Seat Belts - Seat Toledo 2019 Owner's Manual

Seat belts

The whys and wherefores of
seat belts
Number of seats
Your vehicle has five seats, two in the front
and three in the rear. Each seat is equipped
with a three-point seat belt.
In some versions, your vehicle is approved
only for four seats. Two front seats and two
rear seats.
WARNING
Never transport more than the permitted
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amount of people in your vehicle.
Every vehicle occupant must properly
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fasten and wear the seat belt belonging to
his or her seat. Children must be protected
with an appropriate child restraint system.
Seat belt control lamp*
 It lights up red
Driver or passenger has not fastened seat belt.
The control lamp illuminates to remind the
driver to fasten his seat belt.
Seat belts
Before starting the vehicle:
Fasten your seat belt securely.
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Instruct your passengers to fasten their
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seat belts properly before driving off.
Protect children by using a child seat ac-
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cording to the child's height and weight.
When starting to drive, if the vehicle's speed
surpasses approx. 25 km/h (15 mph) and the
seat belts are not fastened or are unfastened
during the drive, a warning sound will be
heard for a few seconds. The warning light
will also flash .
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The lamp goes out when the driver and
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passenger seat belts are fastened with the
ignition switched on.
The protective function of seat
belts
Drivers with properly worn seat belts
Fig. 76
will not be thrown forward in the event of sud-
den braking.
Properly worn seat belts hold the occupants
in the proper position. They also help prevent
uncontrolled movements that may result in
serious injury and reduce the risk of being
thrown out of the vehicle in case of an acci-
dent.
Vehicle occupants wearing their seat belts
correctly benefit greatly from the ability of
the belts to absorb kinetic energy. In addition,
the front part of your vehicle and other pas-
sive safety features (such as the airbag sys-
tem) are designed to absorb the kinetic ener-
gy released in a collision. Taken together, all
these features reduce the releasing kinetic
energy and consequently, the risk of injury.
This is why it is so important to fasten seat
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