Deactivating Airbags - Seat Toledo 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 the front airbag
The disabling of airbags is only carried out in
certain cases, i.e. if:
a child seat is required in the front passen-
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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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page 74;
● despite the driver's seat being in the cor-
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
the steering wheel area due to a physical dis-
ability,
Airbag system
● if you have special seats installed (e.g. an
orthopaedic seat without side airbags).
The front passenger front airbag can be disa-
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bled using the switch page 71.
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-
bag is disabled.
If an airbag was disabled using a diagnostics
system:
the airbag system warning lamp  illumi-
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nates after switching on the ignition for
about 4 seconds, and then flashes for about
12 seconds.
If the airbag has been disabled with the air-
bag switch on the side of the dash panel:
the airbag control lamp  will illuminate
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for about 4 seconds after the ignition is
switched on,
● the airbag is disabled, signalled with the
warning lamp   which lights up with the
word      placed in the cen-
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Fig. 81
tre part of the dash panel
Note
● Follow the current legislation in your coun-
try regarding the disabling of airbags.
At your authorised SEAT dealer you can find
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information on which vehicle airbags can be
disabled.
Front passenger front airbag switch
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Fig. 81 Front passenger front airbag
switch/warning lamp for disabling the front
passenger airbag.
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