Seat Ateca Owner's Manual page 134

● Move the gear lever to position P (if the ve-
hicle has automatic gearbox), since other-
wise the vehicle cannot be locked.
● Close the door.
● Push the central locking button  on the
remote control and touch the locking sensor
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surface Fig. 132 on the driver door han-
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dle once within the following 5 seconds. Do
not grip the door handle, otherwise the vehi-
cle will not lock. Deactivation is also possible
if the vehicle is locked through the driver's
door lock.
To check that the function has been deacti-
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vated, wait at least 10 seconds, grip and pull
on the door handle. The door should not
open.
The next time the door can only be unlocked
via the remote control or the lock cylinder.
The next time the door is locked/unlocked,
Keyless Access will be active again.
Convenience functions
To close all the electric windows using the
convenience function, keep a finger on the
locking sensor surface
handle for a few seconds until the windows
have closed.
The doors opened by touching the sensor
surface of the door handle depend on the
settings that have been activated in the info-
tainment system with the
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SETTINGS
tons.
WARNING
If there is a valid key in the proximity of the
rear lid, in some cases the Easy Open func-
tion may be accidentally activated and the
rear lid will open, for example, when sweep-
ing under the rear bumper, when directing a
water jet or high pressure steam to the area
or when carrying out maintenance work or re-
pairs in that area. If accidentally opened, the
rear lid could injure somebody situated in its
area of operation or cause material damage.
Therefore, always make sure that there is
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no unsupervised valid key in the area near
the rear lid.
Before carrying out any maintenance or re-
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pair work on the vehicle, always disable the
Easy Open feature via the infotainment sys-
tem.
● Before washing the vehicle, always disable
the Easy Open feature via the infotainment
system.
● Before attaching a bicycle rack or a trailer,
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(arrow) of the door feature via the infotainment system.
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CAUTION
The sensor surfaces on the door handles
could engage if hit with a water jet or high
pressure steam if there is a valid vehicle key
button and the
in the proximity. If at least one of the electric
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Operation
and function but-
Opening and closing
273, always disable the Easy Open
windows is open and the sensor surface
(arrow) on one of the handles is activated
continuously, all windows will close.
Note
● If the vehicle battery has little or no charge,
or the vehicle key battery is almost or entire-
ly out of charge, you will probably not be able
to lock or unlock the vehicle with the Keyless
Access system. The vehicle can be unlocked
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or locked manually page 97.
● To control the proper locking of the vehicle,
the release function is disabled for approx. 2
seconds.
● If the message Keyless access system
is displayed on the screen of the
faulty
dash panel, abnormalities may occur in the
operation of the Keyless Access system. Con-
tact a specialised workshop. SEAT recom-
mends visiting a SEAT dealership for this.
● Depending on the function set on the info-
tainment system for the mirrors, the exterior
mirrors will unfold and the surround lighting
will come on when unlocking the vehicle us-
ing the sensor surface on the driver and pas-
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senger door handles page 155.
If there is no valid key inside the vehicle or
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the system fails to detect one, a warning will
display on the dash panel screen. This could
happen if any other radio frequency signal in-
terferes with the key signal (e.g. from a mo-
bile device accessory) or if the key is covered
by another object (e.g. an aluminium case).
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