Airbag Safety Instructions - Seat Ateca 2018 Owner's Manual

there is a minor side collision
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there is a rear-end collision
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the vehicle turns over.
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WARNING
The seat belts and airbags can only pro-
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vide maximum protection if the occupants
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are seated correctly page 65, Correct
position of the vehicle occupants.
If a fault has occurred in the airbag sys-
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tem, have the system checked immediately
by a specialised workshop. Otherwise
there is a danger that during a collision, the
system may fail to trigger, or not trigger
correctly.
Airbag activation
The airbags deploy extremely rapidly, within
thousandths of a second, to provide addition-
al protection in the event of an accident. A
fine dust may develop when the airbag de-
ploys. This is normal and it is not an indication
of fire in the vehicle.
The airbag system is only ready to function
when the ignition is on.
In special accidents instances, several air-
bags may activate at the same time.
In the event of minor head-on and side colli-
sions, rear-end collisions, overturning or roll-
over of the vehicle, airbags do not activate.
Airbag system
Activation factors
The conditions that lead to the airbag system
activating in each situation cannot be gener-
alised. Some factors play an important role,
such as the properties of the object the vehi-
cle hits (hard/soft), angle of impact, vehicle
speed, etc.
Deceleration trajectory is key for airbag acti-
vation.
The control unit analyses the collision trajec-
tory and activates the respective restraint
system.
If the deceleration rate is below the prede-
fined reference value in the control unit the
airbags will not be triggered, even though the
accident may cause extensive damage to the
car.
The following airbags are triggered in seri-
ous head-on collisions:
Driver airbag.
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Front passenger front airbag
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Knee airbag for the driver.
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The following airbags are triggered in seri-
ous side-on collisions:
Front side airbag on the side of the acci-
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dent.
Curtain (head) airbag on the side of the ac-
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cident.
In an accident with airbag activation:
the interior lights switch on (if the interior
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light switch is in the courtesy light position);
the hazard warning lights switch on;
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all doors are unlocked;
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the fuel supply to the engine is cut.
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Airbag safety instructions

Front airbags
Read the additional information carefully
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 page 23.
WARNING
The deployment space between the front
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passengers and the airbags must not in
any case be occupied by other passenger,
pets and objects.
The airbags provide protection for just
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one accident; replace them once they have
deployed.
It is also important not to attach any ob-
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jects such as cup holders or telephone
mountings to the surfaces covering the air-
bag units.
Do not attempt to modify components of
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the airbag system in any way.
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