2020 Seat Alhambra Owner's Manual

Airbag system
system may fail to trigger, or not trigger
correctly.
Airbag activation
The airbags deploy extremely rapidly, within
thousands of a second, to provide additional
pr ot
ection in the event of an accident. A fine
dust may develop when the airbag deploys.
This is normal and it is not an indication of fire
in the vehicle.
The airbag system is only ready to function
when the ignition is on.
In special accidents instances, several air-
bags may activate at the same time.
In the event of minor head-on and side colli-
sions, rear-end collisions, overturning or roll-
over of the vehicle, airbags do not activate.
Activation factors
The conditions that lead to the airbag system
activating in each situation cannot be gener-
alised. Some factors play an important role,
such as the properties of the object the vehi-
cle hits (hard/soft), angle of impact, vehicle
speed, etc.
Deceleration trajectory is key for airbag acti-
vation. The control unit analyses the collision trajec-
tory and activates the r
espectiv

e restraint
system.
If the deceleration rate is below the prede-
fined reference value in the control unit the
airbags will not be triggered, even though the
accident may cause extensive damage to the
car.
The following airbags are triggered in seri-
ous head-on collisions:

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the system checked immediately by a speci-
alised w orkshop
. WARNING
In the event of a fault in the airbag and seat
belt tensioner system, the airbags and seat belts may not trigger correctly, may f ail t
o
trigger or may even trigger unexpectedly.

Airbag system
the steering wheel and dashboard, respec-
tiv ely

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WARNING

Airbag system
The side airbags are located in the driver

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Head-protection airbags* Fig. 24
On the left side of the vehicle: location
and fiel d of action of the head-pr ot
ection air -
bag. Fig. 25
Deployed head-protection airbags. The head-protection airbags are located on
both sides in the int
erior abo
ve the doors

Transporting children safely
Transporting children
saf ely
Saf ety f
or chil
dren
Introduction For safety reasons, as we have learned from
accident statistics, we recommend that chil
-
dr

en under 12 years of age travel in the rear
seats. Depending on their age, height and
weight, children travelling in rear seats must
use a child seat or a seat belt. For safety rea-
sons, the child seat should be installed in the
rear seat, behind the front passenger seat or
in the centre back seat.
The physical laws involved and the forces
acting in a collision apply also to children

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Child seats by approval category
Chil d seats may hav
e the appro
v
al category
of universal, semi-universal, vehicle specific
(all according to the ECE-R 44 standard) or i-
Size (according to the ECE-R 129 standard).