Seat Alhambra 2020 User Guide

General views of the vehicle
Interior view Access to the third row of seats

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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)
:

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as close as possible to the same level as the
t op of your head and under no cir
cumstances
bel o
w eye level. Keep the back of your neck
as close as possible to the headrest

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protective function of seat belts and, there-
f or
e, incr
ease the risk of se
vere or even lethal
injuries. The risk of severe or fatal injuries is
especially heightened when a deploying air-
bag strikes a vehicle occupant who has as-
sumed an incorrect sitting position. The driver
is responsible for all people, particularly chil-
dren, inside the vehicle.
The following list contains examples of incor-
rect sitting positions that could be dangerous
for all vehicle occupants.
When the vehicle is in motion:

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Seat belts
The lamp i goes out when the driv er and
passenger seat belts ar e fast
ened with the
ignition s
witched on.
Rear seat belts fastened display* Fig. 6
Example of seat belt status display for
the r ear seats (her
e, a 7-seat v
ehicl

e) on the in-
strument panel:: upper part, second row; lower
part, third row. Depending on the model version, when the
ignition is s
witched on, the seat belt st
atus
displ

ay

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airbag trigger threshold value in the control
unit is not e x
ceeded.
Impor t
ant saf
ety instructions for
the use of seat belts

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moment a vehicle starts moving, a type of en-
er gy call
ed “kinetic ener gy” st
arts acting on
both the v
ehicle and its passengers.
The amount of “kinetic energy” depends on
the speed of the vehicle and on the weight of
the vehicle and of its passengers. The higher
they are, the more energy there is to be “ab-
sorbed” in the event of an accident.
The most significant factor, however, is the
speed of the vehicle. If the speed doubles
from 25 km/h (15 mph) to 50 km/h (30 mph),
for example, the corresponding kinetic ener-
gy is multiplied by four.
Given that the passengers of the vehicle in
our example do not have their seat belts fas-
tened, in the event of a collision the entire
amount of the passengers

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Properly worn seat belts hold the vehicle oc-
cupants in the position that most pr ot
ects
them in the e v
ent of an accident or sudden
br
aking