Seat LEON 2024 - Page 53

Safety
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Seat belts
1)
Only if fitted with the PreCrash System.
Automatic belt retractor
The seat belt shoulder straps on the driver's
and front passenger seats, as well as those on
the rear side seats (and, depending on equip-
ment, also the seat belt of the central rear
seat) are fitted with automatic retractors. This
device ensures complete freedom of movement
when the shoulder strap is pulled gently or
during normal driving. However, during sudden
braking, when driving in the mountains, around
bends and when accelerating, the retractor
locks the seat belt if it extends rapidly.
In critical driving situations, e.g. in the event
of emergency braking or in the case of over-
steer and understeer, the proactive occupant
protection can tension the front seat belts auto-
matically if they are worn
1)
. The two belts are
loosened again if an accident does not happen
or when the critical situation passes. Proactive
occupant protection is ready to operate again
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Seat belt tensioner
The seat belts on the front seats and, depend-
ing on the equipment, side rear seats are fitted
with tensioners.
The tensioners are activated by sensors in the
event of severe head-on, side and rear colli-
sions (in hybrid vehicles they are also activated
in the event of a roll-over), and they tension
the seat belts in a direction opposite their ex-
tension.
If the seat belt is slack, the tensioner tightens
it. This cushions the forward movement of occu-
pants towards the impact.
The belt pre-tensioners work in combination
with the airbag system. The belt pre-tensioners
activate in combination with some of the air-
bags, depending on the collision type.
When activated, a fine powder may be re-
leased. This is completely normal and it is not
an indication of fire in the vehicle.
WARNING
The seatbelt pre-tensioners are only activa-
ted once and the system must be replaced if
they are triggered.
●
Have any triggered pretensioners and af-
fected parts of the system replaced immedi-
ately with new parts approved by SEAT for
this vehicle.
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Repairs and modifications to the vehicle
should only be made by qualified special-
ist workshops. They have the necessary di-
agnostic equipment, repair information and
tools, as well as qualified personnel. SEAT
recommends a SEAT dealership.
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Never
fit belt pretensioner parts removed
from vehicles at the end of their useful life,
or pretensioners from recycling plants to the
vehicle.
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Never modify any component of the belt
pretensioners.
Reversible belt tensioning (proactive occu-
pant protection)
A reversible tensioning of the seat belts may
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For example:
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in the event of sudden braking
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in the event of oversteering or understeering
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in the event of minor collisions
Belt force limiter
Depending on the equipment and the country
in question, in the event of an accident, the seat
belt force limiter reduces the force the seat belt
exerts on the body.
Note
●
After certain driving situations, the reversi-
ble belt tensioners may be left permanently
tensioned
1)
. In this case, to loosen the belt, it
must be removed manually while the vehicle
is stationary and then replaced correctly.