell, then when i start the engine they are white all around, but in the infotainment i only have the option to change brightness, not colour, is that expected?
The basic/standard ambient lighting is only meant to be white, however some have found you can change it to red with a bug in the infotainment.
With the wraparound ambient light the footwells and center console light are fixed white, you can only change the brightness of them, but you can change the colour of the door cards and wraparound
The door cards (and wraparound door section) goes red when the door is open at night.
ok makes more sense now...
fingers crossed it turns out that the wraparound in the FR+/sport is a software activation, and that VAG take the restrictions off making changes...but i wont hold my breath on that one. its pretty poor that the top of the line FR+ or sport doesn't have it as standard
I'm in the same boat - although Seat call this "ambient lighting" in the blurb when you pay your money and get in the car it suddenly becomes "background lighting" and is white light only! Ambient Lighting had previously meant a minimum of colour options now it mean white light only. Look at the website and see the 'wraparound ambient lighting' on the Seat Leon FR and look at the reviews for the Seat Leon FR and see the wraparound ambient lighting - no one makes it clear (not even the dealer) that this is an issue of Seat lack of transparency and clarity. I intend to contact Seat UK directly as, like you, the advertising was misleading and I'm left with a sense of being conned.
Hi, Sorry to tell you but you have been conned like the rest of us - the wraparound ambient lighting that you see in the adverts for the Seat Leon FR and in the reviews and in the brochure in the show room is only on the Seat Leon FR First Edition or Seat Leon Sport NOT the Seat Leon FR - here you get 'ambient lighting' according to the website, but 'background lighting' according to the car - Please be aware at some point Seat changed the meaning of 'Ambient lighting' from that we their customers know & love - a choice of colours to white light in the door panel only! Contact Seat directly to complain!
SEAT's lack of transparency is causing a lot of unnecessary angst among loyal customers. On the website and in pretty much all the Seat Leon reviews that there is a clear suggestion that ‘wraparound ambient lighting’ is available across the Seat Leon FR versions.
But BE WARNED it is not! Once you buy your New Seat Leon look for your own magnificent wraparound ambient lighting and you won't find it. Because it is not there! After you part with your money you discover that wraparound ambient lighting that features heavily in the Seat adverts is only on FR First Edition and the FR Sport, but not on the FR. Regrettably no one will tell you this before hand.
What you get in the Seat Leon FR car is called "Background Lighting" although bizarrely still referred to as "ambient lighting" on the website. Now this might make you believe that 'ambient-lighting' in the Mark-4 will be like the "ambient-lighting" that you know & love in the Mark-3, ie: a choice of dimmable colours to illuminate your door panel. For reasons that only SEAT appear to understand and one which they seem reluctant to share with their customers, the very definition of ambient lighting has been changed, but not in a good way. Essentially in a backward development - What you get is a white light only (no colour)and even this appears to reset itself every time you turn-off. Nothing "ambient" about it.
https://www.seat.co.uk/about-seat/news-events/cars/leon-advanced-illumination.html
Allow me to quote Seat's own information from its own website:
“the rear of the new SEAT Leon offers, in the Excellence and FR versions, functional illumination that connects the lighting groups across the width of the body, called “coast to coast” However, the concept of illumination in the new SEAT Leon goes much further. The greeting “Hola!” is projected on the ground when the doors are opened, welcoming the user to the car. Once inside, the wraparound ambient lighting allows the user to vary both the intensity and tone of the illumination. Created in the form of an arc from the front doors to the top of the dashboard, the ambient lighting surrounds the passengers and accentuates the sensation of space ….”
From this it is a reasonable assumption that when SEAT say that wraparound ambient lighting is included on “FR versions” that this implies all FR versions, including the FR version. However this is not the case! Why SEAT would choice to spoil the presentation of the car, create a sense of being "conned" in their unusually loyal customer base for the sake of a couple o hundred quid is a mystery!
