Seat Ateca 2016 Owner's Manual page 223

Some warning and control lamps will light up
briefly when the ignition is switched on to
check certain functions. They will switch off
after a few seconds.
If there are no indications from the control
lamp in the external rear view mirror, this
means that the blind spot detector has not
detected any other vehicles in the area
If the dipped beam is on, then the control
lamps in the external rear view mirrors will be
dimmed (night mode).
WARNING
If the warning lamps and the corresponding
messages are ignored when they light up, the
vehicle may stall in traffic and cause acci-
dents and severe injuries.
● Never ignore the warning lamps or messag-
es.
● Carry out the necessary operations.
CAUTION
Failure to heed the control lamps and corre-
sponding text messages when they light up
may result in damage to the vehicle.
Driver assistance systems
Blind spot detector (BSD)
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.
Fig. 192 In the exterior mirrors: indication of
the blind spot detector.
Rear view of the vehicle: radar sen-
Fig. 193
sor zones.
The blind spot detector uses radar sensors to
monitor the areas behind the vehicle
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Fig. 193. The system does this by measur-
ing the vehicle's distance from other vehicles
and its speed differential. The blind spot de-
tector will not work at speeds of less than ap-
prox. 15 km/h (9 mph). The system uses opti-
cal signals in the external rear view mirrors to
notify the driver.
Indication in the external rear view mirrors
The control lamp (expanded view) provides
an indication in the corresponding external
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Fig. 192
mirror regarding the traffic situa-
tion behind the vehicle, if it is deemed to be
critical. The control lamp of the left-hand ex-
ternal mirror indicates the traffic situation to
the left of the vehicle, and the control lamp of
the right-hand external mirror indicates the
traffic situation to the right of the vehicle.
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