Deactivating Airbags - Seat Ateca 2016 Owner's Manual

The side and head airbags are managed
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through sensors located in the interior of the
front doors. To ensure the correct operation of
the side and curtain airbags neither the
doors nor the door panels should be modified
in any way (e.g. fitting loudspeakers). If the
front door is damaged, the airbag system
may not work correctly. All work carried out
on the front door must be done in a special-
ised workshop.

Deactivating airbags

Deactivation of front airbag
Fig. 92 Control lamp for disabling the front
passenger front airbag on the dash panel
Airbag system
It lights up on the combi-in-

strument
Fault in airbag
Have the system checked immedi-
system and seat
ately by a specialised workshop.
belt tensioners.
 
It lights up on the dash panel
Fault in the air- Have the system checked immedi-
bag system. ately by a specialised workshop.
Front passenger
Check whether the airbag should re-
front airbag dis-
main disabled.
abled.
 
It lights up on the dash panel
The control lamp switches off about
Front passenger 60 seconds after the ignition is
front airbag ena- turned on or after enabling of the
bled. front passenger front airbag with the
key lock switch.
Several warning and control lamps light up
for a few seconds when the ignition is switch-
ed on, signalling that the function is being
verified. They will switch off after a few sec-
onds.
If the front passenger airbag is deactivated,
the lamp
    
main lit, or if it is lit together with the control
lamp  on the dash panel, there may be a
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fault in the airbag system .
The disabling of airbags is only carried out in
certain cases, i.e. if:
● a child seat is required in the front passen-
ger seat with the child facing in the opposite
direction to the direction of travel (in some
countries, due to divergent legal require-
ments, facing in the direction of travel)
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despite the driver's seat being in the cor-
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rect position, a minimum distance of 25 cm
cannot be maintained between the centre of
the steering wheel and the driver's torso,
installation of special devices is required in
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the steering wheel area due to a physical dis-
ability,
● if you have special seats installed (e.g. an
orthopaedic seat without side airbags).
The front passenger front airbag can be disa-
bled using the switch
We recommend that you contact an author-
ised SEAT dealer for the disabling of other air-
bags.
Airbag system control
The airbag system availability is controlled
electronically, regardless of whether an air-
does not re-
bag is disabled.
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