If you me, you bought a SEAT Leon FR expecting wraparound ambient lighting because the ad (above) says it is on FR versions only to discover it is not complain directly to SEAT over misrepresentation.
But BE WARNED it is not! Once you buy your New Seat Leon look for your own magnificent wraparound ambient lighting and you won't find it. Because it is not there! After you part with your money you discover that wraparound ambient lighting that features heavily in the Seat adverts is only on FR First Edition and the FR Sport, but not on the FR. Regrettably no one will tell you this before hand.
What you get in the Seat Leon FR car is called "Background Lighting" although bizarrely still referred to as "ambient lighting" on the website. Now this might make you believe that 'ambient-lighting' in the Mark-4 will be like the "ambient-lighting" that you know & love in the Mark-3, ie: a choice of dimmable colours to illuminate your door panel. For reasons that only SEAT appear to understand and one which they seem reluctant to share with their customers, the very definition of ambient lighting has been changed, but not in a good way. Essentially in a backward development - What you get is a white light only (no colour)and even this appears to reset itself every time you turn-off. Nothing "ambient" about it.
https://www.seat.co.uk/about-seat/news-events/cars/leon-advanced-illumination.html
Allow me to quote Seat's own information from its own website:
“the rear of the new SEAT Leon offers, in the Excellence and FR versions, functional illumination that connects the lighting groups across the width of the body, called “coast to coast” However, the concept of illumination in the new SEAT Leon goes much further. The greeting “Hola!” is projected on the ground when the doors are opened, welcoming the user to the car. Once inside, the wraparound ambient lighting allows the user to vary both the intensity and tone of the illumination. Created in the form of an arc from the front doors to the top of the dashboard, the ambient lighting surrounds the passengers and accentuates the sensation of space ….”
From this it is a reasonable assumption that when SEAT say that wraparound ambient lighting is included on “FR versions” that this implies all FR versions, including the FR version. However this is not the case! Why SEAT would choice to spoil the presentation of the car, create a sense of being "conned" in their unusually loyal customer base for the sake of a couple o hundred quid is a mystery!
If you me, you bought a SEAT Leon FR expecting wraparound ambient lighting because the ad (above) says it is on FR versions only to discover it is not complain directly to SEAT over misrepresentation.
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To be fair, it doesn't say wraparound ambient lighting is standard on FR versions. What it does say however is that coast to coast rear lighting is available as standard on FR versions.
In fact, to go one step further, it's quite clear that the wraparound lighting only comes as standard in the FR Sport model in the price list. Compare page 8 & 9 for example, not to mind page 22 or 26. https://web1.seat.co.uk/sites/defau...on_2_cars-models-pricelist-KL1-NA-05-2021.pdf
In fact, to go one step further, it's quite clear that the wraparound lighting only comes as standard in the FR Sport model in the price list. Compare page 8 & 9 for example, not to mind page 22 or 26. https://web1.seat.co.uk/sites/defau...on_2_cars-models-pricelist-KL1-NA-05-2021.pdf
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I understand what you are saying but the Seat website does say:
“the rear of the new SEAT Leon offers, in the Excellence and FR versions, functional illumination that connects the lighting groups across the width of the body, called “coast to coast” However, the concept of illumination in the new SEAT Leon goes much further. The greeting “Hola!” is projected on the ground when the doors are opened, welcoming the user to the car. Once inside, the wraparound ambient lighting allows the user to vary both the intensity and tone of the illumination. Created in the form of an arc from the front doors to the top of the dashboard, the ambient lighting surrounds the passengers and accentuates the sensation of space ….”
It is reasonable to assume "FR versions" means FR versions - not 'some' FR versions or 'two out of three' FR versions.
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There's a full stop, and indeed a paragraph break and 2 pictures, between mention of the FR versions and the wraparound lighting. One does not lead to the other. The FR versions solely applies to the coast to coast lighting. You're reading what you want to read, but that's not what it says.
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