Seat Ateca 2020 User Guide

General views of the vehicle
Overview (right hand drive) Open bonnet lever

General views of the vehicle
Interior view Armrest

Safe driving
Safety
Saf e driving
Advice about driving Saf ety first
! WARNING

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risk of injury. The following points cover part
of the saf et
y equipment in your SEAT 1)
:

Safe driving

Safety

Seat belts

Safety
status is displayed for approximately 30 sec-
onds. The indication can be hidden by pr ess-
ing the E


 button on the dash panel.
The protective function of seat
belts Fig. 7
Drivers with properly worn seat belts will
not be thr own f
orwar

d in the event of sudden
braking. Properly worn seat belts hold the occupants
in the pr
oper position. They al so help pr
ev

ent
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 t

ogether, all
these features reduce the releasing kinetic
energy and consequently, the risk of injury.
This is why it is so important to fasten seat
belts before every trip, even when "just driving
around the corner".
Ensure that your passengers wear their seat
belts as well. Accident statistics have shown
that wearing seat belts is an effective means
of substantially reducing the risk of injury and
improving the chances of survival when in-
volved in a serious accident. Furthermore,
properly worn seat belts improve the protec-
tion provided by airbags in the event of an
accident. For this reason, wearing a seat belt
is required by law in most countries.
Although your vehicle is equipped with air-
bags, the seat belts must be fastened and
worn. The front airbags, for example, are only
triggered in some cases of head-on collision.
The front airbags will not be triggered during
minor frontal or side collisions, rear-end colli-
sions, overturns or accidents in which the air-
bag trigger threshold value in the control unit
is not exceeded.
Important safety instructions for
the use of seat belts

Seat belts
the buckle could cause severe injuries in
the event of an accident. Theref
or
e, you
must check the condition of all seat belts
at regular intervals.

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How to properly adjust your
seat belt Fast
ening and unf ast
ening the seat
belt Fig. 10
Insert the latch plate of the seat belt
int o the buckl
e. Fig. 11
Release the seat belt