Locking - Seat Arosa 2003 Owner's Manual

Locking

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To lock your vehicle turn t t he k k ey to the
lock position once in the lock of the dri-
ver's door. All doors and the tailgate will
be locked. The dead-lock mechanism and
the anti-theft alarm* will be activated
immediately and the warning light in the
driver's door will briefly flash. Only vehi-
cles with an anti-theft alarm system* are
fitted with this pilot light.
When locking the vehicle, the interior
lights which are switched to the door con-
tact position will be switched off.
The readiness of the dead-lock mecha-
nism is displayed by a flashing light* near
the locking knob in the driver's door.
Warning
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If t t he v v ehicle i i s l l ocked f f rom t t he
outside n n o o o ne s s hould r r emain i i n
the v v ehicle, p p articularly c c hildren,
since t t he d d oors
unlocked f f rom t t he i i nside. I I f t t he
vehicle i i s f f itted w w ith e e lectric w w in-
dows t t he w w indows c c annot b b e
opened ( ( see " " Electric w w indows"
chapter).
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When p p ushing d d own t t he d d river's
door s s afety b b utton a a ll d d oors a a re
automatically c c losed
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You s s hould n n ever l l eave c c hildren
unattended i i n t t he c c ar, a a s a a ssis-
tance f f rom t t he o o utside i i s m m ore d d if-
ficult i i n c c ase o o f a a n e e mergency
once t t he d d oors a a re l l ocked.
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If you turn the key twice i i n a a s s econd in
the driver's door lock:
OPENING AND CLOSING
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HANDLING INSTRUCTIONS
All doors and tailgate will be locked.
Neither the lock safety system nor the
anti-theft alarm* will be activated (see the
"Anti-theft alarm system" chapter).
If the dead-lock mechanism has not been
activated, the vehicle can be unlocked
from t t he i i nside. To do this, operate the
door release lever until the locking knob
moves upward. By pulling the release
lever again, the door will open.
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1)
On vehicles
windows or electric sliding roof, windows
or the electric sliding roof which have
been left open can be automatically
closed when the doors are locked. To do
this you only need to hold the key in the
locking position, until all windows and
the sliding roof are completely closed
(first the windows close, followed by the
sliding roof).
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The doors can also be locked by push-
ing d d own t t he l l ocking k k nobs. However,
the dead-lock system is not activated
when this is done.
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If the driver's door is open or not c c om-
pletely c c losed (door on catch) the vehi-
cle cannot be locked. To lock the vehicle
doors, the passenger and driver's door
must be completely closed.
If you do not activate the locks or open
the doors within 30 seconds, the vehicle
will lock automatically to stop it from
being left open by accident.
1)
This function may vary according to the model
or country.
equipped with electric
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