Seat Ateca Owner's Manual page 137

● The turn signal light will flash once on clos-
ing and activating the alarm.
When does the system trigger an alarm?
The anti-theft alarm siren will be triggered for
about 30 seconds accompanied by sound
and optical (flashing) warning signals and
will be repeated about ten times when the
vehicle is locked and the following unauthor-
ised actions are attempted:
Opening a door that is mechanically un-
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locked using the vehicle key without switch-
ing on the ignition in the next 15 seconds (in
certain markets, such as the Netherlands,
there is no 15 second waiting time and the
alarm is activated immediately on opening
the door).
A door is opened.
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● The bonnet is opened.
The rear lid is opened.
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● When the ignition is switched on with a
non-authorised key.
● When the vehicle battery is disconnected.
Movement inside the vehicle (in vehicles
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with interior monitoring page
When the vehicle is towed (in vehicles with
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anti-tow system page 136).
When the vehicle is raised (in vehicles with
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anti-tow system page 136).
Opening and closing
● When the vehicle is transported on a ferry
or by rail (vehicles with an anti-tow system or
vehicle interior monitoring
● When a trailer connected to the anti-theft
alarm system is disconnected.
How to turn OFF the alarm
Unlock the vehicle with the unlocking button
on the key or turn on the ignition with a valid
key.
Note
After 28 days, the indicator light will be
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switched off to prevent the battery from ex-
hausting if the vehicle has been left parked
for a long period of time. The alarm system
remains activated.
● If, after the audible warning goes off, an-
other monitored area is accessed (e.g. the
rear lid is opened after a door has been
opened), the alarm is triggered again.
The anti-theft alarm is not activated when
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the vehicle is locked from within using the
central locking button .
If the driver door is unlocked mechanically
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with the key, only the driver door is unlocked,
136).
the rest of the doors remain locked. Only
when the ignition has been turned on will the
other doors be available - but not unlocked -
and the central locking button will be activa-
ted.
If the vehicle battery is run down or flat
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then the anti-theft alarm will not operate cor-
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page 136).
rectly.
Vehicle monitoring remains active even if
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the battery is disconnected or not working for
any reason.
The alarm is triggered immediately if one of
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the battery cables is disconnected while the
alarm system is active.
Vehicle interior monitoring and anti-
tow system*
It is a monitoring or control function incorpo-
rated in the anti-theft alarm* which detects
unauthorised vehicle entry by means of ultra-
sound.
Activation
It is automatically switched on when the
–
anti-theft alarm is activated.
Deactivation
Open the vehicle with the key, either me-
–
chanically or by pressing the  button on
the remote control. The time period from
when the door is opened until the key is in-
serted in the contact should not exceed 15
seconds, otherwise the alarm will be trig-
gered.
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